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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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Hip as a wombat

Posted by: Vethryn
Thanks for the great game Bungie, I love it. Just three questions though.

1. Why isn't the Hornet, Scorpion, or Gauss Warthog in matchmaking?

2. Why isn't the Spartan Laser more common in campaign?

3. Why can't you put every weapon, vehicle, object, etc. on every map in Forge?
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also agree with #3, the part about waepons on every map... fire bombs or whatever you guys call them are too good a granade to be so limited in the game...

  • 10.03.2007 2:04 PM PDT

First: Thanks for a GREAT game :)

I LOVE the shotty snipers gametype, wil it be an own playlist in the feature ? and about snipers..... why is the sniper rifle so slow..? :P

Also: At the end of Halo 3 .. u see master chief and cortana's ship and a planet in the background, what planet is that? is gonna be more games with the chief in the future ? when i say that i dont mean "halo" games. but another game, like chief getting on an other planet or something ;P

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Why are some of the multiplayer Achievements for Free-For-All? why not just have most of them for Ranked playlists?? I know Achievements are suppose to be challenging but they should also be fun too!

Also are you guys planning any add-on Achievements?? (like games such as Crackdown and Oblivion: Shivering iles) if so I wouldn't mind seeing like "get 500 kills" or "get 200 headshots" achievements or something like that, just an idea!:)

  • 10.03.2007 2:04 PM PDT
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To everybody asking about Steaktacular:

It's when you beat the other team by more than double their score. Hence you never actually see the medal, but everybody on your team gets one when you win.

Only question: Team Hardcore plox?

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Were the forerruners extinct by the Halo effect? If so, who repopulated the galaxy with the species who were being safeguarded in the ark? If not, after repopulating the galaxy where have they gone?
Does the "great journey" has any meaning to the Forerruner? Maybe to repopulate the galaxy after the halo effect?

How do Halo's work? When you fire one, all others fire or not? Can they be activated form the ark if not in "misfire standby"? (halo 2) If firing one Halo fires the others, why didn't all other halos fired when Master Chief fired instalation 04?

How did mendicant bias survived?

What's in the middle of the ark?

Where's Master Chief heading in the Legendary ending?

  • 10.03.2007 2:05 PM PDT

No "New Halo game" will ever be the same without Bungie.

Whatever you do, don't give up!
-Vic DeLeon, GDC 2008

What kinds of Downloadable Content will there be in the future besides maps?

What kinds of things will be implemented in the next patch for Halo 3?

Whats next after Halo 3?

When will be the next playlist updates?

I thought the Hunters were on the Elites side, what gives?(I felt bad for killing the hunters)

Are Zombies even implemented in the playlists yet?

Thanks for answering questions!

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3.why are the maps so vased on such dark themes like guardian 4. what is up with the overshield what are the details about it and why does it only work for such a short time then like dies?
i know im not one to complain its very well made these are just somethings i think you could arrange to be fix a few of these im sry that you have to anwser so many questions but i do have to say thank you for the kick ass game that i play

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Only minor stuff

I miss tracking assists

Shotty Snipers comes up way to much (should not be slayer)

And with social being 5 on 5. why not have a 5 on 5 ranked, you get used to people doing certain things. And also 4 x 4 social

Why are people asking for new maps already. Its been a week relax.

  • 10.03.2007 2:06 PM PDT
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What's with the weapon restrictions on some maps in forge? For example I want to be able to have a flamethrower on valhalla.

  • 10.03.2007 2:06 PM PDT
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Game is great but matchmaking is rubbish, keep getting disconnected, then EXP reduced!


I think it keeps putting me as host, which is a stupid idea!

Thought H3 was meant to be an improvement!

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Will 1 vs. 1 playlists return?
The one on one duel is an excellent test of skill and wits and I was quite sad when it was dropped from Halo 2.
Please tell me it will be back!

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I talked to my OBGYN during his BBQ and we decided H3 needs more CTF FTW in MM. When can I expect to see some more CTF especially on LR because it was so much fun on Zanzibar in H2, IMO. He told me that VIP was the new thing, and I told him to STFU because that isn't what the original was map was designed for, and he started ROTFL. I just posted this because I want to know when Team Objective is going to be weighted a little more heavily towards CTF and Bomb, not VIP and Territories. Also, because I'm a WSM/20 looking for a Professional WF/18-20 into S+M who accepts CoD.

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What happened to the rest of the flood? Was every flood spore present in the ark, or instalation 04 when it fired?

  • 10.03.2007 2:06 PM PDT

I Heart Halo

Why can you not watch the replay from anyones 1st person point of view. ( you can only look at the first person of the person that the video came from. you can only look at everyone elses 3rd person point of view. also if i am in theater with 4 friends and i host they can only look at my 1st person point of view

why are there so many swords, hammers, and rocket types in social?

thanks for the best game ever

How long does it take bungie to go through the millions of questions that get posted?

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  • 10.03.2007 2:07 PM PDT
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Did you make Forge just to appease the public, or to shoot modders in the foot, because Forge rocks!
Also, why is there such a low limit on the amount of an object you can place in Forge?

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Will there be any more new maps? Like and remakes? Also thanks for the awesome game yall did perfect!

  • 10.03.2007 2:07 PM PDT
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please make your game suck more... i can't handle the pristine perfection... seriously, how am i supposed to stop playing?
(in your own words (i think), Halo 3 = infinite win)

  • 10.03.2007 2:08 PM PDT
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Are you guys really leaving Microsoft?! (please say no)
Also, why is shotty snipers so prevalent in Matchmaking?

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On the 9/20 podcast you guys talk about how great the stat tracking for the game is...but than you don't even have assists. WTF?

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Posted by: Frankie
On Friday, we'll answer all your Halo 3-related questions. Make with the asking.



will there ever be a feature on Bnet to choose from our existing screenshots from the game to make as our banner on our service record?? that'd be great.

  • 10.03.2007 2:08 PM PDT

Please join Bring Back Team Snipers if you feel that Halo 3 needs a Team Snipers Playlist
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I love the game type shotty snipers, and i know alot of people dont, but when are yall going to bring back Team Snipers like you have in halo 2s matchmaking. Even if its Team Shotty Snipers i will still play it. 1 other question is why did you take the trip mine out of valliah( or how ever you spell it)

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Why is it that in Theater, when you look at a film with someone else that isn't the game you just played, take so long to load? It could be a 10 second clip and take 5 minutes to load.

BTW, I love the fact that the sniper takes so much more skill but everyone keeps vetoing Shotty Snipers. And, I think the Mauler is the most overused weapon in the game, besides the AR.

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i looked for the 1st golden skull where some guy told me it was but it isnt there. i also saw a video =} but when i went there there was nothing i dot really know what i did wrong

  • 10.03.2007 2:09 PM PDT

Please join Bring Back Team Snipers if you feel that Halo 3 needs a Team Snipers Playlist
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Posted by: Wolverine4263
Are you guys really leaving Microsoft?! (please say no)

  • 10.03.2007 2:09 PM PDT

"Teabagging is for homos"

-Frankie

At the start of the beginning cutscene of "Halo", MC and The Arbiter are in MC's ship totally fine. However, in the next scene, the ship is smoking and goes in for a crash landing. Was there a scene or level deleted from the game?

  • 10.03.2007 2:09 PM PDT