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There has been a huge outcry (again) from the machinima community about supposedly not being able to easily lower weapons for filming purposes. I've tried the alleged combo myself, and it didn't work. I later learned the weapon lowering doesn't even work in Xbox Live games. What is the reason for this? Is it another Microsoft crackdown on machinima?

  • 10.03.2007 3:08 PM PDT
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some of the achievements are very hard to get in lone wolves.
what was the reason for making rumble pit a social playlist instead of ranked?

  • 10.03.2007 3:08 PM PDT

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The most pressing issue on my mind is this: If/When you guys release downloadable maps, will the pricing system work the same as it did with Halo 2? What I mean is, will you release it for x amount of dollars, then drop it to free in a few months?

I bought each pack that was released, but I still thought that was an awesome way to do it - making sure nobody is excluded in the long run.

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Why can't i play with friends on lone wolves?


Because you'd essentially be picking your opponents. If you can pick your opponents, you can "cheat" to get FFA-only achievements.

  • 10.03.2007 3:09 PM PDT
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Why does "Shotty Snipers" occur about 90% of the Team Slayer games i play? I feel that most games i play on team slayer are shotty snipers when really it should be all kinds of different slayertypes.

  • 10.03.2007 3:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: EXAngelus
why is Sierra 117 the only level that looks good in the whole game? nothing else has even close to that level of detail. if we all paid you $60 in advance would you remake Halo 3 with the Unreal Engine so it could look next gen?


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  • 10.03.2007 3:09 PM PDT
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"Is there an easier way to see the games credits without having to load rally point alpha and beating the last part of the game? Great work on everything else!"

You can watch them on the second legendary edition disc.

  • 10.03.2007 3:09 PM PDT
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Can you add a big team battle that has sixteen players? How about some Scorpions and Hornets in multiplayer as well?

  • 10.03.2007 3:10 PM PDT
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Is there already new downlaodable content planned/in progress? And when will the first Matchmaking update be implemented? Thanks.

  • 10.03.2007 3:10 PM PDT

Is there any chance that you will fix small stuff in the future, like just little patches instead of bi-annually? Assassinating supposedly invulnerable, 4x overshielded people sort of breaks fun games like Rocket Race and Hammer Time (all hammer King of the Hill).

  • 10.03.2007 3:10 PM PDT
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First great game
Second we should be able to somehow get our saved videos on to our computer (our watch them on Bungie,net) since i really want to put mine on youtube
Finally how exactly does skill points work

  • 10.03.2007 3:11 PM PDT
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Why is Guardian so awesome?

I am tired of the lockout whiners. Sorry. I love Guardian. Tight and Tense with some rewarding tech jumps.

  • 10.03.2007 3:12 PM PDT
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Who are the guardians??

  • 10.03.2007 3:12 PM PDT
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Any possibility of having tournaments over xbox live?

  • 10.03.2007 3:12 PM PDT
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i have a friend his gamertag is grahamhi and ha has a screeshot of him killin a guy with a rocket launcher an the guy he kills has a samari type sword or katana on his back. wtf is this??????

  • 10.03.2007 3:12 PM PDT
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Posted By:Family Guy Freak

Once somebody told me that they were playing H:CE and they were watching an grunt for a really long time and then it turned into an elite.

Oh yeah . . . can I leave campaign without having to end the game?? and Also a ,will we be getting a matchmaking LIST for custom games?

  • 10.03.2007 3:12 PM PDT
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In the map, The Pit, the main spawning point, the highest point of the level in the small room, is a little cheap because players are camping inside and crouching waiting for the time to count down when they have any lead at all. It is impossible to get in this room, or attack these players, can this get fixed?

I am sure this has been asked, but where are the CLANS!?

Will you be hosting any online tournaments ever?

Why is leveling so simple? Many players don't deserve the ranking they are at and many are approaching 50 very rapidly, often skipping multiple levels at a time from a single game..

Why are there no LARGE maps?

Why is VIP and terriroties highly weighted in objective games? More flag and oddball!


Amazing game, best of the 3 =D

  • 10.03.2007 3:13 PM PDT

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There is a huge outcry (again) from the machinima community because lowering weapons for filming purposes is not avaliable in Halo 3. I've tried the alleged (and ridiculously difficult) button combination myself and it does not work. I later read that it specifically does not work on Xbox Live. All it should take is holding the Left Trigger with no grenades, just like Halo 2. Why has this simple and yet essential animation for machinima been removed? Is it another crackdown on machinima from Microsoft? Will there be a patch to "fix" this in a coming update?

Thanks,
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  • 10.03.2007 3:13 PM PDT
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Why didn't you make a custom Halo 3 friends list, instead of using the slow xbox one?

And are there any plans for an update making one?

  • 10.03.2007 3:13 PM PDT
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Well, im not sure if any of my Qs have been asked, sorry if its a repeat, but there are like 80 pages. Maybe i would read them if it was my job, but that is all you guys.

First off, great game. I really wouldnt change a whole lot. People complain endlessly about the "unfair" AR beatdowns and sniper delay. But I think they are just mad because they suck (which can be confirmed after viewing service records), i have abosolutely no problem at all with either of them.

1- The forge is somewhat more limiting than you guys let on.
2- copy and paste and erase all features in forge would be really nice.
3- why must you get the achievements in ranked free for all. I really dont like FFA, but i do enjoy achievements
4- Why is there no 8v8 at all, it should be at least a social gametype
5- Its really annoying that you cant talk in Lone Wolves

IF YOU DONT ANSWER THE ABOVE PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS ONE
I AM A HUGE FAN OF HALO'S STORY AND HAVE READ ALL THE NOVELS AND PLAYED MORE CAMPAIGN THAN MOST

*spoiler* What happens to MC and Cortana....im not really content with them just being lost in space. Also, what is that big blue coming from behind the planet....and what kind of planet is that. Will you guys help us fanboys out, or at least have eric nylund give me a novel tell me what happened. PLEASE. Im losing alot of sleep over this

  • 10.03.2007 3:13 PM PDT
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hey guys, why can't we see master chief's face?
and what is so significant about the planet inside the ark?
and what do forerunners look like ?
are they human?
and how do grunts reproduce?

do they?

  • 10.03.2007 3:14 PM PDT
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You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you.

How come there are so many Shotty-Sniper matches?



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  • 10.03.2007 3:14 PM PDT
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i love shotty snipes but it keeps popping up too much in Team Slayer
i have had a bit of trouble with snipershots registering and what is up with the lagg? my connection is great and there is still a bit of lagg...always...

lastly when do we expect to see DLC and perhaps 250G and more armor permutations for like HIGH ranks....

oh yea game was awesome, but personally getting an overkill in a ranked lone wolf match when you are only against 4 players is pretty lame

wait one more!! is the AR more powerful or something cause someone can charge me and i have a BR and pop them in the head 4 times and i get the kill but i am almost dead, in the beta this rarely happened unless they were close. so my real question is has the AR range or damage been changed since the beta? or the BR changed? or i just suck more than before....;)

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  • 10.03.2007 3:14 PM PDT
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I'd love to see a thing in campaign where we can pick whether or not we want to be arbiter or chief, instead of us that like the arbiter always having to play as playa 2 all the time.

Thanks for reading this and thanks for the game.

  • 10.03.2007 3:14 PM PDT

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Why is the Testimonial: Gravesite movie in the Halo3 website still not open.
Heres a link: http://halo3.com/believe/shell.html

  • 10.03.2007 3:14 PM PDT
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will there ever be a team snipers playlist?

  • 10.03.2007 3:14 PM PDT