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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

I know you're looking into it as Achronos said and it's probably been asked but I cant be arsed to look through 77 pages: Any reason to why I and many others get "Information could not be retrieved from the Halo 3 server" when trying to do anything online in Halo 3? And how far have you come to fix it?

Also, I really actually know the answer to this, but... Why does bullets come out of players heads instead of their weapons? Maybe you havent noticed yourself, but it you can always see it in saved films. Not a gameplay problem at all but looks kinda stupid. I've taking many screenshots of it, which would explain why it's like this but I can't send my pictures here because of the server problem. I know it's because of the HUD not really being right with the real model. The hands you see through the eyes of MC for example are really just 2D paint on, not the real model and when you shoot it looks right in 1st person, but not in 3rd.

Anyway, is it possible to somehow fix it so that when fireing a (1st person) weapon will look right in 3rd person in the theater? Yesterday for example I watched my self in third person on The Storm level, holding a Brute Shot shooting through a window. In 1st person it looked like I was holding it through the window, in third person I was aiming the weapon at the wall and fireing at it. :P While the projectiles came flying out of my head.

  • 10.03.2007 3:20 PM PDT
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Any plans for adding the flame grenades or the hornet to matchmaking?

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I'm most curious about the lack of a server browser. Why can't I find a social match that gives no exp that way? Something like, well, almost every single other lobby based online game out there has. Matchmaking is fun and all, but I don't want to need 16 friends online or track down friends of friends of friends to get a good game of Infection going.

  • 10.03.2007 3:20 PM PDT

I know it is still early, but when can we expect some new maps? Even a rough estimate?

I haven't seen a single firebomb in matchmaking. Where are they?

Think you will use the extra 250 achievement points in an update? Should we expect mostly matchmaking achievements?

  • 10.03.2007 3:20 PM PDT

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
- Oscar Wilde

Why do I lose experience for games that don't finish configuring? It's not my fault if there's an error while the game is setting up.

  • 10.03.2007 3:20 PM PDT

Couple questions:

1. Will we see ambient voice come back?

2. I'm getting dropped from parties and put into my own separate party where the game is over, and my exp is hurting from it. What is the deal and how soon are you going to fix it?

Thanks.

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Why can I not search in ranked matches for my favorit map? and starting weapom?

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Is Mister Chief hidden somewhere in a level or map?
If not, where he at?

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Will there be an update to make genades more powerful much like the update put out for Halo 2? There has been a lot of talk about this online.

Great game. All of your hard work has paid off!

  • 10.03.2007 3:21 PM PDT
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I'm most curious about the lack of a server browser. Why can't I find a social match that gives no exp that way? Something like, well, almost every single other lobby based online game out there has. Matchmaking is fun and all, but I don't want to need 16 friends online or track down friends of friends of friends to get a good game of Infection going.

  • 10.03.2007 3:21 PM PDT
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i read the first page, then discovered that there were 76 pages. Not gonna read all of them, but hopefully these questions are moderately fresh. *SPOILER*

can you give us any info on the significance of the legendary ending? is the strange planet forerunner? is it earth? is it covenant? is it something completely new? i'm all for keeping things hush hush for now, but if you would merely acknowledge the legendary ending and possibly leave us with a little more to ponder for the next few years, i would appreesh.

adding on to what Alex Wilder posted about rocket race, infection, and the pirate games in matchmaking, Would it be possible to create a Bungie Favorites matchmaking playlist? i know it's pretty much the same question, but with the lack of optimatch/matchmaking for custom games, the next best thing for the community to experience these great gametypes that require lots of players would be to make such a playlist. that's all about that, great job otherwise.

also, any plans on fixing the unlockable armor being locked? i got a kill frenzy in FFA, and i want my commando shoulders, please :)

and i guess while i'm at it, i might as well ask. are there any plans to discuss the recent rumor floating around about your relationship with MS? is it on the rocks? i've got some extra tissue and a gallon of ice cream if it's a touchy subject. love you guys, you'll always have my support (and my money :-P)

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Wow!! I'm guessing this question will get lost in here haha but here goes anyway....Why can't I talk to my team mates with proxy voice in social custom games? Enemies can hear me but for the guy on the back of my mongoose to hear me I have to PTT, please tell me this is a bug?

2 threads about it:

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13284724
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13302228

Please guys fix this.

  • 10.03.2007 3:21 PM PDT

I have a legitimate Killimanjaro in Halo 3. Whats your excuse?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h98se5MTBBY
- Killimanjaro + Street Cone Kill = Guaranteed Victory

Why are there no large metropolitian(city) maps, that could be good use for Infection?

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I don't understand how the chief survived the Ark's Halo detonation. Here's my understanding of the situation:

1. Chief activated the Ark.
2. Chief and the Arbiter got in the ship, Arbiter in front, Chief in back.
3. The Arbiter flew toward the portal to escape the blast from the Ark's halo.
4. The front half of the ship made it through, escaping the blast.
5. The back half of the ship got caught in the blast.
6. Somehow, the back half of the ship wound up in a different part of space with the Chief still alive, even though it was exposed to the Ark's blast.

How did the Chief survive, again?

  • 10.03.2007 3:21 PM PDT

How about some Infection in Matchmaking guys? Seriously. Think about it.

And if you come to a negative conclusion, think about it some more.

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Why can you only have 100 items of custom content? I have 100 already and frankly I would like more. I think it's dumb to put an arbitrary limit like that in a game where you can make so much content.

On another, less important note, what happened with Xbox Live Public?

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Why cant you fast forward faster in saved films? some times cool stuff hapens at the end of a 15 minute game n i have to sit there for 7 minutes holding the right trigger it sucks. you can skip sections rewinding, why not fastforwarding?

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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

"I have to go to heaven because I've spent my time in hell"

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Please bungie please give us Blood Gulch!!! Valhalla is good but not Coagulation!!!!

WIll you bring it back?

  • 10.03.2007 3:22 PM PDT
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Why is there no search option to find people who hosted campain games? Let us search for Mission and difficult!

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The Br has a scope and a tighter spread it shoots in much more accurate bursts it also does more damage per shot and has a slightly bigger clip than AR it also makes it easier to get headshots

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Can you explain the ending. Please. Master Chief escaped, only for the frigate to crash onto some giant planet that looks curiously like the death star. I'm not asking for spoilers or anything like that. I'm just asking, wtf.

  • 10.03.2007 3:23 PM PDT

Moneys!!!

During co-op gameplay with four players, there have been various times when the game will end sporatically, and it will say that the session was ended because someone has left the party, but no-one has left. Can you adjust this problem so that it just finds a way to see that no one has left and re-connnects without having to start the whole map over and lose our points?

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I know this has been asked before, but are clans going to be added along with clan matches? Why are there no oddball or koth gametypes in team objective? Why can a team in slayer beat the same team of four 7 consecutive times in a row and not level up and them not level down? Are there any plans on releasing new maps soon? I ask because Foundation was released very soon after H2's release. Hopefully a Midship remake with the exact same dimensions but polished. Thank you for listening.

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Is there a way to make a patch so guests of xbox live will have the same armor permutations as the main account?

BUNGIE THIS IS A MUST NEEDED RESPONSE

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Beat me to it. ^^^^

Why can't your guests use unlocked armor? It really sucks if you have LAN parties and only one person on your xbox can use them.
Please answer!!!

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