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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

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GO DAWGS!!

Its much harder to snipe things in the head than H2, will we get that fixed or will it remain? And is the game Peter Jackson making a continuation of Chiefs story after H3, I mean like, where is chief going, perhaps it would answer some serious forunner questions we have. Thanks guys!

  • 10.03.2007 4:08 PM PDT
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I have a few questions (by the way, this forum was a great idea).

My first question is about matchmaking. I was wondering, why it takes 5 minutes or longer to find a match? I'm not necessarily complaining, because I'm sure that if there was a quicker way, you guys would use it (I hope). Just a simple explanation is all. :)

My next question that pertains [i]specifically[i/] to the game is: why is there a delay with the human sniper rifle now? I don't want to brag, but I was a sick sniper in Halo 2, and now that there is this delay, my snipes lately have been off.

Nice job on the game guys. :) I saw in the bonus DVD just a fraction of the time it took to make this game as enjoyable as it is, and I'm sure that there are a lot of gamers, including me, who really, really appreciate it. Good luck with this FAQ!

  • 10.03.2007 4:08 PM PDT
Subject: Questions for the team

Posted by: ShinMasaki528
(6) Why do melee attacks send you flying so far?


Yea it's crazy how far you fly.....

This happened to me last night: Screenshot

  • 10.03.2007 4:09 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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yep...why can't i alwas take pictures or record clips when watching a saved film or when streaming one?

its really annoying since some times i just want to get one moment but it won't let me record or take a picture

why can't we rewind in save films (like fast forwarding...don't like the skipping feature so much)

more armor?

what happens between Halo 2 and 3?

  • 10.03.2007 4:09 PM PDT
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please please please!!! put the map Relic back in halo 2 online matchmaking in the play list team skermish. Relic was the most fun map for team skermish. Relic is perfect for capture the flag and arming the bomb games. I think everyone would a preciate it if to you put alot of Relic games back in
team skermish. it should be the most played map on team skermish everyone loves it please put it back in halo 2 match making im begging you we need it online and ranked












  • 10.03.2007 4:09 PM PDT

Why isn't there an Arbiter Armor varient for multiplayer

Why isn't the specture in Halo 3

  • 10.03.2007 4:09 PM PDT

Ok first off: Campaign. You guys keep saying you feel great that you fully explained and tied off all ends of the trilogy in H3, but I dont think im the only one who thinks nothing really got ended. The covenant is still out there? did we kill all the flood on earth? does the Master Chief get ecused before he dies? Also on the "whiskey tango foxtrot" line of questions, why was the battle of New Mombasa from all the commercials, and the surrender of the Master Chief not in the game? To me Halo 3 feels even more rushed to release than Halo 2 did, especially if this is supposed to be the last one. Or maybe you were so in love with the multiplayer that campaign got the cold shoulder.

Second: Multiplayer. More maps please? i know you guys said you focused on asymetrical maps, but i think this focus has pulled out the balance on a lot of the maps. the glorious simplicity of Halo 2 seems to be lost on most of the new maps. Ans lastly, health. it seems in multiplayer the reaction time from 'not yet hit' to 'omg im dead' is very very short. it seems either sligthly more powerful shields or a bit more health would be nice. hopefully and update here? thanks

  • 10.03.2007 4:09 PM PDT

i like lan parties
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Why don't my security armor permutations appear after ive unlocked them?

  • 10.03.2007 4:10 PM PDT
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Is there going to be halo 3 map packs like halo 2?? also in halo 2 after you blow up the coventant ship and the chief goes past you why is there a whoosing sound when there is no air in space?

  • 10.03.2007 4:10 PM PDT

Nobody likes an Infidel

Please help me kill him

© 2007 Peasant Dave Inc.

Will the Halo 3 Soundtrack be released on the Zune marketplace?

  • 10.03.2007 4:10 PM PDT

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Why is it that when you are in someone's matchmaking party you can't tell what playlist you are going into?

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Why did Bungie decide to put annoying invisisible barriers on every campaign level in the game, when you guys have been quoted saying "Thats all real geometry, its explorable"? Oh well we at HIH have already broke it.

  • 10.03.2007 4:12 PM PDT
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I completed the entire campaign on co op with my friend. I watched the last cinematic but somehow "lagged out" right before the credits started

Screwing it up for my entire party!

Also my service record is froze on enlisted for duty, when it should be finished the fight.

Also when the hell are we going to get an embed code for saved films, or be able to download it to our computer?! You said in one of the documentarys we could add voice overs and everything. And as far as Im concerned I cant download nor embed onto my myspace or xanga etc.


Great screenshot system though. And very great game and good job on solidyfying the create a game system.

  • 10.03.2007 4:13 PM PDT
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Would you kindly?

How would we go about getting the special armor variant that is only accessable to Bungie and SELECT people on the forums?...In short...how do we get YOU to select US to be special enough to get things other people (apparently) dont deserve?...

  • 10.03.2007 4:13 PM PDT

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Why don't we have our matchmaking stats on our Halo 3 page like there were in Halo 2?

  • 10.03.2007 4:14 PM PDT
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(BUMP)

I would just like to add my 2 cents to this question. Pushing the direction pad to talk is really frustrating; especially during team play with coordinated tactics really matter. If you have to push a button to talk can you at least give us an option to change the controller layout so we can switch change weapon and push to talk operations. I would even be willing to give up the independent reloading operations to get a more convenient push to talk option.

[Edited on 10.03.2007 4:16 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 4:15 PM PDT
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Dear, all god's of bungie and everything cool can you tell me how the mele system works this may be me "blaming" but often times i clearly hit first but then get hit and blown back (dead) into the air. Dose a mele to the head beat one to the chest How about a good jab to the foot? p.s on your Bungie podcast (viva~la bungie) you said something about giveing away a copy of the new halo book? ... -.^ love the pod cast thank you for halo.
.... why can wepon holders fly. (stay suspended in the air if the object below them is deleted)

  • 10.03.2007 4:15 PM PDT
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Lockout?

  • 10.03.2007 4:15 PM PDT
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And so it begins.

I know this is different from all the other questions people are asking, but here comes some story questions: how would detonating the new Installation 04 destroy all the Flood? I will grant you that there were no Flood left on Earth (it is unlikely that the Elites managed to get every single one, but oh well), but wasn't an entire Covenant fleet pretty much taken over by the time Halo 3 starts? Are you saying that ALL the virulent Flood in the galaxy were on High Charity? I will also grant you that the firing of Installation 04 destroyed all the Flood on it and the Ark, but not because of its primary firing mechanism (which only kills the Flood's food, not the Flood itself) but because the power surge would destroy Installation 04 and the Ark with a pedestrian, conventional explosion. However, the sentient-being killing ray of the Halo DID fire, which begs the question: how did MC survive? The implication I got was that the slipspace portal closed when the Forward Unto Dawn was halfway through, taking the Arbiter back to Earth but leaving MC behind, which means that MC got hit by the blast emanating from Installation 04 which is supposed to kill all sentient life. Also, how did the war just end with the destruction of the Flood? What about the rest of the Covenant scattered throughout the galaxy? What about the entire planet of Brutes just itching to get us back for what we did? Finally, what did Gravemind do to Cortana that made her send all sorts of weird messages, act as a mouthpiece for him at times, and give the impression that she has almost been inhabited by him and is at least stark raving mad, yet when MC gets to her and breaks her containment shield, she is all better? Sorry to be nitpicky - the gameplay is great and the muliplayer is fantastic, but I like my stories to be taut and watertight and this is far from it.

  • 10.03.2007 4:16 PM PDT
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Four questions... one statement.

01. Any chance "Rewind", preferrably frame-by-frame, or at least like multiplayer, will make it into Theater mode for campaign replays?

02. Recording clips is a pain, with camera control only in realtime. Any chance we can record in slow motion for playback in normal speed? Slow speed?

03. Why is 'Big Team Battle' now unranked? If I recall you made this change in Halo 2 as well? Mute guest accounts on team games is counter-productive.

04. Why on "The Pit" are some of the objects outside of the fence area counted towards your map budget? You can't fully empty objects on "The Pit".

And while I've got SOMEONE's ear... more CTF in "Big Team Battle" please.

  • 10.03.2007 4:16 PM PDT
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Will a book be released about the events after Halo 3?

  • 10.03.2007 4:17 PM PDT
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if there is an update to change weapon power like there was in halo 2 will it affect multiplayer and campaign. in halo2 it only affected multiplayer and campaign remained untouched. since it has online co-op i'd think u would have to edit both...

  • 10.03.2007 4:17 PM PDT
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can you please lighten up on the heavy use of the two new maps like tumstone and the other one in halo 2 online matchmaking at least in the ranked playlists we preffer the old maps so please stop giving us the two new maps all the time in halo 2 matchmaking and we miss playing foundation in halo 2 online too

  • 10.03.2007 4:17 PM PDT
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Why do you keep referring to Master Chief as the last spartan when the books have many others alive and well?

  • 10.03.2007 4:17 PM PDT