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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

Seconded, this feature needs to be removed.

Everyone I know thinks it's an annoyance that doesn't need to plague Halo anymore.

  • 10.03.2007 5:09 PM PDT
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will there be another game coming out with master chief in it or at least another multiplayer only game

  • 10.03.2007 5:09 PM PDT

Seconded.

The push to talk feature needs to die, it takes away from the game by making you have to take your thumb off the movement stick to talk to your teammates.

It's bogus.

  • 10.03.2007 5:10 PM PDT
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1. Is there anything that can be done about the folks that go into ranked games and collectively agree to help each other get achievements? It's unsportsmanlike.

2. What factors are contributing to the slow game setup times in matchmaking? They seemed to be doing just fine until about the middle of week 2 after release. Is it the sheer number of players? The amount of data flying through Interspace? Predictable and expected server hiccups? Space monkeys?

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Remember that totally awesome handmade diorama for the Believe Campaign featuring the Battle for New Mobassa with Chief being held by the brute whose is about to get plasma grenade'd? How come that never appeared in the game. I was slavering over the prospect of a really intense, epic city fight. :-(

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You left the ending open for a sequel. Will there be one? Will it be an FPS or will it be another genre?

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Why does matchmaking randomly not work? Far too often MM completely craps out and I can't find any matches. I receive information from the servers but no matches come up.

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In campaign, if I play some levels on co-op with friends then decide to play the rest of the game on my own, will it count as fully beating the game?

  • 10.03.2007 5:11 PM PDT
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Why was the sniper rifle changed after the beta?

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Why didn't a armor perm make it into Halo 3? I thought it looked really good.

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  • 10.03.2007 5:11 PM PDT
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Hey guys, thanks for a great game thus far...

1. why cant guests have a saved character, service tag and name?
2. Whats up with the melee? I am really frustrated with the new style of the game being so "bam bam punch". I feel it changes the whole aspect of the game.
3. A custom game search would be rad!
4. Firebomb? What happened to that? If its not going to be in the game, can we have at least more of the other grenades?


PS. We cant wait for new playlists that include a wide variety of the maps and game types... big team anyone?

  • 10.03.2007 5:11 PM PDT
Subject: Any word on the guardians?

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I was hoping this new stanza would clear up of the mystery surrounding the guardians. Do they ever make an appearance in Halo 3 (you know, besides visiting me in multiplayer) that somehow I just missed?

  • 10.03.2007 5:12 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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Posted by: Kagebutsu
Why was the sniper rifle changed after the beta?


It was changed for the better. It was borderline useless in the beta. Now it is much more fair.

  • 10.03.2007 5:12 PM PDT

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Why do we HAVE to push the direction pad to talk in matchmaking?


Seconded.

The push to talk feature needs to die, it takes away from the game by making you have to take your thumb off the movement stick to talk to your teammates.

It's bogus.

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I don't want to seem rude, but I have quite a few questions. I have written them in a notepad file to email to you guys later but instead I'll paste them here. Sorry if there are repeats:

Why can't we rewind campaign films?

Why can't we search for custom games?

Why can't we have more specific matchmaking playlists or at least the few from Halo 2 like snipers and swat?

Why can't we place certain items in forge (i.e. carbine on last resort, etc...)?

When placing ammo crate things all over high ground it told me there were too many on the map even though I was still under the maximum amount allowed. Also, after placing many crates, weapons, etc on high ground (for a zombies map) it stopped letting me place any items and said I had too many items on map even though I was under the maximum allowed for most items and I still had budget left. Is this a bug?

Why does it take so long to open my file share sometimes?

Why can we not delete the items that are out of bounds on "The Pit"?

Why is there a "forward" option in saved films but I've never seen it highlighted so I could use it? Is there a specific scenario that allows you to go forward as well as backward?

You might want to clarify that you can only go into first person view in a film on the person who recorded it. At first I thought the film feature was broken because you said you could press right thumbstick to go in and out of first person and orbiting camera. I realized later I could only do it on the person who authored the film.

In ranked playlists I've grown fond of only being able to hear my team. I also love that we can hear eveyone in social playlists. Both features provide a good balance; one is about the game and the other is about making friends (or enemies). However, I do not enjoy the fact that I can hear the enemy in the post game for a ranked playlist. I constantly have to switch my voice option back and forth depending on what type of playlist I'm playing. In social I want to hear enemies, in ranked I do not....EVER. Not a big deal, just curious why this is.

All those who do regular forging will notice a very odd bug in the Forge. When stacking things like crates you'll notice they "jump" a little bit every so often, but only when you are close to them (as a player or monitor). Trying to stack things is hard when they occasional bounce a little and knock things over, moving their spawn to the floor and forcing you to grab it all over again. This only happens in the Forge as far as I can tell; custom games seem fine. It's only when trying to put a lot of objects near/on top of each other. Is this a bug? Has anyone else noticed this small annoyance?

Why didn't you add a "clear map" option in the Forge? Not that I'm too upset, my canvases are over 5000 downloads :)

Team speak is very confusing. When there are more than four people on a team you have to press up on the D-pad. That is fine and all, but it took me a long time to realize that in the Forge I had to press down on the D-pad.

I know you mentioned in an update on the site that the "Allow editing for party leader only" feature is sort of broken. Are you going to fix it? It's a little weird having a feature in a game that I know is broken and I have to avoid it. Not only that, but this feature would be extremely nice to have working right so I could tweak popular maps without leaving my party and without others messing it up while I edit it.

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  • 10.03.2007 5:13 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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Why do you let us make the adjustments to let us decide how we want vehicles to act in matchmaking and then not let the flag carrier drive with the flag? Can't drive, can't use the turrett.

There are a lot of glitches in Halo 3, what are doing to get these fixed?

Frankly, I am dissapointed that Bungie and Microsoft would let a game with so many glitches out.

I feel that Bungie has abandoned many Halo 2 fans. It would not have been difficult to map the controller to something similar to Halo 2, Some of the options that were available in Halo 2 are not in Halo 3, options that made Halo 2 great.

  • 10.03.2007 5:13 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

Will we see the Master Chief again in a future Bungie project?

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What fixes are planned to be addressed in the first patch?

Is there an alternative way to signing out people on your screen (split screen) that won't quit me from the game too?

Could you explain how the ranks work in matchmaking (the numbered ones) I have won three games in a row before and not gone up and won one other times and gone up three.

Could there possibly be a system that will prevent EXP loss when mysteriously disconnected from live mid-game or bridged out?

Is there more campaign bits to be expected through DLC? Maybe another chapter of another character or a continuation of chiefs ending?

Can we expect the stretch option for split-screen on a wide-screen or a vertical split?

  • 10.03.2007 5:14 PM PDT

What is up with the ending of Halo 3?
What happens to Master Chief and Cortana?
Is Gravemind destroyed for good?
What's with your obsession with the number se7en?
When are we going to see some new maps?
When are we going to see some classic maps?
Who created the equipment in Halo universe, the covenant, the humans the forerunners...?

  • 10.03.2007 5:15 PM PDT
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mmm ya... I like 1v1. Its hopless to think that theyll bring it back.

O ya im weird aparrently cuz i use Lagacy inverted. Well maby just maby =D

Halo 3 just died fix it

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Why cant we rewind faster in saved fims? If someone did some cool s*** an hour into a game, then I'll have to rewind half an hour just to watch that single moment! Its really anoing, you can imagine!

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i have the same exact problem i can never find a match. any solutions?

  • 10.03.2007 5:15 PM PDT

where i blood gulch

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i just have a few things which i think should be fixed. first thing is that sometimes when you spawn near your friend you end up falling off a cliff and dying over and over and over. this is a huge problem when playing meta games because everytime u die points keep being taken away. second problem i have is sniping through walls and shooting through walls. i notice some people have the barrel of their sniper through the wall and they can actually shoot me and they shoot me through a wall or around the corner of a wall that i am hiding in. when i look at the videos its obvious the person shot through the wall because u can see the line from the sniper go directly through the wall and kill me. i think thats all i can think of for now. but besides these problems the game is freaking awesome i love it. especially the video recording and taking pics and fileshare is hot.

  • 10.03.2007 5:16 PM PDT
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HOW DO YOU GET THE NINJA (EBO) HELMET AND THE FLAMING HELMET!!!! also is there any more armor after the NINJA armor to unlock... its been 4 days into the game and i had everything,,,, please tell me!!!

  • 10.03.2007 5:16 PM PDT