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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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1. Having to press the D-pad if I wanna talk is ridiculous. If I'm in the heat of battle and need to call my team mates for help, I have to remove my thumb from the left thumbstick and essentially stop moving for a second. Then I'm dead.

2. Territories shows up far too often. I enjoy playing it now, but I still think CTF should have the highest frequency among objective gametypes.

3. Why can't Big Team be 16 people?

  • 10.03.2007 5:29 PM PDT
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hey my name is ryan and my gamer tag is ryanvo and for some reason i cant play matchmaking. i havent cheated or done anything like that. but i cant play anymore games. why have i been banned my name turns red when i try to play.

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A member of Eagle 117s group, The Watchers, A group for the theorists of Bungie.net

We're not retreating... we're advancing in another direction
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Why is there so many Shotty Snipe playlists?

  • 10.03.2007 5:29 PM PDT

SKULLY27

Thanks so much for the awesome game Bungie! Now it's time to sound like a disgruntled customer. (This mainly has to deal with multiplayer.) I want to know why I am having these glitches with the armor permutations, I know I should have certian armor sets and parts according to the Strategy Guide and other online sources, but I don't. I see the armor that I want to pick, but then it won't let me and then it says that it is locked again. Some of them have worked and others have not, It's just a little bit of a pain in the ass. Another thing that is bothering me is the grenades. Plasma grenades seem to work pretty good to me, Fragmentation grenades on the other hand seem to be too weak and really don't even kill anyone unless the are right on top of the grenade and already have most of their shield taken down, and the Spike greandes are only good for sticking people or vehicles, they seem to have no splah damage what so ever. Incendiary grenades only bother me because they are not even really used at all on any maps, but a few; so I can't really judge them that well. And the thing that really grinds my gears is the Death from the Grave! ability/medal. I almost never get them, which just doesn't seem to fair to me at all. Death from the Grave! really only relates to equipment and/or grenades, but greandes just never really seem to cut it. I hope you understand where I may be coming from with my problems. Again thanks so much for the greatest game ever! I loved the campaign it was great.

Thanks Bungie,

SKULLY27

  • 10.03.2007 5:29 PM PDT

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This is probably an un-answerable question at the moment, but is Bungie leaving Microsoft Games and with it the Halo Franchise?

  • 10.03.2007 5:30 PM PDT

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When I go through and look at the rankings, like sargeant and captain and such, why are some of the ranks faded out? It seems like that particular person didn't get the rank, but how can you skip a whole rank or even two?

Thanks

KiLlTaC

P.S. another awesome amazing game that may even have caused my dog to go out and mate with a kangaroo it was so awesome.... which brings up another interesting question..... how can a 20 pound dog mate with a 250 pound kangaroo that lives in Australia when the dog lives in Ontario, Canada? And what would the babie..... puppy....cub......THING look like? I'll keep you posted on that last one.

  • 10.03.2007 5:30 PM PDT

In my guide for halo 3 it says i need 750 gamerscore points to unlock the security shoulders but, i have 770 and i still do not have those pieces so, why dont i have them?? am missing something?? if so what is it??

  • 10.03.2007 5:30 PM PDT

I remember when I couldn't find myself Then my mom got a job and she payed for a P.I.

I Finished reading Halo:Ghosts Of Onyx about 2 weeks before Halo3 came out and I read at the end of the book, Dr.Halsey say after they were trapped inside onyx that "The only person who can save us now is John."So I was surprised to see that in the game that it had nothing to do about Onyx.
But there was one thing I remember hearing Guilty Spark say "I always thought that the ark had something to do about the Shield World" which is what Dr.Halsey read when she was reading a Terminal in the book, she said that Onyx was the Shield World.

I'm guessing that Onyx was the world to fall back to for the Forerunners so they wouldn't be incinerated by the Rings. But when they first started the rings none of them made it or that the Spartan 2's and 3's, Dr.Halsey and Chief Mendez while trapped inside find some forerunner city or something like that.

From Waldo of Where

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my only question is in regards to the new melee system in halo 3. i have had counteless pvp encounters where i will shoot a player first, move in to melee him, and not only will the intital melee attack NOT kill him, he will melee me back and kill me. i wanted to know if that was supposed to occur in a melee battle or whether i am doing something wrong or what.

Halo 3 is a god among insects. Bungie rules all.

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I would like to see many issues addressed this friday...

1) the lack of AA in halo 3 and why are there so many displeasing visual flaws? after e3 2006 you said that trailer was real time, that was the engine thats what halo 3 is gonna look like...well, I dont see that?! does anyone else? ohh wait, we were lied to!!! (suprise, suprise!!)
2) the lack of a custom game seach feature (like Im sure many people want answered...we all feel lied to, go figure....)
3) why does matchmaking consistantly not work properly
4) when will fans have the gametypes they want to play and not what you guys at bungie like...(Im sick of swords, that was so halo 2, the key word is CREATIVITY!!!! its time to move on and STOP being lazy)
5) will there be an update to fix ANY of the 4 problems stated above?

I would love to see these answered and in a more polite way than "YOU OWE ME 80P"....come on guys, be fair for once and dont give us all you're technical lies...your buffer excuse...total BS...that might fly with an idiot 12yr old who knows nothing, but to the older, SMARTER people out there. We know what you're doing and its called lying...halo 3 = halo 2.5...Are we ever really gonna get Halo 3?! the real game you Promised...Time to start telling the truth, admit, you guys got lazy and thought "hey, its halo, they'll buy it anyway" and you're right, cause we all did and here we all are...mission accomplished...you guys at bungie should stand of the deck of an aircraft carrier infront of a bannner that says that, just like another LIAR we all know so well....suck it up, tell the truth, admit you messed up, makes you better people than to give us some poor excuse and try to play us all for fools...

[Edited on 10.03.2007 8:24 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 5:31 PM PDT

STORY QUESTIONS-

Just to make this clear; Cortana's messages through-out the game; are they to the player? Is Chief hearing her? Or are they memories? Which brings up my second question; The Gravemind messages? Does Chief hear all of those, or what?

Also, it was very clear this was a very focused story, but usually the previous two games stated the dates on which the games begin, why didn't Halo 3 do this? And can you elaborate on how long the events lasted during Halo 3?

Finally, the Arbiter, Johnson, and the rest getting to Earth brings up a couple of questions, why was most of the Arbiter's story dropped completely, and how did Johnson and the crew get there before Chief?

  • 10.03.2007 5:31 PM PDT

SKULLY27

Thanks so much for the awesome game Bungie! Now it's time to sound like a disgruntled customer. (This mainly has to deal with multiplayer.) I want to know why I am having these glitches with the armor permutations, I know I should have certian armor sets and parts according to the Strategy Guide and other online sources, but I don't. I see the armor that I want to pick, but then it won't let me and then it says that it is locked again. Some of them have worked and others have not, It's just a little bit of a pain in the ass. Another thing that is bothering me is the grenades. Plasma grenades seem to work pretty good to me, Fragmentation grenades on the other hand seem to be too weak and really don't even kill anyone unless the are right on top of the grenade and already have most of their shield taken down, and the Spike greandes are only good for sticking people or vehicles, they seem to have no splah damage what so ever. Incendiary grenades only bother me because they are not even really used at all on any maps, but a few; so I can't really judge them that well. And the thing that really grinds my gears is the Death from the Grave! ability/medal. I almost never get them, which just doesn't seem to fair to me at all. Death from the Grave! really only relates to equipment and/or grenades, but greandes just never really seem to cut it. I hope you understand where I may be coming from with my problems. Again thanks so much for the greatest game ever! I loved the campaign it was great.

Thanks Bungie,

SKULLY27

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i only have one concern and that is when i try enter matchmaking it say that it cant download from the halo 3 server. i read the forum and its still not fixed is it like the beta because i have a speed touch and im willing to buy a new one for halo 3.if its not is there anything bungie is doing to fix this?

  • 10.03.2007 5:31 PM PDT

will you be changing or tweaking any of the weapons to make them more or less powerful

  • 10.03.2007 5:31 PM PDT
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Are you going to bring back team swat in live? that was my favorite game out of all the different types.

  • 10.03.2007 5:32 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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What does the Halo 3 Ending mean?

Is there going to be a Halo 4 or another trilogy?

What happened to Halo DS?

Where are the Transport and Guass Warthogs in multiplayer?

Where's 16 player (BTB, which 8 VS 8 I hope) Matchmaking?

Are Marathon and Halo related, storywise? If so, how?

Are we going to see old maps added? (Like my favorite, Relic?)

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  • 10.03.2007 5:32 PM PDT
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-Why is shotty snipers picked so often in matchmaking? Please! stop picking it so much.

-Also why cant you skip forward in theater? I know you can fast foward but sometimes its too slow.

-And another thing, I know they're is ALOT of players on the game but why does fileshare go so slow when your trying to view someone's or your own?

-Why in theater, when you have 2 or more people in the film it sometimes takes FOREVER to load? im talkin like 5-7 minutes of waiting.

Thanks, and I hope you answer my questions! Also THANKS FOR MAKING THE BEST GAME IVE EVER PLAYED!!

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I would like to know information on why we did not get to play "the battle" that we saw so much of in the diorama? the Model in the commercials. Were we never ment to know what was Master Chief going to do with the grenade in his hand in the clutches of a Brute?!?!

  • 10.03.2007 5:33 PM PDT

freeman6431

Not sure if this has been asked or answered yet but is there benefits to certain armor? does one make you move faster or make you harder to kill? If so, which ones do what?

  • 10.03.2007 5:33 PM PDT

"Escape will make me God."
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Halo Reach - 1400 of 1400
Halo 3 - 1750 of 1750
Halo 3 ODST - 1000 of 1000
Halo Wars - 1200 of 1200

1) I would Love There To Be Clans Like We had In Halo 2, Since Alot of fans out there have made halo clan websites and they do not wish to shut them down cause of the time and effort they put in to create it.

2) Been Able to chapter skip a saved film by like 20 secs every time you press the button

3) Talking to teammates holding down the D pad is very annoying and No im not changing my control set up to the walky talky cause thats worse.

4) been Able to re wind in saved films in single player, and have a better rewind in multiplayer.

5) WHy cant we watch other players 1st person in a saved film, I want to be able to see what they were looking at.

If You could address these issues that would be great
cheres jpicard

  • 10.03.2007 5:33 PM PDT

Halo 1>Halo 2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Halo 3

Want to hear a funny joke? Marijuana prohibition.

1) Will there be a tournament-like playlist (Team Hardcore) in halo 3? If so, when will it come?

2) The end of the game (the full ending after beating legendary) left with a pretty big cliff hangar. I have heard rumors of your next game continuing the series, but not the halo title. Is this true?

[Edited on 10.03.2007 5:37 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 5:33 PM PDT
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i dont want to read a hundred pages to see if my question is asked yet so here goes
how do you get to the a/v calibrator thingy they did a news post on
havent found it anywhere

  • 10.03.2007 5:34 PM PDT
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I have a few questions to ask....

1. why is sniping so messed up now...is that a glitch or something we'll have to get used to where like it shows it's clearly a headshot and you'll shoot and he won't die. it just get's frustrating after a while.

2. another qestioon i have is if what maps are to be expected that you're bringing back...I know the majority of halo 3 is looking forward to lockout being remade so are you remaking it or not? guardian just isn't cutting it

3.BTB should be made into a ranked matchtype

4. and finally we need clans back that right there is the best part of Halo the game cummunities and just being in charge of something

  • 10.03.2007 5:35 PM PDT
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Question for QA:

Why is Xbox Live running an ad (Xbox Dashboard) for "Halo 3 - New Weapons. New Maps." ?

  • 10.03.2007 5:35 PM PDT
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When can we expect to see some new maps as downloadable content?

  • 10.03.2007 5:35 PM PDT