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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 10/26/07
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Excellent article except they definately forgot to mention a few problems.

1. Rankings: despite their report that they are working, perhaps they can explain why you gain more experience when playing individually than in a party. I can win 6 games in a row while partied with 3 other friend and "maybe" go up 1 rank. If I play 6 games by myself I manage to go up 4-5 ranks. However in both party and by myself if loose any matches I am more likely to drop 1-2 ranks despite how many wins I might have had before the loss. I think there is some serious math issues with the amount of points earned and that is a good reason why we dont see the level progress like in Halo 2. Showing us that would show how poor the ranking system is actually working.

2. Sniper rifle: I mean come on, the punching is bad enough, the swords are just a joke, but the sniper rifle has clear documented and video documentation on you tube of people sniping other players in clear head shots, multiple body shots, and even missed shots still registering. The accuracy of the sniper rifle is actually the worst of any weapon in the game. I do not mind the changes, such as slower shot and reload, but you cant sacrifice the way a weapon registers when it hits the opponent.

3. Swords: what can you say without laughing...it a host weapon, sword cancelling is a joke...this weapon should just be removed.

4. Mauler vs Shotgun: Not really sure how a mauler/punch combo is beaten by 1 shotgun shell but apparently that might be part of the lag they openly admitted exists.

5. Switching weapons: this needs to be faster. you also can not punch between weapon switches. this is an issue when someone comes up on you while you are switching weapons. you can punch out of reload which is nice but not out of changing weapons. it would be nice to see this changed.

6. Bring on SWAT
7. Bring on Multiteam Ranked
8. Bring on Big Team Ranked
9. Need Shotty Snipes On Sandtrap

  • 10.27.2007 6:44 AM PDT
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I hope Bungie release more armor at some point

  • 10.27.2007 6:50 AM PDT
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I managed to kill myself with a laser once.

  • 10.27.2007 7:09 AM PDT

Eat. Sleep. and Lax!
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Wow! Traffic Cone video is hiliorous

aww, I thought I already got Recon armor but I was wrong... That recon armor look awesome! Too bad I will not get it...

yay, I cant wait for new maps, I perfer new maps than armor

  • 10.27.2007 7:26 AM PDT

Great update Frankie. I want so bad to play on the 30th but my Xbox is in the gone for repairs. =(

  • 10.27.2007 7:30 AM PDT

A pant-fill-disaster?
Pant as in, like a dog pants? You Americans call trousers pants, don't you? Something about filling your trousers? Bungie, this is sick!

[For the less aware people of the Interent, I am joking]...[unless I'm totally right, then you must make me your king]...[scratch that. King of people of the Internet. Not the best title in the world]

  • 10.27.2007 7:35 AM PDT

Awesome update. I could only ever find that video on you tube. In parts. thx.

  • 10.27.2007 7:42 AM PDT

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Great update! Loved the Landfall video. When the movie does get done, pleasepleasepleaseplease don't do a switch to first person ala DOOM, I thought that was so cheesy. Good to hear about the Recon armor, now maybe people will stop complaining about it on the forums, but probably not.

  • 10.27.2007 7:54 AM PDT
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just about the banhammer i was playing a game of one bomb on on high ground when we were defending and the gate was closed then suddenly bam a ghost comes through the gate when it was CLOSED then later on in the round the gate was still CLOSED the same guy walked through the gate. we have the video evidence of this you can either see it in sidagreat89 file share or mine wen i get time to upload it thanks if it is possible i would like bungie to have a look at this.

  • 10.27.2007 7:55 AM PDT

Hey, will there be an update in Achievements? (new ones, or expanded ways to get them) It's driving me crazy trying to get Steppin Razor and Overkill, when I already got them in team slayer (which is ranked) I love halo 3, but I find myself vetoing maps, simply because they don't have a sword, please, i'm begging you, tell me why I can only get these achievements in Lone Wolves!

also, why can't I talk to my opponents in lone wolves? (just to tell them how much they suck:)

  • 10.27.2007 8:05 AM PDT
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Nice update Lucky Guys got Them Helmets
xD Keep The goood work up Guys :)

  • 10.27.2007 8:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: Pdub408
Cool Update. I still want to know how someone even cheats. Never seen it and couldn't imagine what they could possibly do besides find a glitch in the map to hide in and snipe or something without getting seen. I dunno.

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i am wondering myself of the same question. what are the type of things people do that make them "cheats". i am fairly new to this game and would like to recognize a cheat when i see one. don't mean for anyone to post how people cheat (that will be bad) but more of the categories of cheat for example:
i have seen some amazing jump videos that i have no clue how they were done. are those considered to be cheat? the folks who did those videos claims they all legit and done in normal setting on regular map. a talent or a cheat or simply a bug in Halo and that should make it Bungie fault ... i guess i don't understand what it means to cheat in Halo ...

yes - i realize its a naive thinking so please educate me.
thanks

  • 10.27.2007 8:22 AM PDT
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In theory, it [rank] is trying to put you in the most competitive matches. It is not some goal or trophy – it’s a tool
music to my ears
now if only all those jerkoffs i played with last night could understand this..

  • 10.27.2007 8:45 AM PDT

A witty signature you say ! ? well at the moment i have nothing witty that springs to mind, so sory..................nope still nothing.......

Awesome!

Looking forward to the new maps, be interesting to see how the artists work on them visually, I’d love to see a map that is set in the ruins of Mombassa city or something. Downloaded the landfall short, just about to watch it! I haven’t posted on here in a while cus I’ve been enjoying halo 3 spoiler free,lol the games awesome Bungie you have done a great job both in the art and game play enhancements, (such as equipment witch really makes for some tactical game play and encounters that keep you on the edge of your seat ) so yeah superb job guys !

Cheers Frankie!

And as for the guy that sniped himself (I didn’t think it was even possible), that's just beyond bad luck! lol, soon everyone on Live will be finding ways of killing them selves in the most spectacular ways so they can get hold of the recon armour. And apparently traffic cones are Spartan killers to !


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  • 10.27.2007 8:47 AM PDT
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Don't get me wrong...I too love the game but share my melee frustrations with the majority of the group. Frankies' assessment was dumbed down a bit. I'd like to see more elaboration on it. Better yet, see it fixed. I am sick and tired of fragging opponents, following it up with body shots from my AR, then going into a melee to finish the kill only to LOSE the one-on-one exchange to player who should have been dropped by the grenade in the first place. Especially when that player was running AWAY from me in the first place. Tell me how does that seem fair? More health???? BS.

  • 10.27.2007 8:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: no weakness
In theory, it [rank] is trying to put you in the most competitive matches. It is not some goal or trophy – it’s a tool
music to my ears
now if only all those jerkoffs i played with last night could understand this..


lets not fool ourselves ...

i would have agreed with that statement except its not true .... it is a goal and a trophy the moment you link getting achievements and officer ranks to your skill rank, to get braging rights for one you need to get the other ....
there is no other way than of calling it other than a trophy system. if it wasn't .... ranking wouldn't have been made so visible and should have been an internal algorithm in the matchmaking system.



  • 10.27.2007 9:00 AM PDT
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I love tthe bungie team alot more each day but I think that the recon armor should be available to those with 1000 gamerscore in halo 3 or to those that have completed the game on legendary. plus I've tried adding some bungie staff to my friends list to play a load of games with them but they keep rejecting me and also I have some video's in my file share that could get into bungie's favourites but how? I also think that Coagulation should be brought back but averything alse is awesome.

  • 10.27.2007 9:05 AM PDT
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i'm confused, what does bungie have against us to not give us the recon helmet. I mean some of the armor is cool like the rogue or habuyasha or something like that but the best armor is unavailable because bungie like to mess with us? And how does bungie know that you did a good deed or not? Do they have camera's that show what EVERY player does so they can see what things you do?
I'm not going to be rude about it but it's not fair that these guys get the armor for sheer dumb luck and i don't have a capture card so I'll never be able to post a video on you tube to get the helmet. Its just a helmet anyway. Why are they so defensive and selfish about it? Again I'm trying not to be the rude guy who cusses bungie out but its just not fair. I will say this though.congrats to the guys who got the armor, I guess I'll never get it thugh.

  • 10.27.2007 9:07 AM PDT
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Anything other than the Rogue or Mark VI is plain -blam!-. The Hayabasu (sp?) make the game look less Halo-esque anyway. I love owning those goofy looking ninjas.

  • 10.27.2007 9:11 AM PDT
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Hooray for a real update! I love Bungie again. I know they probably could give two frigs about me, but I feel it necessary to let the world know.

  • 10.27.2007 9:11 AM PDT

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Posted by: dean the bean
i'm confused, what does bungie have against us to not give us the recon helmet. I mean some of the armor is cool like the rogue or habuyasha or something like that but the best armor is unavailable because bungie like to mess with us? And how does bungie know that you did a good deed or not? Do they have camera's that show what EVERY player does so they can see what things you do?
I'm not going to be rude about it but it's not fair that these guys get the armor for sheer dumb luck and i don't have a capture card so I'll never be able to post a video on you tube to get the helmet. Its just a helmet anyway. Why are they so defensive and selfish about it? Again I'm trying not to be the rude guy who cusses bungie out but its just not fair. I will say this though.congrats to the guys who got the armor, I guess I'll never get it thugh.


I cant believe people are still complaining about the recon armor - how is bungie having their own armor not far the made the game the can have what ever they want - and they arent making it unavailable to us they are jut keeping something for themselves because it was never available to us it isnt like they took it away - so0 many of you immature people have complained! they decided to give it out to some people as a gift and all you do is complain more

get over urself

it does look kinda cool but not cool enough to make a huge deal out of it... its just armour in just a game which u cant see during gameplay unless you die

  • 10.27.2007 9:30 AM PDT
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Lol that crazy for the people that got the Recon Helmet and others....but the funny part is that i got killed with a pylon in a game ofTeam Tacticals Snipers on The Pit...i did it when trying to kill the guy with active camo...this happened about 2 weeks ago...near the beginning of h3...its on my file share called WTF Suicide?...my friend saved the video b-cuz i had to go help my mom...but i got the suicide..if anyone @ Bungie gets a chance, check it out because i fell left out since that happened to me a LONG time ago and i would do anything to get the recon armor perms.

  • 10.27.2007 9:50 AM PDT

GT: AuziesWrath :)

What if we have a vid of shooting a rocket with a carbine? Or a guy throwing a grenade, throws another, and the first one blows it back and sticks himself?

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  • 10.27.2007 9:53 AM PDT
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Sad thing is that i commited suicide in the exact same place on last resort a couple days ago...

  • 10.27.2007 9:56 AM PDT
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Lol that crazy for the people that got the Recon Helmet and others....but the funny part is that i got killed with a pylon in a game ofTeam Tacticals Snipers on The Pit...i did it when trying to kill the guy with active camo...this happened about 2 weeks ago...near the beginning of h3...its on my file share called WTF Suicide?...my friend saved the video b-cuz i had to go help my mom...but i got the suicide..if anyone @ Bungie gets a chance, check it out because i fell left out since that happened to me a LONG time ago and i would do anything to get the recon armor perms.


Heres the link to my video of the same type of pylon suicide...i think i should get creditted becaus ethis happen near the beginning of halo 3
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=14011952


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  • 10.27.2007 10:08 AM PDT