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Posted by: syco saga
this thread is full of so many retards that its ridicules

Posted by: Mr Shawn to YOU
AM I THE ONLY PERSON THAT FEELS THAT THESE MAPS SHOULD BE FREE!?!?!? FIRST OFF A YEAR AGO I PAYED FOR MY LEGENDARY EDITION OF HALO 3 WHEN IT WAS STILL SELLING FOR $100. THEN IM FORCED TO PAY AN EXTRA $30 WHEN IT IS RELEASED. THEN I GET THE GAME PLAY IT AND THE CAMPAIGN WAS GREAT BUT THE MATCHMAKING IS KINDA LAME. YOU PLAY THE SAME STAGES TOO CLOSE TOGETHER OVER AND OVER ACCOMPANIED BY THE SAME VARIANTS. I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED BY THE LACK OF DIFFERNT CHOICES AS FAR AS THE "HOPPERS" GO. BRING BIG TEAM BACK TO A RANKED PLAYLIST AND ADD SOME MORE OPTIONS LIKE AN ALL INFECTION SCENARIO. IM JUST SAY THAT SOME OF THE NEW MAPS NEED TO BE FREE WITH THE VERY LIMITED SELECTION OF MAPS THAT WERE GIVEN WITH LAUNCH FOR A HIGH PRICE. DOES ANYONE AGREE?


I'm not saying they necessarily need to be free, but 800 Microsoft points is rather steep considering what's being included. RedOctane pulled this very same nonsense with Guitar Hero II by offering three song packages for the same price. Worse yet, those songs were just remakes of songs from the original Guitar Hero with a few extra features (namely base tracks) tacked on. Xbox Live's marketplace is nothing more than huge scam, and a set price of 800 points for three maps - one of which was "supposed" to be included in the game at launch - does nothing but further that.

Why do I feel like only a handful of the people who post on these forums actually realize they're being taken for a ride? The lack of common sense here is really quite staggering.

  • 11.20.2007 11:40 AM PDT
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I sure would like to see some remakes of old maps like Coagulation, Foundation, Terminal, or Waterworks (mainly Coagulation it's on 1 and 2 why not have it on 3), but I'm happy with any new maps. Standoff looks ok (it looks like a small version of Sand Trap with vegetation) I’m not impressed by the other two.

  • 11.20.2007 11:41 AM PDT

Much of the same mid to large sized maps from Halo 3..... We want a new midship/warlock/foundation (which was REMOVED from halo 2 matchmaking for some reason) This is crap. And where is the Moon base map? Very disappointed. For twelve bucks we got, what, 7 new maps for halo 2?? Very disappointed.

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  • 11.20.2007 11:47 AM PDT
Subject: Heroic Map Pack Announced for Halo 3

Posted by: TACCHlMONSTER

Why do I feel like only a handful of the people who post on these forums actually realize they're being taken for a ride? The lack of common sense here is really quite staggering.

More like some of us just dont' care about the price because we can easily make up for it through some other means.

How many times does it have to be said, if you don't like the maps or the cost, then wait for spring. It's not going to kill you. I'm sure you all waited for the Gears maps as well (I did, mostly out of lost interest in the game). Be happy they'll be free at all later on.

Enough griping, I keep seeing the same complaints which are easily dismissed by some simple logic/common sense or budgeting. Likewise, Purple Rain and OK Corral are still being developed, so stop whining that "Bungie removed maps to rip us off!" For all you know it was originally $10 for only two maps (had Standoff originally been included). Halo 3 is certainly more sophisticated so expect the price of DLC to be a little steeper since it takes longer.

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  • 11.20.2007 12:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mr Shawn to YOU
AM I THE ONLY PERSON THAT FEELS THAT THESE MAPS SHOULD BE FREE!?!?!? FIRST OFF A YEAR AGO I PAYED FOR MY LEGENDARY EDITION OF HALO 3 WHEN IT WAS STILL SELLING FOR $100. THEN IM FORCED TO PAY AN EXTRA $30 WHEN IT IS RELEASED. THEN I GET THE GAME PLAY IT AND THE CAMPAIGN WAS GREAT BUT THE MATCHMAKING IS KINDA LAME. YOU PLAY THE SAME STAGES TOO CLOSE TOGETHER OVER AND OVER ACCOMPANIED BY THE SAME VARIANTS. I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED BY THE LACK OF DIFFERNT CHOICES AS FAR AS THE "HOPPERS" GO. BRING BIG TEAM BACK TO A RANKED PLAYLIST AND ADD SOME MORE OPTIONS LIKE AN ALL INFECTION SCENARIO. IM JUST SAY THAT SOME OF THE NEW MAPS NEED TO BE FREE WITH THE VERY LIMITED SELECTION OF MAPS THAT WERE GIVEN WITH LAUNCH FOR A HIGH PRICE. DOES ANYONE AGREE?


I'm not saying they necessarily need to be free, but 800 Microsoft points is rather steep considering what's being included. RedOctane pulled this very same nonsense with Guitar Hero II by offering three song packages for the same price. Worse yet, those songs were just remakes of songs from the original Guitar Hero with a few extra features (namely base tracks) tacked on. Xbox Live's marketplace is nothing more than huge scam, and a set price of 800 points for three maps - one of which was "supposed" to be included in the game at launch - does nothing but further that.

Why do I feel like only a handful of the people who post on these forums actually realize they're being taken for a ride? The lack of common sense here is really quite staggering.


Guitar Hero didn't "pull a quick one", they had to re-pay for the legal rights to use the songs again.

Halo 3 DLC should be paid for so we can get quality maps from Bungie employees who are paid to create these maps, rather than something that's just slapped together by someone who is busy on the next overall project.

It sounds like the problem so many people are having in this forum is the simple fact that they can't afford the maps. You should not get free DLC just because you purchased the original game.

If we don't pay for these maps, then getting a patch could take months longer.

You are not being 'taken for a ride' if you DO NOT PURCHASE the maps.



An advertisement sponsor by say Mountain Dew or another company that was heavily involved with the H3 pre-release would be nice, but I'll gladly shell out 10 bucks for 3 maps.

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  • 11.20.2007 12:22 PM PDT

Reach!

Yeah my first impression of Halo 3 was where are the multiplayer maps.... wtf was all the work involved in?

It shure wasn't in making a new game engine... or the pistol the way it should be... Great improvement on Halo 2, but come on Bungie... are you all geting too greedy. I know that money is the reason, please you guys didn't make enough on 3 now you'll milk out all kinds of map packs. Haven't you guys noticed that COD 4 has taken the lime light? It's time to step it up a notch. Don't get me wrong Halo 3 is a great game, just that there's a lot of great games out. Halo 3 is not the best game graphicly, but it definately has the most replay value on XBL.

Three maps that should have been included in the game. Now it's $10.00? Wow two months latter.... what a joke, what a price. Could they have just held these maps back to boost income?

  • 11.20.2007 12:37 PM PDT
Subject: Heroic Map Pack Announced for Halo 3

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Umm....800 points? That's a bit much...

  • 11.20.2007 12:42 PM PDT
Subject: Heroic Map Pack Announced for Halo 3

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3 maps for $10 thats ludicris. Further more I feel sad for the guys who don't have live and can't download the maps. I hope bungie will have something in the store like a map pack disc throw in some extra video content and at a reasonable price I might even by it. For people who don't think it will sell look at Gamer fuel you stick the chief on there and it will sell trust me!!!!!

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Posted by: TACCHlMONSTER
Posted by: Mr Shawn to YOU
AM I THE ONLY PERSON THAT FEELS THAT THESE MAPS SHOULD BE FREE!?!?!? FIRST OFF A YEAR AGO I PAYED FOR MY LEGENDARY EDITION OF HALO 3 WHEN IT WAS STILL SELLING FOR $100. THEN IM FORCED TO PAY AN EXTRA $30 WHEN IT IS RELEASED. THEN I GET THE GAME PLAY IT AND THE CAMPAIGN WAS GREAT BUT THE MATCHMAKING IS KINDA LAME. YOU PLAY THE SAME STAGES TOO CLOSE TOGETHER OVER AND OVER ACCOMPANIED BY THE SAME VARIANTS. I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED BY THE LACK OF DIFFERNT CHOICES AS FAR AS THE "HOPPERS" GO. BRING BIG TEAM BACK TO A RANKED PLAYLIST AND ADD SOME MORE OPTIONS LIKE AN ALL INFECTION SCENARIO. IM JUST SAY THAT SOME OF THE NEW MAPS NEED TO BE FREE WITH THE VERY LIMITED SELECTION OF MAPS THAT WERE GIVEN WITH LAUNCH FOR A HIGH PRICE. DOES ANYONE AGREE?


I'm not saying they necessarily need to be free, but 800 Microsoft points is rather steep considering what's being included. RedOctane pulled this very same nonsense with Guitar Hero II by offering three song packages for the same price. Worse yet, those songs were just remakes of songs from the original Guitar Hero with a few extra features (namely base tracks) tacked on. Xbox Live's marketplace is nothing more than huge scam, and a set price of 800 points for three maps - one of which was "supposed" to be included in the game at launch - does nothing but further that.

Why do I feel like only a handful of the people who post on these forums actually realize they're being taken for a ride? The lack of common sense here is really quite staggering.


Guitar Hero didn't "pull a quick one", they had to pay for the rights to use the songs again.

Halo 3 DLC should be paid for so we can get quality maps from them.
It sounds like the problem so many people are having in this forum is the simple fact that they can't afford the maps. You should not get free DLC just because you purchased the original game.



An advertisement sponsor by say Mountain Dew or another company that was heavily involved with the H3 pre-release would be nice, but I'll gladly shell out 10 bucks for 3 maps.


WOAH WOAH WOAH! Guitar Hero Sure did pull a quick one you nonsense talker!!!! I went ahead and bought one of those song packs expecting to jam to incubus's "Stellar" ONLY TO FIND OUT that in fact it was not incubus i was hearing but a damn cover band pretending to play an incubus song and let me tell you sir I WAS PISSED that i had just wasted 500 microsoft points on COVER BANDS!!!!

Not that Halo can give away COVER content but still TACCHlMONSTER is correct in stating the blatant obvious truth that 800 Microsoft points is just a bust! The cost wouldnt even matter if the bungie went ahead and threw the other 3 maps that they had ALSO talked about into the pack. What next? Come spring time when these 3 maps are free the other 3 will roll out on the halo 3 crap table for another 800 microsoft points and the complaining will ensue AGAIN as it is doing right now if anybody even still gives a damn about halo 3 that time around. Its NOT that were cheapos and cant afford its just that were not being served justice with just 3 maps for the price given (ESPECIALLY FOR A MAP THAT WAS ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BE ADDED IN THE LAUNCH TITLE!!!! GEEZ PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT!!!!) because believe it or not some people care about how they choose to spend their money. In the mean time Until bungie can get there stuff right and at the very least THINK about how there going to sell their future DLC onto its loyal Fans (Such As Me) Call of Duty 4 is in fact Calling and i have some Airstrikes and Helicopters inbound! SO I will see you guys/ gals in the spring when things hopefully come to a dramatic turn for the good of the halo world.

  • 11.20.2007 12:45 PM PDT
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I'm a lil' confused here, Bungie. Is this a joke? You must be oughta your goddamn mind. $10 for 3 maps? 3 MAPS FOR TEN BUCKS? Just fckin NO Bungie. 3 maps for $5? Sure. 5 maps for $10? Why not. 10 maps for $25? I'd pay it. But a measly, pathetic 3 maps for $10? I'm filled with dissappointment Bungie. You should stop, think about what your doing, wait until you've created like 10 new maps, then sell them all for $25. This is just wrong.

  • 11.20.2007 12:46 PM PDT
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You know to be honest, I hate the idea of basically 10$ going to a game I had purchased for 64$ and some change. I hate it a lot. Not cause I dont have 10$ cause I dont(try havign to live week to week), but because its the principal, of it. Spend 10$ on maps now spend 10$ every 3 months for new maps. For those who argue, you dont go to work and not get paid, when these guys do. Your right but does your business make nearly 200million Dollars on 1 game alone. Not including shirts toys controllers systems (part profit) from the new mountain dew. I mean seriously how much is enough I know I can higher 40 great guys to work on a game or 50 great guys to work on a game for 5 years and pay them easily 100k or just about, and I will be sufficent enough a 100k a year. Your telling me that there not getting there share for working on these maps. Bull, seriously bull. Not to mention profit goes to the mega billionaires in friggin Microsoft. ITs the principal of this. your paying for a freaking game that should have free updates free maps. Were common people here not millionares. If you buy these maps your only worsening the cause of trying to level the field out for those work hard from week to week. If you dont I applaud you for sticking up and not letting these sons of bit!!es get the money and keep allowing this to happen.

Its friggin robery.

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One more thing. Whats next, pay to get crap embelem logos that some guy in alaska desgined back in the contest day. I mean god! I wouldnt mind paying for Like Comic book logos to be honest cause those are reserved rights and they have to pay to use so i should contribute back. I am not paying for cheesey gimmicks.

Microsoft as a whole is bad for this.

Rock Band here we go out today. 45 songs and you have SONG PACKS for 400 or so, or single songs for 160, just put the damn songs in the game. You know. your payign 170$ for the damn thing. WOW!

  • 11.20.2007 12:53 PM PDT
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bring back team swat!!!!!!!! please bungie PLEASE!!!!

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why the -blam!- am i paying or an empty box? Anybody can put some rooms together and tell u to go play in it. God -blam!- damnit, yo. ANd 10 bucks is a -blam!- ripoff too.

  • 11.20.2007 1:06 PM PDT
Subject: Heroic Map Pack Announced for Halo 3

hey look where i live, LOL

people need to grow up just a little. and thanks for the new maps bungie. i pay $10 just so i can play with people who are not so narrow-sighted.
p.s i am insulting u but in a nice way.

[Edited on 11.20.2007 1:12 PM PST]

  • 11.20.2007 1:09 PM PDT
Subject: Heroic Map Pack Announced for Halo 3

Posted by: Mikeafer
One more thing. Whats next, pay to get crap embelem logos that some guy in alaska desgined back in the contest day. I mean god! I wouldnt mind paying for Like Comic book logos to be honest cause those are reserved rights and they have to pay to use so i should contribute back. I am not paying for cheesey gimmicks.

Microsoft as a whole is bad for this.

Rock Band here we go out today. 45 songs and you have SONG PACKS for 400 or so, or single songs for 160, just put the damn songs in the game. You know. your payign 170$ for the damn thing. WOW!

You're paying for hardware. Don't compare apples and oranges.

  • 11.20.2007 1:15 PM PDT
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I have some of the same feeling as most of the people who have disappointments. I DO have to say that when I finally put my much anticipated disc of Halo 3 in that I waited an eternity for (since , of course they pull the plug early in the storyline of HALO 2.) TO only find a small handfull of multiplayer maps ?? Hell, I already had played 30 % OF THEM IN THE beta!! . i don't mind all the mystery that Bungie injects to their actions. It keeps the fun alive BUT i was one f those people that bought the Legendary Edition( originally was supposed to be $30 bucks cheaper) I actually bought 3 copies of the legendary and 1 copy of the regular edition ( some for gifts) I walked out of Gamestop spending nearly $500 for just 1 game !!! Now i mear 2 months later the fastest selling video game of ALL TIME that made more revenue than any other type of movie or other media fires up the cash drawer again, THE GRAVY TRAIN CONTINUES !! CHOO CHOO. I love the game, love the maps and am a huge fan of Bungie. Honestly if the lobby system and the live experience was even a little bit less than the near perfectness that it is , I migt just play assassins creed and COD4 instead ,BUT Bungie, yah still got me .......for now.
Didn't Halo2 have around 20 maps??
BTW snipers was an extremely popular gametype, bring it back as it's own again THX still a fan !

  • 11.20.2007 1:17 PM PDT

Ok, this is getting insane...

Who says Bungie even wanted to charge? Nevermind how greedy or not MS is, they have every right to want content on their system to cost so they get a commission. Let's remember back in the Halo 2 days there was no marketplace and things have changed since then.

Can we please quit this endless banter! If you don't like the cost or think the maps suck, then don't buy the content. Likewise, if you don't mind the price, then go ahead and buy it. It's that simple. Protest with your wallet, not your mouths. Only one of those two will actually have an impact, and I'm hoping you can figure out which it is.

It's not the end of the world. The maps will be free come Spring, so it's not any worse than the Gears maps and I'm sure you were all willing to wait until then.

Stop whining like little children, stand up for what you believe in (buying or not), and leave the issue to rest. There's no reason for this constant complaining. If you don't like the maps as they stand, go into Forge and modify them to fit your mood and invite your friends for some custom games. This isn't rocket science.

  • 11.20.2007 1:23 PM PDT
Subject: Heroic Map Pack Announced for Halo 3

Sniper Assassin

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If It Isn't Worth Your Time...Then Get Off Forums And Stop Complaining...Forums Are For People That Like The Game And Want To Know More About It...They Don't Come Simply To Complain About The Game Non-Stop.
Bungie...Where's The Banhammer?


Wrong, forums are places where people talk about and discuss both positives and negatives on a certain subject. Do you even know what the 1st amendment is by chance? If you don't know, it's freedom of speech. Just because you will kiss bungie's ass, doesn't mean someone else will.

I personally think it's a load of crap what Bungie is doing to the "Halo Nation". I mean damn Bungie we are your fans, we have followed everyone of your Halo games and this is what we get, a broken, average, rip off of a game. Bungie please stop making promises if you can't follow through on them. Bungie, why are you putting out these 3 maps for $10 when you haven't even fixed the Broken BS in this game yet. How can you even look yourselves in the mirror and think you are doing a favor to the fans, when you continually just trample all over the community's concerns and ideas to fix some issues to make Halo 3 a better experience.

Bungie, if you honestly believe a sane person would purchase these maps when there are still so many issues that haven't been dealt with, you are sadly mistaken. I for one will not purchase these maps, because I don't won't to support a company that is failing to deliver and continues to piss all over it's loyal fans with this BS.


True About The First Amendment...But You Also Have To Take Into Account How Halo Is A Multi Cultural Game...And It's Rediculous For 20 People In A Row To Keep Complaining And Even For People To Defend The Game Over And Over.

Here's The Facts.

1. Halo 2 Maps Were Cheaper.
2. $10 Is Quite A Bit To Ask.
3. The Maps Weren't That Great For Halo 3.

But Here's The Factual Answers...

1. It Takes Alot More Coding And Time To Actually Make A Map In Halo 3 Than It Took For Halo 2.
2. You Don't Have To Pay For These...Just Wait...It's Not Necessary To Keep Posting "OMG RIPOFF BUNGIE N00b!1!" They Said It Will Be Released In Spring 2008...Just Wait And You Can Keep Your Minimum Wage. Not To Mention Microsoft Gets Some Of The Proceeds...For Those Of You That Claims Bungie Has Multi Billion Dollar Accounts...It Doesn't Go Directly To Bungies Pocket...Get It? Microsoft Points? And Because Of The Merger...Microsoft Took Half Of The Gross Income...That's How Mergers Work...You Need To Understand Economics Before You Can Even Start To Understand How The World Works.

3. Sure The Maps Weren't Great...But You Can't Do Alot About Time Constraints When They Spent So Much Time Making The Ability Of Recording Videos And Posting Them On The Net. ---A Rebuttle To This Would Be..."Then Why Not Just Wait On The Release Of Halo 3?"
-Simple Answer...There Was Already Too Much Money Spent On Promos...Not To Mention Bungie Had To Have A Deadline Because Of Microsoft...Remember The Merger? Obviously Microsoft Only Wanted Bungie For Halo 3 And Then Once That Was Over Wanted To Split...And Now Bungie Can Do Their Own Thing.

Hopefully This Will Resolve Some Of The N00b Reposts...Of "Cool Maps!" And "OMG cheap!11"

  • 11.20.2007 1:31 PM PDT
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To be honest im not excited 3 new maps big deal the MM is so messed up i cant even stand playing the game anymore i mean one lone wolfs has Swords two tehy show up all the time 3 you play the same maps over and over and over i played the same map no joke like 5 or 6 times in a row bungie fix your MM and get a patch before realeseing new maps. OH BRING BACK BLOOD GULCH the original not that crappy containment or whatever it was called. Honesty ill probably be playing Halo CE more than Halo 3 go back to the basics bungie

  • 11.20.2007 1:47 PM PDT

Yeah man! You tell 'em!!!

  • 11.20.2007 1:47 PM PDT

Egg-Nog Rocks

im exited standoff is going to rock

  • 11.20.2007 2:02 PM PDT

Sniper Assassin

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Yeah man! You tell 'em!!!


I'm Hoping That Was Directed Towards Me...lol.

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Thank you doc holiday God im sick and tired of people -blaming- getting on these forums and complaining there -blam- off. You dont like it then dont waste ur time. Personaly i dont have a problem with the MM or the maps. DONT play lone wolf if its that big of a problem. Oh my the way Doc hOliday ur awsome man and Stand off is gonna be ballin'

  • 11.20.2007 2:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Chamillitrix
BRING BACK LOCKOUT. IS IT THAT HARD?!


Amen.

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  • 11.20.2007 2:07 PM PDT