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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 1/04/08

I really want some Halo 2 remakes. Coagulation, Headlong, Waterworks, etc. Containment will be amazing though, hopefully that was Frankie's favorite, cause it's one of mine too. Thanks for all the hard work Bungie, I wouldn't even be alive today if it wasn't for your games.

  • 01.04.2008 6:40 PM PDT

"Seems to me you should spend less time on that article and more time working on that novel you've been working on!!!"

Hmm, interesting update. A little bit of Danger Canyon perhaps? Maybe a little bit of uh, Sidewinder, hmm? This Danger Canyon sounding map sounds really cool, sounds like there will be clouds and whatnot. Good to hear from you guys again, feels like forever. Like aliens came to earth and shut off all our electronic stuff, shutting us out from worthy news...
For the longest time, I used to be Artist with a BR, for anyone who noticed I have the same way about me as the other username did. Once I got my tag on here, I thought it kinda useless to keep using the other name, so there you have it. Just putting it out there, I know some people have been asking me why I don't respond to stuff anymore lol.

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  • 01.04.2008 6:47 PM PDT

no need for coag (blood gultch) in my opinion valhalla is the new coag and with the new maps coming out I think there'll be 2 area style maps and a larger btb style map..... frankies fav........

  • 01.04.2008 6:49 PM PDT
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anyone else think that O.K Corral sounds like beaver creek?

  • 01.04.2008 6:57 PM PDT

Posted by: Keen
2 base canyon map........reamake of beaver creek....fingers crossed

It is possibly the remake of Blood Gulch from Halo 1 or known by some more people as Coagulation in Halo 2.


Frankies Favorite map is the only remake of this Map Pack.

And while frankie lists Blood Gulch as a favorite map, the Remake here is a "Lockout to Guardian" spitirual remake, I believe, and of course, blood gulch already has one . I hope he like headlong, as we need more slayer oriented BTB maps as objective based ones, like Valhalla, Last Resort, Standoff, and Rats Nest, dont cross gametypes very well, and result to alot of camping and monotonous gameplay.

  • 01.04.2008 7:03 PM PDT
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Purple reign sounds a bit like midship...

  • 01.04.2008 7:08 PM PDT

kool?

  • 01.04.2008 7:15 PM PDT

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Yay commando shoulders!!!

  • 01.04.2008 7:26 PM PDT

Why no mention of the melee problems? I hope this is still an issue Bungie is looking to fix...

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  • 01.04.2008 7:26 PM PDT
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Holy ones... I will not disappoint you! I will fight from teeth to claw, I will not let you down!

Respect me, and I shall respect you equally. Betray me, and you shall feel my wrath!

~Charu

So... when is this patch coming out, or is it already out without me noticing?

  • 01.04.2008 7:28 PM PDT
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i just want a map with a default Gauss Warthog. and some spartan lasers would be nice

  • 01.04.2008 7:53 PM PDT
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The maps are remake of sidewinder but changed alot
A new midship style map with more levels
and a brand new one that sounds cool

ill be buying them day 1 for sure.

  • 01.04.2008 7:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: Casey720
Why no mention of the melee problems? I hope this is still an issue Bungie is looking to fix...


I cant believe you would ask that they talk about it on the forums 24/7 Like many bungie employees said " Just because we are silent doesnt mean we are not doing anything"

  • 01.04.2008 8:00 PM PDT
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"Nobody makes me bleed my own blood"

- White Goodman, Dodgeball

Sorry for the flaming......

Frankie's fav better be sidewinder or I'm snapping this game. I'm getting tired of the constant let downs such as:

- Good looking maps, but poorly designed for fair gameplay, which results in camping and all the people on my friends list going to COD4

- Melee problem (doesn't bother me too much, but still leads to people on my friends list going to COD4)

- Host determining bug, where people with high upload speeds seem to get 'ignored' by the game for dozens of games until it fixes itself, which results in people with 128kb up getting host every damn game.

- Snipers Playlist... where is it? it was successful in halo 2, so why is it not in this halo?

- Assault Rifle being too powerful in comparison to the Battle Rifle. I am sick of getting shot 3 times and being beat down by people. Extend the clip and tone the gun down for crying out loud. If you guys tried that already and it was too similar to the smg, then why do you need both? AR fails.

- Taking five years to find a match. You said this was something you guys where going to fix ASAP, yet its been over 3 months and you have lost a lot of the new community (people that are new to halo) because of it. In one playlist alone there is like twice as many people than what halo 2 had in its entire population on a weekend, yet you can still find a game in halo 2 much quicker than in halo 3, and halo 2 has less than 1000 people in matchmaking put together.

- VIP having crap traits. I'm getting sick of people not vetoing VIP and then people on my team start committing suicide because they don't want to be VIP due to the fact that you have:
* crap all shields
* shields take ages to recharge
* when the shields recharge, they take longer than normal
* you have a pistol, a mother f-ing pistol... when you have an indicator on your head 0_o

I'm not having a sook because I am a fanboy of something else btw. I am having a sook because I absolutely love halo more than any other game around, yet there are so many problems when its meant to be THE title on 360. Its like making the most amazing looking pie ever, but once you bite into it, the insides are slightly mouldy.

Bungie needs to buy new thinking caps because the ones they have now, seem to be missing a few threads.

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  • 01.04.2008 8:02 PM PDT
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What the -blam!- ever happened to "noob" and all varients thereof being banned words? :\

  • 01.04.2008 8:04 PM PDT

a wise man once told me to -blam!- off.

Posted by: PyroDaMatchless

My request for the auto update: does anyone realize that the settings for sound/communications don't work quite right?

When I have everything set to "headset only", and I unplug my headset then the sounds come out my surround sound speakers.

I DON'T want it to do this!

Why? Because I have young(er) kids running around the house. Sometimes I unplug my headset to talk with others (no mute button). Occasionnaly headsets break and must be replaced. If I cannot use my headset for some reason then I don't want every player's expletives bursting forth from my speakers. It should just be mute. "Headset Only" should *mean* HEADSET ONLY!

And, this is the way Halo 2 worked. Why change it?

Thanks for listening!


as far as the no mute button problem, i suggest buy a "non off-brand" headset. they are less than 20 bucks, no biggie.
and if you simply dont have one, in the voice communication settings, you can choose to mute all. problem solved.

  • 01.04.2008 8:06 PM PDT

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  • 01.04.2008 8:08 PM PDT
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  • 01.04.2008 8:31 PM PDT
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Halo CE > Halo 3 > Halo 2

Fix the Halo 3 BR spread, plz.

I just hope Purple Reign is just an arena map. Seriously Bungie. Don't test gimmicks if you want to make a competitive map. Just make it straight forward.

  • 01.04.2008 8:31 PM PDT

Posted by: XSoulessReaperX
I cant believe you would ask that they talk about it on the forums 24/7 Like many bungie employees said " Just because we are silent doesnt mean we are not doing anything"


I almost never go to the Bungie forums due to the idiocy of the userbase and the asinine posts that run rampant. Most members here have difficulty stringing together a coherent sentence and I feel less intelligent every time I read another un-punctuated post like yours. Allow me to apologize for wasting your precious internets with such an unbelievable question.

  • 01.04.2008 8:37 PM PDT

Dawn of the Dead video Here
6 Minutes of Hell video here

If they do not remake sidewinder, I will be thuroughly dissapointed. It would be great to see some halo pc maps, but I know that bungie doesn't like them because they didnot make them. Purple reign sounds like fun, as there are not nearly enough covenant based maps. Hopefully bungie fixes their gametypes in the AutoUpdate. Vehicles and Turrets need to be taken off of all team duals, swords, and hammer game types, and equipment and powerups need to be removed from small objective gametypes like oddball and koth. Lets hope bungie pulls through and saves their game from the other big games.

  • 01.04.2008 8:39 PM PDT

My Best Bungie moment: finally beating all the Halo games on solo legendary.
My Worst Bungie moment: not seeing giant stuffie grunts in the Bungie store.

Thankyou so much for the awesome update the only thing it lacked was a Christmas mister chief :P
Also i can't wait for the patch. I have all the achievements and no commando shoulders!!! arghhh. Thanks for fixing this bug.
And I am looking forward to the next map pack the last one was great even though it was expensive. Forge on Foundry made it worth every penny.


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  • 01.04.2008 8:42 PM PDT
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sooooo how about some team swat?

  • 01.04.2008 8:42 PM PDT

Nations Capital. YM's Semp Fidelis! OOH RA!

OOH RA! Comandoe armor error is going to be fixed! OOH RA!!

  • 01.04.2008 8:45 PM PDT

Man these new maps are gonna be sick!!! i cant wait to see them :)

  • 01.04.2008 8:47 PM PDT