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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 1/04/08

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

You know I was wondering that too. about the team swat.

  • 01.04.2008 8:48 PM PDT
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"Nobody makes me bleed my own blood"

- White Goodman, Dodgeball

Umm team swat is boring. And I don't like how unfair it is when playing against people from other countries. It just makes me think Bungie is being selfish and favoring Americans, when xbox live is about everybody in the world.

  • 01.04.2008 9:13 PM PDT
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Please let the AU1 include A PATCH TO FIX THE MELEE!!

  • 01.04.2008 9:15 PM PDT
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I think O.K. Corral is a remake of Ivory Tower - assymetrical. If they said symetrical, I would have guessed Beaver Creek...

Just my thought...

  • 01.04.2008 9:29 PM PDT
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"Nobody makes me bleed my own blood"

- White Goodman, Dodgeball

I don't think its a remake of either. If you look up O.K. corral, you will find that it was a gun fight in the old western days. Ivory tower and beaver creak don't remind me of the wild west.

  • 01.04.2008 9:34 PM PDT
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some one at bungie likes the song Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!?

  • 01.04.2008 9:49 PM PDT

While I was running around O.K. Corral, Frankie and Robt McLees’ conversation ground to a halt when they looked at my monitor. They remarked that what I was playing looked like an area from Campaign.

This, along with the "ruins meets nature" fell of it makes me believe that O.K. Corral is either based off of Sierra 117 or Tsavo Highway. I really hope it's the latter, because I've been wanting a Tsavo Highway-ish level. TH has a great feel to it. Of course, the part about dark tunnels makes me suspect that it is more likely based off of Sierra 117, which would be equally awesome.

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  • 01.04.2008 9:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: I 7alon I
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.


Exactly, more so the melee system is -blam!- and there is no sniper playlist as to why I dont play -blam!-LO 3! (But all those other things don't help either, couldn't have been any better said) Bungie you lost me your biggest fan! All I can recommend is people buy Timeshift and hit me up for a game of their sick intuitive and fair multiplayer. It is the sort of game I expected Bungie to do but HEY: THEY DIDNT! By all the videos they were releasing you would think that they were going to do a halo 2 with better graphics(would have been better than this piece of -blam!- they call -blam!-LO 3) By all means email me or call and I will tell you exactly what a -blam!- job you did, then you have the ordasity to charge 800 Microsoft points for 3 -blam!- maps which should have been a complimentary gift considering how much YOU -blam!- UP!

Yes I was a halo fanboy and now cannot even imagine putting myself in that catergory as anyone that is in that catergory has obviously not played a decent 360 FPS such as Timeshift or COD4, or favours unfair and -blam!- gameplay. Singleplayer still rocks and I love it But multiplayer! WHAT A JOKE! Fix it or give me my money back or talk to my lawyers about how it isnt even a 1080p title! Bungie is this a joke and you are going to release the real halo 3 in 08 or was that what you call The Real Deal?

Anyway it has been almost 4 months and the game still has these big bugs. How sad! Bungie PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix it as I dont want to sue or even hate your company and tell evryone I talk to to buy and play anything but! You must know what a -blam!- job you already did as the numbers have gone down dramatically! ROFLMAO(to think six months ago I was raving on about it and even quit my job just to have a week off and play it)ROFLMAO

What an image you put in everyones head Bungie! What an image! You are just a bunch of liars li,e your president Bush, I wonder if him leading you made you like this or if you are just money hungry pigs that dont actually give a -blam!- what anyone thinks now the ggame is out and you have your money. If you do read this I will probably be kicked fo free speech in which case I can also sue!ROFLMAO
What a joke


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  • 01.04.2008 10:03 PM PDT

Posted by: Draco122
I wonder if there is a Teabaging Medal?


If there were, it would be called "TESTOCULAR!"

And all Bungie's people said,

Blood Gulch.

Plz.

  • 01.04.2008 10:04 PM PDT

If you are reading this you are probably bored out of your mind.

Sounds awesome!!!! Im looking for the close quarters map. The windows sound really cool. I was wondering if you would ever make it possible for the third map. Which from your description is supposed to be large would be able to use the troop hog. I mean almost every halo fan out there would want to drive large amount of people into a base grab the flag and get out. Is it bigger then sand trap?

  • 01.04.2008 10:05 PM PDT

That's cool and all but I want Bungie to start putting in ALL of the weapons and vehicles in the multiplayer maps.Anyone agree ?

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  • 01.04.2008 10:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: event horizon45
Please let the AU1 include A PATCH TO FIX THE MELEE!!


Depends on what you mean as fixing. They are not going to change the way the melee works. It will stay who ever has more shields wins.
But I have herd that they will try and fix/ajust the timing and lag issues. - I may be wrong but I truely dont care it is an old topic and I should not bring it up.

So back to the actual update. I am excited about the new maps. They sound really cool. Hopefuly they will give us a release date for the patch and maps soon.

  • 01.04.2008 10:17 PM PDT

Posted by: ASSASSINSCODE
Is it bigger then sand trap?


Can't be. Sandtrap is the biggest Halo map ever, and the third map is a remake.

  • 01.04.2008 10:20 PM PDT

Madness, as you know, is like gravity - all it takes is a little...PUSH.

some Beaver Creek would be great.

Maybe I overlooked something, but uh...Blood Gulch/Coagulation, anyone? I know we've got Valhalla and the two are similar, but still...God I miss it.

  • 01.04.2008 10:27 PM PDT

So, when do the new maps come out? It sounds like they will come out before Spring 08 like planned.

  • 01.04.2008 10:32 PM PDT

anyone think purple reign sounds like it could be a remake of midship? arena style map, 2 bases, raised walkways, the word "purple." it doesn't sound like it will be the same midship we know from halo 2, but something with a little different flavor... much like zanzibar and last resort.

  • 01.04.2008 10:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: supercommiefu
FIRST!


why the hell would he put first, idiot. And also, I heard one of the new maps would be lockout, and that the next release date for the new maps was spring of this year, is this true?

  • 01.04.2008 10:36 PM PDT

I'm thinking midship too - long range sites. You could see everywhere from anywhere in midship. I'm going midship remake for purple reign...O/K. Corral - I'm gonna say.....Sierra 117. The long dark tunnels give it away for me. Lastly - Blood Gulch. How could it not be?

  • 01.04.2008 10:36 PM PDT

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Will the Auto Update fix the issue with people getting negative experience points when XBL/Match Making drops a player out? I had a game today where three people were kicked out of the pre-game lobby before the map was selected and the group assembled, yet I look in my game history, and it shows that I "did not finish" a game that I wasn't even given an opportunity to start.

I also noticed that it ranks DNF people backwards according to Skill (highest DNF sill is always last), which presumably is to effect the maximum penalty for people who intentionally quit.

My issue is that if the match isn't setup yet, and the timer hasn't started, then the player should not get a DNF and the associated -1 EXP for XBL dropping you from the matchmaking hopper before you even get to the game lobby.

I know that this has been talked about before by the community back in September / October; I was just wondering if the Auto Update was going to fix this issue.

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  • 01.04.2008 10:49 PM PDT

MLG CUSTOMS

PLEASE READ! IMPORTANT AND SERIOUS QUESTION!

Hey Bungie,

Happy new year to you all! i hope your vacations were spectacular! On the other hand i have an important question that maybe you can talk about in the next weekly update. Leading up to the question ill start with halo. i have played halo sine combat evolved, so i have been around the game for some time. Halo 2 was amazing, but one thing that sticks in my head for online play is that when the update was released all the ranks were reset. My friends and I have been very curious as to if this is going to happen for Halo 3. So basically my question "Are the ranks for Halo 3 going to be reset?". It has been a pressing matter for the majority of the people i know who have been playing just as long as i have. Also a couple of Higher Ranks (generals) that i have on my friends list were talking about the ranks for halo 3 being reset as if it were a fact. this being one of the main reasons i would like to get it confirmed by someone who REALLY knows. So an answer would be much appreciated. If this topic has already been addressed, i would greatly appreciate someone pointing me in the direction of the location of the discussion. Before closing on this topic i would like to point out that the first time around it was pretty easy to rank up. it has gotten much harder since then, so i believe that the ranks being reset would be a good thing for many reasons. 1. Social Doubles was a big, easy, fast way for many people to boost. With that being removed and the ranking system updated and made a little more complex to rank up, it would be a lot better then absolutely everyone being a general. this is just my opinion but i believe that reseting the ranks would be a smart decision. I have one more question and I'm done. My last question being, "Could recon armor be released?" now when i say that i don't mean to everyone. What i mean is could the armor be available under certain conditions such as "Achieve 3-5 ranked perfections to unlock recon armor." (i put 3-5 so it wouldn't be too hard and you could chose between the number) i mean something like that to unlock it i think is understandable and will allow "skillful" and also "tactical" well trained players to obtain. Instead of all the annoying 8 year old newbs who LOVE and wear nothing but "Hyubusa Armor" and completely ruin it. I would greatly appreciate responses to these two topics. Thank you Bungie for inventing such a great game! looking forward to the update and the new DLC maps!

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  • 01.04.2008 11:04 PM PDT

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Exalted is considered "the highest" because you can't get any bans or warnings of any kind for quite a long time, which is harder than just being a member for a long time.

Does anyone remember the first update on Halo 2? Does anyone remember the dramatic changes in gameplay? Does anyone feel what is about to happen the way that I feel it???

These fixes range from complicated to simple

I'm ready for all the little whiners and bia's who gave H3 a bad review to sit down and drink a nice warm mug of STFU... Not only is it coming.... it's ALREADY here and the game is going to be better than anything you've ever played.

Can anyone else feel the excitement in the air? I certainly can smell the wind of change blowing in our direction...

All hail AU1!! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!!!!

  • 01.04.2008 11:05 PM PDT

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did we win yet?
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** SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIRST AND LAST!! ***

We'll last temporarily I hope =) sounds like lots of good stuff coming. Keep up the good work bungie

  • 01.04.2008 11:22 PM PDT
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nice update guys, can't wait for the new patch.

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  • 01.04.2008 11:30 PM PDT

-blam!- A

I will start off by saying that I am a huge H3 fan. With that said... Bungie, please don't let us down with this update. H3 is a fantastic skeleton for THE definitive FPS and online experience, but the true potential of the game has not been realized yet. After playing for a few months and being disappointed by all the things that previous posts discuss, I've decided to put Halo on the back burner until the update is released. The reason? I don't want to ruin a game that I know can be great by playing it in such an incomplete state. I'm waiting patiently, wailing on a small plastic guitar and calling in airstrikes, for the H3 that we all expected.

  • 01.04.2008 11:41 PM PDT