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Subject: Weekly What's Update: 2/29/08

Finished the fight.

Posted by: Canuck89
Sw33t update.
Just one thing though. No removing push-to-talk on the basis that it's a bandwidth hog? Maybe should steal a thing or two from other great online games that support 16+ players with active talk yet don't suffer slower gameplay from it. Just throwing cod4 out there as an example...


Posted by: frizzocki
open chat is nice but gameplay is more important to me. sure cod4 is a great game, and ive spent a few months playing it but when its all said and done, its very one dimensional in comparison to halo. For fun and competitive play, halo tops them all.

i tried bumper jumper for a night and my brain just doesnt work that way after thousands of games of halo. back to default for me


Agreed. It's not a necessity, but it sure is nice to have. I'm just hypothesizing, but I mean the Bungie servers for Halo must be so extensive, I can't see how it's that unreasonable to include open chat.

  • 03.04.2008 11:00 AM PDT

Posted by: Aggagagaga
i have a Q that wasn't asked.
Will u ever give the armor perms specail abilits that C.Q.B armor would give u increesd mele. and u would be able to combine perms for small advantages in certain areas that ur not good in.

not to be rude, but thats stupid. Especially for those who are just starting the game and have very little armor perms or those who've always been playing with Mark VI. What will happen when they go up against someone who has (nearly) every armor perm in the game (save recon), then what will happen?

  • 03.04.2008 12:45 PM PDT

There are only two things I hate in the world. People intolerant of other peoples cultures, and the Dutch


Don't hate my hands just cause they smell of cabbage.

I really think that the flame gernade should be incorporated. Obviously not for big team, But 4v4 , double team, and have its respawn be incorporated as such, i.e. two respawns in a game or only one set in the middle of the map. I mean it should take about as much bandwith as a flamethrower, which is also highly unused. 1 map?

  • 03.04.2008 2:21 PM PDT

Bungie needs to make an actionsack type hopper, throw some fire gernades in to make people happy while collecting info on possibly placing them in other hoppers.

  • 03.04.2008 2:42 PM PDT
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im really interested in a good custom games match if any1 want to play custom games i enjoy everything.

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  • 03.04.2008 3:55 PM PDT

I've used Boxer control scheme since Halo 1 and now theres all this talk about Bumper Jumper. So I tried it. Can't do it. I'm so used to Boxer that my mind cramps up and I start to go into convulsions. My roomate's Girlfriend found me on the floor and freaked out. She was like "ZOMG WAHTS WRONGZ WUTH HIMZ!?!?!11??!! IS HE EPILEPTIC!?!?!11!!??" And my buddy just looked over quietly and said "Nope, he changed his control scheme." *sigh* its pretty bad.

Anyhow... I really like Boxer, except that us Boxer's have a slight disadvantage when we are duel wielding. A person with standard control scheme just has to mash "B" twice (or is it once?) to pull out a melee attack? So while theyre holding both triggers down, a simple "tap, tap" lands them a melee. Whilst us poor Boxers have to hold both triggers, mash "B" then re-smash "L" giving the other party a few crucial miliseconds of damage.

Yeah, I'm ranting, so what? My question is: does anyone else who plays Boxer seem to have this problem?

Thanks yall.

  • 03.04.2008 5:21 PM PDT

Right On, thats more of call of duty 4.

  • 03.04.2008 7:02 PM PDT
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"Will Push to talk ever be fixed or removed?

No, because it works. It can be annoying, but remember, this is to salvage valuable bandwidth, not work your nerves. If we “fixed” it, we’d compromise other elements of the game and you would be even less happy. Making a game is all about balancing resources. This is one of those necessary compromises."


I've been playing Call of Duty 4 recently, and I gotta say I'm confused. COD4 supports 2 more players than Halo and also runs at a higher resolution than Halo. Why can COD4, the game that probably uses more bandwidth, get away with no Push-to-Talk and Halo can't?

[Edited on 03.05.2008 2:08 AM PST]

  • 03.05.2008 2:03 AM PDT

Contradicting Qoutes
Nothing ventured, nothing gained/Better safe then sorry
The more the merrier/Two's company, three's a crowd
Never to old to learn/You can't teach an old dogs new tricks
Actions speak louder than words/The pen is mightier than the sword
Look before you leap/He who hesitates is lost
Clothes make the man/Dont judge a book by its cover

will there be an infection only gametype? I love infection, but i can never find in m,atchmaking. Also, will we ever be able to play the best of peoples forged maps on matchmaking to?

  • 03.05.2008 6:56 AM PDT
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does any one know what zomg meens

  • 03.05.2008 1:15 PM PDT
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hey bungie ya you can u guys make more weapons in the up coming map pack in spring that would be awsome o and can u change foundrys configuration because that map kinda su cks thats the only reason i dont play heroic map plalist thing

  • 03.05.2008 1:50 PM PDT
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the sniper is possiblt the best fun in da game and the spartanlaser yayayaya ya this has been a message from tum tum 727 or vanillaface727

  • 03.05.2008 1:55 PM PDT

I like the mysterious answers that Bungie always gives. Cruel, infuriating, but amusing.

  • 03.05.2008 4:22 PM PDT

Posted by: battleconan
I like the mysterious answers that Bungie always gives. Cruel, infuriating, but amusing.


I like cheese.


AND WHAT SON!

  • 03.05.2008 11:12 PM PDT

Legitt Legit asks:

Are there any intentions on making [sic] a foundry like map set in the open instead of a warehouse?

Reception to Foundry has been really positive. We’re impressed with the types of content that folks have created with the tools at their disposal.

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Jesus Christ, if you are not going to answer the actual question WHY put it in the update?

  • 03.06.2008 7:24 PM PDT
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What are the properties of Flare and Radar Jammer that people were exploiting? Can anyone tell me?

  • 03.07.2008 2:30 PM PDT
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omG! I WUld luv helmit wit a smiley/ frowny face on iT!

  • 03.09.2008 6:53 PM PDT
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Bumper jumper is really hard to get used to...

But it is very much worth it.
My Steppin' razor achievement can second that. :D

  • 03.10.2008 9:17 AM PDT

Posted by: Malacai Wolfe
I've used Boxer control scheme since Halo 1 and now theres all this talk about Bumper Jumper. So I tried it. Can't do it. I'm so used to Boxer that my mind cramps up and I start to go into convulsions. My roomate's Girlfriend found me on the floor and freaked out. She was like "ZOMG WAHTS WRONGZ WUTH HIMZ!?!?!11??!! IS HE EPILEPTIC!?!?!11!!??" And my buddy just looked over quietly and said "Nope, he changed his control scheme." *sigh* its pretty bad.

Anyhow... I really like Boxer, except that us Boxer's have a slight disadvantage when we are duel wielding. A person with standard control scheme just has to mash "B" twice (or is it once?) to pull out a melee attack? So while theyre holding both triggers down, a simple "tap, tap" lands them a melee. Whilst us poor Boxers have to hold both triggers, mash "B" then re-smash "L" giving the other party a few crucial miliseconds of damage.

Yeah, I'm ranting, so what? My question is: does anyone else who plays Boxer seem to have this problem?

Thanks yall.


I also play boxer and I know exactly how you feel about meleeing while dual-wielding! I usually have to tap 'y' then melee, at least this isn't halo 2 anymore where dual-wielding was entirely too prevalent.

  • 03.10.2008 1:43 PM PDT
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hey, um if you don't mind me asking why don't we see any glitches on bungie favourites?
if you won't to see a mod look at my file share (invasion) and (invasion 2) i did not do this mod but i will tell you for recon infact i can tell you all glitches on halo 3 maybe you can fix them???

naaaaaaaaaaa!! that will never happen. : (
well cya!!

  • 03.29.2008 5:41 PM PDT