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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/05/08

common sense is so uncommon its scary...

My only concern is why the number on the flag isn't a 7........

  • 09.05.2008 7:43 PM PDT

Posted by: maciver
soo, i am still kind of confsued will i have to unlock katana and security helmet all over again?


No

  • 09.05.2008 7:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Kulizokia11
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yay!


lol.

READ:

You will NOT loose your Katana or Security.

i just want some security with that. Is there an official announcement of that?

  • 09.05.2008 7:44 PM PDT

Posted by: Kulizokia11
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I mean this with the utmost respect, but I really have to ask. Why is Bungie ruining Halo 3 as much as they possibly can? No Blood Gulch, the number one map in all of Halo? No Big Team except in DLC?? What about Valhalla, and Sandtrap?? No more Big Team on Those maps? We might get banned because we have to go eat, or leave? All hiding spots in the maps, are being blocked! It's bad enough superjumps are gone, but finally when people discover an alternative, they block everything. No vantage points like in Halo 2 because all of the sky barriers are too low. MLG the least fun gametype imaginable gets a playlist, but Team Snipers doesn't? Why do you guys keep trying to fix what isn't broken?

You guys are great, and you made the most amazing Franchise I've ever seen, I've read every book, and played every game, I just don't understand these changes. I loved Coagulation, and I was so upset that you didn't include it in Halo 3, but now you say there is no hope for it at all?? Why? We get stuck with maps like Ghost Town, and Foundry, but no Headlong, or Coagulation? If you brought back Sidewinder you could do Coagulation definatley. At the very least may we have an Earth City, that isn't over ran by the Flood?
I have to say, minus the bad communications, and the lesser graphics, I have to say I think Halo 2 is better than Halo 3.. I'd love to hear some oppinions on this because I don't understand. Once again Bungie, you guys are great, I just wish you didn't change so much of what we liked.


I totally agree with you. Bungie is great but the things that they are doing ruin the game at the end of the day. The blocking off all hiding spots is ridiculous. Earth city would be awesome with placeable buildings but yeah it would be flood infested which is annoying. Valhalla was my favorite map for BTB sandtrap is getting annoying but shouldn't leave. MLG is just plain stupid the only people who play it are people that level up to generals after making a new account and deleting all of their exp points. Another Blood Gulch would be freaking awesome. Maybe with more caves under the main battle field? Halo 3 is almost dead and it seems like Bungie doesn't do anything to revive it but make new maps (good) but delete all good playlists, maps, hiding spots, etc (bad). Deleting hiding spots is good for those annoying HLG people but bad in a way. It makes the game feel limited.
I know man, half the fun of Halo 2 was exploring new oppurtunities, the other half was amazing playing fields in campaign, and multiplayer, but Bungie, doesn't seem to care too much about it

  • 09.05.2008 7:45 PM PDT
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I'm so glad to see that the Blood Gulch thing has finally been ended.

  • 09.05.2008 7:48 PM PDT

Posted by: messina1994
since there adding new Achievements will i lose the katana and have to get the rest of the Achievements to get it back or will i keep it?

You get to keep it

  • 09.05.2008 7:48 PM PDT

Posted by: L33T J4r3d
I'm so glad to see that the Blood Gulch thing has finally been ended.
What are you smoking??

  • 09.05.2008 7:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: RvB Rocks95
Posted by: L33T J4r3d
I'm so glad to see that the Blood Gulch thing has finally been ended.
What are you smoking??


Really. Blood Gulch was everyones favorite except for Hang em High. But if Hang em High was so great why did it come out on a halo 2 dlc and not on the original disc like Blood Gulch?

  • 09.05.2008 7:51 PM PDT
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Does this mean our Exp is basically disappearing and being replaced?

  • 09.05.2008 7:53 PM PDT
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When do i get recon?

  • 09.05.2008 7:54 PM PDT

You should have an achievement where you have to win a game against a bungie staff member... The only map that needs to be remade is Beaver Creek, keep it the same just make it more overgrown, just an idea.

[Edited on 09.05.2008 8:05 PM PDT]

  • 09.05.2008 7:54 PM PDT

Posted by: Kulizokia11
Posted by: RvB Rocks95
I mean this with the utmost respect, but I really have to ask. Why is Bungie ruining Halo 3 as much as they possibly can? No Blood Gulch, the number one map in all of Halo? No Big Team except in DLC?? What about Valhalla, and Sandtrap?? No more Big Team on Those maps? We might get banned because we have to go eat, or leave? All hiding spots in the maps, are being blocked! It's bad enough superjumps are gone, but finally when people discover an alternative, they block everything. No vantage points like in Halo 2 because all of the sky barriers are too low. MLG the least fun gametype imaginable gets a playlist, but Team Snipers doesn't? Why do you guys keep trying to fix what isn't broken?

You guys are great, and you made the most amazing Franchise I've ever seen, I've read every book, and played every game, I just don't understand these changes. I loved Coagulation, and I was so upset that you didn't include it in Halo 3, but now you say there is no hope for it at all?? Why? We get stuck with maps like Ghost Town, and Foundry, but no Headlong, or Coagulation? If you brought back Sidewinder you could do Coagulation definatley. At the very least may we have an Earth City, that isn't over ran by the Flood?
I have to say, minus the bad communications, and the lesser graphics, I have to say I think Halo 2 is better than Halo 3.. I'd love to hear some oppinions on this because I don't understand. Once again Bungie, you guys are great, I just wish you didn't change so much of what we liked.


I totally agree with you. Bungie is great but the things that they are doing ruin the game at the end of the day. The blocking off all hiding spots is ridiculous. Earth city would be awesome with placeable buildings but yeah it would be flood infested which is annoying. Valhalla was my favorite map for BTB sandtrap is getting annoying but shouldn't leave. MLG is just plain stupid the only people who play it are people that level up to generals after making a new account and deleting all of their exp points. Another Blood Gulch would be freaking awesome. Maybe with more caves under the main battle field? Halo 3 is almost dead and it seems like Bungie doesn't do anything to revive it but make new maps (good) but delete all good playlists, maps, hiding spots, etc (bad). Deleting hiding spots is good for those annoying HLG people but bad in a way. It makes the game feel limited.


How is it they ruined Halo 3 by not putting in something from an EARLIER game? The point of making a new installment in a series is to make things DIFFERENT. If they were just going to keep redoing maps, then why put out a new game at all?? Also, if you did a small amount of looking around, I believe you could check R54's posts, you would see that the better BTB maps are not disappearing from DLC Big Team.

  • 09.05.2008 7:55 PM PDT

I run with scissors and you can't stop me!

sounds awsome

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  • 09.05.2008 7:56 PM PDT

I wonder, is something gained once all these new achievements are gathered? Duh Duh Duhhhh. Also, great update, right to the point if I say so myself. I hope these new updates will help Halo 3 more than hurt it.

  • 09.05.2008 7:56 PM PDT

I like the sound of bungie invitational. Hopefully good things will come from it.

  • 09.05.2008 7:57 PM PDT
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They arent ruining just by not adding remakes. Hell, I don't want remakes just some good big open forge maps.

  • 09.05.2008 7:57 PM PDT
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Dark Knight 2K writes

Second, I WILL quit when I want to quit. To threaten or even suggest that I shouldn't is laughable at its best and unforgivably WRONG at its worst. I will quit a game with an unequal teams, flat out. Whether its a disconnect, someone else quits, or gets booted, I am gone. Also, there are times that your famed truskill system don't work so well. Its a waste of time fighting lvl 20's with lvl 3's at your side. Take a look at your matchmaking system before looking at quitters.




I am going to have to call you out for being an idiot....
Youa re complaining about being banned for quiting...Thats ridiculous. I have never actually quit a game, I have been booted for betrayals a couple of times. (badly place gernades) but I have never quit.. It is simply unexceptable and I am glad that Bungie will be banning people like you.

BTW I dont know if you can complain about playing level 20 with level three becuase you are only a level 17 and the matchmaking system tries to keep it even as much as possible.. So if you have three level 3 then the other team will have three low level players. But i Have personally never played with our against someone that had a greater then 4 level difference then mine..

I think the fact you suck is more the problem...
Let see
EXP 264 (that counts the -22) so a total of 286 wins (not counting any double exp weekend wins)
TOtal games played 434.. Thats right at half win ratio.... (if you assume none of those are double exp weekends.)

How about this, try not sucking and try winning occansionly and quit whining.You are not to good for this game and if you are well, quit playing.



[Edited on 09.05.2008 8:06 PM PDT]

  • 09.05.2008 8:00 PM PDT

Perhaps quitters are a part of the problem, but second/third/fourth/etc. accounters are the real problem with Halo 3 multiplayer. One of the weekly updates once claimed that it was only a fraction of the time that us non-rank 50 player (I'm about a rank 35 at my best) had to deal with second accounters. Well that's a complete inaccuracy. On many night, 90% of my games are against second accounters, and on other nights I'm lucky if it dips below 50% or so. Me and my friends are at the point of giving up Halo even though we like it a lot - merely because the second accounters ruin it for us.

Bungie, please change your algorithm for matchmaking to quickly let the second accounters get back up to their true skill level and not loiter around at lower levels making the game miserable for the rest of us as we're just looking for a fair match.

  • 09.05.2008 8:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: pizzaface18
so if i get katana now Will i loose it when the new achievments come out?


Do you not read? No you keep it.


Lukems please edit the post telling people that they WIIL NOT lose katana and security?

  • 09.05.2008 8:00 PM PDT

New Achievements in Halo 3 that's cool

  • 09.05.2008 8:01 PM PDT

I run with scissors and you can't stop me!

Posted by: Kulizokia11
Posted by: pizzaface18
so if i get katana now Will i loose it when the new achievments come out?


Do you not read? No you keep it.


Lukems please edit the post telling people that they WIIL NOT lose katana and security?



No, actually i hit reply on the first page.

  • 09.05.2008 8:02 PM PDT

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A great update this week. I read it over twice and loved every word. Needlessly to say, I'm very excited about the upcoming changes and new releases.

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Posted by: MetTag
I am going to have to call you out for being an idiot....
Youa re complaining about being banned for quiting...Thats ridiculous. I have never actually quit a game, I have been booted for betrayals a couple of times. (badly place gernades) but I have never quit.. It is simply unexceptable and I am glad that Bungie will be banning people like you.

BTW I dont know if you can complain about playing level 20 with level three becuase you are only a level 17 and the matchmaking system tries to keep it even as much as possible.. So if you have three level 3 then the other team will have three low level players. But i Have personally never played with our against someone that had a greater then 4 level difference then mine..

I think the fact you suck is more the problem...
Let see
EXP 264 (that counts the -22) so a total of 286 wins (not counting any double exp weekend wins)
TOtal games played 434.. Thats right at half win ratio.... (if you assume none of those are double exp weekends.)

How about this, try not sucking and try winning occansionly and quit whining.You are not to good for this game and if you are well, quit playing.



I'm not for quitting but sometimes things happen. Either a power outage, someone trips on the power cord to your xbox, or you just HAVE to go whether you want to or not.

  • 09.05.2008 8:04 PM PDT

I currently am working on Halo Wars achievements. 4 to go.
I currently am working on Halo 2 achievements.
I currently have all Halo 3 achievements.
I currently have all Halo 3:ODST achievements.
I currently have all Halo: Reach achievements.

This is gonna be tough on the people who don't have all the achievments already...For for people like me, I can't wait for more!
But I can't wait for the new map!

TAK

  • 09.05.2008 8:06 PM PDT

O.D.S.Ts!
We are GREEN and very, very MEAN!
Prepare to Drop
9/22/09

so how are we supost to beat co-op in ghosts on levels with no ghosts?

  • 09.05.2008 8:08 PM PDT