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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/05/08

HI

[Edited on 09.26.2008 3:56 AM PDT]

  • 09.08.2008 2:57 AM PDT

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Posted by: Sergeant Murph
Pretty cool.


I also hope Legendary map pack is free by christmas


Ok, keep reading the update and you'll see that they're not planning on making it free.
Actually, they've stated before, they have no plans of making it free... EVER.

Anyway, since i don't feel like wading through 27 pages of posts to find what i'm about to ask, here we go...
I'm looking forward to the new update.. the only concern i have is: Will I get up the morning of the update, start up halo 3, get on to play some customs with my friends, and my katana's no longer on my back? I did see a question on page 3 or so about whether or not the katana will stay if you have the 49 original achievements.... Just wondering.
Other than that, very nice update. :]

Posted by: Sub Lord Hawk
I think some of the new achievments are a bit silly, and the new ranking system is stupid! I'v spent loads of time getting to Commander G2 and i'm suddenly going to lose it! Why coundn't Bungie give its users the vote wheather to have this! 'Cause me and a number of other people will be leaving Halo 3 if its not going to work as i'm sure others will also do.

Posted by: Blitz 180sx
I have one ? to lukems and Bungie. When Bungie said couple weeks ago that you will keep your Total Exp and also your High Skill level. Bungie is saying right now that my Exp will go to 0 when TU2 starts, does that mean my exp right now 1952 will be gone. To be a Brigadier, Grade 3 you need 2000 exp and I am so close to be one. My goal in Halo 3 is to be a Brigadier, General! I work so hard to have a good record in all my games in Matchmaking. So please don't have my exp just erased it self because of TU2 with all my time I played Halo 3. I WILL BE SO MAD AT BUNGIE IF YOU DO THIS.


P.S. PLEASE EXPLAIN.


Of course people would have to explain it word for word to you people without you actually going out and finding the millions of threads out this.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE YOUR RATING.
OK, now that i got that out of my system, you still have your total EXP in your service record.
I may be wrong, but say i play DLC BTB so much that i become a General in that play list.
While in the lobby for DLC BTB, a general symbol will display next to my gamer tag. But going my service record will show a Brigadier General.
Please, someone, correct me if I'm wrong here. :)
P.S. A Brig Gen is also my ultimate goal. /super_happy_face.

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  • 09.08.2008 3:33 AM PDT
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After reading through almost all 26 pages of this discussion, I have come to realize something...Bungie has only commented once within this particular subject. Would it not help your argument to actually clarify some of the smaller details of your weekly update? Could it hurt to reply to some of your long term devoted fans? Anyway,

Over the years after Halo 1 first came out, I have watched Bungie consistently tell us one thing and do another. I don't know if any of you remember Coagulation from Halo 2...an alright update to the original Blood Gulch? Bungie said then they were not making it...and later released the information and pictures of it's (at the time) beauty...

Me personally, I really do not want to see Blood Gulch again...It was a very frustrating CTF map, and a horrible place to run into Newbs...however a remake of Danger Canyon would be flippin awesome...It was not played by very many...unless you had the original Halo for PC you didn't play this map...

Anyway...Bungie...just clarify to these people what is really going on...it would really be quite nice to know what the hell mythic is...and why it was shown at PAX but not on your website...don't single us out here...Trust me....it would help your cause if you showed everything to your fans...then they could salivate more awaiting your beautiful creations.

What about the melee combo attacks...or the remote sticky grenades...anyone remember those? What happened? It could go either way...and sadly alot of it has nothing to do with Bungie anymore...it's all what their publishers think would bring in the money...sniff sniff....SELL OUTS, lol

......and to the person that was complaining about the remake of Lockout...LOCKOUT WAS one of the most used maps on Halo 2 online play...it was somewhat like the Pit or Blood Gulch for each relative game...Most will disagree it's a good map...but I love the fact it was brought back with very minor changes, in all it's glory...It's nice to play old maps that I played forever ago and a day...


Bungie, just please clarify little stuff to us too...like the flippin' armor thing would have been nice to add...so I didn't have to scroll through 16/26 pages here with people asking the same freakin question about their stinkin armor....come on now....this should be elementary to you guys now....SHHHEEEEESSSSHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edited on 09.08.2008 12:26 PM PDT]

  • 09.08.2008 3:39 AM PDT

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Also, don't forget, F0X, that bungie works in mysterious ways. Someone asking if a map is going to be "remade" could be asking the wrong question entirely. The question needs to be worded more like this: Will a new version of Blood Gulch or Coagulation be made?
Or something like that lol XD

  • 09.08.2008 3:45 AM PDT

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Best Update in a while! Nice work!

  • 09.08.2008 4:41 AM PDT
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Wow! They said all the right things about cheating and quitters. Let's hope they follow through and walk the walk.

Scott

  • 09.08.2008 4:44 AM PDT

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*Flake leans against table to sign shirt*
Random: Hey Christoph can you sign this for me?
*Christoph leans against Flake to sign shirt*

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more fricken achievments!?i thought getting overkill was a nightmare and now more!I havent even got overkill yet!if theres more achievments thered better be more armour!

  • 09.08.2008 5:20 AM PDT
Subject: Recon
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will you guys be putting recon on the market place or as a unlockable

  • 09.08.2008 7:02 AM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/05/08

whats up

wow bungie u guys -blam!- every thing up no wonder every body quit halo and started playing call of duty 4 why change halo its doing alright butthis new update if going to suck what about the good people who erned there general like me once this update is apleid im quiting halo

  • 09.08.2008 7:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: SOUTHERN VIPER
... what about the good people who erned there general like me once this update is apleid im quiting halo


Don't quit Halo! Follow through on something you've committed to! If not school, then at least Halo! "School" is overrated anyway. All they do is teach you to "conform" and feed money to the "man".

As far as the update goes, people yearn and bleat for change to happen. But when the wheels of progress dictate that some form of change will actually take place, people fight against it with every grain of their being. Why are we so contradictory of a species?

Why not wait for the update and see what changes. If it is a negative change (in your opinion) submit constructive feedback and if enough people agree, Bungie will come around.

What you 'don't' do, is create a "Rage" topic about how much Bungie sucks, or whatever.
Constructive thought here people. The change will be less painful than you think.

  • 09.08.2008 8:27 AM PDT

For those of us who have not yet got the katana, is it going to be harder for us to do it. For example, we will now have tp get all of the new achievements on top of the normal ones?

  • 09.08.2008 9:50 AM PDT

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Posted by: RaDekk7
Posted by: SOUTHERN VIPER
... what about the good people who erned there general like me once this update is apleid im quiting halo


Don't quit Halo! Follow through on something you've committed to! If not school, then at least Halo! "School" is overrated anyway. All they do is teach you to "conform" and feed money to the "man".

As far as the update goes, people yearn and bleat for change to happen. But when the wheels of progress dictate that some form of change will actually take place, people fight against it with every grain of their being. Why are we so contradictory of a species?

Why not wait for the update and see what changes. If it is a negative change (in your opinion) submit constructive feedback and if enough people agree, Bungie will come around.

What you 'don't' do, is create a "Rage" topic about how much Bungie sucks, or whatever.
Constructive thought here people. The change will be less painful than you think.


Wow, that's not hypocritical at all.
/sarcasm.
Your ranting about his rant.
Oh, and to the generals who think they're losing their rating, why don't you look more into this and read my post on the previous page.
People are so ignorant it sickens me. Instead of jumping the gun and bashing Bungie, why don't you realize... YOUR NOT LOSING YOUR FRIGGIN' GENERAL 50. gah, now, I'm done ranting.
:)

  • 09.08.2008 10:34 AM PDT
Subject: Ranking System&Recon marketplace rumor&Asassin Armor
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1.how much EXP. will it take to become a General on the new Ranking system and
2.what are you guys going to do with the brigadiers and generals who have earned there ranks through Skill and EXP. already. it wouldnt be fair to others who have been playing since launch day like me, even though i have multiple accounts
3. Are you guys ever going to make Recon Armor a DLC on marketplace i mean think about it you guys could make alot of money if you put that armor on marketplace for like 800 microsoft points and even throw in the flaming helmet effects for a nifty price. I'd buy it
4. After the whole Recon armor you guys could give away Asassin(i think thats how you spell it) Armor away...Rumor says thats a new armor
5. You guys should work on some new Elite Armors, and maybe even make a lower body feature like pants or boots armor

PLEASE RESPONDED to this HALO FANATIC, it would mean alot
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  • 09.08.2008 10:36 AM PDT

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Posted by: Uber1992
1.how much EXP. will it take to become a General on the new Ranking system and
2.what are you guys going to do with the brigadiers and generals who have earned there ranks through Skill and EXP. already. it wouldnt be fair to others who have been playing since launch day like me, even though i have multiple accounts
3. Are you guys ever going to make Recon Armor a DLC on marketplace i mean think about it you guys could make alot of money if you put that armor on marketplace for like 800 microsoft points and even throw in the flaming helmet effects for a nifty price. I'd buy it
4. After the whole Recon armor you guys could give away Asassin(i think thats how you spell it) Armor away...Rumor says thats a new armor
5. You guys should work on some new Elite Armors, and maybe even make a lower body feature like pants or boots armor

PLEASE RESPONDED to this HALO FANATIC, it would mean alot
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Are you serious?! rofl rofl soi soi soi. roflmao. omg
The whole assassin armor thing was just a hoax.
Putting recon up for sell on marketplace would make it less rare, and that's why most people want it.
Also, i love elites and all that fun crap, but there's no sense in making more elite armor in a game based off of the spartan super soldiers. For all you 'dino' fans out there, just feel lucky Bungie included elites in halo 2 and 3 in the first place.

  • 09.08.2008 10:41 AM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/05/08
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Posted by: HellKnight2153
Wow, that's not hypocritical at all.
/sarcasm.
Your ranting about his rant.
Oh, and to the generals who think they're losing their rating, why don't you look more into this and read my post on the previous page.
People are so ignorant it sickens me. Instead of jumping the gun and bashing Bungie, why don't you realize... YOUR NOT LOSING YOUR FRIGGIN' GENERAL 50. gah, now, I'm done ranting. :)


So...just to clarify; did you just rant about my rant about the first rant?
Also, instead of reading your post on the previous page, people that are wondering about the new ranking system could just read (like, actually read) the update. Just throwing it out there, llukems probably worded it more in depth, and a little more concisely.

  • 09.08.2008 11:04 AM PDT

Femme fatale; oh snap. | Halo vet since 2003.

Okay, Bungie, give me all those achievements. I've gotten all the above before, so... unlock 'em. Snap to it.

  • 09.08.2008 11:24 AM PDT

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Posted by: RaDekk7
Posted by: HellKnight2153
Wow, that's not hypocritical at all.
/sarcasm.
Your ranting about his rant.
Oh, and to the generals who think they're losing their rating, why don't you look more into this and read my post on the previous page.
People are so ignorant it sickens me. Instead of jumping the gun and bashing Bungie, why don't you realize... YOUR NOT LOSING YOUR FRIGGIN' GENERAL 50. gah, now, I'm done ranting. :)


So...just to clarify; did you just rant about my rant about the first rant?
Also, instead of reading your post on the previous page, people that are wondering about the new ranking system could just read (like, actually read) the update. Just throwing it out there, llukems probably worded it more in depth, and a little more concisely.


Yes, there's alot of ranting going on :|
lol XD
That's true. Also, the first line of this update is 100% true.

  • 09.08.2008 11:31 AM PDT
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Hmmmm this could be intresting

zomg achivements!!!!!will there be any new armore?????

  • 09.08.2008 11:38 AM PDT
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Hmmmm this could be intresting

Posted by: SOUTHERN VIPER
wow bungie u guys -blam!- every thing up no wonder every body quit halo and started playing call of duty 4 why change halo its doing alright butthis new update if going to suck what about the good people who erned there general like me once this update is apleid im quiting halo
wow dude call of dudy is garbage

  • 09.08.2008 11:41 AM PDT

i was just wondering about the comments made on "Quitting"

i've been playing halo 3 since release day. and the halo series from the first game.
and something i disagree with is even thinking about punishment for quitting a matchmaking game that doesnt suit the players. i dont like when teams are uneven myself but i have from time to time gotten sick and tired of certain game types and maps.

it seems to me that all the hard work and thinking of ways to punish these people could be spend on finding a solution to the problem instead of possibly worsening it.

why doesnt bungie take like a short work week to introduce "Optimatch" as we all know it should be and give us the option to ONLY play slayer. or Only Capture the Flag and Shotty Snipes etc. etc.

people wont continuously quit games if they arent forced to play games they do not like. makes sense egh?

now granted that some people quit b/c of map selection. which is unavoidable. but give the people the power to pick what they play and this will problem will nearly dissapear. i understand the reasoning of switching up the game types and keeping people interested. but if your gonna adress a problem like quitting. start with the root of the problem. which is people having the inability to enjoy the game as they see fit instead of what 5/8ths of the room they are playing in.

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  • 09.08.2008 12:24 PM PDT

ok look iam a big fan of halo ever since it frist came out i like this new Achievements but there some in there that u get no poitns for that is soooo effin stupid my god come on itsand what else is very stupid is that u work sooo hard to get to a level then u go back down when u loose that's prttey much is y i play call of duty 4 way more now then i play halo3 all iam asking is pla fix this problems come on i dont want to see halo go down hill comment me back on this i really want to see what u got to say about this peace

  • 09.08.2008 1:36 PM PDT
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I have to say it...

New Achievements? BLeeP BloOP!

  • 09.08.2008 2:11 PM PDT

There can only be 1!!!

this royaly sucks. no blood gulch. :'(
bungie....you guys are awesome and all...
but you let every one who has played halo CE
and all true halo fans down.

R.I.P. Blood Gulch

The shiftBlade

[Edited on 09.08.2008 2:15 PM PDT]

  • 09.08.2008 2:12 PM PDT

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Here's to Halo's Lefties. (not the Jackals, the players!) Check my fileshare, I might be worth your while.Unfrigginbelievable!!! In campaign! check my fileshare!

AR/BR together! Why can' t they just get along?......Well, now I guess its AR and DMR,,,, oh will the flame wars never end?

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Wow, an update with delicious info! Finally something we can sink our teeth into.

Oh achievement hunting we will go!

  • 09.08.2008 2:24 PM PDT
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The new ranks are gonna be cool

  • 09.08.2008 3:08 PM PDT