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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/05/08

call of doo doo sucks

what do you get when you have all the new achievments
is it going to be recon
if there is going to be recon you should make armor just for bungie
and people that have 0 deaths and over 5000 kills

  • 09.08.2008 3:09 PM PDT

New achievements? Sweet! But...What will happen to my Katana?! Will I still have it?

  • 09.08.2008 3:32 PM PDT
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dude do we get are katina and secirty armor

  • 09.08.2008 3:35 PM PDT
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will people with a katana have to get all of the new achievements before they can wear the katana again?

  • 09.08.2008 4:42 PM PDT
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So dose that mean a guy like me with the 1000 gamer score loses my katona since there will be more achievements now?

  • 09.08.2008 5:03 PM PDT
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good luck getting that splatter spree on blackout

  • 09.08.2008 5:05 PM PDT

A very informative update.
One of the best one's in a while.

  • 09.08.2008 5:34 PM PDT

I do what I do.

sounds sweet!! but it better not take my katana away ~cries~

p.s. u guys should, in the near future, add the map TURF to Halo 3!!

  • 09.08.2008 5:52 PM PDT

Will the people that have the katana and security helmet lose them once the new achievements come out, and how do you get the picture of your armor next to your reply.

  • 09.08.2008 6:01 PM PDT
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Are there going to be any new armour pieces for getting the new achivements, like when you got the 1000 gamerscore pts for katana body???

  • 09.08.2008 6:01 PM PDT
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will our rank (brigadier) reset back to recuite?

  • 09.08.2008 6:05 PM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/05/08
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Bungie will not just hand out Recon...

  • 09.08.2008 6:38 PM PDT

What about like say the samurai sword when ALL of the achievements are completed. Does this mean we will lose that sword? Also, what about special armor. Sort of like the flaming helmet all Bungie employees have. What benefits will we be able to have except Gamer score going up?

  • 09.08.2008 6:54 PM PDT
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As long as this is free, I don't care if you turn all the spartans into giant feces.

  • 09.08.2008 6:59 PM PDT

Commander Dread

yea new achievments are awsome their should be new armor... or bungie gets new amor and we all get recon... i rather have the new armor like... SPI (Self-Powerd-Infiltration) armor... with the extra kicks of the camo like in the books

  • 09.08.2008 7:07 PM PDT
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may you be blessed bungie for your glorious creations and constant devotion to your fans with holy new updates...keep it up.

[Edited on 09.08.2008 7:43 PM PDT]

  • 09.08.2008 7:38 PM PDT

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since there are going to be new achievments, will the katana swords be taken away from those who preiviously have all of the achievments ??

  • 09.08.2008 7:38 PM PDT
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Russian scientists have done it. They have somehow managed to replicate the power of the Norris on a miniature scale. This weapon, which they have named "Tsar Bomba" (King Bomb) could hold 100 megatons of viable round-kicks. The first testing of this device was done using only 0.000000000000001% of this weapon's true power in the Tunguska region in Siberia in 1908. The incident was cleverly covered up by the Russian government and was covered up as an exploding meteor.

No Blood Gulch remake......
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Really, I wanted a remake of Blood Gulch)

  • 09.08.2008 8:09 PM PDT
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Does the extra punishment for quitters only apply to ranked games or both ranked and social?

Because if it applies to both then I don't understand Bungie's need to punish quitters even more. Is losing EXP not enough? Does Bungie really believe they can make it so nobody will ever quit? I agree that quitters can really ruin a game. But remember, its just a game.

I can understand Bungie wanting to punish quitters in ranked matches because ranked matches have a serious component to them. Social matches are just that, social. All quitting does is inconvenience a few players for a few minutes. I quit social matches. I do so when there is a setting I can't stand or the teams are way out of balance or other players quit during the game. I mostly play skirmish because I really, really don't like Foundry. If I do play another social playlist, I always, ALWAYS veto Foundry and will many times quit the game if Foundry is the map I get stuck with. I just don't like it. If the teams are too uneven I will usually quit (I've been paired with 4 people under level 10 with roughly 100 combined games playing against 5 generals). I'd rather lose the 1 EXP than wait the 6-10 minutes it takes for our team to get slaughtered. If players on my team quit or start betraying each other, I will generally quit to save myself some time.

On the flipside, it is a bit frustrating when the other team quits midway through the game. But when that happens I just thank them for the quick EXP and jump into the next game.

I personally believe that most quitters quit for three reasons:
1. The map that Matchmaking has given them is not one they have any desire to play.
2. The game type that Matchmaking has given them is not one they have any desire to play.
3. The players on their team betray, quit, or aren't skilled enough to allow for a fun, effective game.

The easiest solution is to give more power to the players to chose the settings they wish to play. Why not give players the ability to permanently veto a few select gametypes and maps?

  • 09.08.2008 8:10 PM PDT
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@Behm
On that same note, why not group players with other like-minded players? If I veto slayer on, say, foundry every time comes up for like, 20 times, group me with other people who have done the same. If I never veto assault on stand-off, group me with others that don't veto that. Of course, it would be understandable for this feature to not be available to groups that play together, but if you enter matchmaking alone, you should be able to specify 'Like-Voting Players', the same way you can select 'Closest Skill' or 'Best Connection'.

  • 09.08.2008 9:25 PM PDT

I only have one question

fuсk you bungie.
Answer that asap please =)

[Edited on 09.08.2008 9:48 PM PDT]

  • 09.08.2008 9:38 PM PDT
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seconded...
who do you think you are?
you are just the worst kind of person.

  • 09.08.2008 9:40 PM PDT

The three 0 point achievements are retarded. If you already got up to higher rank, then you can't even get those achievements. They should just create ones that you can get without starting a new account.

  • 09.08.2008 9:45 PM PDT

if you hate foundry, go into forge and when you select the map, just delete it you fsckin mook. jesus people are stupid.

  • 09.08.2008 9:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: DeviateCandy
if you hate foundry, go into forge and when you select the map, just delete it you fsckin mook. jesus people are stupid.

If you are talking to me, I have two things to say.

First, I was using Foundry as an example. I actually love playing slayer on that map.

Second, how would deleting a map variant of Foundry cause the map to appear less in matchmaking?

  • 09.08.2008 10:22 PM PDT