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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 10/10/08

Stop arguing over imaginary -blam!-. May as well argue over Santa Claus. There will never be proof that there is/was a god - and before people start saying "HERP DERP PROVE THERE WASN'T ONE ROFLOLOL" well, you are the people who made it up in the first place so we know there isn't one
What created the big bang then? A coalition of genetically modified TR-909s with extra distortion?

WOW HOPE FULLY the new maps come out sooner and i bet MS will charge 60$ for halo recon......I dont see why so many people care about recon its just armour its not that good

  • 10.11.2008 9:50 AM PDT
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Cool kids don't smoke.

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=30355277&p ostRepeater1-p=1
^Bungie Cares about it's customers.

I'm still wondering how the health of your character is going to work, because I know that ODSTs didn't have shields like the spartans did.

  • 10.11.2008 10:01 AM PDT
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Cool kids don't smoke.

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=30355277&p ostRepeater1-p=1
^Bungie Cares about it's customers.

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  • 10.11.2008 10:02 AM PDT

I don't want random messages (ie, Join my group, etc). I have begun blocking solicitations.

Posted by: XShadOwFalcOnX
1. Small team.
H3:R doesn't need as large a team as H3 since the actual game engine has already been completed. They're only creating a campaign and a few maps. So all they need are level designers, writers, audio people, and a few other assorted positions.2. Short deadline.Again, not much actually needs to be created, so they can do in a shorter time period.3. Little new material.A Campaign that's almost as big as H3"s and a new map pack (ie, the Recon Exclusive maps, not the 2 map packs that are coming out next year that will also be included on the Recon disk) is little new material?Quick Buck?You realize that since MS owns the IP and is the publisher, they get the lion's share of the profit, don't you? Bungie isn't going to make a lot off this game. They're making it because they want to expand on the Earth events that lead up to Sierra 117, and they know there's lots of people who do want to know what happened.

  • 10.11.2008 10:15 AM PDT

yeah so we can shoot some elites again!

  • 10.11.2008 10:26 AM PDT
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This Expansion Will Be Awsome I Just Wish They Would Have Waited Until About November Teasers Just Annoy Me Because I Don't Get To Play Them For A Few Months.

  • 10.11.2008 10:49 AM PDT
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I want to know if the multiplayer maps bundled with Recon will be possible to install on my Xbox and accessed through "original" Halo 3. It would be kind of confusing if I had to switch Halo 3 game whenever I wanted to play a map that's in the other game.

  • 10.11.2008 10:51 AM PDT

I'm now wondering if there will be a Collector's Edition of Halo 3: Recon, but we'll probably not know until next year.

  • 10.11.2008 10:51 AM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 10/10/08 -long post
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Posted by: gooby07
I'm still wondering how the health of your character is going to work, because I know that ODSTs didn't have shields like the spartans did.


1. Bungie uses the COD-health standard (regenerating health)
2. Return to Halo 1's health-meter+Shield combo, sans shield.
2a. Same as above, but maybe with a non-recharging armor meter. HEV suit, anyone?

regardless of how it would work, combat will probably become more dangerous. ODST's are prone to dying more frequently than SPARTANs.

On a side note, the decision to make the player's character a [relatively] normal soldier is probably the biggest game-play twist in Halo since giving the Arbiter a cloaking device. It might be a H3 expansion by name [and engine], but I think it might as well be Halo 2: the Lost Chapter.

  • 10.11.2008 11:00 AM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 10/10/08

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They should sell Game Fuel for it's release again!

  • 10.11.2008 11:08 AM PDT
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welllllllllllllllll if we beat halo 3 recon do we get recon armor??? i hope so. and y dont they just call it halo 4 if its a new hero and new story? -blam!-yyyyy i wana play as the chief too
Posted by: Shishka
Clearing up some questions with some answers about Halo 3: Recon.



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  • 10.11.2008 11:13 AM PDT
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thanks for the info Shishka. i'm looking forward to seeing more in the future

  • 10.11.2008 11:15 AM PDT
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Will Master Chief be in H3 Recon somewhere along the story mode.

  • 10.11.2008 11:19 AM PDT

"Let's pump some butts."


Note:Unashamedly taken from Luke Smith's battle cries.

Nice update. It was exactly what I expected to see. It's like you're in my dome! Could the date in the trailer be the release date of the Mythic Map Pack? January 6 is pretty early 2009.

  • 10.11.2008 11:33 AM PDT
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"Let’s dive into this a little deeper and try and address some of the questions that will no doubt arise from the community. First off are the “Vidmaster Challenge” achievements. These three will not earn you any gamer points but there will (eventually) be a pay-off. We’re not going to spoil the fun just yet but suffice it to say that gamerscore isn’t everything. There is a pot of gold at the end of the Vidmaster rainbow and it is something you will want. More details later".

I want my pot of gold please!

  • 10.11.2008 11:34 AM PDT
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Well .. this game looks quite kool ..

but they cannot jst stop at this game i mean come on halo rocks .. u cnt jst stop :(

its sad if they stop creating more halo based games because it will be upsetting to see the halo3 team nt make more games as they are fun and challenging (at times) to play..

Thanks :)

  • 10.11.2008 11:49 AM PDT
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I have a question...If this campaign takes place during the events of Halo 2 on New Mombasa (and possibly elsewhere), why are Brutes patrolling the streets? Since this takes place before the coup (when the Brutes dethroned the Elites as the main combat force for the Covenant), shouldn't the Elites still be patrolling New Mombasa?

  • 10.11.2008 12:03 PM PDT
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No wonder the matchmaking is still complete -blam!-, you guys have been focusing on giving us ranks no one cares about (the extra ones), bringing back Rocket Race, while fun, reminds me every game why people are such pricks on Halo 3, and working on this game.

Good to know the fans are in your thoughts. - -

  • 10.11.2008 12:03 PM PDT
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Also...you guys said LAST TIME that Halo 3 would be "the last in the trilogy" and now you say the same thing about this.

Something tells me that I should just ignore when you guys say this and just look forward to more Halo games in the future.

  • 10.11.2008 12:05 PM PDT
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well here is something you can clear up. In "Halo 3 Recon" will the ODST (an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) have regen shield like MC or will we have to go around and look for life pack! you better answer or ill find you and you'll be sorry you didn' answer. thanks :)

  • 10.11.2008 12:11 PM PDT

A creative man seeks only to achieve, Never to beat Others

Ok this is good news and bad news, does this mean there wont be anymore DLC for Halo3?

  • 10.11.2008 12:32 PM PDT

A creative man seeks only to achieve, Never to beat Others

well here is something you can clear up. In "Halo 3 Recon" will the ODST (an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) have regen shield like MC or will we have to go around and look for life pack! you better answer or ill find you and you'll be sorry you didn' answer. thanks :)

Dude chill out, do you really have to answer that question? In halo3 do you ever see an ODST that has shields? No...you don't they'll probably go with the Halo1 Health pack or go with the new health regen system the first being the most likely...bu seriously, chill... :) lol

  • 10.11.2008 12:44 PM PDT
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COOL BEANS

man i still gots a question man. my question does that odst have a red dot and a silencer on his smg man and if so is it playable in the campaign ????

  • 10.11.2008 12:47 PM PDT
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I'M SO STOKED RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my gosh, so stoked.


I'm freakin' out.

Thank you Bungie, thank you.

I can't wait to see more Halo 3: Recon stuff, and your new games.

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  • 10.11.2008 12:57 PM PDT

A creative man seeks only to achieve, Never to beat Others

man i still gots a question man. my question does that odst have a red dot and a silencer on his smg man and if so is it playable in the campaign ????

For your answer yes it does have a Silencer on it and the "it" in question is a MA5K Assault Rifle its a Cut down version an MA5B Assault rifle seen in Halo1 and Halo3 and im sure you'll be able to use it but as i dont work at bungie i cant say for sure if you will but generally if a weapon is shown in the trailer it's going to be in the game one way or the other...

  • 10.11.2008 1:05 PM PDT