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Posted by: mwjstone16
you have to have the original achievments. one more thing, my brother has the spartan officer pin and is a lieutenant rank(global) and he still doesnt have the original achievment (spartan officer) achievment that coincides with it. he also hasnt gotten the marathon man achievment but he found all the terminals. can anyone help me?


For Marathon Man, you must stay at each terminal for over a minute. You cannot just click the terminal glance at it and exit out. Wait an entire minute to be safe and then exit out. Do this with every single one. This was my error as well.

[Edited on 03.09.2009 7:51 PM PDT]

  • 03.09.2009 7:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: Plasma Prestige
Posted by: mwjstone16
you have to have the original achievments. one more thing, my brother has the spartan officer pin and is a lieutenant rank(global) and he still doesnt have the original achievment (spartan officer) achievment that coincides with it. he also hasnt gotten the marathon man achievment but he found all the terminals. can anyone help me?


For Marathon Man, you must stay at each terminal for over a minute. You cannot just click the terminal glance at it and exit out. Wait an entire minute to be safe and then exit out. Do this with every single one. This was my error as well.
Yeah me too, nasty terminals.

  • 03.10.2009 5:20 AM PDT

I met the requirements. I have all 49 original achievements, as well as 2 Vidmaster achievements, and 1000 total gamerscore in Halo 3. I had my Security Helmet and Katana for a match or two and then they just relocked. Haven't gotten them back since. They are way too glitchy.

  • 03.10.2009 1:04 PM PDT

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I've gotten a triple kill in a ranked match 6 times (i checked) and have gotten the achievement no times... i mean its only like, what, 5 or 10 gamer points... but still... i'm going for that 1000 gamerpoints and i don't want to pass any up that i could get just because of a glitch. please help. thanks.

  • 03.10.2009 2:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: lelijke kat
I've gotten a triple kill in a ranked match 6 times (i checked) and have gotten the achievement no times... i mean its only like, what, 5 or 10 gamer points... but still... i'm going for that 1000 gamerpoints and i don't want to pass any up that i could get just because of a glitch. please help. thanks.


If you are talking about steppin razor, correct me if im wrong, but I know that for stepping razor you must get a triple with a sword in a ranked free for all playlist.

Or if your talking about the triple kill achievement its got to be done in a ranked free for all playlist.

[Edited on 03.10.2009 3:00 PM PDT]

  • 03.10.2009 2:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: Captain Urahara
I met the requirements. I have all 49 original achievements, as well as 2 Vidmaster achievements, and 1000 total gamerscore in Halo 3. I had my Security Helmet and Katana for a match or two and then they just relocked. Haven't gotten them back since. They are way too glitchy.


All you have got to do is go for the original achievements, and don't worry there very easy to get and if you happen to have a problem just send me a message and I'll help you out.

  • 03.10.2009 3:01 PM PDT

strength through friendship, love through loyalty.

gah this is so annoying..fix the katan/security helm bungie -.-

1335 gs for halo and 53 achievments...my katana has still not returned >.> and the 2 achievments i got after posting before were originals....got it back for 2 seconds after a metagame then it disappeared again..

  • 03.10.2009 4:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: Alec9224
Indeed. I haven't had XBL for a long time, but I still come on her everyday.

Posted by: Misfit197
gah this is so annoying..fix the katan/security helm bungie -.-

1335 gs for halo and 53 achievments...my katana has still not returned >.> and the 2 achievments i got after posting before were originals....got it back for 2 seconds after a metagame then it disappeared again..
The best you can do is to unlock more original achievements. The ones I would recommend you try for are as follows:

- Remaining eight meta game achievements.

- Lee R Wilson Memorial
Score 5 grenade sticks in any ranked free for all playlist.

- Maybe Next Time Buddy
Boarded the same vehicle within 10 seconds after being boarded in any free for all playlist.

Your Security helmet and Katana might return even without all of these, but there is a greater chance that they will remain unlocked, and plus, more gamerscore.

It's a win-win situation ; )

  • 03.10.2009 4:56 PM PDT

strength through friendship, love through loyalty.

thats the thing tho those ones are hard as hell to get in ranked ffa for me..lol and i'm bored of the campaign done every level like 10 times...

  • 03.10.2009 5:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: Alec9224
Indeed. I haven't had XBL for a long time, but I still come on her everyday.

Posted by: Misfit197
thats the thing tho those ones are hard as hell to get in ranked ffa for me..lol and i'm bored of the campaign done every level like 10 times...
Lee R Wilson Memorial is rather easy in my opinion. Just grab a few Plasma Grenades and throw for your life! When an enemy moves into beat you down, throw a sticky just before he does. Five sticks = no problemo.

Maybe Next Time Buddy can be done in a social free-for-all playlist (Rumble Pit), it doesn't necessarily have to be done in a ranked free-for-all playlist (Lone Wolves, Legendary Brawl). Let an enemy hijack your Ghost and quickly press RB to hijack it back. Achievement unlocked.

The campaign is a ton of fun! If you really find the missions to be a bore, then play with a friend, but still make sure to reach the required score.

Good luck ; )

  • 03.10.2009 7:03 PM PDT
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i have over 1000 g and i dont have the the security armour or the katana. do i have to have 49 achievments?

  • 03.10.2009 7:43 PM PDT

My Best Bungie moment: finally beating all the Halo games on solo legendary.
My Worst Bungie moment: not seeing giant stuffie grunts in the Bungie store.

I doubt Bungie reads this but here goes:

I got all the mythic skulls, and I unlocked all three separate achievements, but it did NOT unlock the overall Vidmaster for getting all of them. Did I misread the achievement requirements or is this a glitch?

  • 03.10.2009 8:01 PM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

Posted by: Serious Suicide
I doubt Bungie reads this but here goes:

I got all the mythic skulls, and I unlocked all three separate achievements, but it did NOT unlock the overall Vidmaster for getting all of them. Did I misread the achievement requirements or is this a glitch?


You only got half the skulls of the mythic maps. Remember Longshore, Heretic, and Citadel still need to come out and you need the skulls from those as well.

  • 03.10.2009 8:08 PM PDT

Posted by: wynn911
i have over 1000 g and i dont have the the security armour or the katana. do i have to have 49 achievments?

I'd suggest reading the first post in this thread, as it answers that question.
Generally, the rule is you need 49 achievements and 1000 gamerscore.

However, both of those, especially the security permutation, have a few edge cases where they can unlock early, relock, unlock again, etc.

But in most cases, 49 achievements and 1000 gamerscore will get them. If not, get another achievement.

  • 03.11.2009 4:51 AM PDT

Slay your friends
Slay your enemies
Slay your friends' enemies

It's Halo: Reach

I have over 1000 GS but I don't have Katana body and I also haven't got the Security Helmet.
Does it only unlock when you've got the old 49 achievements??

  • 03.11.2009 6:10 AM PDT

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Posted by: HayabushaHunter
I have over 1000 GS but I don't have Katana body and I also haven't got the Security Helmet.
Does it only unlock when you've got the old 49 achievements??


Well it could unlock at anytime with any achievements, but it may re-lock, so you have to get the original 49 achievements to keep it unlocked for good.

  • 03.11.2009 6:21 AM PDT
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NOw this is worse than i think any of the others so far and it has happend to me multiple times. I've earned the achievments required for the and I think EOD chest and some other as well but the armor it self has relocked. I noticehyabossa d exactly when this happend. I was playing a match on x-box live when someone at my house wanted to play a local game. they signed in on a local account and a message poped up asking if i wanted to switch to local. when i chose switch to local my entire account seemed to be reset, my colors were reverted to the original green and my armors were all missing. can anyone help me?

  • 03.11.2009 10:30 AM PDT
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Posted by: Vengeance33
i still havent gotten the graduate achievement, and i have 50+ experience in Team Objective after the new ranking system came out. what can i do now?


I have the same exact problem. Bungie changed the requirements for the Graduate Achievement so that you need 5 EXP in a playlist to unlock it. But I can see that you've done that, and I have more than 5 EXP in a multitude of playlists, but still we are without the achievement. I do not understand why Bungie fixed the Spartan Officer and UNSC Spartan achievements, but did not fix the Graduate Achievement.

  • 03.11.2009 2:12 PM PDT
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I have a question kind of relating to this.
I've recently started playing Halo again and before I stopped I already had the 1000/1000 GS and the Security helmet and Katana. They have both disappeared but the security shoulders are still there so I'm wondering how I would get my armor back or is this part of the bug?

  • 03.11.2009 3:14 PM PDT

k, if you explained this in the original thread, I didn't see it....

I recently got my Sargeant rank, along with the Spartan insignia....but I didn't get the UNSC officer achievement.....uhh....why not?

  • 03.11.2009 3:20 PM PDT

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Posted by: Alec9224
Indeed. I haven't had XBL for a long time, but I still come on her everyday.

Posted by: Zacky Manilow
I have a question kind of relating to this.
I've recently started playing Halo again and before I stopped I already had the 1000/1000 GS and the Security helmet and Katana. They have both disappeared but the security shoulders are still there so I'm wondering how I would get my armor back or is this part of the bug?
Just earn a few of the new achievements and your armor should return. Best ones to shoot for, in my opinion, are Double Double, Flag Dropped, and Defend This. I would recommend playing Social Big Team or Social Team DLC to earn them.

Posted by: OzzyFan213
k, if you explained this in the original thread, I didn't see it....

I recently got my Sargeant rank, along with the Spartan insignia....but I didn't get the UNSC officer achievement.....uhh....why not?
No problemo.

Just earn 12 EXP in one playlist. You already have 9 EXP in Team Slayer, so only three more left!

Good luck ; )

  • 03.11.2009 3:58 PM PDT
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Thanks a lot!

  • 03.11.2009 4:44 PM PDT

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okay so i know have the 49 achievements and 1000 gamerscore and i have all the new achievements for legendary maps plus the 3 vidmaster achievements and i still dont have the security helmet or the katana sword. this is really getting frusturating its like bungie is playing tricks on me

  • 03.11.2009 5:33 PM PDT
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Question: I have achieved the rank of lieutenant or higher. Where's my Spartan Officer Achievement?

I have gotten the Spartan Officer and UNSC Spartan but where's my Graduate?

I've read that unlocking other achievements should unlock it and I have unlocked 25-35 achievements since I earned it. Also if I get the 5 XP in a certain playlist, which I have done.

Help please.


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  • 03.11.2009 6:14 PM PDT

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  • 03.11.2009 6:46 PM PDT