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I beat every level on Normal and No EVA shoulders? Halp. :( But, when I finished the level you need to for EVA shoulders, it said my disk was unreadable, but it says I completed it. I bought a new disc a couple of days ago and still nothing.

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  • 01.10.2009 8:23 PM PDT

So if someone (aka me) just so happens to encounter the problem with the katana and the security helm dissappearing after having all the original achievements. how does one go about getting it back i know its just armor i just liked having it. and my poor character over there looks allmost naked without his sword lol

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  • 01.10.2009 10:16 PM PDT

#101111011110111100001# is a '7'.
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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: MachoKillin1
So if someone (aka me) just so happens to encounter the problem with the katana and the security helm dissappearing after having all the original achievements. how does one go about getting it back i know its just armor i just liked having it. and my poor character over there looks allmost naked without his sword lol
As I said in your thread, unlock a few of the new achievements. The ones you are currently missing include:

- Flag Dropped
On a Legendary map, got 2 flag carrier kills during a ranked or social match.
Recommended playlists: DLC Big Team (Social Big Team after playlist update), Squad Battle

- Alas, Poor Yorick
On a Legendary map, got 3 Oddball melee kills during a ranked or social match.
Recommended playlists: 3Ball Double EXP playlist or DLC FFA

- Road Rage
On a Legendary map, got 5 Warthog chaingun kills during a ranked or social match.
Recommended playlists: DLC Big Team (Social Big Team after playlist update), Squad Battle

- Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch
Got the rank of Lieutenant in any playlist in the new EXP progression system.
Recommended playlists: any

- Defend This
On a Legendary map, got a flag melee kill during a ranked or social match.
Recommended playlists: DLC Big Team (Social Big Team after playlist update), Squad Battle

- Came… From… Behind
On a Legendary map, got 3 assassinations during a ranked or social match.
Recommened playlists: any that require the Legendary Map Pack

- Double Double
On a Legendary map, got two Double Kills during a ranked or social match.
Recommened playlists: any that require the Legendary Map Pack

- Look Both Ways
On a Legendary map, get a Splatter Spree during any ranked or social match.
Recommended playlists: DLC Big Team (Social Big Team after playlist update), Squad Battle

Now, I cannot guarantee that your Katana and Security helmet will unlock once more after earning a few of these, however, there is a pretty good chance they will. Best of luck = ]

  • 01.10.2009 10:34 PM PDT

yea and i thank you again for the tip your really on top of things i guess i am just going to have to wait untill legendary maps become free dont want to buy them again thanks though ill look into that.

oh and this may be a helpfull hint i saw somewhere in this thread that someone said right after they got the vidmaster challenge: 7 on the 7th their security helmet and katana were both locked. i just remembered i had just gotten that achievement just prior to losing the armor. im not 100% sure i dont want to make assumptions but that could be a possible source of the issue.

[Edited on 01.10.2009 11:27 PM PST]

  • 01.10.2009 11:23 PM PDT

I want my steaks Luke...

Thank you for explaining the coldstorage delima. Now here is something else I need explained. On January 7th, I earned the exp rank of 7 in DLC big team, so supposebly, I thought i would unlock the 7 on 7 achievement. This did not happen though, at reaching 7exp I played another match and lost. So I did play a game with 7 exp on the 7th. Then when it still didn't unlock, I exited the playlist and entered again and then played another round and lost. So I fufilled the requirements of the achievement, but it still didn't unlock.

I am still without the achievement, but I still have the 7 exp in DLC. I am wondering what the problem could be. Do you think it may be I wasn't playing an appropiate playlist ( even though this playlist worked for my other ranked or social achievements), the fact I didn't win the games when I had 7 exp, the time on my xbox (I don't think this is wrong, for even the 7 on 7 playlist even showed up.), or if it is just a bug like with the other unlockables in halo?

If you reply, could you please tell me what went wrong so I can fix my mistake(s) and get it in Febuary. Thank you.

[Edited on 01.10.2009 11:54 PM PST]

  • 01.10.2009 11:53 PM PDT

i am not sur if this will help but here is what i did on the 7th i had 8 xp so i couldnt get the achievement so i went lost a game and i thought my xp hadnt change so i went to another playlist played a few games to get it to 7. when i went back to the one i had 8 on it had droped to 7 and i got the achievement. also in the achievement it says all you have to do is enter into the party loby like where you select social slayer or DLC slayer i just switched over to social slayer and didnt even get to the start match button and i got the achievement. im not sure but i think what you should do is get 7 xp in a social game type wait till the 7th and click on that match type and you may just get it. i hope this may have helped i doubt it but it worked for me

  • 01.11.2009 12:23 AM PDT

I want my steaks Luke...

Thanks for the help. But on that day, I did switch the playlists, 20 times. Also, the whole lower exp, doesn't work for me, losing or quitting.

Oh well, I was bound to have problems with this game eventually, like half the other people on this thread. Not suprising at all. That would have been the last achievement I COULD unlock for now.<--- I think Bungie may have it in for me, because I'm only one step behind them, ...always. lol

Thanks for the help, it's nice to know there are people out there who don't curse every other word at you for asking help and who don't only post / spam to be noticed.

*edit* I just noticed this was the 7th post on page 7, oh how I hate irony. ^_^

[Edited on 01.11.2009 12:54 AM PST]

  • 01.11.2009 12:50 AM PDT

x Foman123 x
15.
That's the number of bans in this thread. Next time you want to derail something, go stand in front of a train.

Posted by: MachoKillin1
So if someone (aka me) just so happens to encounter the problem with the katana and the security helm dissappearing after having all the original achievements. how does one go about getting it back i know its just armor i just liked having it. and my poor character over there looks allmost naked without his sword lol
Posted by: MachoKillin1
yea and i thank you again for the tip your really on top of things i guess i am just going to have to wait untill legendary maps become free dont want to buy them again thanks though ill look into that.

oh and this may be a helpfull hint i saw somewhere in this thread that someone said right after they got the vidmaster challenge: 7 on the 7th their security helmet and katana were both locked. i just remembered i had just gotten that achievement just prior to losing the armor. im not 100% sure i dont want to make assumptions but that could be a possible source of the issue.
Redo the update, i explained how a couple of pages ago, page 2 or 3.

I did it and it fixed it for me, and my friends when i told them how. Try clearing your cache on your xbox so you have to redo the update, me and many of my friends who had this problem, with over 49 achievements and 1000GS, who lost their security armour and katana, i found that if you clear your cache on your xbox and redo the update then it should come back.

NOTE: It will remove ALL your games updates

To clear your cache go to the My Xbox Tab/Blade, Far right on System Settings, press A then go down to Memory, press A on that then, press Y then X X Left Bumper Right Bumper X X. It should then come up says are you sure you want to perform maintenance on your hard drive, accept it. Then load up Halo 3 and redo the update then check your armour.

Have you got the 7 on 7 achievement? That caused mine and all my friends to mess up, it fixed for us as soon as we did that.

Try it anyway, post back if it works.


[Edited on 01.11.2009 1:42 AM PST]

  • 01.11.2009 1:38 AM PDT

Umm, no help for me?

  • 01.11.2009 8:30 AM PDT
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I'm Missing Recon.Bungie Had Sent Me A Message About 2 Weeks Ago, Saying We Are Giving You Recon For Outstanding Game Play In Infection.I Know This Sounds Like Bull But It's True Please Help!

[Edited on 01.11.2009 11:01 AM PST]

  • 01.11.2009 11:00 AM PDT

I want my steaks Luke...

Posted by: Roadrashmonkey
Umm, no help for me?


Your'e problem is that the certifications for unlocking the armor were unlocked, and supposebly, the armor was supposed to unlock shortly after you met the requirements.

However, your game disk was unreadable between the point of meeting the requirements and the point of actually unlocking the armor. That is why it says you achieved the requirements and also don't have the armor unlocked.

I'm sorry, but the only way I know you can for sure get the armor, is by completing the level that was unreadable, ...again.

  • 01.11.2009 12:51 PM PDT

I did.

Should I delete everythying Halo-wise on my HD?

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  • 01.11.2009 3:26 PM PDT
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and this is why Halo 3 isn't a complete game, it was way too rushed.

oh well, people will still play

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  • 01.12.2009 7:12 AM PDT
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Don't think that this one has been answered in this thread...

I'm not on LIVE and have just been playing Halo 3 for the first time....

I've completed Campaign mode on Normal. However I haven't received the acheivement for Story Progress for Act 8. (either Covenant or Cortana i think?). I also haven't received my Completion Acheivement (which is quite a big 125G!) after finishing the game.

I think that the completion acheivement problem is linked to the Story Progress not showing up, but could someone confirm this?

Any help or advice would be brilliant and warmly received!

Is it a common (i.e. known) problem that may have been solved by a patch or update? If so, i guess that it will resolve itself when i eventually get LIVE sorted...

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  • 01.12.2009 7:37 AM PDT
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I tried the cache thing (lost katana and security helm due to 7 on 7 achievement) and it still thinks i need to unlock.

  • 01.12.2009 10:11 AM 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: Ragnarok Zero X
I tried the cache thing (lost katana and security helm due to 7 on 7 achievement) and it still thinks i need to unlock.
Personally, I'd recommend you consider purchasing the Legendary Map Pack as the majority of playlists require it and so you can unlock the new achievements.

Another option would be to wait for the Mythic Map Pack to become available and earn the achievements tied to those.

The final option is to continue playing and wait for the two permutations to unlock. However, it's not guaranteed that that will actually occur.

I'll leave the decision in your hands = ]

  • 01.12.2009 11:29 AM PDT
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yeah around everytime i get some achievements i sometime lose armor or gain it it started when i saw an achievement that said something about u neeed this much to get sometype of armor and then i have been playing just a little ago and i got some achievements and i almost had 45 or 44 of them and i was going to get sercity shoulders and i got it before i got to it same way with another armort i was getting and then when i got to the 45 or whatever achievements for it i lost it intill i got another achievent and i thought i was holy or somehting but i found that i lost it for a lil while

  • 01.12.2009 11:36 AM PDT
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I agree

  • 01.12.2009 2:28 PM PDT

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For some reason, where in for some chop achievement will not unlock. First time: Offline Killed a chopper with a trip mine, got the achievement. Connected on a different xbox, lost 4 achievements. Connected on my old xbox, achievements still not there. 2nd Time: RBTB Got a triple kill with a trip mine on an enemy warthog with a trip mine. 3 & 4 are the same as 2. Then I tried getting the achievement again on solo play, still wouldn't unlock. What gives?

  • 01.12.2009 2:45 PM PDT

hey something like this happen to me before the whole armor shoulder glitch thing. now i know why they disapered but thanks for clearing every thing up.

  • 01.12.2009 2:56 PM PDT

i hav all the acheviments for recon but most of them locked up again WAT THE HELL!!!!

besides the annual achev thats impossible there are no ghosts on the last lvl even with 4 players on legendary live coop

  • 01.12.2009 5:26 PM PDT

Thank you for clearing all this up for the community.I hear a lot of people in MM asking the same type of questions.now I can tell them to just look up this thread.

  • 01.12.2009 9:59 PM PDT

I've had trouble getting the Headshot Honcho achievement.
I've been playing for well over 8 months, and there's no question that I have received at least 10 Headshots within that time.
I know someone's going to tell me it has to be in a row without dying,
but i've done that too.
A little help?

  • 01.13.2009 8:55 AM PDT
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Posted by: DJ Touch
I've had trouble getting the Headshot Honcho achievement.
I've been playing for well over 8 months, and there's no question that I have received at least 10 Headshots within that time.
I know someone's going to tell me it has to be in a row without dying,
but i've done that too.
A little help?
Don't forget that it has to be with the human sniper, too. Have you done that?

  • 01.13.2009 11:07 AM PDT

What am I supposed to do with my EVA and Refuge achievement problem?

  • 01.13.2009 2:14 PM PDT