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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 02/20/09

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I cant wait for the new maps they look so beautiful :'}

  • 02.20.2009 7:00 PM PDT

"If ur are my hateful enemy on this world.. i'll be ur worst nightmare ever.."

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sweet update.. sound like new added on standlaser in sandbox..

  • 02.20.2009 7:00 PM PDT

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  • 02.20.2009 7:13 PM PDT
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Great update, I booted up campaign and got some pictures before I even finished the article.

I can't believe I'm that desperate for these maps. Maybe it's just because I saw that a person I know in real life got a early code, and I was all like:

"He got a code?!

I think I just s**t myself."

  • 02.20.2009 7:17 PM PDT
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Wait what? Random Bungie.Net users are getting early access to the Mythic pack?

So how's that work then?

Also - oh hai thar NOD Obelisks. nneeeearrrrrrrr-FZZP.

  • 02.20.2009 7:21 PM PDT

Good update guys. Cant wait till the 3rd so i can get my hands on sandbox. So glad i got LCE of HW. You guys rock.

  • 02.20.2009 7:22 PM PDT

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Posted by: snak
Great update, I booted up campaign and got some pictures before I even finished the article.

I can't believe I'm that desperate for these maps. Maybe it's just because I saw that a person I know in real life got a early code, and I was all like:


Same here. Got some shots but they pretty much suck. I'm no good with screenshots. I dont know any fancy tricks. lol.

And wouldn't it be nice to have luck on my side just once. (Been a crappy couple months. lol)

[Edited on 02.20.2009 7:47 PM PST]

  • 02.20.2009 7:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: r c takedown
Yax is a shining beacon in these dark times. You should all strive to be more like Yax.

Nice update.
<3

My Mythic map pack is only a short way away ^_^

  • 02.20.2009 7:50 PM PDT

Get WorkPLaced!!

Nice update, I was wondering how you guys were gonna deal with the outer boundaries on Sandbox since it looked to be tougher terrain over all that mines might not work on, then again I always thought those towers would come into play, just like how they shoot a beam through your hornet on Sandtrap before the mines come up.

  • 02.20.2009 7:52 PM PDT

1) Awesome. I can wait for Halo wars, but I have some ideas for those campaign screenies.

2) You should use proper grammar Luke; 'don't' should be capitalized.

Posted by: lukems
FIRST


EDIT:
Those towers deserve the tag:
Lord of the Rings, eat your heart out!

[Edited on 02.20.2009 8:03 PM PST]

  • 02.20.2009 8:01 PM PDT

It's nice to know what we get to work with in Forge for Assembly and Orbital, and I can't wait to see what requirements where used by the winners in the V-Day Massacre Double EXP Weekend.

  • 02.20.2009 8:07 PM PDT

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  • 02.20.2009 8:12 PM PDT

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  • 02.20.2009 8:17 PM PDT

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I'm eagerly awaiting the release of the Mythic Map pack, I'm excited for Sand Box especially. Anyways, nice read, and it was nice of you to give out codes to the community.

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  • 02.20.2009 9:11 PM PDT

TGIF It sure has been a long work week.
I have 800 Microsoft Points that have Halo 3: Mythic Map Pack written all over them. The first thing that I am going to do on Sandbox is get killed by the watchtowers. It is so close now, it will be grand. Have a good weekend.


  • 02.20.2009 9:32 PM PDT

Posted by: killacaboose
what happened to heretic citadel longshore because arent they mythic map pack too


The Mythic Map Pack consists of Assembly, Orbital, and Sandbox. While Heretic, Citadel, and Longshore were originally rumored to be part of it, they are not, which makes sense, since all the map packs thus far have included three maps (not counting Cold Storage, of course). I believe that Heretic, Citadel, and Longshore will be part of another map pack that should come out some time around when ODST launches (possibly earlier; I don't know what Bungie's schedule is).

Which raises the question as to what the next map pack will be called. Easy and Normal seem like lame names... Something ending with "-tacular" would be nice, but I don't know if it fits with the Halo 3 map packs released so far.

Whatever name Bungie comes up with, I'm sure it will be awesome. :)

  • 02.20.2009 9:40 PM PDT

Posted by: S1NESTER
Am confused, are you guys giving the maps to random people or selected? I know that you guys have given the maps to:

Yourselves
Personal Friends
Random Winners

Who else has one? What are the chances of anyone just winning them?


From what I read in the update, it seems that Bungie wants players to take screenshots of ODSTs in the Halo 3 Campaign and then tag them on Bungie.net with the tags "ODST" and "Mythic." Bungie will pick who has the best screenshots and then, by Monday, give them the codes for the map pack. I could be wrong, of course, but that's the impression I got from the update. I don't know if Bungie is giving them to random people. They could be.

BTW, great update, Bungie! I sadly will not be able to join in the ODST screenshot-taking due to my 360 breaking. Again. :( Still, I'll get it fixed soon enough and hopefully have the Mythic Map Pack by March.

  • 02.20.2009 9:46 PM PDT

"Seems to me you should spend less time on that article and more time working on that novel you've been working on!!!"

Good update, nice new bits of info. Maybe i will have to take a romp thru campaign this weekend. Maybe I'll go legendary all skulls just to see if the odst's have what it takes, know I didn't on the first level, had to get sniped by your dang sniper jackals in the last area of the Sierra 117. But maybe the odst's are more l33t than i...

  • 02.20.2009 9:56 PM PDT

Looks neat, I do love me some wide-open vehicle levels. Oh and Orbital looks neat too.

  • 02.20.2009 10:18 PM PDT
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  • 02.20.2009 10:33 PM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

Damn. I just realized...a 9-iron gravity club? oh, teh fun I shall have.

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  • 02.20.2009 10:40 PM PDT

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Lol, Lukems :)

I do find it very interesting how most people will be asking, nay, begging for the Mythic map pack code! It's odd to know that whilst i'm always on my best behavior, i'm sure to not get any code, nor will i get any other treats from bungie, i'm not blaming them, oh no, that would be just shameful on my part. I am stating the fact that, whilst bungie may give it to people who are behaving, i'm sure they wouldn't even notice me with their busy and hectic scheduled lives they have and all the other million's of players.
So to all those people who are on your knees in front of your computer begging, when you've done next to nothing to help this community...
don't do it, it's never going to help! They have lives too! leave them alone, they're doing a damn fine job! And i don't care if i have to wait weeks or even MONTHS till i get hands on the Mythic map pack, i'm just glad they've made one

Enough said i believe,
O~B

  • 02.20.2009 11:20 PM PDT

Nice update. This week was a juicy one! Can't wait for the new maps they look great. ODST's you say... Time to get crackin!

  • 02.20.2009 11:38 PM PDT

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Wow, it is twelve in the morning over here and I just cannot wait for the mythic maps, hopefully they go on the marketplace sooner than later, I'm just so excited.

The maps look awesome. I love how Assembly is a circular arena map which looks excellent for FFA then you have Orbital which from what I hear is a small map with a cool jump that is difficult to make, and last but but definitely not least there is Sandbox which is is a forger's dream. Don't let Sandbox deceive you though at a glance it may seem only to be a regular outdoor map but upon further scrutiny you will find the crypt beneath, which is excellent for griffball and small indoor creations, and above is the sky box, a place for you to build your own little castle in the sky or the next Ascension. Wow, I am really looking froward to Sandbox, it just seems so cool.

Anyway, I don't know about you guys but I signed up on mlgpro.com for a chance to win a mythic map pack code, you guys should give it a try too, you never know, you might get lucky. But really guys this is great I cannot wait!

  • 02.21.2009 12:07 AM PDT