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Subject: 1,750GS from day one?

The anticipation of death is worse than death itself.

I did do a search, multiple ones and all came back with nothing, so either no one has asked about this or the search, like all MS forums search functions, is broken.

On to the topic:
Under Projects, ODST, Community Features, on the main page, it says ODST will have 1,750GS.
all of the award-winning features included in Halo 3 are packed into Halo 3: ODST with an extra 1750 available achievement points piled on for good measure.

What's the deal? Bungie has already succeeded in changing the achievement rules MS set down long ago, opening the flood gates for horrible games to tack on tons of GS (Gears 2, CoD: WaW), with Halo 3.
Is Bungie looking to change the rules yet again and release a game with 1,750GS out of the box?

The original achievement rules stated all games must ship with 1,000GS. An additional amount up to 250GS could be added via DLC at a later date.
Bungie got these changed to: Retail game must ship with 1,000GS. An additional amount of up to 250GS can be added per fiscal quater for a total of no more than 1750GS.

So are you pushing for a rule change again or are you just getting ahead of yourself and cluing everyone in to the fact that you're planning a good amount of DLC for ODST?

[Edited on 08.15.2009 10:29 AM PDT]

  • 08.15.2009 10:27 AM PDT

My ROFLBEE goez buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I don't know, it might just be a typo.
Firefight map packs are also a possibility...

  • 08.15.2009 10:29 AM PDT

idk im to lazy to do that math but if u want to here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMA_9Y9f9Vc

  • 08.15.2009 10:29 AM PDT

It is actually based on people who don't have any of the mappacks yet.

750gs for Legendary/Mythic Achievements
1000gs for ODST Achievements

  • 08.15.2009 10:30 AM PDT

The anticipation of death is worse than death itself.

Then looking on Amazon...

Halo 3: ODST contains 1,750 new Xbox LIVE achievement points, as well as new weapons, technology and an invite to join the Halo: Reach beta in 2010.

http://www.amazon.com/Halo-3-ODST-Xbox-360/dp/B001HWB68K/ref= pd_sim_vg_1

  • 08.15.2009 10:30 AM PDT

I've seen the achievements for ODST first hand, and it has 1000 GS.

  • 08.15.2009 10:30 AM PDT

The anticipation of death is worse than death itself.

Posted by: MA5C 7RUTH
It is actually based on people who don't have any of the mappacks yet.

750gs for Legendary/Mythic Achievements
1000gs for ODST Achievements

I see... Kinda misleading the way it's worded, since 750GS of that will count towards Halo 3, not ODST.

  • 08.15.2009 10:31 AM PDT

Posted by: DemonI81
Posted by: MA5C 7RUTH
It is actually based on people who don't have any of the mappacks yet.

750gs for Legendary/Mythic Achievements
1000gs for ODST Achievements

I see... Kinda misleading the way it's worded, since 750GS of that will count towards Halo 3, not ODST.

It is misleading but technically correct for some people.

  • 08.15.2009 10:32 AM PDT

It's possible that the extra 750G is just the halo 3 map packs.

  • 08.15.2009 10:33 AM PDT

The anticipation of death is worse than death itself.

Posted by: MA5C 7RUTH
Posted by: DemonI81
Posted by: MA5C 7RUTH
It is actually based on people who don't have any of the mappacks yet.

750gs for Legendary/Mythic Achievements
1000gs for ODST Achievements

I see... Kinda misleading the way it's worded, since 750GS of that will count towards Halo 3, not ODST.

It is misleading but technically correct for some people.

True... technicalities and all...

  • 08.15.2009 10:33 AM PDT

Posted by: DarthTater22
I don't know, it might just be a typo.
Firefight map packs are also a possibility...


I never ever considered that, but I sure hope there is, even some firefight maps can get old.

  • 08.15.2009 10:35 AM PDT

Nevermind didn't read the whole post.

[Edited on 08.15.2009 10:37 AM PDT]

  • 08.15.2009 10:36 AM PDT

There wasn't any rule they broke. Any new downloadable DLC can have any amount of gamerscore up to 250, no more. 3 map packs = 750 additional gamerscore. There is a rule that full retail games must have 1000 gamerscore now, but that was set in place a while ago. Example would be LOTR BFME2 it only has 705 gamerscore. This and other games made people angry so they changed it. If ODST comes out with any new DLC after its release they can add more gamerscore up to 250 per DLC.

note: The rule i stated only applies to full retail titles not XBLA.

  • 08.15.2009 10:37 AM PDT
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I did the math and if you had never unlocked any Halo 3 achievements, you could get a total of 1875 Gamerscore with ODST. There's the 750 Gamerscore that were included with the TU2, and 125 Gamerscore from original achievements. 13 of the original achievements are online specific and total 100 Gamerscore. The other 25 are from achievements that can be unlocked in either Halo 3's Campaign or in Matchmaking. There are 5 of them that total 25 Gamerscore. Add it all up:

Halo 3: ODST - 1000 G
Halo 3 TU2 Achievements - 750 G
Halo 3 original Achievements - 125 G
1000 + 750 + 125 = 1875 G

  • 08.15.2009 10:38 AM PDT
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I'm thinking 1000 from odst and 750 from halo 3's multi?

That's not right though because only 875 point are available from Halo 3's campaign.

  • 08.15.2009 10:44 AM PDT