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Subject: Official Recon not working thread.

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This thread has been tagged by Shishka and is carefully monitored! Note: This is not for trolling, flaming or spamming. You will be reported.

If you are having problems with your Recon unlocking, please post here so we don't have repeat threads about the same thing over and over. This way the appropriate Bungie Staff, Moderators or Common Members, like myself, can help you.

Some common problems I have seen so far and ones I have not:

Q: I have all the achievements required but it says, "Query failed."

A1: If you modded your achievements, you won't get Recon. I.E. some of your achievements were gotten offline. I.E. You cheated to get them.

A2: You have the required achievements, all legit, but query failed. (I have not seen this one.) Well post here. Someone will get to you from Bungie. Be patient. If there is a certain place or person to contact about this problem, someone please add your input.

Q: Okay, I have all the achievements and they are legit, how do I link my gamer tag?

A: Follow this link. It gives you clear instructions. Also by linking your gamer tag and having the Septagon appear by your gamer tag in match making, if everyone on both teams has that symbol, you get a linktacular medal.
(Yes I know most of us know this.)

Q: I don't know my password. How do I get it back?

A: Password recovery. Hopefully you have remembered your secret question answers also. I seem to remember that you can change your Windows Live ID link to Bungie. I could be wrong. Someone who knows will probably post how you do this if I am correct.

Q: I did the Endure achievement. That is the last one I needed to get recon. It says I have it on XBL, but it doesn't say it on Bungie.

A: Be patient. Your service record will update soon.

Q: Where do I press this amazing button that gives me teh Reconz?

A: Go to your service record. Right under your trophy shot, you will see, "Road to Recon". There is a button on the left of that.

Q: Now that I have Recon, can I eat Soffish?

A: No. Soffish: Do not eat!

(I put that in here to remind everyone to keep it light and for the lulz. Please be patient. There are plenty of people like myself that have Recon now and would be more than willing to help others out to get their Recon also.)

Okay, I am sure there are some more questions and problems I have not seen. These are just a few that I know about and could think of.

If you know of anything else that pertains to this subject and have solutions, please post your comments here. Hopefully this will funnel most of the issues into one place, rather than repeat posts.

Remember: Keep it clean, be nice. Cool story bro? I might not have the answer, but I can point you in the right direction, hopefully! Good Luck!





Edit: Do not power down to early when you finish an achievement. Take a bit to look at your scores. Make absolutely sure that you are online! Do not do these achievements offline!

[Edited on 11.10.2009 11:20 AM PST]

  • 09.26.2009 8:03 AM PDT
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Nice idea making this thread. This should clear things up with people who are having trouble recieving their Recon Armor.

  • 09.26.2009 8:05 AM PDT

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Did you PM a mod about this, or a Bungie employee?

Because while this guide is awesome, it's not truly official.

  • 09.26.2009 8:05 AM PDT

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Posted by: A Cool Ninja
Did you PM a mod about this, or a Bungie employee?

Because while this guide is awesome, it's not truly official.


Yes I did. Hopefully a Moderator or Achronos, Stosh, or somebody from Bungie will post in here also to help out. Of course, a lot of the help will come people like you and me.

  • 09.26.2009 8:12 AM PDT

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OK is anyone have the same trouble as me and my friend?
We both got all the vidmasters officially, by doing all the achievents online. We both recieved our armour on XBOX LIVE, but when we go offline, we loss the armour, can anyone help me out here?

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Right, i yesterday got my vidmasters.. all of them. But when i got annual, at the credits i was disconnected from xbox live.. Then the achievement was awarded. I did nto cheat or mod the achievements in any way. So today, I re-did annual. And saved the film onto my fileshare. I did it legit. So if a staff member would like to view my film and tell me why i dont have recon.. id appreciate it .. Thanks please reply soon.

  • 09.26.2009 8:22 AM PDT

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Posted by: DG TKO157
OK is anyone have the same trouble as me and my friend?
We both got all the vidmasters officially, by doing all the achievents online. We both recieved our armour on XBOX LIVE, but when we go offline, we loss the armour, can anyone help me out here?


This is true. When you play offline, you will not have your Recon armor. Recon is linked to Bungie. That is just the way it works.

Edit: If you are doing a LAN party, go ahead and do it on XBL so you can use the armor.

[Edited on 09.26.2009 8:25 AM PDT]

  • 09.26.2009 8:22 AM PDT

Hey

ok, sorry but your phrasing kinda through me off here. Do you LOOSE it only when you go offline? Or have you LOST your armor completely because you went offline? Either way I'm not really sure how to fix that.

  • 09.26.2009 8:25 AM PDT

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Posted by: Creech n Spawn
ok, sorry but your phrasing kinda through me off here. Do you LOOSE it only when you go offline? Or have you LOST your armor completely because you went offline? Either way I'm not really sure how to fix that.


No, you do not loose it completely just by going offline. Once you are online again, you will have it back.

  • 09.26.2009 8:26 AM PDT
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Any help?

  • 09.26.2009 8:29 AM PDT

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Posted by: FuN II MysTiiCz
Right, i yesterday got my vidmasters.. all of them. But when i got annual, at the credits i was disconnected from xbox live.. Then the achievement was awarded. I did nto cheat or mod the achievements in any way. So today, I re-did annual. And saved the film onto my fileshare. I did it legit. So if a staff member would like to view my film and tell me why i dont have recon.. id appreciate it .. Thanks please reply soon.


Okay, I looked at your achievements and your annual says earned offline, yet all your others are online. This would have to be brought up with Bungie staff. I can't help you.

  • 09.26.2009 8:41 AM PDT
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well how do i contact a staff member cause im slightly annoyed i spent all night getting these..

  • 09.26.2009 8:48 AM PDT

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Posted by: FuN II MysTiiCz
well how do i contact a staff member cause im slightly annoyed i spent all night getting these..


Look up Achronos or Stosh in the search bar and view one of those guys profiles. Send a message to one of them. Mind you, I'm not saying you did or didn't, if you cheated for your annual, they will know. Bungie can look very deep into things we cannot access as the general public. If you didn't. They will fix it for you, and they will fix it without a problem, if you didn't cheat. Once again I am not saying your did or didn't cheat. I pass no judgment. Just be patient, okay?

  • 09.26.2009 9:05 AM PDT
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k thanks alot mate hopefully they'll sort my problem

  • 09.26.2009 9:09 AM PDT

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Posted by: FuN II MysTiiCz
k thanks alot mate hopefully they'll sort my problem


Ya they will. Everything seems legit to me. Hopefully just a glitch with your annual.

  • 09.26.2009 9:16 AM PDT
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  • 09.26.2009 9:22 AM PDT

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Your recon is shiny.
But im ganna stick with Elite armor.

  • 09.26.2009 9:33 AM PDT

OK i know how to unlock recon. have a bungie.net account check get all vidmasters check link gamer tag check but the road to recon unlock button is glitched i was hacked and my gamer score on halo was increased by ?? ( i already had all achievment in halo befor the update and more but i didnt have the mythic update acheivements but it said i did. but if i wanted to hack id hack odst achievements which i earned i also earned the halo3 i did all of them again after i already did them my road to recon is full but i hear it lights up and a silver button is on it to unlock but its not there so please help tell me wht i can do? and please xplane how calling microsoft will help and it says some vidmasters were done offline i did them over and over again i legitly got them but it wont count for recon ??? help im not a cheater im not a hacker iv never been banned.

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  • 09.26.2009 10:01 AM PDT

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Can someone help me?
My internet was down a couple of days ago, and I got the Brainpan achievement offline (Obviously I was using the Halo 3 :Mythic, incase that raises a few eye brows.) when I get all of the other vidmasters does this mean I can't get recon?

Or to make it simpler, if I got a vidmaster achievement offline, does this mean I can't gain recon?

If I can't then could I possibly get it by some other means?

Sorry if this seemed suspicious my mate wanted to know. He's currently trying to get Lightswitch, but it ain't that hard hehe.

  • 09.26.2009 10:22 AM PDT

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Might want to try recovering your Gamertag? I don't know if that works but it worked when an achievement didn't show up for me.

  • 09.26.2009 10:28 AM PDT

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My modem broke yesterday, and I got a new one today.

BUT yesterday, I got 4 easy achievements Offline (Non-vidmasters) (2 easy scoring ones and My Clothes and Stunning) I can still get Recon when I get all the Vidmaster's right?

(I didn't cheat, me and my brother played Firefight on Windward and Last Platoon on easy last night because we couldn't play MM)

Can we still get Recon?!

  • 09.26.2009 10:29 AM PDT
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Got all the vidmaster acheivements but when i log into bungie.net and go to the road to recon there is no button or link to activate recon.

Ive waited an hour and logged back into bungie and still no activation button for recon.

Anyone else got this problem.

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yeh i got that prblem

  • 09.26.2009 11:18 AM PDT
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Its an absolute joke because ive had to work so hard to get recon and then it doesnt give it to me grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

No one from bungie has even got back to me.

  • 09.26.2009 11:24 AM PDT
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yea ur not the only one.. i worked all night for it .. please could a staff member contact me...

  • 09.26.2009 11:31 AM PDT