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Subject: The truth about the Sword in ODST

I've been here a decent amount of time to know you're all crazy

Pics?
Posted by: BOAR24
i found a sword but i dont know if its the one your all looking for. as i said in the last page but it has no glyphs near it or im blind.

  • 11.21.2009 9:40 PM PDT
Subject: Glyphs and treasure hunting; the truth about the Sword in ODST

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You mean this Energy Sword?

This one?

  • 11.22.2009 10:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: fourfoot1der
FYI:
If you played Halo Wars, there was a scene where the Arbiter and Sergeant Forge fought. (Ironically his name is forge) Anyway, when he killed the Arbiter, he used an energy sword, but to wield it, he used both hands and stabbed the Arbiter in the stomach. Bungie didn't put the Gravity Hammer in the campaign (At least as far as I know) because it wouldn't make sense seeing an ODST carrying a hammer since they are only human. Now if Bungie did put an energy sword in ODST, it would not make sense since it took two hands for Sergeant Forge to carry a sword and it would make the sword almost two handed and the animation would look weird. In addition, if Sergeant Forge had a problem carrying it around even for a couple of seconds, it would be hard for an ODST and improbable because Sergeant Forge is like an equivalent of an ODST due to the fact he was able to take so much punishment and knock the Arbiter over. I also think that if Bungie allowed a sword in ODST, it would have been found already because of such a large fanbase and player count. The sword also is only held (Currently) by elites. In ODST I did not see any elites that I had to fight. Even if there were dead elites, I am pretty sure they wouldn't be carrying a sword around. More like plasma rifles. I did not see one Brute in Halo 3 or ODST carrying an energy sword when they are very much capable either. Anyway, those are my 2 cents. :)


Data Hive has a useable gravity hammer. Just kill the Chieftain outside the data center.

  • 11.22.2009 11:24 AM PDT

This is Sparta!!!

True, but it is one hammer not like it's a ton of them.

  • 11.22.2009 3:35 PM PDT
Subject: The truth about the Sword in ODST

Ok, so the Y's on the stonhenge thing is weird.

At first i thought they were convenant markings, but if you go into the SI Cache, the markings are inside of those too. Plus on one of the Y's it has the SI's face.

Im not sure what it is for.

  • 11.22.2009 9:38 PM PDT
Subject: Glyphs and treasure hunting; the truth about the Sword in ODST

The Shadow has covered the Earth like a quilt.. All plants and flowers that were once bright and beautiful have begun to wilt.. This Darkness runs rampant across the Earth.. Anger and Passion gave this creature birth... He thrives in the Shadow, the Darkness continues to grow... The god known as Atonement is no more. He has now evolved into something that once hid beneath the core. He's here to revenge his martyrdom. The Darkness has come...

Posted by: fourfoot1der
FYI:
If you played Halo Wars, there was a scene where the Arbiter and Sergeant Forge fought. (Ironically his name is forge) Anyway, when he killed the Arbiter, he used an energy sword, but to wield it, he used both hands and stabbed the Arbiter in the stomach. Bungie didn't put the Gravity Hammer in the campaign (At least as far as I know) because it wouldn't make sense seeing an ODST carrying a hammer since they are only human. Now if Bungie did put an energy sword in ODST, it would not make sense since it took two hands for Sergeant Forge to carry a sword and it would make the sword almost two handed and the animation would look weird. In addition, if Sergeant Forge had a problem carrying it around even for a couple of seconds, it would be hard for an ODST and improbable because Sergeant Forge is like an equivalent of an ODST due to the fact he was able to take so much punishment and knock the Arbiter over. I also think that if Bungie allowed a sword in ODST, it would have been found already because of such a large fanbase and player count. The sword also is only held (Currently) by elites. In ODST I did not see any elites that I had to fight. Even if there were dead elites, I am pretty sure they wouldn't be carrying a sword around. More like plasma rifles. I did not see one Brute in Halo 3 or ODST carrying an energy sword when they are very much capable either. Anyway, those are my 2 cents. :)


Just for everyone's information, there is a gravity hammer in the campaign. I know for sure there's one at the level where you blow up the ONI building, because I had to fight a Brute Cheiftain outside the first time because I didn't go inside when I was supposed to. And yes, you can pick it up...

  • 11.22.2009 11:19 PM PDT

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Just for everyone's information, there is a gravity hammer in the campaign. I know for sure there's one at the level where you blow up the ONI building, because I had to fight a Brute Cheiftain outside the first time because I didn't go inside when I was supposed to. And yes, you can pick it up...


I think the point as that there's no Hammer in Mombasa Streets, because it would be very, very unsneaky.

  • 11.23.2009 5:23 AM PDT

Been playing since pong, and you?

Hi guys
This a quick change of subject. I have been trying to discover easter eggs in ODST using sveral methods, Glyphes, bumping, off map, and the ODST controller. I would like some help with this one. I have located some of the numbers on the ODST controller in New Mombasa on hub doors. But there are more numbers on the controller I am working on. The numbers are very close to the Kikowani station cut seen clock numbers. I was hoping that someone could explain the differences.

Numbers on ODST conroller Kikowani cut scene clock

KIKOWANI.0624. KIKOWANI.1043.
23:03:28:30 21:01--:ER

Are these important times? Can someone check them against another timeline maybe Halo wars?

  • 11.23.2009 7:01 PM PDT

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Sorry about the spacing

Controller numbers
KIKOWANI.0624.
23:03:28:30

Kikowani cut scene clock numbers
KIKOWANI.1043.
21:01:--:ER (ER is Error)

  • 11.23.2009 7:05 PM PDT

Been playing since pong, and you?

Well I seem to have killed the thread or something.LOL . But I did some work on this alone.The numbers are a clock counter for a video recording system used by Virgle 21:01 is the time that Virgle recorded The ODST team arrive at Kikowani startion. The numbers that appear on the ODST controller conform to the clock counter format in other cutscenes. I believe the ODST controller numbers 23:03:28:30 Rookies arrival time at KIKOWANI STATION. The other numbers that fallow the word Kikowani .0624., and .1043. might be camera numbers in Kikowani..0624. being that camera that captured the Rookies arrival in Kikowani station. I have aslo checked all these numbers against th Halo Wars time line. I found no connections to any dates in the Halo timeline.










  • 11.27.2009 4:11 PM PDT

Braaaaaaaains........

I wonder if any Covenant have anything to say, I'm going to start listening to their conversations, who knows, it may lead to something useful. I'll post anything I find here.

  • 11.28.2009 1:07 AM PDT

We believe that the universe is unbounded: this is not the same as infinite: the 2-D surface of a sphere, wrapped around a 3rd dimension, has a finite size, but has no end. If you start off in a given direction on the surface of a sphere, you could return to your start point without having to turn around -- you simply go all the way around. But wouldn't that mean the universe has an escape velocity like the earth?

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Posted by: ender4449
reading over this and just thought, burn 2 offerings in the center, killing both engineers would be a pain but if you move both elites to the center and burn them with the engineers still alive they may do something.

also i was playing earlier and as per my normal habit of getting vehicles into areas that they wouldn't normally be i placed the ghost in the middle of stonehenge and had all 3 dig site lamps lit... it could be that i was close enough to 2 and the engineers were hovering over the other (which they were) but that seemed to cause the engineers to act differently

one final thought that just hit me, maybe restore the covenant could be just reload the carbine, it is called the covenant carbine and there is the one right at stonehenge


Wait, where did you find a drivable ghost as the Rookie?


Lol, I randomly found my ghost with a brute in it and I hijacked it.

  • 11.28.2009 2:03 AM PDT

haven't found that yet

  • 11.28.2009 2:17 AM PDT

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i swapped the carbine in stonehenge with the elite's beamrifle and vice versa and both engineers at stonehenge hovered near the door, just looking at it.
Don't know what this means, i might try killing one of them with the carbine and the other with the beamrifle, since they seem to be so interested in elites.

  • 11.28.2009 3:17 PM PDT
Subject: The truth about the Sword in ODST

Shape without form, shade without colour,
Paralysed force, gesture without motion;
Those who have crossed
With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom
Remember us - if at all - not as lost

actually i was playing on my friends account and i found a crazy plate with all these svbols on it and it was colourful

iknow "pics or didn't happen"

well suck on this

i'm not sure if anyone else has found it yet

  • 11.28.2009 4:13 PM PDT

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Lief thats old. thats a davinci codex thing

  • 11.28.2009 6:18 PM PDT

i wanna know how i can get the stik spree???

  • 11.28.2009 8:01 PM PDT

Been playing since pong, and you?

Today I figured out what the Statue of Liberty glitch is. If you perform the fire fight load glitch you can view the ODST ready room hologram map of New Mombasa. The overhead view of the city looks a bit like the Statue of Liberty. Well its not. It is a representation of an AI like Kortana named Deja. Deja appeared as a greek godess wearing a toga, and holding a tablet in her left hand. Deja was the AI of the Spartan project on Reach. The project that created John 117 and the other spartains. This is a direct reference to the Fall of Reach. You can find the glitch on Youtube.

  • 11.28.2009 9:02 PM PDT
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Keep it clean.

I just had a major breack-trough, and i sure hope i'm the first one to find this..

Today i was playing on Tayri Plaza, and i went to look at all the dead elites.. and i was shocked when i saw these glyphts on the chest of every elite! Ergo, the elites must have something to do with these glypts because they wear them on their armour!

Am i the first one to find this?

  • 11.29.2009 5:03 AM PDT

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Posted by: Atarigen
Today I figured out what the Statue of Liberty glitch is. If you perform the fire fight load glitch you can view the ODST ready room hologram map of New Mombasa. The overhead view of the city looks a bit like the Statue of Liberty. Well its not. It is a representation of an AI like Kortana named Deja. Deja appeared as a greek godess wearing a toga, and holding a tablet in her left hand. Deja was the AI of the Spartan project on Reach. The project that created John 117 and the other spartains. This is a direct reference to the Fall of Reach. You can find the glitch on Youtube.


WTH Never heard of this....intriguing....

  • 11.29.2009 5:13 AM PDT

|***************************************| |***********************\____
|-----------HALO REACH------------------ | |--YOU'RE ON------------||[_\\____,
|._....______________________...._|_|._....______________||-----/ __|
|(@)(@)\_______________|(@)(@)__|(@)(@)\___________[==]/(@)l

For this to be needed means that the so called 'glitch' wouldn't be a glitch at all. It would need to have been programmed.This leads me th think if there are any other so called 'glitches'. Also, Maybe the new map pack includes some info because it came out with ODST meaning that Bungie could have put anything in with the programming to help the game of ODST. Any theories?

  • 11.29.2009 1:44 PM PDT
Subject: Glyphs and treasure hunting; the truth about the Sword in ODST

|***************************************| |***********************\____
|-----------HALO REACH------------------ | |--YOU'RE ON------------||[_\\____,
|._....______________________...._|_|._....______________||-----/ __|
|(@)(@)\_______________|(@)(@)__|(@)(@)\___________[==]/(@)l

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Posted by: Muska17
Posted by: ender4449
reading over this and just thought, burn 2 offerings in the center, killing both engineers would be a pain but if you move both elites to the center and burn them with the engineers still alive they may do something.

also i was playing earlier and as per my normal habit of getting vehicles into areas that they wouldn't normally be i placed the ghost in the middle of stonehenge and had all 3 dig site lamps lit... it could be that i was close enough to 2 and the engineers were hovering over the other (which they were) but that seemed to cause the engineers to act differently

one final thought that just hit me, maybe restore the covenant could be just reload the carbine, it is called the covenant carbine and there is the one right at stonehenge


Wait, where did you find a drivable ghost as the Rookie?


Lol, I randomly found my ghost with a brute in it and I hijacked it.

same with me! I was stunned and I just jacked it and was happy. Also, I found mine in the entrance of a little tunnel. The tunnel went into the ground and went into a circle. It had covies all in it with three doors that were locked.

  • 11.29.2009 1:48 PM PDT

Back.. and to the left.
Back.. and to the left.
Back.. and to the left.
Back.. and to the left.
Back.. and to the left.
Back.. and to the left.
Back.. and to the left.

Very interesting..

  • 11.29.2009 9:29 PM PDT

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Wow, I never thought to put some much attention into looking at a dead elites chest. I noticed that the piles of dead elites were always surrounded by beam rifles on the ground. Maybe it was a bungie chosen weapon drop, or maybe it is a storyline progression where elite spec op teams were killed by brutes

  • 11.30.2009 1:31 AM PDT

|***************************************| |***********************\____
|-----------HALO REACH------------------ | |--YOU'RE ON------------||[_\\____,
|._....______________________...._|_|._....______________||-----/ __|
|(@)(@)\_______________|(@)(@)__|(@)(@)\___________[==]/(@)l

does anyone want me to find where I got the ghost? I can find it by this weekend

  • 11.30.2009 11:39 AM PDT