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Subject: Bungie, PLEASE read.

- Randy

2.5 hours into the game.
28 lives left.
Set 4.
Round 3.
Wave 5.

And the game just drops.

No one disconnected.
No one left the game.

The game just drops itself.

Now I know you're not actually going to do anything about my particular situation. But for the love of God. What do we have to do to actually get this achievment?

  • 02.18.2010 1:05 PM PDT

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Just did that achievement after 4 hours of Endure game play full of disconnections, last man standings and failures.

And Yes that's happened to me before

Keep going lad just have another try.

[Edited on 02.18.2010 1:09 PM PST]

  • 02.18.2010 1:09 PM PDT

-BRW

I'm not a Bungie member but I can answer your question: You need the achievement to get Recon. As far as the game dropping, it can happen.

  • 02.18.2010 1:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: Randizzledante
What do we have to do to actually get this achievment?


Just keep trying. What you described has happened to myself and many others. I chose to try on maps with no vehicles for lag reasons. Make sure all the people in your party are hardwired into their XBOX and no one is sharing internet activity.

  • 02.18.2010 1:42 PM PDT
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Sounds like you need to get a stronger connection, similar things have happened to me before (blackouts while fighting a boss ect)

  • 02.18.2010 1:43 PM PDT

- Randy

My connection is fine. Plugged directly into my modem. I suppose I can't control other people's set ups. But it honestly shouldn't matter. Getting lucky with technical issues shouldn't be the main difficulty of an achievment.

  • 02.18.2010 2:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: Randizzledante
I suppose I can't control other people's set ups. But it honestly shouldn't matter.


It absolutely matters. One person multitasking on the internet is a big deal.

  • 02.18.2010 2:51 PM PDT

the black out hasn't happened to me (yet) but i always lag out not my cennection it's always good but i know that you can lag even with a realy good cennection
p.s im not a bungie member and reach looks good keep it up gus :P

  • 02.18.2010 3:18 PM PDT

I'm no Bungie person but I will say this. If I could give some reason for the connection dropping out like that I would. What I can tell you is when you try for it again, make sure you start the 5th set, or at least wait for the achievement unlock to appear on your screen before quitting. There have been a lot of people that have made it that far, quit and then wondered why they didn't get it.

  • 02.18.2010 4:01 PM PDT
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^^^^ I'd go with what this dude says. The orange outline around his name and stuff makes me think he's important and knows what he's talking about.

  • 02.18.2010 4:06 PM PDT

I ain't done it yet, I am planning to, but your getting me worried that I'm gonna get dropped :(

  • 02.18.2010 4:30 PM PDT
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Anyone want to do endure. For the hell of it.

  • 02.18.2010 4:46 PM PDT

T.J.R

i dont think bungies replying

  • 02.18.2010 5:18 PM PDT

- Randy

Update -

It took the hard work of me and few extremely dedicated folk, but we did it. Tonight at 6:00PST, after another 2.5 hours of battling and praying, NO ONE disconnected, the game didn't drop, and all four of us got Endure. (2 of us are even the proud new owners of some recon armor.)

So to all the people who said hang in there and keep trying - that was good advice indeed :-)

Thank you, and good luck to all!

  • 02.18.2010 9:06 PM PDT

Posted by: Randizzledante
2.5 hours into the game.
28 lives left.
Set 4.
Round 3.
Wave 5.

And the game just drops.

No one disconnected.
No one left the game.

The game just drops itself.

Now I know you're not actually going to do anything about my particular situation. But for the love of God. What do we have to do to actually get this achievment?


Suck it up. Happened to me four times but eventually we reached the Bonus Round at the end of Set 4, then Set 5 began. Achievement, Unlocked. Just keep doing it. I know, it's hard. But I been there.

  • 02.19.2010 2:08 AM PDT

P.MADDEN


Anyone want to do endure. For the hell of it.
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Hell yeah dude ill do it!

  • 02.19.2010 2:29 AM PDT

I'm 23, I have a house, dog, girlfriend, job and I have no interest in any fanboyism so if you're thinking about sending me a childish PM, don't be surprised when I don't call back.

Posted by: Randizzledante
Update -

It took the hard work of me and few extremely dedicated folk, but we did it. Tonight at 6:00PST, after another 2.5 hours of battling and praying, NO ONE disconnected, the game didn't drop, and all four of us got Endure. (2 of us are even the proud new owners of some recon armor.)

So to all the people who said hang in there and keep trying - that was good advice indeed :-)

Thank you, and good luck to all!


Congratulations, Enjoy your Reconzz.

  • 02.19.2010 3:02 AM PDT

There are those who said this day would never come. What have they to say now?

Maybe things for Bungie to bare in mind for Reach. The ability to save progress in Co-Op games is much required.

  • 02.19.2010 3:37 AM PDT

If it ain't my chair, it ain't my problem. That's what I say.

This is why recon is still somewhat coveted. Though i recall a simpler time, of a more civilized people. One phrased governed, ruled, and gave faith to the people: "CAN I HAZ RECONZ???" Recon used to be a symbol. A symbol of pure achievement. The culmination of your Halo 3 journey. The Ark of Covenant of the Bungie Community... the Seventh Column! Now what is it... A shamed permutation. Amongst the ranks of the other shamed titans of the past: Hayabusa... Security... But none came to the standards of Recon. It is simply an armor now. One that can be unlocked by completing achievements in a game. Not by actually achieving something great in the community. To Recon. And times past...

  • 02.19.2010 4:13 AM PDT

I was one of those in the party when it dropped us all out, it was the one before the last wave, we had more than enough lives to do it, it was a dead cert to get it. I have done the achievement on a number of accounts and never had a problem like that before, i would say i have done it 6 - 7 times, if someone had left then fine it would have been a disconnect and had to deal with it, but the fact no-one did and we all did very well i feel cheated out of that achievement. Although i will be doing it tonight at times like this Bungie should step in and investigate, if someone has enough lives (25) for the last wave then surely its a dead cert to get it. I blame the servers not peoples connections, we all made sure that we had nothing but xbox's on, all phones off, hard wired to modem/router. Not detectable lag until IT decided to end the game and return every single one of us back to lobby.
What the guy forgot to mention is we had that happen the day before too, that was Total Length: 01:44:35 Set: 4 Round: 3 Wave: 1
Two days running i have had the same happen, before anyone says it down to my connection i know its not as i test it and have a download of 6mbps, upload of 0.38 and a ping of 65. I have never had a problem on Halo 3.
Feel better now i have had a rant!!!, as i said i will try again tonight and if it drops everyone again then i may well just give up on it, no point if the servers cant cope with 4 x people playing a game!

Jon

  • 02.19.2010 4:33 AM PDT
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Congrats man! I knew you could do it!

  • 02.19.2010 4:16 PM PDT
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I think the main reason the game ends is by too many objects on the map. Try throwing less grenades and spaming fuel rod cannon shots. My advice is on the last bonus round don't do anything because there is so many AI that if you add more things to the map by shooting you have a good chance of lagging out.

  • 02.19.2010 5:00 PM PDT