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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 03.26.10

It seems to me that there are some striking similarities between Reach and COD. I'm glad Bungie is mixing up the best elements of the second best game out there and incorporating them. That way I only have to buy Reach and not the next Call of Duty, which will save me 50 bones. Thanks for thinking of me Bungie.

PS Don't biff the pistol again... a scope option when you've got just one and double wield reminiscent of Halo 2 would be nice.

  • 03.30.2010 10:12 AM PDT

I hope they dont change the pistol in HALO REACH I like the one in HALO 3 ODST and HALO 2 there great.

  • 03.30.2010 12:05 PM PDT

*Reads about Credits and Commendations*

Oh sh--...

Editor's Note - The stuff you earn with Credits is purely cosmetic.
Phew. That's a relief.

  • 03.30.2010 12:27 PM PDT

Personally i look foward to see what the army troopers are likeand hope see other UNSC forces as well. Dont know much about airforce or teh army mainly navy and marines. Also look foward seeing if any other new human weapons besides what shown on traillers. Grizzley tnak be abd ass if in their. unstopable tank worrse than the scorpion

  • 03.30.2010 2:22 PM PDT
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can you get friends in this

  • 03.30.2010 6:32 PM PDT
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halo reach looks so epic you get jetpacks

  • 03.30.2010 6:46 PM PDT
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halo reach is awsome they combanded the battle rifle with the assult rifle

  • 03.30.2010 8:46 PM PDT
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why do u keep putting random things bauble

  • 03.30.2010 8:50 PM PDT

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Lots of good stuff in there. Yes, it was quite tasty.

  • 03.31.2010 3:58 AM PDT
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And Halo has officially merged with Call of Duty. I knew this day would come

  • 03.31.2010 7:48 AM PDT

"To Mend and Defend"

"A. It's not hate, it's a different kind of love."

Yeah, Hate requires a form of attention to execute. this is more of a Neglectful, spiteful form of love. the kind were you leave somebody's fish to rot in the tank for a week without food only to come into work and find that the tech's ignored the fish and let it die. poor catfish, i liked him too.

The same can be said here. Elites have always gotten the short end of the stick, if they even get a piece of the stick to begin with. Look I don't like being angry, I don't like being "that" guy. But the fact is, Spartans always get the fat loot. the kind of thing where my friend is going "OooooooH DAAAAAAMN!!" or "This is the baddest BLAM! ever!".

FACTS: We didn't get a cool accessory for getting all the achievements, we didn't get a cool armor that we could earn. We didn't get the same number of armor pieces. And now your saying, We won't even be able to customize our elites the same way as Spartans.

We elite players have been waiting patiently and calmly, unlike some Spartan Players I've seen, who demanded Recon NOW NOW NOW! or were furious when they were mad that they didn't get their Security Helmet.

But the truth of the matter is while we strive to have the virtues of patients and calmness, I am still annoyed that we have been passed over again.

And while in the end what I say can fall on deaf ears and you can choose to ignore me, I'm hoping that you would have the candor of reading this with an open mind. I would request, not demand, request that consideration be made in the future for Elite content to be made available. Even going so far to suggest that If you decide to develop a expansion to Halo: Reach that it be made Elite centric! And before you ask, No I do not believe that is an over reaction, It would be fair. There have been 3 soon to be 4 games Spartan Centric, plus one expansion Human centric. So all I am asking is that the score be made a little more even instead of being a complete shutout. Humans 5, Elites 1? Something that would include the same level of customization that Spartans receive, some elite centric achievables like the Spartans have (Ex. Recon, Katana Sword, etc.) and even a Elite centric campaign. We have experienced a lot about The humans history and human role in the war, but we have experienced almost next to nothing of the Elite's side of the story, from THEIR point of view.

Now I know some are going to say "But Halo is ABOUT Spartans and Humanity, that's why its centered around them." In the begining, yes, but Halo itself is a large and expansive universe where many stories are created and told. To say its ONLY about Spartans and Humans is the mark of a closed world view. I say isn't there room enough for "That" side of the story?

This Schism has existed since Halo 2, now I'm not going to blame bungie for what happened because I know that they are perfectionists and there were a lot of things wrong and didn't want to release the game like that. So I am not assigning blame when I say this BUT it needs to be said. The Elite players have been playing with a marked dis advantage since Halo 2, yes the whole hit box thing. Again, not assigning blame. However we elite players lived with it in the hopes Bungie would fix the problem, and in Halo 3 they did. They Balanced the elite and brought him up to the level playing field the Spartan's were on. However, because of the aforementioned issues (Recon, Katana, Less number of Armor Pieces.). It was very clear from an early point that Elites were being regarded with a dismissive attitude, as if to say "Elites are not like us." And I would respectfully disagree, I believe we have contributed just as much as Spartans to the on going Campaign and Multi-player environments, we too are good players, bad players, team builders, team killers. I also believe that Elites have a rich history and a interesting story to tell, if only we open our eyes to see and open our ears to hear it.

In conclusion, I respectfully request that in the future Bungie give consideration to my words in the hopes of future inter-species relations to be a positive and open environment were peoples of all walks of life, be your purple blooded, split-chined alien death machine, or Cybernetically enhanced, AI powered Minister of death praying for war. Can live, work, play together and on occasion jointly be the likely source of rampant property destruction, dead police and the sudden rash of pregnancies that happened that one time on the east side of the city of that one planet we were on after the three night bender involving strippers, drugs and alcohol. But otherwise living in peace and harmony.

Thank you for your patience and consideration.
-AgentExeider

[Edited on 03.31.2010 8:46 PM PDT]

  • 03.31.2010 8:05 PM PDT

While i do agree spartans do get alot more attention than elites do and that i do respect the elites, i believe bungie has right to do what they wish it is their game afterall. ^^ Also you do learn alot about elites in the games and in the books if you rear them and rather intersting since books take both sides. Though ODST halo wasnt everything i hoped i rather enjoyed it despite that spartans still get more attention, as i said before ODST my personally favorite.

But perhaps in next Halo reach or hopefully another one we will see more elites customizations or even another alien type. Personally more human marines and odst customization i love to see since more evolve arouns spartans.

  • 03.31.2010 8:57 PM PDT

"To Mend and Defend"

i believe bungie has right to do what they wish it is their game afterall.

And this is exactly why I was making it in the form of a request and not a demand. Bungie will do what they choose to do, but I am hoping to raise awareness on their level in the hopes of finding a possible solution.

And yes, we do learn about them in the books, and Halo: Legends. But again, i said we don't "Experience" I chose that word in particular because I would like to play through their eyes and go through situations from their point of view. To experience what the story is like from their point of view.

-AgentExeider

  • 03.31.2010 9:24 PM PDT

Hmm, it does sound like us Elite fans are going to get shafted on customisation again, but I'll wait and see what you guys have planned for us. It better be an improvement on the paltry 5 armour sets we got in Halo 3, that's for sure.

(Footwear customisation for both Spartans and Elites would be a plus, too. Just in case Elite players want to use either the original Halo-style boots or the Halo 3 style boots.)

[Edited on 04.01.2010 4:27 AM PDT]

  • 04.01.2010 4:24 AM PDT

Mmm i look foward to reach but i hope an ODST series is something bungie would do afterward. Nice to pay a human with no shields, presents a challenge for the user making him more catious than the Spartans. IN addition to customizationg to them and whoever they face in multiplayer. ^^ But have a squad of ODST at your side like Reach with weapons and vehicles that we've seen in halo wars and not yet seen. Need more soldier and playable characters in multiplayer besides frm just elites and spartans.

But Reach so far hold great promise looks like AI be more of a challenge which i look foward to.

  • 04.01.2010 6:50 AM PDT

I'm personally unbiased to the elite v.s. spartan debate the point of the matter is all Halo games have revolved around Spartans because you are a spartan in all the games except for halo 2 the only thing i will add for the elite's argument is i was/am hoping for the Honor guard armor would be totally kick ass but it's Bungie's game if you don't like it don't buy it it's as simple if they didn't want you to play as an elite they wouldn't give you an option. i'm not saying the Spartans are better i'm not saying elites are better i'm merely giving my interpretation of why Bungie is doing what they want to

[Edited on 04.01.2010 8:01 PM PDT]

  • 04.01.2010 7:55 PM PDT

Posted by: Achronos
I blame stosh.


Proud tester of the Halo 3 beta.

Aww yeah, so much customization!

  • 04.02.2010 2:44 PM PDT

"To Mend and Defend"

I'm personally unbiased to the elite v.s. spartan debate the point of the matter is all Halo games have revolved around Spartans because you are a spartan in all the games except for halo 2 the only thing i will add for the elite's argument is i was/am hoping for the Honor guard armor would be totally kick ass but it's Bungie's game if you don't like it don't buy it it's as simple if they didn't want you to play as an elite they wouldn't give you an option. i'm not saying the Spartans are better i'm not saying elites are better i'm merely giving my interpretation of why Bungie is doing what they want to

using tried and true cop-outs of "It's a Spartan's world your just living in it." and "Its Bungie's game" or the "Don't Like it, Don't Buy it" isn't a valid reason, they are cop outs to justify an excuse to not address a valid concern. As I stated in my post I previously addressed these exact reasons. No more can these be used to end the conversation. The issue remains and ignoring it will not make it go away. What I've proposed is a legitimate concern and a polite and productive suggestion for fixing it.

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I will tell you exactly why they are cop-outs
"It's a Spartan's world your just living in it." - World War 2 stories often center around US or Germany, but there are many stories that are just as heroic or evil if you look into them. Britain and Italy respectively. All I am proposing is lets look at their stories for once, instead of another story either involving the US beachhead at normandy or Germany and the death camps.
"Its Bungie's game" - True, but they have even admitted that they look to us for concerns, for what we want to see. And like any community, the loudest concerns will be addressed first and sometimes the only ones addressed. So the fact is, I am voicing a concern, just like I am expected to,as a consumer of a product.
"Don't Like it, Don't Buy it" - This is the most BS of reasons, because its just silly. Elite players and I would even venture to guess all players, are not so Black and white about things, that either they get what they want or they leave. Again, we too enjoy the stories of the Spartan's and the general "Halo-ness" of the games. The games overall are very good, and very enjoyable. Again we are voicing a suggestion that we would like to see, giving feedback on a product in efforts to make it better, or suggestions for additions to the product, so Bungie will increase the probability of seeing my patronage and money again.

This is why they are cop-outs because they do not address the original concern and in fact serve to detract discussion from the issue at hand and create a sub-discussion or sidecar discussion into "Should we even be discussing this?" or further explanations as to "Why, we should be discussing this?" Which serve to waste time, energy and derails discussion at the topic at hand. And infact is so effective that doing this intentionally say in a Political climate you can keep debate raging for years while nothing gets done, or you have the community so busy with each other, you can get away with anything while there not looking.
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And for those who have discussed privately with me, I cannot understand why there is such resistance. And no we will not be ignored or brushed off, this is a true legitimate concern to me and I will see it through. Again, no demands are being made. But a simple request, an audience if you will to voice these concerns.

-AgentExeider

[Edited on 04.02.2010 10:09 PM PDT]

  • 04.02.2010 9:52 PM PDT

In addition the the ODST as well, personally like the ODST more than Spartans and Elites for some reason. Not sure why but they hav attraction i like, able to carry more ammo and gernades and their own spec-op weapons. ONly thing missing was their own assaault rifle and Silencer sniper rifle. ^^

  • 04.03.2010 6:11 AM PDT

ya i want to know more about campaign from what ive seen it looks pretty sick but it should be longer then the rest

  • 04.03.2010 9:54 AM PDT

I agree i miss goo shooters gamse were game itselg between 12-27 hours worth of gameplay and not long cinematic. ones reason i like dfirst halo since took a bit to beat. Can tremember i shooter that took me more than 1-2 days to beat.

  • 04.03.2010 12:24 PM PDT

Will we be able to earn any amount of cR for playing the Beta?

  • 04.03.2010 3:58 PM PDT

I hope you can costumize your Elite pretty good

  • 04.08.2010 2:01 PM PDT

well ya but it will be really be hard for us to take one topic and swich to another because we are waiting for 2012 so we can make halo the last stand so we just took all the time off of the game and made the worthog we are getting rated 700000000000000 times a day you we get paed to do this crap but it is beter than just siting home and watching tv so when you get a chance right back and i will ask bungie for u alright......

  • 04.09.2010 4:31 AM PDT

did bungie sell there HALO wrights because there has ben a rumor going arond that says that bungie sold there HALO wrights

  • 04.10.2010 7:29 PM PDT