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Subject: Glitched armor?

Right something may be wrong with me game. I have 42 achievements and I got the Katana and Security helmet tonight. To be honest I was pretty glad...that was until it just disappeared five minutes ago. Is this a common glitch or out of the ordinary?

  • 10.16.2010 12:00 PM PDT

It's pretty common, the only way to keep them for sure is to get all the original achievements.

  • 10.16.2010 12:09 PM PDT

But if I get 1000 gamer score will it stick for sure?

  • 10.16.2010 12:15 PM PDT

Posted by: SketchFactor
Unfortunately there is a known bug with these two unlockable items that sometimes results in players not getting them when they should. Our testing has shown that in some cases, people do get these items as they earn additional gamerscore through the new achievements but sometimes they do not. This is being investigated further.
Posted by: Achronos
Generally, the rule is you need 49 achievements and 1000 gamerscore.

However, both of those, especially the security permutation, have a few edge cases where they can unlock early, relock, unlock again, etc.

But in most cases, 49 achievements and 1000 gamerscore will get them. If not, get another achievement.


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  • 10.16.2010 12:22 PM PDT

Thank you for that

  • 10.16.2010 12:27 PM PDT

The thing with Sketch, however, is that his is only a 'maybe.' They may come back with a random achievement. But no, they aren't guaranteed. The only way they're guaranteed to stay is

If you get the original 49 Halo 3 achievements (PS, scroll down to Achronos's post). And that has proven, over the past two years, to be quite true.

  • 10.16.2010 12:46 PM PDT
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Try this out and tell me if it worked:

When the Katana and Security helmet disappear, change to your Elite player model for a while and then change back to Spartan. I found this works so I don't have to get all 49 original achievements.

  • 10.16.2010 4:49 PM PDT

Ah right thanks I'll try it sometime

  • 10.17.2010 12:24 PM PDT