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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 02/04/2011
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Posted by: Rhea
Canada isn't that important that it needs two of the same threads on page one.

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Posted by: Bat Z
I freaking knew you had thoughts on removing weapon pickup in Arcade. It's funny how you (as in Bungie employees) first state that the b.net community isnt representing the entire population and then plan on removing something just because two people were loud about it in a dedicated thread. It's almost as stupid as getting rid of it in Sniper Attack but not Sniper fight, the latter being where it matters.

I was a huge fan of Arcade just because it allowed me to use secondaries that I normally dont get to use against reasonable enemy health. Without the weapon pickup ability it's going to come down to four different types of rocket fight versions and one for melee weapons. Are you deliberatly trying to make the game as static and stale as possible? What's wrong with being able to use different weapons and especially in gamemodes where the start wespon probably is the most powerful weapon in the game anyway? Does it matter if I choose to use a needler instead of a rocket launcher?


I agree with u whole heartly, i understand if its four ppl and you got some1 ruining the fun for everybody, but who gives a -blam!- if i ruin my fun maybe thats what i'm trying to do. Maybe i want to see how far i make it with just useing a GD needler.

And which ever one of your ALL STAR TEAM decided to -blam!- over Mulit-team in the ass THANK YOU VERY MUCH. You have now just left me with a buggy ass Living Dead. AWESOME


That's Bungie's sign saying "Stop playing our -blam!- game already." RIP Multi-Team. Now what am I suppose to play when my bro visits? Grifball was already -blam!- over by the AA's...

[Edited on 02.04.2011 4:18 PM PST]

  • 02.04.2011 4:10 PM PDT

Awesome! I like seeing the return of Crashsite along with a few new gametypes added into Score Attack. Also congrats on the VES award! Some of those cards look pretty cool.

[Edited on 02.04.2011 4:16 PM PST]

  • 02.04.2011 4:11 PM PDT

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Whoa man! this update is amazing! So much great information.

Thanks for the cool news Urk.

  • 02.04.2011 4:11 PM PDT

BRANDON tha GREAT


Posted by: Niko Jims
Posted by: killallnite42

Posted by: Bat Z
I freaking knew you had thoughts on removing weapon pickup in Arcade. It's funny how you (as in Bungie employees) first state that the b.net community isnt representing the entire population and then plan on removing something just because two people were loud about it in a dedicated thread. It's almost as stupid as getting rid of it in Sniper Attack but not Sniper fight, the latter being where it matters.

I was a huge fan of Arcade just because it allowed me to use secondaries that I normally dont get to use against reasonable enemy health. Without the weapon pickup ability it's going to come down to four different types of rocket fight versions and one for melee weapons. Are you deliberatly trying to make the game as static and stale as possible? What's wrong with being able to use different weapons and especially in gamemodes where the start wespon probably is the most powerful weapon in the game anyway? Does it matter if I choose to use a needler instead of a rocket launcher?


I agree with u whole heartly, i understand if its four ppl and you got some1 ruining the fun for everybody, but who gives a -blam!- if i ruin my fun maybe thats what i'm trying to do. Maybe i want to see how far i make it with just useing a GD needler.

And which ever one of your ALL STAR TEAM decided to -blam!- over Mulit-team in the ass THANK YOU VERY MUCH. You have now just left me with a buggy ass Living Dead. AWESOME


That's Bungie's sign saying "Stop playing are -blam!- game already." RIP Multi-Team. Now what am I suppose to play when my bro visits?


I know right? "Lets kill the Population even more." "How?" "-blam!--over Mulit team and Firefight Arcade." "Sounds Great." -Bungie

[Edited on 02.04.2011 4:15 PM PST]

  • 02.04.2011 4:14 PM PDT

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Congrats to the winners and everyone that made the update:D

  • 02.04.2011 4:15 PM PDT

Has urk delivered the nameplates already ?

  • 02.04.2011 4:18 PM PDT

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Just wanted to say that I'm blown away by the birthday card submissions from the community. You guys rock!

  • 02.04.2011 4:20 PM PDT

Posted by: Bat Z
I freaking knew you had thoughts on removing weapon pickup in Arcade. It's funny how you (as in Bungie employees) first state that the b.net community isnt representing the entire population and then plan on removing something just because two people were loud about it in a dedicated thread.

They also said that the Forum was a useful starting point for ideas. They probably looked at the data gathered from Firefight Arcade and noticed that everybody was ignoring the spirit of the gametype and were simply picking up Fuel Rod Guns so they could get kills easily and finish games quickly and get more credits in Arcade than they would playing any other mode.

Seems reasonable that they would fix it as a result. The Forums might not be the majority, but that doesn't meant that what we say doesn't matter.

  • 02.04.2011 4:25 PM PDT

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Did the stars get handed out? Mine made it but I didn't get a star. I'm really thrilled mine was one of the best though :)

I'm keeping this page bookmarked :D

  • 02.04.2011 4:27 PM PDT

Phenomenal update! Can't wait for next weeks changes, the submissions of cards were awesome, & the VES submissions were astounding. Man, I love this game.

  • 02.04.2011 4:30 PM PDT

Nice update : )

  • 02.04.2011 4:31 PM PDT

Very excited for those playlist updates, but don't forget about the CLASSIC PLAYLIST!!!

  • 02.04.2011 4:31 PM PDT
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Great update.

  • 02.04.2011 4:33 PM PDT

I liked ordinary Firefight. I wish they kept it with Firefight limited and Arcade.Some funny cards there too.

  • 02.04.2011 4:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: Bat Z
I freaking knew you had thoughts on removing weapon pickup in Arcade. It's funny how you (as in Bungie employees) first state that the b.net community isnt representing the entire population and then plan on removing something just because two people were loud about it in a dedicated thread.

They also said that the Forum was a useful starting point for ideas. They probably looked at the data gathered from Firefight Arcade and noticed that everybody was ignoring the spirit of the gametype and were simply picking up Fuel Rod Guns so they could get kills easily and finish games quickly and get more credits in Arcade than they would playing any other mode.

Seems reasonable that they would fix it as a result. The Forums might not be the majority, but that doesn't meant that what we say doesn't matter.
Standard FF has been out for 5 months. You don't think they would have come to that conclusion already by looking at the Sniper Fight stats? It's completely backwards. Instead of getting rid of it in the gamemodes where it affects the game they're getting rid of it in the single player mode and in modes where you start with a PL, GL, RL or FRG anyway.

  • 02.04.2011 4:34 PM PDT
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Yup.

  • 02.04.2011 4:40 PM PDT

Lots of great submissions for this week's All Stars. I had fun making mine and am really happy with how it came out. Bit disappointed it didn't make the update but hopefully I still have a shot at winning or at least a star. In the end I had fun designing it and am looking forward to next weeks!

Great work everyone!

Matchmaking next week looks like it will be tons of fun. I'm glad to see Firefight Arcade is back and I'm glad to see new things in Score Attack! Multi-Team looks like it will be a lot more interesting. Though not that happy 3 Ball is back as I never was a fan of it but oh well, not that big a deal. Looking forward to next week!

  • 02.04.2011 4:48 PM PDT


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Yup.

*Drinks Alamo beer*

  • 02.04.2011 4:49 PM PDT

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Here is my submission just for giggles...

[Noblepocalypse]

based on GRUNTPOCALYPSE

All grunts . all the time. aim for the head

[Edited on 02.04.2011 4:51 PM PST]

  • 02.04.2011 4:50 PM PDT
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Bro slayers sounds cool.

  • 02.04.2011 4:53 PM PDT
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arena?....sigh...

  • 02.04.2011 4:55 PM PDT

Where's the TU?

  • 02.04.2011 5:00 PM PDT
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Windows phone 7 does not support the touch version of the site. IE just doesn't have the html 5 features we are using. It should be downgrading your view to the mobile version of the site.

Posted by: GanonSmash
Regarding the new B.net mobile features:

It's great that these features are available, but they don't seem to work on Windows 7 Phones. I'm on the HTC HD7 and I'm having a few problems...

-I can't scroll through top news articles on the main page. I can see only the first story in portrait mode, and in landscape I see the first article and half of the second.
-I can't see any of the Reach pages. I can access the screen with links to screenshots, challenges, etc, but when I click on anything, the page loads for a second, and I'm stuck on a blank white page. Same goes for the careers page.
-Entering my gamertag on the Reach homepage just sends me back to the news page.
-The icons in the tabs on the top-right are getting cut off. Only the top-left quarter of each image shows.

  • 02.04.2011 5:25 PM PDT

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I just hope you guy's pick what you like. Also, will you guys announce the winning card some time this next week. (If you choose a winner that is)
Posted by: Ghintoch
Just wanted to say that I'm blown away by the birthday card submissions from the community. You guys rock!

  • 02.04.2011 5:25 PM PDT

still no assault for BTB...

  • 02.04.2011 5:28 PM PDT