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Posted by: CHARLEYxPOP
maybe you dont get the medal of killing a bob in new alexandra because he vanishes INSIDE the banshee ?? :)

we would need someone to check the inside of the bashee in theater at its spawn

there was a pic of it having no pilot in here a while ago although i dont know if the pic was taken at the moment of its spawn good idea though

[Edited on 04.23.2011 4:31 PM PDT]

  • 04.23.2011 4:31 PM PDT

Posted by: Stitchtacular

Posted by: CHARLEYxPOP
maybe you dont get the medal of killing a bob in new alexandra because he vanishes INSIDE the banshee ?? :)

we would need someone to check the inside of the bashee in theater at its spawn

there was a pic of it having no pilot in here a while ago although i dont know if the pic was taken at the moment of its spawn good idea though
that happened to me in noble actual

  • 04.23.2011 5:14 PM PDT

Ok, while I do agree that the bobshees can't be skyjacked, to assume anything in gameplay is impossible is a bad idea. I say this only becasuse I have done seemingly impossible stuff in the campaine before. Main example is flying the falcon in W. C. I will repost the clip to my file share before midnight tonight for the sckeptical to veiw. Just sayin...

  • 04.23.2011 5:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: Duo Oratar

It is extrapolated from the idea that they must be called BoBs for a reason, they are unlikely to be Born on Boards in a literal sense, as they are clearly not canonical (disappearing into thin air, avoiding combat, no mention anywhere else etc.)

So why are they called BoBs?
They don't even resemble or serve the same purpose as the ones in the orginal Marathon (To help you out, be saved and in my case atleast, get the bloody way all the time).

This, coupled with the B.net description reading "Wipe them out..." leads people to believe they must be called BoBs to reference the Vidmaster challenge.

It should be noted however, that the Vidmaster challenge was always worded as "Leave no BoB alive" not "Wipe them out", it was always that to my knowledge, no exceptions.

It does seem a reasonable idea, but I'm warming to the idea that perhaps it's a community challenge like the 117 million, or whatever it was, challenges to remove the rank cap. Because "Wipe them out" implies huge numbers to me, and there aren't huge numbers. We know they've done it in the past and they are more likely to have the equipment to do it (Tracking total medal acquisition sounds easier than checking someone's BoB kills across 10 or so levels).

Another point I thought of making recently is this, Bungie's largest challenges have always been signposted like crazy. When we didn't find the pelican egg, they pointed it out. How to unlock Recon was not a secret hear say discovery, it was a major publicized event.


Yeah i remember reading a bit about them before this gets out of hand.

Who ever thinks the BoBs are apart of the game/campaign itself and has a part to do int it needs to do his homework.
Even somebody that never played reach before, finds one of them can pretty much assume hes special. At least i hope.

Bungie has always liked making references to marathon in the halo series and this is no different.

And yes, the rank cap was removed after 117 million daily challenges completed. Heck, bungie even made some that where as stupid as "get online in reach" just to get there faster.
And to answer your question i guess, yes Bungie can most probably track medals you've earned.

I remember a while back, they posted a graph on their WU showing how many people had Inclement weather, gold visor, how many grunts killed/total covenant killed, stuff like that.
Tracking BOB kills wouldn't be too hard knowing that.
We might get a cookie from Bungie when X number of BoBs have been killed but i am highly suspicious that it will come in the form of new armor.
That's even assuming there is something.

As for Recon, meh, i think they made it some everybody could unlock it after so many people asking for it.
It was special until that day.
And to those saying "but bungie gave us recon in halo 3 so they can for reach to", Recon was always on the Halo 3 disk from day 1.


so tl:dr, There could be some sort of mega challenge involving BoBs, BUT, it being involved with the BoB helmet is rather unlikely.

  • 04.23.2011 8:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: Yzaoski6890
Ok, while I do agree that the bobshees can't be skyjacked, to assume anything in gameplay is impossible is a bad idea. I say this only becasuse I have done seemingly impossible stuff in the campaine before. Main example is flying the falcon in W. C. I will repost the clip to my file share before midnight tonight for the sckeptical to veiw. Just sayin...

  • 04.23.2011 8:48 PM PDT

beastie

recon is not in the halo 3 disc because i have recon and whenever i play offline i dont have even though i have all the vidmasters so you need to connected to xbox live in order to wear not on the disk and when i do were it it takes like three seconds for it to load up in my armory

  • 04.23.2011 10:23 PM PDT

chuck mister 101

excuse me for my lack of nerdines but whats so special about a bob?

  • 04.23.2011 10:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: UnF0rgIvEnSaInT
recon is not in the halo 3 disc because i have recon and whenever i play offline i dont have even though i have all the vidmasters so you need to connected to xbox live in order to wear not on the disk and when i do were it it takes like three seconds for it to load up in my armory


Recon is in the Halo 3 Disc.

  • 04.23.2011 10:33 PM PDT


Posted by: chucky5880
excuse me for my lack of nerdines but whats so special about a bob?

Killing bobs give you a special medal you can only see on bungie.net.

They don't always appear and there is usually one per level.

Theynare a riddle wrapped in a mystery,.. And taste like chicken.

  • 04.24.2011 12:53 AM PDT


Posted by: Stitchtacular

Posted by: CHARLEYxPOP
maybe you dont get the medal of killing a bob in new alexandra because he vanishes INSIDE the banshee ?? :)

we would need someone to check the inside of the bashee in theater at its spawn

there was a pic of it having no pilot in here a while ago although i dont know if the pic was taken at the moment of its spawn good idea though


"Halo Reach Edition" banshees are completely sealed, making it impossible to see the pilot inside. Other versions had the operators feet sticking out but this one seals at the back with a hatch


Posted by: UnF0rgIvEnSaInT
recon is not in the halo 3 disc because i have recon and whenever i play offline i dont have even though i have all the vidmasters so you need to connected to xbox live in order to wear not on the disk and when i do were it it takes like three seconds for it to load up in my armory


That's because the game has to check with the Bungie servers that you have the armor, it can't check that while it's offline, it's not downloading the armor every single time, it doesn't even download it once.

  • 04.24.2011 1:25 AM PDT
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as someone said before, maybe they dissapear inside the banshee? if so, i believe in N.A, if you shoot it he might dissapear, so maybe you have to knock it out of the sky instead of shooting it out of the sky. because im certain some bobs dissapear if you do certain things, like in the spire level bob, i melee'd him and he dissapeared right away. so either that one disssapears when you melee him, or i just had terrible timing to melee. though im presuming the former.

  • 04.24.2011 2:08 AM PDT


Posted by: riding shotgun
as someone said before, maybe they dissapear inside the banshee? if so, i believe in N.A, if you shoot it he might dissapear, so maybe you have to knock it out of the sky instead of shooting it out of the sky. because im certain some bobs dissapear if you do certain things, like in the spire level bob, i melee'd him and he dissapeared right away. so either that one disssapears when you melee him, or i just had terrible timing to melee. though im presuming the former.


Could be, but people just shot him for Golden Tree City and it worked, that's worth remembering.

  • 04.24.2011 2:34 AM PDT

Chris > Non Chris

maybe you have to EMP the "bobshee's" out of the sky.

  • 04.24.2011 2:35 AM PDT


Posted by: chrismcw
maybe you have to EMP the "bobshee's" out of the sky.


If you mean to board them, no, if you mean as an alternate way of killing them (dropping them down a giant pit) then maybe.

  • 04.24.2011 2:47 AM PDT

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Posted by: lolmew
Wait... one time I noticed something interesting in new alexandria... I was at the part where you had to protect the marines by killing the banshees, and one of the banshees I jacked, I still saw a red dot, so I want onto the building, searched around a little, and found that the elite... was not moving, and was... COMPLETELY invisible. Not even in camo, just plain invisible. So then theres that. If you skyjack the banshees, the elites DO survive, atleast if they arent over a bottomless fall...


hang on, i think he's onto something.

when you are in custom games and your health is set ridicously high, when you get into a vehicle and the vehicle is destroyed sometimes you survive and are simply ejected from the wreckage.

maybe, when you "destroy" the banshee, the BOB survives (and is invisible) and simply falls to it's death, thus not giving you the medal!

  • 04.24.2011 2:51 AM PDT

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Ill Constantly throwing myself at that Legendary Bob On Lone Wolf.

I'll get him soon , Found a way , just need to remove the focues rifle Ultra before 4 minutes otherwise he gets me everytime.


Im #30 On Halo Charts Leaderboards For these Buggars , And Anything i can do to help the cause aginst em , let me know.

  • 04.24.2011 2:55 AM PDT


Posted by: chrismcw

Posted by: lolmew
Wait... one time I noticed something interesting in new alexandria... I was at the part where you had to protect the marines by killing the banshees, and one of the banshees I jacked, I still saw a red dot, so I want onto the building, searched around a little, and found that the elite... was not moving, and was... COMPLETELY invisible. Not even in camo, just plain invisible. So then theres that. If you skyjack the banshees, the elites DO survive, atleast if they arent over a bottomless fall...


hang on, i think he's onto something.

when you are in custom games and your health is set ridicously high, when you get into a vehicle and the vehicle is destroyed sometimes you survive and are simply ejected from the wreckage.

maybe, when you "destroy" the banshee, the BOB survives (and is invisible) and simply falls to it's death, thus not giving you the medal!



For once I think somebody has posted a reasonable theory on this thread! I should have a saved film of the NA BoBshee being taken out, I'll go look now.


Posted by: kingofwars3000
Ill Constantly throwing myself at that Legendary Bob On Lone Wolf.

I'll get him soon , Found a way , just need to remove the focues rifle Ultra before 4 minutes otherwise he gets me everytime.


Im #30 On Halo Charts Leaderboards For these Buggars , And Anything i can do to help the cause aginst em , let me know.


You can come on my Exodus BoB hunt tonight, there's one place left.

  • 04.24.2011 3:06 AM PDT
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Nothing to see here citizen.


Posted by: chrismcw

Posted by: lolmew
Wait... one time I noticed something interesting in new alexandria... I was at the part where you had to protect the marines by killing the banshees, and one of the banshees I jacked, I still saw a red dot, so I want onto the building, searched around a little, and found that the elite... was not moving, and was... COMPLETELY invisible. Not even in camo, just plain invisible. So then theres that. If you skyjack the banshees, the elites DO survive, atleast if they arent over a bottomless fall...


hang on, i think he's onto something.

when you are in custom games and your health is set ridicously high, when you get into a vehicle and the vehicle is destroyed sometimes you survive and are simply ejected from the wreckage.

maybe, when you "destroy" the banshee, the BOB survives (and is invisible) and simply falls to it's death, thus not giving you the medal!



solution. kill him when he's over a building. then go on the roof of said building and hunt down and kill the bob

  • 04.24.2011 3:07 AM PDT
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Posted by: n00b4life95

Posted by: chrismcw

Posted by: lolmew
Wait... one time I noticed something interesting in new alexandria... I was at the part where you had to protect the marines by killing the banshees, and one of the banshees I jacked, I still saw a red dot, so I want onto the building, searched around a little, and found that the elite... was not moving, and was... COMPLETELY invisible. Not even in camo, just plain invisible. So then theres that. If you skyjack the banshees, the elites DO survive, atleast if they arent over a bottomless fall...


hang on, i think he's onto something.

when you are in custom games and your health is set ridicously high, when you get into a vehicle and the vehicle is destroyed sometimes you survive and are simply ejected from the wreckage.

maybe, when you "destroy" the banshee, the BOB survives (and is invisible) and simply falls to it's death, thus not giving you the medal!



solution. kill him when he's over a building. then go on the roof of said building and hunt down and kill the bob

Posted by: n00b4life95

Posted by: chrismcw

Posted by: lolmew
Wait... one time I noticed something interesting in new alexandria... I was at the part where you had to protect the marines by killing the banshees, and one of the banshees I jacked, I still saw a red dot, so I want onto the building, searched around a little, and found that the elite... was not moving, and was... COMPLETELY invisible. Not even in camo, just plain invisible. So then theres that. If you skyjack the banshees, the elites DO survive, atleast if they arent over a bottomless fall...


hang on, i think he's onto something.

when you are in custom games and your health is set ridicously high, when you get into a vehicle and the vehicle is destroyed sometimes you survive and are simply ejected from the wreckage.

maybe, when you "destroy" the banshee, the BOB survives (and is invisible) and simply falls to it's death, thus not giving you the medal!



solution. kill him when he's over a building. then go on the roof of said building and hunt down and kill the bob


agreed. ill try it solo and see if it works. and you gys can co-op. though ill have some fun and games spotting him and getting him over a building. now onto exodus...i have many a theory for this, bt the most reasonable is perhaps hes with those brutes that have the gravity hammer brute, and you have to get past him pretty fast or something, and hes in that ig yellow/orange(cant remember) open crate?

  • 04.24.2011 3:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: riding shotgun

Posted by: n00b4life95

Posted by: chrismcw

Posted by: lolmew
Wait... one time I noticed something interesting in new alexandria... I was at the part where you had to protect the marines by killing the banshees, and one of the banshees I jacked, I still saw a red dot, so I want onto the building, searched around a little, and found that the elite... was not moving, and was... COMPLETELY invisible. Not even in camo, just plain invisible. So then theres that. If you skyjack the banshees, the elites DO survive, atleast if they arent over a bottomless fall...


hang on, i think he's onto something.

when you are in custom games and your health is set ridicously high, when you get into a vehicle and the vehicle is destroyed sometimes you survive and are simply ejected from the wreckage.

maybe, when you "destroy" the banshee, the BOB survives (and is invisible) and simply falls to it's death, thus not giving you the medal!



solution. kill him when he's over a building. then go on the roof of said building and hunt down and kill the bob

Posted by: n00b4life95

Posted by: chrismcw

Posted by: lolmew
Wait... one time I noticed something interesting in new alexandria... I was at the part where you had to protect the marines by killing the banshees, and one of the banshees I jacked, I still saw a red dot, so I want onto the building, searched around a little, and found that the elite... was not moving, and was... COMPLETELY invisible. Not even in camo, just plain invisible. So then theres that. If you skyjack the banshees, the elites DO survive, atleast if they arent over a bottomless fall...


hang on, i think he's onto something.

when you are in custom games and your health is set ridicously high, when you get into a vehicle and the vehicle is destroyed sometimes you survive and are simply ejected from the wreckage.

maybe, when you "destroy" the banshee, the BOB survives (and is invisible) and simply falls to it's death, thus not giving you the medal!



solution. kill him when he's over a building. then go on the roof of said building and hunt down and kill the bob


agreed. ill try it solo and see if it works. and you gys can co-op. though ill have some fun and games spotting him and getting him over a building. now onto exodus...i have many a theory for this, bt the most reasonable is perhaps hes with those brutes that have the gravity hammer brute, and you have to get past him pretty fast or something, and hes in that ig yellow/orange(cant remember) open crate?


perhaps when you get in the falcons he spawns in the building? maybe theirs some kind of glitch where you can exit the falcon before it takes off and go back into the building. or maybe hes the one driving the falcon lol.

  • 04.24.2011 3:26 AM PDT

Chris > Non Chris


Posted by: riding shotgun

Posted by: n00b4life95

Posted by: chrismcw

Posted by: lolmew
Wait... one time I noticed something interesting in new alexandria... I was at the part where you had to protect the marines by killing the banshees, and one of the banshees I jacked, I still saw a red dot, so I want onto the building, searched around a little, and found that the elite... was not moving, and was... COMPLETELY invisible. Not even in camo, just plain invisible. So then theres that. If you skyjack the banshees, the elites DO survive, atleast if they arent over a bottomless fall...


hang on, i think he's onto something.

when you are in custom games and your health is set ridicously high, when you get into a vehicle and the vehicle is destroyed sometimes you survive and are simply ejected from the wreckage.

maybe, when you "destroy" the banshee, the BOB survives (and is invisible) and simply falls to it's death, thus not giving you the medal!



solution. kill him when he's over a building. then go on the roof of said building and hunt down and kill the bob

Posted by: n00b4life95

Posted by: chrismcw

Posted by: lolmew
Wait... one time I noticed something interesting in new alexandria... I was at the part where you had to protect the marines by killing the banshees, and one of the banshees I jacked, I still saw a red dot, so I want onto the building, searched around a little, and found that the elite... was not moving, and was... COMPLETELY invisible. Not even in camo, just plain invisible. So then theres that. If you skyjack the banshees, the elites DO survive, atleast if they arent over a bottomless fall...


hang on, i think he's onto something.

when you are in custom games and your health is set ridicously high, when you get into a vehicle and the vehicle is destroyed sometimes you survive and are simply ejected from the wreckage.

maybe, when you "destroy" the banshee, the BOB survives (and is invisible) and simply falls to it's death, thus not giving you the medal!



solution. kill him when he's over a building. then go on the roof of said building and hunt down and kill the bob


agreed. ill try it solo and see if it works. and you gys can co-op. though ill have some fun and games spotting him and getting him over a building. now onto exodus...i have many a theory for this, bt the most reasonable is perhaps hes with those brutes that have the gravity hammer brute, and you have to get past him pretty fast or something, and hes in that ig yellow/orange(cant remember) open crate?


maybe i'm wrong but isn't the BOB on Exodus in a banshee? I thought he appears just after you get into the falcon.


[Edited on 04.24.2011 3:28 AM PDT]

  • 04.24.2011 3:27 AM PDT

Ok guys, I checked the invisible Elite theory, there is no cloaked elite who falls out of that thing, and he never flies over any buildings, he just flies in an arc from his spawn, to somewhere outside the invisible wall where he disppears.

tl,dr The invisible elite theory is dead.

  • 04.24.2011 3:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: Duo Oratar
Ok guys, I checked the invisible Elite theory, there is no cloaked elite who falls out of that thing, and he never flies over any buildings, he just flies in an arc from his spawn, to somewhere outside the invisible wall where he disppears.

tl,dr The invisible elite theory is dead.


can i have some proof that their is no invisible elite

  • 04.24.2011 3:58 AM PDT

Deja Moo: The feeling you've heard this bull before

I guess you would maybe have to EMP the Banshees, or maybe even Snipe them out...

  • 04.24.2011 4:10 AM PDT



Posted by:[/b] Yzaoski6890
Ok, while I do agree that the bobshees can't be skyjacked, to assume anything in gameplay is impossible is a bad idea. I say this only becasuse I have done seemingly impossible stuff in the campaine before. Main example is flying the falcon in W. C. I will repost the clip to my file share before midnight tonight for the sckeptical to veiw. Just sayin...[/quote][/quote]
ok as promsied before here is the link to said video
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=169094 17&player=Yzaoski6890
note this has nothing to do with BoBs, and is only used as proof of R.A.G. happy easter

[Edited on 04.24.2011 5:41 AM PDT]

  • 04.24.2011 4:33 AM PDT