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2 things:

1: BOBs are like skulls right? Well in H3 if you got a certain amount of skulls you got an armor piece, so I'm thinking that if you kill all bobs in a certain difficulty maybe you get a specific armor piece. Normal: shoulders heroic: chest legendary: helmet.

2: Whats with the ranger class? Why was it chosen? Maybe BOBs have something to do with the EVA or pilot helmets.

  • 06.17.2011 12:12 AM PDT
Subject: The Ultimate BOB Search Topic (Look Toward The Skies)
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Personally, I just think the helmet will come out as free DLC during Bungie Week. Since DLC can not already be in the coding. Thus the reason any hackers who searched deep into the coding to find it failed.

What about Bungie's app? I know I'm posting a lot but i'm just getting a ton of random thoughts

[Edited on 06.17.2011 10:54 AM PDT]

  • 06.17.2011 12:16 AM PDT
Subject: The "BOB" Helmet Theories Thread (Look Toward The Skies)
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I am an orange mist amongst a sea of blue, so my flames may stand out and represent all those who trully believe in this great sacriment of Bungie history, let my story be told as the only legendary still standing even after I fall Just as my comrades did so graciously to fight for the true loyal.
If you have legendary, would you stand by my side and go forth into a sea blue and demise as my brothers fighting for those who are trully loyal to Bungie?

Has anyone ever noticed that when you blow up the Banshee BOB's that a smaller red dot the size of a normal sized enemy appears on the radar?
Is it possible the BOB doesn't die but the Banshee just knocks him out and then you have to continue shooting him before he falls to his own death?

  • 06.17.2011 12:20 AM PDT
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I am an orange mist amongst a sea of blue, so my flames may stand out and represent all those who trully believe in this great sacriment of Bungie history, let my story be told as the only legendary still standing even after I fall Just as my comrades did so graciously to fight for the true loyal.
If you have legendary, would you stand by my side and go forth into a sea blue and demise as my brothers fighting for those who are trully loyal to Bungie?


Posted by: Marshmallow
Personally, I just think the helmet will come out as free DLC during Bungie Week. Since DLC can not already be in the coding. Thus the reason any hackers who searched deep into the coding to find it failed.

What about Bungie's app? I know I'm posting a lot but i'm just getting a ton of random thoughts

Maybe the people who got all the achievements, legendary, didn't download bungie nameplate and blue flames, and did all the LASO's get the helmet as a gift for being a true player?

  • 06.17.2011 12:22 AM PDT

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Posted by: Marshmallow
1: BOBs are like skulls right?


They don't.



Posted by: thump35
Has anyone ever noticed that when you blow up the Banshee BOB's that a smaller red dot the size of a normal sized enemy appears on the radar?


They are driverless.

  • 06.17.2011 4:48 AM PDT


Posted by: thump35

Posted by: Marshmallow
Personally, I just think the helmet will come out as free DLC during Bungie Week. Since DLC can not already be in the coding. Thus the reason any hackers who searched deep into the coding to find it failed.

What about Bungie's app? I know I'm posting a lot but i'm just getting a ton of random thoughts

Maybe the people who got all the achievements, legendary, didn't download bungie nameplate and blue flames, and did all the LASO's get the helmet as a gift for being a true player?


Chances are no, that's just too messy.

I think what we're looking at is a 343 exclusive armor that they made on their own that may or may not be built into the Defiant Map Packs (specifically Condemned) but is not usable as an armor option to the community due to the main game disc coding, which would mean that even if you could unlock it you would only see it on the Defiant map packs, which means you can't equip them because it's not build into the armor editing part of the core game. It was more or less used during map testing and development by 343 for fun and to mess with us.... jerks.

  • 06.17.2011 11:05 AM PDT

Nice catch....with your face.

Driverless? I wonder if it's active camo?

  • 06.17.2011 11:21 AM PDT
Subject: The Ultimate BOB Search Topic (Look Toward The Skies)
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Halo 3 skulls
-Unlocked acheivements
-Unlocked Hayabusa
-unlocked Recon


I know this was a long time ago but here goes.

Why would bungie give you an achievement for killing a certain amount of BoBs or just one bob? That would automatically tell people that something was up. Also why would Bungie put an extremely unpredictable elite into every level just to give you a medal? Another point, pretty much all the other medals make sense except for the bob medal. Double kill, triple kill, overkill. Also why would they call the elite BOB? Why give it a name? Why put it in the game? I don't think that your logic fails but i do think that there's more to the bobs than just a medal.

Also, the skulls don't activate the Recon armor.

[Edited on 06.17.2011 11:26 AM PDT]

  • 06.17.2011 11:24 AM PDT

Also, the skulls don't activate the Recon armor.
yes they do, you need to find every skull in the mythic map pan to unlock vidmaster: brain pan, which goes on to unlock recon

  • 06.17.2011 12:45 PM PDT
Subject: Regarding BOBS. (Read Whole Post)


Posted by: Marshmallow
What about the fact that the BOBs are usually alone when people find them. They're usually in a populated area but they're usually by themselves, Winter, tip of the spear, pillar of autumn. Maybe bobs are fighting to gain the respect of someone? I know it sounds stupid but leave no stone unturned...or something


BoBs are non-canon.

Posted by: Marshmallow
2 things:

1: BOBs are like skulls right? Well in H3 if you got a certain amount of skulls you got an armor piece, so I'm thinking that if you kill all bobs in a certain difficulty maybe you get a specific armor piece. Normal: shoulders heroic: chest legendary: helmet.

2: Whats with the ranger class? Why was it chosen? Maybe BOBs have something to do with the EVA or pilot helmets.


They have no relation to the skulls, at all.


Posted by: thump35
Has anyone ever noticed that when you blow up the Banshee BOB's that a smaller red dot the size of a normal sized enemy appears on the radar?
Is it possible the BOB doesn't die but the Banshee just knocks him out and then you have to continue shooting him before he falls to his own death?


Nothing comes out of BoBshees when killed except standard banshee rubble.

Posted by: Gooche Doogan
Driverless? I wonder if it's active camo?


Nothing cloaked comes out of the explosion, completely or semi invisible, unless it's not solid, it which case bullets couldn't hit it anyway.

Posted by: Marshmallow
Halo 3 skulls
-Unlocked acheivements
-Unlocked Hayabusa
-unlocked Recon


I know this was a long time ago but here goes.

Why would bungie give you an achievement for killing a certain amount of BoBs or just one bob? That would automatically tell people that something was up. Also why would Bungie put an extremely unpredictable elite into every level just to give you a medal? Another point, pretty much all the other medals make sense except for the bob medal. Double kill, triple kill, overkill. Also why would they call the elite BOB? Why give it a name? Why put it in the game? I don't think that your logic fails but i do think that there's more to the bobs than just a medal.

Also, the skulls don't activate the Recon armor.


The whole BoB thing comes from Marathon, it's a reference.

  • 06.17.2011 3:37 PM PDT
Subject: The Ultimate BOB Search Topic (Look Toward The Skies)
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yes they do, you need to find every skull in the mythic map pan to unlock vidmaster: brain pan, which goes on to unlock recon

You have to have all vidmaster challenges so no. Just finding all the skulls does not unlock recon

  • 06.17.2011 5:10 PM PDT
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The whole BoB thing comes from Marathon, it's a reference.

Yes, I know but why give that name to the elite? Whats the point? It says in Marathon that you leave no BOB alive, right? Now you have to think what's the link to both these things. BOBs in halo and BOBs in Marathon?

[Edited on 06.17.2011 5:20 PM PDT]

  • 06.17.2011 5:12 PM PDT
Subject: Regarding BOBS. (Read Whole Post)


Posted by: Marshmallow
The whole BoB thing comes from Marathon, it's a reference.

Yes, I know.


Just making sure. If there's one thing you learn very quickly on this thread, there's no end to how much not-reading-before-posting people can do.

  • 06.17.2011 5:18 PM PDT

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Okay... So having spent the best part of the past few days trawling through all of this, I'm have a question: Has anyone actually completed legendary getting all the datapads and all the known BOBs?

Regardless of all the other stuff from the vidmaster creed, just doing these two things?

  • 06.17.2011 6:23 PM PDT

On the subject of BOB Elites, I feel as if we are still missing 2 of them. All but 2 of the missions have 3 confirmed BOBs, those two missions having only 2 confirmed BOBs (I know of) are Pillar of Autumn and ONI. All other campaign levels have either 3 BOBs or 3 BoBshee's confirmed and spawn locations identified.

PoA: Two BOBs confirmed to spawn in the Boneyard area of the mission. Beneath the ship and in the vehicle bay.
As for the 3rd! We have one person who has posted that he has seen one fall out of a banshee at the beginning of the game, said player does not have Live so no evidence is available to confirm. No other spawn locations are circulating in the rumor mill nor on the boards from what I see and hear.

ONI: Two BOBs confirmed in this mission, both of random armor type but both white in color. First is in Courtyard level of mission on your play-back through into Sword Base before you fight the Hunters, spawn location on the left side as you enter near the energy shields. Second BOB confirmed to spawn near shotty spawn in Sword Base level of the mission.
3rd BOB, I have heard rumors of the 3rd spawning in the Courtyard as well but on the right side as you enter it before you fight the Hunters. It may be that this one could spawn at the beginning of the mission as well in the same spot. I have not seen any evidence to support such rumors though.

Anyone have anything to add to this. We know of 28 BOBs/BoBshee's (7 reference), could we be missing 2 of them and where?

  • 06.17.2011 6:29 PM PDT

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| \------/ | ODST For Life
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Maybe you guys should check out that topic about the special marines. Maybe they have something to do with each other.

Linky

  • 06.17.2011 6:31 PM PDT


Posted by: some1 with guns
Maybe you guys should check out that topic about the special marines. Maybe they have something to do with each other.

Linky


Interesting, and I don't know how much we knew about ODST when the PAX panel took place but I would have thought that they just meant the superintendent would be important.

  • 06.18.2011 5:55 AM PDT

This is so cool!

There must be something you get if you do it right because you get a medal and it lists how many you have killed.

I'd love to see what the final result is!

  • 06.18.2011 2:22 PM PDT
Subject: The "BOB" Helmet Theories Thread (Look Toward The Skies)

Keep searching campaign guys, some day something important might be found. I still search daily.

  • 06.18.2011 2:25 PM PDT
Subject: Regarding BOBS. (Read Whole Post)
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matthew inman

How long do you have to survive on the last mission-lone wolf before BOB spawns

  • 06.18.2011 2:28 PM PDT


Posted by: BruteDestroyer7
How long do you have to survive on the last mission-lone wolf before BOB spawns


It's not a matter of time based survival, it's a matter of kills. At the 30-40 mark you should be well into the Elites with Swords phase and then BOB will soon appear.

  • 06.18.2011 2:36 PM PDT
Subject: The Ultimate BOB Search Topic (Look Toward The Skies)

TeN ICE SPEC


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Posted by: some1 with guns
Maybe you guys should check out that topic about the special marines. Maybe they have something to do with each other.

Linky


Interesting, and I don't know how much we knew about ODST when the PAX panel took place but I would have thought that they just meant the superintendent would be important.


God, I hope they don't have anything to do with it, there seem to be enough variables already.

So... Legendary, Solo: Winter, Oni and Nightfall with pads and Bobs, A bob on LNOS but still have to get the pads and yet to see the bobshee on NA Will continue hunting this week, but expect I will need help with LW as I can't seem to beat 6 mins.

Edit: And just missed the BOB on TotS. :( Stupid checkpoint hit as soon as he ran. Have to redo the whole thing.

[Edited on 06.18.2011 4:19 PM PDT]

  • 06.18.2011 3:28 PM PDT
Subject: Regarding BOBS. (Read Whole Post)


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Posted by: Duo Oratar

Posted by: some1 with guns
Maybe you guys should check out that topic about the special marines. Maybe they have something to do with each other.

Linky


Interesting, and I don't know how much we knew about ODST when the PAX panel took place but I would have thought that they just meant the superintendent would be important.


God, I hope they don't have anything to do with it, there seem to be enough variables already.

So... Legendary, Solo: Winter, Oni and Nightfall with pads and Bobs, A bob on LNOS but still have to get the pads and yet to see the bobshee on NA Will continue hunting this week, but expect I will need help with LW as I can't seem to beat 6 mins.

I've been following both threads. They are so complex, but I honestly think they are connected. Which is going to require us to work together.

  • 06.18.2011 3:46 PM PDT
Subject: The Ultimate BOB Search Topic (Look Toward The Skies)

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Posted by: xtremetman85

I've been following both threads. They are so complex, but I honestly think they are connected. Which is going to require us to work together.


Indeed. Just been thinking about the '7' repetition and something occured to me; The ONI BOB is silver, and if we assume that the Bobshees count as silver BOBs, doesn't that mean that there are 7 gold BOBs?

Condensed from: http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/B.O.B
BOB locations

Winter Contingency - Gold, one of the three settlements

ONI: Sword Base - Silver, either second floor or outside the base

Nightfall - Gold, can be beginning, middle or end of level.

Tip of the Spear - Gold, Beginning or after rally point Bravo.

Long Night of Solace - Gold, Drop pod after three deployments on beach (rocket the dude) or on the covvy cruiser.

Exodus - Bobshee, at falcon or on beachhead

New Alexandria - Bobshee, fast and low (It's yet to appear for me.)

The Package - Gold, in the courtyard, in the base or dropped with a wraith. (Is the bobshee Confirmed confirmed?)

The Pillar of Autumn - Gold, after the caves, either in the vehicle bay or under the central structure

Lone Wolf - Gold, Sword.


Anyway, where are we up to with the investigations? Are we still looking to the skies for more Bobshees? Also, what to the bobshees register as on the stats? Is it just 'covenant pilot' or 'banshee'?

[Edited on 06.18.2011 6:14 PM PDT]

  • 06.18.2011 4:53 PM PDT
Subject: Regarding BOBS. (Long Post)
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Is it possible the BoBs in the banshees for Exodus and New Alexandria are just decoys Bungie put in the game to throw us off and make it more difficult? Maybe the BoBs for these two levels could be disguised as brutes, if anyone has seen a brute in an unusual spot or with different armor please message me. When I have time I will test this theory.

  • 06.18.2011 5:00 PM PDT