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Posted by: johnbgamer
i have been tinkering with these bobs for awhile and at this stage given that 343 has taken the reign i can't help but make the assumption the bobs were at one point during development going to be something tied to Easter eggs or unlocks but was abandoned near release date and wasn't taken out of the game code before the game shipped. if bungie has hidden something don't you think it would have been revealed before they handed the game over to 343 (unless maybe the viddoc in august might have something) here is hoping
that being said i will continue to hunt for these guys, it is a little fun
ps does anyone know if the bob banshee that i got to appear right next to the legend data pad on exodus is old news cause i have a clip of it in my file share


It is!:D old news:D

So... At one point I thought a bob might show on NA if you did certain acts during the major three missions. I recently tried to keep the troopers alive by all the jammers. It's harder than it looks... Anyone else want to give it a try?.

1. Suicidal marine in ivory tower(only one)
2. Four marines captured in the hospital
3. Marines in club erra

  • 07.18.2011 6:19 AM PDT

@Siul S249 Well then, there is more to this bob banshee thing that we all thought there was originally, isn't there? maybe there are certain acts during particular missions, that set a different spawn of more, new, BOBs/Bob Banshees, as you have just proven

  • 07.18.2011 8:59 AM PDT

Yesterday I was on countdown. I stood on this radio thing and a guy started talking about how the perimeter was breached and how his men would die here if he asked them to. Then something about banshees, and then I heard gunfire coming from outside one of the doors. I tried using a teleporter to get out but it didn't work. Could this be connected to the helmet? also the reactor measuring thing showed reactor B ass overheating.

  • 07.18.2011 10:25 AM PDT

what iftheres more then one bobshee on N.A. and u have to kill them all to get the real bob?

  • 07.18.2011 12:12 PM PDT

Just a few thoughts . . .

So, after we find all BOBshees and BOBs, lets just say that we don't get the helmet. I have two thoughts on what would happen next:

1. The title update "magically adds a new skull to a defiant map." You must claim the skull to unlock the helmet.
2. Halo CEA already has one new skull that you can get by pre-order(look it up, its Grunt Funeral). So maybe there are other skulls in the campaign, which unlock GRD/BOB helmet.

  • 07.18.2011 1:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: The Game1415
HaloReachSecrets - The ultimate BOB and Easter Egg source for Halo: Reach.

July 7th, 2011, The "BOB" Helmet, now known as "GRD" Helmet, was seen in Tender Loins armory as he quickly went through the helmets available in the armory. If anyone has a picture or a video of this, PM me asap!

Since there are now three confirmed BOB Banshees, on three separate levels (not counting multiple spawns per levels) our search takes us to the skies, in search of BOB Banshees.

The Package BOB Banshee



Bungie Weekly Update BOB Comments

Current Objective: Kill BOB Banshees, since they seem to be our last hope).

IWHBYD skull ruined by hackers within three days. September 25th 2007- September 28th, 2007.

343 Studio Employee stutters at 4:15 over new armor question.

BS Angel comment.

Large BOB Helmet picture.

BOB Helmet on Xbox.com Dashboard

Comparison picture of BOB helmet to Marathon BOB


Three quick-points (for the people complaining, these points are my theories, not 100% fact):

1. BOBS work like Halo: 3 skulls, since the campaign had no skull collectables, or collectables that reward the player something.

2. Halo: 3 had a huge mystery, the IWHBYD skull, and hackers ruined it fast. Bungie isn't going to make the same mistake again.

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Question: Are there any videos showing all the BOB spawn locations so we can hunt for ourselves?

Answer: Yes, the following videos are NOT mine, but they show the majority of the BOB spawn locations and they are pretty straight foward.

1. Video One

2. Video Two

3. Video Three

4. Video Four

5. Video Five

6. Video Six

7. Video Seven

8. Video Eight

9. Video Nine

10. Video Ten

The videos above once again are NOT mine, but each video shows you pretty much every single BOB in the game and they are excellent.



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I consider myself a BOB fanatic. Me and my crew HRS know every spawn, on every level, on every difficulty for BOB. I understand how he works, and how much it takes to kill BOB. Now, I think people on Bungie.net and people who play Reach aren't looking at the BOBS the way I do.
The campaign had no skull collectables, and the skulls from Halo 3 unlocked armor, Hayabusa. I consider the BOBS to be "moving, interactive, skulls." There is a BOB on each level, and for the two levels (Exodus and New Alexandria) he is in a Banshee. (Proof: Under his description he is named as an Elite "Light" Vehicle.") I personally have killed one BOB per level on Normal, and now I'm two levels off killing each BOB on Legendary.

Before I elaborate deeper, each BOB gives you a medal, Bungie is having a lot of daily challenges for us to kill BOB on Heroic+, and these BOBS don't just appear as you progress through the level, they also appear behind you. On Long Night of Solace for example, as you move toward the Sabre, turn around in the level and head back to the beach. You will notice the beach is STILL full of activity. Now here is the fun part, kill three waves on the beach of enemies, and watch each wave. Each wave gets harder and harder. On wave 3, and toward the end, BOB will randomly drop in a drop pod, and disappear within two-three seconds. Bungie has programmed SO many unique spawns for the BOBS, I doubt it's just for fun or nothing.

BOBS descriptions tell you to "Wipe them out" "Seek and Destroy" and to simply kill them all. This is a reference to a Marathon Vidmaster, and to the secret of the BOBS, to find and kill them all on Legendary, just as you would wipe them out on Marathon. The Vidmaster also tells us to hit all switches and so on, but I think this doesn't matter. What we have to do Bungie.net is to kill ONE BOB per level, and make sure we get the "BOB" medal for each and every mission. This is why nothing has happened, because getting the BOB medal for the Banshee kills isn't possible. Yet Bungie states the BOB in the Banshee is a BOB, but it has NO pilot when destroyed and you don't get the medal.

Hackers destroyed one of the most secret, long term Easter Eggs of Halo 3: The IWHBYD skull. This was meant to take AGES to find. Hackers ruined it pretty quickly. Don't you think Bungie would have stepped up their game against the hackers for Halo: Reach? This is my personal theory, the BOB helmet.

Picture of the comparison here

The picture above is of the BOB eye piece from Marathon, and this secret helmet. This helmet is on the disk hidden away along with the chest piece we have seen in so many pictures. The screenshot was from IGN and IGN does not fake screenshots for the public. This picture was used on the Dashboard and has had a lot of attention. BS Angel from the Waypoint forums told us that "She can't tell us how to get the helmet, that would take the fun away from finding out how to get it." (Summed up quote) I doubt this means it will be unlocked via a patch in the future, this means the helmet works like Hayabusa did, get a BOB medal PER mission on Heroic+ and you get the armor pieces.

BOB has one-three unique spawns per mission, and they aren't normal spawns. Bungie has programmed some BOBS to be VERY hard to find, like the BOB on The Long Night of Solace. The secret helmet resembles the BOB eye piece from Marathon. Bungie is trying to help us along to killing these BOBS through daily challenges and is trying to bring attention to them weekly. The descriptions are to kill them all. BOB is VERY strong, probably the strongest enemy in the campaign shield and health wise, he flees, spawns secretly, and can vanish in thin air. He IS on each mission, and in a Banshee on two, which doesn't yield the medal for killing him.

HRS

G - 7
R - 18
D - 4
Thes numbers ^ are what number they are in the alphabet.

7 - 18 - 4
4 - 7 - 18
18 - 4 - 7
The Possible Solutions ^

7 + 18 + 4 = 29
Addition. factor of '7' which is Bungies number.

7 - 18 + 4 = 7
4 - 7 + 18 = 14
18 - 4 + 7 = 21
Isn't it strange how there all a factor of '7' which is Bungie's number.

Conclusion - The numbers are all a factor of '7' but there is four of them '7777' Bungie's number repeated 4 times.
Have i found something? have i missed something out that could give us the answer of the GRD helmet.
I think there may be a puzzle behind 'GRD' Bungie/343 want us to complete the puzzle, form what you can see form the above ^ i think i may have a decnt find.

  • 07.18.2011 2:27 PM PDT

Im just a guy.

Tell us where you saw the elite. I doesn 't make sense to just say "oh yeah I saw a elite on exodus". After that we can help you.

Around the third tall TRAXUS building towards the direction you face when first going out of the map (sort of northeast).

[Edited on 07.18.2011 2:46 PM PDT]

  • 07.18.2011 2:43 PM PDT

what if we cant get it

  • 07.18.2011 3:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: Sgt pepper200
Tell us where you saw the elite. I doesn 't make sense to just say "oh yeah I saw a elite on exodus". After that we can help you.

Around the third tall TRAXUS building towards the direction you face when first going out of the map (sort of northeast).

Please post a video of this

  • 07.18.2011 3:08 PM PDT

I live to kill, and I kill to live. If you think you can take on this red menace then you are sadly mistaken.

Well, my new developing thoery is this, and it seems to follow what bungie has done in the past. The picture featuring the GRD helmet from before the defiant map pack was put out by IGN. Now everyone knows that IGN wouldn't just put out a picture like that if there was some stuff going on. My idea is that bungie or most likely 343 made a deal with IGN to release the picture as more of a "advertisement". What better way to get people excited for something than telling them nothing about it and get their suspicions up? Now this brings me to anniversary and the TU. 343 says that it will have achievements, and reach is getting a TU. Which brings me to my big point. Vidmasters. If this is a repeat of recon, we could see vidmasters return and those on reach would most likely be related to the BOBs, or something like that. This is only a theory, so tell me what you think.

  • 07.18.2011 3:19 PM PDT

I have noticed that in every defiant map (except for condemned) there are GRD signs and stenciled-in writing just like on LNOS.

  • 07.18.2011 4:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sgt pepper200
Tell us where you saw the elite. I doesn 't make sense to just say "oh yeah I saw a elite on exodus". After that we can help you.

Around the third tall TRAXUS building towards the direction you face when first going out of the map (sort of northeast).

Please post a video of this


Or a screen shot, but either way we have a start. Is there any other information you could give, like time and what you did, do you still have the video in your recent videos?

  • 07.18.2011 4:22 PM PDT

@Rory 1201: There are 5 spawn points (at least thats what i heard/seen) but the only one i havent killed is #1 on this video

  • 07.18.2011 6:05 PM PDT

@Siul S249

Someone in this thread said that there is a walking BOB on that level. But no vid. :(

  • 07.18.2011 6:47 PM PDT

I have tried everything... Basically surviving the wave of 40 drones on NA, but i get nothing, i am sure there is no walking BOB.

  • 07.18.2011 6:49 PM PDT

spartan A-024 reporting for duty

well today while playing a match in halo i found a guy with that helmet yall are looking for with a rank of "eclipse" his name was w4rrior i think but he couldve been a modder or something i dont know

  • 07.18.2011 7:00 PM PDT
Subject: Regarding BOBS. (Read Whole Post)

Let there be light, created from fire

I am all i am, i am a team player(when im not pissed), i make great strategies, i will punch you in the face after armor locking, you have to be at sniper distance to not get headshot by my DMR or pistol, wraiths beware, i am DxXOrangesXxD and i am ready to rumble! (When Halo 4 comes out cause Reach is nothing but crap players now)

I dont like the name BOB.....

  • 07.18.2011 7:02 PM PDT
Subject: The BOB Search Topic (GRD Helmet Mysteries)

@sssrm360: ... he is wearing GUNGNIR...

  • 07.18.2011 7:06 PM PDT

spartan A-024 reporting for duty

siul yes yes he was well change that hmm i think he was no nvm sorry really truly i am im confused no he wasnt sorry :) my mistake

  • 07.18.2011 7:10 PM PDT

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Posted by: DxXOrangesXxD
I dont like the name BOB.....



Its from Marathon and I believe that is there offical name

[Edited on 07.18.2011 9:07 PM PDT]

  • 07.18.2011 9:06 PM PDT

So when killing all the BOBs does it matter what difficulty you play on as well as getting the BOB helmet?

  • 07.19.2011 5:58 AM PDT

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Posted by: Setter9
So when killing all the BOBs does it matter what difficulty you play on as well as getting the BOB helmet?


You don't get anything other than a medal.

  • 07.19.2011 6:17 AM PDT

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I figured it out

Jump through the hole shown on that screenshot 7,777 times.

Presto.

  • 07.19.2011 6:30 AM PDT

Really? Is this real or are u jokin us? if you are your not gonna be liked....

  • 07.19.2011 8:08 AM PDT