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What Combonations can you hold the guns? ( Ex: 1 Pstol. & 1 Plasma Pistol.....2 Needlers..Ect. ....) And will there be mor than just 2-3 New guns (battle rifle , The Cov. Sniper, the thing with the brutes..Ect)...And (if you can...) how has the AI gotten smarter

  • 09.17.2004 2:07 PM PDT
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hello

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hi is it ture that the atv is out?
is there going to be the normal health bar with 8 bars and 75 points of damage like in halo or will there be more health and sheilds? in halo there were 150 points of damage. i hope you can get more of both since you get the new suit

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"will we be able to bring 3 guests online with us. "

Yes, you can.. =)

- Trigun

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This may have already been asked but I don't feel like reading all 18 pages of questions to find out so here it goes:

Are any of the Halo 1 MP maps (especially the awesome extra maps from the PC/Mac version) going to ship with Halo 2 or be released as download content? If they are going to be included are they going to be mostly as they are or specially remixed?

When is Bungie going to do a new Marathon game or remake or an Oni sequel?

Please, please tell me that Halo 2 will have a Southpaw setup for the thumbsticks. Lots of game studio's seem to over look just how important this is to some people and they end up making a great game unplayable to people like me (Deus Ex: The Invisible War is a perfect example).

When can we look forward to seeing downloadable content and how often can we look forward to it?

Will there be any single player download content?

How much can be added/patched/modified by downloadable content? For example say a huge bug was somehow able to slip by (not very likely I know) on the fourth stage of the single player game, would you be able to issue a patch for it?

What inspired the Bungie creators to come up with the ring world of Halo? I know that there are a few sci-fi novels that also have ring worlds. Did any of these inspire the creative minds behind the game?

What is the biggest thing that the design team wanted in Halo and/or Halo 2 that had to be cut for one reason or another?

How many people total have worked on Halo 2? Can you break this down by department? Also how big is Bungie's full time staff now? Will it be growing or shrinking any after Halo 2's launch?

What is the hardest thing about developing for the Xbox? What is the easiest?

Have you played Fable yet (my guess is no if you are still able to get work done)??

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When Dual Wielding, how do u you switch to a single weapon like the battle rifle then go back to dual wielding.

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Posted by: Skullthumper
1. How many guests can you bring onto live through your account for Halo 2.
All for now, this Q&A was a great idea.

I think 3 other people, which makes a total of 4 people playing at once in one Halo 2 xbox live account. Or atleast that is what I heard in some report. I am not sure if that is true though.

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Don't know if this Q has been asked yet but how are you supposed to dule weild 2 of the same weapon?(e.g. 2 SMG'S, Plasma Pistols...)

I believe that you just hold Y over the second weapon... I think you're confused because of picking up ammo instead of the gun, right? I thought of that for a while... well, if you take the ammo out of it, the gun's still there... so you can still pick it up. And I think that after you pick it up your ammo is averaged between the two guns... I don't know for sure, but this seems like the most likely possibility...

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I'm not sure if this question has been asked or not and I'm not going to read 20 pages worth of questions while at work, so here it goes...

How hack-proof are you making multiplayer? The main things I'm concerned about are the the damned rocket bug, unlimited ammo*, and the ability to reload one weapon while firing another**.

*This is accomplished by emptying the clip of one weapon and picking up another while the reload sequence is running. Pick up the first weapon again and you'll notice that it has the same number of clips and a full clip ready to fire.
**Double-tap reload and then switch weapons. I use this one like crazy, but it shouldn't be there.

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Is there going to be a way to create and draw your own logo's?
If there is, how will it work?

thnx

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Hey were are u...bungie we need answers, please!!!

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Will there be custom soundtrack in the multiplayer mode?

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oops i forgot to ask.. will there be "dedicated" servers? or are all games going to be hosted by a person activly playing?

i hate it when the host gets up and leaves because theyre losing! leaving the rest of us finding a new game because were not able to host :(

(also, people who host usually are the gods of the game because theyve got 0 ping!)

question: will the pistol still be 1 shot to the head and your dead? how about using the battle rifle?

question: is the atv in or out of the game?

question: how many total guns will there be?

question: has the game speed/RUN speed changed?

thanks!

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I think our 22 pages filled with questions scared 'em away!

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I like my Covenant like i like my woman, screamin and with a sticky on there face.

why dont u retards wait for them to come to ask your questions

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Will Halo 2 support widescreen and/or custom soundtracks?

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"hi is it ture that the atv is out?
is there going to be the normal health bar with 8 bars and 75 points of damage like in halo or will there be more health and sheilds? in halo there were 150 points of damage. i hope you can get more of both since you get the new suit "

As of what I know and what Bungie has told us, there is NO health bar. Just the super shield. They based it off the books where it says the new "armor" fixes all cuts, wounds, burns and ect. So once you get hit you have about 4-7 bullets to go and your dead. But if you live, your health restores. There ar eno health packs, only super oversheilds.

This is all from what bungie has given us and maybe they'll pull a fast one and put the health bar in..

- Trigun

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I hope the update comes soon or I'm going to cry

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This thread is a nightmare.

A nightmare.

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What kind of content can we expect to see via future downloads? (IE maps, playmodes, single player missions, ect)

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Another Q, what would it take for me to get a job as an artist, any kind of artist, in bungie after college. And what kind of college would you reccomend?

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Apologies if this has already bean asked:
In one of your earlier updates, it was mentioned that one particular Halo 2 multiplayer map was being modeled after the classic Marathon netgame arena, Mars Needs Women. Could you tell us if there is going to be anything else in the game similar to Marathon? Or anything being made with Marathon in mind?

On that same note, is Jones designing any levels to try to atone for the grievous sins of Colony Ship For Sale, Cheap? (Sorry Jason, but All Roads Lead To Sol just didn’t quite do it.)

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in the first halo, you could take a needle to the face with no shields and take the same amount of damage as a needle to the foot
so my question is if area specific damage is just for vehicles or not

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* When I got to college/ University, what qualifications will i need to be a games developer?

* Why do people think that London is the only place in England? Cos i live up north, how the hell am i supposed to get to gamestarslive to play the Halo 2 Demo

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"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always gotten there first, and is waiting for it."

1. Co-Op: Will you be able to play full screen Co-Op with 2 xboxes connected?

2. Co-Op: Will you be able to play Co-Op over Xbox Live?

3. Multiplayer: Was the "Oddball" gametype cut from the list?

4. Multiplayer: Explain more about the new "Head Hunter" game type.

5. Employment: Why the hell did Bungie hire "Shishka"? Who's fault was this? Don't you have enough people to go fetch coffee?

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