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Subject: Please no arbiter, here's why

How many Christians must you slap until one of them turns the other cheek?

"What came first? The stone-tool or the shadow-puppet?"
sung by: Adam "Dose One" Drucker

Think about it, "God" is an atheist.

I enjoyed playing as the Arbiter for a while.

But then it seemed like I played as him too much.

I don't mind playing as other characters during some parts of the game, in fact I think it's cool. But I just think that a good majority of the time (at least 60% of the campaign) should be played as the Chief.

  • 05.19.2006 7:32 AM PDT
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I thought the Arbiter was cool. In Halo CE, the Covenant was very mysterious and we knew hardly anything about them. In Halo 2 on the other hand, the Arbiter gave us a glimpse into the inner workings of the Covenant and brought greater depth to the story. So in my opinion, the Arbiter should be a playable character in Halo 3.

  • 05.19.2006 7:35 AM PDT
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I agree... Arbiter is cool... but I want to play with the CHIEF most of the Campaign

  • 05.19.2006 7:42 AM PDT
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Yeah, the Chief is the main protagonist of the story, so I wouldn't mind playing as him for most of the campaign.

  • 05.19.2006 7:47 AM PDT
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But the idea Trickeo came up with... playing with two spartans will destroy the game... thats my opinion

[Edited on 5/19/2006]

  • 05.19.2006 7:54 AM PDT
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YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO pla as the arbiter and the only reason
is cause of the actor who does his voice is that shiznat!!!! i go to bed happy at night when i hear his voice!!!

  • 05.19.2006 8:10 AM PDT
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Posted by: A Dumb Door
i too think that the MC is the only one for H3. all of the arbiter's levels were mazes and filled with flood.


Wait, so the only reason you didn't like the Arbiter was because of the levels that you played as him? OMFG. Look people, the reason that Halo 2 wasn't as strong in the campaign department as Halo: CE and why the Arbiter's story wasn't as involving as it could have been is because the people at Bungie were rushed and had to cut a lot of things out. It's not the Arbiter's fault he had bad levels, its Microsoft's fault and our fault for rushing them to hurry up and finish the game by giving them a deadline. Halo 3 doesn't have a rushed deadline (yet, so shut up all you people who keep asking Bungie when it comes out!), except that it's supposed to come out in 2007. All Halo 2 was stressed on was the multiplayer activities meant to keep us busy and content until their next project. Now, thanks to modders and other cheaters on Xbox Live, the Multiplayer fad has died down and everyone wants to know when Halo 3 comes out.

To sum it all up: If you keep rushing a game company to finish their project, they have to cut things out to meet the deadline. Ever have a 4-page paper you have to do for school that was due in a week? It's the same thing. If you don't rush Bungie and let them take their time with Halo 3, it will be the game that everyone wants it to be: Awesome graphics and physics; strong multiplayer and campaign options; and most importantly, an inspirational story with memorable characters.

Halo 3 will be the best game that humanity has every played, so long as we give the creators some breathing room this time...

  • 05.19.2006 8:17 AM PDT
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How exactly do the fans pressure the developer into rushing their game? Did they threaten en masse not to buy it if it came out past a certain date? You're having a laugh sunshine.

  • 05.19.2006 8:19 AM PDT
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Posted by: RKs Meatballs
How exactly do the fans pressure the developer into rushing their game? Did they threaten en masse not to buy it if it came out past a certain date? You're having a laugh sunshine.


The only person that could have rushed Bungie is Big Bill, and they've already pwned his ass.

  • 05.19.2006 9:09 AM PDT
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i found arbiter bits more fun to do, you can avoid the hard bits on co op legendary with him insted of dying with mc

  • 05.19.2006 9:11 AM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: stargaiden
Maybe Bungie will make an update containes a terrible flaw and causes you xbox to explode leaving nothing but a black outline where it used to be.

Shhhhhh. That one is still in development.

I hear the best it can manage right now is a small fire. Exploding hardware may sound easy, but they're really hard to code.


Don't click

I hated playing as the arbiter. His feet took up the whole screen.

  • 05.19.2006 9:12 AM PDT
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make playing with the arbiter optional. Like you get to choose a mission either from Spartans POV or the Arbiter on every level. Takes a lot of time you say? if this is the last one who gives a -blam!-. put ur all in to it.

  • 05.19.2006 9:13 AM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: stargaiden
Maybe Bungie will make an update containes a terrible flaw and causes you xbox to explode leaving nothing but a black outline where it used to be.

Shhhhhh. That one is still in development.

I hear the best it can manage right now is a small fire. Exploding hardware may sound easy, but they're really hard to code.


Don't click

The arbiter is like Jar Jar Binks....ruins the whole damn storyline. I wish them both great harm....*picks up shotgun*

  • 05.19.2006 9:17 AM PDT

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  • 05.19.2006 9:40 AM PDT

Dont be angry, I'm obligated to whip your ass; if I didn't you wouldn't be getting your moneys worth.

the arbiter is the christ figure of the halo saga he will return in H3 but will die saving the world. so if you dont like him there you go, and if you did like him, sorry but he did for the greater good of mankind and the galaxy much like Jesus.

  • 05.19.2006 11:49 AM PDT
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Posted by: DEMESTIC
You guys just have no taste, i thought the covenant part of the story was awesome.

  • 05.19.2006 11:50 AM PDT
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THE ARBITER IS BETTER Chief kinda sux.... sry to say........

  • 05.19.2006 6:23 PM PDT
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O and the Arbiter Saved Earth so dont go down hating him! without him in story there would be no Halo 3!

  • 05.19.2006 6:23 PM PDT
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The place to be.....
Ownage.....
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I don't see the point in the whole argument of which one sucks and which one doesn't...............all it was was a different color HUD and a hand................

I thought the Arbiter brought a nice twist to the story and opened a bigger plot instead of the usual one sided spectrum....................( from the story stand point).........

And besides taking him out will ruin the whole story completely......................

  • 05.19.2006 6:26 PM PDT
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I strongly disagree with OP

  • 05.19.2006 6:30 PM PDT
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Arbiter is cool... we need him in Halo 3... but the MASTER CHIEF is the best

  • 06.01.2006 12:36 PM PDT

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.. What is so stupid about the Arbiter? He helped explain tons about the Covenant heirarchy etc. and was there during the "Break-off" of some Covenant species. Without him, we'd be confused about many things.

I say the Arbiter must return, otherwise a huge hole would sit there..

Of course, more MC than Arbiter. 60% Cheif, 40% Arbiter, and then end with the Chief.
But still, the Arbiter needs to be there. It wouldn't make sense if we suddenly stopped playing as him. It made it more like an action packed movie anyway, switching between places and characters. I think it made the game very fun.

[Edited on 6/1/2006]

  • 06.01.2006 12:38 PM PDT

"captain...im finishing the fight" how cool was that! the arbiters punch-line was "where would that be (the arc)" how fun and intersting....

  • 06.01.2006 12:41 PM PDT
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Ok, so the Arbiter was fun the first time i played as him because it was a fun twist, playing as someone else in the Halo storyline. But playing his levels over and over just really sucked. If they do put him in, bungie should make them funner levels. I dont know why, but they just sucked.

And I like to play campaign over and over, all the way through so dont bring it up telling me not to play his levels. I dont, and i want to be able to play the whole storyline multiple times with the same amount of fun.

[Edited on 6/1/2006]

  • 06.01.2006 1:03 PM PDT
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It seems that a lot of you don't like the Arbiter because of his levels. Does that mean that in Halo 3 his levels will be the same? No!

  • 06.01.2006 1:05 PM PDT