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Subject: What do you think about 343i giving recon out?

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they better give the achevments for halo:waypoint...

  • 03.26.2012 3:02 PM PDT

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wtf


Posted by: ajw34307

Posted by: erikinax1

Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: erikinax1

Posted by: ajw34307
I think the so-called 'fans' are being incredibly fickle.

First of all, I want to make the point that this is a piece of virtual armour you get in a video game. Many of you seem to be losing sleep over this, do reassess your priorities in life. Halo 3 is almost half a decade old now, back in the day it was YOU who were the ones demanding that Bungie release Recon to everyone with the endless forum spamming of "can i haz recon?".

The effort we put in with the VidMasters isn't now invalidated as so many of you are whining about; think back to when it was announced that the VidMasters would give people Recon, nobody who already had it (or at least, very few people who already had it) were complaining that others were getting it. It was, yes, the FANS who were complaining that it was becoming available because it would "lessen the importance of those who were given it as a gift".

-blam!- please... These things happen, get over it. Again, it's armour that has no value other than aesthetic obssession.

The game is now almost 5 years old, it was one of the most popular games on XBL up to 2010 and has sold millions of copies. Chances are, many of you don't even play it anymore, you're too enamoured by other games on the market; but to the few that do still play it (like me), are you seriously that fickle to get worked up about a piece of armour that's already available to everyone?

What you call "the real work" for getting Recon was actually from 2007-8 where fans would have to break their backs doing ridiculously awesome things for the community or winning tournaments, if you don't have Recon 3 years on from when it became so widely available then do you really deserve it? No, if you've not been able to get it for 3 years then it's clear you're not good enough for the worth you've attributed to it. But you're getting it anyway so there's absolutely bollock-all reason to complain.

Don't even get me started on the feeling of 'entitlement' people feel for getting flames...

Thats a nice novel you wrote there.


In Layman's terms: "This guy has a point, in fact I actually realise how fickle I'm being... but I don't want to look like I'm wrong so I'll dodge this with a half-assed attempt at humour."

Besides, if you call that 1 post a 'novel' I can judge that you've probably never read a book with more than 20 pages.

mirite?

No your not. I was never being fickle about this. I don't have the armor so I was actually exited about this day, so you fail.
Oh and since you wanna talk about education its *realize*. :)
Did I insult you by saying "Thats a nice novel" in such a way that you had to say that? Seriously, you are immature.


It's not 'realize' in England, it's 'realise'...

Ha! I'm the immature one when you're incapable of constructing a competant response to a post, when one just says something as blunt as "that's a nice novel" the general context it's associated with is "I couldn't be arsed to read what you've written so I'll post something stupid about it instead". If that wasn't your intention, you should have made that clear.

You are missing a huge point here. Notice how you have not made a comment on the fact that you were wrong in the first place about me being fickle. The reason I wrote "Thats a nice novel you wrote there" was to be funny. So what in the world would want to make you insult me? What did I say that was stupid about your original post? "Thats a nice novel" if you bothered to think was sarcasm for "you wrote alot". Thats what makes you immature.

[Edited on 03.26.2012 3:19 PM PDT]

  • 03.26.2012 3:13 PM PDT

I'm still gonna wait till I have all of the vidmasters done to put it on> It is the only way to keep honor. We must tell of the story of Recon to the young ones!

  • 03.26.2012 3:55 PM PDT

Bring Back Rocket Race!!!


Posted by: ITz ProBR MDK
OH NO! People can get a piece of ARMOUR? On a game that hardly anyone plays?! That's outrageous!!!!!!!!11one!

Seriously, get over it. The achievements aren't hard to get. Think about the people who were given Recon by Bungie for their work towards the community or excellent Halo videos. How do you think they felt when they found out everyone and their Nans could get just by completing a few achievements.


Quite a lot of people still play Halo 3. In fact, Halo 3 still manages to hold one of the top 20 positions on the Xbox Live Activity list almost 5 years after its release. And for almost 4 years, Halo 3 managed to remain #1 on the Xbox Live Activity list. By comparison, Halo: Reach barely even remained #1 for a week.

  • 03.26.2012 7:18 PM PDT

First in social ranked firefight campaign competitive and ODST goose splatters.
My other account is UrbanTwisticle
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Check out my YouTube Channel

To be honest who cares what your barbie has on it's head.

I got it on my other account when it was rare and quit playing on that account because I got inundated with spam.... having rare stuff like that is not as great as you might think it is.

  • 03.26.2012 10:54 PM PDT

somewhere in the heavens...they are waiting. I love the Marathon Trilogy.
Halo CE will always be the best game in the Halo franchise. What a perfect game.
(Proud LONGTIME owner of the PC and Xbox versions of Halo CE)

I haven't even gotten to use my Recon yet...now I never will. I'm sure everyone will use it like the hayabusa armor is very popular. I only got all the vidmasters about a week and a half ago....

  • 03.27.2012 10:17 AM PDT

Bring Back Rocket Race!!!

I still prefer my full Hayabusa Armor with the Katana sword. I remember back in the first few weeks of Halo 3 where Hayabusa Armor and the Katana sword were extremely rare to see and were extremely admired by everyone.

  • 03.27.2012 4:44 PM PDT

Halo Reach 2/3rds of the way mythic conqueror (6/9)

giving out recon to everyone is makes about as much sense as the death penalty for attempted suicide. I spent 3 months obsessing over recon and getting it in the first month that ODST was out and got it.

It was an amazing accomplishment in Halo and then on everyone seemed to respect me more. I have had it for more than 2 years and do not wish to just have the effort of wasted by giving it out to people who don't deserve it. The road to to recon is long and hard but the end is a rileif. The achievements were long and hard for a reason so why not keep it that way.

  • 03.27.2012 5:06 PM PDT
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Hey.


Posted by: Traffic Coned

Posted by: II gaped II
all the people who did hard work on the vidmasters

Oh please, it was easy.

  • 03.27.2012 5:11 PM PDT

Bring Back Rocket Race!!!


Posted by: G0xx

Posted by: Traffic Coned

Posted by: II gaped II
all the people who did hard work on the vidmasters

Oh please, it was easy.


Easy, but time consuming. Especially the Vidmaster: Endure which took a minimum of 3 hours and if someone lags out or has to go, you'll have to start all over.

  • 03.28.2012 5:09 PM PDT

becouse 343 members are noobs and cant get it themselves :D no there just trying to make halo 3 a little more popular so they can still sell it for $30.00

  • 03.28.2012 5:50 PM PDT

Please don't hype for games...
They'll just fall short of your expectations and you'll complain for months.

Honestly, if 343 wasn't on Halo 4 right now, I'd say they should have migrated everything. However, because probably all of 343i's current resources are spent on Halo 4, it was either this or an infinite lock.

And seriously, what hard work? I got the vidmasters with a bunch of completely average guys over the time of around 8 hours of gameplay. I'm pretty sure an average person can set aside an hour or two at some point and have friends of average caliber.

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Posted by: G0xx

Posted by: Traffic Coned

Posted by: II gaped II
all the people who did hard work on the vidmasters

Oh please, it was easy.


Easy, but time consuming. Especially the Vidmaster: Endure which took a minimum of 3 hours and if someone lags out or has to go, you'll have to start all over.

Three hours? I did it in around 2.

[Edited on 03.28.2012 9:34 PM PDT]

  • 03.28.2012 9:33 PM PDT

Bring Back Rocket Race!!!


Posted by: Alpha00
Honestly, if 343 wasn't on Halo 4 right now, I'd say they should have migrated everything. However, because probably all of 343i's current resources are spent on Halo 4, it was either this or an infinite lock.

And seriously, what hard work? I got the vidmasters with a bunch of completely average guys over the time of around 8 hours of gameplay. I'm pretty sure an average person can set aside an hour or two at some point and have friends of average caliber.

Posted by: General Heed

Posted by: G0xx

Posted by: Traffic Coned

Posted by: II gaped II
all the people who did hard work on the vidmasters

Oh please, it was easy.


Easy, but time consuming. Especially the Vidmaster: Endure which took a minimum of 3 hours and if someone lags out or has to go, you'll have to start all over.

Three hours? I did it in around 2.


I don't remember the exact time, but I do know for a fact there's a minimum time possible since the waves, rounds, and sets in ODST are based on certain amounts of time. So no matter how fast you try to go, it will always take about the same amount of time as everyone else. If you're positive it was 2 hours, then that means everyone else got it in about 2 hours. Regardless of time, no achievement should take 2 hours of nonstop playing to get.

  • 03.28.2012 9:52 PM PDT

I hate to see them just GIVE it out, almost like bungie did with the vidmasters (at least they made it a challenge to get them). recon used to mean something. now, it's just a meaning less helmet, that in my opinion doesn't look good, and upon the release of halo reach i can never wear proudly could I have even GOTTEN it.

On the other hand, however I would hate to see that armor locked away, so if they go though with it, they have to give out the other armor pieces that would have been locked away under normal circumstances.

[Edited on 04.02.2012 10:48 AM PDT]

  • 04.02.2012 10:48 AM PDT

I earned my Recon, I have the memories of doing the vidmasters as I got into Halo just a few years ago.

I am happy for those who have just been given Recon as it means I do not have to be spammed by an F.R every time I use it, and I always wear Recon.

Its just a piece of armour, whats the fuss about how you got it?

Doing a pic or vid for Bungie: Well done on times past!

Doing Vidmasters: Well done for getting through Deja vu without lagging!

Doing getting it for free: Well done for still playing an amazing game!

  • 04.02.2012 10:58 AM PDT


Posted by: AlpineFroggy
giving out recon to everyone is makes about as much sense as the death penalty for attempted suicide. I spent 3 months obsessing over recon and getting it in the first month that ODST was out and got it.

It was an amazing accomplishment in Halo and then on everyone seemed to respect me more. I have had it for more than 2 years and do not wish to just have the effort of wasted by giving it out to people who don't deserve it. The road to to recon is long and hard but the end is a rileif. The achievements were long and hard for a reason so why not keep it that way.
Do agree with this though, Endure was Firefight at its best! Down to the last Grunt in the bonus round with no lives left!!!!!

  • 04.02.2012 11:03 AM PDT


Ooh, I love those people, the ones who decide to throw everything and the kitchen sink at you, as if an M16 does anything to a T-90. Oh, MLG player with noobtube instead? Congrats! You blew off one of my ablative plates!

Gun, meet Bad Guy.
Bad Guy, this is Gun.

I don't see the fuss about it, sure people may have "worked their asses off" for the vidmasters but hey, before the vidmasters it was almost impossible to get Recon, and I can only think of the first person to get killed by a cone and a terminally ill gamer who got it from a make a wish thing, the vidmasters weren't hard, getting people to help you do them however was.

Before I got it I was quite determined to get the vidmasters, never did, and now that I have it I can't even give a damn, it's not going to get me to play Halo 3 again, but it might as well be nice if I want my barbie to look pretty next time I play H3.

  • 04.02.2012 11:05 AM PDT

50s in: Slayer, Doubles, Lone Wolves, Objective, Ranked BTB, Swat, Snipers.

It's an armor. It has no bearing on the game whatsoever. This infatuation with aesthetics and other useless gimmicks is part of the reason why this franchise, as well as competitive gaming in general, is going down the tubes. Boo hoo, now other people can dress up their Spartan. Who gives a -blam!-?

  • 04.02.2012 11:44 AM PDT


Posted by: ITz ProBR MDK
OH NO! People can get a piece of ARMOUR? On a game that hardly anyone plays?! That's outrageous!!!!!!!!11one!

Seriously, get over it. The achievements aren't hard to get. Think about the people who were given Recon by Bungie for their work towards the community or excellent Halo videos. How do you think they felt when they found out everyone and their Nans could get just by completing a few achievements.

  • 04.02.2012 11:57 AM PDT
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My Level. Get on it.


Posted by: RC Clone
Nope. SouthPole isn't a person. He's the avatar of the force of tryhards everywhere. He stalks the web looking for retards to set straight. He can not be stopped by mere bans or thread locks for he shall rise anew.

I still don't have it...

  • 04.02.2012 1:20 PM PDT
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play for keeps

I'm fine with it. I have the achievements as proof that I earned it when they were a commodity. Besides, the H3 community is dying; it needs this kind of boost.

  • 04.03.2012 12:23 PM PDT

Bring Back Rocket Race!!!


Posted by: darkness280
I'm fine with it. I have the achievements as proof that I earned it when they were a commodity. Besides, the H3 community is dying; it needs this kind of boost.


I still prefer my Hayabusa and Katana Sword. I remember back in September-October 2007, I spent a lot of time getting the skulls and all the achievements. Back then, you had to get every single achievement in Halo 3 to get the Katana Sword. But now, after those new maps came out with those new achievements, people can easily get to 1000 gamerscore by doing the easy achievements. The Two For One achievement took forever to get...

  • 04.03.2012 12:29 PM PDT

Ah, someone leaked. Now to find the leak and.... plug it.
With justice.

I use coup 5
Never Played halo 1 = Invalid opinion
Bloom isn't whats broken, its your idea of what good is and your opinion
Thats like saying uber nerf armor lock because like 20 percent of the community hates it. Oh wait..................

I think this is just another example of how 343i can't keep thier hands out of anything and how they will ruin the entire halo franchise.

  • 04.03.2012 1:07 PM PDT
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Most people just modded it anyway....

  • 04.03.2012 1:12 PM PDT


Posted by: II gaped II
it's a really, really stupid mistake... all the people who did hard work on the vidmasters only for it to be thrown away. Im now worried for halo 4. 343i would rather give away armor then update the game at all


i agree

  • 04.03.2012 8:57 PM PDT

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