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I've been meaning to ask this...What is Recon? I keep seeing it mentioned and have no idea what it is, how to get it, etc? :lol
 
shintoki said:
I've been meaning to ask this...What is Recon? I keep seeing it mentioned and have no idea what it is, how to get it, etc? :lol

Recon is a type of gun similar to the Battle Rifle, but more powerful and with a laser scope.
 
shintoki said:
I've been meaning to ask this...What is Recon? I keep seeing it mentioned and have no idea what it is, how to get it, etc? :lol
A special armor type that only Bungie gives out. Everyone will get a chance when ODST rolls out.

Looks Like this:

BungieVsYou.jpg
 
I totally didn't know about Bungie day and I used my 48 hour code on the 4th :lol

Oh well, I'll get more time in when ODST comes out I guess :D
 
GhaleonEB said:
So if you have Recon and beat Bungie, what happens?
Bungie.net said:
Of course, there are a few catches (aren't there always?). Folks who fall into the following categories get nothing no matter what they do (you stole Fizzy Lifting drinks!):
  • Cheaters who’ve cheated in a sad attempt to stave off their feelings of inadequacy (or for any other reason).
  • Boosters who’ve boosted their way to shame and a sense of emptiness (even in Juggernaut gametypes).
  • Jerks who quit out of games today because they don’t see any flaming heads in the lobby (this one will also score you a tasty, longer-than-usual ban for ruining all of our friends’ fun).
  • Players who have already earned Recon Armor—you know we love you baby, but it’s time we saw other people. It’s not you, it’s us.
  • Players who are already on The List for any reason—you know who you are.
  • Players who teabag a Bungie employee. This is just plain rude.
*shrug*
 
I've read that you get a four month subscription to Bungie Pro when you purchase the mythic map pack (which I'm about to do), but does the free Pro subscription carry over to other profiles on the system like how the DLC can be accessed by other GTs on your system? I've got a couple clips from an old profile I'd like to render to video so that would be a nice bonus.
 
So, what's the secret to getting a film clip to save without the time progress bar on the top of the screen? I usually don't save films from the first person, but I'm trying to do one now and I'm going on five minutes now of trying to save the clip without that showing (to render down the road) and even if I start the clip without it showing, it's there in the replay. Will it be there in the render if I give up and leave it there?
 
Arnie said:
Wow, my eyes are searing. To celebrate Bungie Day, me and the guys decided to forego the raining recon festivities and host our own throwback Halo 2 LAN tournament. Four TV's connected to four xboxs for some 3v3 custom system link gameplay on some classic maps. If I fell asleep and entered a dream where I was constantly playing Ivory Tower BR's over and over again, without waking up, I would still live a happy and fruitful life. So much fun. We played so rigorously I now smell of meat, but it was all worth it.

I will try to post 2 pictures that I took on my phone soon enough, when I can muster the energy to connect it to my PC. Happy Bungie Day y'all.
Ivory Tower would be beautiful in Halo 3.
 
GhaleonEB said:
So, what's the secret to getting a film clip to save without the time progress bar on the top of the screen? I usually don't save films from the first person, but I'm trying to do one now and I'm going on five minutes now of trying to save the clip without that showing (to render down the road) and even if I start the clip without it showing, it's there in the replay. Will it be there in the render if I give up and leave it there?
Dun wry, it won't be there when you render.
 
QQ: Can you get online by plugging your XBox directly into a cable modem? I want to play a few B-Day rounds, but we don't have a router in my current apartment.
 
Revengeance said:
QQ: Can you get online by plugging your XBox directly into a cable modem? I want to play a few B-Day rounds, but we don't have a router in my current apartment.
You Should be able to.
 
Welp, I just played my last game. Overall a very fun playlist, and definitely didn't get to play them all (sadly). Sure, there were a few stinkers, but most were decent to great. Some require BR starts, others don't.

Maps I liked the most: Apex, Elysium, Haven, Neosho, Chimera, Pantheon, Requiem, Salvation, Stonehenge, and Workplace Bravo.

If I had to choose, my favorite map out of all of them would have to be Stonehenge. - (edit) And I only played one game on that map!

GhaleonEB said:
Dax, I clipped that epic finish from a bit ago. Hoooooly shit.
Nice. I don't have Bungie Pro, so you'll have to render it. It was epic!
 
Sigh, too many roommates down in the living room, and I don't particularly care for my roommates or the shitty reality tv they watch.

Next year, Bungie, next year.

:( supersadface. Back to Dexter.
 
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Not sure if many people know, but, in Valhalla this 7th column symbol is on the wall next to the bubble shield spawn! Only today! I'm not sure if there's more on other maps, this is a cool pic my cousin H0ly sHadow took!
 
If anyone is looking for a team member for some Bungie Day action I would love to get in on it. Kinda sick of the "oh lets quit since its not Bungie" shit.

GT: StUnNeR H2K
 
neoism said:

Not sure if many people know, but, in Valhalla this 7th column symbol is on the wall next to the bubble shield spawn! Only today! I'm not sure if there's more on other maps, this is a cool pic my cousin H0ly sHadow took!
That's neat. Similar thing happens on Halloween and I think New Year's.
 
Revengeance said:
:( supersadface. Back to Dexter.
There are much worse things than having to watch Dexter.

neoism said:

Not sure if many people know, but, in Valhalla this 7th column symbol is on the wall next to the bubble shield spawn! Only today! I'm not sure if there's more on other maps, this is a cool pic my cousin H0ly sHadow took!
Yeah, it pops up every once and a while. It was up last night (before 12 pst) when we played Valhalla.
 
gnarkill bill said:
Had a blast with the playlist today. Would love for it to be permanent.

Yeah man, it was refreshing to play on maps nobody had really seen before. I wish they kept some sort of forge maps only playlist that got updated weekly, or hell even monthly.
 
Mighty said:
Yeah man, it was refreshing to play on maps nobody had really seen before. I wish they kept some sort of forge maps only playlist that got updated weekly, or hell even monthly.
Me too, I didn't even get to play today :( (I work 13 hours a day) I would love a dedicated user created map playlist.
 
Podcast today was hilarious. They're generally pretty amusing, but Fillion had me laughing pretty hard all through his segment.

Thought the most interesting tidbit had to do with Firefight and the "Hero" medal, where if the last player left (I assume on the last life for the team) he can "revive" all three other players for a medal. I haven't heard anything about reviving players before. I wonder if it's just for that situation or something that's integrated deeper into the game, ala Gears.
 
strange_booj said:
Me too, I didn't even get to play today :( (I work 13 hours a day) I would love a dedicated user created map playlist.

Well...if I would've gotten matched up against the Bungie team today I would've suggested it. :P

But with 181,000 people in that playlist earlier today...no such luck.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Podcast today was hilarious. They're generally pretty amusing, but Fillion had me laughing pretty hard all through his segment.

Thought the most interesting tidbit had to do with Firefight and the "Hero" medal, where if the last player left (I assume on the last life for the team) he can "revive" all three other players for a medal. I haven't heard anything about reviving players before. I wonder if it's just for that situation or something that's integrated deeper into the game, ala Gears.
Whenever the round or set or whatever (the largest one, I think) ends, health and lives reset, and everyone that was dead comes back to life. Just like in Gears when you beat the wave and your pals come back.
 
So how are you supposed to earn the Recon armour? Was it get rank 50? I could probably get that if I had a decent teammate. I topped out at 45 solo.

I'm kinda sad now, Since I sold off my Halo 3 copy(About 30$) once they said ODST is including all the DLC maps and such.
 
Cocopjojo said:
Whenever the round or set or whatever (the largest one, I think) ends, health and lives reset, and everyone that was dead comes back to life. Just like in Gears when you beat the wave and your pals come back.
Interesting, didn't know that.

*rolls up Jump to Conclusions mat*
 
shintoki said:
So how are you supposed to earn the Recon armour? Was it get rank 50? I could probably get that if I had a decent teammate. I topped out at 45 solo.

I'm kinda sad now, Since I sold off my Halo 3 copy(About 30$) once they said ODST is including all the DLC maps and such.

You don't get recon by really "doing" anything. So far Bungie has given it out to cool people that do community things and such, and for things like beating them on BUngie day today, and when special holiday playlists roll around, for having the most number of *X*, where X is like...most stickies, most suicides, most triple kills, whatever.
 
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