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Aegus said:
Hmm strange. I rushed through the last part of the first level to where I was told a skull was and didn't find it. Do I need to play through the entire level from the start or what?
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Apparantly, you do need to start the level from the beginning.

Edit: it's late and I'm getting slow. Time for bed.
 
Concerning level 8

I didn't find it to be overly frustrating on Heroic (singleplayer), although I will say that it was my least favorite level in the game. The worst part were the damn snipers. They wouldn't be such a pain in the ass if they didn't take a shit ton of shots to kill. I don't even think the Carbine does ANYTHING to them. "Sniper" units should be weak, otherwise they are just far, far too annoying.
 
Why does everyone make such a big deal about not playing on Normal? I haven't gotten very far in my heroic playthrough of Halo 3, but (from what I played) Halo 2 was really freakin hard on heroic. Like some of the first enemy encounters were unreasonably difficult. Just trying to fight 2 elites at once was nearly suicide.
 
prophecy0 said:
Concerning level 8

I didn't find it to be overly frustrating on Heroic (singleplayer), although I will say that it was my least favorite level in the game. The worst part were the damn snipers. They wouldn't be such a pain in the ass if they didn't take a shit ton of shots to kill. I don't even think the Carbine does ANYTHING to them. "Sniper" units should be weak, otherwise they are just far, far too annoying.
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Yeah, I hate those things. (And bullets DO take forever to kill them; I've found throwing sticky grenades and spike grenades to be a better solution)

Edit: Heroic is a little on the tough side, but Normal is much farther towards the easy end. We really need a level in between, but Heroic is less of a move away from normal than I think "normal" is.
 
traveler said:
Yeah, I hate those things. (And bullets DO take forever to kill them; I've found throwing sticky grenades and spike grenades to be a better solution)
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Plasma rifles and spikers. It takes about a one-second burst to cause them to shut down, which
usually caused them to mutate into the larger, walking form. Which was easy sword-fodder.
 
Blueblur1 said:
Wow, last page I read was 388! I've got more than a 100 pages to read. :(
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I don't even try anymore. I'm almost looking forward to this thread settling down to a people playing beyond the first week.
 
Domino Theory said:
Yes. I learned about that, too today.

4 skulls found for me and counting :D
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Thanks. Will have to finish the current Legendary level I'm on then before I go skull hunting then. :lol
 
traveler said:
Yeah, I hate those things. (And bullets DO take forever to kill them; I've found throwing sticky grenades and spike grenades to be a better solution)

Edit: Heroic is a little on the tough side, but Normal is much farther towards the easy end. We really need a level in between, but Heroic is less of a move away from normal than I think "normal" is.
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Normal with Thunderstorm on should do it. Mythic is a bit of an annoying ammo waster, and all the other skulls are too specific to count as general upgrades.
 
Argh, I got the IWHBYD skull and quit out and I got nothing. Argh restarting the level. D:

Wait can I restart from a checkpoint from the Campaign menu or do I have to go all the way through that again?
 
not a trolling attemp but... I don't see many people here disappointed with the framerate in multiplayer (specially when the graphics are not stellar), I guess I've played too much Resistance/Warhawk.
 
Lince said:
not a trolling attemp but... I don't see many people here disappointed with the framerate in multiplayer (specially when the graphics are not stellar), I guess I've played too much Resistance/Warhawk.
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Check out page 207, it's where all the complaints piled up.
 
Grimm Fandango said:
Anyone else's service record on bungie.net like a day behind?
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Pretty much. Some of my stats keep changing on the site, as well. My EXP will go up and down randomly, despite the fact that in game I actually have 20-25 more EXP.
 
This is totally random, but does anyone else get a total Lost vibe from the music that plays during the Legendary ending scene? Like, it's uncannily close to MG's stuff.
 
Great night. Got the IWHBYD skull, GAF games were awesome - Infection, Rocket Race (I swear I almost hit the invisible ceiling IN my Mongoose due to a rocket):
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Good times all around.
 
Lince said:
not a trolling attemp but... I don't see many people here disappointed with the framerate in multiplayer (specially when the graphics are not stellar), I guess I've played too much Resistance/Warhawk.
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Some are dissapointed and have expressed that. I don't notice it myself, but I think most people here rather talk about the game than harp on framerate stuff. With that said, there are more than enough threads where people are talking about this.
 
Well Myself, Jon CJ Graham, fmw Original, and Original's brother just went from 0 skulls through all of them in 5 hours and 23 minutes.

We messed up twice on a couple stages as well and had to redo them. But so just as a benchmark expect just over 5 hours to be about the max it will take you on Normal to get all the skulls to have the helmet and full Hayabusa armor :)
 
Getting that IWHBYD skull took a bit, but I finally got it! Man, I think I'd never find some of these skulls if I didn't have a guide or the dedicated Halo fans.
 
careksims said:
Getting that IWHBYD skull took a bit, but I finally got it! Man, I think I'd never find some of these skulls if I didn't have a guide or the dedicated Halo fans.
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I would say the hardest skull to get was the cowbell skull.

There were a few really unique ones. I have to be honest I haven't had a great gaming experience like collecting these skulls ever in my life. We had such a great time. I am thoroughly amazed.
 
Finished it. I didn't mind level 8 at all but I had some serious problem with level 9. I know it was a call back to the first game but I didn't care for it then and I don't care for it here. Level 7 was definately the high point in the game for me (although the game was freakin' brilliant from levels 3-7). So many "OMFG!" moments.....

And anyone that can't finish this game on Heroic is weak sauce. I'm hardly a FPS guru and even I was able to down the campaign in relative short order on Heroic. Anything less is just wasting your time.
 
Sullichin said:
It would be really cool if there was a "Bungie Favorites" playlist, so we could actually play these cool custom games without having to gather tons of friends.
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Actually I'm pretty sure they have that, and you can access it online or from the console (I'm fairly certain about this last part, and 100% of it being available online).
 
FightyF said:
Actually I'm pretty sure they have that, and you can access it online or from the console (I'm fairly certain about this last part, and 100% of it being available online).
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I think you misunderstood what he was talking about.
 
so in the new matchmaking, is there no way to search for games of specific types? or avoid certain types of games. the shotty snipers games really really make me not wanna play team slayer.

i wanna play some of the stranger variants people have made like the rocket race and this one we made the other day that was a super-fast-low-gravity hammer marathon, but i stay up pretty late so playing with friends in the wee hours isn't usually an option.

i didn't actually ever check it, usually because someone always leaves immediately after the match, but is it possible to just sit in the room and wait for another game to start like in the COD4 beta? do i always have to back out and go through the search again? i know you can party up with people on your team, but is that all?
 
Yeah. Just beat it on legendary with some friends.

My god I almost shit a brick when the eerie music played while the bright light was shining in the background.
 
Team Gay Subtext just finished the Fight on Legendary and got all the gold skulls and 2 silver ones. Tomorrow we hit up Legendary again to get Armubaba through the first 4 levels so he can get the Legendary Achievement, and we can all get the 2 remaining Silver Skulls and Do a Terminal Run.

In regards to the Legendary Ending, What theories do we have and why?
 
Just finished on Normal. Will attempt to play though Heroic / Legendary probably on Multiplayer.
Have also watched the extra scene on youtube, do you only get that on Hard?

That's how you end a game? Seriously? It felt like half a game in there. What the hell man. So you're saying that instead of having an epic boss fight between me and the Gravemind, I just ping the pissy bot a few times, push a button, and pissbolt? People hated the Monkey at the end of Halo 2, so your answer is... nothing?

I was expecting the Gravemind to actually attempt to do something himself, fuck some shit up, or have the flood just ball up together into some mega creature or... SOMETHING! What was the point of taking Cortana, a computer program, in the first place? Just to get to Earth and ride out the new Halo? Not to use it to your advantage or something you'd expect an entity to do?

I enjoyed the last level, that was pretty good, but that didn't stop me really not liking the Cortana find mission or the maze of doorways human base level.

Next Bungie game I'll wait till the dust settles and I can get it for bargain bin prices. Stuff 'em, Multiplayer or not.
 
Buttonbasher said:
Team Gay Subtext just finished the Fight on Legendary and got all the gold skulls and 2 silver ones. Tomorrow we hit up Legendary again to get Armubaba through the first 4 levels so he can get the Legendary Achievement, and we can all get the 2 remaining Silver Skulls and Do a Terminal Run.

In regards to the Legendary Ending, What theories do we have and why?
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Yep. Great times tonight. Team Elite ftw, bitches. I can't wait to upload some of the pictures and show everybody the gay ol' time we had. :D

But yeah, what time do you guys want to get on for the whole terminal/remaining skull run?
 
armubaba said:
Yep. Great times tonight. Team Elite ftw, bitches. I can't wait to upload some of the pictures and show everybody the gay ol' time we had. :D

But yeah, what time do you guys want to get on for the whole terminal/remaining skull run?
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Don't know, I'll probably be asleep till 4. :lol
 
armubaba said:
Yep. Great times tonight. Team Elite ftw, bitches. I can't wait to upload some of the pictures and show everybody the gay ol' time we had. :D

But yeah, what time do you guys want to get on for the whole terminal/remaining skull run?
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Does 9:00 PM (Eastern) sound ok? I don't know how long I'm going to sleep (:lol) and I have to a few things I need to get done.
 
Thermite said:
Does 9:00 PM (Eastern) sound ok? I don't know how long I'm going to sleep (:lol) and I have to a few things I need to get done.
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We'll be up late but I'm game.

What if we played Legendary until Armu gets the Achievement and then switch to Normal for a Terminal/Skull run?
 
Buttonbasher said:
We'll be up late but I'm game.

What if we played Legendary until Armu gets the Achievement and then switch to Normal for a Terminal/Skull run?
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That's fine, I'm up for however you guys want to do it. Are we going to turn on Campaign scoring this time whilst we search for the terminals/complete Legendary levels?
 
This may have been mentioned, but unfortunately I can't search for words with only 3 characters...but did anyone notice that you can't have "N64" as your online shortcut handle?

:(
 
Does Theater mode only keep your last game played? Playing a bunch of MP tonight there was one point where I lobbed a grenade a good 100-150 feet, stuck it on someone on a ledge, who promptly blew the fuck up and plunged to his death. :D Really wanted to make a video clip of that, but I didn't want to disrupt the flow of my party and make them wait for me while I went and tooled around in Theater mode. I really wish there was an option once the game was over to save the last game played, or make it so following games don't overwrite it and it will be in Theater when I need it.
 
VALIS said:
Does Theater mode only keep your last game played? Playing a bunch of MP tonight there was one point where I lobbed a grenade a good 100-150 feet, stuck it on someone on a ledge, who promptly blew the fuck up and plunged to his death. :D Really wanted to make a video clip of that, but I didn't want to disrupt the flow of my party and make them wait for me while I went and tooled around in Theater mode. I really wish there was an option once the game was over to save the last game played, or make it so following games don't overwrite it and it will be in Theater when I need it.
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You can view your last 15 - 20 or so games played.
 
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