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Why is Team Hardcore not in Halo 3? Seeing as it was the best and most balanced MM game type from H2, you would think Bungie would of brought it back.
 
Fina1e said:
Why is Team Hardcore not in Halo 3? Seeing as it was the best and most balanced MM game type from H2, you would think Bungie would of brought it back.
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Team Hardcore wasn't added to Halo 2 for quite a while; it took some time for the community and Bungie to settle on "hardcore" rules for gametypes and weapon loadouts. I'd expect the playlists to continue to evolove along those lines.

Also: Bungie.net is one million strong, and growing
 
Finally got my last skull...

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My brother thinks the armor looks "really fucking gay", but I think he's just jealous.

Also, only two more levels to beat on Legendary. Cortana and Halo.
 
Tieno said:
I don't want to brag (although I don't know if others have had similar experience), but out of all the levels I feared Cortana the most on Legendary...yet it turns out it was probably the easiest, next to Floodgate.
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Floodgate was the easiest level by far for me... took me like 8 or 9 minutes on legendary (solo). You can easily run past almost every encounter. There is only like one area you have to actually fight in and The Arbiter and the other Elites help out there.

Cortana was a pain though, that was already my most hated level and on Legendary it really pissed me off. I ended up beating that one in co-op.
 
Halo with skulls is quite a different experience.

Normal + Tough Luck + Catch + Fog + Famine + Tilt + Mythic + Cow Bell + IWBYD = quite a lot of fun.
Especially Tough Luck + Catch + Cow Bell is a great combo as it results in so much grenade explosions, throwing and avoiding. I love throwing stickies so this one is great for me.
Because your shields are quite heavy on normal this is a very fun, quick not-a-lot of thinking action-packed experience.

Having to take gold brutes down by overbursting plasma shot (tilt) and then killing them off makes it a bit harder on normal and makes you hunt for those plasma pistols.

It'd be cool if they could expand upon it be releasing skulls as DLC.
 
Tieno said:
It'd be cool if they could expand upon it be releasing skulls as DLC.
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Yesss! I'm fearful that VS MP is going to be the thing that gets all the attention for DLC, which is great, I want more maps, more gametypes and more "Pew Pew in your face mistah intarnetz usar" but I would like a similar courtesy extended to single player too.

Skulls are a fantastic way to expand the single player game, as well as adding more ways to tailor your co-op playthroughs.

Skulls I would like to see;

1. Zoot Suits - ability to use your custom armoursets in singleplayer.

2. Low Impact Halo - lowered gravity for epic wire-fu-gunfights

3. Dodgeball - Melee weapons and sticky grenades only (players and enemies)

4. I want you in my ear - developer commentary

5. I am out of ideas - I am out of ideas.
 
Did Crow's Nest on Normal + 7 skulls (Tough Luck + Catch + Fog + Famine + Tilt + Mythic + Cow Bell + IWBYD). 28k points total.
Tilt and catch make that level pretty tough on normal. Especially the infamous brute pack fight. Couldn't use my shotgun-melee combo cause that doesn't do any damage to armored brutes and there was only 1 plasma pistol in the barracks so when that was emptied I was trying to sticky the brutes, salvaging their grenades and going for the odd one with a plasma rifle. Luckily on normal your shields are pretty tough cause "Catch' makes them throw a ton if grenades.
The Brute Hero I took one with my BR and lots of jumping up and down, going from one side to the other, trying to keep him at a distance.


McBradders said:
Yesss! I'm fearful that VS MP is going to be the thing that gets all the attention for DLC, which is great, I want more maps, more gametypes and more "Pew Pew in your face mistah intarnetz usar" but I would like a similar courtesy extended to single player too.

Skulls are a fantastic way to expand the single player game, as well as adding more ways to tailor your co-op playthroughs.

Skulls I would like to see;

1. Zoot Suits - ability to use your custom armoursets in singleplayer.

2. Low Impact Halo - lowered gravity for epic wire-fu-gunfights

3. Dodgeball - Melee weapons and sticky grenades only (players and enemies)

4. I want you in my ear - developer commentary

5. I am out of ideas - I am out of ideas.
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Yeah, Bungie was talking about how campaign is also now sort of multiplayer, I hope they expand. In theory skulls don't need new content, they just mutate the game variables. I'd be even happier with ones that do have new content.

I like your Zoot Suits idea!
Also a silver Skull that gives you unlimited ammo when you pickup a weapon. (campaign scoring would have to be turned off)
 
Tieno said:
Yeah, Bungie was talking about how campaign is also now sort of multiplayer, I hope they expand
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Some of the AJ guys were talking about a "grinder" level. It's a pipe dream, but it would be awesome. Basically up to four players in an enclosed environment fighting an endless stream of increasingly difficult enemies until they perish.
 
Anybody bothered to calculate to percentage of each SKU sold in September based on public NPD numbers?

We know how many LE sold (HS times something)
We know the average price.
and we know the total sales.

3 equations. 3 unknowns. we should be able to solve it. no?
 
urk said:
Some of the AJ guys were talking about a "grinder" level. It's a pipe dream, but it would be awesome. Basically up to four players in an enclosed environment fighting an endless stream of increasingly difficult enemies until they perish.
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I actually had the same thought a few days ago, that would be awesome.
 
urk said:
Some of the AJ guys were talking about a "grinder" level. It's a pipe dream, but it would be awesome. Basically up to four players in an enclosed environment fighting an endless stream of increasingly difficult enemies until they perish.
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That would be so freaking cool. I'd love it with random enemies in a fairly large map with a lots of nooks and crannies to hole up in.

Is the last level on Legendary really freaking hard? Or by the time you reach it, will you be able to do it.
EDIT: Can you guys put the levels in order of difficulty that you had on Legendary? Also, tactics that I might need for the last level are welcome too.
 
I have had it with Kotaku. They have this "Halo 3 hasn't done shit for gaming, thus it deserves nothing" mentality. I have dealt with it for a while since I still like to check all my gaming news at once with their quick setup, but posting an article that raises a question which has been adressed many times just gets on my nevers. Specifically the whole "Halo saved films feature is broken". WTF happened between Bungie and Crecente, did you guys poison him while he was reviewing the game or something? Luke, Frankie, could you give some insight as to why this dude hates Halo 3 so much?

http://kotaku.com/gaming/halo-3/wheres-my-halo-youtube-button-312910.php
 
Stinkles said:
Anyone have the original non-animated version?
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Check the OP. It is a festival of Frankenluke.

Gadfly said:
Anybody bothered to calculate to percentage of each SKU sold in September based on public NPD numbers?

We know how many LE sold (HS times something)
We know the average price.
and we know the total sales.

3 equations. 3 unknowns. we should be able to solve it. no?
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I was up until late last night solving that. :lol

It took three large sheets of paper. And then the exact numbers just get posted (LEAKED) in the NPD thread. I was glad to see my rusty algebra skills were on the mark. Also amazing that Halo and Halo 2 continue to sell well. Had some numbers to toss in my spreadsheet for the first time since March.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Check the OP. It is a festival of Frankenluke.


I was up until late last night solving that. :lol

It took three large sheets of paper. And then the exact numbers just get posted (LEAKED) in the NPD thread. I was glad to see my rusty algebra skills were on the mark. Also amazing that Halo and Halo 2 continue to sell well. Had some numbers to toss in my spreadsheet for the first time since March.
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So what is the distribution?
 
GhaleonEB said:
I left my numbers at home, and the leaked stuff is under the realm of contraband, but here's the post they're in. Second link. Ahoy. I'm assuming they'll be nuked soon.
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Didnt Bungie only make half a million Legendary copies? I feel less unique now.
 
clashfan said:
I wonder what the parties are like at the Bungie offices right now? First they get independence from MS and now they found out they dropped 3.3 million units in only 12 days! :lol
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I thought it was 6 days...
 
clashfan said:
I wonder what the parties are like at the Bungie offices right now? First they get independence from MS and now they found out they dropped 3.3 million units in only 12 days! :lol
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Too bad MS is coming to collect at the end of the week.

Microsoft: "Gimme' that money!"
*slaps Bungie*
Microsoft: "Now get me a chicken sandwich and some waffle fries! FOR FREE!!"
 
The Lamonster said:
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:lol

All it took was a thread search of the word "creepy."

Looking forward to tonight's WWU.


EDIT: did not real Ghaleon's words until it was too late.
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Thanks mang. I have used this for evil.
 
Stinkles said:
I have used this for evil.
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I can't imagine any other purpose for that monstrosity.

"Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world."
 
OverHeat said:
Bungie is still using Microsoft bandwidth....shame on you guys :lol
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...855A-EA53BDF90DCE/waves_promo_360p_256aac.mov
from this top story on bungie.net
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12878
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I just got through reading/watching that - pretty cool. The sound design is definately one of the standout elements in Halo 3.

And I know I said I wasn't going to update the OP a couple weeks ago, but I did so anyways. Not just the Frankenluke (had to make the thread match the title).
 
Back a lot of pages someone was posting about how the audio mix was not as strong for weapons as the beta. I at first thought it was his sound system, but after playing the game for a while now, it seems he was right about the weapons sound level being too low. Any chance Bungie could add the option to adjust SFX volume in game?
 
GeoNeo said:
Back a lot of pages someone was posting about how the audio mix was not as strong for weapons as the beta. I at first thought it was his sound system, but after playing the game for a while now, it seems he was right about the weapons sound level being too low. Any chance Bungie could add the option to adjust SFX volume in game?
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Sure you're not just used to Orange Box's ridiculously loud weapon FX?
 
The Lamonster said:
Sure you're not just used to Orange Box's ridiculously loud weapon FX?
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I don't have orange box on 360. :P So I can't comment on Orange Box's weapon sound fx since my PC is not hooked up to the Onkyo amp. ;)
 
Buttonbasher said:
Question: Who keeps telling people I'm the voice of Master Chief?
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That's funny. I've seen the guy who does the voice. He works at a radio station in Chicago. Apparently my friend who's applying for work there knows him through the radio grapevine.
 
GeoNeo said:
Back a lot of pages someone was posting about how the audio mix was not as strong for weapons as the beta. I at first thought it was his sound system, but after playing the game for a while now, it seems he was right about the weapons sound level being too low. Any chance Bungie could add the option to adjust SFX volume in game?
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I have a number of mates who use 5.1 surround sound headphones for their 360 gaming. One problem they found with Halo 3 is that the dialogue comes out far too loud. It uses the centre channel they say, and that's also where voice chat comes from. Well anyway, they want a method to reduce specific volumes.
 
Domino Theory said:
What kind of fucking update was that ?
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Whoa dude! No need to be mean!


LukeAttack said:
Harbinger of Doom


There are those of you doing things you shouldn’t be in Halo 3. Some of you have gotten a little too famous for your own good. This ain’t a church and there is no redemption or salvation once you have been judged. Apologies are now officially to late to save you.

The storm approaches.

Love, Bungie
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What is this talking about?
 
Buttonbasher said:
What is this talking about?
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"Cowering in the dirt, thinking... what, I wonder? That you might escape the coming fire? No. Your world will burn until its surface is but glass, and not even your Demon will live to creep, blackened from its hole, to mar the culmination of our passage. For your destruction is the will of the gods! And I? I am their instrument!"
 
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