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7/27/2009 8:34:05 PM
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The Definitive Recon Thread- UPDATED September 30th--Now With Synopsis
[url]http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=17206655&postRepeater1-p=1[/url]
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Recon Sticky
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13289977][i]The[/i] Recon Speculation Thread[/url].
[quote]Head: The Mjolnir VI/R variant was developed concurrently with the Mjolnir Mark VII* Powered Assault Armor. The goal was to increase stealth capability without impacting endurance.
Shoulders: In developing the Mjolnir VI/R variant, the goal was to increase the armor's overall stealth capability with little or no loss of endurance. This was achieved by relying on several tried-and-true methods.
Body: In developing the Mjolnir Mark VII Powered Assault Armor/R, the emphasis was to increase stealth capability, specifically by reducing its IR signature, reflective surfaces, and Cherenkov radiation emission.[/quote]
*SOURCE: Search Bar+ Alec9224*
Picture:[url]http://halowiki.net/images/e/ed/Recon_Armor_Infobox.jpg[/url]
Being the hypocrite I am, I have decided to make a thread about Recon to quell a thread or two about it. And yes this did take me a few hours to get everything together. That's just how much I love you guys.
Recon. We first saw it in an old picture. [url=http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/asset_popup_viewer.aspx?at=60&cc=21&item=0]This one[/url]. But what was it? It was some armor Bungie decided not to put into the game, right? Sure, let's go with that.
[quote][url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12834][b]Guyver45 asks[/b],
[i]Is it true that the Flaming Head and Ninja Recon helmet is for Bungie only?
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No idea what you're talking about. Flaming Heads? Nonsense.[/url][/quote]
Bungie, at this point, refused to acknowledge what it was. But the rumor had already spread- for Bungie only.
The following week it's out.
[quote][url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12857]I'm making a list, I'm checking it twice, and it's a list of dumb messages (and perfectly polite ones) inquiring about the Recon armor permutation. The short answer to those inquiries is, "No, you can't have it." The people you see with the Recon helmet are Bungie employees, and they did nothing in-game to unlock it. There is nothing you can do to unlock it.
The same counts for the flames. Don't be too jealous however, since the flaming head makes us a giant target and is reflected in our online performances sometimes. Sending us angry or rude messages won't help and our policy now is to simply block communications with folks who're rude and our sincere apologies to the polite folks, that we don't have enough time to answer your question individually. We've had literally thousands of requests.
No apologies however to the dude last night telling me to "turn down the retardation" in a game of Social Slayer. [/url][/quote]
So now it's confirmed- you can't do anything to get it. Stop trying. Stop bugging us about it. It's ours to do with as we wish.
Recon was mentioned in the 10/25 Humpday Challenge.
[i]Oh Bungie stop taunting us! I want Recon so bad give it to me![/i]
(note the switch between 'us' and 'i')
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12901]Ah, but here was a turn of events[/url]. Recon was given out to [i]non[/i] Bungie Employees for the first time.
UNACCEPTABLE! Bungie noooooes! y cn thy haz rekonz ZOMG!!! This was for the infamous traffic cone and sniper suicide incidents- the first to do so (and to readers: No, you won't get Recon for doing the same).
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12930]And no, don't ask: us using your map/gametype/films/screenshots doesn't mean you're getting the Recon armor. Recon is Fight Club and the first rule is you don't talk about it.[/url]
There is it. The rule: Don't talk about Recon.
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13088]For his work on the map 'The Great Wall' (which apparently has been taken down since I cannot find it and the gamertag given does not have the map up on the file share), another person received Recon.[/url]
Now here's the analysis: before that, I noticed a lot of people thought the cone kill and sniper suicide were cool. 'Wow I've never seen that before.' 'Lol he got killed by a safety cone. Not very safe.' Yet with this map I remember some people telling me how it wasn't that super. Sure it received a ton of downloads and everybody played it back then at least once (exaggeration) but people started saying, 'Mine's better- why'd he get Recon?' This was the beginning of a problem. People were, and are, jealous. They began to think they could decide who deserved what better than Bungie. dum dums.
[url=http://admin.bungie.net/images/News/WeeklyUpdate/Update%20Studio%20Pics/update_security.jpg]No ikkle childrens- you can not haz Recon![/url]... according to the 1/18 weekly update.
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13245]Aw how sweet- a painting of Mister Chief up for Auction.[/url] The thing is... if I'm remembering correctly Bungie actually threw in Recon to go with that. Or maybe that was the vending machine auction later... eh.
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13294]Ah Valentines Day. A day of love. Bungie gave people that in the form of... [i]Recon[/i].[/url]
Hurray luck! Yet this was also a turn. This was the last time Bungie ever, to this day, announced the names of the people. See, stupid mentally challenged people began to think they were cool by stealing peoples' accounts who had Recon. For some reason they thought they had something to gain by it. Dumb dumbs. Bungie obviously made the right move there though. Also said... Bungie can take aware Recon. Beware (that goes for people today too- don't be a jerk or lose it!)!
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13322]Ah, a different contest. Anyone who was active in a positive manner on a different website- Fyreball.[/url]
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[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13330][b]Beaverkill2227 asks:[/b]
[i]Is it true that Recon is unlockable. I'm not asking for hints or for recon itself. Just wondering if it is truly unlockable.
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No, it is NOT UNLOCKABLE. Bungie has to gift it to you. So please don't spam mailboxes, or come up with crazy schemes. It will be a natural organic process. Bungie will give it to folks who're cool, do something nice, play well, perform good deeds, whatever. They will NOT give it to anyone who harasses or harangues them. And don't complain about the vague criteria either, or you go on the "complainer" list of no Recon.[/url][/quote]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13351]Ah, Double Exp. can get you Recon too. Sweet. [/url] [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13368]The Requirements were posted later[/url]. I know I tried for this one- went for Bomb Kills. I failed miserably.
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13366]'Lulz'- kinda funny talk at the end, even if only one comment is about Recon.[/url]
Now here's something interesting. Lots of new guys don't realize this... but Shishka wasn't always at Bungie (nO wAi DoOd). [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13428]No, he came back.[/url] He says [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lfZg-apSA]no 'con for you! Next![/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13519]I heard if you ask enough, a Bungie Employee will give you Recon[/url].
[Edited on 09.30.2009 6:27 PM PDT]
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[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=14575]Here it is: Recon Road trip[/url]. A very memorable contest. Here was the deal: One single Bungie Employee was going to go on a road trip somewhere. If you found him, randomly, while you were out in public holding your Halo 3 disk in your hand, and while he was wearing his Bungie shirt, you would get Recon. It was VERY out there, as far as contests were concerned. I don't know if anyone won. But I did hear a story that someone did, posted about it on the forums and told people where the guy was, then had it taken away from him (that or he never got it). Laughable there indeed. Not sure if it's true though. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=14941]Here we get Mcfarlane toys getting all up in the Recon business. Buy their stuff you get points. Get 225 points and you get a Recon Action Figure.[/url] That's intense. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=14894]Now we get into more familiar territory though. PAX, 2008.[/url] You beat a Bungie team in 2v2 on a map you've never played before (Assembly), you get Recon. Win. I mentioned this in the weekly update ones though, so we'll stop there. I'm taking up enough posts as it is. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=15356]Here was the schedule for winning Recon[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=15510]New contest[/url]. You recreate Halo :CE or Halo 2 using theater mode in Halo 3, you get Recon courtesy of Bungie and Hawty Mcbloggy. She blogs, don't you know. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=16330]Bungie says: BAI MAH MAPZ[/url]. If you bought the Legendary Mappack, (and guys, there are still no plans to ever map that mappack free you know- closest you'll get at this point is when you buy Halo 3: ODST) and you played in a playlist that required them, you're in a raffle to win Recon. That's a nice incentive, isn't it? [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=16402]Results[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=16446]How unique! A Halo Wedding[/url]. Yes two people getting married all thanks to the wonder of Halo 3. It's nice to see how much this has influenced lives in such a positive way. Anywho, Urk maintains that you do [i]not[/i] get Recon for proposing over Halo 3. Just an FYI. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=16964]Brysi, resident songwriter, shows just how much crap a Recon wearer can get- especially back then[/url]. He continued for more than one episode of that series, but I won't post all those links. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=17176]Here were some updates to MM and how that can earn you Recon[/url]. Dang- 50 something pages of the blog to go and we're already in February of 2009. Yikes. That means over 1/3rd of the Bungie Blog entries in the history of Bnet were in the last 7 months or so. Anywho, [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=17326]More in depth about that last contest: The V-Day massacre contest of 2009[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=17332]Ah, Mr./Mrs. Americanista123 shares my concern. DO NOT TRY TO PLAY BUNGIE FOR RECON[/url]. Glad we've got that covered. Good teamwork, mate.[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=17609]The second Bungie killtage- now with more warning[/url]. Buy it now! [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=17878]You heard it from the screenshot guru himself guys. Recon messages go to Foman[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=Chaos_Theory_Episode_14]Hawty Mgbloggy wears her Recon to help out with a comic[/url]. That's nice of her. I got to play with her once. She was nice. Good attitude. *sigh* That Team Mythic playlist sure was something back in February. Ah well! [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=17948]Again from our own songwriter, Brysi, we have a song about Recon![/url] Personally my favorite was always the 'Can my mom haz Recon' one. I love it. Still listen to it actually, on occasion. In fact[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=18052]he even had a concert where he sang them all[/url]. I was there- I listened :). [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=18379]Ah, my buddy Daz.[/url] He's a cool guy who doesn't afraid of anything. No wonder people send him messages about working for Bungie! I got my first mistaken Bungie Employee message a few days, maybe a week ago from this post. The person was nice enough. I just referred him to Achronos. Oh, and my message where the guy got me confused was about Recon (and no, I didn't refer a guy who was asking for it- he wanted to know why he got it). For the record. Anywho: Daz, Lord Snakie, myself, all these guys we don't work for Bungie mates. Some people just know who we are because we're semi- helpful sometimes. It's K though- we still love you guys. Except that one guy sitting in the corner over there. He smells. <.< >.> [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19306]*sigh*[/url] Back into the contests. Sounds tedious. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19325]Oh wait, this is cool.[/url] From the last Mythic Recon contest, a local Bnet community member 'A Deaf Boy' goes into all the submissions and picks his [i]own[/i] favorites, for use in a Montage. That's pretty cool. This isn't in chrolological order, but he put in [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19536]another video after[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19716]one more, for good measure[/url]. They are good though. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19451]Contest- Mythic Brawl[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19450]Ooo, cool contest.[/url] Brysi hosts a contest. Sing a song about the Mythic maps. Winner gets Recon. That was pretty cool- I saw too much rap though. One dude had a whole band do a kind of heavy rock or something song. I think it was entry #17 in the finals (it made the top 20 or whatever). It was awesome. I don't remember finding out who won though. [quote]Editor's Note: Found out who won. The same guys I was just talking about! [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sZezMd0gmE]Link[/url].[/quote] [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19529]Another Average Joe: CAVX.[/url] STOP ASKING US FOR RECON PEOPLE. plz? kthxbai. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=051709ReconChallenge]Moar contests[/url]. Do the Annual Achievement. Take a good screenshot. Your team of 4 gets Recon- no matter whose shot by your team wins. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=HalochartsRoadtoRecon]Here we are with Halocharts helping with Recon. Complete their challenge, you may win[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19764]Star Wars fan Obi Wan Stevobi[/url] has a contest for Recon too. This goal was to be his 77,777 kill. That's right. If you were the 77,777 kill he received in Halo 3 match making you got Recon. Embarrassing? Maybe. Awesome? Definitely. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19765]The beginning of the popular Mythic Campaign Campaign [/url]. (see wut I did thar?) Now, this began with user 'SonicJohn' who came up with the idea of a harder difficulty- Halo on Legendary with All Skulls on. Called it 'SLASO' (solo legendary all skulls on) and 'CLASO' (co-op legendary all skulls on). His thread died and Tyrant122312 took over with the Mythic Runs eventually getting Recon himself with it. Thus is became known as 'Mythic difficulty'. Basically the contests were 'Beat the said level on Mythic, you're in a pool to earn Recon'. Beat them all, you may win Recon. And that is hard to do too- quite worthy if you ask me (I know you didn't ask me, so hush). [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20228]1[/url] [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20321]and a reminder of 1[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20463]2- Halo[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=SMRCIII]3- The Storm[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20839]4-Tsavo Highway[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=21095]5- The Covenant[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=21292]6- Cortana[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid21547]7- Sierra 117[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=21695]8- Crow's Nest[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=21890]9- The Ark[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=22043]10- The Finale of the Contest[/url]. [Edited on 09.30.2009 2:39 PM PDT]
