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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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[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&link=ControlRecon]Double Exp. Team Control. Screenshot Contest[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=HopeUntoDawn]Now this was simply amazing[/url]. This was a charity put on by B5D. Tournaments. You had to pay to enter. All the money goes to charity. You could win prizes. This was a huge success. I believe I was told it racked up $1,800 or so? Someone who ran it please do correct me if you'd like to tell me the real number. Anywho, I got to test some of the maps for this, for the record. But the thing that made this really stick out?... BUNGLE. Yes BUNGLE, the exact opposite of MLG nearly, save the AR was deemed not BUNGLE, same as with MLG (poor weapon). It was an April Fool's joke gone horribly, horribly [i]right[/i]. A Bungie employee started the actual group. This Bungie Employee donated around $250 to the charity. In addition, he allowed me and two other BUNGLE staff members to enter the tournament, paying for our entry fees. He also put up BUNGLE T-Shirts as some prizes (which I wanted I'll admit- what we BUNGLE people really need is that 'Pro' sign next to some of our names. Come on Urk, you know you want to, hehe).That was truly incredible to me. We lost in the first round unfortunately. The guys we played against were better than us indeed. One was a poo poo meanie head. One wouldn't say a word to us. One was decent, at least after the won. *sigh* and I was so over the top nice after our loss too. Ah well. But I just wanted to share that story because that employee, Killane, is just awesome there. Anywho, [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=19952]Urk puts up a reminder[/url]. 15 sets of Recon. Go get 'em boys! [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=HSSBOBContest]To celebrate a new Bungie.net feature, there was going to be a Recon contest[/url]. Snap an epic screenshot, and not only do you win Recon but you could have gotten framed picture of your screenshot! I don't know how many of you realize how epic that is. Take my word for it though. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=HUD]One more Hope Unto Dawn charity reminder[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20275]Remember Obi, resident Star Wars fan? Results of his kill contest. 1 set down, one to go[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=ReconLIVE]ReconLIVE has a montage. Wait, do they all haz Recon or something? Hmmm.[/url] [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=HSSLandscape]Anywho, later we've got us another Haloscreenshots.com Recon contest. This one is for landscapes. [/url][url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20385]Contest was later closed[/url]. Even after it was closed for reviewing, that didn't stop people from posting in the Halo 3 forum 'How do I tag my screenshot for the contest?' Trust me- I was there. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20733]Not the winners, but some submissions[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20590]More average Joeness.[/url] More people thinking others can give them Recon. To everyone I'm familiar with: I'm sorry you get these messages. It's probably because of me. I'm just so devilishly handsome that people can't help but envy you for being close to me. So you get messages. Ah well- it can't be helped. You know you love me. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20833]To help with the Mythic Campaign Difficulty runs (which I put all in one place, a few links above), Tyrant comes out with Guides to help people- moar and moar[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=ReconHunt]Ah, a level contest you may say. Not quite a lottery- you needed to be smart. Roger's Recon Hunt[/url]. You can read the actual thread (by clicking the 'discuss' button in the top right corner of the screen when you click my link) for hints and even the answer at the end I'm willing to bet. Basically it was a puzzle. You had to solve it and if you were one of the first people to do it, you got Recon. They'd also pick random puzzle completers and give some of them Recon. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20971]The Results. I do encourage you to look at the puzzle before clicking this link.[/url] It was very interesting and hard to many (and no, this isn't an invitation for any of you to say how easy it was to you since you took English History Class or something). [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=21026]Moar results[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=21020]Now this looks familiar. Obi's next contest[/url]. If you caused him to have his 77,777th death, you got Recon. Sweet! [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=20946]Here my good friends over at SIP help out with the Annual Vidmaster Achievement.[/url] With it: You're on the Road to Recon. [u][b][i]_____________________________________________________________________________[/u][/b][/i] And that's an up to date (July 23, 2009) compilation of everything Recon Bungie has done in the weekly updates and Bungie Blog since the announcement of Halo 3. Of note: I'd like to say that I came across [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=34742674]this thread [/url] recently, which was also nice. I like that guy now. Well written, informative thread- especially with those who already have Recon. If you do have Recon I'd recommend you read it. Now it's a shame this next thread ever had to be posted. Alas: Common sense has turned into Not-so-common sense. So: [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=27779298]A Bungie Employee on how to NOT get Recon[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=34939702&postRepeater1-p=3#34953251]Shishka: Post Bungie Day, about 1600 people have Recon. That's not even one-one hundredth of the number of people that play Matchmaking in a month.[/url] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [b][u][i]***WHERE THE SEPTEMBER 30th, 2009 UPDATE BEGINS***[/b][/u][/i] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=21817]August 7th, Bungie brings the 7th on 7th playlist. They reference that you'll need the vidmasters to obtain Recon. They also mention you won't get Recon for this playlist at that time, crushing many dreams of grandeur I'm sure[/url]. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=22144]Mythic CLASO Contest[/url]. Here's the deal: You and [i]one[/i] other friend. You go with one other friend. You complete every single level WITHOUT DYING. Not in a row, but you or your friend can't have ever died in the games you submit. [i]What a twist[/i]! [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=22252]Beat a map[/url]! Complete an obstacle course. Yet at the end he notes... you do NOT get Recon for it. This was good to note because of the stupid scams kids (and I call them that for their level of seeming intelligence, not out of a wish to be superior like many sue the term for) try to pull. 'Download this and win Recon!' 'Recommend this to 50 people and win Recon!' Then again who's the 'kid', the scammer, or the person that falls for it? Mmm. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=22682]Local Bnet resident Bobcast says that if you challenge Butane123 to a 1v1, you might earn Recon[/url]. True? There's only one way to find out: Try it! [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=22632]Here again are my good friends at the Spartan I Project (SIP)[/url]. One man, a friend of mine, helped over 400 people get the Vidmaster: Annual Achievement. That means he did 200 Annual Runs. Of course, you need the achievement for Recon. (Of note, he got on the [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=22873]Average Joe[/url] that same week). Later. ODST is released. People are earning (yes, I said EARNING) Recon via vidmaster achievements. [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=22892]Man puts up a guide to the Endure achievement which, of course, is needed for Recon[/url]. [b][u][i]Back to Weekly Updates[/b][/u][/i] [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_080709]Here we are. Apparently due to the weekly update previous to the one now linked, people began PMing Urk something in the hopes of Recon. I can't imagine why though.[/url] In addition, Bungie confirms there would be no Recon up for grabs in the 7th on 7th playlist. [Edited on 09.30.2009 6:02 PM PDT]
