Very strong improvement from last week Urk! Good Job! I really liked this Update!

[i]I remember back in Halo 2 I would be without a banshee on the scarab in the last level. Banshees would aimlessly fly in circles over my head, just waiting for me to sky-jack their asses. Once you did that and you were either close enough to the ground or the scarabs surface, the brute pilot would fall out unarmed and stand still. Sometimes if you got too close to them they did the Pimp Strut towards you but they werent bad ass enough to pimp slap you. I called them brute pimps. Oh the exciting days waiting for Halo 3 spent beating Halo 2's Campaign over and over again. I get the same amount of joy from Halo 3's Campaign.[/i] [b]Well Done Bungie<3[/b] [Edited on 01.16.2009 6:53 PM PST]

ah I had forgotten the usual Bungie wordcraft its been long and I demand u guys keep those achievements

oh ok i get it now, we have to either spend near $100 for the map pack or wait for it to come out for who knows how long, and still have to spend money on it? great news

Hate ef-blam!- microsoft... I hope bungie won't force us to buy halo wars by making playlist require mythic map pack while its not available on marketplace.

[quote]"You're hardcore. Are there a few notable and interesting differences? Yup. Are we going to make interesting note of them here? Nope."[/quote]Owned. [quote]"Shishka, the studio's resident nurturer, lovingly provided me with a succinct explanation of the logical missteps I had relied upon to come to my hasty and ill-conceived conclusion. “That’s because you’re not a Spartan, dumbass.”[/quote]Discouraged. [quote]"So what does the master of the pack do when he finds himself without any gear with which to deal out deadly damage and pain? He struts. It’s really quite comical to see a Brute Chieftain calmly descending upon your position, arms down at his side, his stride full of pride and urban swagger. Until he gets within arms reach, that is. Then, like any good pimp, he makes it his business to showcase just how strong his pimphand is."[/quote]Embarrased. Great Update. I can relate to the nervousness of releasing your children for the world to see, being an animator. That picture was fantastic, though it was even more indistinguishable than the last sketch. But thats how its gotta be... Also, because I like to view the voice of the people from time to time... [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Malice514 Man you guys really now how to milk your audience. It's ridiculous that you would only include maps for Halo 3 on another separate project, Halo Wars (and of course it's the more expensive Limited Edition that you have to buy). I am starting to think you guys don't care about making games at all anymore, since all you do is capitalize on recent renditions of Halo, and let marketing dictate the gameplay (READ: make a solid game with all the maps it should need or make another game. Don't keep pedaling out maps and features that should have been included in original release or you guys look like con-artists and money grubbing clowns, which you do...[/quote] Do you even know who's making Halo Wars? I'll give you a hint: its not Bungie. Get educated. And money grabbing clowns? Sounds neat! Hire this person, he is full of imagination and win. [Edited on 01.16.2009 7:25 PM PST]

Keep ypur pimphand strong.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b]urk [quote]Posted by: Acclaim So if I went over to Jerome and somehow disarmed him (lure him with a cupcake), he would start to strut? Or does he already strut?[/quote] He does. And he doesn't need a weapon. Dude fought a bear with his bare hands.[/quote] One podcast to rule them all. So cash. [Edited on 01.16.2009 7:37 PM PST]

More bunghey bull-blam!- congratulations on your fail!

finally, a substantive update! Recon sounds Awesome. Fall '09 will rock, heretic and recon :)

Oh man, that last bit TOTALLY should have been a news item. :)

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] urk Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy... ...and neither is sifting through and sorting out bugs to bring you a bulletproof build of Halo 3: ODST. Don't worry, with each new iteration, we're one step closer to a zero bug release. But one bug we experienced in playtest this week is just too damn funny to keep within the confines of the studio. It seems that every so often, Brute Chieftains – the biggest, baddest Brutes of the bunch - will inexplicably* load out sans their trusty weapon. No Brute Hammer. No Fuel Rod Cannon. Nothing. So what does the master of the pack do when he finds himself without any gear with which to deal out deadly damage and pain? He struts. It’s really quite comical to see a Brute Chieftain calmly descending upon your position, arms down at his side, his stride full of pride and urban swagger. Until he gets within arms reach, that is. Then, like any good pimp, he makes it his business to showcase just how strong his pimphand is. And strong it is. Many an ODST have quickly changed their tune from one of jovial laughter and sonorous disbelief to the blood-curdling shrieks and screams of a soldier on his last legs once a weaponless Chieftain decides it’s time to illustrate the full power of his fully operational backhand ability. . . . *By "inexplicably" we mean that we're well aware of the why and the how, it's already fixed, and sadly, the Brute Pimp Chieftain will soon be nothing more than a fond memory.[/quote] On that note... I hope you got a video of that. If you don't include an Easter egg of a dead brute with a purple pimp hat next to it... I will be quite diaapointed. [i]That jack is GOLD YO![/i]

that sketch is so definitely Ascension

o.O The pimpin' Brute could have been...the best...easter egg...in the history of Halo...or of video games...of all time...ever =]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ChadxVader Keep ypur pimphand strong.[/quote] Seems like the Brutes have more personality now. It also seems like players will freeze in terror rather than feel glee at the sight of the Brutes (and their grenade launchers) in "Ahdst"...

I love this update. It was a nice, long read. Just when I thought it was over, I scroll down and *gasp* there was more! :) I am now extremely interusted about the glowing object in the distant. I really can't wait to find out what that is.

If the illustration of Sandbox is any accurate at all, it doesn't look very flat. In fact, it just looks like a picture of Sandtrap...

Damn, I got excited with the possibility of a Brute Pimp in the game. Well at least when the game is released I can pretend I'm fightin' a pimp every once and a while, without the pimp slap, of course. I think you guys should some how keep that bug as an easter egg somewhere in the game.

The opening sequence of ODST is the most spectacular cinematic event in any Halo game to date. Bold statement for sure!There has been a lot of fantastic cut scenes in the HALO series. If that statement is true then I will have my sunglasses on hand, a cut scene of that epicness could fry my eyeballs making me unable to enjoy the rest of the game ; -) Cheers!

I was laughing so hard at the Brute Pimp Achievements! You need to keep the Brute Pimps. Just give them a lot of armor and health. Or at least make a cutscene with a Brute Pimp smacking someone around!

Oooh. I enjoyed this update greatly. Any chance we might be seeing a wallpaper version of Luke's fine masterpiece?

Great update Bungie! I wonder how close Luke's drawing is to the actual map?

i really hope that thats not going to be sand box because i was hoping for a flat forging map instead of another sandbox

did that update just win life? why yes, yes it did.

I really liked this one.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AT AT Assault [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Malice514 Man you guys really now how to milk your audience. It's ridiculous that you would only include maps for Halo 3 on another separate project, Halo Wars (and of course it's the more expensive Limited Edition that you have to buy).[/quote]Microsoft controls all pricing and distribution of DLC. If you have beef, they're the guys to take it up with.[/quote] Alright, then I will. MICROSOFT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY R4PING YOUR LOYAL FANS OF HALO BY EMPLOYING SUBORDINATES AT BUNGIE WHO MAKE MAPS FOR YOU AT EXORBITANT PRICES. There happy? Your argument doesn't hold water for a few reasons obviously because Bungie as a studio is making the maps (which you contend Microsoft is under sole control of), and because they allow the unjust practice to continue obviously because they continually make the maps (let's not forget the "new game," Halo 3: Recon, that will be a downloadable addition on Halo 3). Therefore, if they aren't going to make the maps for FREE, then they are pedalers for an unjust practice (whether intentional or not is not clear to either of us - for instance, are they getting any money from the sales of the downloadable content? why do they continue to make additions if they make no capital?). So whether they make complete direct profit off them is unclear. Unless you are a direct spokesman for the contractual agreement between Microsoft and Bungie - in which case, yes, tell me it is absurd conclusion to say that Bungie is making money off the continual downloaded content of Bungie's trademarked intellectual property - a few Halo 3 picture packs, Halo 3 backgrounds, Halo CE game download, Heroic Map Pack, Legendary Map Pack, and (eventually) Mythic Map Pack. Are you saying they don't make any money off of these items? That's absurd. Whether or not the pricing is made by Microsoft is of little consequence when you consider that it is Bungie's creation and they are VERY LIKELY on the take from having it marketed in such a manner. Likely, Bungie gets a certain amount of the estimated profits, or a direct percentage of the profits, that will justify the amount of man-hours that went into creating the maps (plus a little extra), what Microsoft thinks is "reasonable" to Bungie, and what Microsoft "can get for 'em" from the public (e.g. a very sizable profit since higher demand means a higher price tag). Mix all this together and you have a great sh1t sandwich that we fans will have to bite - likely because they have made it impossible to get the full experience from the game without the downloadable content (READ: they very well could have held some of the maps back and planned for them to be downloadable just to make a profit off them - maybe Microsoft told them to do it, whatever the case Bungie has sold their soul for "thirty pieces of silver." They aren't artists anymore, they are a$$clowns waiting for their next paycheck. Whether or not they they are "pawns" of Microsoft or not remains to be seen, which will certainly be debated the next time Bungie gets up from bed and argues their cut for whoring out their intellectual property on another game. I'm old school, I've been around since the beginning. Halo CE was the first game I got for Xbox and I used to play it for hours upon hours because it was just so fun to play. I loved every minute of it I really did, and I look at all this cr4p with Halo 3 and how they are marketing themselves and I think what happened? Do they really think we are stupid enough not to see how shady they've become? That we won't notice the sly moves that they are putting on the public to continually "bait and switch" them into buying more of their merchandise? Where did your integrity go, Bungie Studios? Just because we like your game doesn't mean you should pull money out of us at every occasion. Just because you [i] can [/i] do something doesn't mean you [i] should [/i]. They are behaving like any business trying to maximize profits and have lost their artistic integrity in the undying quest for the almighty dollar. Bungie desires profits, not product, and we can see the results. [Edited on 01.17.2009 8:53 PM PST]