The beta is over bungie! Get over yourselves....

it isn't that territories is bad, it's just broken, after that, and the removal of slayer from skirmish, the only thing h3 needs is a map creator to be perfect (like that will ever happen)

H3 is teh ruined lol I also have to admit that I thought with equipment the game would become too unbalanced but I was wrong it was a nice suprise

yo that was kinda random also for some haloey stuff go to www.whenspartansattackhalo.piczo.com its kinda cool

Was actually a good read.

I Agree !!!! The nostalgia surrounding Halo is amazing and to be given the opportunity to participate in the beta was awesome. I give mad props to the, always humble, Bungie for their interaction and response to the fans who have made this game what it is today. No game is perfectly polished and 100% bug free, but we can be sure that the final release will be as close as a piece of software can be. Heres to my new favorite handheld weapon! Although it is no longer a dual wield weapon, the new and improved Needler packs a quck and powerful punch. For I am the shard master. Feel the pain.... wuhaaa haa haa haaa wuhaa haa haaa Bishop_Gatrer

i bet every little kid that liket halo3 2 and1 was crying because the beta is gon

haha very funny thats just weird becase bungie myt poot the beta up agen becas they have new maps

hay gys what time do u thing the reell game ov halo is coming out pepole say september

hey bungie, wut about all the custom games going on through all of this??? how you can change the gravity and speed percentage. why was none of this mentioned?....scared? jp. lol

just puttin this out there for bungie. valhalla has a hole in the map u can drop vehicles (banshee, ect.) then jump out of the map by going to waterfall base and standing on a persons head in between the rocks on the left side if you are looking at the water base from the laser. it is possible to go to space with the banshee. if this is fixed that wood be better for the game in a whole. HALO 3 ROCKS!! XD

Now that things have settled down I'll post my feedback. What I did not like is a short list. I did not like having to hit Dpad to talk. Elsewhere somebody suggested using Dpad for grenade selection and LB for talk. That was a very good idea IMO. Really hated the sound made when initiating talk and when VOX deactivates. Ouch! Internet play is still subject to network manipulation, mostly throttling or some sort. Can't really see any fix for that short of embedding sync time code in each data packet like is done with Irig or some other bus-sync tech. While HighGround was a pretty cool map, in TS games he who controls the beach controls the game. Or at least I was never in a TS game where the winner did not have beach end control. Just something to think about. While I liked that the fusion pistol effect on mechanicals and electronics was brought back from its Marathon incarnations, I think it was a bit overdone. And if its fusion doing it, then why does not all fusion do it? (I know, I'm getting pendantic so I'll quit) What I like is a longer list, so I'll shorten it by saying this: Going back to Halo2 match making was so painful after the H3 beta I just don't do it. I did not find the warthog harder to kill, but then I was a Laser whore. I really liked that the snipers did NOT have the huge auto-aim. I was actually a better sniper without it. (must be all that GRAW and RS:V I play) The Spartan Laser is the coolest new weapon. Great job. However, there is no real reason it should freeze the player when it fires. (an effect I noticed) I really liked that there were no button combo's and combo glitches. I liked getting to specify connection as the priority in matchmaking. It kept me from getting owned by lag rather than just owned. Liked all the settings that can be tweaked for custom games. Randomness. Never used the SMG's or the plasma rifle beyond just trying them as they did not seem very effective compared to other weapons. I was killed way more by teammates placement of trip mines than enemies. Not sure how usable the banshee will be with the limited down angle. It got way more useful once I figured the FRC was back in it. Still, its not the ground support element of yore. The sound of the chain gun in the hog had no "directioness" when doing the far away sound. The first few times I head it I thought it was a problem with somebody's mic. Needs doppler and reverb. In a canyon like Valhalla, the sniper (human) needs reverb ala Freemont Street in RS:V. It would be cool (for a while). I'm sure thats enough. Thanks for the beta.

Great to see they are thinking about fixing the hog. Now if only they would power up the Plasma Pistols normal shot to make up for the weaker homing, and remove the bullet lag.

Hey, this is probably an isolated incident, but I just got a replacement xbox after having my old one die near the end of the beta.. so when I got it back today and plugged in my hard drive, the beta was still there. I tried to play it as a lark, and it didn't work, of course. I wasn't expecting it to. BUT, then, when I tried to delete it, it wouldn't! It tells me there's an 'error while performing this action'. As much as I like Halo, a useless beta is kinda annoying and I want to delete it. Anyone have any ideas as to why I can't get rid of it?

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I couldnt find any other news to put this under, but it is beta related, so i guess ill put it here. In the redesign of the bungie store, there is a H3 BETA tester tee that looks amazing, but it isnt in the store. I was just wondering if this would be available or if it is just for show. Back to the beta, anyway, it was the best few weeks of summer ive had in a long time, i agree that the drop back to halo 2 MM was harsh, and the maps/weapons were awesome. (only thing i didnt like was snowbound, but it was pretty fun still).