XxIlluminatixX, that's not an elite, that's Gravemind. Remember how Halo2 ended? Frankie says about Cortana, "But there's obviously something terribly wrong…" The thing that's terribly wrong with Cortana, i'm guessing that somehow Gravemind is using her to send transmissions. Why I think that: -You can hear a 'Gravemind groan' at the end of Cortana's first transmission -The words Cortana say sound incredibly like something Gravemind would say. -After all, Halo 2 ended whith Gravemind asking Cortana a question, that question could lead to some sort of big event in Halo 3. [Edited on 5/12/2006]

i kno this is not what your talking about but do u know how it feels when a -blam!- -blam!- quite after the first round come on what do u do i just try to stay in and win, and is there going to be a halo movie soon come on tell the people......G,T :DROOLINGDOG

This goes back to Placebo182 question. If that is Earth then I demand for this question to be answered in the next update because im sure everyones want to know. Are we going to die?

since the update did have a thing about so called new software that can tell if your cheating.... yea... your all a bunch of liars cause you cant tell if someones bridging or not... and 200 accounts is absolutly nothing... bungie will never beat cheaters because there not god.... there not perfect... therefore there is a flaw... cheaters WILL find it and WILL use it and WILL make you all mad and you will all piss and moan about it all day in the fourms and never get anything done about it... sorry but its true... its like trying to drown a fish... [Edited on 5/12/2006]

DUDE I JUST SAW ROBIN WILLIAMS PLAYING SPORE AND MAKING A CREATURE LOL FANSTATIC! Then they interviewed him about games he plays mostly 1st person shooters! PC and Xbox360! He enjoys Halo 2 and cant wait for Halo 3! Do a search on spore then click on the google link and look on the list for robin williams spore so funny! Oh ya again bungie you guys kick ass! And Frankie thanks for the updates! OMG FREAKING OUT AM GOING TO DI....(thud)...

so i have a question to be asked on the update, hopefully this is the right place? Is Bungie actually going to release Halo 3 in 2007? Or is there always a chance of delay? And what if Peter Moore tattooed the date into his arm again, like Halo 2?

Hey Frankie, what would Mister Chief look if he came off Family Guy?

who the -blam!- is john 117? you better not tell me its master chief! i refuse to acknowledge that!! master chief 117 is master chief 117!!

I still don't understand why such a question came up about the Assault Rifle being in there. Both my brother and I hate the SMG and love the Assault Rifle. Modified or not, I'll take the Assault Rifle over the SMG anyday. I love that thing. It's loud and you actually feel like you're inflicting damage. [Edited on 5/12/2006]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] S1im who the -blam!- is john 117? you better not tell me its master chief! i refuse to acknowledge that!! master chief 117 is master chief 117!![/quote] u guys are dumb... master cheif.... is not his name... its his rank.... its spartan 117's rank... rofl... spartan 117s actaull name is jhon... or alteast it was before the government kidnapped him as a child and trained him untill he was like 20....

I have some incredible things to point out for only seeing the trailer 1x so far, and they are this: 1. The flood "hack" into living matter or, like the Keys Brain in Halo 1, into computer systems. With the cognitive (brain) power of the hivemind, could he bypass or rewrite Cortana's UNSC loyal code? Could he control or corrupt her? Cortana, as said in the book series, is a "smart AI". Her intelligence expands until she dies at the end of an approxamately 8-yr lifespan. Could she be smart enough to actively rewrite her own programming for the promise of power? (unlikely and out of character as it may seem) 2. Modern burst-fire weapons (Similar to the Halo 2 battle rifle) are all able to be easily converted to fully automatic weapons (such as the Halo 1 assault rifle, for example). The rifle in the video may be a battle rifle with assault rifle capabilities. I would also like different versions of guns that use the same ammo because the bigger the gun, the slower the walk, and it would open up a wide variety of new options into the games strategy. 3. I totally forgot New Mombasa had a space elevator! Can you fight on Mt. Kilomonjaro (in all of it's awesomeness)? 4. While writing I carefully analized the the Halo 3 trailer. The level of hints is adequate. I don't want to give my hypothesis away, but I think I have a (little) bit of an understanding of the game. 5. XTRA storyline paths!?!?!?!? (very very excited and confused)

BTW- Can anyone else confirm the image of "mangled Human Face" in the visor of the chief? i may be trippin, but for a split second right after cortana says i know your past, your future. the refflection is not what the chief is looking either. and thats ovious cause the reflection when the camera turns is clearly the Arifact......Am i nuts?

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] c0mfor7a31y_Num3 BTW- Can anyone else confirm the image of "mangled Human Face" in the visor of the chief? i may be trippin, but for a split second right after cortana says i know your past, your future. the refflection is not what the chief is looking either. and thats ovious cause the reflection when the camera turns is clearly the Arifact......Am i nuts?[/quote] nope... your just completly insane...

I'm so glad youve been working on Halo 3 since the completion of Halo 2 especially because you left us on a cliff hanger, you big jerks. Having the assault rifle back is gonna be cool, I was wondering where they had tottered off to. But it doesnt seem like theres very much humanity left to save. Looks like the covenant got the job done. I hope to see another Spartan or two in my travels through halo 3. Speaking of more Spartans... something tells me that the Halo movie is going to be based on or include the events on Reach. That would be cool, course, everything about a Halo movie rocks my socks.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iwantbuttcheese since the update did have a thing about so called new software that can tell if your cheating.... yea... your all a bunch of liars cause you cant tell if someones bridging or not... and 200 accounts is absolutly nothing... bungie will never beat cheaters because there not god.... there not perfect... therefore there is a flaw... cheaters WILL find it and WILL use it and WILL make you all mad and you will all piss and moan about it all day in the fourms and never get anything done about it... sorry but its true... its like trying to drown a fish...[/quote] So, You support cheating? So, you would rather nothing be done and let things get out of control to the point that playing just isnt fun anymore? Because thats what it sounds like.

no no no... this is the dealio yo... ok bungie bans a modder... o well the modder still got done what he wanted to and he made that account for free anyways.... bungie needs to just ban there xbox, or there credit card#, or there ip adress.. and then people would definitly think twice about cheating... hell even i would stop...

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ChiloPilo [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Aktins_Diet Dear Bungie, Bungie’s Next game (halo 3) is drawing closer to completion, and I am concerned about a few things that might not go in it, as in being left out, and things that should be changed. Note: its your game, you can do what ever you please, but I am just speaking from a fans perspective, and I think you might find a lot of people agree with me. Let me state this now that this post is not negative like last week at all. There were a lot of great achievements in Halo 2. One such thing is the UI. The UI in halo 2 was the best I have ever seen in any game. It was extremely stylish, classic, simple, and easy for even the most novas of players. The reason it was simple was because there was no “clutter.” There is an old saying, to many cooks can spoil the broth. Well I think Bungie did an excellent job on the UI by not going over board. Bungie also had tips in there Halo 2 UI as part of a way to inform the players, but keep them busy while they wait for games. If I am correct on this, Bungie is credited for doing this in a first person shooter. (for such a detailed and myriad amount of tips in pre-game lobbies.) It also numerated the steps that the system was in, keeping us informed step by step, and thus giving the player more power and knowledge of what is going on. I think personally the Tips thing, though small, was clever, as well as the 1,2,3,4 steps. What also was clever was having boxes where players where shown, which in halo, showed Xbox controllers. It also showed there “logo” which is each players own identity. This was also very clever, and better then most games. The game setup was great to. My only complaint was that I felt like I did not have enough control on the game setting, like if I wanted were pistols on the map would spawn, I choose human pistol, and where BR’s spawn, I choose carbine. (I guess this is a feature, but I wish it was integrated.) There was 2 other things I did not like about the UI, and that was one, I wish there was a button (like the black button) where I could select someone to boot or give party leader. In halo 2, you have to hit Y, and then go all the way down to do so. It is just a convenient option. The last one is the friends and clan list itself. Granted, no other game has such a user friendly and eye appealing UI for this then Bungie, but I wish I had more control over it. I wish I could choose certain spots to be filled in with my friends. So for example, let’s say I have Steve, Frankie, bob, and Sketch on my friends list. Frankie is all the way down on the bottom, but I want him on top. Sketch is in the middle. But I want him bellow Steve, and bob is currently on top. If I could change this, it would be great, and give’s the player more control. This is so nice when there offline to. (for messaging them.) Also, I hate it when I first logon, and it says I have a message, but my friend is off, so I have to scroll down the list to get the message. It would be more convenient if messages were on top like friend requests. I also saw one of your early builds, where you could send files to one another. I think this would be such a great asset in a game. It would make the next project so much more then just as a game, but more as a social gathering. (Like halo 2 game rooms have become.) Best of all, its P2P, so its no cost to Bungie. (Though The bugs could get annoying to fix.) Overall, I think the UI system is a marvelous achievement of Bungie, and is defiantly the standard bar that gaming companies have to meet, which all have failed in this area. (Darn it!) Props to The UI Team, and I hope such a focus will be made to the next project as well. What also should be focused on desperately is the network of the next project. What really brought halo 2’s destruction of being a bigger success then it already is in my opinion, is the stand-bys, bridging, and modding. Let’s start with what Halo 2 runs on for a network. Halo 2 operates by sending data to Bungie servers, and Xbox live servers once in a while, especially when looking for players or when a team wins. How do we play games then? Simple, Halo 2 runs on a P2P network, which is where one Xbox 360, will have the host, and sends all the data outward, and basically acts like its own server. It cost Bungie no bandwidth, and Bungie does not have to worry about tons of servers to cover and pay for. The down side to this, is that the person with host, has a Huge advantage over his players. For example, a person with host can kill anyone with 8 needles (one explosion) with the needier. But, it can take several explosions with people with non host. Lunging, lag, and the range of grenades all are impacted from the host. It can also be manipulated, to boot people, lag them, or force host on your own team, giving you the advantage, even though you may have DSL, and the other team has t1. Please Bungie, for the love of god, don’t set your next project as a P2P, except for custom games. Instead, invest in the servers. It will boost the life of the game for a long time. A great way to rid stand-by folks is to do something very similar to Far Cry. It detects if a person is having a faulty connection, and boots them if it gets bad. If people have ISP connections that are that bad, they need a new ISP, because they are hurting everyone’s fun factor. Besides, how many people have that problem anyways? Speaking of fun factor, This may be off the topic, but one thing that can make a game playable for ever is the ability to create/customize stuff. Gamers are like noob game designers. All they want to do is make there own stuff and play it, and have fun. Look at Far Cry. Its simple editor is extremely cool to use, and even though it is limited on what you can put down, players have learned to be creative around it. If Bungie was to Create a Map editor for there new game, it would be a Big hit. Best of all, you could do it Far Cry style, make the players Share the map P2P. Again, no extra cost, and you continue the fun factor, and making it a even better game. Plus you get the kicks of seeing some really creative maps that your fans made from your creation. The lunging system in halo 2 was…. Frustrating; granted, it is one of the most sophisticated melee systems of any video game. For example, if one has the Brute Shot, and he runs at a person, aiming at the head, and moves his controller to the left a little at the exact same time as he punches, it’s an instant kill. The game itself is all about position, and timing. On LAN, you can see how good it is. Sadly, online, lag has a tole on it, and thus, sometimes it does things that should not happen. (2 people standing, 1 punching, and not hitting them.) Also, the idea of flying seems fun, but unrealistic, and sometimes annoying, especially when you fall off a cliff. >_< Wow, that’s all I can think of now. (That I hear people talk about all the time, and things that most don’t notice unless they have a trained eye.) Over all, Halo 2 is a great game. Granted, you may hear folks saying it was not as good as halo 1, but that is because (what a some people think, but not all) of the story. Halo 2 strips Halo 1’s MP in my opinion. You may wonder why I do this, but the answer is simple, I care. I care enough about this Company, and believe it or not in its people, as well as the fans. I thought by stating some of the obvious, and some not so obvious, it might help some of the most talented game designers make an even better game. -Aktins Diet PS: Please bring in sprinting. It really makes FPS fun. :) Now to the Update: WOW, that was really cool! I never expected it to look that good. Damn those guys are something. The music was a little over the top though I thought. But I have confidence that Marty will pull through, because his music is always excellent. Maybe its an example of what direction he is heading? And what of the Arbiter? What of the flood? God I hope there is a lot of flood. I love them. I also want to ride the dinos:) *sigh* that sucks that it is the last one. Damn you Bungie. Well, I guess the map editor is even more important then! Oh, and Please show the demo. Or at least some pics of the Ships! -Aktins Diet Edit: I change my mind on the music. I guess I did not "feel" it cause it was so alien. But now it feels right.... Thought I might let you know. Good job Marty. [/quote] wow that guy just wrote an essay to Bungie about Halo 3........... omfg..... give it to your english teacher![/quote] stop being emo. he can type an essay if he likes. calm down. get life... and in the end. Why do you care? =/ good day

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Is there a shorter version of that for us to read. LIKE A SUMMARY OR A TRAILER CAUSE THAT THING IS FLIPPIN LONG AS LONG AS A MOVIE PERHAPS. as the good ol ali gee says " booyashaka keep it real " so do it keep it real AND SHORT. heh heh PS THAT WAS FOR THE GUY WHO WROTE THE ESSAY [Edited on 5/12/2006]

haha i just found something out, i had looked in the update a couple of minutes after it came out and it said something about the arbiter and other characters that led to clues like one of the answers being that the banshee pilots would be revealed but i just read it again and those Q and A's are missing hmmmm?? coincidence i think the spartans are coming bacl :D

hmmmmm WHY DID BUNGIE told us that halo 3 is coming out until 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! people are gonna be so anxious

is the halo movie just on the all the games combined or is it a trilogy af movies

i like how bungie thinks some of the forum freaks arer emo they probably atempt a nother siucide if they find out about this dont read it emos dont read it

Waz sup 360 is right. Cortana soley saying that would make no sense. Gravemind is definately using her to make transmissions. "I know you, your past, your future" this is gravemind talking about how he knows of the human's Forerunner past, and he knows the way it will turn out again. "This is the way the world ends". I think Gravemind is going to have a very deep role in the plot. Possibly makes his way to earth somehow? But beside all this, the thing that realy interests me is how it seems the Covenant in the trailer have uncovered the arc, and have just activated it. Then followed by "this is the way the world ends" My idea of this is.... That this is actually the end of the game they are showing, but when u play the game, it will start totally differently to this. Possibly with Chief in the forerunner ship. Maybe Gravemind is showing an image of what "may" happen if the covenant succeed. Ah well who really knows?

Yes Frankie!! Great Update! But I say You guys should stop answering any questions about Halo 3, Screw what anybody says you guys do what you do best. AND PEOPLE!!! COME ON!! we have a year to wait for this game stop torturing yourselves by asking questions that Bungie Can't answer!! Give them some Flippin Room!! Believe me I Was Ready to Bust a Nutt when I saw the Trailer too and I'm Sorry for those of you trying to Figure the whole game out a year before its release!! but GOOD LORD!!!! JUST WAIT!!!! Bungie you Kick Ass!!!

No. Don't wait, people. The sooner we all stop waiting, the... later it will be.. there. Okay. NOW the focus is on those lines since Frankie so kindly and clearly enunciated each syllable for us. And does Cortana look more like Miranda Keyes than she did in Halo 2?