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?

In a FAQ forum there was a question asking if this was the last halo game, and bungie replied saying this is the last story of the arc. Does this mean there might be a new story making this not necesarilly the last halo game. One more thing does halo 3 connect to the third halo book at all.

I want to know if there are going to be information about the new novels (minus the graphic novel) and how they fit in the new timeline.

why dosent the chief talk?? and does cortana make it off high charity??

I have to thank you guys for announcing Halo3 . Halo was the reason I bought a 360 for Christmas . I was given a copy of Halo 2 as a present . When I finished Halo 2 I just wanted more . My question is will we have access to the Warhog again

i want to know if these a the final graphics.I know they cant get worse but will they get better?

[quote]The landscape you saw is real geometry - the mountains and city in the distance are not a skybox - they are actual geometry that you can go to.[/quote] [quote]The geometry is basically the real geometry you're flying, walking or running to[/quote] [quote]The mountain behind him is Kilimanjaro.[/quote] OMFG! You can climb kilimanjaro in Halo 3!! OMG, i hope i'm not just reading into this too much cus that would be awesome. Imagine it, killing a Brute on the snowy steppes of Kilimanjaro, and watching his body tumble down to the sandy stretches below.... [Edited on 5/13/2006]

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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Kementari [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] STFU

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RockyMonk Man 2 STFU [/quote] Why should he do that? Why [b]would[/b] he do that?` I think his post was great, and you should never ask a person to really shut up "I may disagree with everything you say, but I will die for your right to say it"

I know this didn't directly appear in the update but seeing the new screensaver in the update and remembering the question from the FAQ about chiefs armor perhaps being MarkVII, even if it isnt MarkVII, it is obviously new. I noticed this when comparing the armor in the screensaver to a pic from Halo 2 of Master Chief and there were some easily noticable differences, especially in the ab region and chest plate. I suggest you check it out. I guess that kinda proves that he has at least got new armor, which is most probably MarkVII. [Edited on 5/13/2006]

will there be any other trailers realsed in a short time? Like this year, or so?

i heard, almost a month after halo 2 came out, that there would be a new spartan in the next game.Sapposadly, if you got the limited edition halo 2 there was a letter describing someone who was injured and put in a hospital. Is this truely a new spartan, and if so when will we see him/her?

[quote] Why is the Assault Rifle in there? Who says it's the standard Assault Rifle? Doesn't look identical to me… [/quote] Does That mean that both the Assault Rifle and BR will be appearing in Halo 3? or perhaps a fusion of the two? Because it seems odd that Halo 1 gets the AR and Halo 2 gets the BR but then he is using a slightly diff ver of the AR in Halo 3 again. Also, At the end of Halo 2, he was on the Prophets ship (somewhere) In Earths Orbit. If that Commander (Or whatever) Contacted him when he came into Orbit, and the trailer is after he has landed, does that mean that there are still remanents of the Human Military Force? or at least other Humans? because it seems like the Covenant took control REALLY fast after he just got there. Cant wait till this game comes out, unfortunately im in Japan for the next 10 months (yipee) so at least I wont miss its release date (If i did i think id piss myself)

From a mapper's point of view, how large is the level's x y z size(from one edge to another) in units, if you use units in halo mapping? (1 unit = 1 inch) [Edited on 5/13/2006]

Frankie, how high is the Chief's Angst-o-meter at the time of the trailler? Pretty high, I bet.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DANO555666 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. [/quote] I dont think that would be how the game Ends exactly. In Halo 2, the `Oracle` that the covenant find tells Grieve`s daughter that the rings have gone through `X number simulated and 1 real` Now, even if the forerunners are gone, the covenant and humans are still there. So that means that If they fired it once, (presumably from the Arc on Earth) Sice a civilization appeared (or was still) on Earth, that Earth may not be within the blast radius of the rings. Thus, the people who activate the ring would be able to stay alive, and so Life itself would not cease in the Galaxy. At least thats what I think, but who really knows? Also, Its a total possibility that the Elites have changed sides due to the civil war, considering that those Banshees in the H3 Trailer flew pretty close to Chief, but didnt seem to notice him, or at least not care. The other spartans (some of them) coming back? that would be sweet, and its a possibility the ones on Reach found a way to survive, but that means you would only have a few Spartan allies. Then again, if one can turn the tide of battle, more could turn the tide of the war. Although from the trailer it looks like the war is pretty much over. I hope theres humans left, it would be too depressing to play H3 and realise it was for mere survival, rather than to save at least SOME people.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] draken dragon i heard, almost a month after halo 2 came out, that there would be a new spartan in the next game.Sapposadly, if you got the limited edition halo 2 there was a letter describing someone who was injured and put in a hospital. Is this truely a new spartan, and if so when will we see him/her?[/quote] I think it'd be great to see the other Spartans, like Fred, Will, and Linda (for those readers). But Kelly...no one would get her story if they didn't read the books about how she went with Dr. Halsley.

Frankie, everyone knows that the Master Chief is a player. What kind of fine babes would you find in his harem? [Edited on 5/13/2006]

MC is going to re-populate the world after it's over...I'd laugh my ass off if there was a special scene at the end with MC and Cortana and Cortana says "Betcha can't stick it"...But seriously. Great update. Me friend was in it! Go Trigger Happy... Keep up the good work bungie, and tell marty to get to work on that Song in the Halo 3 Trailer I need it!! =(

I know i missed out on the Q & A on the trailer..but i have a question I was listening to the trailer and i noticed when Cortana was talkin you can hear what seems to sound like the gravemind from halo2 and I thought maybe the gravemind is using cortana to talk to the Chief. At the end of halo2 after the credits they were together and The gravemind wanted to ask questions to cortana...am I Completely off on this or is there some relationship to the gravemind in the announcement trailer...Thanks Keep up the amazing Job

I think bungie, should give us more trailers about the game. I know its supposed to make us more interseted, but i cant wait. Also Halo 3 looks a little dark, is there going to be marines in halo3? I hope so, cuz i cant defeat the covenant myself!

Is there any chance we could be openning up this game on Christmas morning

HDR lighting (whatever that is...) mister cheif = win. that's my new comp. background. [Edited on 5/13/2006]

I have a question is MC finally gonna take off his helmet?

No! What you say is heresy!