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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

SpacLock said:
3. Halo 3 does not need dedicated servers! I've had one laggy game so far and the rest have been nearly perfect. That's 1 out of 130.
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Only 8 person games though...with 16, it might be a problem.

It doesn't need them, but it would be really nice.

10 opponents could be Slayer. Single slayer. 10 opponents out of 15 adversaries.
 
Y2Kev said:
Only 8 person games though...with 16, it might be a problem.

It doesn't need them, but it would be really nice.
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I forgot about that. In Halo 2 it was hard to get a decent game in big team battle.
 
They're medals. and I dont understand why everyone is so uptight about spoilers, why would someone be angered that they found out about a new weapon or something along those lines before the game came out? They most likely wouldn't be looking on gaf if they didnt want to know every detail about the game.
 
Here's a summary of the unannounced stuff the hackers extracted in the beta. I'm not gonna bother posting the SP stuff... also some of this stuff might be single player stuff (like in halo 2 there was a certain weapon that was only in SP).

New Game Type:
INFECTION (aka "Zombies") - Destroy the Flood or become infected. Score points for killing flood or big points for infecting a human. The player with the most points wins.

Equipment:
- Invincibility (might be overshield)
- Jammer
- Instacover
- Smoke

Weapons:
- Flamethrower
- Fuel Rod Cannon
- Plasma Turret
- Claymore Grenade
- "Hold ... to use Covenant gun tower"

Vehicles:
- VTOL
- Pelican (can now ride & use turret)
- Shadow (drive, ride, turret)
- Mauler (brute ghost)
- Hornet (human answer to the banshee?)
- Brute Chopper
 
joshlee said:
They're medals. and I dont understand why everyone is so uptight about spoilers, why would someone be angered that they found out about a new weapon or something along those lines before the game came out? They most likely wouldn't be looking on gaf if they didnt want to know every detail about the game.
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I know this might shock you, but not everyone shares your definition of spoilers. Some people have already said they don't want to read that stuff. Please show some consideration.

I don't care about MP spoilers, but if there's hints of campaign stuff....

**** it, I'm outta here until this blows over.
 
Medal spoilers are kinda eh. Some of those are insane though, and apparent confirmation of an official
zombie
mode is ****ing sweet.
 
SailorDaravon said:
Medal spoilers are kinda eh. Some of those are insane though, and apparent confirmation of an official
zombie
mode is ****ing sweet.
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We used to play that soo much in the early Halo 2 days.
 
I know this might shock you, but not everyone shares your definition of spoilers. Some people have already said they don't want to read that stuff. Please show some consideration.

I don't care about MP spoilers, but if there's hints of campaign stuff....

**** it, I'm outta here until this blows over.
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Alright, I did so. I changed it to a link to the original word document, so if anyway wants to see it in a more orderly fashion its there.
 
JB1981 said:
WOW.

Maybe that's where that VTOL will come in handy. Awesomeness.

Holding a lot back ain't ya, Bungie?
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yo buddy..I'm gonna add you on my list for xbox live..already have you on my list for PSN.
 
joshlee said:
Alright, I did so. I changed it to a link to the original word document, so if anyway wants to see it in a more orderly fashion its there.
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rod, could you edit out your quote? At least spoiler tag it.

I honestly don't care, but some people do. Thanks.
 
SolidSquirrel said:
This has probably been gone over 6000 times in this thread but...

Exactly what time is the beta coming out? 12:01am Pacific or 5:00am Pacific?
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The countdown and new FAQ say 5:00am Pacific, but for some reason Frankie won't confirm that for us.
 
SolidSquirrel said:
This has probably been gone over 6000 times in this thread but...

Exactly what time is the beta coming out? 12:01am Pacific or 5:00am Pacific?
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The general consensus is currently 5am PST
 
SolidSquirrel said:
This has probably been gone over 6000 times in this thread but...

Exactly what time is the beta coming out? 12:01am Pacific or 5:00am Pacific?
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General consensus is 5 a.m. PDT. But a lot of us are hoping
and figuring
it'll come out sooner.
 
sad as it is, I'm going to set my alarm for 8am (GMT) to see if it's up early, then grab another hour or two of sleep if it's showing up at 1pm as expected.
 
hotsauceiswack said:
Does anyone know of any video of the new needler? I have yet to see it successfully kill someone, but everyone is saying its better.

thanks~
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I don't have a video, but i kill people with only half a needler clip all of the time. It's worth picking up for sure.
 
Eric WK said:
The countdown and new FAQ say 5:00am Pacific, but for some reason Frankie won't confirm that for us.
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Because I am not terribly sure. Also, it is 3:30am here, so I have no idea what time it is etc
 
Glad I skipped a few pages where I left off and instead came straight to this one. I hate spoilers especially for this game.
 
BadAss84 said:
Me too :D

Any UK (or anywhere else, but uk for less lag :p) players here that want to, feel free to add me. My GT is the same as my name here. I've added a few myself as it is.

Can't wait :)

I'm going to die a LOT aren't i ? :lol
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Just curiuos, is your avatar a pic of you ?
 
snoopers said:
Here's the mirror of the Red vs Blue: Halo 3 Beta special episode:

LEECH: http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_3834_en.html
STREAM: http://www.xboxyde.com/stream_3834_en.html

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798_0010.jpg
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:lol

Is this up on the Marketplace yet? I know Major Nelson said it was but I can't find it.
 
hotsauceiswack said:
Does anyone know of any video of the new needler? I have yet to see it successfully kill someone, but everyone is saying its better.

thanks~
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It can literally kill someone in like .5 seconds if the person is in like a straight line from you.
 
Cipher said:
Is this up on the Marketplace yet? I know Major Nelson said it was but I can't find it.
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Yes, I found it under Community Videos or some crap in the UK marletplace. Pretty funny so far, and it really shows off how nice the Spartan models are.
 
The RvsB screenshots look amazing, very good detail on the spartan models.

Also after all the bitching about beta codes in the UK i'm glad I never got in, I got tons of work to do before the 1st and I would fail my course with this beta on my hdd :lol

*edit* haha, nice video, body humping extreme!
 
SpacLock said:
WTF? There's 18,082 people playing in the beta right now. This is the first time i've seen it above 2,000.
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People either getting codes early, or people are working around the system.... Ive never seen more the 3k on this weekend. Maybe I missed something, but... thats a lot of freakin people for friends and family...
 
SpacLock said:
Well the game is wrong then i guess. I'm looking at it right now.

6,022 playing in just team slayer right now. Maybe it's just a glitch.
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Hmm. Well if the game is correct, that Team Slayer number could be accurate.
 
Eric WK said:
Hmm. Well if the game is correct, that Team Slayer number could be accurate.
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This is the first time i've ever seen more than 220 people playing team slayer. It was just a huge jump out of nowhere so either it's a glitch or the beta was like released early.
 
jet1911 said:
Why are the medals under spoiler tags? You don't want the MP spoiled? What?
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Some people, who have yet to even show themselves, are easily spoiled. So other people have said to spoil tag it all.
 
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