As part of their Weekly Update, Bungie has finally addressed the Halo 3 achievements rumor that sprung up during PAX, confirming that 10 new achievements worth an additional 250 Gamerscore will be added to Halo 3 as part of the (newly delayed) September 25th title update. Achievements that are mostly related to the Legendary map pack and a few 0 Gamerscore achievements that are "Vidmaster Challenges". Check the break for the complete list.
BUT there's one glaring mystery that isn't fully addressed, and that's the other mysterious H3 achievements that were photographed during PAX. In their update, Bungie does admit the 10 title update achievements "aren't the only achievements we're adding" but that "there's not a whole lot else we're going to say" regarding the other achievement content. Sneaky. Suspicious. Juicy.
BUT there's one glaring mystery that isn't fully addressed, and that's the other mysterious H3 achievements that were photographed during PAX. In their update, Bungie does admit the 10 title update achievements "aren't the only achievements we're adding" but that "there's not a whole lot else we're going to say" regarding the other achievement content. Sneaky. Suspicious. Juicy.
So, we are guaranteed to get an additional 250 Gamerscore and 10 achievements for Halo 3 later this month, but we're still clueless to when or how Assembly will release, what all that Mythic talk was and why we can't haz Recon. Too many questions and absolutely zero answers.
- Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch (0GS) – Get to the rank of Lieutenant in any playlist in the new EXP progression system.
- Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 (0GS) – Enter into any ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.
- Vidmaster Challenge: Annual (0GS) – After 9/25/08, complete Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.
- Double Double (25GS) – On a Legendary map, get two Double Kills during any ranked or social match.
- Poor Yorick (25GSs) – On a Legendary map, get 3 Oddball melee kills during any ranked or social match.
- Came...From...Behind (50GS) – On a Legendary map, get 3 assassinations during any ranked or social match.
- Defend This (50GS) – On a Legendary map, get a flag melee kill during any ranked or social match.
- Flag Dropped (25GS) – On a Legendary map, get 2 flag carrier kills during any ranked or social match.
- Road Rage (25GS) – On a Legendary map, get 5 Warthog chaingun kills during any ranked or social match.
- Look Both Ways (50GS) – On a Legendary map, get a Splatter Spree during any ranked or social match.
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
9-06-2008 @ 9:31AM
Procris said...
Well, your rank/overal exp won't be changing but each playlist is having its own exp/rank with the next title update. So in theory it'll be very simple to get assuming 1 game = 1 exp. Just play 7 games in a playlist and your good. However i'm not sure if its really 7 games = 7 exp or if its 7 wins = 7 exp.
9-06-2008 @ 9:37AM
Al2x said...
EXP is different than your numbered rank...EXP will never go down. I'm not understanding a few achievements that are being given out (Vidmaster "Annual"? There aren't ghosts in each and every level...). Plus, sucks that I'm just about homing in on 1000gs. Thought I would complete it fully, now I probably won't have the patience to get some of those wacky achievements. (I've got the OCD where if I get anywhere over 700/1000 gs, I gotta get 'em all)
9-06-2008 @ 5:47PM
lynch said...
On the final level of Halo 3 (named "Halo") you can opt not to drive the hogs an instead find four ghosts in a cave. If you complete the level, with iron skull on (you die, everyone goes back to checkpoint. you all die, level restarts) and everyone in the ghosts, you get the achievement.
Sounds pretty tough IMO.
9-06-2008 @ 10:10AM
L4MB said...
this is the type of thing that is going to ultimately give XBL superiority to H3 over COD4. Actually providing new content almost a year after the release. what have we got from IW lately? ONE map pack, and maybe a playlist update. Don't get me wrong, I love COD4, i would just like some love in return. One can only stay in a one-sided relationship so long.
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9-07-2008 @ 4:27PM
Carbonize said...
How is this new content? It's just some additional goals to go for and a lot of the require that you pay Bungie more money just to download a couple of maps (ok maybe it's three). I paid for the maps on Halo 2 when they came out because I played Halo 2 nearly all the time but sorry to say Halo 3 just doesn't grab me in the same way. With what it would cost you to buy every map pack Bungie releases you could just buy a new game.
CoD 5 anyone?
9-06-2008 @ 10:19AM
emirabal said...
Looks like i gotta whip out Halo again
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9-06-2008 @ 10:22AM
T.J. said...
So is it safe to say that if you've already done said tasks to get the achievements, you'll probably have to do them again?
Not that many of those aren't something you may regularly do : two double kills, couple assassinations, etc.
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9-06-2008 @ 10:51AM
Doll said...
As long as I don't have to get them on Lonewolf, all is good.
@mcwattersm; You're an idiot to think that the same rule applies to Halo. I mean that in the nicest possible way. :)
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9-06-2008 @ 11:56AM
Akukami said...
Bleep~bloop! Look at all these achivables!
Seriously though, these actually seem pretty fun and creative. I'm especially happy they got rid of the annoying "only in ranked" requirement for these. This means those who want to work together with friends for it can and those who want to earn it the regular way don't have to wait till once in a blue moon or try there luck at a special weekend.
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9-06-2008 @ 1:53PM
Meekel said...
Check out the last picture. Tagline is "A small, private Bungie Invitational looms on the horizon."
This, leads me to believe, that the canceled E3 announcement will be out soon.
Thoughts?
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9-07-2008 @ 4:28PM
Carbonize said...
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9-08-2008 @ 9:14AM
Gemini Ace said...
The original list added 750 points. That's impossible due to Microsoft's rules for adding gamerscore to a game. So either Bungie cut the list down to 250 or Microsoft is changing the rules again.
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