Podtacular: The Unofficial Halo Universe Podcast

Podtacular Episode 123: New Halo 3 Hotness
for the week of August 6th, 2007

(hosts Foo Mo Jive, JVB, the2cheat)

introductions

TO COVER

My biggest surprise? The gravity hammer. After seeing Tartarus use it in
Halo 2, I wanted to try it out for myself. And now that it’s confirmed
Halo 3 is going to be Super Special Awesome! Imagine what you can do: Vehicle baseball (get to that in a minute), grenade tennis, and much
more. Now for Vehicle Baseball:

Ingredients:
Pitcher: Nothing but a mongoose and a man-cannon (not exactly equipment,
but oh well)
Batter has: Gravity Hammer, increased speed
People out in the field: Nothing there job is to die, er, I mean, “catch”
the mongoose
People guarding the bases: Plasma Grenades
Plates: Anything stationary (crates, turrets, whatever as long as it
doesn’t move)

How it’s played:
Take a gravity, a mongoose, and the man-cannon!. The Catcher has the
crap-tacular job of trying to get killed, or splattered, by the mongoose,
but if he gets killed that counts as an out and the batter has to go sit
out. Also, since you can’t pick-up vehicles, the guy’s on the field and at
the bases have to stick the batter as he’s running. If he dies, he’s out.
For the bases you would have something stationary like a box or a turret.
Other than that, just follow the normal baseball rules!

WOOOOHOO online co-op my dream come true! Its gonna be sweet!!!! Also, the
gravity hammer will make for some fun custom games. Halo 3 FTW!!!

I knew bungie was having problems implementing online co-op, so its a big
relief that they managed to put it in the game. What’s even better is that
they made co-op up to 4 players! Take that Gears of War! Halo 3 keeps
sounding better and better!

Wow OMG! all the new stuff is ossom. it makes me want to go sell my xbox
one for money tword a 360 right now. With the coop on legendary if one
person dies will you go back to the last checkpoint like H2?

O mah Jebuz.
The first thing I thought when I heard of Forge (since I’m reading the
final Harry Potter book) was HOGWARTS. If we can save grouped items with
it and still edit, I could see myself making one for a large map (like
Valhalla or Sandtrap).
Yeah, and mazes galore. Imagine being launched by the mancannon straight
into the center of a maze, you have to get to the exit before the
juggernaut players kill you.
The Elephant is a behemoth. It looks like a drastic new idea, but
implimented into the asthetic so well. Depending on the speed, it can
change Skirmish games so much.
A quick question, but can they be driven?
And finally, I just heard about the 4 player online co-op. Its simply
amazing Bungie listened to our cries and put it in the game. There will
undoubtedly be some great Tales from the Foxhole stories submitted.
Thanks for reading this out guys.

Omg there are so many great games coming out in fall and winter. For me
this is a problem because these opportunities for great games are coming
all at once. And I am having a hard time coming up with money and time for
all of them.

Which of the many great games will you guys get this season if you run low
on cash?

ZEA OEH EMM GEA HALO 3!
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When I heard the news of four player co-op, I jumped out of my seat. This
is somewhat impossible, as I was lying flat on my back. But I did so
anyway. Anyways, this is going to make Halo 3. Halo 1 had co-op. Halo 2
had online. Halo 3 adds both of these concepts in a bundle of awesome that
compels me to buy the Legendary Edition on launch day.

hey guys! I think the 4 player online co-op is awesome. also, the elite
armors are awesome and azaming! no typo intended.to all the people who
think elites are stupid, i say “Shut the stuff up!”

hey podtac its daboog and let me say wow.

theres just to much stuff to handle.
but I can imagen some awsome wars and machinama with that elephant thing.

Well with this wealth of info ive got some things to say.
ARGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! i cant wait till halo 3. but anyway. With the dual
weild shotguns i wonder if it will be good against flood. is it better
than regular shotgun? But a dual wieldable shotgun is wierd cuz of two
things, if its pump action how does it work wit two and how will reloading
work with two?

Gravity hammer is gonna totally change multiplayer slayer fights. If you
just handle one of these things you will completly own close range. but i
wonder if it moves bubble shield?

The brute chopper is gonne be good for splatters but against a ghost it
would prolly lose in a shoot out.

The hornet sounds cool, but most peeps will prolly wonder if it will be
good against the banshee? is there more than one person? and of course
brings out a big question like is the pelican or something big like that
gonna be able to fly?

Troop carrier will do exactly what it names says: carry troops. if you see
a rocket in multiplayer i think it will be like a killtac for the enemy.

holy crud a moving base !!! twelve peeps so is that a confermation of
12v12 battles? is it destroyable. More than one pilot/driver? what are the
spots and does everyone fight or is thier passengers?

Dude 4 player co op. does that mean more spartans !!! WOO HOO! or elites
:(. dude im looking forward to play co op with some friends from
podtacular and non podtacular. ITs gonna be sweet, but a lil unfair if its
on easy. so on legendary it will be a lot easier.

for the forging and meta well all i got to say is AWESOME!

shout out to sgo lonewarrior and pod rec d

Wow…. When I heard about all of this new halo 3 stuff I was amazed.
First, the mauler. I think it is cool that there is going to be a daul
wieldable shot gun, but I heard that one shot gun is going to be half the
fower of the regular shotgun, but it will still be coool to try it out.
Next is the gravity hammer, and holy crap In halo 2 I got killed so
many times by that thing in the last level and I cant wait to take my6
anger on unsuspecting ang helpless noobs. I think the new brute and human
vehicles will be a huge help in multiplayer in transporting guys to enemy
bases for koth, ctf, bombs, and so on. It will also help in ambushing and
backing up others in need. The new map that was leaked (gaurdian) I think
will be fricking sweet! I loved lockout and Im sure this map will live up
to the expectations of a good small map. I just hope they change the
“elbow” so people arent so vaunerable to enemy fire, especially in ctf. I
havent seen the new elite armour variants, so I cant say anything, other
than I hope thy look different because they are out of the covanent. $
player co op I think will be amazing and really helpfull in difficult
situayions. Ijust hope it isnt to easy and bungie makes the levels
slightly harder so there is still that feeling of a challenge. Finally,
being able to edit maps will be very very cool. If they dont edit the
“elbow out of Guardian, then I can just make the path more hidden and make
a more apealling map to me. htanks for reading my take on the new halo 3
stuff and keep on fragin elbows.., and trucks.

Reaper again, and wow, lots of stuff to talk about this time. Everything
revealed has got me so much more excited that I took the time to pre-order
Halo 3. The Mauler looks like it’s going to be a great edition to
gameplay, and since it’s dual wield-able, then twice the fun! Even though
it’s less powerful then the normal shotgun, who cares? If you have two,
that should hopefully nullify that little predicament there. But one
thing that came across my mind is if you can see the weapons on the armor,
where would he put them? Maybe it’d be on the legs (one on each) or on his
side, like a pistol in a holster.

The Gravity Hammer is definitely the Energy Sword on some type of physical
enhancer, Steroids maybe. If it really can knock away grenades and
vehicles, then that could make for some fun customs. Anyone up for a game
of grenade-ball?

I didn’t hear about the Brute vehicle, but if it’s like the Spectre, then
it’s not going to be used by me, but if it hopefully provides more
firepower then the Spectre, it might be useful.

Finally, the humans have more then two usable vehicles. I was beginning
to wonder how long it would take for Bungie to get something flying, and
it seems not that long. The Hornet should provide for some quick aerial
movements and possibly some type of air battle. Any word on it’s
weaponry? The troop carrier, though, should make base raiding easier,
especially on the huge games. Do I smell 16-on-16?

4 player co-op. Online. Need I say more? Yes, actually. I cannot wait
for this, but one thing is, if the Chief and Arbiter are being used, then
ho are the other players going to be? Other Elites, Marines, Spartans, or
the normal MC “Clone” or Arbiter “Clone”?

Could you guys go into more detail about the Meta thing? I know it’s
basically a competition for things, but what do you get in return? Achievements, more player mods, or what?

FORGE sounds so awesome, I cannot express it’s awesomeness in words. Map
editing should make each game something new, but what type of editing
would it be, just moving weapons locations or building new fortress areas
or filling in certain spots in a base?

The Elephant is going to be awesome. I can imagine people pulling a “300”
by using this and just tearing through the enemy. Although the Elephant
will move very slowly, it won’t stop people from driving around and just
having fun.

The Forge is going to keep Halo alive for A LONG TIME. When people make
games and share when their friends, it is going to be great for the Halo
Franchise.

hey guys wats goin on. so i looked on bungie.net to find out more details
about the online co-op and i found that the first player is master chief,
the second player is tyhe arbiter, and also the third and fourth players
are special warfare elites. i personaly would have liked to have a player
as an odst, but oh well. k well later.

shout out to randomjake, destroy u, and the godtacular group

I would like to know more about the new Elite armour and the moving bases.
I mean that is so cool, a moving base, I think a good game type for that
is a 1 flag CTF match where the flag is on the thing with a “neutral”
player driving it around the map. Think about the strategy that would
involve when there is an constant variable on the terrain and other
things. I just thounght that would be cool and no, I didn’t acually read
the EGM article. Oh and i was right, a while back I made a post about
there being a large troop transporter. Thank you for your time.

hey guys its SGT Corona haven’t posted anything in a while but seen some
pictures by the EGM magazine and i have to say. ITS AWESOME! :). First the
Mauler: My first impressions was that it was some type of grenade launcher
that looked similar to the tear gas grenade launcher from Terminator 2.
Then I found out it was a brute shotgun.Also the fact that was
dual-wieldable. Can’t wait to try it out. Second,”The Almighty” the
Gravity Hammer, I will be hitting spartans like if they were baseballs.
this is gonna be the one weapons everyone is going to want their hands on.
The Hornet: similar to the banshee and by the size of it it could be very
fast and maneuverable. Im not sure if the new passenger warthog will be in
multiplayer because the mongoose sort of replaces it as far as carrying
passengers. But you never know. hmmm. The shield recharger will be useful
in any critical situation, just pop it out and BABAM! your shields will
recharge. Yes! there is a successor to lockout, Guardian or Jub Jub. looks
foresty in away, great for ninja-based gametypes. The biggest Vehicle of
them ALL! the Elephant this thing is colossus, i can see it splattering
vehicles and making spartan sandwiches. Also giving cover for other
teammates. The four player co-op is an awesome feature now instead of
playing heroic by myself, I can go to legendary and play with my
podtacular buddies. The meta-game will change the way we play halo. More
competition, most kills ect. MAP EDITOR! listening to past episodes some
wishes has come true with the Halo 3 Map editor. Now people can map race
tracks, make wacky mazes. The possibilities are endless. Thats all for now
shout outs to everyone at podtacular, Foomojive and JVBizzle nizzle. Keep
on babamin’ Richard Simmons with his endless supplies of Homocide sauce

ever since i have heard of the vihicle “the elephant” and the new mode
“forge” i have been more excited about halo then ever.then a few nights
ago i seen a few pictures of the new map “the guardian” and i am hoping
that it is as good if not better than lockout

i have no doubt that halo3 will be the best game of 2007 and that it will
have the longevity of halo2

I am a little worried about Forge. I would be excited for it, but it seems
that all the little 8 Year old kids will make maps of just rocks or bushes
or warthogs or whatever. Hopefully they will make the map editor bug proof
and make the maps very “light” on the MegaBytes side so load times are not
out of the question. I do not know how Bungie is going to pull this off,
but it is Bungie, so I have a little faith. :)

where can i find some like pictures and articles of this stuff sense i
havnt found any yet

it look like it would be awsome u as master cheif and 3 other elites to
back u is sick and the new looking armor on the elites is nice and if u
seen the pic the back ground is awsome

1. The Brute Mauler would be awesome to dual weild and would definitly be
an advantage for those who like to ambush other players and making them
pay for stealing their Iced Coffee.

2. The Gravity Hammer would be the most picked up weapon on every map. I
think that sucks because it will block your nades and will be the next
Sword. I hope that it will have battery expendage like the sword.

3.New vehicles are always a great addition to Halo. I’ve been exited about
the confirmation of the Hornet! It would make the battle even more intense
than before which also makes ot more strategic with the idea of coming up
with the Troop Carreir Hog.

4.The new spectre will hopefully be better than its cousin the Warthog
because of the new turret and please add more protection to the
passengers.

5.The portable sheild would make a great element in making movies and as a
replacement for the bubble sheild and the shield recharger would be a
little nooby and I leave like that before I go crazy about the
noobtrocity.

6.Hope Gaurdian is a good 1v1 map like Lockout was.

7.The elephant would kinda serve as a territory a little because serving
the fact that Shrine is a fairly large map, your going to need it to
capture the enemy flag.

Keep fragging butt-scratching

1. Maulers, so freakin awsome! My friend who is part of CMT thought of
something similar to it back a few months ago, hmm maybe he has secret
powers hmm I should tell him to think of Cortanas Whore house
adventures..
2. This is gonna be intresting to use in combination with the bubble
shield, if you used it while you were in the shield would it send the
generator flying? anyways I think it’s gonna be sweet
3. No real comment coldn’t really make it out in the scans, but sounds
cool
4. New human vehicles are teh pwnz the extended warthog and the Hornet
sound sweet, can’t wait to drive it in MP
5. Jub-Jub want Gub Gub!
gaurdian looks sweet, can’t wait to play it, maybe it’s a defrosted
Lockout?
5. The elephent sounds cool, and the moving base such a cool Idea
6. with the new look elemnets for the elites I might actually play them
look sweet
7. OH YEAH 4-player co-op can’t wait to play it with all my friends and my
lack of a 360 :( hmm maybe a buy babam a 360 project needs to put into
effect
8. woot now you can really find out if your friend is as good as he says
he his against the flood and I love the all the new stat tracking that
bungie is giving us
9. The Forge Sounds sweet but I don’t know if I’d use considiring I’m more
of a Halo Custom Editon Guy when it comes to the content
10. I have an Idea already called “the Last Stand or not, depends really
on how good you are, I guess” take one of the larger maps, make it like a
Zombie Survival game, (ZOmbie team has Swords and Hammer) Human team
starts with Pistol/AR and has to scrounge aroudn the map in wierd places
for ammo and weapons, during the day you are safe (each segment of time
lasts for 5 minutes) and during the Night the Zombies can hurt you) see
how long you last in this fun game!

In my opinion, I think that Halo 3 is shaping up to be THE
best game of teh century. The new weapons , vehicles, features are all
very cool especially Forge. For anyone who has played Crackdowns “Keys to
the City” will instantly recognize the fun in forge. Imagine putting
fusion cores out like dominoes and igniting them in a huge chain reaction
and thats only scratching the tip of the iceberg. The saved film function
is also very cool since it gives people proof for bragging rights and
provides a deterent for cheaters as a person can save the film and show it
to bungie. The new weapons like the Mauler and the gravity hammer are cool
but I only care about how they are balanced to help prevent another “energy
sword”. Also the new elephant vehicle looks bomb-diggitiy tight. I can
imagine the huge vehicle battles between the elephant and a group of
warthogs. All in all, the only i can say is Game of the Century am
confirmed. Halo 3 FTW

Hey crew this is the Hooligan with my excited speculation on the new Halo 3
awesomeness. There’s so much to say, I’ll try to keep it concise. not to
mention there’ll probably be enough info and submissions for another cool
2-part show.

-Mauler! Everybody who asked for a Covy shotgun has gotten their wish. It probably doesn’t use plasma, but most likely spike like most other
Brute weapons. Dual-wieldable? yeah, this probably means it’s not too
powerful, but it should be a very valuable addition to the arsenal.

-Gravity Hammer! not much to say but BONUS.

-the Prowler looks like it will be fairly differentiated from the Spectre,
probably because of the seating arrangement and the fact that below the
gunner is the typical Brute arrangement of spikes to mutilate enemies
with.

-the Hornet is one of the two new vehicles i’ve been anticipating most
(other being the Chopper) and i don’t see why it won’t be in multiplayer. basically a Banshee alteration.
and the Warthog troop carrier will be sweet mainly in campaign with the
“Death Blossom” arrangement Mr. Creamer mentioned in his interview.

-question: is the portable shield gonna be the Jackal shield? a million
strategies have already been submitted in past shows, so all I have to say
is that it will be yet another awesome piece of excessively useful
equipment. shield recharger should be great, especially if you can use it
on someone else. the flag carrier is being chased by the other team and is
about to die and you throw the thing at him and his shields are revived
while you peg away at the other dudes.

-i’m not sure what to say about Jub-Jub. It’s the Lockout remake, so it
has to be great. as far as i can tell, it’s now in a swamp environment. am i right?

-the Elephant should be fun, but i can’t see the moving base being
incredibly useful unless is moves fast. it would be entertaining to watch
somebody run after the big base with the bomb.
-the Elite armor variants look cool… if i’m an elite, i want to have the
bulky armor of Usze ‘Taham mixed with the ceremonial Arbiter armor.

-and now what we’ve all been waiting for (drumroll please) 4-PLAYER
CO-OP! YAYYYYY! this will be so frickin’ AWESOME!!!!!!!!! can’t
wait. plus in the biography of the younger playable elite, it mentions
that some Elites get married. huh???? that’s strange.

-the meta- game will definitely extend the life of campaign, integrating
teamwork and competition with the epic story of Halo. i can imagine it
being like Gimli and Legolas in Lord of the Rings, keeping score of how
many baddies they kill.

-i still don’t totally understand Forge and even though you guys will
probably explain it, i would like some specifications. please?

-quick suggestion to Bungie: not a big deal, and i’m sure it’s being
considered, but please, when somebody dies in midair (like with a
headshot) and they are actually DEAD, don’t let the death animation have
them flail their arms. they’re dead. i’ve seen plenty of the
arm-flopping in beta videos and i just think it’s unrealistic.

thanks for reading this guys and I hope it was good. keep on mauling
elephants.

p.s. now that Bungie has released so much information, i think it wise for
everybody to not ask for more. we know they won’t explain story, but for
our own sakes, don’t beg for more info. only 2 months till we can
experience it for ourselves. let it go and be patient.

First off I would like to mention that I have not seen the article yet so
if anything I mention is redundant to what’s already been anounced that’s
why.
That being said I think that the brute shotguns are going to take the
place of the needler from Halo2 where one is horribly weak and two is WAY
to powerful.
Moving on to the gravity hammer. this is probably my favourite new weapon
to hear about so far and with the news about what it can do to vehicles I
cant wait to start launching enemys on the ground. although the bad side
of this is I can already hear noobs everywhere yelling “fore!” over and
over again everytime they pick it up.
If the Hornet makes it into multi, which I think it will, my biggest hope
for it is that it hovers, I hated doing those little “bombing runs” with
the Banshee.
The last thing I wanted to say is I think the Elephant will deliver some
great “buhbam” moments.

Keep on fraggin’ trucks.

“Fore!”

Every real Halo fan must have heard about it by now, but I just want some
confirmation that it will be in multiplayer.

Wrap up

Until next time I’m Foo Mo Jive (and this is)