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09-08-2008, 11:24 AM
As previously rumored (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63008), Bungie has now officially announced (http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=15422) that Halo 3 will be getting new multiplayer achievements.

Inevitably, this will be blown out of context, misread and misunderstood, but let’s do it anyway.

For a number of reasons ranging from obvious to sublime, Title Update 2 (which is the new, hip, Xbox 360-version way of saying “Auto Update” or “Patch”), introduces new Achievements to Halo 3. Last weekend at Penny-Arcade Expo we played Assembly on the TU2, which meant that folks would see and buzz about the new achievements. These will be made live when TU2 turns on later this month - the previously announced date may slip a bit closer to the Halo 3 one-year anniversary.

Here’s a look at these achievements which can be earned via the Legendary Maps and Halo 3 Campaign:

Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch (0 points) – Get to the rank of Lieutenant in any playlist in the new EXP progression system.
Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 (0 points) – Enter into any ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.
Vidmaster Challenge: Annual (0 points) – After 9/25/08, complete Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.
Double Double (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get two Double Kills during any ranked or social match.
Poor Yorick (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 3 Oddball melee kills during any ranked or social match.
Came…From…Behind (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get 3 assassinations during any ranked or social match.
Defend This (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get a flag melee kill during any ranked or social match.
Flag Dropped (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 2 flag carrier kills during any ranked or social match.
Road Rage (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 5 Warthog chaingun kills during any ranked or social match.
Look Both Ways (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get a Splatter Spree during any ranked or social match.
As folks have seen, these aren’t the only achievements we’re adding. But without proper context, there’s not a whole lot else we’re going to say. Stay tuned.

NationalKato
09-08-2008, 11:43 AM
Those seem tame compared to some of the MP Achievements from the original game. Which I support. :)

Wyrm
09-08-2008, 12:45 PM
Kind of cool, but I was hoping for something more than some new achievements. The post seems to indicate that they do have something up their sleeve, but I'm betting it's not as cool as I'm hoping for.

I'm pretty much done with Halo 3 online. I've hit a point where I don't think I'm going to get any better, so my rank fluctuates between 33 and 35 in Double Team (which is the only thing I really play these days, because my buddy plays it). We win sometimes, and when our rank goes up, we lose again, and it goes back down. We are consistently matched against godlike players, and then boned repeatedly until we are low enough level to win again, thus repeating the process all over again.

That, and the new maps (the ones which recently became free) were not that impressive to me. I find myself wishing the Halo 1 maps would all come back.

total
09-08-2008, 04:10 PM
0 point achievements are fail. I am looking at you Quake 2.