Talk:Halo Waypoint

Eh?
I plan on rewriting this, but first... what is it? It sounds like an RSS feed on steroids.  DavidJCobb  02:33, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Where was it confirmed on Bungie--Paladin cross 11:32, October 21, 2009 (UTC)


 * Essentially. Yes. It is an RSS feed on steroids. GHOST R3V0LV3R 23:09, October 21, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I've written my draft. Since this page is edit-protected, the draft is at UserWiki:DavidJCobb/Halo Waypoint. DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg DavidJCobb  01:16, October 22, 2009 (UTC)


 * I've been editing this page for a bit, mostly just in presentation, and for something that is fairly important, It's in pretty bad shape. Hawk Blade


 * How've you been editing it? Site's only letting me view the page's source 0_o BTW, you can sign your comments on talk page by typing  -- when you save the page, the code is automatically replaced with a link to your userpage and a timestamp. DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg  DavidJCobb  02:04, October 23, 2009 (UTC)


 * I edited it before someone made the source protected.I edited grammar, daily programming (it had an numbered list, and had no spacing which I found hard to read) and I tried to catagorize it, but I didn't know how so I figured I'd leave it to someone else. (btw way, thanks for the signature help) Hawk Blade 22:06, October 27, 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah. I guess we'll have to wait for an admin or other member with access to either lower the protection or examine, decide on, and (if appropriate) implement any proposed edits. BTW you're welcome :D DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg DavidJCobb  00:11, October 28, 2009 (UTC)


 * UserWiki:DavidJCobb/Halo Waypoint  DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg  DavidJCobb  00:17, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

Cost ?
Will Halo Waypoint be free? Baryon15 18:55, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it will be free, I don't know if EVERYTHING on it will be free but most of it will be.. You'll probably need gold to, so It's free in one respect only probably. Hawk Blade 22:53, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

It is free to download, but you have to have Gold to access it, so you can get it with Silver just can't use it Superseastallion 20:55, January 17, 2010 (UTC)

Awards
"The only confirmed award is 'Vehicle Specialist'?" Doesn't anybody read the stuff in the videos?

Here's some more:


 * Explorer
 * Special Weapons
 * Deadliest Unit
 * Joint Service
 * Halo Wars A.R.S.E.
 * Halo 3 ODST A.C.E.R.
 * Halo 3 A.C.E
 * High Rating

Add at your own discrepancy.

Capt. Daget J. Sparrow 22:54, October 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * The entire article's edit-locked. Only admins can edit it, and they're too busy. That's why it doesn't meet standards and doesn't contain the information or images from a recent news article that described some released information on Waypoint. DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg DavidJCobb  01:43, October 31, 2009 (UTC)

Problem with Halo Waypoint
It's not a huge problem, but Halo Waypoint is supposed to track your achievements and progress in all Halo games right? Well, aside from the original xbox halo games, Halo Waypoint is missing one Halo game, Halo 2 PC (aka H2V). It has achievements and everything a normal Halo game would have today. I don't really understand why Halo 2 PC was omitted from Halo Waypoint. But anyways, I thought that should be mentioned in a trivia section of the article or something like that. General Heed 22:47, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Halo Waypoint is an Xbox Exclusive. So, H2V will not be included as it on a different platform.-  5 əb'7 aŋk (7alk ) 22:58, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

How?
How do you get to it? It isn't showing up anywhere on my dashboard (yes, I am a Gold member).-- Enigmatic Mystery in a Cloak    12:21, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

It should appear in several places in the Dashboard, if it's available in your region. When you select it for the fist time, it's a small download, like an Xbox Live Arcade game. When you launch it, it'll scan your various Halo save games, update your progress and unlock various avatar items (shirts, helmets etc). G011um 18:23, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

Bug?
I'm not entirely sure if this is a bug. If you have most of the achievements required to unlock the awards before downloading Waypoint, it says that you still need tore-unlock the already unlocked achievements in order to gain certain awards. Should someone include this bug/glitch in the article? --RadicalEdward2 20:21, November 10, 2009 (UTC)

this has happened with me and i want the rewards do you know how to get them??? liambobjobs

If he knew how, he wouldn't be asking for help would he? ~Enlightment~ ~Fighting Vandalism and Watching Unregistereds~ 06:40, January 4, 2010 (UTC)

I just got the good Samaritan achievement to get ODST Armour and it didn't show up in awards what do I do liambobjobs 5th jan

Red v.s. Blue
On 11-12-09 Halo Waypoint said that on Thursdays they will show Red vs Blue and that they will be on Waypoint for five weeks.I'd put this in but its locked.--Revenger2112 21:24, November 16, 2009 (UTC)

beat(dead_horse);
Isn't Waypoint out already? How can we update the article if editing is still locked?  DavidJCobb  03:15, December 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * I've unlocked it. Hopefully it isn't vandalised to hell by angry fans. --  Administrator  Specops306  -   Qur'a 'Morhek   09:56, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

I don't understand Specops306. How could this page be possibly vandilised by angry fans. wouldn't a more controversial topic's article such as Halo Legends be at a greater risk of being vandilised by angry fans. But as far as I recall that article was never locked. Please enlighten me.--&lt;SCROTE&gt; 19:55, December 4, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. :D I just added the contents of my draft. All that's needed now are sources, the screenshots from that one Halopedia news article, and... I'm not sure what else, but something else. DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg DavidJCobb  00:57, December 3, 2009 (UTC)


 * My point was that there is a lot of hostility out there in the community to the direction Halo is going, and that Halo Waypoint, the most visible outlet of this, might attract unwanted attention. Thankfully, I don't think there had been much of that. --  Administrator  Specops306  -   Qur'a 'Morhek   10:07, January 16, 2010 (UTC)

Silver release
Say, I have a quick question. Has waypoint been released onto Xbox Live Silver memberships, and if so, are all the features on Gold membership on Silver? - Annonomous 9:55, 15 January, 2010 (UTC)

IIRC, Waypoint was only on as a trial for Silver members, then it was changed to Gold-only. I haven't heard any news of it being changed for Silver too. 112 04:08, January 16, 2010 (UTC)

Reach Armor because of Waypoint?
This was something interesting I've been hearing

I've heard from a couple of people that earning milestones and achievements in the other Halo games (all of them adding up in Waypoint) will give you armor variants for Halo Reach

I honestly don't think it's true, but I'm just curious if any of you have heard about this and (if you have) if you can confirm this rumor with an article. 173.49.163.202 22:06, February 25, 2010 (UTC)

Yep it's true mate. You don't need an article because it's on the new Waypoint update now! Pulse003 17:13, September 9, 2010 (UTC)

Unlocks
Will the unlockable armors, avatar things, and awatds automatically be added to you profile if you enter Halo Waypoint for the first time if you have already unlocked the achievements needed? I have most of the achievements, so will it dump all these things on me on my first visit (I can't test because of lack of Gold)? Bioniclepluslotr 21:42, 9 November 2010 (EST)


 * Yes....

Code?
Hey, I'm just wondering if anyone else has something that says "Noble Map pack code 2" Scrolling across the bottom in Waypoint (it comes randomly between friend updates, sometimes several times in a row)? It gives me a 25 digit code (just like the ones for redeem), but when I try and enter it, it says invalid. I don't know if I just made a stupid assumption, am entering it wrong, or it's already used, but if anyone has anymore info on this, I'de appreciate it. Sorry if this is off topic or such, but I like to know if I might not have to wait a week to get the last achievments I need.--LightningQ61 21:45, 30 November 2010 (EST)

Video Transcripts
I realize this would take quite a bit of delegation and coordination (initially) but since we (Halopedia) provide transcripts for nearly every other kind of video (advertising, cutscenes, etc) concerning Halo, I feel we would be remiss in our duty if we did not make transcripts to the videos of Waypoint. Especially when it comes to the history of the Halo Universe, as many details unseen in the games and novels are revealed in these videos. We should not have to fire up Waypoint to search for that specific video in order to confirm information from it. If we made transcripts with hours after the video became available, we could link the transcripts in our references when citing them in other articles. SquirrellyOtter Leave A Message 12:33, 2 January 2011 (EST)
 * Nearly every kind but not all. Though I see the advantage of having transcripts of them in Halopedia, it could be too much for us to actually cover. We had similar operation that concerned with archiving Bungie.net Friday Updates; that operation nearly died and forgotten if it weren't for Dragonclaws. Unless we have a dedicated user who could do such work, I don't see any point of doing it. Again, this is by no means discouraging you to not do it, merely an opinion.-  <font color="#FF4F00">5 əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7 aŋk (<font color="#FF4F00">7alk ) 12:42, 2 January 2011 (EST)


 * I don't think it actually that necessary because everything in the videos can be found in it's own article here in the Halopedia... SGP 01:00, 13 December 2011 (EST)
 * We actually do not have many articles about Waypoint content here.-- Commander  Halofan1234  ( I say   the cabal   does not exist ) 01:02, 13 December 2011 (EST)
 * I mean that for instance a video came out the other day talking about a certain weapon, vehicle, event, etc... all that has it's own article.... SGP 01:06, 13 December 2011 (EST)
 * The weapons have their own article, but most of the time the video doesn't.-- Commander  Halofan1234  ( I say   the cabal   does not exist ) 01:07, 13 December 2011 (EST)
 * That's what I mean, if the weapon has it's own article, why should anyone transcript a video telling all that information.... it would be like a compilation of every article in the wiki in just one... because waypont has quite some encyclopedic look, if you go to the archives... it would be like transcribing a full encyclopedia... SGP 01:12, 13 December 2011 (EST)
 * Usually, the Waypoint videos don't come out with any new information. Why make an article about a video that reveals nothing? pestilence   Phil,  pestilence!  07:14, 13 December 2011 (EST)

At the original poster: We have a policy about referencing ourselves for information. That is why we need to link to outside sources. Vegerot goes RAWR! Vegerot ( talk )  09:19, 13 December 2011 (EST)!

Weird Keyboard Thing
So there's that keyboard on Waypoint that you get when you press "X" at the Home screen, put in the right button combination, put in the hexagonal codes from the Anniversary Terminals, get credits for Reach, etc. It also, once you put in the right codes, has all eleven terminal videos from Anniversary. It's probably worth mentioning in this article, but I'm not sure what to call it besides "weird keyboard thing," and that just doesn't seem technical enough.--CaptainRaspberry 15:54, 19 November 2011 (EST)


 * I also think it should be in this article, so I posted it in trivia, like the terminals article has it in its trivia section, but someone said that it wasn't trivial and undid it.... I wrote: *A bonus Terminal from Halo: Custom Edition Anniversary is unlockable through a secret function accessed in the main menu of the Xbox live version by pressing the X button and inputting the correct left to right sequence of buttons, and then typing the codes that appear at the end of each terminal in Halo CEA.
 * maybe it is not trivial, but definitely should be there.... although it does is trivial because it's a secret function....SGP 00:55, 13 December 2011 (EST)
 * Stuff like that isn't really trivial. If you want to add it to a different section of this article then that would work well. Since the info is important, it's not trivial.-- Commander  Halofan1234  ( I say   the cabal   does not exist ) 01:00, 13 December 2011 (EST)
 * Ok, but then in which section? under "in-game unlockables", with a tittle like bonus unlockable terminal? SGP 01:09, 13 December 2011 (EST)
 * Yes.-- Commander  Halofan1234  ( I say   the cabal   does not exist ) 01:11, 13 December 2011 (EST)
 * I moved your section to "Content" because it was originally in the "Awards" section, and the 11th terminal is more of an easter egg (kinda) than an award. But since this article needs and will be updated, the 11the Terminal paragraph will most likely get a better place. But until then I suggest putting it in the content section. — S331 Bubbleshieldhud.svg(COM • Mission Log • Profile) 01:39, 13 December 2011 (EST)


 * Ok, thanks for that, but I think the final amount (total) makes 107000 Credits, and the terminal just comes with 37000, because that's what it says in the terminal article.... I'm not so sure myself because I didn't count my Credits when I unlocked it....SGP 01:41, 13 December 2011 (EST)

Just to let you know that this article might get locked because of repetitive edits. Please use the preview feature while editing. No one here is in a rush to update the article. — subtank  06:56, 13 December 2011 (EST)