Halo 3 - New Rank System & Achievements

Okay, so with this update we have a change to the ranking system and a set of new achievements released that allow you to earn up to an extra 750 gamer points, totaling your maximum Halo 3 gamerscore to 1750. Although many of the new achievements are easy to obtain and give you a nice 25-50 points per piece, you cannot obtain them if you do not have the Legendary Map Pack. And no, Bungie has already announced that they will not be releasing the Legendary Map Pack for free, but they have reduced its price from 800 MS Points to 600 MS Points, but you still need to buy an 800 MS Point card, so it doesn't really do much unless you have something to buy that's worth the spare 200 MS Points.

At the moment, assuming you have the Legendary Maps, you can earn a total of 250 Gamerscore Points with the achievements that were released. I myself, have already raked up these points. Most of the achievements are fairly easy to obtain, and many people are willing to "boost"(Players will willfully help you obtain them with the notion that you will do the same for them, a "You scratch my back, I'll scratch your back" kind of thing.) them in the DLC game types. Here's a list of what you can unlock, how to do it, and what playlist is most suitable for unlocking them. All achievements must be completed on Legendary maps and can be done in either ranked or social matches.

Achievement Name (Gamerscore Points) - Unlock Condition [Most Suitable Playlist(s)]
1. Came… From… Behind (50 G) - Get 3 Assassination Kills [DLC FFA/DLC Big Team]
2. Double Double (25 G) - Get 2 Double Kills [DLC FFA/DLC Big Team]
3. Defend This (50 G) - Get 1 Flag Melee Kill [DLC Big Team]
4. Road Rage (25 G) - Get 5 Warthog Chaingun Kills [DLC Big Team]
5. Look Both Ways (50 G) - Get 1 Splatter Spree [DLC FFA/DLC Big Team]
6. Flag Dropped (25 G) - Get 2 Flag Carrier Kills [DLC Big Team]
7. Alas, Poor Yorick (50 G) - Get 3 Oddball Melee Kills [DLC FFA]

And here's the list of Achievements that aren't worth any Gamerscore Points. Rumor has it if you collect all of these, Bungie will reward you with something special. There are some theories that you will get Recon Armor, but that is highly unlikely.

Achievement Name - Unlock Condition
1. Vidmaster Challenge: Annual - After 9/25/08, completed Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.
2. Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch - Get to the rank of Lieutenant in any playlist in the new EXP progression system.
3. Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 - Enter into any ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.

There are more achievements that were released, but they cannot be unlocked yet because they are for the new and unreleased Mythic Map Pack. Hmmmm, why are all these achievements only for Map Packs that cost money? It's a pretty good marketing scheme, they only released achievements for Map Packs that you have to buy. People will now actually have a bigger motif for buying the Map Packs: they can unlock new achievements rather than just get some new maps to play on. And hey, everyone on Xbox Live knows that the bigger your Gamerscore is, the bigger your penis is. And for girls, well, I guess they have bigger boobies depending on their Gamerscore.