Forge Ball/Oracle on Installation 04?

Is there a way to let the forge ball out on installation 04? It shows that you can trade a focus rifle with him, but you can’t actually take it. Anyone know anything more about this guy?

(He’s in the building facing the huge closed door in the mountainside. )

Yeah! I just discovered this myself! Maybe he has the new scarab gun? In the form of a focus rifle?

Can we get a video or screenshot of it?

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We found the same thing today! I made a high quality video with audio tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFCokLAZs_4

Interesting find…

Potentially relevant:
Players in Edit Mode in Reach’s Forge have a Focus Rifle, but cannot use it. Specifically: when a player isn’t host, they may see a Focus Rifle appear for a split-second in the weapons section of their HUD when entering Edit Mode; and if they enter Edit Mode while firing any automatic weapon, they (and only they) see themselves firing a Focus Rifle beam (that doesn’t sync, and doesn’t damage or affect anything) for a split-second.

So this glitch exists in Reach’s Forge and in the new FF map. What I’m wondering is why it exists…

> Is there a way to let the forge ball out on installation 04? It shows that you can trade a focus rifle with him, but you can’t actually take it. Anyone know anything more about this guy?
>
> (He’s in the building facing the huge closed door in the mountainside. )

It’s 343 Guilty Spark, it must be part of some larger easter egg, perhaps if you have a focus rifle you’re able to give it to him. Then he goes and attacks the Covenant