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Dumb question but, do the Rock Band 2 songs that are exported or imported or what ever have key board parts? I saw a lot of my dlc didn't have keyboard parts except for maybe one or two songs.

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 Dumb question but, do the Rock Band 2 songs that are exported or imported or what ever have key board parts? I saw a lot of my dlc didn't have keyboard parts except for maybe one or two songs.

Nope. I think they said they might go back and add keyboard parts to a few tracks here and there (DLC, I mean), but the only "extras" that tracks before RB3 are guaranteed to have are pro drums...and a few have harmonies (Pearl Jam).

The problem I have with this is that there are quite a few songs on the RB3 disc that don't have keyboard parts as it is...so it doesn't really feel like they're showcasing the new instrument very well. They basically had to do that though otherwise you'd get people freaking out going "NEEDS MOAR METALLLLL!!!!!". Billy Joel will help with that, but I really wish that had been their Week 2 DLC to follow The Doors (did we really need Doors repricing to be a special event?). It would have made for a great 1-2 combo to show that keyboard is where it's at.

But right now, I feel like I play 10-15 songs on keyboard and I'm done. They could have been a lot ballsier if they wanted to showcase it. We could have Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Ben Folds, Coldplay, Jack's Mannequin, Stevie Wonder, and a ton of others I'm just not thinking of. I think they just didn't want to rock the boat too much with the disc content. Hopefully all of these artists show up as DLC very soon.

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 Dumb question but, do the Rock Band 2 songs that are exported or imported or what ever have key board parts? I saw a lot of my dlc didn't have keyboard parts except for maybe one or two songs.

The Harmonix songs that were taken out of the Rock Band 2 export (Visions, Night Lies, etc.) will be coming back as free DLC sometime in the future with full pro, harmonies and keys support. Other then that, none of the Rock Band 2 songs will make the cut in getting extra features.

Yes to linking being active!!! This is a really cool feature. Glad to not have a weird gamescore anymore!!!

For those having trouble with the achievement....

Once you successfully link your account, you should be able to see your stats on rockband.com.
All you need to do is exit to the dashboard and reload RB3. It should then connect, find your page and unlock the achievement.

I can't believe none of the 21st Century Breakdown stuff has keys support.

As for linking to RockBand.com I can't even log in right now.

I was able to link although it gave me an error when I tried to log in during the linking process. The error appeared but I was still logged in, it appears to have worked.

No achievement pop up though...I'm sure there's a delay.

Originally Posted by KaneRobot I was able to link although it gave me an error when I tried to log in during the linking process. The error appeared but I was still logged in, it appears to have worked. No achievement pop up though...I'm sure there's a delay.

Exact same thing happened to me with login. As for the achievement, as mentioned above, quit to the dashboard, and reload the game, it popped right away for me after that.

I tried getting my code for linking a week ago, but I can't entirely make out the letters of the code on an SDTV.

WOuld it help if I hooked it up to Component or do i have to do it at a friend's house who has an HDTV?

What happened to the link site on rockband.com

They have a bunch of crap on it now and no link to enter your link code.

I have to agree with keyboard. It seems like you're missing out on a lot of the game by just playing the keyboard. Most of the songs on keys are pretty hard, especially the classic rock, and it seems like you're just playing the same 10-12 songs all the time.

Hey everyone, I'm a "veteran" to this site, but I have neglected going on here.

RB2 was one of my fav games (and i'm 41) and i'm loving RB3 even with all the little differences from RB2.

I don't have the keyboard yet (not really interested in it (see my the BASS in my name? heh), but the wife plays IRL and is kinda wanting it now.

I want to say thanks for the codes for the guitars....very cool.

Now a question, I don't own AC/DC, but if I rented/borrowed that and maybe Green Day would the codes work or are they invalid after they have been used once?

Originally Posted by irratebass Hey everyone, I'm a "veteran" to this site, but I have neglected going on here. RB2 was one of my fav games (and i'm 41) and i'm loving RB3 even with all the little differences from RB2. I don't have the keyboard yet (not really interested in it (see my the BASS in my name? heh), but the wife plays IRL and is kinda wanting it now. I want to say thanks for the codes for the guitars....very cool. Now a question, I don't own AC/DC, but if I rented/borrowed that and maybe Green Day would the codes work or are they invalid after they have been used once?

Yep, both are 1 time use codes, along with almost all the other RB games/track packs, minus RB1, which you just need the disc.

Man, I hate Antibodies. Not a good song to listen to, and the instrument parts are just difficult while not being fun to play.

Dashboard-ed out, went back into RB3...now it just says connecting to Rock Central servers constantly. LOL. Oh well. Whenever it finally does connect I assume I'll get the achievement.

Originally Posted by 2DMention I tried getting my code for linking a week ago, but I can't entirely make out the letters of the code on an SDTV. WOuld it help if I hooked it up to Component or do i have to do it at a friend's house who has an HDTV?

If you don't have an HDTV, hooking it up via component would probably help quite a bit, especially if you're just using composite now. It would still be small but it would be much sharper.

I have to agree with keyboard. It seems like you're missing out on a lot of the game by just playing the keyboard. Most of the songs on keys are pretty hard, especially the classic rock, and it seems like you're just playing the same 10-12 songs all the time.

The value of the keyboard is going to take a while to manifest, and you definitely will have to spend money on DLC to get the most out of it. We've had like 3 years of downloads that didn't include it - there are a ton of back catalog songs that were sort of a missed opportunity, but obviously they are taking keys into account now quite a bit with new DLC releases. It'll probably be that way for the forseeable future.

Hopefully some one can help me out.

I'm doing the Road Challenges and I got enough spades to complete the challenge but can't unlock the next Road Challenge. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I think I saw something about needing more fans. How do I get more? I played through the same Road Challenge a couple times and still don't have enough.

Originally Posted by KaneRobot Dashboard-ed out, went back into RB3...now it just says connecting to Rock Central servers constantly. LOL. Oh well. Whenever it finally does connect I assume I'll get the achievement.

Sorry my tip didn't help ya out man. I got it early this afternoon, right when it first was activated.

Looks like many people are trying to set up accounts this evening and I'm sure HMX is trying their best with the overflow.

No luck for me getting the achievement either. Also I'm having trouble redeeming my rb2 token to download the songs. Gives me an error message.

I think the "Rock Central" servers just crashed or were overloaded. In-game, I couldn't access leaderboards or anything that required access to the servers. I was definitely connected to XBL, just not to "Rock Central." I'm sure it'll straighten out in the next few days.

I Haven't been able to connect to Rock Central servers since day one. So for some reason my friends could see my scores, but I couldn't see shit on my end.

Originally Posted by Trakan Oh shit, after you 5-Star 50 songs on Medium guitar you get the ability to play keys on guitar. Cold as Ice just got that much better. It throws some in' weird ass note combinations at you though. Green/Yellow/Orange and Green/Blue/Orange chords.

Hmm, I am a little confused on how to unlock the guitar charts for use with the keyboard. I am fairly sure I remember reading somewhere that 5-starring 50 songs on guitar on medium (or 3-stars on higher difficulties) would unlock the option. By my count I played 51 songs on guitar all on the hard or expert setting, but nothing popped up to say that I can now keytar it up.

What gives? I do have a few 3 and 4 stars on some of the expert songs. Do I need to go back and 5-star those? Or maybe all the songs have to be from RB3?

Wow, just checkout tattoos for the first time, and they have pretty much botched that. No more arm sleeves, no more stomach tattoos. What. The. , Harmonix?!

Not to mention, they have taken out a decent amount of the art that was in the 2nd game. I just do not understand why on Earth features and content from the 1st two games gets dropped. Especially considering they look at Rock Band as a platform, where there is virtually no reason in owning any version of the game except for the most current release.

Originally Posted by blue_volvo Hmm, I am a little confused on how to unlock the guitar charts for use with the keyboard. I am fairly sure I remember reading somewhere that 5-starring 50 songs on guitar on medium (or 3-stars on higher difficulties) would unlock the option. By my count I played 51 songs on guitar all on the hard or expert setting, but nothing popped up to say that I can now keytar it up. What gives? I do have a few 3 and 4 stars on some of the expert songs. Do I need to go back and 5-star those? Or maybe all the songs have to be from RB3?

Pretty much every goal that has complete X amount of songs all have to be Rock Band 3 songs.