I like the idea of custom skins but please, for the love of everything that is good, do NOT sell the skins on the xbox live marketplace and only have a few earn-able in game.
Make the skins really hard to get and reward veteran fans like:
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A skin for playing Halo 2/Halo 2 Vista
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A skin for getting every achievement in Halo 3
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A skin for beating Reach on Legendary Solo
Those kind of things. Because that gives the skins PURPOSE and a DESIRE to want to have the. Not just whoever uses their parents credit card the most.
My campaign progress was randomly reset three times so the i just speed ran in on easy so I’d have to go play Reach on legendary again 
What gears of war 3 did do right though was add bots
> What gears of war 3 did do right though was add bots
Gears 2 had that.
OT: I really agree with this post. I still have yet to waste money on that. Which I don’t plan on doing.
> I like the idea of custom skins but please, for the love of everything that is good, do NOT sell the skins on the xbox live marketplace and only have a few earn-able in game.
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> Make the skins really hard to get and reward veteran fans like:
>
> - A skin for playing Halo 2/Halo 2 Vista
>
> - A skin for getting every achievement in Halo 3
>
> - A skin for beating Reach on Legendary Solo
>
> Those kind of things. Because that gives the skins PURPOSE and a DESIRE to want to have the. Not just whoever uses their parents credit card the most.
So your saying ways to get skins without spending money. but if halo 4 is your first game than you would have to buy 3 other games. And chances are a lot of people don’t have Halo 2 or Halo 2 vista
> I like the idea of custom skins but please, for the love of everything that is good, do NOT sell the skins on the xbox live marketplace and only have a few earn-able in game.
>
> Make the skins really hard to get and reward veteran fans like:
>
> - A skin for playing Halo 2/Halo 2 Vista
>
> - A skin for getting every achievement in Halo 3
>
> - A skin for beating Reach on Legendary Solo
>
> Those kind of things. Because that gives the skins PURPOSE and a DESIRE to want to have the. Not just whoever uses their parents credit card the most.
I So Agree With You 100%!
> I like the idea of custom skins but please, for the love of everything that is good, do NOT sell the skins on the xbox live marketplace and only have a few earn-able in game.
Why not?
> Because that gives the skins PURPOSE and a DESIRE to want to have the. Not just whoever uses their parents credit card the most.
Why can’t they have both?
I’d like a challenge. I feel more rewarded working for something and earning it.
You have any idea how many kids paid 3600 sodding spacebucks for the full skin pack on gears 3? Thats the cost of the game over again.
This is why we cant have nice things.
> I like the idea of custom skins but please, for the love of everything that is good, do NOT sell the skins on the xbox live marketplace and only have a few earn-able in game.
>
> Make the skins really hard to get and reward veteran fans like:
>
> - A skin for playing Halo 2/Halo 2 Vista
>
> - A skin for getting every achievement in Halo 3
>
> - A skin for beating Reach on Legendary Solo
>
> Those kind of things. Because that gives the skins PURPOSE and a DESIRE to want to have the. Not just whoever uses their parents credit card the most.
how exactly is this a challenge if people already have the achievements for all these games?
> You have any idea how many kids paid 3600 sodding spacebucks for the full skin pack on gears 3? Thats the cost of the game over again.
>
> This is why we cant have nice things.
Well, the hackers can, and for free to boot.
I certainly hope the skins are unlockable in-game.
While i agree with you on the actual buying parrt. I think though there should be exclusive ones for playing past halo games (CEA, H2, H3, HR, Hbeta’s, ODST, HWARS, Original trilogy CEA,2,3. That would be a good amount (also these are examples)) and then maybe a few that can be bought with spartan points.
This will probably replace the nameplate thing in past halo games.
This allows new players to still customize and it allows Vet’s to show there dedication.
Gears of War 3 was the best game in the series (it actually had a story), but I have to think that things like weapon skins via XBL is a microsoft thing, and it’s up to the developer to add good content, or the cheese. And Epic games brings a lot of cheese (corny). Gears could have got a 10 out of 10 with each game but Epic had no idea how to create a believable universe. Imagine Mass Effect with gears of war controls. Now look back at gears of war 3’s story, not much of a comparison.
I doubt 343i will make that mistake, they know how important Halo is for them. If they drop the ball on Halo 4 what first party game does microsoft have? They need Halo to drive consoles. That’s why they made the Halo dream team at 343i…but who knows? I’m not at the meetings they have with microsoft where they hash out those details but I have hight hopes. As long as they get the stories right I’ll feel good about my purchase.
> So your saying ways to get skins without spending money. but if halo 4 is your first game than you would have to buy 3 other games. And chances are a lot of people don’t have Halo 2 or Halo 2 vista
QFT. I agree with OP too though, about having to pay for skins.
Now you’re just riding the band wagon 343i if you charge for skins. I understand you like money, hell everyone likes money, but doing the same thing as G3 would be a little too much.
If we are getting skins, make them hard to earn, or put them in the DLC. I personally would like to earn them through extremely hard methods in-game. I think this shows who put in time and effort to show off some. I got the Ivory in G3 and the scrandoms who don’t hate seeing my Ivory Gansher. 
Edit: None of that go back and do this on this game nonsense either. I like having games beat 100%, but I want to play Halo 4 when it comes out, not previous titles just for a H4 skin or something.
Agreed. Epic totally screwed up the way skins work. Skins should work like unlockable armor in Halo 3, and/or Armor Effects in Reach. They should be very rare to obtain, and there shouldn’t be too many. I don’t want it to be like camoflauges are in CoD.
Hey Moderator… You don’t get paid enough.
This would be great!
Especially if there was one for completing Halo Wars on Legendary difficulty.
I’d be one of the few to actually have it.
I’d use it all the time!
I third this. I’m guessing skins are going to be the new version of nameplates.