An Open Letter To The Developers: Cores, Coatings and Customization

Games Halo Infinite
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343 Developers,

I have sunk 42 hours into your game thus far, and I must say that for the most part the gameplay has been quite enjoyable. The amount of chaos and random encounters BTB encourages reminds me a bit of Team Fortress 2 and the silliness it allows. That however is not the purpose of this post. As the title implies, and like many other hardcore fans of the franchise, I am not super impressed with the customization options available to the player.

To begin, the cores system is quite restrictive. I had hoped that my blue and yellow Funko coating could be used on all armor, which to my disappointment was not the case. Like many other posters have recommended, I propose that all armors are placed under one core, so the player may have true control over their creative expression.

Going back to the coatings, I was dumbstruck when I discovered that the color customization of the past was stripped away. I propose that you could maintain the current coating system by adding a free coating that can be edited by the player to create a coating consisting of a primary and secondary/ accent color. This would allow you to still monetize the more unique and intricate multi-color coatings while still giving the player-base basic control of their Spartan’s appearance; all without changing the basic color system. I know this is feasible because you have the attachment submenu for the helmets, which you could possible repurpose for my proposed coating.

Thank you for your time. I hope you take my ideas into consideration. I am excited for what you will do next. Also, to the readers that are not employees of 343, feel free to critique my ideas as I am always striving to improve myself and refine my arguments.

Best regards to all,

Jay

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I agree, we need more personalization for our Spartans, I’m tired of seeing the same looks/emblems over and over again.

The only differences you can really tell is which players paid to skip to the end of the pass and the players who are still legitimately grinding for it.

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Thank you for your support, I appreciate it. Is there anything you would change about my two proposals?

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No, I agree with the points you made, we need less restrictive Cores that allow us to interchange all of the armors between the different Cores. And then being able to have two colors to make a unique combination of old or existing armor coatings and even new ones will allow us to further personalize our Spartans to make them feel more fresh.