Cat Ears in Halo?

[The_Cool_Spoon]

@MAGICALGROGU

I really do not get why anyone cares what someone else is wearing in game?

It is all about consistency. When you drink milk you don’t want it to be chunky. You want an even consistency to it. Thats what we want out of Halo.

Its a bit more in depth here as we want more than just Art Style consistency, we also want an Art Tone that is consistent. Halo armors/cosmetics pre-343 generally trened towards a certain tone (the single exception i can think of is the hearts kill effect from Reach).

This visual style and consistency of Halo is (well was) one of its greatest standout features and what made it so iconic.

@KCD0DGER

But to those of us who see each other in matches, cat ear wearer to cat ear wearer, it’s a similar experience to someone wearing a pride pin.

It’s one of those things that reminds you there’s others like you, and you aren’t alone. I like that. It makes me feel good.

The need to express your unrelated “interests” is taking president over keeping the game cohesive in the way it originally won over so many players. Not a single person is playing Halo because they have cat ears/eagle strike armor etc. At the least they irritate players and at the worst some stop playing because it is disruptive.

Playing Halo made you a part of the Halo community. The desire to segregate into smaller communities with similar political/world views needs to get out of gaming. What brings everyone together in Halo is Halo and you shouldn’t need more than that.

Destroying Halo’s identity so people can show their unrelated “interests” will only hurt Halo. Halo Infinite promised a return to normalcy but some newer cosmetics are breaking that promise. A lot of this is due to the free to play model but some is just done by devs who don’t respect the world/tone/style that was set up by Bungie.

[Sdmblack]

This, given how many commemorative emblems there are now, people can just use them to make their political statement and chat about it after the match, should they be so inclined. The in game armour disrupts the vibes for everyone, while nameplates are already outside of the “reality” of the match. Cat ears just reminds me why I stopped playing Apex Legends after the first Christmas event.

[The_Cool_Spoon]

I would even say the nameplates and emblems are too far. Why even make political statements to people you don’t know? It never changes anyones mind and just causes needless division.