It’s obvious 343 is taking baby steps in the right direction, however, there are still things I wish to see change in the immediate and the long term for player personalization, maps, and challenge/progression.
In the immediate I would like to see a few things:
-Armor Kits, they did them right with the current season, putting details on the armor only accessible to the portrayed character. If you’re going to have a kit, give it a reason to be set apart. The Halo Reach kits still don’t have that uniqueness all the characters don’t have their personal colors and attachments that set them apart, I shouldn’t be able to build Jun or Carter piece for piece straight from the individual armory.
-Armor attachments for the helmet are miss, for instance the extended cover over the visor is not available on the Commando helmet when you apply the UA piece, likewise with the Mark Vb helmet. Change that.
-Also make it so we can have at least two different helmet attachments and knee pads.
-When it comes to legacy content (aka Halo 3, Reach) that content has to be free. Whether given in exclusive Reach or 3 themed events, challenges or whatever. There should be no pay wall for Legacy content that was earnable in the past. This was a mistake made during Season One’s pass and shouldn’t happen again.
-Weapon/Vehicle skins need to have set price and include all weapons and vehicles for said skin. Tired of seeing one gun be a specific color come with three emblems and be 500 credits. If you make a vehicle or weapon skin, it goes to all the available models in the armory, period. For instance, make an all-gold skin and put it to all guns/vehicles for 200/400 credits. This applies for armor cores too.
Long Term:
No one says we would complain if we got more content. Be it maps, events, etc.
-Some ideas for more content, give us an ODST event and amor core that’ll give us access to Fireteam Raven’s and Buck’s Fireteam’s gear.
-Legacy maps from Halo 3 and Reach, scale to the gameplay of infinite and get it out. No one would be upset at that.
-Separate Challenge Progression from event and weekly. Give us a box that has all event challenges we can complete any time during the ongoing event that is individual to what would be weekly challenges given normally. As to not alienate the player base in having to choose between friends or challenges.
-Pre game and post game lobbies for a more community approach to Halo. With continual search unless cnacelled by player for matchmaking.
-Veto option for map/game type selection for social playlist.
-Obviously the commonly talked about performance based progression.
-An actual roadmap to what is planned and when it will be done by to give the community an idea of where you are taking this game.
-Return to form, hire some military advisors from the Navy/Marines to help bring the Military feel back to this critically acclaimed “military sci fi”.
This concludes my thoughts on what 343i should address going forward. As always feel free to talk in the comments. The more opinions the better.