Halo 5 pre-order promotions...

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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I’m sorry if there’s already a post on this, I tried the waypoint search option and it didn’t return anything.

I just wanted to say that in my mind I think Halo 5 pre-order promotional bonuses (if there are going to be any) should really be limited to one set of unlocks only no matter where you pre-order it.

I’m saying this as a fan who is a completionist when it comes to things like armor/weapon/emblem unlockables etc.

When it came to the Halo 4 pre-order bonuses I really felt like 343i were putting financial deals with retailers above the interests of their fans who like to feel they’ve unlocked everything (especially as all the content shipped on the disc).

I know you can argue it’s nice to have some variety and I realise some people don’t care about such things and that’s fair enough I suppose.

Anyway, please vote for an option and post a reply to let me know what you think. I’d be interested to see if I’m the only one who this sort of thing really bothers.

How I think it should be done:

Like Halo CE Anniversary, there was one main unlockable and that was it:

Grunt Funeral skull

How I don’t think it should be done:

Like Halo 4 where you had had to pre-order from multiple outlets if you wanted to obtain everything (or use eBay):

Hazop FRST (Forest Skin) armor set
Oceanic CRCT (Circuit Skin) armor set
C.I.O. WEB (Web Skin) armor set
Venator RPTR (Raptor Skin) armor set
Gungnir PULS (Pulse Skin) armor set
Deadeye helmet
Locus helmet
Battle Rifle ACT (Arctic Skin) weapon skin
Bonebreaker foreground with Vortex background emblem
Assassin foreground with Chevron background emblem
Bulletproof foreground with Angles background emblem
Spartan foreground with Panels background emblem
Mjolnir foreground with Power background emblem

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What about special editions, like legendary vs. normal, whats your thought on those?

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Id prefer if they had one pre order bonus. But if theyre to have different ines they need to make the others unlockable via playong the game but make this difficult like completeing a cwrtain commendation in master or whatever.

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> What about special editions, like legendary vs. normal, whats your thought on those?

These should stay exclusive since it makes sense to. Just the different pre order bonuses are annoying since people want to mix and match them.

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> What about special editions, like legendary vs. normal, whats your thought on those?

That’s a good question, although a slightly different topic I guess.

I would be inclined to favour various editions as long as:

  1. The more expensive editions included what was unlocked with the cheaper editions, like how the Halo Reach Legendary Edition not only came with the Legendary Armor Effect but also included the unlocks that came with the cheaper Special Edition (e.g. Elite Officer).

  2. The unlocks were not made available to everyone at a later date, as was the case with Halo 4’s Limited Edition, as it negates part of the reason for paying extra for it in the first place.

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though i know it will never happen since its so big now i’d like them to go back to not having any in game bonuses for preorders and limited/collector editions. i’d like to see them do stuff like halsey’s journal, the replica cheif helmet, or the noble team statue instead.