https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nSEzViKCpCurcf-fRI5j3NUBPCjrFYcJ/view?usp=sharing
need i say more?
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ā¦ but they are entirely optional.
Unlike EAās Microtransactions of the 2010s where you had to buy them to get better at the game.
Or Mobile Game Microtransactions where the game was stacked so victory was only possible at a certain point by paying money.
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you do make a fair point
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It would appear that I have a stalker named @Cryptic_Limbo who just loves to award the bait badge on all of my recent posts and not say anything. It is cute to have an admirer I suppose.
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thatās quite odd i would say
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I thought you were saying 343 had produced a pile of crap at first, then I saw it was an ice cream
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Iām like 95% sure heās the one making all the accounts bashing Herm.
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This seems to be the so-called āAAAā industry in general, or more specifically, the live disservice model of doing things. Interesting to note that itās usually the companies that can afford to make that game several times over that add microtransactions, not the starving artists so to speak, who have significantly fewer resources and pull in the industry.
At least Halo: Infiniteās Season 1 Battle Pass is decent enough to warrant purchase, but thatās not the high praise 343i are in desperate need of right now.
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Nah thatās the former Ebony_Worshipper, cryptic is most likely someone else, not too much verbiage similarity with the original accounts.
Edit: Upon a little digging, Cryptic_Limbo and Crying_Rambo is most likely Muck_Brown circumventing a ban like Ebony_Worshipper is doing with his alts.
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Making alt-accounts to get around being banned is also a bannable offense, and I see that they really have been cracking down on banning you since you have made this account two hours ago only for it to be suspended within the hour.
As for calling out users?
Iām pretty sure calling out the host of an legion of alt-accounts is something the Mods would like so they can actually ban the host account.
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Bruh, imagine getting this angry over forum posts that he assembles an army of alts to put a āthats baitā emoji on his posts. Then tries to say him calling out the harassment can get him banned, then immediately gets banned for the account being an alt. L
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Iāve had 31 badges from Cryptic_Limbo today. All of which seem to be āThats Baitā and āMissed the Pointā, even on posts that are just fun jokes. Such as how I made a Lord of the Rings joke. You know, since Halos are Rings?
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i doubt so. He responded to one of alt accounts bashing herm in sort of a negative way, but at the same time it seemed like he was being sarcastic at the same time.
https://forums.halowaypoint.com/t/comedic-hermit-dumped-his-pants/502519
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That is terrifyingly accurate.
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Except they arenāt. If you want to gain ANY cosmetics, they are all paywalled. Yes the battlepass is a paywall too.
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Got one from my post about If Servers got Region Locked, annoying like Herms obsession of a Moderator of this site
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Lol they are all optional, as is buying the game, or customizing your Spartan. That doesnāt mean that mtx arenāt a huge problem in the gaming industry, and it doesnāt refute the fact that this game suffers greatly due to the effort theyāve put into the store and mtx.
No there not optional. If I want a specific armour then there is no way to earn it. Blocking content behind a 2nd paywall is not optional. Canāt even use armour that Iāve been using since Halo 1 because of MT. Thatās basically when I said āthe line must be drawn here, no further!ā 
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So you are telling me that the game wonāt let you play at all unless you buy a cosmetic item?
I said that cosmetic purchases are entirely optional.
Plus there are still the free cosmetics one can earn in the events and ultimate challenges.
You donāt NEED to customize your spartan to play the game.
I will say that it is annoying that 90% of the cosmetics are paywall so-far. But you donāt need to change your Spartan to be able to play the game.
I get some people donāt care but for me that was a deal breaker. Had enough of the predatory systems and had enough of the lack of content and Iāve had enough of being lied to about the Watchdog skin. I get some people donāt care about customisation but for me that matters and Iām not going to pretend it doesnāt just because some donāt care. When there is very little to doā¦all itās doing is pushing me to play other games.
Right now the predatory system makes me believe I have no faith in their 10 year plan and Iām not sure I believe in a year plan at the moment due to how badly the population decline is on Steam. Havenāt played in about 2 months and I havenāt cared enough to go back yet.
Havenāt dropped a Halo game this fast since Halo 4. 343i knows they messed up just as bad nearly as BF2042 and yet acting like everything is āfineā despite population on Steam nearly falling to 3k in about 2-3 months from 274k players.
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