So as of recent the most love Reach has gotten was just a few helmets, one chest piece, and multiple more prosthetics for the chests. This has particularly bothered me given how much love 3 gets, so let’s get into it:
Prosthetic Arm: Yeah I know the chest pieces for them are in one of their passes and all… but let’s be honest, a on/off toggle for the arm would be a LOT easier than looking for the chest piece and choosing the same one that has the prosthetic. A minor thing, but it would be a nice thing to have. But if that can’t be done… at the very least give the other chest pieces prosthetic arm capabilities. I do quite like the ‘EXO/TSCS’ chest piece, but it’s a shame I can’t have the prosthetic with it, so I don’t bother. Same goes with the ‘ASSAULT/COMMANDO’, ‘COLLAR/GRENADIER’ (REGULAR NON UA/R), ‘TACTICAL/LRP’, ‘HP/HALO’, ‘UA/BASE SECURITY & UA/BASE SECURITY [W]’, ‘UA/MULTI-THREAT & UA/MULTI-THREAT[W]’, and the ‘UA/ODST’ chest pieces. Maybe even mirror to the other arm of the spartan, remove the Wrist attachment if need be.
Visors: given how CE and 3 both have new colored and animated visors, surely Reach could get the same visors as well?
Helmets: Yeah I know I complained about too many helmets being added, but, a variant to each and everyone of them in which the Visor was cracked, akin to the ‘DEFIANT’ variant of the MARINER Helmet would be cool. The models are in game given how we see them in the end cutscene of ‘Lone Wolf’, and it would be nice for those whom like their Spartan looking damaged in some way.
Backpacks: I’m aware Reach has backpacks already, in terms of specific chest pieces, but you could work around it. Make the backpacks separate pieces like how they did in 3’s customization. Or at the very least add ‘Jorge’s’ ammo backpack along with Cortana’s canaster as a ‘backpack’ because why not.
Leg customization: A odd thing, I know, but hear me out. In the Campaign, Spartan Jorge has different leg armor to the rest of noble team. Why not give the player the option to have those beefy looking leg armor, might attract those whom like their spartan all buff like. It may just be a two optioned list, but at least the option would still be there for players.
Knee Guards: Give the player the ability to have individual Knee guards on each side. IE ‘GRENADIER’ on the left and ‘FJ/PARA’ on the right or something like that.
Utility: Give the player the ability to have something on their other leg. Spartans are strong ones, I’m sure they can handle the extra weight. Be it ammo or a health kit… cosmetic reasons for the Right Leg.
Wrist: Give the player the ability to have a wrist attachment on the other wrist. And if that can’t be done because of the prosthetic arm, then make it so that they can only have it on that wrist if they don’t have a prosthetic arm on the respective side.
Elites: I’m not asking for additions, but more a way to mix up armor for the Elite’s. If you go between the sets of armor, you’ll see that the tech/under suit of the Elite doesn’t change in model or size, so it theoretically is possible to give the player the option for Elite’s to mix up the armor like they can with the Spartan.
Shoulders: More specifically the ‘SECURITY’ shoulder, give the player an option to put the knife on the left shoulder version of SECURITY. Even if it is a Variant.
Weapon/Vehicle Skins: All the skins really are, are a change of textures. So such additions would be a nice gift to Reach… sides, it would give 343 a excuse to fill up a pass with them.
Female spartan: This is a bug, the armor floats when the female spartan is selected do to the fact the armor is rigged for the male spartan
EXO/TSCS chest piece: I know this is intentional, but I would like it fixed. The knife for this chest piece, instead of being on the chest piece, is floating beneath the spartan’s feet. You can see it there in third-person, even on the shadow in the same spot. So it’s kinda jarring seeing a knife being pulled out of nowhere like Halo 4. So it would be nice for the knife to be move ONTO the chest piece itself
Helmet Attachments: Aside from the prior stated addition, one thing i would like to see is individual attachment changes for the player. For example, the Pilot helmet. It would be wonderful to have the ‘Haunted’ variant without all the other attachments. Or perhaps with the HAZOP helmet. It would be wonderful to have the ‘CNM-I’ attachment without the ‘command network module’ on the side. Just the CNM unit. OR the AIR ASSUALT helmet. It would also be nice to have JUST the ‘Uplink module’ without the side attachment. You get the picture… and yeah I know it would be going away from how OG Reach was, but it would be a nice touch if someone had the given Helmet and all the Attachments for it, give said player the option to mix and match the attachments even if very little.
And that is all. Before you mention it, yes, I’m aware 343’s team has moved over to working on Infinite. But these’re just spit-ball ideas either for the last two seasons of MCC or future updates once 343 return to MCC or put more focus back onto it. They’re looking for feed-back with both Infinite AND MCC, so if you like any of these ideas. Please… let them know!