Before you say it yes it is like CoD but I like to say that the way i’m going to explain it would be different and what it should have been in CoD but Halo should take it so it would make some sort of “Uniqueness” to each player in Matchmaking.
I was thinking about 343i trying to implement a Weapon Color/Camo Customizer/Creator. like something that would let us from scratch make a Weapon Camo on the computer or in-game which ever would work best for 343i and put it on our gun to make our weapons unique and different from other peoples guns instead of seeing the same bland Black BR/DMR/Shotgun or Purple Carbine/Needler/Needle Rifle etc.
Say if you took the Weapon Camo Customizer/Creator you would be giving a blank template of a gun your going to Color/Customize they would give you the simple “Spray Brush” and “Paint Brush” to use on your gun and give you the whole “Color Wheel” as well as some Emblems form the game, letters,numbers,logos(Ex:Bungie,Microsoft,343i,MLG,RoosterTeeth,Clan Emblem,Clan Name, etc…) and once you finish it you can use a 3D Viewer to see your gun from all sides and see if it looks good and suits you.
I don’t thats what i’ve been lookiong for in a game instead of some random set of camos like the following:
Digital
Blue Tiger
Red Tiger
Autumn Camo
Canadian Digital
Navy Tiger Stripes
stuff like that. I’d like to see some variety and flashy designs from people in the community either representing their pride on their gun or the Clan. Would be nice to see.
Anyone else think 343i should do this?(Highly doubt it’ll ever happen…)
EDIT: In Multiplayer maybe in FFA and Social Playlist Gametypes your gun would look the way you customized it and in some certain gametypes like TS,TD,TSwat, and TSnipers would have the Red and Blue Camo only guns for the teams.
it would be ok for sometehing like forge or for team games where the gun colour represents the team, but for most other games having custom colour guns would mean that the gun would change colour from what it was on the ground, but cool idea 
> it would be ok for sometehing like forge or for team games where the gun colour represents the team, but for most other games having custom colour guns would mean that the gun would change colour from what it was on the ground, but cool idea
yeah i’ve been thinking about this today while playing CoD. Thought i’d share my Halo 4 idea here on the forums (:
Kind of like the way Forza does their car customizations? I could see it working, not sure how the rest of the community would feel about it. I think it would be cool.
Would the camos show up of the gun was used by them only? Or would they have to die with the weapon in order for the camo to carry over to the next person who picks it up?
Also, I can see this turning in to Black Ops emblems issue… Male genitalia. Male genitalia everywhere.
> Kind of like the way Forza does their car customizations? I could see it working, not sure how the rest of the community would feel about it. I think it would be cool.
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> Would the camos show up of the gun was used by them only? Or would they have to die with the weapon in order for the camo to carry over to the next person who picks it up?
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> Also, I can see this turning in to Black Ops emblems issue… Male genitalia. Male genitalia everywhere.
I’d be kinda CoD style if somebody have a Blue M4 and died and a person whos running out of ammo picked it up it would be still be Blue. but i’d see this turning into Blue Team having Blue Weapons and Red Team having Red Weapons while FFA type games have the custom colored guns. but yeah the Black Ops issue would happen for sure forgot about that… 
hopefully if 343i took it they would find a Fail-Safe for the genitalia and 18+ type Emblems those immature people would try to put. or we as a community could report them and have the mightiest banhammer of all Gaming Communities raain down on those inappropriate players as always.
No, I don’t want to hold somebody’s pink colored Battle Rifle. The original look good already on their own. 343i has already redesigned the guns and have added a few colors such as gray and orange. Now, if this was Halo 3, which had weapons that I thought looked bland, I would be open to this suggestion.
> No, I don’t want to hold somebody’s pink colored Battle Rifle. The original look good already on their own. 343i has already redesigned the guns and have added a few colors such as gray and orange. Now, if this was Halo 3, which had weapons that I thought looked bland, I would be open to this suggestion.
Its ok (: All opinions are good.
> > Kind of like the way Forza does their car customizations? I could see it working, not sure how the rest of the community would feel about it. I think it would be cool.
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> > Would the camos show up of the gun was used by them only? Or would they have to die with the weapon in order for the camo to carry over to the next person who picks it up?
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> > Also, I can see this turning in to Black Ops emblems issue… Male genitalia. Male genitalia everywhere.
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> I’d be kinda CoD style if somebody have a Blue M4 and died and a person whos running out of ammo picked it up it would be still be Blue. but i’d see this turning into Blue Team having Blue Weapons and Red Team having Red Weapons while FFA type games have the custom colored guns. but yeah the Black Ops issue would happen for sure forgot about that… hopefully if 343i took it they would find a Fail-Safe for the genitalia and 18+ type Emblems those immature people would try to put. or we as a community could report them and have the mightiest banhammer of all Gaming Communities raain down on those inappropriate players as always.
I hadn’t thought of this, we do have quite the banhammer. I think 343i could keep it under control. I approve of this. I still think a designer like Forza does for cars would be cool too. 
> No, I don’t want to hold somebody’s pink colored Battle Rifle. The original look good already on their own. 343i has already redesigned the guns and have added a few colors such as gray and orange. Now, if this was Halo 3, which had weapons that I thought looked bland, I would be open to this suggestion.
Maybe it could have a client side switch where each player could turn it off if they don’t want to see it? Everyone else that has it switched on could see it, but players with it switched off could see normal weapons at all times.
> Maybe it could have a client side switch where each player could turn it off if they don’t want to see it? Everyone else that has it switched on could see it, but players with it switched off could see normal weapons at all times.
Just saying, but we already have visual proof that weapons will be customizable. A brown Spartan IV was showcased in a series of previously leaked pictures from a couple of weeks ago, and he was holding a matching brown BR.
> Just saying, but we already have visual proof that weapons will be customizable. A brown Spartan IV was showcased in a series of previously leaked pictures from a couple of weeks ago, and he was holding a matching brown BR.
ahh.
No thank you.
However…
I think it would be great if you’ve played previous Halo’s you the model certain guns.
Example;
Having played Reach you could equip the Reach skin for the Assault Rifle.
Or if you’ve played H3 have the skin for the Battle Rifle from H3.
Kind of like the nameplates in Reach, but something where you actually have more recognition then just a logo.
> Just saying, but we already have visual proof that weapons will be customizable. A brown Spartan IV was showcased in a series of previously leaked pictures from a couple of weeks ago, and he was holding a matching brown BR.
Link?
I’m okay with it showing the emblem, that would be cool, but no. Other than that, no.
Honestly, while its a good idea, i just couldnt stand it.
Maybe forge/custom games and spartan ops?
> No thank you.
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> I think it would be great if you’ve played previous Halo’s you the model certain guns.
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> Having played Reach you could equip the Reach skin for the Assault Rifle.
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> Or if you’ve played H3 have the skin for the Battle Rifle from H3.
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> Kind of like the nameplates in Reach, but something where you actually have more recognition then just a logo.
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> > Just saying, but we already have visual proof that weapons will be customizable. A brown Spartan IV was showcased in a series of previously leaked pictures from a couple of weeks ago, and he was holding a matching brown BR.
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> Link?
I’d like this. But it shoudl be more than just that. Whatever the replacement for the carbine is this time, you could get the halo 3 carbine skin…
> I’d like this. But it shoudl be more than just that. Whatever the replacement for the carbine is this time, you could get the halo 3 carbine skin…
Yeah, I was just given an example. You could do it with loads of weapons. If pistols and shotguns can be starters then you could use the H3 shotty and the H2 pistol skins as well.
That, or helmet customisations;
If you’ve played Reach you can use the default helmet
If you’ve played H3 you get the Mark 6
Player CEA then you get the Mark 5
H Wars, you get the helmet they wear in that
Something that doesn’t give the player an advantage, but will still look cool and show that you’ve been playing Halo for a while.
Would be great if you could get stuff from H2 as well.
what would be cool is if they change the color of the strip thats on the BR. Like for what color your spartan is. Like if you are green you have a green stripe.
Weapons color customization isn’t necessary in Halo. Besides, if designing that takes away from gameplay design or Spartan Ops for instance then I’m a strong no against color changes on weapons.
Right now I see it as a “meh” kind of thing.
what bout energy sword??? dont think it would work
> what bout energy sword??? dont think it would work
idk would be something like changing the color of the glow on the sword or something like that.