Helioskrill shouldn't be in a REQ pack

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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How many people actually earned Helioskrill, completing the whole Halo series (except Halo wars 1-2, and Reach I think. . .I don’t have Helioskril. . .yet.) Helioskrill used to be a sign of talent, skill, proof of dedication to Halo. Now, its noob gear. Allow me to explain.

As of Halo 5, REQ packs were introduced. A whole new system of ways to get armor, weapon camos, emblems, some people thought it was cool, but many others didn’t. It was annoying for people who started with the old Halo games, earning your armor instead of. . .well. . .pay to win technically. REQ Points are a currency we use to buy REQ Packs, which we use to get. . .well. . .you know. . .gear. But in some cases, you can use REAL money to get REQ packs, which quite a few people are guilty of doing. I didn’t mind REQ’s at first, it seemed fine, just a change from the old Halo games, until. . .You could get Helioskrill from a normal REQ pack (Gold or higher.) WHAT THE HECK 343?! Ok ok ok. . .Allow me to explain what they were thinking. Helioskrill is very, very, very, VERY hard to get. 343 knew there were people out there, who didn’t have it, or couldn’t get it because they weren’t good enough to complete ALL campaigns on LEGENDARY. So it is good that they sympathize for people who can’t get it right? WRONG. As some people may not have been able to get it, there are PLENTY of people who can get it, or did get it. This gear USED to show skill, ability to do something good, these players were amazing, far better then me or many others will ever be. But now its in REQ packs, there are noobs running around in it, thinking that when they wear this gear, they will play so much better! Oh guess what. Lowest K/D, and their whole team loses. Now don’t get me wrong, there are people who run Helioskrill, and are absolute BEASTS! But now, this set means nothing, because 343 added it to a freakin’ gold pack. All in all, those of you that earned it, good job! Those of you that bought it, no applause for you. If you agree with this, please reply your thoughts. If your a person that got Helioskrill from a REQ pack here to argue and say your K/D raised by .01 with Helioskrill, I don’t want to hear about it.
-THE500THWARLOCK

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It’s still hard to get Helioskrill through gold packs if u haven’t completed the silver to gold method, even though I finished the method a month ago and I’m SR 107 and I still haven’t got it yet.

Some of us don’t have MCC but I guess 343 wanted to make it fair by adding Helioskrill to the req pool. But since u call it “noob gear” u can’t expect a low level Spartan to get Helioskrill instantly by opening 10 or 30 gold packs, because of all that common, uncommon, and rare armor they have to unlock to increase their chances of getting some Legendary armor. It’s gonna take a long time.

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Helioskrill still takes a long time/money to unlock. The req packs are weighted to give you the lowest rating possible. It is also the reason why people say buy bronze to get all the commons so Silvers will only give you Uncommons/rares. Silvers will give you a lot more common unlocks than the others. Same with Gold Packs if you don’t have all uncommons/rares unlocked. The system has some sort of progression system but it is also based off luck.
Mythics are weighted to be the last things to unlock per rarities. I had a few mythic pulls from gold packs. It was just a few. Friends had similar experiences.
And the real money thing gives the same drop rate. So it cost thousands of US dollars just to get everything from gold packs without buying silvers. I doubt anybody will pay that much. The armor still shows time spent into the game regardless, so they probably have a high skill level if they got it from the req packs.
The variants have the same droprates as non mythics so I might see your point.
Also PvE skill doesn’t equal PvP skill. There is so much trail and error for beating Halo games on legendary, PvP is all about predicting player map movements and tactics. PvE may be hard but it is more of taking advantage of the AI’s faults. That’s how all of the games play out.

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I dont really see it as a sign of talent when i only got it because i beat CE with bandana, 2 with scarab and 3/4 coop. Granted, theyve taken away the ability to use cheat skulls now but still. Ive also only worn it for one match because i think its very ugly.

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Yeah, I think we’ve been over this a few times…

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While I can agree it should have never been added to the req pool, they probably did it because so many would come here crying about how MCC is “broken” they can’t get it… I can proudly say I earned it but I won’t wear it since it’s just another req armor now.

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> While I can agree it should have never been added to the req pool, they probably did it because so many would come here crying about how MCC is “broken” they can’t get it… I can proudly say I earned it but I won’t wear it since it’s just another req armor now.

Let’s hope that they don’t make the Achilles (or even Challenger) as normal items. People would riot.

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> > While I can agree it should have never been added to the req pool, they probably did it because so many would come here crying about how MCC is “broken” they can’t get it… I can proudly say I earned it but I won’t wear it since it’s just another req armor now.
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> Let’s hope that they don’t make the Achilles (or even Challenger) as normal items. People would riot.

I know I definitely would XD

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> > 2533274816788253;6:
> > While I can agree it should have never been added to the req pool, they probably did it because so many would come here crying about how MCC is “broken” they can’t get it… I can proudly say I earned it but I won’t wear it since it’s just another req armor now.
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> Let’s hope that they don’t make the Achilles (or even Challenger) as normal items. People would riot.

I hope they do since they did it to sticker shock… may as well have everything in the req pool at this point.

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> > While I can agree it should have never been added to the req pool, they probably did it because so many would come here crying about how MCC is “broken” they can’t get it… I can proudly say I earned it but I won’t wear it since it’s just another req armor now.
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> Let’s hope that they don’t make the Achilles (or even Challenger) as normal items. People would riot.

This is a statement I agree with. But I don’t think they will, they hopefully know their mistakes, making Helioskrill a REQ wasn’t very smart, as I said in the first thing, people earned it. It would be stupid to change another thing people worked hard on getting, then turning it into an item that go’s into the REQ pool, with a chance to drop from silver or gold packs (silver cause once you get every common-rare unlock, you will start getting ultra rares-mythics.)

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The YouTuber Trypal explains why the Helioskrill helmet (really goes for the armor too) is noob gear. Here’s a link if anyone wants to watch it. Top 5 NOOB HELMETS In Halo 5: Guardians - YouTube
Edit- realized you can’t click on it, so just copy and paste it if you plan on watching it.

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> > > 2533274816788253;6:
> > > While I can agree it should have never been added to the req pool, they probably did it because so many would come here crying about how MCC is “broken” they can’t get it… I can proudly say I earned it but I won’t wear it since it’s just another req armor now.
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> > Let’s hope that they don’t make the Achilles (or even Challenger) as normal items. People would riot.
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> This is a statement I agree with. But I don’t think they will, they hopefully know their mistakes, making Helioskrill a REQ wasn’t very smart, as I said in the first thing, people earned it. It would be stupid to change another thing people worked hard on getting, then turning it into an item that go’s into the REQ pool, with a chance to drop from silver or gold packs (silver cause once you get every common-rare unlock, you will start getting ultra rares-mythics.)

you get most of the mythics after you unlock all of the other reqs. its weighted

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> The YouTuber Trypal explains why the Helioskrill helmet (really goes for the armor too) is noob gear. Here’s a link if anyone wants to watch it. Top 5 NOOB HELMETS In Halo 5: Guardians - YouTube
> Edit- realized you can’t click on it, so just copy and paste it if you plan on watching it.

click this. btw that lead to a countdown vid. Is that really want you wanted to show? Its not even in the right time slot. This is where the host starts talking about Helioskrill

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> > The YouTuber Trypal explains why the Helioskrill helmet (really goes for the armor too) is noob gear. Here’s a link if anyone wants to watch it. Top 5 NOOB HELMETS In Halo 5: Guardians - YouTube
> > Edit- realized you can’t click on it, so just copy and paste it if you plan on watching it.
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> click this. btw that lead to a countdown vid. Is that really want you wanted to show? Its not even in the right time slot. This is where the host starts talking about Helioskrill

that was it, thanks!

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> 2535434983195984;11:
> The YouTuber Trypal explains why the Helioskrill helmet (really goes for the armor too) is noob gear. Here’s a link if anyone wants to watch it. Top 5 NOOB HELMETS In Halo 5: Guardians - YouTube
> Edit- realized you can’t click on it, so just copy and paste it if you plan on watching it.

Don’t worry bud, I got you covered. :smiley:

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> It’s still hard to get Helioskrill through gold packs if u haven’t completed the silver to gold method, even though I finished the method a month ago and I’m SR 107 and I still haven’t got it yet.
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> Some of us don’t have MCC but I guess 343 wanted to make it fair by adding Helioskrill to the req pool. But since u call it “noob gear” u can’t expect a low level Spartan to get Helioskrill instantly by opening 10 or 30 gold packs, because of all that common, uncommon, and rare armor they have to unlock to increase their chances of getting some Legendary armor. It’s gonna take a long time.

What I meant by “noob gear” was instead of doing the hard work playing the Halo games on Legendary, They just got it from a REQ pack, instead of Legendary campaigns.

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I did I never wear it though it made me sad to see that’s what I got for beating the games on legendary.

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> I did I never wear it though it made me sad to see that’s what I got for beating the games on legendary.

You sadly missed your chance because its in the REQ pool now, and doesn’t mean much anymore :frowning:

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> > I did I never wear it though it made me sad to see that’s what I got for beating the games on legendary.
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> You sadly missed your chance because its in the REQ pool now, and doesn’t mean much anymore :frowning:

I grinded the REQ system to get Helioskrill (and its variants), although I do agree that its significance is practically gone. If anything, you’re better off with one of the Classic Helmets and rocking some sweet setup with that.

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I agree, the Helioskrill shouldn’t be in the REQ pool as it obviously devalues the armour and removes the feeling of accomplishment. At least the Achilles set isn’t dropped into the pool or else people will start flooding the forums and other Halo related social sites saying in anger/disappointment that the armour has completely lost it’s value because it’s in the REQ pool.

Fun fact:

I unlocked the helmet a day before I finish all 4 campaigns in MCC on legendary.