I don’t think Armor Core should dictate which helmets you are allowed to equip. Customization is supposed to have the largest suite in Halo history but it will be odd if that suite is full of arbitrary restrictions. Helmets are small and fit on your head so it’s not like they should clip too heavily with the body as I (hope to) imagine all armor cores will have the head well defined in comparison to the torso for a easier to read silhouette and for headshots like in past Halos.
It also doesn’t make sense because there are instances of characters & gear that break this rule like the ODST helmet, or the Mark V helmet.
So, some reasons against this would be:
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The helmets are designed for the core they are attached to. Mixing and matching would cause visual discrepancies. - They can reuse the same helmet over and over again on differing core as individual buyable items. - Armor cores cannot support this feature yet. - Armor cores may be in different art styles (bungie v. 343i style).To which I reply:
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Some helmets in each art style already look wildly different from their contemporaries and sometimes the armor itself. It really wouldn’t look too odd to see someone in the Mark VII core using a Yoroi helmet or vice versa. Player chosen gear can make a big difference in how that player looks meaning if someone wants to wear a smooth helmet and giant shoudler pads with a angular chest piece and look real weird, they still can. The helmet alone does not cause issues. - That would be terrible for the community and the future of the game as item organization + differences between each core will become poor. Which would in turn make the system redundant… - Everyone’s willing to wait for helmets alone to be universal. Not asking for shoulders, gloves, or other small items to be made universal either. Just helmets. - That is already the case with Halo 4’s DLC skins and Halo 3’s Halo online skins in MCC. If it got bad, they could also make a toggle for aesthetic issues with the game. Though in that hypothetical scenario universal helmet choices would be the least prominent issue causing that. tl;dr: pls let use air assault on mark vii or my friend will be sad.