All this promotional skins,like buy snacks,buy energy drink,etc.-Should be available for everyone to purchase in the game store.Cause i don’t even live in the US,how else can i get those skins?
Also Halo 5 reward for 152 should also be buyable for people that haven’t reached the max rank.
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> All this promotional skins,like buy snacks,buy energy drink,etc.-Should be available for everyone to purchase in the game store.Cause i don’t even live in the US,how else can i get those skins?
> Also Halo 5 reward for 152 should also be buyable for people that haven’t reached the max rank.
I guess they could make all the promotional skins from different products available to either earn or purchase in-game. I doubt they would make them available right away if they were going to do that, as that might upset some people who went out to actually buy those products and get codes. I would be down for it sometime down the line.
I do think they should keep the SR 152 reward from Halo 5 as something that you can only get by actually getting to 152. While it does suck that there will be players that won’t be able to get it due to either not grinding Halo 5 enough or simply not having Halo 5 at all, giving out the reward as a purchasable thing would do nothing than invalidate all the grinding that people did do to get such a reward. The skin at that point would basically be worthless and mean nothing when you see someone running around with it equipped. I’m a big proponent of having certain cosmetics be only unlocked through certain achievements, as it creates an incentive for people to try new things and gives players some way to show off cool things that they have done.
They should definitely rotate in those special offer skins down the line, but no way should the halo 5 reward be purchasable. There’s no way I could ever reach 152, but as much as I’d love those coatings, that would be incredibly unfair for someone to just buy one. That brings the value of the coating from legendary to basically worthless
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> > All this promotional skins,like buy snacks,buy energy drink,etc.-Should be available for everyone to purchase in the game store.Cause i don’t even live in the US,how else can i get those skins?
> > Also Halo 5 reward for 152 should also be buyable for people that haven’t reached the max rank.
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> I guess they could make all the promotional skins from different products available to either earn or purchase in-game. I doubt they would make them available right away if they were going to do that, as that might upset some people who went out to actually buy those products and get codes. I would be down for it sometime down the line.
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> I do think they should keep the SR 152 reward from Halo 5 as something that you can only get by actually getting to 152. While it does suck that there will be players that won’t be able to get it due to either not grinding Halo 5 enough or simply not having Halo 5 at all, giving out the reward as a purchasable thing would do nothing than invalidate all the grinding that people did do to get such a reward. The skin at that point would basically be worthless and mean nothing when you see someone running around with it equipped. I’m a big proponent of having certain cosmetics be only unlocked through certain achievements, as it creates an incentive for people to try new things and gives players some way to show off cool things that they have done.
They’ve already started talking about the concept of 'temporally exclusive" items. At least a couple of the promotional items had notes in the Ts&Cs stating 3 months exclusivity or similar so I’d presume all those will be generally available from February onwards.
That said, I think it is important that messaging around that is absolutely clear. The SR152 rewards have been communicated as exclusives and should be kept as such. That said, I have no issue with anything which gets announced as being temporally exclusive only as long as the messaging is clear.
Anything earned via Achievement or Challenge or Gameplay should absolutely locked to those - unless it’s clearly communicated that it’s only for a limited time up front
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> > > All this promotional skins,like buy snacks,buy energy drink,etc.-Should be available for everyone to purchase in the game store.Cause i don’t even live in the US,how else can i get those skins?
> > > Also Halo 5 reward for 152 should also be buyable for people that haven’t reached the max rank.
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> > I guess they could make all the promotional skins from different products available to either earn or purchase in-game. I doubt they would make them available right away if they were going to do that, as that might upset some people who went out to actually buy those products and get codes. I would be down for it sometime down the line.
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> > I do think they should keep the SR 152 reward from Halo 5 as something that you can only get by actually getting to 152. While it does suck that there will be players that won’t be able to get it due to either not grinding Halo 5 enough or simply not having Halo 5 at all, giving out the reward as a purchasable thing would do nothing than invalidate all the grinding that people did do to get such a reward. The skin at that point would basically be worthless and mean nothing when you see someone running around with it equipped. I’m a big proponent of having certain cosmetics be only unlocked through certain achievements, as it creates an incentive for people to try new things and gives players some way to show off cool things that they have done.
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> They’ve already started talking about the concept of 'temporally exclusive" items. At least a couple of the promotional items had notes in the Ts&Cs stating 3 months exclusivity or similar so I’d presume all those will be generally available from February onwards.
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> That said, I think it is important that messaging around that is absolutely clear. The SR152 rewards have been communicated as exclusives and should be kept as such. That said, I have no issue with anything which gets announced as being temporally exclusive only as long as the messaging is clear.
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> Anything earned via Achievement or Challenge or Gameplay should absolutely locked to those - unless it’s clearly communicated that it’s only for a limited time up front
Oh I did not know that some of the promotional items had fine print saying that they were exclusive for a limited time only, although I guess that might be standard practice for such items anyway. I’m totally fine with them making those promotional cosmetics available to either earn or purchase in game later on, especially if they have put in the fine print that they are only for a limited time anyways. I absolutely agree with you that since they have given no indication that the SR152 rewards would be earnable any other way besides reaching max rank in halo 5 that it should stay that way. Even though they haven’t said anything about any other cosmetics being earned through achievements or challenges or such, I am hoping that they have those as it is always fun to be able to work towards something cool in multiplayer.
Ok guys im not gonna quote all of you😂But just to say about 152 reward from Halo 5.
I was max rank in Halo 4 and Reach on Xbox 360 and had Sgt Johnson in ODST and had Flaming Helmet effect with other exclusives in Reach and Halo 4 limited edition stuff.So when all that became available in MCC for everyone i was happy for them.
Now im 150 in H5 and i don’t have the will to grind another 2 ranks that are the same length as 150 alone.People that did it got their emblems in H5,now the skin in Infinite should be buyable for the rest of us.Think about it,who made the grind has special emblems in H5 and a free skin in Infinite,others have to pay for it if they want it.Seems like a fair deal to me.
Honestly, I just want a Spartan II Sage camouflage coating, thought I put my two cents here. But I’m torn on the 152 thing. I’d like it to be purchasable but I don’t know if that’s right to do.
Make them a reward for completing on Legendary and reward exploration life finding all audio logs etc.
I must give credit to 343,Halo 5 has the most friendly microtransactions i have ever seen from all games.You could earn everything yourself with req points,even Voices of war were free at one point for those who watched some tournament.You didn’t have to spend money on nothing to get it,as i remember it.
MCC also,there is no shop in that game,they even made the most difficult unlock skins available again for everyone in the new Exchange system.
So im very happy with 343 handling of skins in Halo games.Just hope they keep it that friendly in Infinite!
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> Also Halo 5 reward for 152 should also be buyable for people that haven’t reached the max rank.
Then what’s the point of reaching 152 on H5? Just to save a couple of dollars?
Bearing in mind that the skins do not affect the visors, the 152 skin is nice but it isn’t anything amazing to be fair. I’m sure there will be better skins available that don’t need a million hours of Halo 5 to unlock.
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> Now im 150 in H5 and i don’t have the will to grind another 2 ranks that are the same length as 150 alone.People that did it got their emblems in H5,now the skin in Infinite should be buyable for the rest of us.Think about it,who made the grind has special emblems in H5 and a free skin in Infinite,others have to pay for it if they want it.Seems like a fair deal to me.
The reward for 152 being buyable completely removes the point of it. You may as well just award a random skin from the shop if you are going to be selling it to anyone who wants it.
I get the promotional skins being unlockable/buyable outside of their promotions, but the 152 skin is different. You are pointing out how much you would need to grind to get to 152 from 150… but think about those who actually completed that grind. People have been asking for these type of achievement/accomplishment based rewards for a while now, and this would cheapen the entire system. Imagine if they have a cool reward for completing the game on Legendary or LASO, but you could also just buy it for $9.99 from the shop? It loses all value.
There will be PLENTY of cool coatings in the shop available for money. Going off of most in-game stores, they will get better and more creative after the game is out, and you won’t even care about the token they gave out to 5,000 people for getting 152.
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> Ok guys im not gonna quote all of you😂But just to say about 152 reward from Halo 5.
> I was max rank in Halo 4 and Reach on Xbox 360 and had Sgt Johnson in ODST and had Flaming Helmet effect with other exclusives in Reach and Halo 4 limited edition stuff.So when all that became available in MCC for everyone i was happy for them.
> Now im 150 in H5 and i don’t have the will to grind another 2 ranks that are the same length as 150 alone.People that did it got their emblems in H5,now the skin in Infinite should be buyable for the rest of us.Think about it,who made the grind has special emblems in H5 and a free skin in Infinite,others have to pay for it if they want it.Seems like a fair deal to me.
The reason they are doing the 152 reward in Infinite is because the reward in H5 was so lackluster compared to the scale of the challenge/dedication. It is absolutely not a fair deal for you to just be able to buy it, unless they were to charge like $300+
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> > Ok guys im not gonna quote all of you😂But just to say about 152 reward from Halo 5.
> > I was max rank in Halo 4 and Reach on Xbox 360 and had Sgt Johnson in ODST and had Flaming Helmet effect with other exclusives in Reach and Halo 4 limited edition stuff.So when all that became available in MCC for everyone i was happy for them.
> > Now im 150 in H5 and i don’t have the will to grind another 2 ranks that are the same length as 150 alone.People that did it got their emblems in H5,now the skin in Infinite should be buyable for the rest of us.Think about it,who made the grind has special emblems in H5 and a free skin in Infinite,others have to pay for it if they want it.Seems like a fair deal to me.
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> The reason they are doing the 152 reward in Infinite is because the reward in H5 was so lackluster compared to the scale of the challenge/dedication. It is absolutely not a fair deal for you to just be able to buy it, unless they were to charge like $300+
They are doing it cause people asked for it,where is my reward for reaching max rank from Halo 4 in Halo 5?And as i said before all the hard work others put into Halo 3,4,Reach for exclusive items turned out to be free in Halo MCC.
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> > > Ok guys im not gonna quote all of you😂But just to say about 152 reward from Halo 5.
> > > I was max rank in Halo 4 and Reach on Xbox 360 and had Sgt Johnson in ODST and had Flaming Helmet effect with other exclusives in Reach and Halo 4 limited edition stuff.So when all that became available in MCC for everyone i was happy for them.
> > > Now im 150 in H5 and i don’t have the will to grind another 2 ranks that are the same length as 150 alone.People that did it got their emblems in H5,now the skin in Infinite should be buyable for the rest of us.Think about it,who made the grind has special emblems in H5 and a free skin in Infinite,others have to pay for it if they want it.Seems like a fair deal to me.
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> > The reason they are doing the 152 reward in Infinite is because the reward in H5 was so lackluster compared to the scale of the challenge/dedication. It is absolutely not a fair deal for you to just be able to buy it, unless they were to charge like $300+
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> They are doing it cause people asked for it,where is my reward for reaching max rank from Halo 4 in Halo 5?And as i said before all the hard work others put into Halo 3,4,Reach for exclusive items turned out to be free in Halo MCC.
Yeah but those challenges actually had good rewards in their respective games, and MCC is a legacy collection to commemorate Halo’s past.
Everyone and their dog reached max rank in Halo 4.
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> > > > Ok guys im not gonna quote all of you😂But just to say about 152 reward from Halo 5.
> > > > I was max rank in Halo 4 and Reach on Xbox 360 and had Sgt Johnson in ODST and had Flaming Helmet effect with other exclusives in Reach and Halo 4 limited edition stuff.So when all that became available in MCC for everyone i was happy for them.
> > > > Now im 150 in H5 and i don’t have the will to grind another 2 ranks that are the same length as 150 alone.People that did it got their emblems in H5,now the skin in Infinite should be buyable for the rest of us.Think about it,who made the grind has special emblems in H5 and a free skin in Infinite,others have to pay for it if they want it.Seems like a fair deal to me.
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> > > The reason they are doing the 152 reward in Infinite is because the reward in H5 was so lackluster compared to the scale of the challenge/dedication. It is absolutely not a fair deal for you to just be able to buy it, unless they were to charge like $300+
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> > They are doing it cause people asked for it,where is my reward for reaching max rank from Halo 4 in Halo 5?And as i said before all the hard work others put into Halo 3,4,Reach for exclusive items turned out to be free in Halo MCC.
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> Yeah but those challenges actually had good rewards in their respective games, and MCC is a legacy collection to commemorate Halo’s past.
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> Everyone and their dog reached max rank in Halo 4.
152 in Halo 5 got they reward as well,that has nothing to do for "spiritual reboot"new Halo game Infinite.They don’t need double rewards for that.
I’d rather all skins be earnable instead of purchasable since I don’t want my unlocks to be tedious grinds including the Halo 5 max rank coating since I don’t see why someone should pay to cheat to get something I worked long and hard to get just so someone can buy it for doing barely anything since that would kind of feel insulting to the players that earned it legit.
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> > > > > Ok guys im not gonna quote all of you😂But just to say about 152 reward from Halo 5.
> > > > > I was max rank in Halo 4 and Reach on Xbox 360 and had Sgt Johnson in ODST and had Flaming Helmet effect with other exclusives in Reach and Halo 4 limited edition stuff.So when all that became available in MCC for everyone i was happy for them.
> > > > > Now im 150 in H5 and i don’t have the will to grind another 2 ranks that are the same length as 150 alone.People that did it got their emblems in H5,now the skin in Infinite should be buyable for the rest of us.Think about it,who made the grind has special emblems in H5 and a free skin in Infinite,others have to pay for it if they want it.Seems like a fair deal to me.
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> > > > The reason they are doing the 152 reward in Infinite is because the reward in H5 was so lackluster compared to the scale of the challenge/dedication. It is absolutely not a fair deal for you to just be able to buy it, unless they were to charge like $300+
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> > > They are doing it cause people asked for it,where is my reward for reaching max rank from Halo 4 in Halo 5?And as i said before all the hard work others put into Halo 3,4,Reach for exclusive items turned out to be free in Halo MCC.
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> > Yeah but those challenges actually had good rewards in their respective games, and MCC is a legacy collection to commemorate Halo’s past.
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> > Everyone and their dog reached max rank in Halo 4.
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> 152 in Halo 5 got they reward as well,that has nothing to do for "spiritual reboot"new Halo game Infinite.They don’t need double rewards for that.
You are really trying to say an emblem is as satisfying to a player as a flaming helmet, huh? Everybody will disagree with you.
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> > > > > Ok guys im not gonna quote all of you😂But just to say about 152 reward from Halo 5.
> > > > > I was max rank in Halo 4 and Reach on Xbox 360 and had Sgt Johnson in ODST and had Flaming Helmet effect with other exclusives in Reach and Halo 4 limited edition stuff.So when all that became available in MCC for everyone i was happy for them.
> > > > > Now im 150 in H5 and i don’t have the will to grind another 2 ranks that are the same length as 150 alone.People that did it got their emblems in H5,now the skin in Infinite should be buyable for the rest of us.Think about it,who made the grind has special emblems in H5 and a free skin in Infinite,others have to pay for it if they want it.Seems like a fair deal to me.
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> > > > The reason they are doing the 152 reward in Infinite is because the reward in H5 was so lackluster compared to the scale of the challenge/dedication. It is absolutely not a fair deal for you to just be able to buy it, unless they were to charge like $300+
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> > > They are doing it cause people asked for it,where is my reward for reaching max rank from Halo 4 in Halo 5?And as i said before all the hard work others put into Halo 3,4,Reach for exclusive items turned out to be free in Halo MCC.
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> > Yeah but those challenges actually had good rewards in their respective games, and MCC is a legacy collection to commemorate Halo’s past.
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> > Everyone and their dog reached max rank in Halo 4.
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> 152 in Halo 5 got they reward as well,that has nothing to do for "spiritual reboot"new Halo game Infinite.They don’t need double rewards for that.
They don’t need to, but they chose to. From the responses in this thread, it would sure seem that the vast majority of people are in support of the 152 armor coating staying locked to those who actually put in the work. If you want it so much, get to grinding.
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> All this promotional skins,like buy snacks,buy energy drink,etc.-Should be available for everyone to purchase in the game store.Cause i don’t even live in the US,how else can i get those skins?
> Also Halo 5 reward for 152 should also be buyable for people that haven’t reached the max rank.
Store skins eventually? Sure. Like you said, some are not available in places outside the US. Might have to wait for contracts to expire or however promotional deals work, but I’ve got no real complaints here.
The Halo 5 Spartan Rank 152 award for Infinite? No. People who got to 152 earned that through time and committment and that is there reward that 343 is giving to them. I’m not even close and I’m okay if I miss out on that one. Any other challenge or achievement based awards should stick to those methods. People with fat wads of cash shouldn’t be able to get whatever they want.