So the upgraded mk. VI armor that Chief wears that was introduced in Halo 4 is in my opinion mediocre at best. To me it’s just too different from from the OG mk. VI in Halo 2 and 3. But the unlockable mk. VI in Halo 4 and 5 (https://goo.gl/images/riNSa7) is pretty neat in my opinion is pretty neat. It’s like a mix of the old and new. If there was some way to make this Chief’s new armor in Halo 6, that would be awesome.
Please tell me your thoughts on this and also let me know if this would be at all possible for Halo 6 and maybe if this can’t happen, explain why. I would also like to know why this variant of the mk. VI exists.
Chief’s current armor exists because while in cryosleep on the wreckage of the Forward Unto Dawn, Cortana used nano machines to augment and upgrade his suit. I feel this was a lame, shoehorned reasoning that was put into the lore to justify what was essentially artistic license, which was entirely unnecessary. 343i probably just wanted to put their own spin on Chief’s look, and make him look unique compared to other Spartans in Mark VI armor, which is fine.
Despite the silly reasoning, I like the look of the new armor, and may even prefer it to the old. I see no reason why it should go back to the Classic look a la Halo 2 and 3.
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> Chief’s current armor exists because while in cryosleep on the wreckage of the Forward Unto Dawn, Cortana used nano machines to augment and upgrade his suit. I feel this was a lame, shoehorned reasoning that was put into the lore to justify what was essentially artistic license, which was entirely unnecessary. 343i probably just wanted to put their own spin on Chief’s look, and make him look unique compared to other Spartans in Mark VI armor, which is fine.
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> Despite the silly reasoning, I like the look of the new armor, and may even prefer it to the old. I see no reason why it should go back to the Classic look a la Halo 2 and 3.
Sure yeah, but look at the link in my first statement. I think that armor is a good mix between the old and new. Do you think that armor could be Chief’s in H6?
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> Sure yeah, but look at the link in my first statement. I think that armor is a good mix between the old and new. Do you think that armor could be Chief’s in H6?
All that picture is is a Halo 4 render using the classic Mark VI helmet and a different armors for the body, legs and shoulders. It’s been so long since I played Halo 4 that I can’t tell what armors compose the body, but that pic is just a mishmash of different things from Halo 4. I don’t think it would be Chief’s Armor in Halo 6. I think 343i is set on leaving his armor as is, and that’s fine with me.
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> > Sure yeah, but look at the link in my first statement. I think that armor is a good mix between the old and new. Do you think that armor could be Chief’s in H6?
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> All that picture is is a Halo 4 render using the classic Mark VI helmet and a different armors for the body, legs and shoulders. It’s been so long since I played Halo 4 that I can’t tell what armors compose the body, but that pic is just a mishmash of different things from Halo 4. I don’t think it would be Chief’s Armor in Halo 6. I think 343i is set on leaving his armor as is, and that’s fine with me.
I guess so ya, but btw that is the mk. VI set. I unlocked it by beating Halo 4 on legendary.
If 343 were to give Chief a different set of armor for Halo 6, I’d prefer they not use their version of baseline Mark VI. I really like Chief’s custom Mark VI anyway. Canon excuse for it is dumb, but I like the design.
343’s baseline Mark VI is really not that great, in my opinion. The helmet retains the general shape and style of the old Mark VI helmet, but the proportions feel off and it just doesn’t look right. The shoulder pauldrons almost like inflatable versions of the original Mark VI’s shoulder pads. Looking at it more in detail, something also seems off about the torso armor as well. Can’t quite place it but it looks wrong.
Canonical reason for its existence is that it’s an upgraded variant of Mark VI designed to stay at the same standard as second-generation MJOLNIR.
If 343 really felt the need to switch to some other armor set for a future game, I’d prefer they go with something along the lines of “Chief’s MkVI MOD is too damaged to be repaired and the most efficient solution is to pull an old set out from storage” and then they could use the H2A Campaign Mark VI (or even CEA Mark V, if they wanted to).
But I’d really prefer that they just stick with his current armor.
I prefer it if they would stick to the current armor.
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> Chief’s current armor exists because while in cryosleep on the wreckage of the Forward Unto Dawn, Cortana used nano machines to augment and upgrade his suit. I feel this was a lame, shoehorned reasoning that was put into the lore to justify what was essentially artistic license, which was entirely unnecessary. 343i probably just wanted to put their own spin on Chief’s look, and make him look unique compared to other Spartans in Mark VI armor, which is fine.
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> Despite the silly reasoning, I like the look of the new armor, and may even prefer it to the old. I see no reason why it should go back to the Classic look a la Halo 2 and 3.
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> Chief’s current armor exists because while in cryosleep on the wreckage of the Forward Unto Dawn, Cortana used nano machines to augment and upgrade his suit. I feel this was a lame, shoehorned reasoning that was put into the lore to justify what was essentially artistic license, which was entirely unnecessary. 343i probably just wanted to put their own spin on Chief’s look, and make him look unique compared to other Spartans in Mark VI armor, which is fine.
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> Despite the silly reasoning, I like the look of the new armor, and may even prefer it to the old. I see no reason why it should go back to the Classic look a la Halo 2 and 3.
I too like the look of the new armor, it makes it unique to him and if they ever added it to multiplayer it would take away that uniqueness.