It’s sort of annoying for me to see ODST look bad twice now. Seriously, wasn’t the original design good enough? But I’ve got one better, If you just made this helmet, your odst would be SO much better:
This is a far better version of ODST for present. And I don’t think 343 needs to design the armor to make us seem like ODST in the sense of human soldiers. ODST armor should be treated more like a variant for Spartans that either A: gives them the bonuses of ODST without the draw backs of being in Mjolnir, or B: Giving A variant to the now Spartans once ODSTs a more comfortable armor set that mimics their old hardware. This isn’t to reduce the Spartan armor to Marine combat armor, it’s to provide a variant that provides the few advantages of the older variant while still retaining the Mjolnir Hardware advantages. A few examples are like removing the armor off the fingers of the hands entirely, as to mimic the increased dexterity of the fingerless gloves of ODST armor. But you’d have to leave the Suit on over the hands to keep the suit vacuum safe. See how the armor can mimic without loosing? Other examples include increased protection around joints, more ammo containers, etc.
I don’t mean this to come off as a rant if it does, but having the artistic eye I have, it can get real annoying to see something look bad.