Dear 343,
The idea of giving players a reward for one of the most lofty “max ranks” in gaming is one of the best things you could have done for the last leg of Halo 5’s lifespan. An entire legion of my friend group has set aside games like Blackops 4, Fortnite, and many others to strap on our spartan armor again and get to grinding. Even those of us, like myself who is a low 148 and only 30% to 152, were stoked to spend all of our hundreds of thousands of latent req points on the legendary boost packs and start investing heavy hours into the game again.
Then Unyshek’s tweet:
“Going to be preemptive in saying if you’re grinding just for the reward in Infinite, you’re probably jebaiting yourself. From my understanding it’s meant to be a nice token for those who happen to hit max rank, but not an uLtRa eXcLuSiVe ArMoR worth grinding for on its own.”
To which Frank O’Connor simply replied:
“yep”
Based on the reactions of myself, my friends, the comments of the tweets, and the community as a whole, we could not be more disappointed. To me this sounds like a simple item that will be unlockable to those who purchase packs with money within the first week of the game. It seems like the 152 reward is shaping up to mimic the slap in the face that 343 gave to those who grinded all legendary campaigns in MCC for the “exclusive” armor that you could unlock with no effort in packs once Halo 5 dropped. Every person who I knew who picked the game back up again in these last two weeks has since told me they won’t be playing any more because there is “no point.”
I cannot possibly perceive how creating an exclusive sr152 armor variant or effect would take away from the integrity of Halo Infinite. At this point tweeting something like that, while i do sincerely appreciate the transparency, is only huting Halo 5. I would very much like to see the meta data from the Halo 5 player counts between before and after the 152 announcement as well as the amount of legendary xp packs sold because that trend will completely stop if the community is not given a better idea as to what we will be given for achieving max rank.
in the words of Vetoed, Halo 5’s biggest content creator:
“I hope the team reconsiders. I think there’s still a decent amount of time until Infinite, and down the road we could see Triple XP (or more) in H5 to help people reach it.
I’m a believer that rewarding people who dedicate themselves to the game is good. Similar to how there’s the Olive helmet for Forgers who get maps into MM. 99.9% of people will never see that reward, but it’s a cool motivation to invest time and create something.”
Please 343, the remaining halo 5 community needs something to grind for to keep us interested. Please don’t disrespect our loyalty with a throw away emblem or nameplate.
Thank you,