So the more I played the flight the more I came to realise that the outline system is fundamentally broken. The idea is that two opposing teams will face off in an arena be it 4v4 or BTB, with outlines it takes longer to identify friend or foe than if the player in front is either red or blue. The same goes with sports teams, you don’t see players from both teams wearing what they want with a different coloured armband, no, both teams wear colours that are specific to themselves making identification instantaneous. This reasoning alone should have been the basis for colouring in multiplayer.
I hope 343i add a toggle for players to decide how they see the opposite team, surely it can’t be too hard to implement some sort of shader to the opposite team which would colour them red or blue.
My outlines worked perfectly. Not only that, but the colors stay consistent between games so I don’t get confused. And, if I’m being honest, I don’t really notice the Spartan colors anymore. I’ve become tuned to the outlines in just that short time.
There are a lot of customization options in this regard. Might I suggest doing as I did and tuning your settings in Training Mode until they feel right. Purple/Yellow friend/foe work best for me. I think bright colors are key tho, regardless of hue.
Honestly I don’t find it confusing. Lots of other games use outline systems like this or have no team coloring at all but still do fine., And Im used to games using outlines. Just have to find a color that works for you. Could use some more in-depth settings to change line thickness and separate colors for shields imo but that’s it.
The main indicator for who is and isn’t on your team is the arrow and name above their head. That combined with the outline makes it very clear imo. I haven’t been confused once by it. If anything I’m having less confusing right now since colors no longer change between matched (not that I ever had much issue before either because of the name over allies’ heads).
honestly, the outlines are annoying I cant capitalize on kills because it’s hard to tell when they are almost broken in halo 3 the suite would turn really light then throw sparks when low the outline adds a layer and is hard to tell
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> The reason they changed it was because of the free to play model right? They want people to buy all the cool customization/colors for armor?
This is the reason right here, profit before gameplay. As other people have said in this thread they are concentrating on the outlines that they don’t even notice the other players armour customisation. So why not just have the original RvB
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> My outlines worked perfectly. Not only that, but the colors stay consistent between games so I don’t get confused. And, if I’m being honest, I don’t really notice the Spartan colors anymore. I’ve become tuned to the outlines in just that short time.
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> There are a lot of customization options in this regard. Might I suggest doing as I did and tuning your settings in Training Mode until they feel right. Purple/Yellow friend/foe work best for me. I think bright colors are key tho, regardless of hue.
you just described what i think is wrong with outlines, you have to go into training mode to tweak colors instead of having an option for those that want RvB back, also its obvious noone is going to be paying attention to other players custom spartan, personally i dont care what you look like, i want to be able to know in a split second who is ally/enemy.
been doing 2ble takes in every match,
also the visual noise problem is a given at this point, i shouldnt mention it