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DISCLAIMER: IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE PLAYING HALO GAMES, OR HAPPEN TOO BE SPOILED, PLEASE DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING THREAD. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Let’s get straight to the point; Halo 4 needs a strong armory with unforgettable armor, nameplates and my new idea of ribbons. So, let’s get the armory down first:

Legendary sets

SPI Armor:

Helmet = Beat Campaign on Legendary alone
Shoulders = Beat Campaign on Legendary Co-op
Chest = Beat Campaign on Legendary
Gauntlets = Beat 1st mission LASO
Legs = Receive the rank of General
Boots = Play 999 matches total

Mk. IV:
Helmet = Beat Halo Wars campaign on Legendary (alone or co-op)
Shoulders = Play Halo Wars
Chest = Get all gold medals in every Halo Wars campaign mission (any difficulty)
Gauntlets = Receive the rank of “Sergeant”
Legs = Receive the "Ramplin man’ achievement
Boots = Receive the “Momma’s boy” achievement

Mk. V:
Helmet = Play all “classic” games
Shoulders = Play Halo: CEA
Chest = Play Halo PC
Gauntlets = Receive the “Speed reader” achievement
Legs = Receive the “Did that really happen?” achievement
Boots = Receive the “Tsanta” achievement

Mk. VI:
Helmet = Play all “Legendary” games
Shoulders = Receive the “Double Double” achievement
Chest = Play Halo 2: Vista
Gauntlets = Play Halo 3
Legs = Receive the “Triple kill” achievement
Boots = Receive the “Save this film” achievement

Recon:
Achieve all Vidmasters

Scout:
Helmet = Receive the armor in Halo 3
Shoulder = Receive the armor in Halo 3
Chest = Receive the armor in Halo 3
Gauntlets = Beat “Nightfall” on Legendary alone
Legs = Beat “The Truth and Reconciliation” on Legendary alone
Boots = Beat “The Ark” on Legendary Alone

Security:
Helmet = Receive the armor in Halo 3
Shoulders = Beat the campaign on easy co-op
Chest = Receive the “Audiophile” achievement
Gauntlets = Receive the “I like fire” achievement
Legs = Reach career milestone 61
Boots = Receive the “Super sleuth” achievement

EVA:
Helmet = Buy the helmet in Halo: Reach
Shoulders = Reach career milestone 50
Chest = Beat Halo: Reach campaign on Legendary alone
Gauntlets = Receive the “Data hive” achievement"
Legs = Receive the “Demon” achievement
Boots = Receive the “Rainman” achievement

Katana:
Earn every Achievement in Halo history. (Halo 2 vista, Halo 3, ODST, Wars, Reach, CEA)

Heroic sets

Gungnir:
{Should be a pre-order bonus}

Hazop:
{Should be a pre-order bonus from a different store}

JFO
{Should be a pre-order bonus from a different store}

Operator:
Helmet = Receive the “" achievement
Shoulders = Reach the rank of Warrant officer
Chest = Unlock the "" achievement
Gauntlets = Unlock the "________” achievement
Legs = Reach career milestone 25
Boots = Reach career milestone 25

Pilot:
Helmet = Receive the “" skull in Halo 4
Shoulders = Reach career milestone 30
Chest = Reach career milestone 30
Gauntlets = Receive the "” achievement
Legs = Play a total of 99 online matches
Boots = Play a total of 99 online matches

Rogue:
Helmet = Achieve the rank of Lieutenant
Shoulders = Achieve the rank of Lieutenant
Chest = Receive the “________” achievement
Gauntlets = Receive the “Beachhead” achievement
Legs = Receive the “_______” achievement
Boots = Complete the campaign on easy alone

EOD:
Helmet = Receive the armor in Halo 3
Shoulders = Receive the armor in Halo 3
Chest = Receive the armor in Halo 3
Gauntlets = Receive the “______" Achievement
Legs = Receive the "" Achievement
Boots = Receive the "” Achievement

Normal Armor

Mk. VIII:
-Default-

CQB:
-Default-

Jump jet:
Helmet = Receive the “" achievement
Shoulders = Receive the "” achievement
Chest = Receive the “__________” achievement
Gauntlets = Play a total of 10 games online
Legs = Play a total of 10 games online
Boots = Play a total of 10 games online

CQC:
Helmet = Play your first campaign mission
Shoulders = Play your first online match
Chest = Play your first custom game
Gauntlets = Play your first firefight match
Legs = Play your first forge match
Boots = Use theater for the first time

Thank this post if you like where this is heading!!! I have much more too write, but i’m really tired. Sorry ;(

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Those are some pretty good ideas for the armory.

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I think that all of the armor in the game should be able to be unlocked from playing only Halo 4 because i’m sure this would cause a lot of frustration like if I wanted to wear full Mk. VI armor then I need to of have played Halo 2 vista or go out and buy it.

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Halo Wars Legendary?! No, that game is impossible on legendary! The Arcadia evac level is hard enough on normal!

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> I think that all of the armor in the game should be able to be unlocked from playing only Halo 4 because i’m sure this would cause a lot of frustration like if I wanted to wear full Mk. VI armor then I need to of have played Halo 2 vista or go out and buy it.

This.

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> Halo Wars Legendary?! No, that game is impossible on legendary! The Arcadia evac level is hard enough on normal!

Even with a youtube tutorial it took me like 3 attempts to beat that level on legendary because of the covenant mega turret at the end that just trolls you.

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not all achievements in halo history.

there are some on halo wars that are ridiculous (general and 100% completion)

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Good start, but I’d like to see more. At the very least, all the armor options from both Halo 3 and Reach, then some of the other armors listed in the OP

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A ridiculous idea. I hope 343 doesn’t listen to you. ‘Play Halo Wars’ should never come up in any achievement or armor unlock ever again. They need to bury that game and forget it ever existed, and to try and find a copy of Halo 2: Vista would be like trying to find the Incan city of gold and probably just as expensive. Halo 3, Halo ODST, Halo Reach, Halo: CEA.

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> A ridiculous idea. I hope 343 doesn’t listen to you. ‘Play Halo Wars’ should never come up in any achievement or armor unlock ever again. They need to bury that game and forget it ever existed, and to try and find a copy of Halo 2: Vista would be like trying to find the Incan city of gold and probably just as expensive. Halo 3, Halo ODST, Halo Reach, Halo: CEA.

  1. What’s with the hate on Halo Wars? It was amazing for a console RTS, and a pretty good Halo story, I though.

  2. Finding a copy of Halo 2 Vista is easy. Go to any Best Buy.

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No offense, but I hope they completely ignore this thread. This is a horrible idea. No one wants to guy buy other games just for armor.

BTW, to anyone who says that Halo Wars legendary was hard, it actually was pretty easy. for the Arcadia mission, just defend either ship 1 or 3. Ship 2 is gonna die no matter what, and you only need 1 alive to beat the mission.

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As long as the Security helmet is designed after the Halo 3 one and not the abomination that was the Reach one, I am fine with this idea.

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> No offense, but I hope they completely ignore this thread. This is a horrible idea. No one wants to guy buy other games just for armor.

But people will do it anyway.

Anyway, what’s wrong with rewarding long time fans of the series?

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> > No offense, but I hope they completely ignore this thread. This is a horrible idea. No one wants to guy buy other games just for armor.
>
> But people will do it anyway.
>
> Anyway, what’s wrong with rewarding long time fans of the series?

Well it would be flawed just like the Halo Reach “visual flairs” where you need to own Halo CE for pc or Halo 2 vista just to confirm that you played the first two games which would exclude a large majority of the long time fans that have those games for the original Xbox.

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> > > No offense, but I hope they completely ignore this thread. This is a horrible idea. No one wants to guy buy other games just for armor.
> >
> > But people will do it anyway.
> >
> > Anyway, what’s wrong with rewarding long time fans of the series?
>
> Well it would be flawed just like the Halo Reach “visual flairs” where you need to own Halo CE for pc or Halo 2 vista just to confirm that you played the first two games which would exclude a large majority of the long time fans that have those games for the original Xbox.

Well, you didn’t need Halo 2 vista for the Reach visual flair, just to play a single game online, but anyway.

The difference is that the system in the OP is done through achievements, which would only exclude people who didn’t play, and only about 2 or three piece are based on the Halo PC and Vista titles.

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> > > > No offense, but I hope they completely ignore this thread. This is a horrible idea. No one wants to guy buy other games just for armor.
> > >
> > > But people will do it anyway.
> > >
> > > Anyway, what’s wrong with rewarding long time fans of the series?
> >
> > Well it would be flawed just like the Halo Reach “visual flairs” where you need to own Halo CE for pc or Halo 2 vista just to confirm that you played the first two games which would exclude a large majority of the long time fans that have those games for the original Xbox.
>
> Well, you didn’t need Halo 2 vista for the Reach visual flair, just to play a single game online, but anyway.
>
> The difference is that the system in the OP is done through achievements, which would only exclude people who didn’t play, and only about 2 or three piece are based on the Halo PC and Vista titles.

I know it may only be on a couple of armory items but it would just be such an inconvenience if you wanted to rock a full set of armor that you like but you can’t just because you purchased halo ce/2 for xbox instead of the computer.

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> > > > > No offense, but I hope they completely ignore this thread. This is a horrible idea. No one wants to guy buy other games just for armor.
> > > >
> > > > But people will do it anyway.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, what’s wrong with rewarding long time fans of the series?
> > >
> > > Well it would be flawed just like the Halo Reach “visual flairs” where you need to own Halo CE for pc or Halo 2 vista just to confirm that you played the first two games which would exclude a large majority of the long time fans that have those games for the original Xbox.
> >
> > Well, you didn’t need Halo 2 vista for the Reach visual flair, just to play a single game online, but anyway.
> >
> > The difference is that the system in the OP is done through achievements, which would only exclude people who didn’t play, and only about 2 or three piece are based on the Halo PC and Vista titles.
>
> I know it may only be on a couple of armory items but it would just be such an inconvenience if you wanted to rock a full set of armor that you like but you can’t just because you purchased halo ce/2 for xbox instead of the computer.

Well, think of things like it was a certain edition of a game. If you buy limited or Legendary editions of the Halo titles (or similar version of other games), these days, it’s common to give out extra in-game item to those who paid a little extra.

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They should have all halo 3 armor. Whatever they can brgin from reach without people complaining its out of chronological sense. Then add some halo 4 armor then you got a maybe near twice the amount of reach if they make a descent amount oh halo 4 armor

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> > > > > > No offense, but I hope they completely ignore this thread. This is a horrible idea. No one wants to guy buy other games just for armor.
> > > > >
> > > > > But people will do it anyway.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, what’s wrong with rewarding long time fans of the series?
> > > >
> > > > Well it would be flawed just like the Halo Reach “visual flairs” where you need to own Halo CE for pc or Halo 2 vista just to confirm that you played the first two games which would exclude a large majority of the long time fans that have those games for the original Xbox.
> > >
> > > Well, you didn’t need Halo 2 vista for the Reach visual flair, just to play a single game online, but anyway.
> > >
> > > The difference is that the system in the OP is done through achievements, which would only exclude people who didn’t play, and only about 2 or three piece are based on the Halo PC and Vista titles.
> >
> > I know it may only be on a couple of armory items but it would just be such an inconvenience if you wanted to rock a full set of armor that you like but you can’t just because you purchased halo ce/2 for xbox instead of the computer.
>
> Well, think of things like it was a certain edition of a game. If you buy limited or Legendary editions of the Halo titles (or similar version of other games), these days, it’s common to give out extra in-game item to those who paid a little extra.

But when that’s the case you are aware of it before the game launches and you can put down an extra 5 bucks or so to recieve the extra armor but with the Halo ce and 2 unlocks there was no way to know that that owning the games for pc would benifit you down the road so the people that end up getting it will be randomly decided by whether you chose to purchase them for pc or xbox years ago.So i’m just saying that imo I don’t like the randomness of how some long time fans would get the extras while others would not simply because of a decision made years ago.

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> > > > > > > No offense, but I hope they completely ignore this thread. This is a horrible idea. No one wants to guy buy other games just for armor.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But people will do it anyway.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyway, what’s wrong with rewarding long time fans of the series?
> > > > >
> > > > > Well it would be flawed just like the Halo Reach “visual flairs” where you need to own Halo CE for pc or Halo 2 vista just to confirm that you played the first two games which would exclude a large majority of the long time fans that have those games for the original Xbox.
> > > >
> > > > Well, you didn’t need Halo 2 vista for the Reach visual flair, just to play a single game online, but anyway.
> > > >
> > > > The difference is that the system in the OP is done through achievements, which would only exclude people who didn’t play, and only about 2 or three piece are based on the Halo PC and Vista titles.
> > >
> > > I know it may only be on a couple of armory items but it would just be such an inconvenience if you wanted to rock a full set of armor that you like but you can’t just because you purchased halo ce/2 for xbox instead of the computer.
> >
> > Well, think of things like it was a certain edition of a game. If you buy limited or Legendary editions of the Halo titles (or similar version of other games), these days, it’s common to give out extra in-game item to those who paid a little extra.
>
> But when that’s the case you are aware of it before the game launches and you can put down an extra 5 bucks or so to recieve the extra armor but with the Halo ce and 2 unlocks there was no way to know that that owning the games for pc would benifit you down the road so the people that end up getting it will be randomly decided by whether you chose to purchase them for pc or xbox years ago.So i’m just saying that imo I don’t like the randomness of how some long time fans would get the extras while others would not simply because of a decision made years ago.

We’re going have to leave this at as a “agree to disagree” situation, it seems.

So, let’s agree to disagree.