So, Specializations affect gameplay. A lot. We were supposed to get these specializations yesterday. But…
> Here are a few reasons why your inbox may still be empty.
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> - If you have opted out of marketing emails (via your Xbox LIVE account preferences), you would not have received the mail.
> - If you did not play Halo prior to November 20 at 11:59 PM EST, you would have not received the email.
You guys just forgot to mention this little one important detail. Now millions of us didn’t get the codes for specializations. And what’s worse?
> For all of you who opted out of marketing emails, according to the original email, codes will not be re-sent.
Well, that’s lovely isn’t it. Beautiful.
> However, I have a question into that team to find out if there’s anything we can do for you. I don’t know when I’ll have their official answer but the second I hear something, I’ll let you know.
At least you’re trying to help, and I do appreciate that. It was just a mistake, and I honestly can’t hold a grudge for that. It was more of Microsoft’s fault anyways, deciding to send this as junk mail. But still, none of this should be the case in the first place.
I think the whole idea of specializations and how they’re managed with the Limited Edition is just completely wrong.
Withholding maps or cosmetic affects and saving them for just Limited Edition players is alright, as it gives a good bonus to those who paid more, while not truly providing negative effects to the rest of the community.
However, withholding specializations, which provide game-changing perks and blatant advantages to those who have them, as well as being composed of over 50% of the ranks of the game, isn’t right.
Right now people who paid $100 for the game get advantages. They are able to re-roll ordnance drops and basically get any weapon they want, while we’re often stuck with needlers. They can move much faster with turrets. Some do not flinch from being shot while scoped. Others have a waypoint over the last person who killed them. These are obvious advantages that have a huge effect on gameplay, and right now many people can have these to use and destroy other players with.
However, all of us who didn’t want to or couldn’t afford to pay double for the game are stuck without these advantages and are left at their mercy, and there’s nothing we can do about it. Additionally, a lot of people are capped at level 70 and can’t even rank up, being cut off from over half of the game’s ranks. Many don’t even play anymore because they don’t want to earn the commendations and get no exp for it, because this wastes their exp that they can get. So basically people can’t play the game anymore because they didn’t pay double price. And now they’re being driven away in droves.
This is a very bad precedent to set for games and I hope this doesn’t happen ever again.