I made a post earlier about this, but it got removed for some reason. (It was a petition?)
Why do we need Team colors for Invasion? It is Spartans vs. Elites, and if you can’t tell the difference between the two, then you shouldn’t be playing video games. To me, the point of Invasion is to create the most realistic Halo experience(In terms of how the battle plays out) there is. And that just doesn’t fit well with bright red/blue people running around everywhere.
I know it is a minor change, but it also is a very easy thing to change.
It was merged into this topic: http://halo.xbox.com/forums/games/f/7/t/8912.aspx
I advise you just discuss it in there.
So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
No, beta colors cannot work.
No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
> So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
>
> You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
>
> No, beta colors cannot work.
>
> No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
What? That is easily passed by.
Have the Red/Blue team stay during the lobby, and on the scoreboard. Allow FFA colors. Keep the arrow on the bottom pointing to which team you are on, and your score. Fixed.
> > So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
> >
> > You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
> >
> > No, beta colors cannot work.
> >
> > No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
>
> What? That is easily passed by.
>
> Have the Red/Blue team stay during the lobby, and on the scoreboard. Allow FFA colors. Keep the arrow on the bottom pointing to which team you are on, and your score. Fixed.
This. You honestly have a problem if you can’t tell an Elite apart from a Spartan.
> > > So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
> > >
> > > You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
> > >
> > > No, beta colors cannot work.
> > >
> > > No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
> >
> > What? That is easily passed by.
> >
> > Have the Red/Blue team stay during the lobby, and on the scoreboard. Allow FFA colors. Keep the arrow on the bottom pointing to which team you are on, and your score. Fixed.
>
> This. You honestly have a problem if you can’t tell an Elite apart from a Spartan.
I would like to hear it from a 343i Employee, it may sound easy on paper but it may not be as easy as you think in-game.
> > > > So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
> > > >
> > > > You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
> > > >
> > > > No, beta colors cannot work.
> > > >
> > > > No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
> > >
> > > What? That is easily passed by.
> > >
> > > Have the Red/Blue team stay during the lobby, and on the scoreboard. Allow FFA colors. Keep the arrow on the bottom pointing to which team you are on, and your score. Fixed.
> >
> > This. You honestly have a problem if you can’t tell an Elite apart from a Spartan.
>
> I would like to hear it from a 343i Employee, it may sound easy on paper but it may not be as easy as you think in-game.
As would I. I honestly just don’t believe it could be that hard. Is this possible in Custom Games? I haven’t checked.
It wouldn’t be very hard at all to distinguish an Elite from a Spartan.
For one thing, there is a very large size distance. The armor looks so different in every way (especially the helmets) that it would be very hard to mix up.
Two, you can see what weapons they are holding. If it’s holding/shooting a Plasma Repeater, it’s an Elite. If it’s holding an Assault Rifle, it’s a Spartan.
Three, the color pallet for Elites is very dark. Obviously there are Spartans who are black or brown or gray or dark red/blue/green/yellow etc, but that doesn’t happen often. Those are the only available colors for Elites. Maybe force the Spartans to go the brightest variant of their color?
Anyway, I don’t see why this hasn’t happened already.
> > > > > So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
> > > > >
> > > > > You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
> > > > >
> > > > > No, beta colors cannot work.
> > > > >
> > > > > No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
> > > >
> > > > What? That is easily passed by.
> > > >
> > > > Have the Red/Blue team stay during the lobby, and on the scoreboard. Allow FFA colors. Keep the arrow on the bottom pointing to which team you are on, and your score. Fixed.
> > >
> > > This. You honestly have a problem if you can’t tell an Elite apart from a Spartan.
> >
> > I would like to hear it from a 343i Employee, it may sound easy on paper but it may not be as easy as you think in-game.
>
> As would I. I honestly just don’t believe it could be that hard. Is this possible in Custom Games? I haven’t checked.
If it was possible in Customs, I am sure it would have been suggested, as of now, disabling Team Colours in a Team game isn’t possible.
With Megalo, it may be, but, bit of a pointless change.
Very much agreed. The teams are completely different species, so why not just ditch the colors?
> So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
>
> You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
>
> No, beta colors cannot work.
>
> No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
Gametype options: Spartan Traits > Appearance > Forced Colour: Green or whatever
Similar for elites.
> > So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
> >
> > You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
> >
> > No, beta colors cannot work.
> >
> > No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
>
> Gametype options: Spartan Traits > Appearance > Forced Colour: Green or whatever
>
> Similar for elites.
Gametype options: Traits > Appearance > Forced Color: Off. (There is actually the “Off” option but it does nothing at the moment)
My suggestion is to make turning forced color off actually turns the teams forced colors off, No red or blue colors in Invasion or slayer if you wish, Mainly intended for custom games.
> > So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
> >
> > You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
> >
> > No, beta colors cannot work.
> >
> > No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
>
> Gametype options: Spartan Traits > Appearance > Forced Colour: Green or whatever
>
> Similar for elites.
I’m not talking about making it Green vs. Purple again. I’m talking about making it your colors that you have set in the Armory.
> > So you want one round Invasion games where you could play as an elite for a hundred games straight?
> >
> > You want Green Elites, and Purple Spartans?
> >
> > No, beta colors cannot work.
> >
> > No, FFA Colors cannot work, as Invasion is set up as a TEAM GAME. If somebody scores, their TEAM wins, not them.
>
> Gametype options: Spartan Traits > Appearance > Forced Colour: Green or whatever
>
> Similar for elites.
He’s wanting to be able to use your own colours, not bring Purple vs Green back.
I posted on your old thread, once again, agree 100%. You should post it in the official feedback thread under general discussion.
It would be appreciated if a 343 employee can clear up the level of ease on implementing this.
if this color change thing (which i totally agree on btw whether it’s green vs purple again or default colors) is gonna work then elite and spartan skirmish has to be taken out of the playlist…spartan skirmish is spartan vs spartan and elite skirmish is…well you get the idea…team colors are needed for those 2 gametypes…and i guess its just easier to do forced team colors for the whole playlist.
but i agree default colors ftw i know im killing an elite as a spartan no matter his color
