The Armor

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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Before you all read this, remember that this is my opinion and if you disagree with it that is perfectly fine! State your opinions in the comments!

Halo 4 had an enormous armor selection. A lot of new armor too! Oceanic, War Master, C.I.O., Vanguard, etc etc.

343i also brought back a lot of classics like Scout, Mark V, EOD, Recon, and so on and so fourth.

HOWEVER

in my personal opinion, I found the armor to be a bit too ‘flashy’. The colors were a little like Halo 3. And a lot of people (myself included) liked the look of the Halo 3 armor. But with the graphics that games have now- it just doesn’t work out.

The armor looked clean. Fresh out of the package. And maybe that’s what they were going for. With the new Spartan Program and all.

But I have to say, my favorite texture on armors were in Halo 2 and Halo: Reach.

Spartans are war machinines. Practically unstoppable. Their armor should be scractehd and worn down- faded. Not so new that it glistens in the light.

The Spartan III’s in Halo: Reach were great. The visors were dirty, the armor was beat up, and the colors were faded. It made your spartan look like they had been through a lot.

For Halo 5, or Halo Xbox One, it would be really awesome if you brought over all of the armor from Halo 4 and just smashed it up. Dirty visors, cracked visors, dirty armor, scratched armor, ATTACHMENTS!

Amor is such an important part of the Halo franchise. And 343 did great at giving us lots of options. But this time around let’s make it even better.

Bring back the attachments. Let us choose what side of the helmet we want the attachments on.

Add back Armor Detail color from Halo 3, but spice it up a little more. Let us have stuff like the Armor detail on Carter from Halo Reach.

Bring back the packs. Ammo packs, grenade belts, that stuff was great!

Really make these Spartans look like they’ve been through the gates of Satan’s utopia.

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I agree to an extent, but I’ll give you a counterproposal.

Damaged armor skins.

I don’t know, I like my flashy helmet and all. And everyone likes broken things, because broken things look badass.

So that’s my opinion. Give us both, the standard flashy design from 4 and the broken, Reach style design.

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> I agree to an extent, but I’ll give you a counterproposal.
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> Damaged armor skins.
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> I don’t know, I like my flashy helmet and all. And everyone likes broken things, because broken things look badass.
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> So that’s my opinion. Give us both, the standard flashy design from 4 and the broken, Reach style design.

Agreed!

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Hopefully all the militaristic accessories on the armour such as the ammo pouches, cameras, flashlights, cloaks and extra armour plating.

These along with the lovely design of the Reach armour you’ve highlighted the armour may look glorious in halo 5 =]

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> Hopefully all the militaristic accessories on the armour such as the ammo pouches, cameras, flashlights, cloaks and extra armour plating.
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> These along with the lovely design of the Reach armour you’ve highlighted the armour may look glorious in halo 5 =]

Only if I can get the Cloak from the teaser! I don’t care about the inconsistency about carrying a cloak with a powered armor beneath. It must be mine!

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Mine…

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> Mine…
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> http://images.wikia.com/halofanon/images/a/aa/SPI_enhanced_recolor.png

That looks awesome!

Seeing the knife on his back reminded me about assassinations.

Halo 4 didn’t have a knife holster anywhere. I think they were going for a Republic Commando style thing where the knife is hidden in the wrist plate, but I wouldn’t mind seeing the knife on my character again :slight_smile:

Maybe you could choose where your Spartan had his knife located on his armor?

And maybe depending on where your knife was located, you were given a certain set of assassinations that your character you execute?

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> > Mine…
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> > http://images.wikia.com/halofanon/images/a/aa/SPI_enhanced_recolor.png
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> That looks awesome!
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> Seeing the knife on his back reminded me about assassinations.
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> Halo 4 didn’t have a knife holster anywhere. I think they were going for a Republic Commando style thing where the knife is hidden in the wrist plate, but I wouldn’t mind seeing the knife on my character again :slight_smile:
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> Maybe you could choose where your Spartan had his knife located on his armor?
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> And maybe depending on where your knife was located, you were given a certain set of assassinations that your character you execute?

If that was the case, everyone would go for an Arm-mounted Kukri again.

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> Before you all read this, remember that this is my opinion and if you disagree with it that is perfectly fine! State your opinions in the comments!
>
>
> Halo 4 had an enormous armor selection. A lot of new armor too! Oceanic, War Master, C.I.O., Vanguard, etc etc.
>
> 343i also brought back a lot of classics like Scout, Mark V, EOD, Recon, and so on and so fourth.
>
> HOWEVER
>
> in my personal opinion, I found the armor to be a bit too ‘flashy’. The colors were a little like Halo 3. And a lot of people (myself included) liked the look of the Halo 3 armor. But with the graphics that games have now- it just doesn’t work out.
>
> The armor looked clean. Fresh out of the package. And maybe that’s what they were going for. With the new Spartan Program and all.
>
> But I have to say, my favorite texture on armors were in Halo 2 and Halo: Reach.
>
> Spartans are war machinines. Practically unstoppable. Their armor should be scractehd and worn down- faded. Not so new that it glistens in the light.
>
> The Spartan III’s in Halo: Reach were great. The visors were dirty, the armor was beat up, and the colors were faded. It made your spartan look like they had been through a lot.
>
> For Halo 5, or Halo Xbox One, it would be really awesome if you brought over all of the armor from Halo 4 and just smashed it up. Dirty visors, cracked visors, dirty armor, scratched armor, ATTACHMENTS!
>
> Amor is such an important part of the Halo franchise. And 343 did great at giving us lots of options. But this time around let’s make it even better.
>
> Bring back the attachments. Let us choose what side of the helmet we want the attachments on.
>
> Add back Armor Detail color from Halo 3, but spice it up a little more. Let us have stuff like the Armor detail on Carter from Halo Reach.
>
> Bring back the packs. Ammo packs, grenade belts, that stuff was great!
>
> Really make these Spartans look like they’ve been through the gates of Satan’s utopia.

I agree with nearly all of that, especially about making the Spartans armour looking worn and dented.

In other words, I want to see the Spartans looking like they have fought through a huge war, not having just came out from a car w… Excuse me, not having only just cleaned their armour or wearing armour that is either new or cheap looking.

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The only armor I want is Recon. Give me Recon, and I won’t care about the rest.

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Bring back my Mark V helmet, and no one gets hurt…

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Here’s my thoughts for an awesome armour customisation system:
-Halo 4 style armour (With a few remakes of Halo 3 and Reach suits - I want my Military Police back), with Halo 4 armour options (Helmet, Chest, Shoulders, Forearms, Legs, Visor)
-Halo Reach Accessory system (Helmet upgrades, wrist mounts, chest/waist equipment, thigh pouches, etc)
-Knife type (Combat Knife, Bayonet, Serrated Survival Knife, Flaying Knife, Kukri, Sword-Bayonet, Bowie Knife, Dagger, Trench Knife) and location (left/right upper chest, left/right rib area, left/right shoulder, left thigh, left/right calf, lower back.)

Colour system:
-Not sure about actual colours, i kinda prefer Halo 4 for this (I like the Forest in Halo 4), but whatever
-Choose matte or metallic for finish
-Skins and scuffing/dirt/scratches/battle-damage options
-Detail colour?
-Shield light colour?

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> Here’s my thoughts for an awesome armour customisation system:
> -Halo 4 style armour (With a few remakes of Halo 3 and Reach suits - I want my Military Police back), with Halo 4 armour options (Helmet, Chest, Shoulders, Forearms, Legs, Visor)
> -Halo Reach Accessory system (Helmet upgrades, wrist mounts, chest/waist equipment, thigh pouches, etc)
> -Knife type (Combat Knife, Bayonet, Serrated Survival Knife, Flaying Knife, Kukri, Sword-Bayonet, Bowie Knife, Dagger, Trench Knife) and location (left/right upper chest, left/right rib area, left/right shoulder, left thigh, left/right calf, lower back.)
>
> Colour system:
> -Not sure about actual colours, i kinda prefer Halo 4 for this (I like the Forest in Halo 4), but whatever
> -Choose matte or metallic for finish
> -Skins and scuffing/dirt/scratches/battle-damage options
> -Detail colour?
> -Shield light colour?

I concur, more customisable options!

Halo 4 had like 40 different armour sets, which was stupid because you’re never gonna wear the majority of them.

We need 15-20 armours max Mk. V, Mk. VI, Mk VII?, EVA, Commando, Gungnir, ODST, Rogue?, Recon and Raider as hard to getables… etc. Each need to be able to be made to look different. Eg. ODST: ODST squad, fan concept art

Reach’s attachments were blocky, i would like attachments that look in place and look as it they have a purpose like in the ODST squad.

The helmets should have various on/off attachments rather than pre-set attachments.

Next torso: Choose your chest and add some attachments, again with an on/off system.

Shoulders should look like they protect your shoulders. Not like reach where most are on the side of your arm. These could have one attachment slot eg. bullets / knife / ammo pack.

Forearms: not much to say, except the return of tac-pads.

Legs and/or knee-guards: not too bothered about these.

Undersuit: should have SOME customisation.

Visor: Various colours and effects (smashed)

All should have skins available, but non-specific.

Armour detail colour should also return. As well what you said.