I just read an article that stated the head of creative Jerry Hook confirmed in a recent livestream that the developers are looking to move away from the armor core customization system and all armor pieces and skins will be interchangeable with 1 body instead of 3!
But it will take time and we can expect them to make helmets, visors, and armor coatings to be interchangeable first sometime during season 2. After that we will eventually get all armor pieces too after they sort out the clipping issues.
So the most complicated ones like the yoroi armor will likely be last to be added for they require the most work and i suspect some pieces wont be fully compatible with everything. (Such as if a specific chest piece is equipped then some utilities and arm pieces will be incompatible) But thats fine with me personally im just glad most will be compatible with others.
With this we will be able to fully customize our spartans with every specific piece of armor and skins/visors just like back in Halo Reach days! And we can see a MUCH wider variety of armor combinations on players we come across in games.
This is what we were originally expecting before launch and it was such a surprise to see armor pieces were spread across 3 different body cores instead of just 1. This heavily limited consumer choices and drastically reduced the amount of variety amongst players. I can’t count the number of MARK VII armors using the iron man themed skin FIRE AND FROST. Combine that with a very limited selection of armor pieces that have very little difference between each other (in my opinion) it seemed to me i was playing with dozens of players using the exact same layout.
It wasnt unique or diversified. If it was at least available on all armors then the diversity would’ve much much greater. So this is a breath of fresh air and might actually encourage players to buy more from their store.
I didn’t want to buy anything for the mark vii armor because i dont care for the look of it. I prefer the mark v. So why would i want anything for the mark vii if I’m never going to use it? But a couple pieces are cool that i would use if i could interchange them. Many players have had the same issue and this most likely has had heavy impact on 343’s microtransaction sales.
So this is a remarkable decision and the best 1 they’ve made since launch in my opinion. It should heavily increase the popularity of their game and will most likely improve their sales. So hopefully they learned from their mistake and we wont see a mistake like that again.
No I did include that in this post. The one i spoke the most about mostly was the yoroi armor (a fracture armor) not being included due it’s unique and exaggerated design. This is expected since they are very complex and weren’t fully intended to ever be mixed with other armor so they would clip. Though the article did state this is only a for now situation. And if they ever do i also stated that some pieces would be most likely incompatible with other pieces if equipped. Such as some chest pieces cant be combined with certain utilities or arm pieces etc
Just a question, how hard is it to practice what you preach?
343 spent all these years making false claims about the game, and instead of following through with their own words the higher-ups decided to cash grab and they were disrespectful to the player base about it. Basically saying we don’t give a flying hoot what you veterans think. We want to grab as much cash as we can from the unsuspecting players.
Now they are going to try to act like they’re “listening, wanting to improve things”?
News flash higher-ups! You may have fooled some players, but not all of us. Maybe stop lying to your player base and actually follow through with what you promised because you could have easily avoided all the b******* you cased by doing right by the player base by staying true to your word.
It’s good that there moving away from cores because that is very restrictive and no clue why they tried to claim the opposite. Hopefully someday they have enough actual worthwhile content that is earnable in-game and not blocked behind a 2nd paywall. They’ve got a long way to go to build up trust back after misleading us about the progression system. At the moment the restrictions make it hard for me to want to even play Infinite these days. Barely touched the game in months.
It was a bad idea for them to practice an experimental run. They were trying to make having 3 different armor cores appear as though that would force variety amongst players since each set looks drastically different from the others. But in reality it actually limited variety because each set only has a very limited selection of pieces to choose from. Many of which are so similar to the others in their categories that the only difference is a teddy bear.
This was intentional because they figured it would force players to pay for more content. The player would like a specific armor set, but it doesnt look quite how they want it. so the player would pay to get the exact pieces they wanted in order to make that specific armor set look better. But if they had full interchangeable pieces from the other sets (that they already have unlocked for the other armor) the player might prefer those over the ones in the store and have their character designed how they want already so they will be less likely to buy more content.
Obviously that didnt work and most likely caused the opposite to happen. If the player prefers a specific set then thats what they’re gonna wear regardless what options there are in the store for the other sets. Why spend money on something for an armor set you’re never gonna wear? Doesnt matter how cool it is if you’re never gonna use it. So dont waste the money
I dont think that 1 will. Since it’s helmet specific. It would need a full edit for each and every helmet to match all shapes and sizes. In 343’s eyes that would take far too long. Plus that piece helps that specific helmet stand out amongst the rest. Most of the helmets already have each their own little gadgets on the sides/tops to stand out amongst the crowd. For that helmet the cat ears will probably remain forever exclusive to that helmet