I was against it at first, but honestly, I’ve been convinced by some to at least give them a chance. They can work well if done right, and I’m not even really sure myself what that would look like yet, but I’m going to refrain from judging until I’ve actually played the game, in this instance.
Too regressive. It was more like having a paintjob that was universal and THEN you could colorize it I wouldn’t be complaining. But now if you want the color-combo you have been rocking since Halo 2, you gotta get lucky or unlock it in a battle pass; and that is IF they even do your combo in the first place.
I don’t love it. I don’t even like it.
But there are aspects of it I do like.
So it’s… Give and take, I guess. I just want the freedom to dictate what colors from the skin go where. I’d be much cooler with that… or the ability to make my own, from what I’ve collected. That, I’d truly like, but fully understand why it isn’t a thing.
As much as I hate that.
An overall downgrade from the color system we had previously. And significantly worse than I was hoping for when they hyped up player expression. I was really hoping they would set a higher bar with spartan customization with things like tertiary colors, different patterns, Different textures etc. Instead we got a limited system that will almost certainly end up with many players never liking the way their spartan looks. Almost certainly because it is easier to monetize and gives them more things to put in a battlepass.
It’s not the most serious issue at the end of the day and I’ve gotten over it. But I would really prefer the old system back or a better one to replace it. As is it’s unlikely I’ll ever find a coating I like.
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> From how I see armor coatings is that personality will be striped away from your spartan where used to you could join a match with a very low likely hood of someone looking like you with the same paint but with coatings you might see a lobby full of Thanos purple Spartans. Personally I thank that coatings are just a step backwards and just there to be a way of 343 to make even more money off infinite.
It won’t take long for the number of coatings to surpass the number of primary / secondary colour combinations.
Particularly if you consider that relatively few of the possible combinations were used. Pretty much everyone is a primary colour and black or white.
While you may see more than one purple spartan in your lobby… at least there is a good chance they will be sporting different types of purple coatings.
my thoughts are simple, no matter how much time they give it, how many coatings they add, how varied they are. it will always be inferior to a mixed system where you could choose the primary and secondary colors with the coating.
say in 10 years there are 4,000 coatings, not bad thats just barely beating out what halo 5 launched with. now imagine each of those 4,000 coatings let you pick from 60 primaries and 60 secondary’s, well now the game would have had (4,000*3,600=) 14,400,000 possible combinations.
We should be able to attach coatings to specific armor pieces. Adding armor coatings with primaries and secondaries to choose from is another good option to improve customizability. More customization is always better. People want to be unique we should be able to do that.
not that great but I can live with it
Honestly I’m fine as long as they double the amount of default unlocked color coatings. Something around what we had in 3/reach. Everything else is whatever. They’re going to need to monetize the game as this is a 10 year long project so coatings are the least offensive way they could do it imo.
The old color palette system only had so many combinations which were possible. I feel they will do coatings for all these combinations and as long as they do something similar to that I am happy. It depends on how extensive the combinations are.
It feels restrictive & takes that personalisation away from your Spartan but I’ll probably get used to it once I got the Coating I desire
I just hope they don’t lock basic color schemes behind a battlepass or paywall.
I like them, curious to see what comes in the future. Glad to finally see a forum post where the OP isn’t trashing it like it’s a spawn of hell.
Im very excited to see what it looks like when the game fully releases!
I hate the idea of having to wait 343 come up with a coating I will like on their own. For every coating I see, there is always something I want to change. So far, there is nothing I like 100%.
I hope the system gets overhauled in the future. The idea of turning something that has always been free from the get-go to something that can be monetized still feels gross.
I like it, i just hope that there are lots at launch for optimal colours
I like the Idea of different textures on weapons and armor, for those who like bungie style we can get that and if you like343i art direction it can be implemented fairly easily as well.
However loosing are traditional selection of colors and emblem is very disappointing and a sign that free-to-play is not the direction Halo should go in. I’ve got a huge suspicion that Assassinations will be monetized.
Sure the battle Pass system they have will be better because you can progress at your own pace, but think about what we will potentially not launch with because 343i is focusing their recourses on greedy corporate practices.
I was a little surprised at the fact the basic colors, which were Halo: Combat Evolved style with single color options instead of multi-color options, were free and there from the get-go. The colors themselves were nearly all identical to Combat Evolved as well. To me, I felt much happier than before with coatings. Initially, I was under the impression there would be no basic color choices. It is good to see there are. In the end, I am pleased with the coatings.
I really like it, it has a pro part, in the aspect that it has colors where you could never customize that way, the cons is that each one is different and that color that you like you cannot see in the other coating in our own way.
On the other hand, the spartan looks just how you want it, although many are wanting the Red vs Blue base colors.
I don’t mind the shift from red v blue as it allows us to show off our unique colors in game. As long as I can differentiate friendlies v enemies then it’s all good. I also don’t mind monetizing coatings since multiplayer is F2P and I personally am willing to shell out some money for a coating I like.
However, as mentioned in other threads, I hope they allow color customization on top of coatings to make them even more unique. And if they decided to monetize that part then so be it, I just don’t like looking like everyone else if I can help it lol