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> People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, it was about having fun. As an example there are games I don’t like, but I have fun playing them with friends.

Gameplay and customization is what’s fun to a lot of people. If gameplay is lacking, or not just to someone’s taste, they’re not going to find it fun,
Sure, some games can be fun with the right party even if it’s not something you’d normally play but would you really play it in the long run, and isn’t then the game something you do like?

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> I don’t agree with removing primary, secondary color customization, but acting likes it’s the worst thing to happen in the gaming world, is a sad choice.

And someone is acting like it? Or would this perhaps be the first piece of information we get in a long time, and it’s quite controversial?

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> Bringing our feedback to 343i is good, however getting angry and saying that 343i can’t do anything right, or other insults, is just wrong, also I’ve seen and heard that people saying threats!? Like what the heck people, it’s a game for sanity’s sake, if you don’t like the way it looks, that’s your opinion don’t take it out on the game company.

And non-constructive feedback is being handled like it should be.

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> After all the outrageous things people have said just because 343i’s games weren’t exact copies of bungie games, we should be happy 343i is even making halo games still.

Here’s that Bungie again… and “exact copy”.
From what I’ve gathered, the vast majority of people who aren’t fond of i343’s Halo don’t want exact copies of Bungie’s Halos, they just do not agree with the frantic trend chasing i343 has been doing which has in their opinion deviated Halo from the old gameplay style towards a generic overused gameplay trend.
There have, over the years, people who have said that it wouldn’t really have mattered if Halo 3, or Reach, was the last Halo because i343’s isn’t up to par with their expectations.

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> > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, it was about having fun. As an example there are games I don’t like, but I have fun playing them with friends.
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> Gameplay and customization is what’s fun to a lot of people. If gameplay is lacking, or not just to someone’s taste, they’re not going to find it fun,
> Sure, some games can be fun with the right party even if it’s not something you’d normally play but would you really play it in the long run, and isn’t then the game something you do like?
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> > I don’t agree with removing primary, secondary color customization, but acting likes it’s the worst thing to happen in the gaming world, is a sad choice.
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> > Bringing our feedback to 343i is good, however getting angry and saying that 343i can’t do anything right, or other insults, is just wrong, also I’ve seen and heard that people saying threats!? Like what the heck people, it’s a game for sanity’s sake, if you don’t like the way it looks, that’s your opinion don’t take it out on the game company.
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> > After all the outrageous things people have said just because 343i’s games weren’t exact copies of bungie games, we should be happy 343i is even making halo games still.
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> Here’s that Bungie again… and “exact copy”.
> From what I’ve gathered, the vast majority of people who aren’t fond of i343’s Halo don’t want exact copies of Bungie’s Halos, they just do not agree with the frantic trend chasing i343 has been doing which has in their opinion deviated Halo from the old gameplay style towards a generic overused gameplay trend.
> There have, over the years, people who have said that it wouldn’t really have mattered if Halo 3, or Reach, was the last Halo because i343’s isn’t up to par with their expectations.

^ agreed…you even broke it down more than I cared to.

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> > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think (1)__halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, (2)it was about having fun.
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> 1. That’s just a foolish statement considering the time and effort into developing the story. Furthermore if customizations weren’t a part of Halo then why be able to change armors, colors, emblems, elite/Spartan, etc.? which brings me to
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> 2. fortnite was developed to have fun…hence no story.
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> I can tell by your account that you haven’t been on the forums (or posted) much but as someone who has been here for a few years I can agree that these forums do turn into complaint fests and it can be quite toxic at times but people do in fact have a reason to be frustrated with 343i. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but tbh I think a larger amount of people would disagree with you then those coming to defend. good luck

I think it’s an interesting conversation that needs to be had! Barring even the frustration. I mean I totally agree with you, people are justified to be frustrated because there is a clear confusion with why the system was made this way in the first place. Even so however, it’s still worth pursuing why they made this system if they could have just added to the old one. This is a question that cannot be answered simply through “will it be monetized?” or those questions that Junyszek answered on Twitter. Don’t get me wrong, he did clear up some confusion, but not all of it. Mainly, he didn’t clear up the question of what the intention was to create this system, and not the system that Ultimate Ryuko outlines in this very thread.

“I think the most depressing thing about this is that the old color system wouldn’t be that hard to improve, make it piece by piece, add different types like Matte, Metallic, Pearlescent, add a full color wheel WITH the ability to choose how saturated you want the colors to be and add armor detail like pristine, battle worn, etc. and I think everyone would have loved it, but no they went with the one they knew would grate peoples nerves [and spend more of their budget] rather than improve an old system because of greed and honestly that’s just depressing.”

A total dismissal of this argument would be unjust because: the air of mystery that surrounds why exactly this system was made and not another reasonably made system that doesn’t exude any suspicion, is justified because of that suspicion. It’s a mystery worth at least pursuing right now because I doubt we want to be subject to a potential refute in the form of “we told you it was going to be this way” by them (343) or anyone else in defense of the system. We’re allowed to discuss it right now because even though we can’t see the game itself, we’d like to know exactly how it’s going to be and why because we want to gauge whether this is really move to improve Halo as a whole or not, an argument that’s been going on for a while.
Why the suspicion? Because we’ve gone through this for 3 games now (3 if you count Halo Wars 2).
Given this however, I still want to be clear that I’m not in any place to say whether it’s good or bad to have a system like this present in the 3rd main line Halo game made by 343, I’m more interested in pursuing the truth.

In straight, is this an attempt at improving the present system, just merely gone wrong (this early in development), or an attempt at replacing the old, unmonetizable system with a new, monetizable one? It’s worth pursuing, I don’t think anyone should just bluntly dismiss it, rather anyone who disagrees should civilly refute it with their own points, emotional or logistical.

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> > > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think (1)__halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, (2)it was about having fun.
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> > 1. That’s just a foolish statement considering the time and effort into developing the story. Furthermore if customizations weren’t a part of Halo then why be able to change armors, colors, emblems, elite/Spartan, etc.? which brings me to
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> > 2. fortnite was developed to have fun…hence no story.
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> > I can tell by your account that you haven’t been on the forums (or posted) much but as someone who has been here for a few years I can agree that these forums do turn into complaint fests and it can be quite toxic at times but people do in fact have a reason to be frustrated with 343i. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but tbh I think a larger amount of people would disagree with you then those coming to defend. good luck
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> I think it’s an interesting conversation that needs to be had! Barring even the frustration. I mean I totally agree with you, people are justified to be frustrated because there is a clear confusion with why the system was made this way in the first place. Even so however, it’s still worth pursuing why they made this system if they could have just added to the old one. This is a question that cannot be answered simply through “will it be monetized?” or those questions that Junyszek answered on Twitter. Don’t get me wrong, he did clear up some confusion, but not all of it. Mainly, he didn’t clear up the question of what the intention was to create this system, and not the system that Ultimate Ryuko outlines in this very thread.
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> “I think the most depressing thing about this is that the old color system wouldn’t be that hard to improve, make it piece by piece, add different types like Matte, Metallic, Pearlescent, add a full color wheel WITH the ability to choose how saturated you want the colors to be and add armor detail like pristine, battle worn, etc. and I think everyone would have loved it, but no they went with the one they knew would grate peoples nerves [and spend more of their budget] rather than improve an old system because of greed and honestly that’s just depressing.”
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> A total dismissal of this argument would be unjust because: the air of mystery that surrounds why exactly this system was made and not another reasonably made system that doesn’t exude any suspicion, is justified because of that suspicion. It’s a mystery worth at least pursuing right now because I doubt we want to be subject to a potential refute in the form of “we told you it was going to be this way” by them (343) or anyone else in defense of the system. We’re allowed to discuss it right now because even though we can’t see the game itself, we’d like to know exactly how it’s going to be and why because we want to gauge whether this is really move to improve Halo as a whole or not.
> Why the suspicion? Because we’ve gone through this for 3 games now (3 if you count Halo Wars 2).
> Given this however, I still want to be clear that I’m not in any place to say whether it’s good or bad to have a system like this present in the 3rd main line Halo game made by 343, I’m more interested in pursuing the truth.
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> In straight, is this an attempt at improving the present system, just merely gone wrong (this early in development), or an attempt at replacing the old, unmonetizable system with a new, monetizable one? It’s worth pursuing, I don’t think anyone should just bluntly dismiss it, rather anyone who disagrees should civilly refute it with their own points.

Wasn’t dismissing his point more to the effect to say halo wasn’t developed for gameplay…I mean come on…really?

as for improving the system I can’t say that at this point in time they have improved the system based on the information we’ve been given aside from “marking up” the actual armor with scratches and worn out paint in sections. Absolutely the forum is a place to discuss these things but to make statements that in fact contradict the specific actual facts of gameplay and customization being in the game for 15-19 years is like saying most people agree that the grass is purple despite it the obvious conception that it is green.

to further the point I even bold and italicized the remarks to which I was referring in the original post…sorry for any confusion

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> > > > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think (1)__halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, (2)it was about having fun.
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> > > 1. That’s just a foolish statement considering the time and effort into developing the story. Furthermore if customizations weren’t a part of Halo then why be able to change armors, colors, emblems, elite/Spartan, etc.? which brings me to
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> > > 2. fortnite was developed to have fun…hence no story.
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> > > I can tell by your account that you haven’t been on the forums (or posted) much but as someone who has been here for a few years I can agree that these forums do turn into complaint fests and it can be quite toxic at times but people do in fact have a reason to be frustrated with 343i. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but tbh I think a larger amount of people would disagree with you then those coming to defend. good luck
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> Wasn’t dismissing his point more to the effect to say halo wasn’t developed for gameplay…I mean come on…really?
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> as for improving the system I can’t say that at this point in time they have improved the system based on the information we’ve been given aside from “marking up” the actual armor with scratches and worn out paint in sections. Absolutely the forum is a place to discuss these things but to make statements that in fact contradict the specific actual facts of gameplay and customization being in the game for 15-19 years is like saying most people agree that the grass is purple despite it the obvious conception that it is green.
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> to further the point I even bold and italicized the remarks to which I was referring.

Ok I’m not sure if my point came across but I was actually agreeing with you. people do have a reason to be frustrated with 343. I think that FieryPheonix shouldn’t be structuring his refutes in the form that he/she is. Why didn’t I just quote him? Because I saw something very interesting in your point, which was that ‘People have a reason to be mad at 343’.

I was more trying to put reason behind what you were saying, which is that people have a reason to be frustrated with 343, BECAUSE of this this and this (in my post).

FieryPheonix was dismissing this entire thread (and entire argument) and I don’t think that that is the way we should go about arguing about this mystery.

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> > > > > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think (1)__halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, (2)it was about having fun.
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> > > > 1. That’s just a foolish statement considering the time and effort into developing the story. Furthermore if customizations weren’t a part of Halo then why be able to change armors, colors, emblems, elite/Spartan, etc.? which brings me to
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> > > > 2. fortnite was developed to have fun…hence no story.
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> > > > I can tell by your account that you haven’t been on the forums (or posted) much but as someone who has been here for a few years I can agree that these forums do turn into complaint fests and it can be quite toxic at times but people do in fact have a reason to be frustrated with 343i. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but tbh I think a larger amount of people would disagree with you then those coming to defend. good luck
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> > Wasn’t dismissing his point more to the effect to say halo wasn’t developed for gameplay…I mean come on…really?
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> > as for improving the system I can’t say that at this point in time they have improved the system based on the information we’ve been given aside from “marking up” the actual armor with scratches and worn out paint in sections. Absolutely the forum is a place to discuss these things but to make statements that in fact contradict the specific actual facts of gameplay and customization being in the game for 15-19 years is like saying most people agree that the grass is purple despite it the obvious conception that it is green.
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> > to further the point I even bold and italicized the remarks to which I was referring.
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> Ok I’m not sure if my point came across but I was actually agreeing with you. people do have a reason to be frustrated with 343. I think that FieryPheonix shouldn’t be structuring his refutes in the form that he/she is.
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> I was more trying to put reason behind what you were saying, which is that people have a reason to be frustrated with 343, BECAUSE of this this and this (in my post).
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> FieryPheonix was dismissing this thread and I don’t think that that is the way we should go about arguing about this mystery.

My apologies…I did see where you agreed with me, thought because I commented on and disagreed with the other poster that you had assumed I was dismissing his post entirely . My bad…

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> > > > > > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think (1)__halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, (2)it was about having fun.
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> > > > > 1. That’s just a foolish statement considering the time and effort into developing the story. Furthermore if customizations weren’t a part of Halo then why be able to change armors, colors, emblems, elite/Spartan, etc.? which brings me to
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> > > > > 2. fortnite was developed to have fun…hence no story.
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> > > > > I can tell by your account that you haven’t been on the forums (or posted) much but as someone who has been here for a few years I can agree that these forums do turn into complaint fests and it can be quite toxic at times but people do in fact have a reason to be frustrated with 343i. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but tbh I think a larger amount of people would disagree with you then those coming to defend. good luck
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> > > Wasn’t dismissing his point more to the effect to say halo wasn’t developed for gameplay…I mean come on…really?
> > >
> > > as for improving the system I can’t say that at this point in time they have improved the system based on the information we’ve been given aside from “marking up” the actual armor with scratches and worn out paint in sections. Absolutely the forum is a place to discuss these things but to make statements that in fact contradict the specific actual facts of gameplay and customization being in the game for 15-19 years is like saying most people agree that the grass is purple despite it the obvious conception that it is green.
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> > > to further the point I even bold and italicized the remarks to which I was referring.
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> > Ok I’m not sure if my point came across but I was actually agreeing with you. people do have a reason to be frustrated with 343. I think that FieryPheonix shouldn’t be structuring his refutes in the form that he/she is.
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> > I was more trying to put reason behind what you were saying, which is that people have a reason to be frustrated with 343, BECAUSE of this this and this (in my post).
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> > FieryPheonix was dismissing this thread and I don’t think that that is the way we should go about arguing about this mystery.
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> My apologies…I did see where you agreed with me, thought because I was commented on and disagreed that you had assumed I was. My bad…

No no its not a problem, it’s just my way of typing. I over-complicate things a lot and I need to work on being on making clear the things that are important (like for example, making clear that I’m on your side, even if I wanted to interpret what you said a different way).

This is a conversation that should continue! People have a reason to be angry and so others shouldn’t just dismiss it like its nothing, cause it’s something! They and we should try to understand the other side (when it’s civilly argued) and then bring civil points to argue against.

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> > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think (1)__halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, (2)it was about having fun. As an example there are games I don’t like, but I have fun playing them with friends. I don’t agree with removing primary, secondary color customization, but acting likes it’s the worst thing to happen in the gaming world, is a sad choice. Bringing our feedback to 343i is good, however getting angry and saying that 343i can’t do anything right, or other insults, is just wrong, also I’ve seen and heard that people saying threats!? Like what the heck people, it’s a game for sanity’s sake, if you don’t like the way it looks, that’s your opinion don’t take it out on the game company. After all the outrageous things people have said just because 343i’s games weren’t exact copies of bungie games, we should be happy 343i is even making halo games still. So, instead of complaining, try to enjoy the game first, and when there is something that isn’t necessarily good, make your feedback good and constructive instead of saying, “this choice is stupid change it”, because nothing’s gonna change with that attitude. As I said I don’t totally agree with removing the the old color system, but I’m still optimistic for infinite. I don’t like it when games monetize everything either. But good grief, acting like this is the end of the world is just stupid.
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> 1. That’s just a foolish statement considering the time and effort into developing the story. Furthermore if customizations weren’t a part of Halo then why be able to change armors, colors, emblems, elite/Spartan, etc.? which brings me to
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> 2. fortnite was developed to have fun…hence no story.
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> I can tell by your account that you haven’t been on the forums (or posted) much but as someone who has been here for a few years I can agree that these forums do turn into complaint fests and it can be quite toxic at times but people do in fact have a reason to be frustrated with 343i. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but tbh I think a larger amount of people would disagree with you then those coming to defend. good luck

I agree that death threats and general whining is not a great way to incite change, but I think most people on these forums have had good reason to be upset, and voicing their opinions is the best way to get execs to listen. Furthermore, to build on these points;

  1. Halo definitely started out as a pretty simplistic multiplayer experience, with the expansive sandbox as a focus for a personalized playstyle. You couldn’t even choose different armor pieces until Halo 3. But since Reach, a lot of players have had tons of fun crating their own personalized Spartans, mixing and matching armor pieces, and choosing from a large swath of color options. I actually distinctly remember grinding up to the rank of General just so I could have a certain elite armor. Believe it or not Halo multiplayer has evolved around the idea of player customization, and a lot of fans have fun with it. 343 said themselves that they made this design choice specifically to expand on “player expression.” You can’t say that this system which obviously limits the choice of color is somehow more creative, but then turn around and say “oh, well the creativity part of it doesn’t really matter anyways.” Why would you have this system for customizing colors, armor, vehicles, and weapons in the first place if you didn’t think that was a core part of the multiplayer experience?

  2. I’m sure the multiplayer experience will still be fun. Playing with friends has always been my favorite part about Halo, and I’m sure they’ve taken a lot of care in crafting a multiplayer game that most people will enjoy. At the moment, however we have no information on what multiplayer will look like. The only official news we’ve received about multiplayer is this armor coating system. With this as our only reference point, we are left to draw our own conclusions as to how this will change multiplayer. Will we have to grind challenges and experience just to get a few new coatings? Will we have to spend in game currency to buy them? What if I load into a FFA match and everyone looks the same as me? Will I only be able to make my spartan unique and personal by spending actual money on an exclusive coating? It’s not a game breaking decision but it does affect the enjoyment of the multiplayer experience for a lot of people. Not to mention we’ve been given little positives to consider, replacing a fundamental feature with a completely different system that we don’t fully understand is not a gain, at best it’s a net zero. It’s much easier to focus on the negative ramifications when the information we’ve been given is vague and confusing.

Lastly, I don’t think anyone here was expecting or even hoping for a carbon copy of Bungie’s Halo, I think a lot of us became heavily invested in Halo 4 and 5, certainly when it comes to Halo 5’s multiplayer. I think most people are just frustrated and confused because it seems whenever 343 wants to improve something or build upon a feature from previous games, it usually comes at the cost of taking something else away. I don’t think we should be -Yoink!- over 343 because “we should be happy 343i is even making halo games still.” They are continuing to make these games because of the success of an almost 2 decade franchise with a long-standing and devoted fan-base. Most fans of Halo buy the game simply because it is a Halo game. They owe us for their success just as much as we owe them for continuing to make a game we have been enjoying for years before they inherited the franchise.

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> > > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think (1)__halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, (2)it was about having fun. As an example there are games I don’t like, but I have fun playing them with friends. I don’t agree with removing primary, secondary color customization, but acting likes it’s the worst thing to happen in the gaming world, is a sad choice. Bringing our feedback to 343i is good, however getting angry and saying that 343i can’t do anything right, or other insults, is just wrong, also I’ve seen and heard that people saying threats!? Like what the heck people, it’s a game for sanity’s sake, if you don’t like the way it looks, that’s your opinion don’t take it out on the game company. After all the outrageous things people have said just because 343i’s games weren’t exact copies of bungie games, we should be happy 343i is even making halo games still. So, instead of complaining, try to enjoy the game first, and when there is something that isn’t necessarily good, make your feedback good and constructive instead of saying, “this choice is stupid change it”, because nothing’s gonna change with that attitude. As I said I don’t totally agree with removing the the old color system, but I’m still optimistic for infinite. I don’t like it when games monetize everything either. But good grief, acting like this is the end of the world is just stupid.
> >
> > 1. That’s just a foolish statement considering the time and effort into developing the story. Furthermore if customizations weren’t a part of Halo then why be able to change armors, colors, emblems, elite/Spartan, etc.? which brings me to
> >
> > 2. fortnite was developed to have fun…hence no story.
> >
> > I can tell by your account that you haven’t been on the forums (or posted) much but as someone who has been here for a few years I can agree that these forums do turn into complaint fests and it can be quite toxic at times but people do in fact have a reason to be frustrated with 343i. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but tbh I think a larger amount of people would disagree with you then those coming to defend. good luck
>
> I agree that death threats and general whining is not a great way to incite change, but I think most people on these forums have had good reason to be upset, and voicing their opinions is the best way to get execs to listen. Furthermore, to build on these points;
>
> 1. Halo definitely started out as a pretty simplistic multiplayer experience, with the expansive sandbox as a focus for a personalized playstyle. You couldn’t even choose different armor pieces until Halo 3. But since Reach, a lot of players have had tons of fun crating their own personalized Spartans, mixing and matching armor pieces, and choosing from a large swath of color options. I actually distinctly remember grinding up to the rank of General just so I could have a certain elite armor. Believe it or not Halo multiplayer has evolved around the idea of player customization, and a lot of fans have fun with it. 343 said themselves that they made this design choice specifically to expand on “player expression.” You can’t say that this system which obviously limits the choice of color is somehow more creative, but then turn around and say “oh, well the creativity part of it doesn’t really matter anyways.” Why would you have this system for customizing colors, armor, vehicles, and weapons in the first place if you didn’t think that was a core part of the multiplayer experience?
>
> 2. I’m sure the multiplayer experience will still be fun. Playing with friends has always been my favorite part about Halo, and I’m sure they’ve taken a lot of care in crafting a multiplayer game that most people will enjoy. At the moment, however we have no information on what multiplayer will look like. The only official news we’ve received about multiplayer is this armor coating system. With this as our only reference point, we are left to draw our own conclusions as to how this will change multiplayer. Will we have to grind challenges and experience just to get a few new coatings? Will we have to spend in game currency to buy them? What if I load into a FFA match and everyone looks the same as me? Will I only be able to make my spartan unique and personal by spending actual money on an exclusive coating? It’s not a game breaking decision but it does affect the enjoyment of the multiplayer experience for a lot of people. Not to mention we’ve been given little positives to consider, replacing a fundamental feature with a completely different system that we don’t fully understand is not a gain, at best it’s a net zero. It’s much easier to focus on the negative ramifications when the information we’ve been given is vague and confusing.
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> Lastly, I don’t think anyone here was expecting or even hoping for a carbon copy of Bungie’s Halo, I think a lot of us became heavily invested in Halo 4 and 5, certainly when it comes to Halo 5’s multiplayer. I think most people are just frustrated and confused because it seems whenever 343 wants to improve something or build upon a feature from previous games, it usually comes at the cost of taking something else away. I don’t think we should be -Yoink!- over 343 because “we should be happy 343i is even making halo games still.” They are continuing to make these games because of the success of an almost 2 decade franchise with a long-standing and devoted fan-base. Most fans of Halo buy the game simply because it is a Halo game. They owe us for their success just as much as we owe them for continuing to make a game we have been enjoying for years before they inherited the franchise.

^ Agreed. Not big on copy and paste franchises like CoD…I guess it really boils down to the specific user and there proffered style of experience. I’d rather have quality over quantity in that regard

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I hope they run a system similar to COD MW’s color coating options with their gun accessories. Where you can choose which coating for each accessory on the gun, depending what skins you have unlocked. For the love of God please don’t just make it bland one skin things. I’m tired of games doing this, I want to be able to customize everything for the sake of me and everyone else. The clan community will suffer HEAVY from this because they need slight variations for their armor sets. Please 343 just give us actually viable content to remember and cherish your game for, not to bring down us every time we think about it.

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343 is such an infuriating company honestly this is all because of the F2P model they are aiming for and I knew anything customization wise was going to be paywall locked as soon as the F2P aspect was revealed… and then they literally said “you may not like this but we’re excited” like yeah you’re excited to watch money roll in for literally paywalling a part of customization of halo lol

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Maybe redirect the decision to make Infinite free to pay? Obviously they will not do that but is there any incentive to purchase the campaign? Like if for example I was to get the campaign do I get all the “armor coatings” for that entire year since I am putting money into the game already or do I have to spend more so I can look all blue? With 343i putting out information they really need to elaborate on what is going on and go in depth. I do not understand why it is so hard to do this… just make a devblog and listen to the community. Start engaging with everyone and being proactive. I am kind of everywhere with this but it would be nice to see Halo Infinite not flop but I think this is going to have to be done with 343i listening to the community and not following the norm. Halo is unique because of not only the matchmaking but the fact that the player has so much accessibility with forge and custom games and being able to customize your spartan. I will end this now, it would be nice to receive more information on the “armor coatings”

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52 color options in Halo 5 for primary and secondary. That’s 2704 color combinations. The coating system I am willing to bet will not have “way more player expression options.”

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> Maybe redirect the decision to make Infinite free to pay? Obviously they will not do that but is there any incentive to purchase the campaign? Like if for example I was to get the campaign do I get all the “armor coatings” for that entire year since I am putting money into the game already or do I have to spend more so I can look all blue? With 343i putting out information they really need to elaborate on what is going on and go in depth. I do not understand why it is so hard to do this… just make a devblog and listen to the community. Start engaging with everyone and being proactive. I am kind of everywhere with this but it would be nice to see Halo Infinite not flop but I think this is going to have to be done with 343i listening to the community and not following the norm. Halo is unique because of not only the matchmaking but the fact that the player has so much accessibility with forge and custom games and being able to customize your spartan. I will end this now, it would be nice to receive more information on the “armor coatings”

Yes, it would be nice if someone who buys the campaign, get at least some of the coatings unlocked for free, as they spent money on the campaign. I also agree that it would be nice if they made a devblog, so we would have at least an easy way to communicate with them. I think that making the multiplayer free, may have been a slight mistake, because as a result I’m guessing there’ll be more monetization.

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> > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think (1)__halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, (2)it was about having fun. As an example there are games I don’t like, but I have fun playing them with friends. I don’t agree with removing primary, secondary color customization, but acting likes it’s the worst thing to happen in the gaming world, is a sad choice. Bringing our feedback to 343i is good, however getting angry and saying that 343i can’t do anything right, or other insults, is just wrong, also I’ve seen and heard that people saying threats!? Like what the heck people, it’s a game for sanity’s sake, if you don’t like the way it looks, that’s your opinion don’t take it out on the game company. After all the outrageous things people have said just because 343i’s games weren’t exact copies of bungie games, we should be happy 343i is even making halo games still. So, instead of complaining, try to enjoy the game first, and when there is something that isn’t necessarily good, make your feedback good and constructive instead of saying, “this choice is stupid change it”, because nothing’s gonna change with that attitude. As I said I don’t totally agree with removing the the old color system, but I’m still optimistic for infinite. I don’t like it when games monetize everything either. But good grief, acting like this is the end of the world is just stupid.
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> 1. That’s just a foolish statement considering the time and effort into developing the story. Furthermore if customizations weren’t a part of Halo then why be able to change armors, colors, emblems, elite/Spartan, etc.? which brings me to
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> 2. fortnite was developed to have fun…hence no story.
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> I can tell by your account that you haven’t been on the forums (or posted) much but as someone who has been here for a few years I can agree that these forums do turn into complaint fests and it can be quite toxic at times but people do in fact have a reason to be frustrated with 343i. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but tbh I think a larger amount of people would disagree with you then those coming to defend. good luck

I’ll admit that my post was not as well worded or thought out as I could have made it, which I will try to remedy for future posts. Next I wasn’t trying to say that this issue is unimportant, but that it could be worse and getting mad over it won’t help, being frustrated from this is fine, and you did give me some good insights, but others just used it as an opportunity to make me look dumb, so for those people if you don’t agree, and don’t have any good counter arguments, keep your disagreement to yourself.

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> Perhaps the issue here isn’t the people you interact with, but what your expectations are of what should be talked about.

Yeah I guess so, because what worries me the most is the F2P aspect of MP, which will 100% kill the game if the game isn’t prepared to handle hackers and other types of scum, whereas you guys just wanna cry about colors. I can’t wait for them to revert the system back to the old system but no one cares because the game isn’t playable because hackers are rampant. I’m not buying the game until they talk about what they’re doing to prevent hackers, boosters, derankers, and AFK-ers, and it’s so baffling to me how people are already sold when we know nothing about the game, but that’s gamers for you, they see shiny things and are immediately sold.

How do I stop getting notifications on this absolutely terrible website? Like this site is so bad it’s 2020 and it’s missing features that websites in the early 2000’s had lmaoooo.

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> What you guys at 343 have provided in terms of information on this feature isn’t enough. You have got to come out and say how this system is going to work. All you’ve done is beat around the bush.
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> “a “coating” is “a seven-layer shader that allows us to put any artist-authored color, material, or pattern into seven channels and apply it to in-game items like weapons, armor, and vehicles.”" Well no kidding. We want to know how we get new colors.
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> - Do we start out with a certain amount of colors? - Can we mix and match armor coatings? - Can we create our own armor coatings? - How do we get new armor coatings?These are the questions we want to know. If we can mix and match and players have a good amount of colors to start out with (like 30-40), no one will have a problem with this new system. Then maybe we can stick to these cool sets with pre-determined shades like Red Shift which has a bunch of different colors going on while also being able to create our own patterns.
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> Please tell us.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I just inferred this when I read the post. I think all of the negative sentiment seems to come from people trying to put words in 343 mouths when that doesn’t make sense to do. Like this OP on this forum is essentially saying “Woah woah woah. 343 didn’t explicitly state that they would give us colors to work with by default. I think that means they won’t let us do that.” When any rational person would see the post and assume that yeah, that’s probably the case. I have no idea where people are getting the idea that the color green is going to somehow locked behind a paywall. The hivemind at work, I guess. For example, consider a game like MW, where every gun has a unique set of customization options with the skin, stickers, reticles, etc. with the option to simply unlock a really large amount of these options through gameplay, or the added caveat of getting particularly unique skins through MTX. A system like this is what I immediately assumed was going to happen. I guess I just give 343 the benefit of the doubt? I don’t know why you wouldn’t here.
I guess for me it’s a matter of saying “You didn’t explicitly say this, but I didn’t think you necessarily needed to say that so I’m going to assume you’re adding that” vs. “You didn’t explicitly say this, does this mean you’re just not going to have anything like this?” which seems like the wrong take to make about the situation completely. It just seems like overreaction for the sake of being upset and I feel like it’s largely a waste of everyone’s time to make this much conjecture about it.

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> > Maybe redirect the decision to make Infinite free to pay? Obviously they will not do that but is there any incentive to purchase the campaign? Like if for example I was to get the campaign do I get all the “armor coatings” for that entire year since I am putting money into the game already or do I have to spend more so I can look all blue? With 343i putting out information they really need to elaborate on what is going on and go in depth. I do not understand why it is so hard to do this… just make a devblog and listen to the community. Start engaging with everyone and being proactive. I am kind of everywhere with this but it would be nice to see Halo Infinite not flop but I think this is going to have to be done with 343i listening to the community and not following the norm. Halo is unique because of not only the matchmaking but the fact that the player has so much accessibility with forge and custom games and being able to customize your spartan. I will end this now, it would be nice to receive more information on the “armor coatings”
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> Yes, it would be nice if someone who buys the campaign, get at least some of the coatings unlocked for free, as they spent money on the campaign. I also agree that it would be nice if they made a devblog, so we would have at least an easy way to communicate with them. I think that making the multiplayer free, may have been a slight mistake, because as a result I’m guessing there’ll be more monetization.
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> > > People need to stop whining about halo infinite’s customization and gameplay, look at it this way, I don’t think (1)__halo was ever meant to be about gameplay and customization, (2)it was about having fun. As an example there are games I don’t like, but I have fun playing them with friends. I don’t agree with removing primary, secondary color customization, but acting likes it’s the worst thing to happen in the gaming world, is a sad choice. Bringing our feedback to 343i is good, however getting angry and saying that 343i can’t do anything right, or other insults, is just wrong, also I’ve seen and heard that people saying threats!? Like what the heck people, it’s a game for sanity’s sake, if you don’t like the way it looks, that’s your opinion don’t take it out on the game company. After all the outrageous things people have said just because 343i’s games weren’t exact copies of bungie games, we should be happy 343i is even making halo games still. So, instead of complaining, try to enjoy the game first, and when there is something that isn’t necessarily good, make your feedback good and constructive instead of saying, “this choice is stupid change it”, because nothing’s gonna change with that attitude. As I said I don’t totally agree with removing the the old color system, but I’m still optimistic for infinite. I don’t like it when games monetize everything either. But good grief, acting like this is the end of the world is just stupid.
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> > 1. That’s just a foolish statement considering the time and effort into developing the story. Furthermore if customizations weren’t a part of Halo then why be able to change armors, colors, emblems, elite/Spartan, etc.? which brings me to
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> > 2. fortnite was developed to have fun…hence no story.
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> > I can tell by your account that you haven’t been on the forums (or posted) much but as someone who has been here for a few years I can agree that these forums do turn into complaint fests and it can be quite toxic at times but people do in fact have a reason to be frustrated with 343i. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but tbh I think a larger amount of people would disagree with you then those coming to defend. good luck
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> I’ll admit that my post was not as well worded or thought out as I could have made it, which I will try to remedy for future posts. Next I wasn’t trying to say that this issue is unimportant, but that it could be worse and getting mad over it won’t help, being frustrated from this is fine, and you did give me some good insights, but others just used it as an opportunity to make me look dumb, so for those people if you don’t agree, and don’t have any good counter arguments, keep your disagreement to yourself.

^ Agreed and unfortunately people who are trying to make someone look dumb to invalidate their argument are a going trend in the world. People let their emotions get the best of them instead of being able to formulate a good response for/against. Tbh I did try to warn you about the backlash. Someone a while ago on a different thread regarding sprint/clamber did the same for me.

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> How do I stop getting notifications on this absolutely terrible website? Like this site is so bad it’s 2020 and it’s missing features that websites in the early 2000’s had lmaoooo.

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  1. I want to be able to unlock ALL armor coats/armors/helmets in the base game for the price of the game itself: $60-$70.

  2. I don’t want the multiplayer to be F2P… it invites hackers/smurfs and encourages greedy microtransactions.

  3. If 343 develops new coats/armors/helmets/story expansions DOWN THE LINE, AFTER THE GAME HAS COME OUT, I would be willing to pay for them (as microtransactions should be!)

That is all. Thank you.

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> 1) I want to be able to unlock ALL armor coats/armors/helmets in the base game for the price of the game itself: $60-$70.
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> 2) I don’t want the multiplayer to be F2P… it invites hackers/smurfs and encourages greedy microtransactions.
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> 3) If 343 develops new coats/armors/helmets/story expansions DOWN THE LINE, AFTER THE GAME HAS COME OUT, I would be willing to pay for them (as microtransactions should be!)
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> That is all. Thank you.

Ya know, I bought every map DLC for Halo. I spent $0 on micro transactions for Halo 5. And I unlocked everything after playing the game on and off for 4 years.

locking standard features behind a pay wall is not right for Halo.

Halo sets trends. The more they follow them the worse the games get.