What 343i Could / Should Monetize

Games Halo Infinite
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As a disclaimer, I do not currently like the monetization system in Halo Infinite. I believe that it has been implemented incredibly poorly with customisation options like colours and armour being locked behind paywalls.

With that said, I understand that 343i need to monetize some acspects of the game since they decided to make the multiplayer free to play (another debate in itself). So, below I’ve made some suggestions on what 343i could monetize rather than armour pieces / colours.

HUDS - In Halo 5’s campaign, we got to see the HUDs of multiple Spartans. Whilst Chief had a very nostalgic HUD, Locke had a more futuristic looking HUD. Meanwhile, Buck had one resembling Halo 3 ODST and Vale had one which was Covenant themed.

New HUDS would allow players to personalise their Spartan further and find a design which goes with their playstyle. I’m currently using the Mark V [b} armour, so maybe a Halo reach inspired HUD would be great?

Announcers - Halo 5’s announcer packs were pretty well received. I’ve heard that 343i stated they would not add these, but honestly I can’t see why they wouldn’t. Plenty of players would be willing to buy some of these packs. Rather than just having Spartan Agryna, I’m willing to bet a good majority of players would rather have a different character talking to them.

Examples include, Lasky, Buck, SGT Johnson, Anders, Exuberant Witness, SGT Forge, Commander Palmer, Captain Cutter, The Arbiter, YapYap, Jun, Carter, Halsey or of course, Cortanna / The Weapon. You could even give out 343i guilty spark for those who beat devs in community playdates.

Things like Assassinations are a very easy thing to monetize too, however if they were locked behind the store that would be pretty annoying. Having them behind battlepasses and events however doesn’t sound too bad though.

Really just wanted to write down my ideas and see if anyone else has anything to add. Feel free to agree or disagree. In a ideal world, Halo Infinite launched complete and we wouldn’t need microtransactions. Unfortunately, 343i went with the free to play route. Might as well try to improve the system rather than continually complain.

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Bring in Firefight again, and sell firefight voices.

Namely Red Vs Blue voices. Though it may be difficult now that many actors aren’t with Rooster Teeth anymore.

Arbiter, Buck, Locke, Dare, Keyes, Gravemind. These are a sample of voices.

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I’d pay for a local server, the free on in the UK never finds a match but if I paid $10 a month they would make it work I’m sure !!!

I’d pay $10 for an aiming system that was simply
1 Option of speed 1 to 10

I’d pay $100000,0000 to not get matched against
High levels playing/Smurfing with their low ranked
“Friends”

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Some good suggestions here, paying for actual content. The only issue I see is that if they are charging $3 for colors and $10 for a helmet (something like an hour or less from an artist), what do you think they would charge for things that actually require some development time and tallent (like paying voice actors).

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I still don’t even understand why firefight/a PVE mode isn’t even part of Infinite.

Those sample voices you listed are a great idea!

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Double XP/Challenge Swaps, Emblem Backdrops & Weapon Charms & esport skins

Also if they do bring it back again, Voice Announcer pack

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I figured, this should be combined with what AI you choose. Currently choosing an AI offers super little into self expression. And nobody likes their model designs. If anything, choosing the AI you want should affect the hud you get. Whether it changes its color or its placements is fine. And since there is pro play and probably some points, UI Huds cant be distracting, there should be an option to toggle, since, its just a cosmetic affect that effects the player himself anyways.

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I did think about suggesting firefight voices, however with the announcer voices I thought it would maybe be a little too much.

My original suggestion would’ve been Spartan Voices, however if I’m honest there would be like 12 people on a team with Master Chief’s voice or something xD

On the flip side, asking members of the community to submit voice lines would be pretty awesome.

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Monetize the Fractures and have them be battlepasses that are available for purchase at all times in the Xbox, Steam, and Microsoft stores.

Instead of an event of 30 tiers you have to advance through annoying and arbitary challenges, let us just have a bonus Battlepass to purchase to obtain another 100 tiers of items for the Fractures universe themed cosmetics. Two battlepasses per season.

Did you miss out on the event cosmetics for an event that you didn’t get to play or want to play because the gamemode was aggrivating and boring?
Add the cosmetics of the event into a bundle of items in the shop, and have the price be reduced for players that already have some items in that bundle. Got 3 of the items from that event and you want to get the rest? purchase the bundle at a 30% discount.

The shop system should be adjusted to have it be a full roster of tabs kind of like the way Rainbow Six: Siege does it, allowing players to obtain bundles whenever they want to instead of waiting WEEKS AND MONTHS for a bundle to show up again in order to get something that they want.

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They should sell everything other then basic colours and mythic effects. Colours are atthe start, effects are earned.

And instead of a fomo store. Have a catalogue thats updated seasonally

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I’d say the armor effects and death effects. They aren’t really important to game play and if you want them shouldnt necessarily be free. If you complete some major challenge or battle pass then I could see that being free but all the little stuff like flames and halos and whatever most people wouldn’t have a prob dropping a couple bucks on it.