Who cares if you can't notice it in game?

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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I just noticed this post.

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> Oh joy another one of these threads. Well at least I’m not the only person in here who thinks that Reach’s system was not perfect and went too far with the customization. Should I break down the different systems? I’m going to break down the different systems.Halo 3: Helmet, left & right shoulders, chest. emblem (they showed up on the armor so why the hell not)
> Total option: FiveHalo Reach: Helmet, left & right shoulders, chest, visor, wrist, utility (the leg stuff), kneww guards, helmet attachments, armor effects, firefight voice
> Total options: ElevenHalo 4: Helmet, left & right shoulders, chest, visor, arms, legs
> Total options: SevenHalo 5: Helmet, body piece, visor
> Total options: ThreeNow let’s look at what’s actually noticed by players when inside a game of multiplayerHmmm… let’s see ah! These four parts:
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> - The helmet
> - The shoulders
> - The chest
> - The visor color
> Hmm… I don’t see anything about knee guards or the arms or legs on that list. Does anyone else? No? Thought so.Now, what system in Halo 5 is the closest to having all of those elements? Ah yes, Halo 5 and Halo 3. Halo 5 lacks the ability to change the shoulders while Halo 3 lacks the ability to change visor colors. With all this knowledge the customization of the armor for future Halo games should be rather simple to identify now.
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> - Helmet
> - Left shoulders
> - Right shoulders
> - Chest
> - Visor color
> Well would you look at that! Those are the same as the parts that players actually notice inside a match-made game! All we did was add one more option to separate the left and right shoulders!We don’t need to change our forearms or our knees. And we most certainly don’t need a damn bag on our legs or an apple watch on our wrist. We just need the five options listed above to give us more than enough freedom to enjoy the eighty or so armor sets in Halo 5 + the other hundred skins.

Instead of responding to it in a five month old thread I thought I’d just start a new one.

I disagree with the premise that just because someone may not notice, in-game, all the armor customization’s that we had available in Reach, that we should not expect that variety, or even want it, in Halo 5. A big thing for me, and I am sure for others, was/is looking at other player’s armor in the lobby. We can see each other’s idea of what we like, and what we have accomplished. Yes, I was one of those with the thigh bag and fancy wrist watch. I wore them with pride.

Now there really isn’t anything equivalent to that. The lack of variety is just disappointing, and the belief that there is enough variety, or what we have now is better than we’ve ever had is just wrong, in my opinion.

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^this guy.

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Reach overcomplicated it in my opinion. So much small detail that you don’t even notice it in the game.
Sure it’s nice to look at stuff in the menus, but before you know it, people will be asking for customisable finger armours.

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I just want the options from halo 4

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IDC if other people can’t notice it or not. I WANT to be able to customize EVERY aspect of my Spartan. I loved mixing shoulder pads and making a bad -Yoink- looking Spartan. What’s the point of having accommodations or medals? No one else will notice them…but YOU will. The armor customization is one of the main things Bungie did right with that game. Also what’s the point in being able to change your armor color when the ONLY time you even show it is during FFA?

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People are acting like having that much customization is a bad thing. Yeah there might be so much little detail that you probably wont even notice it in-game, but its a nice touch to have that much variety to feel unique in a way

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> IDC if other people can’t notice it or not. I WANT to be able to customize EVERY aspect of my Spartan. I loved mixing shoulder pads and making a bad -Yoink- looking Spartan. What’s the point of having accommodations or medals? No one else will notice them…but YOU will. The armor customization is one of the main things Bungie did right with that game. Also what’s the point in being able to change your armor color when the ONLY time you even show it is during FFA?

It’s all about making YOUR custom spartan armor. In Reach I don’t think I ever ran into people wearing the exact same armor often.

You can also see your armor colors in War Zr firefight, whenever that launches.

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> IDC if other people can’t notice it or not. I WANT to be able to customize EVERY aspect of my Spartan. I loved mixing shoulder pads and making a bad -Yoink- looking Spartan. What’s the point of having accommodations or medals? No one else will notice them…but YOU will. The armor customization is one of the main things Bungie did right with that game. Also what’s the point in being able to change your armor color when the ONLY time you even show it is during FFA?

100% true

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I don’t quite get why people are advocating for less content in our games. I’ve always liked having options, even if I don’t use them much.

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Excuse me, but I spend a lot of time in the respawn screen, so I DO notice my armor in game.

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nah unlocks in h5 mean nothing

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me

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The people that notice it are people who do Machinamas and stuff like that. It is those details that add a whole array of a character and make them us. Sure people will not see that, But it is for us. I felt more attached and felt like I was the Spartan because I was able to do so much with the armor. Halo 5, I just don’t feel that way

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> Reach overcomplicated it in my opinion. So much small detail that you don’t even notice it in the game.
> Sure it’s nice to look at stuff in the menus, but before you know it, people will be asking for customisable finger armours.

That’s a little overboard don’t you think? It wasn’t over complicated. It was a good variety in terms of being able to mix those many different items up on your Spartan. What we have now is just…saddening.

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> IDC if other people can’t notice it or not. I WANT to be able to customize EVERY aspect of my Spartan. I loved mixing shoulder pads and making a bad -Yoink- looking Spartan. What’s the point of having accommodations or medals? No one else will notice them…but YOU will. The armor customization is one of the main things Bungie did right with that game. Also what’s the point in being able to change your armor color when the ONLY time you even show it is during FFA?

Yes, and does it bother anyone else that the colors are a little jacked up too? The secondary colors don’t match from armor to helmet.

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> The people that notice it are people who do Machinamas and stuff like that. It is those details that add a whole array of a character and make them us. Sure people will not see that, But it is for us. I felt more attached and felt like I was the Spartan because I was able to do so much with the armor. Halo 5, I just don’t feel that way

This is an excellent point. That there is a whole sub-community of Halo that have been affected by the lack of customization, and it has nothing to do with not noticing the customization in game.

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I just want new maps. That’s it. I don’t care for all the stupid special weapons they modify, the armors, the skins. I justwant to shoot other players on Xbox. That is it. You people play a game where the premise is to kill each other. Why the heck do you care what your dude looks like while doing that? I’ll never understand. Just give me new maps.

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Exactly

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> I don’t quite get why people are advocating for less content in our games. I’ve always liked having options, even if I don’t use them much.

Cuz not everyone considers cosmetics “content” nor should they be a priority. I could go on and on about armor custimization but in the end, I just don’t care cuz people would rather they add in armor or guns over more content that we actually play on example being maps or new game modes.

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> I don’t quite get why people are advocating for less content in our games. I’ve always liked having options, even if I don’t use them much.

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> I just want new maps. That’s it. I don’t care for all the stupid special weapons they modify, the armors, the skins. I justwant to shoot other players on Xbox. That is it. You people play a game where the premise is to kill each other. Why the heck do you care what your dude looks like while doing that? I’ll never understand. Just give me new maps.

Like.

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> > 2533274915643658;9:
> > I don’t quite get why people are advocating for less content in our games. I’ve always liked having options, even if I don’t use them much.
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> Cuz not everyone considers cosmetics “content” nor should they be a priority. I could go on and on about armor custimization but in the end, I just don’t care cuz people would rather they add in armor or guns over more content that we actually play on example being maps or new game modes.

No, if the base game has quality armour and armour customization, then it can be fun to play virtual dress up with a super solder. Less dosn’t mean more bruv, it’s just less we get to work with.

We’re I agree with you, is that there are some pointless cosmetic items that simply clog customization. Such as five different green visors.