Who Wants Unlockables?

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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I guess I should make this a poll right? Well for right now, I just kind of wanted to gauge if people would like unlockables or not. I love the new REQ system and I think it is awesome as well as really well done, but with that being said, I also think that we need to have armors, emblems, stances, etc, that are unlockable through completing achievements, challenges, and other various feats. I am currently working on getting the Helioskrill before Halo 5 comes out and it has been a fun/ slightly infuriating challenge. In way I both love and hate that feeling, but love showing off something that I earned and didn’t find randomly. One example of this would be getting the Katana in Halo 3 or completing every Vidmaster for Recon armor.

Anyway, point being, although 343 hasn’t talked much about it, I hope that there is a healthy balance between unlockables through feats and unlockables through REQs. What do you guys think?

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I have a feeling REQ packs will be rewarded for doing some things. But progression-style unlocks like we saw in older Halo games seems to be a thing of the past. Halo 5 looks to capitalizing on the newer idea of slot machine-style unlocks, which has proven quite well in newer games like Advanced Warfare and Destiny.

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I think they might have mentioned a couple packs that open with specific items to that particular pack. Personally, I think it would be pretty cool to have some select achievements unlock a unique REQ pack that has pre-selected items. Like a certain pack from beating Legendary difficulty will get you armor separate from from the standard REQ loot table.

Best of both worlds I’d say.