I wish there was more inclusion with Campaign into the other aspects of the game. I don’t like how when I play I have to do multiplayer to unlock new things and progress my rank. I don’t understand why playing Campaign doesn’t contribute to those. Spartan Rank doesn’t factor into the matchmaking system for fairness, so it wouldn’t hurt to be able to progress that in both the multiplayer and campaign game modes. It would also make for a more complete assessment of someone’s efforts as a Spartan. And I really don’t understand why they did away with commendations relating to Campaign. The way the game is now, it feels very segregated.
Aside from adding back commendations to the campaign, here are some ideas I’ve had for how to make Campaign feel more a part of the rest of the package:
- Earn REQ points and XP for completing missions. The amount earned would depend on the mission, the difficulty setting, and maybe whether or not playing co-op. This would not work if you loaded one of the 3 permanent saves (so people couldn’t just spam XP and points by saving just before the end of a level and continually starting from that point) and there would be a message telling you that you would not earn anything when you load one of these saves.
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- Earn REQ points and XP for defeating enemies. This would be very small amounts per enemy. The amount earned would depend on the type of enemy and the difficulty setting. There could be a daily cap on how much you could earn per day and maybe a commendation for how many times you earned the daily cap.
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Be able to unlock armor types for completing tasks, such as beating the game on specific difficulty levels, beating the game co-op, or completing specific feats within the game (i.e. beating a combat level on Legendary without dying/restarting or completing a Warden battle within a set time). The requirements for these could be similar to some of the achievements.
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To go along with the idea of unlocking armor, it would be cool to have the option to play through the game as some of the other Spartans after you’ve completed the campaign (the way you can choose when you’re playing co-op). Have completing every mission with a character be the requirement to unlock their armor and maybe something else special if you complete the entire game with every member of both teams.
There may be better ways of including Campaign into the overall package - these are just some initial ideas I’ve had over the past few days. I really enjoy playing Campaign and hate to not be able to work towards some of the customization items or Spartan Rank when I choose to play it.