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Halo |OT8| A Salt on the Control Room
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Add some bright colors and you've got yourself a my little pony spartan.
Also, it was cool that Bungie opened up the Bungie nameplate to everyone in Reach. I do believe they were also considering giving everyone the option for a flaming head in Halo 3 as well, but the technical details behind how that whole system worked prevented it from happening.
Shake Appeal
Member
That armour is herrendouz.
Agreed, the helmet is the only thing I don't really want from it.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
"Oh yea, well I'm taller (Keanu)"
I'm thinking a head first corkscrew jump right into the nads.
User 73706
Banned
I'd pay for DLC that let me rip off the FOTUS horn from console-edition bk's helmets and jam it up their ass for an assassination.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I wish when you melee'd with that helmet it would replace the punch animation with a headbutt.
The Librarian
Banned
I think you could have made a pretty good case for this up until the announcement of specs. At the very least, by this point, it's more dubious. This post can't be definitive – there's are too many ifs about specs, and not one of us here has played the game with them – but the basic premise of specs seems to go against the idea of "keeping the base gameplay the same."
Setting aside whether or not I'll like specs or if I think they'll be a great idea – I'm holding judgement until I play the game – their premise, at least at face value, seems to go against one of the major components of Halo's gameplay: knowing for certain everyone's capabilities. Everyone's health is the same, their shield strength is the same; any one person's effect on a part of the sandbox will be the same for everyone else. Halo 4 is introducing elements that reduces this certainty, and in doing so, departures (in this regard) from the base gameplay of past Halo games. Even Reach, with its armor abilities, didn't take it to this level.
It seems to me 343's walking a very fine line with specs.
squidhands
Member
More accurate to my tastes. Seems like they were going for the Witch King of Angmar look, but instead it just looks as goofy as a spike on a Panzer helmet.
edit: congrats on the work, daedalius.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
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Definitely better than the FOTUS
Poker Face
Member
I like this armor, it actually has a visor. Most of the other ones look like shit to be honest.
also,
New article on spartan ops from forbes
edit: no new info in the article.
First Gundam inspired Spartans IV, and now Saint Seiya!
Giving it all or trolling a bit?
Wish they would have infused their exclusive DLCs with story related goodness...like a Linda inspired armor or whatever...
I guess Recon and the Star nameplates were different because no-one paid money for them, it might be shitty for those who felt their efforts to get them were cheapened when everyone had access, but I don't think that's as bad as people who've paid money for exclusive armour.
There may even be a legal issue, if they say armour is exclusive to the Halo console (for example) and it later becomes available to all, thus losing the exclusivity, would someone who bought the console for that armour be entitled to a partial refund?
I don't know US consumer law, but I reckon you'd have a strong case in the EU.
You're buying the console just for the armor, aren't you?
Distraction demand for canonical explanation of needler ammo refills
CMT has what I'm pretty sure actually happens to the Needler off-screen. I mean, doesn't every reload just lower the Needler so you can't see most of it then pop out needles? Maybe you're actually doing something like this.
You can throw in fine print: "Exclusive for a limited time as to be determined by 343 Industries."
Honestly I'm on the completely opposite side of you. Someone paid money to get it. They didn't do anything special to earn it. They worked their average 9-5 job and bought something. Whoopty fucking doo.
OdysseusVA
Banned
I like that a lot. It's similar to what I've always imagined, after seeing the Needler ammo in Halo 1. The spikes are sliced off a single crystal.
Yeah, it's a luxury item, not an investment. I'm also sure the armor codes have a minimal or zero official retail value.
I mean hell, anyone that signs on to my Xbox while I'm playing Reach also gets the Legendary flames and Officer Elite, and they didn't pay a dime!
Like 95% of the helmets have been udder shit. It's like 343 thinks practical visors serve no purpose in 2553.
There definitely has been a lack of visor in a lot of the H4 helmets shown so far.
Cannot remove hideous image from brain.
They put the money down for it, why should people who were too cheap to buy it (but still want it) ever have access to it?
It's trivial at the end of the day, but I really hate when these companies push "exclusive" stuff and then months later are selling it on the market place.
IMO a good way to manage the exclusive content would be to make it generously time-limited, and then make it available for people to obtain at a later date as paid-dlc.
I'm personally buying the Console and the LE for reasons other than the armour itself though, so not really fussed about downloadable content exclusivity.
I'm personally buying the Console and the LE for reasons other than the armour itself though, so not really fussed about downloadable content exclusivity.
squidhands
Member
so...cottage cheese?
I think the best way to approach it is to make it obtainable eventually but as something that is hard earned. Whether it's achievements or a ton of credits/exp/etc.
Of all the new armor we've seen I really like the Soldier, Warrior, Recruit and FOTUS. Even then, they don't look like SPARTANs to me other than Recruit (which I can't see because the picture is so small).
The Real Napsta
Member
Why did you write spartans in all caps?
That sounds pro, someone has that system down.
I made it drizzle, but stopped playing before making it rain..
SPARTAN-II is always written in all caps in the books. They're almost always referred to as SPARTANs.
Maybe I can't afford $399 for the LE console(I can't right now actually). Why should I be locked out of game content, even if it is as trivial as aesthetics?
EDIT: I should also add for store specific armor, maybe I can't get the one I want because I don't live in Canada or can't purchase from amazon.uk. It's a poor practice that will escalate like it did with Mass Effect 3 and the Day 1 DLC.
Orochinagis
Member
I mainly like the FOTUS armor for the visor itself, plus the armor itself but again I already have a two-month old Slim so I wouldn't be picking up the Halo 4 360 regardless, but I want that armor.
Edit:
Thanks for this, I remember this last week but only through texting in the US, this actually works for me plus it's completely free, thanks!
You have to send the same information twice for both Avatar heads BTW.
Edit:
Thanks for this, I remember this last week but only through texting in the US, this actually works for me plus it's completely free, thanks!
You have to send the same information twice for both Avatar heads BTW.
I also come at it from a game preservation angle - it's disappointing when parts of a game essentially bitrot out of existence.
Do what all the cool kids do and buy the code off of somebody on Ebay. That's probably what I'm going to do.
The Real Napsta
Member
It's ugly armor you can only see when you are dead, who gives a fuck?
Armor today, Spartan Ops missions tomorrow, multiplayer maps the next. It sets a bad precedent.
I should also note that I played Reach a lot more when I was trying to get the Security muttonchops helmet. Now I get on because GAF is playing it.
The console has these exclusive things to make it more enticing, if you can't afford it, then what do you want them to do? Offer a barebones console with no incentives?
NobleGundam
Banned
lol this thread is best. I've thought of Saint Seiya yesterday when thinking about Fotus Armor also.First Gundam inspired Spartans IV, and now Saint Seiya!
Giving it all or trolling a bit?
Wish they would have infused their exclusive DLCs with story related goodness...like a Linda inspired armor or whatever...
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