What you guys at 343 have provided in terms of information on this feature isn't enough. You have got to come out and say how this system is going to work. All you've done is beat around the bush.
"a “coating" is “a seven-layer shader that allows us to put any artist-authored color, material, or pattern into seven channels and apply it to in-game items like weapons, armor, and vehicles.”" Well no kidding. We want to know how we get new colors.
Please tell us.
EDIT: We got more info... on more shaders. I'm not calling them armor coatings, they're shaders. Easier to say, with some heritage behind it.
Seems like this is going the way of Destiny 1, where it was all one item and not a consumable. I liked this system but thought the patterns outside of a few specific ones were mostly forgettable. Halo Infinite has less visual noise than that game I feel and the armor coatings we do have, however simple they are, do look better. I especially like Scorpion Punch, the red arm is badass and reminds me of Venom Snake from MGSV. Lots of people are gonna be rocking it.
I will say though that we still do not know how we are going to acquire these. Likely through a battle pass system, since lootboxes have been confirmed to not be in the game. Good choice, but how are we going to get more?
343 is still dancing around this subject. Just give us the good stuff and show off more and go into further detail about progression. But that will likely be another blog post in-and-of-itself.
"a “coating" is “a seven-layer shader that allows us to put any artist-authored color, material, or pattern into seven channels and apply it to in-game items like weapons, armor, and vehicles.”" Well no kidding. We want to know how we get new colors.
- Do we start out with a certain amount of colors?
- Can we mix and match armor coatings?
- Can we create our own armor coatings?
- How do we get new armor coatings?
Please tell us.
EDIT: We got more info... on more shaders. I'm not calling them armor coatings, they're shaders. Easier to say, with some heritage behind it.
Seems like this is going the way of Destiny 1, where it was all one item and not a consumable. I liked this system but thought the patterns outside of a few specific ones were mostly forgettable. Halo Infinite has less visual noise than that game I feel and the armor coatings we do have, however simple they are, do look better. I especially like Scorpion Punch, the red arm is badass and reminds me of Venom Snake from MGSV. Lots of people are gonna be rocking it.
I will say though that we still do not know how we are going to acquire these. Likely through a battle pass system, since lootboxes have been confirmed to not be in the game. Good choice, but how are we going to get more?
343 is still dancing around this subject. Just give us the good stuff and show off more and go into further detail about progression. But that will likely be another blog post in-and-of-itself.