- Uncle Kulikov
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- Fabled Legendary Member
Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:
“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”
It wouldn't work for balance, because a General, in addition to any practice they have, would also have an equipment advantage. And a good portion of Halo is controlling the weapons, and this idea would just allow any generals to have "weapon lockers", if other players couldn't pick up weapons.
What I do want, and you inspired this idea, is to have unlockable weapon skins.
These would have no effect on gameplay, outside of aesthetics, but would give a reward to someone who spends a lot of time with the game.
It would work like the armor system from Halo 3, you have the weapon list and you scroll through the options for each weapon.
Just think of all the skins they could have, joke and otherwise.