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Subject: Why isn't black an armor color option?

I hate my gamertag AND my B.net name.

Why?

Don't say that it will help you blend in environments, just look at this, If you played Halo 3:

Snowbound = White
Sandtrap = Tan

White can help you blend in snow environments easily, Why Bungie didn't also take out white? Are you trying to be racist Bungie? You racist mother-blam!-

Why didn't Bungie add some kind of night vision or that ODST vision in dark areas to easily distinguish players using the black color?

And I know Bungie is no longer in charge of Halo, but these things should had been made a long time ago.

  • 12.08.2011 1:49 AM PDT
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  • 12.08.2011 1:52 AM PDT

not sure if color blind or just doesn't know what steel equals?

  • 12.08.2011 2:03 AM PDT


Posted by: Zoridium JackL
not sure if color blind or just doesn't know what steel equals?


Steel != Black. Steel = Steel

OP, nah, trust me, there's no true dark areas. Wouldn't work well.

  • 12.08.2011 2:10 AM PDT

i missed black from halo 1

  • 12.08.2011 2:15 AM PDT

yeah but it's the equivalent of black, you can't give us straight up black for several reasons, one, it would cheapen a lot of the colour palette, two, it's a VERY harsh tone and is heavy on the eyes, three... it would come out either very shiny or indistinguishable from steel (due to being dulled so as not too be shiny).

just use steel, it's as close as you can get without clashing with the rest of the game.

  • 12.08.2011 2:15 AM PDT

In various game types you can make the forced color of certain players black. It looks pretty good.

  • 12.08.2011 2:22 AM PDT


Posted by: partsunknown109
In various game types you can make the forced color of certain players black. It looks pretty good.


exactly if they can do it there,why not make it default?
i use steel anyways

  • 12.08.2011 3:53 PM PDT
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lol @ anyone who thinks any armor colour can help you blend in.

  • 12.08.2011 3:55 PM PDT
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There is a true black colour in custom settings, but that's about it.

  • 12.08.2011 4:19 PM PDT

Welcome to the internet. Joy dies here.

Well, I think dis-including black as a naturally select-able color is less racist than giving kids the option of playing black vs. white vs. yellow vs. red. Just suck it up and accept that steel is as good as you can do under normal circumstances. To be fair, the shades on most of the colors suck. Like half of the options just look like shades of baby poop.

  • 12.08.2011 4:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: WhackyGordon
Well, I think dis-including black as a naturally select-able color is less racist than giving kids the option of playing black vs. white vs. yellow vs. red. Just suck it up and accept that steel is as good as you can do under normal circumstances. To be fair, the shades on most of the colors suck. Like half of the options just look like shades of baby poop.


And then when you put them on an Elite, everything is stupidly pale and dumbed down.

Bright Ferrari red Spartan=Pale Pink Elite

Damn you baby poop colours!

  • 12.08.2011 4:28 PM PDT
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I'm pretty sure it's so you can easily see what weapon an enemy is carrying. Tt would be harder to differentiate an AR, Shotgun, and GL when seen against black armor.

  • 12.08.2011 5:05 PM PDT
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Bungie is obviously racist.

  • 12.08.2011 5:19 PM PDT
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Halo CE had black.

  • 12.08.2011 5:49 PM PDT
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Because everyone will overuse it to death like your mom jokes.

  • 12.08.2011 6:03 PM PDT
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cuz racist

  • 12.08.2011 6:04 PM PDT

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Posted by: Sandtrap
There is a true black colour in custom settings, but that's about it.


This. I'm using it for my Invasion maps. It makes Elites look like Brutes xD

You can force color black in custom appearance options

[Edited on 12.08.2011 6:17 PM PST]

  • 12.08.2011 6:17 PM PDT


Posted by: Boomdeyadahh
lol @ anyone who thinks any armor colour can help you blend in.
^This

  • 12.08.2011 6:21 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

I remember when Halo 3 came out players said that the spartans looked "too glossy" and glowed on the map and your spartan in Halo 2 blended in with the map environment more.

  • 12.08.2011 6:36 PM PDT

R.I.P CrunchyBoi 22 (old profile)

Does it really matter in halo?

  • 12.08.2011 6:44 PM PDT

In the name of God
Impure souls of the living dead
Shall be banished to eternal damnation
AMEN

lolwut

nobody good in Halo 3 did that.

  • 12.08.2011 6:45 PM PDT

Can I have a pursuit warthog? (red&blue flashing lights, siren, black and white paint job, gull-wing doors, no turret but a truckbed cap where the turret assembly should be, and the ability to arrest players :)

A police falcon would be great as well... (Black&white paint job, flashing red & blue lights on the wing struts and tail, no turrets and doors that open and close similar to the republic gunships in Star Wars. Kick... Ass.)

Police pelican would be cool too!!!

Because EVERYONE will want to have their spartan black (official spec ops color)

Since I'm always the cop on cops and robbers with my friends, I'm gonna have my work cut out for me if EVERYONE was black.

"HRPD, what's your emergency?"
"SOMEONE STOLE MY WARTHOG RIMS!!!!"

*sigh*

  • 12.08.2011 7:04 PM PDT