The Halo Bulletin: 8.15.12

Interesting. So essentially we unlock the following for each Specialization:

*Armor set

*Armor set variant (skin)

*One (1) Weapon skin

*Two (2) Visors

*Four (4) Emblems

Then the last unlock will be the "armor mod".

I was surprised that you'll have to stick with a Specialization once selected. I was hoping we'd be able to work on them a little bit at a time then switch to a different Specialization.

Another surprise is that we'll have to get through the initial 50 ranks before we can even select our first Specialization. I'm assuming it won't take too long to rank-up, but this kind of sounds like 343's spin on the COD prestige system. 

Overall this is just icing on the cake for me. The problem is that I'm still trying to figure out what kind of cake they are making...lol

Most of these do remind me of the perks in MW3/BLOPS.

Long story short in case you don't feel like reading that huge ass update:

These armor mods will work exactly like all other tactical and support mods in the game. They are not tied to specific armor for each Specialization, so you don’t have to wear the armor to use that particular mod. They enhance a small part of the sandbox (meaning good players will still be good, and not good players will still be not good), allowing people to play the style they want to play and experience the parts of the sandbox they like on a more frequent basis.

Two Specializations – Wetwork and Pioneer – will be available to all players when the game launches, and the rest will gradually be made available in the months following launch. We will be keeping a close watch on player participation post-launch and will roll out the additional six Specializations when the player base reaches certain milestones. There will also be playlists available that do not utilize loadouts or armor mods.

Stealth Armor Mod: The Stealth armor allows users to move quickly and silently in combat, executing enemy assassinations with lightning fast dexterity. (i.e. MW3 Dead Silence)

Fast Track Armor Mod: The Fast Track armor mod allows Spartans to gain more experiential data from each encounter, effectively ranking up quicker during the process.

Drop Recon Armor Mod: Armor mod allows users to predict the location and time of an Ordnance Drop through an external suborbital monitoring system.

Requisition Armor Mod: The Requisition armor mod allows users the ability to recall their own ordnance requests in order to acquire more helpful weapons in the field. (i.e. BLOPs perk that let you change care pacakges if you didn't like them.)

Stability Armor Mod: The Stability armor mod allows users to increase their aiming stability when being fired upon. (i.e. MW3 Weapon Perk "Stablilty")

Nemesis Armor Mod: The Nemesis armor mod allows users to target and track down previous attacking enemies, highlighting them on the armor’s passive sensors. (i.e. MW3 Deathstreak reward "Revenge".)

Gunner Armor Mod: The Gunner armor mod decreases the time of weapon overheat when occupying a vehicle weapon position and increases Spartan speed while carrying a detached turret.

Wheelman Armor Mod: The Wheelman armor mod gives Spartans the skill to coax every bit of stamina and durability out of vehicles they are piloting.

Yeah, there's a lot to unlock here and generally speaking there are some similarities to the COD perks. It seems like they're a little more complex than that though. IT should keep me usy for a while, but since I'm getting the LE I won't know which one to start with!

Sigh....

I am scared.

That is all.

I'm not going to Prestige. I'll keep my lvl 80 as I don't play this game that much...Oh wait, I thought this was the MW3 forum. My bad.........