Halo has had a great run of armor permutations. Halo 3 brought many to us, while Halo Reach unloaded even more. Halo 4 promises to have yet more new armor perms and while I look forward to seeing what’s in store there, I hope that some of the best ones from previous titles will be available in the new game as well.

So without further ado (what the hell is ado anyway, LOL), here is my wishlist for armor permutations in Halo 4:

From Halo 3:

Artwork by Luke Denby

By far my most wanted is Hayabusa. The issue here is that it was a deal between Bungie and another game developer to allow the usage of the Hayabusa armor in Halo. Hopefully, 343 can make that same deal as it was the most popular armor, until Recon became available for everyone.
ODST I expect to make a reappearance, but just in case…
Recon I’m mixed on. I wasn’t a big fan of it in Halo Reach and it was “abused” in usage in Halo 3. So maybe if it was one of the harder ones to obtain, I’d be up for it returning in Halo 4.
CQB I expect to return, especially considering it was an unlockable in Halo Reach.
Of the others in Halo 3, I wouldn’t mind seeing at least the helmets for EOD and Rogue making a return.

From Halo Reach:
By far my most hoped for is the JFO armor, especially the Helmet. That helmet looks much like Iron Man’s helmet and I’m a HUGE Iron Man fan. My GT formerly being RM Iron Man.
The Commando Helmet is just plain awesome in design.
I like the Hazop helmet as it reminds me of Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard’s default helmet and I use that frequently (especially as of late) in Reach.

One helmet I hope does NOT return is the Military Police helmet. Sorry, but that looks like a kid’s bike helmet. I never used it and would continue that practice if reintroduced into Halo 4.

Likewise, the Haunted Helmet should not make a return. That was reserved for those who played a lot in Reach and attained the rank of Inheritor. I was the 260th person in the word to do so (according to HalCharts.com), having reached that rank in July 2011. Some things should just stay that way. It’s one reason why I’m torn on Recon making a reappearance as well.

-HFFL