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[AsianJoyKiller]

bacon_avenger, on December 04 2012 - 03:54 PM, said:

If too many options are given, it can be abused.  If it's too limited, the player base complains that it's rubbish and no one uses it.  And as this is a cosmetic item, it would make sense that it not be limited, at all if possible, otherwise very few, if any, will pay money to take advantage of the option.

That's not at all true. Even very restricted systems like the one used in Halo are utilized by damn near everyone. Since they put in the emblem system, I have yet to hop in a match and see more than 1 or 2 people who use the default (and even then it's either because they are a guest player or new).

If you had to pay for it, now that I could see being in conflict with having such a limited system. But as neither you nor Omega22 mentioned monetizing a symbol creation system, I was talking in context of a free system.

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Need for Speed: World has this kind of system, a fixed set of shapes to work with when designing graphics for a car.  I've seen everything from fuzzy bunny swastika's to four letter swear words and SpongeBob SquarePants.  Heck, I did a Reddit alien once just to see if I could.

NFS:W is far more liberal in what it allows.
A way to think of it would be NFS:W (or CoDBLOPS, APB, etc.) allow for symbol/emblem creation, while Halo offers more of a emblem tweaking option.

[The_Silencer]

Emblems yes. Avatars nope. I don't want my forum avatar sticked on my metal ni... chest.

[bacon_avenger]

AsianJoyKiller, on December 04 2012 - 04:44 PM, said:

If you had to pay for it, now that I could see being in conflict with having such a limited system. But as neither you nor Omega22 mentioned monetizing a symbol creation system, I was talking in context of a free system.

Ah, gotcha.  I was referring to a paid for system as it would be a cosmetic thing, which is supposed to be the only thing that would cost real money, like the 'camos' or chassis styles.

AsianJoyKiller, on December 04 2012 - 04:44 PM, said:

NFS:W is far more liberal in what it allows.
A way to think of it would be NFS:W (or CoDBLOPS, APB, etc.) allow for symbol/emblem creation, while Halo offers more of a emblem tweaking option.

Good way to look at it.

Wait...  an intelligent discourse on a subject relating to the game, and no one has come in saying that something is OP or accusing someone of strawmen...  am I in the right forum_