Opened up my e-mail recently I found an e-mail sent to me by Microsoft. It is just one of those general e-mails advertising games and DLC and what not a lot of people get. But this one is just extra layers of funny and a bit sad. It is advertising the Arena REQ Bundle, but the way it does it kinda shows a pretty big problem for Halo 5. Let me give you some quotes:



Title: Your Spartan looks rookie basic.



Inside the e-mail: Yeah, we said it.



You've proved your worth, but your Spartan still looks like a fresh recruit. Make your Spartan look like the hard-core slayer that it is with the Arena REQ Bundle.



I have to find the in-your-face tone funny and know Microsoft and 343 have to make sales and everything, but again this alludes to a problem. My Spartan probably wouldn't look so "rookie basic" if Halo 5 had better options of unlocking armor, skins, weapons and so on. At launch, I bought a few REQ Packs, but saw it was a waste of money for myself so I stopped. Now this means I have to grind the game for REQ Points. But wait, in order to get better stuff later I have to go through Bronze Packs and move up to Silver Packs. So I'm only "rookie basic" because the game is structured in a way that makes me have to be and apparently the only way to overcome that is dropping $25 for a bundle.



I don't know, this is just funny and depressing at the same time.