I sure hope 343 not only keeps it alive in halo 4; but makes it an honor to have again.
In halo 3, Bungie did exactly that. They made it very challenging to get, so only the select few elite players had it. I play halo 3, and look up to the players wearing recon with envy. He was good enough to get past those challenges. Everyone was always jealous of the ones with recon. But, despite bungie's efforts to keep that helmet and armor sacred, 343 unlocked it for everybody. This sort of made my upset, not for myself, but for other players that had spent hours, maybe even days, getting that beloved piece of armor. All that play time, useless, due to it all being given out for free. Now, I never got recon, I never tried, but if I did and spent that amount of time on it, I would be somewhat close to furious.
Nevertheless, now we get to reach. Here, bungie, seeing the community's love for this helmet, made it one of the easiest things in the game to get. The pride in halo 3 was gone. Now, you look up to a player with recon in reach, and you just realize... Oh. He just reached the rank of colonel, and spent the low 100 000 credits to buy it, or just got one of the tens of thousands of recon free codes. Yipee. I think I can safely say, that reach ruined the recon experience for everyone. However, I must say they kind of made up for it, by making the CQB helmet the one that everyone envied. This one, I did decide to get. Although it is not the glorious halo 3 recon, it will have to be the next best thing.
So, please 343, for the sake of our pride in the game and armor, make recon somewhat sacred and godly to have again. Be sure to make everyone that wants it work for it, so that it has a truthful meaning again. This is all that I ask. For the sake of recon.
-Bullet