So according to the new HaloBulletin, if you have the BR Arctic skin or the LE Console LR Skin, the BR and/or LR will be unlocked right away for use in War Games through the skins.
http://blogs.haloway...tin-11112-.aspx
Here is thr quote:
"If you preorder weapon skins (e.g., Arctic BR from GameStop), will they unlock the weapon as soon as you redeem the code, or will you have to unlock the weapon before you get the weapon skin? - a zoojoo
You'll get immediate access to that weapon (or armor for that matter) with that skin; you don't have to rank up or spend Spartan Points. For weapons this is mostly a fairly small head start, since the skinned pre-order weapons are low in the ranks, but some of the armor skins will definitely give you earlier access to that type of armor."
not sure if I like this...so Instead of having to rank up and spend SR...console owners get the LR form the start...