My calculator couldn't count more than 12 digits so i couldn't count everything(Emblems and Colors)but from all things i could count it said that there are 21 319 925 760 possible Armor combinations. A worthless fact, but i hoped you found it interesting. (And yes i did count Haunted Helmet, Blue Flame etc)
That is a butload of armor. Yet, how many times have i seen at least five people wearing the same armor...
Yup. I don't get why so many people dislike Military Police... Of course something like EVA[C] or JFO just looks badass but i did wear MP until i reached Captain.
Blergh. IMO, JFO is the ugliest helmet in the game. My current spartan is the exact way I want it. The only piece of armor I want now is the Tactical Soft Case utility, and then he shall be COMPLETE!
Hey I wore MP for ages to be a marine because I was good at reach and it was when game first came out I was over leveling everyone and was funny to me been high levels and good and been a marine around all these spartans. (Edit:Reading that makes me realize i amuse myself in really weird ways.) Now I wear the biggest possible armor to look tough(wanted to since first played game), annoying that its the general armor because everyone wears it just because its the highest level armor .
People have the same armor because most haven't unlocked much of the higher stuff and they tend to like the same things, and helmet attachments wrist stuff and knees aren't noticed as much. You could probably cut it down to about 1000 common armors an 100 extremely common ones. Personally I bought EOD to get out of the lousy default helmet and I'm saving for inclement weather. Only another ~1500000 to go.
It would be great if people used all these different armor combos...but it seems almost everyone uses... Helmet: MJOLNIR VI GUNGNIR EVA [C] Shoulders: Commando Security Chest: Jorge's, the name escapes me Sapper A robo arm Others aren't as important. But, basically, take one from each catagory and you have 50% of all players at general or higher. I try to keep my armor unique, and I pick armor I like regardless of cost or rank requirement. I wear the default helmet because I like the look of it (Or Mk VI, I like that too).
All people who wear the Security Shoulders/Grenadier [C] chestpice are stupid. Who wants to look like a wall walking around? It just looks silly.
I wear the one Security Shoulder that has the knife so I can be badass and have 2. The rest of my Spartan is Pilot helmet, sniper shoulder for the other side (the one with the 3 bullets) and the Parafoil chestpiece: Spoiler
I just wear all security armor, including the chest which nobody wears. Its the only full armor set in the game.