Pardon Our Dust.

[Siliconmaster]

Simple, intuitive, and easy. Works for me. That way if we see a red glow it's brutes, and blue means elites.

[Pooky]

And it goes with the whole Brute PR thing. Hell, if the two PRs use different projectiles, you could even give them different damage modifiers against brute and elite shields. Deepen the gameplay a tiny bit.

[Rob Oplawar]

Oh, and on a side note, the shaders here look terrible:

The bump map is just wrong. Just plain wrong.

[SnaFuBAR]

[RedBaron]

Oh, and on a side note, the shaders here look terrible:
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screensh...2ecfe68398.jpg
The bump map is just wrong. Just plain wrong.

I've been thinking that since SPv1. On top of all that unnecessary bump it also looks like the whole ship is coated with a layer of plastic wrap. Just another instance where I think bungie's original looked better. I thought covenant architecture was supposed to be smooth and polished.

[n00b1n8R]

It almost looks organic it's so wrinkly

[Reaper Man]

The elite's shields pop out so much, it looks bizarre.

[Needles]

Oh, and on a side note, the shaders here look terrible:

The bump map is just wrong. Just plain wrong.

Actually makes it look a bit worn at or damaged with all the bumps, interesting.

[Horns]

I've been thinking that since SPv1. On top of all that unnecessary bump it also looks like the whole ship is coated with a layer of plastic wrap. Just another instance where I think bungie's original looked better. I thought covenant architecture was supposed to be smooth and polished.

I agree. Even the new covy maps bungie has done are smooth and shiney.

[Siliconmaster]

A lot of covenant stuff is derived from forerunner tech, and forerunner stuff is also shiny and smooth. Therefore it would appear logical for covenant textures to remain generally smooth and shiny unless lit by a dynamic light.