>>6234978
>Reducing the chance of getting dismembered or decapitated by an explosion, would make life easier on the battlefield. And if worse came to worse, might save a spartan from going down with the ship.

I think armor is legitimately a bad call. Mobility/Agility is what Spartans excel at, from page one. I know the 'BEEEG SVEN ARMOR' meme is funny, but no matter what we do, we should not sacrifice one of our greatest advantages to hopefully survive an additional hit or two-not that an up armored chest plate would save us from a Hunters assault cannon coats us in super heated plasma from a near miss, or a stupid fucking grunt sticks us with a grenade or a jackal sniper team aiming for any of the 'weak' spots in our armor-the sort of things agility could save us from.

No, we should focus on lessening the chances of fatalities, not general injuries. Covenant small arms are too lethal to do the former with the current Mjolnir without sacrificing something along the way. Plasma LITERALLY MELTS through armor plating.