I don't play for skins. I'm talking about what you have to show for the time you put into Gears in comparison to Halo. Both provide hours of fun, but Halo also provides visible rewards at a faster and more lenient rate. As consumers it's something to take into consideration when giving developers your time and money. I see many people saying MS is to blame for TC's microtransactions, but if so, then why is Halo cheaper and more accessible to those who don't wish to pay? My primary concern is having fun and also being mindful of shady business tactics that seek to interfere with my experience. Think of it like when you'd prestige in CoD to get a certain gun, that's how this feels, only with Gears it's at a snail's pace for less content whereas Halo is steady and generally offers more. I love Gears, don't get me wrong, but this is a system TC wants our opinions on and in my opinion it's flawed. Should Gears want to survive it's life-cycle until GoW5, it needs an edge over it's biggest competition which is Halo and CoD.