: Well that's great for you and all but there is no denying the REQ system is a
: scam. It is designed entirely around artificially bloating the item count
: causing you to either have to play the game for ridiculous amounts of time
: to get the items you want or spend a LOT of money to speed that process
: up.

: How many scout warthog variants are there? How many mongooses? How many
: absolutely disgusting and dreadful pieces of armor that clearly don't fit
: the Halo universe but were thrown in just to increase the armor amount? It
: is a damn scam. That's all the REQ system is.

Scam (n.)— a dishonest scheme; a fraud; a swindle.

Nothing in Halo 5's implementation applies. There is a perfectly viable path to getting REQs without spending a dime; the only content that has been paywalled to date are limited-time only HCS stuff, and even then if you're willing to spend a larger amount of RP, you can do so.

There's nothing dishonest in the REQ scheme. It's transparent that they'd like you to spend money. But there's nothing forcing you to do so.

If you don't want to blow your REQs in Warzone Turbo, here's the pro-tip—kill someone and take their hard-earned REQ instead.