Revert reward swat mask back to it’s syndicate colours

[Bigbro175]

it should stay blue. i think letting anyone have access to the red one takes away from the appeal of having a mask the syndicate people are known for.

what appeal?

Beyond just looking different then normal and generally looking "cool" it's also supposed to be something belonging to syndicate members. One of the many reasons that the bad guys are cool is because they get exclusive toys and look intimidating. It becomes a lot less "cool" or "prestigious" to be the bad guy when everyone else is ALSO the bad guy, y'know? If you walk aboard the station with the gas mask and the turtleneck and want to have attention drawn to you just for someone else to be wearing the SAME MASK and a JAZZY TURTLENECK- it effectively makes everyone else blind to it since they see it so often.

One of the reasons that the HoS equipment is cool is because its exclusive and not everyone gets a chance to use it, the lawbringer is cool because not everyone has a lawbringer. (obviously it has it's own cool-factor in addition.) If anyone could get a baton it makes "being security" less meaningful doesn't it? You could even make a connection to a gam with an economy in it, TF2 for example. Golden frying pans are cool because you don't get to see one every day.

Now if you walk into a room and everyone is using the syndicate mask now it means nothing. If you aren't a syndicate member you shouldn't have the mask.