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Subject: M6D Pistol is VERY VERY realistic, Must read!!!!
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OK, EVERYONE has been saying the M6D is "unrealistic" well look at this:

Lets compare the M6D to a real life Pistol, say the Desert Eagle. The Desert Eagle is basiclly EXACTLY like an M6D, It measures 10.75 inches and is one of the biggest pistols in the world.

The M6D Shoots 12mm High Explosive rounds, That is COMPLETELY equal to the now-a-day 45ACP Black Tipped bullets, the Desert Eagle can shoot 45ACP, or 50AE which is EVEN MORE POWERFULL than the M6D.

The M6D Has a MAX range of 123 Meters, guess what? the Desert Eagle Has an effective range of OVER 100 METERS!!! WHO SAYS THE M6D IS unrealistic!?? so the M6D has Equal range, Equal power to a real life pistol. BUT WAIT. THERES MORE: You can EASILY mount a Scope onto the DEsert Eagle or another Pistol today!!!

SO HOW, JUST TELL ME HOW IS THE M6D UNREALISTIC??

sorry bout the caps.

  • 07.18.2007 12:25 PM PDT

Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth, you'd get a lot of free games.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

It is unrealistic because it is a weapon in a game, thus not real.

  • 07.18.2007 12:38 PM PDT
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the M6D is very realistic compared to a real life pistol, just tell me why its not?
my point was just that the M6D is realistic, and to tell people that keep claiming it is not realistic to shut up.

  • 07.18.2007 1:15 PM PDT

Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth, you'd get a lot of free games.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

okay...... >_> <_<

  • 07.18.2007 4:33 PM PDT

Its realistic just not balanced for Gameplay...

Campaign maybe but it just doesn't have a place in Multiplayer....

  • 07.18.2007 6:26 PM PDT
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It's a video game, nothing in video games are real.

  • 07.19.2007 6:21 AM PDT
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Don't cross post.

  • 07.19.2007 6:56 AM PDT
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this is a pointless thread. what's it matter if it's not realistic?

  • 07.19.2007 10:52 AM PDT

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it becomes unrealistic because of it's range. regardless of what the instruction manual sais, the pistols effective range surpases the distance of blood gultch, end to end. that is just rediculous. while a pistol may be able to send a bullet flying that far, it will not be that accurate. doesn't matter if you have a scope on it or not, a pistol is not capable of housing a bullet with enough punch to fly that far, especially with such a short barrel.

  • 07.19.2007 5:42 PM PDT
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Let me sum everything up:

* It's a video game.

* Since when the Hell did side-arms win interstellar conflicts alone? I don't think people find the M6D to be so "unrealistic" as they find it absurd that a side-arm is a more effective and accurate weapon than the assault rifle, for Pete's sake. Because of the fact that the assault rifle is underwhelming in terms of range and accuracy, the void left by the lack of a main weapon is filled up by the pistol's traits.

* It's a video game.

* Whoa, you can put scopes on a Desert Eagle! What kind of idiot is going to use a scoped side-arm over his primary weapon, like an SMG or an assault rifle, which is supposedly more accurate and fires at longer distances?

* It's a video game.

* Posted by: Elite_swordsman
WHO SAYS THE M6D IS unrealistic!??
Exactly, so why the Hell did you post this to begin with?

People don't find the M6D to be so "unrealistic" (I'm using it in quotes, because it's quite pointless arguing with the issue of realism in a video-game--in Halo, no less) as "Why the Hell does the assault rifle suck ass in the fact that it's not chosen by players to be their primary weapon so they choose the pistol instead?"

  • 07.19.2007 5:44 PM PDT

Posted by: CJ Vaughn
Its realistic just not balanced for Gameplay...

Campaign maybe but it just doesn't have a place in Multiplayer....



wrong, stop posting in ce forums.

  • 07.20.2007 11:07 AM PDT
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To play or not to play....

It is perfectly balanced...

Everyone got one when they respawned. No running around looking for a serious weapon of choice. You hade one of the best already. The Battle Rifle was basically the replacement in Halo 2 and as such it was not too bad a weapon but it was not the same. Plus you don't always get the BR when you spawn in MP. I have played lots of games and nearly always start out with the smg. A sinlge weilded smg is not a real weapon all it will do is irritate serious players as you need to put at least awhole clip into someone to put 'em down.

Yeah I know there is no MP in Halo CE for XBox live. However there is system link so the principle applies here. Also Xbox Connect and such allow you to play online (though not very well in most cases).

I found the pistol in Halo CE to be an excellent weapon in single player. I used it as often as I could. It was like a smalll sniper rifle, obviously not as powerful but the pistol had enough power to do some serious damage. Heck you could even take out Hunters with the pistol. Try that in Halo 2 and you will die 90% of time and leave the Hunter standing 100% of the time.

The mention of Halo 3. Hmmm a problem might occur if you dual weild the M6D pistol as it could be very powerful used this way. Alternatively if you dual weilded with something like the smg it would make an awesome weapon the smg widdling down the shield and the pistol causing lots of damage. Alas though this is not a Halo CE issue and as such a bit out of topic. I only said all that because Halo 3 was mentioned.

In short the pistol in Halo Ce is awesome and I really liked it. Combine it with a sniper rifle and you have all the fire power you need. Heck I even took out Wraith tanks with the pistol and it worked. Took about a clip and a half but it worked none the less.

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  • 07.21.2007 6:57 AM PDT

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Posted by: V101
It is perfectly balanced...

Everyone got one when they respawned. No running around looking for a serious weapon of choice. You hade one of the best already. The Battle Rifle was basically the replacement in Halo 2 and as such it was not too bad a weapon but it was not the same. Plus you don't always get the BR when you spawn in MP. I have played lots of games and nearly always start out with the smg. A sinlge weilded smg is not a real weapon all it will do is irritate serious players as you need to put at least awhole clip into someone to put 'em down.

Yeah I know there is no MP in Halo CE for XBox live. However there is system link so the principle applies here. Also Xbox Connect and such allow you to play online (though not very well in most cases).

I found the pistol in Halo CE to be an excellent weapon in single player. I used it as often as I could. It was like a smalll sniper rifle, obviously not as powerful but the pistol had enough power to do some serious damage. Heck you could even take out Hunters with the pistol. Try that in Halo 2 and you will die 90% of time and leave the Hunter standing 100% of the time.

The mention of Halo 3. Hmmm a problem might occur if you dual weild the M6D pistol as it could be very powerful used this way. Alternatively if you dual weilded with something like the smg it would make an awesome weapon the smg widdling down the shield and the pistol causing lots of damage. Alas though this is not a Halo CE issue and as such a bit out of topic. I only said all that because Halo 3 was mentioned.

In short the pistol in Halo Ce is awesome and I really liked it. Combine it with a sniper rifle and you have all the fire power you need. Heck I even took out Wraith tanks with the pistol and it worked. Took about a clip and a half but it worked none the less.


I got PPs as often as Pistols as starting weapons. I like it better that people run around to have better weapons and actually use every weapon than stand almost still and just use always good pistol. In Campaign AR and Pistol are so solid weapons i dont really use any other weapons, some people say we are forced to use certain weapons in Halo2 but i think its quite the opposite, we have so many choices to pick when our weapons are empty, but we always have bullets for AR and pistol. AR isnt bad, but pistol kills anyone with headshot, hunter with backshot, has enough bullets to waste some for spores, it just always works too well. I always first use AR and when i run out of clip i switch to pistol and instantly kill every enemy on map. Theres just no setback in pistol, it might not be best in every category, but its too good overall. Bullets, Power, Range, Zoom, Loading, Melee, Speed, Bullet visibility, everything works great it gets boring when everyone uses pistol. Halo3 pistol sounds great.

I dont question that M6D isnt realistic, but are they all, if pistols are that good why AR is so unaccurate and weak, why rockets dont have lock on, why sniper doesnt have bigger clips and higher firerate. Realism is good and there shold be as much as possible, but game wont be game if it doesnt have some odd customised things.

  • 07.21.2007 7:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: Top_Gun_2021
It is unrealistic because it is a weapon in a game, thus not real.


So what you're saying is that weapons in video games aren't real? So the M-16 I used in GRAW is just some made up gun?

  • 07.22.2007 6:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: RL King
Posted by: Top_Gun_2021
It is unrealistic because it is a weapon in a game, thus not real.


So what you're saying is that weapons in video games aren't real? So the M-16 I used in GRAW is just some made up gun?
Don't take that literally, RL King, what he probably meant is that the M6D pistol is a fictional weapon, and thus, not real.

  • 07.22.2007 12:45 PM PDT
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You can bite me if you have a problem with my OPINION!

Halo: Combat Evovled was my favorite game ever, and I've been hooked on Halo ever since.

Posted by: Elite_swordsman
THERES MORE: You can EASILY mount a Scope onto the DEsert Eagle or another Pistol today!!!

SO HOW, JUST TELL ME HOW IS THE M6D UNREALISTIC??

Ummm, you tell me when someone comes up with a "smart-linked" scope for the Deagle that somehow broadcasts the image onto the inside of your visor, and I'll believe you that the M6D was realistic.

  • 07.22.2007 5:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: Elite_swordsman
OK, EVERYONE has been saying the M6D is "unrealistic" well look at this:

Lets compare the M6D to a real life Pistol, say the Desert Eagle. The Desert Eagle is basiclly EXACTLY like an M6D, It measures 10.75 inches and is one of the biggest pistols in the world.

The M6D Shoots 12mm High Explosive rounds, That is COMPLETELY equal to the now-a-day 45ACP Black Tipped bullets, the Desert Eagle can shoot 45ACP, or 50AE which is EVEN MORE POWERFULL than the M6D.

The M6D Has a MAX range of 123 Meters, guess what? the Desert Eagle Has an effective range of OVER 100 METERS!!! WHO SAYS THE M6D IS unrealistic!?? so the M6D has Equal range, Equal power to a real life pistol. BUT WAIT. THERES MORE: You can EASILY mount a Scope onto the DEsert Eagle or another Pistol today!!!

SO HOW, JUST TELL ME HOW IS THE M6D UNREALISTIC??

sorry bout the caps.


i agree with you and i love to prove the anti halo 1 people wrong, but i think people are too worried about how realistic things are in games today... good graphics look sweet and all but who cares when you have a great game. i mean it is a video game, that is why i loved halo, because some things were unrealistic.

  • 07.22.2007 6:55 PM PDT
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You Shall Not Pass!!!

People argue only because of the scope, which I am sure you can have one put on later.

  • 07.23.2007 12:32 AM PDT

It's not terribly realistic, thankfully that doesn't matter a -blam!-. Not even a tiny bit. Nowhere near. Anyone who gets pissy because things in a videogame set in a fictional distant future don't quite line up with what they hold to be realistic can safely be totally ignored.

  • 07.23.2007 2:55 AM PDT
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Can you people get it through your heads that IS NOT a clip.It is called a Magazine!




Sorry for harshness,just tired of everyone saying clip.

  • 07.23.2007 8:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: Stalker6
Can you people get it through your heads that IS NOT a clip.It is called a Magazine!




Sorry for harshness,just tired of everyone saying clip.
Realistically, you could use the words interchangeably, but in doing so look forward to being corrected frequently. :)

  • 07.24.2007 7:25 AM PDT