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Subject: Most over-rated gun!
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I think the pistol is massively over rated dont get me wrong i have nothing against the pistol hell u try completin the library on legendary without it but the fact is there is no other level where you need it cuz yeah bullet for bullet its pretty powerful but its inaccurate and slow rate of fire mean that anything other than a grunt (and the suicidal flood!) will just take cover before u can finish it off. give me the AR any day.

  • 06.11.2004 8:53 AM PDT
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i agere with blunt3pt the pistol is really over rated

  • 06.11.2004 9:05 AM PDT
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To me the pistol seems more over-rated than the sniper rifle. Heck you don't even need the pistol on legendary on the library. Just use the MA5B and M90 and let me go at 'em.

  • 06.11.2004 9:17 AM PDT
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I agree that the pistol is not great on SP legendary. However it comes into it's own on multiplayer where it is certainly overpowered as you can kill in three shots.

  • 06.11.2004 10:17 AM PDT

Pistol is still good on halo. 3-shot kills are pretty tough but it's definitely great on multiplayer. In campaign, honestly, AR over pistol rofl? For one, it is 50 times more accurate than the AR, where you are aiming is EXACTLY where it fires, it has same accuracy as a sniper rifle with less damage and slightly slower bullet. It also packs quite a bit of damage (25) and fires 3 shots per second. AR does about 10-15 damage a bullet and 10 bullets a second, but only 2/3 ever hit your target up close. Not to mention, take down enemies shields one hit head-shot kills whenever you want. AR is a joke if youa re more than 10 feet away.

  • 06.11.2004 10:31 AM PDT
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AR sucks! well, not really, but its not very good

my two weapons of choice are the shotgun and pistol

  • 06.11.2004 11:21 AM PDT
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The pistol is, all things accounted for, the most powerful weapon in the game, without doubt. I mean, Bungie even stuck the symbol for power on the bottom of it!

  • 06.11.2004 11:50 AM PDT
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the rocket is more powefull

  • 06.11.2004 12:32 PM PDT
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i dont know what your talking about i think the pistol gets just as much credit as is due. in legendary i could take out just about anything in less than two shots with a pistol. and not being acurate(sorry if i misspelled) at mid range it is one of the most acurate guns in the game.

  • 06.11.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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what the hell have you people been smokin?! the pistol takes down a hunter in one shot! just dodge it as he charges... quick 180 and shoot him where his armor doesn't cover his back (the orange bit) and there you go, i suppose every weapon is better for different enimys.... like the AR is pretty crap, but when theres a swarm of the infectous flood comming after you, its pretty good at mopping them up, the pistol for the hunters, plasma pistol + any other weapon for anything with a energy shield....... well except the needler, thats pretty useless, unless you can empty at least half a clip into the dude your shooting at

  • 06.11.2004 1:16 PM PDT
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the pistol is overrated ya, but i love it. theres something about single shot guns that i love. and its the best for hunters, grunts, and elite shield depletion. its also good for jackels. but never use it on vehicles.

  • 06.11.2004 1:22 PM PDT
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Ugh. I can't believe what I've just read...
The M6D and MA5B are good for different things. They're both extremely effective when used the right way. The pistol just happens to be more user-friendly for most people. Mostly everyone knows how to use the pistol, but the assault rifle in Halo's a bit different from assault rifles in most shooter games. It's accuracy is horrible in full auto, but it doesn't have to be. The first shot's always very accurate, with accuracy dropping as the burst continues. If you can rapidly pull/click the trigger to fire one- or two-round bursts fast enough, it overpowers the pistol out to a much better range than in full-auto. In fact, one could theoretically fire the MA5B in one-round bursts at full-auto speed, focusing it's superior power with enough accuracy to be useful. The MA5B's much like the other pistol in this respect- it becomes a monster in the hands of an expert. The AR might even be the most under-rated gun!
Which weapon is best depends on your skills, personal preference and style, situation, and whether your hands are on a mouse or Xbox controller.
Anyway, don't go bashing either 'cause they're both awesome when used properly. If you've been beaten down by masters, you know. The only weapon I haven't seen much ownage with is the needler, and even that might have some hidden nuances that no one's fiigured out yet, since most of us kinda avoid it like poison...

  • 06.11.2004 2:07 PM PDT
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i believe the most over rated gun would have to be the water gun. Although very powerful, the reload time just sucks

  • 06.11.2004 2:09 PM PDT
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Sniper cause people think it is easy getting a hs all the way across a map since the sniper ius so accurate but they dont realise you have to lead people (especialy in PC) and it is hard leading people cause they change their direction a lot

  • 06.11.2004 4:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: lil_spartan
AR sucks! well, not really, but its not very good

my two weapons of choice are the shotgun and pistol
u tell them man! pistol kicks ass!

  • 06.11.2004 5:46 PM PDT
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pistol takes the man and fun out of blood gulch CTF..no blood and gory..ahem...glory.

Yeah, the pistol takes away the gentlmenship of beating the -blam!- out of each other with the butt ends of your AR...I mean Im glad they're replacing th epistol with the battle rifel...I mean at least it makes sense.

  • 06.11.2004 6:15 PM PDT
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I always thought it felt a little weird when you carry around a little pistol that compares favourably with most larger, more expensive-looking weapons. You can't help wondering why the heck it isn't the standard-issue weapon for most human forces. If the kick's too much for most soldiers to handle, just put the same machinery in a bigger case. Something bigger that functions pretty much the same would be sweeet 'cause it wouldn't feel too small and overpowered. It probably won't be in the game as it is now because it looks like it should be dual-wieldable, and there's no way the game would work with dual M6Ds... *shudders*

  • 06.11.2004 11:55 PM PDT
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the most over rated wepon is the rockets they are slow and hazordous to your self


[Edited on 6/12/2004 12:32:14 AM]

  • 06.12.2004 12:30 AM PDT
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againt the covanant the pistol is well, dare i say sucky? and the covie pistol rocks agaaagainst covie forces. But the human pistol kicks ass in multie player and against flood.


the pistol is like a less deadly sniper rifle

  • 06.12.2004 8:15 AM PDT
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ok,the pistol is great. look.

Grunts-head shots on them and they are dead.
Jackals-what else do you plan on hitting them little grooves in their shield with? oh. and headshot= kill.
Elites-take down their shield woth plasama pistol,shoot'em in their head (again).
Popcorn crabs (infection forms)-do we ever waste ammo on theM?
Carrier-2 shots pops them
Combat form-we all know the shotgun at close range. but pistol at long range rules.

  • 06.12.2004 8:20 AM PDT
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If the pistol seems inaccurate, I'd tend to think it would be more your shooting.

I sacrificed my butt on multiplayer for months to work up my skills. Now I'm 3-shot killing people in the other corner of Hang 'Em High. You just gotta understand how it works, the patterns it shoots in etc. sounds nerdy, but only takes a little time.

  • 06.16.2004 3:04 AM PDT
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I would have to say that the pistol is the most over rated gun in the game, but to be different, i'll say that the shotgun is. If you're 25-5 feet away from the target, it takes out the enemy one shot(head shot), but any more then 25 feet away, and you're just wasting your time.

  • 06.17.2004 5:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master Shake
pistol takes the man and fun out of blood gulch CTF..no blood and gory..ahem...glory.

Yeah, the pistol takes away the gentlmenship of beating the -blam!- out of each other with the butt ends of your AR...I mean Im glad they're replacing th epistol with the battle rifel...I mean at least it makes sense.
that's only ur opinion. frankly ur an idiot.replacing the pistol has nothing to do with the most over-rated gun. AR sucks -blam!-. that's what the shotgun is for jackass

  • 06.17.2004 7:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: lil_spartan
AR sucks! well, not really, but its not very good

my two weapons of choice are the shotgun and pistol


i agree wit every single word u said

  • 06.17.2004 7:10 PM PDT