- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: BoxMonster13
Actually Vegas, I have, but think about it. Even if the pistol is as powerful as a Mangum or Desert Eagle, it has to cut through the shields and chief's armor not just bullet proof vests, AND because the barrels on pistols are not long, the rifling cannot create enough twist and velocity on the bullet to make it accurate. Even the Desert Eagle isn't accurate at the ranges the Halo1 pistol is. No pistol, even in the future can be super powerful AND accurate, there are just limitations because of the style of the weapon. Sorry.
ps try again, and don't pull this military crap out, it is Halo, and your argument is still flawed.
LoL, you just don't want your boner to go down from your popular little thread floating around about the forbidden pistol. "Try again, Don't pull this military crap out?" What, do you want to talk about BAKING??
"Limitations because of the style of weapon." So, umm, this 'progression' thing humans have been doing for the past 4 milleniums has no consideration anymore? We've hit our limitations in handgun technology in 2005? Way to predict the future there, Sir Newton. There could be dozens of possible reasons why it's so accurate and powerful. I don't want to make an "excuse" for the weapon, use your imagination - it's what drives inventors and innovators to make things smaller, more powerful, and more precise. I can promise you we will make pistols better in the future.
You have this obsession with prooving that the pistol is overcharged and overaccurate, and I have to disagree with you. First of all, about the exposed armor (without the "plasma shields" or whatever the hell they're called): Any human weapon that fires metallic projectiles will put a Spartan, Elite, Grunt, Brute, Jackal, or Human to sleep with one, count 'em, ONE round. Doesn't matter what weapon it is. Even the new, downgraded pistol.
Secondly, a Desert Eagle would knock over an Elite with one shot and blow his face off with the other. Chief, being 7 feet tall, could handle that thing like a cop handles a 9mm. They are very accurate, and it's only 2005. Give the world 550 years and I think they can tweak it some.
The only problem I had with the pistol is it's amount of ammo, people would abuse it in the campaign. Switching weapons is an art-form, and the pistol is like a boxer's knock out punch. I think it was the Assault Rifle that was UNDERPOWERED, if you want to get technical about it. Even though it was fun as heck to play with.
[Edited on 2/14/2005 9:30:21 AM]