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I feel like some part of me dies everytime that i hear someone talk about how the pistol in halo 1 is a cheap weapon. the pistol is a fantastic weapon. ENOUGH SAID. i don't want to hear any of this "the pistol kills in 3 shots! thats so unrealistic!" well you're right it is. in the real world a pistol shot to the head would take you down instantly. GUESS WHAT! its a damn video game and the surrealism is what makes halo 1 the best game ever made. SCREW HALO 2!!! BRING HALO 1 TO LIVE!!!!!!!!!

  • 02.14.2005 2:14 PM PDT
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seAn in right the pistol is a fantastic weapon of choice.i love to duel weild that with a smg it be de best!

  • 02.14.2005 3:26 PM PDT
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You are so right. yes the pistol can be a little "unfair" at moments, but it is better than the Magnum. I also like to think of as my personal "Body Guard", or, when the time comes, the "Tank Killer."

  • 02.14.2005 4:00 PM PDT

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First off i have no idea which one you are taling about. Ill assume its the first one.


I think if everyone has one then its not at all cheap.

  • 02.14.2005 4:07 PM PDT
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But do you think it's cheap if someone kills you with a pistol, and you have, say, a Shotgun. And before you answer, it isn't.

  • 02.14.2005 4:18 PM PDT
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Here's my two cents,

The pistol was never cheap. But it was deadly in a hand that knew how to use it.

Here's my rundown of "Realistic".

He's wearing armor. Very strong armor. With shields. So 3 shots to the head isn't too out of balance. But flipping an upside down tank a foot in the air and have it land back on its treds is unrealistic.

Realism is an argument best not used in Halo. MC can fall (Halo 2) from 500 feet and live, flip cars, throw a grenade at the grownd and live, but he gets recoil from the SMG.

But I also have an argument against the pistol.

"You always start with it! That means everyone has the same chance!"

Not true. Play a build in game. Plasma Pistol. Starting with the strongest weapon in the game isn't exactly a good thing. It makes the fun of finding a better weapon non-existant.

Well, there it is. I just have one more thing to say;

"Fanboys suck."

I love Halo and Halo 2. I don't cry because there is no pistol, I don't cry when someone kills me with a sword. I just play the game, and damn as hell I'll have some ass-whooping fun while doing so.

>> Kritz

  • 02.14.2005 5:03 PM PDT

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I loved the weapon...before I started getting snipped from 1/2 way across the field with it. I always use it as a pistol, and therefore hate it when others use it as a sniper rifle.

  • 02.14.2005 5:45 PM PDT
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If you feel thae need for the Halo 1 pisol, go play halo 1 on system link. For some reason, everyone feels obligated to play halo 2 even if they like halo 1 more.

  • 02.15.2005 4:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dutenshtafer
If you feel thae need for the Halo 1 pisol, go play halo 1 on system link. For some reason, everyone feels obligated to play halo 2 even if they like halo 1 more.

Hmmmm, I wonder if that is possibly because Halo doesn't have live and Halo 2 does. System link is a lot harder to set up, otherwise I wouldn't even touch H2

  • 02.15.2005 11:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: GuiltyS
Posted by: Dutenshtafer
If you feel thae need for the Halo 1 pisol, go play halo 1 on system link. For some reason, everyone feels obligated to play halo 2 even if they like halo 1 more.

Hmmmm, I wonder if that is possibly because Halo doesn't have live and Halo 2 does. System link is a lot harder to set up, otherwise I wouldn't even touch H2


Even so, if you want to use the M6D, your gonna have to play Halo, and it's not that hard. And if you want to play online just get HaloCE.

  • 02.15.2005 4:45 PM PDT
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Or get XBC.

  • 02.15.2005 4:59 PM PDT
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I agree, so what if it's a pistol, the sniper kills in one or two shots, the rocket kills in one shot, the shotgun can kill in one or two shots, so what? They're not real guns, it's a computer game. 'Pistol' means nothing in refernce to a fictional weapon's power. It just means it's small and can usually be held in one hand.

  • 02.15.2005 6:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: seAn715
I feel like some part of me dies everytime that i hear someone talk about how the pistol in halo 1 is a cheap weapon. the pistol is a fantastic weapon. ENOUGH SAID. i don't want to hear any of this "the pistol kills in 3 shots! thats so unrealistic!" well you're right it is. in the real world a pistol shot to the head would take you down instantly. GUESS WHAT! its a damn video game and the surrealism is what makes halo 1 the best game ever made. SCREW HALO 2!!! BRING HALO 1 TO LIVE!!!!!!!!!


if halo 2 had haloCE pistol it would definetly be more skill based (on xbl)

  • 02.15.2005 7:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: GothGuy
I loved the weapon...before I started getting snipped from 1/2 way across the field with it. I always use it as a pistol, and therefore hate it when others use it as a sniper rifle.


Well, if they can see and shoot you, you can see and shoot them. It was this aspect that gave it balance. You could take down snipers with it. Now your team is screwed if they spawn next to them and you don't. The battle rifle doesn't have the range to be an effective anti-sniper.

  • 02.16.2005 1:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: HeavyMetal1
Posted by: GothGuy
I loved the weapon...before I started getting snipped from 1/2 way across the field with it. I always use it as a pistol, and therefore hate it when others use it as a sniper rifle.


Well, if they can see and shoot you, you can see and shoot them. It was this aspect that gave it balance. You could take down snipers with it. Now your team is screwed if they spawn next to them and you don't. The battle rifle doesn't have the range to be an effective anti-sniper.


HeavyMetal is right, being that the BR is actually crappier than the pistol. If they gave the BR, say, a 5x or 6x scope, and made it single shot, it would be a lot better at anti-sniping, and a better weapon over all. I think what we should be complaining about is how the BR sucks, and not how the pistol was too good.

  • 02.16.2005 1:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: Getacible
HeavyMetal is right, being that the BR is actually crappier than the pistol. If they gave the BR, say, a 5x or 6x scope, and made it single shot, it would be a lot better at anti-sniping, and a better weapon over all. I think what we should be complaining about is how the BR sucks, and not how the pistol was too good.


I'm always right, but it's still nice to hear it...lol J/K!!! But, even with a better zoom the battle rifle will NEVER be a replacement for the pistol. I've done a little test. I stood in front of a base on Waterworks about the distance that the wrait sits. I shot a flat area on the base right behind and to the right of the ghost spawn. Only the first round of the three round burst went exactly where you aimed it. The following two shots were as far away as 10 inches. Now, take that 30 or so feet and expand it to say 200. 1/3rds of your rounds WILL NOT hit there target, making the battle rifle ineffective at any decent distance. And thus, not well suited for use as an anti-sniper weapon. The battle rifle already has limmited power, but just think how weak it would be if only one of three rounds hits. You would empty a clip and do only a small amount of damage. Hell, by the time you reloaded and got zoomed in again the other persons shields would have recovered.

  • 02.16.2005 11:32 PM PDT
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Exactly why they should improve it. now, this is a little off topic, but there is ONE instance where I have gotten killed by a 1, repeat 1 shot kill with the BR. The person (my Bro) was fooling around with me on Acension. I was standing on the Dish-thingy prongs, and my bro was at the Banshee spawn. He had a battle rifle, and was aiming just above my head, intending to shoot right above me. Instead, one of the bullets found a way into the back of my skull. (i was an elite, I don't know if the player model matters, but just so you know)

  • 02.17.2005 2:37 PM PDT
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I would only use a pistol if it was the last weapon left around. Not a real fan of it.

  • 02.17.2005 6:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: Elite66
I would only use a pistol if it was the last weapon left around. Not a real fan of it.


Elaborate. Just wondering why, I'm not one of those "Pistology" followers.

  • 02.18.2005 6:17 AM PDT
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sr ybot in respone to one of the above posts it really pissing me off when people are calling halo for the PC Halo:CE, basiclly this came from that news about the halo 2 mod for PC. basiclly i own Halo for the Pc and that's all it's called Halo PC, it's the EXACT SAME as Halo for Xbox, Halo CE is a version of Halo PC that come out that allows u to play maps created by the HEK (Halo Editing Kit).

  • 02.18.2005 5:36 PM PDT