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  • Poll [23 votes]: Is the Pistol Fair or Unfair?
Subject: Pistol, Fair or Unfair?
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Poll: Is the Pistol Fair or Unfair?  [closed]
Yes-Because of its Power:  13%
(3 Votes)
No-Because there are unskilled people out there:  17%
(4 Votes)
Yes-Because of its Zoom:  4%
(1 Votes)
Yes-Because of its Power & Zoom:  52%
(12 Votes)
No-Because other guns are about the same:  13%
(3 Votes)
Total Votes: 23

Has anyone here ever played a multiplayer match with the pistol on? In like 3 shots you can always expect to be dead. I think the Pistol is unfair and it doesn't balance well with the rest of the game. I mean, it has a zoom and it doesn't take much to kill with it. Plus, you can never tell where the hell it is coming from (If from far)

  • 06.25.2004 6:28 AM PDT
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i think it's unfair, but what would be the point of a game if it all was fair. then even n00bs would have a chance of beating people who have had the game since it came out. the pistol is an advantage that all those people who pistol snipe u use, and they have learned to use it effectivly. then all those people taught me, so now i enjoy hitting noobs with snipers halfway across the map

  • 06.25.2004 6:40 AM PDT
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Dude, you will always beat noobs, because they will not have the dogding skills you have, They will not have the aiming skills you have, and the speed to press a trigger. Also, your more likly to see them before thye see you. And your right, we also have sniper rifle that shoot them in the head and kill them with one shot! But you see, the sniper rifle is fair in the game, I believe. I mean, Every time you raise a sniper rifle and try and snipe someone, you put down your long and medium range guard.

With the pistol, it is another story. Because it only has a 2x Zoom, your medium and short range are easy to see. Also, the pistol holds more bullets than a sniper rifle allowing one to get more shots in less time (If you know how, then you are studining the -blam!- pistol). Listen, I played some pretty bad ass 2v2s over the past week, but at the end of the first night playing it, we took the pistol off just to insure that the teams were even. It was 2v2 Pistols vs Anything Else. Pistols always won! What was fun was we removed the pistols on them and put in assault rifles only, that made one hell of a nice, fast game!

[Edited on 6/25/2004 6:47:26 AM]

  • 06.25.2004 6:47 AM PDT
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i probably said it wrong, but what i meant was when the noobs had a sniper, they'd be tryin to shoot me, and i'd get them in 3-5 shots with a pistol, and it is simply a joy to hear the yell out in anger.

ur right, some people concentrate most of their skills on sniper/pistol. they did that to me once, taking out all longrange weapons. i still owned them

  • 06.25.2004 6:58 AM PDT
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I used to be the master of sniping but my xbox broke and I'm rusty :( and I have a tournament next Friday and I am expected to win because people think I'm still good.

  • 06.25.2004 7:36 AM PDT
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pistols are the ultimate weapon. All who stand against me fall. i require only 2-3 shots to kill people. Shots to the head with the pistol kill everyone with ease. I am a sharpshooting gunslinger.

  • 06.25.2004 8:36 AM PDT
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apparentely everybody DOESN"T fall to you.... if you actually play the game, you would take note that the pistol takes a minimum of three shots to the head... unless you are a pansy and like to steal kills from others..... ooooo.... real big boy. but anyway... pistol takes three shots, so memorize that and don't brag B.S.

  • 06.25.2004 9:48 AM PDT
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You guys blow your own horns too much, nothing wrong with the pistol... just seems unfair because you get owned by it so often.

shut up

  • 06.25.2004 10:25 AM PDT
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If you think that pistols are unfair, just turn them off and stop complaining. All weapons can be perfect if you know how to use them to their full advantage. The pistol is just the easiest to master, and one of the better to use.

  • 06.25.2004 10:41 AM PDT
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Agreed.

  • 06.25.2004 10:45 AM PDT
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You guys are pretty new here, right? Well, let me just welcome you and then want to play you online in Halo 2 to see who will win! That's all I plan to play for a while. In the mean time I will read the books (Including one called, Pistols Are -blam!- ) and then come back and kill everything with a simple combo of sniper rifle and plasma rifle...very nice if used right. Shotgun and Sniper work well, but the shotgun has a downfall I noticed....I cannot say because it would ruin my tactic!! I don't know who is reading this...

  • 06.25.2004 2:48 PM PDT

How ya goin?

very good gun
give me a pistol and you cant stop me

  • 06.29.2004 6:15 PM PDT
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EXPLOSION ED is right. The pistol is is nearly unstopable. But if your opponent has a shotgun and is behind and close to you. Your dead. That presuppose's he shoots you first.

  • 06.29.2004 7:04 PM PDT
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who cares! u don't like it? don't use it! don't want others to use it? turn the pistol off! not too hard my friend!

  • 06.29.2004 9:12 PM PDT
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The human pistol is completely fair. if you wimps can't stand up to the skill of a pistol sniper then don't play the game. the pistol only holds 12 rounds come on you can move and dodge right or are you even stupider than you sound. PISTOLS RULE! DEAL WITH IT!

  • 07.01.2004 4:07 PM PDT