- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I'm going to go on record saying that I believe there won't be a pistol or assault rilfe the H2. I'm not saying I'm right, but if I'm wrong, feel free to rub it in my face. ^_-
It just doesn't make sense balance-wize for the game to include it (the pistol). All of the weapons in the first game were (arguably) balanced to the point of never having any weapon being inherently superior. "Toning down" the pistol's usefulness would contradict this design philosophy. True, Bungie did say that all weapons would return in the sequel, but they never said in the same form. The pistol and AR have essentially reversed roles in the form of the BR and SMG.
I'm not saying they couldn't make it work, I'm saying they probably won't.