- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The pistol will definatly be in the game, Bungie said they weren't taking any guns away. I think it will be modified though. The scope may or may not still be there but one thing I'm sure they will change is the accuracy. Anyone who has fired real weapons knows two things about pistols.
1. On average, pistols have a much bigger punch than rifles do.
2. Pistols are much LESS accurate than rifles, due to their shorter barrels.
For those of you saying "Why keep the pistol, we have the battle rifle now!" The battle rifle as I've seen it in halo behaves much like an M16 with a scope, granted it look slightly like an Aug or maybe an FA-MAS, but anywho. The M16 is accurate, only fires in three round bursts or semi-auto fire(since the A3 upgrades), and uses 5.67mm ammo. Even with all this the Army still issues eather a 9mm or .45 cal. side arm to all its officers, they do this for a reason. The Battle Rifles is an excellent all purpose weapon, but sometimes nothing will beat that CQC heavy hitter you get with a pistol.