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Subject: The pistol isnt overpowered...
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Ide say its just that all the other weapons are underpowered. If you pay attention, youll notice only the pistol and sniper rifle cause area specefic damage. Plus the assault rifle is pathetic at medium range unless youve got a good turbo controller or can just naturally tap the trigger that fast.

Ide bet most if not all weapons in Halo 2 will do more damage to different body parts, so even if the pistol stays the same itll be far from the best choice.

Personally ive always been a fan of hand guns, and most people dont know that most assault weapons use ammunition designed to injure and kill only when necessary, while police and military issue hand gun ammo is designed to hit harder and be as lethal as possible. So I was happy when I found the pistol to actually be effective in Halo rather than a useless sidearm no one without a death wish would ever pull out in other FPS games.

  • 07.07.2004 12:43 PM PDT
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I didnt have a problem with how effective it was against a target, just that a military side arm could hit with pin point acurracy from across Hang em High, that aint right. And dont give me that Sharpshooter argument, it aint right to hit that far with a pistol in a game that needs gameplay over realism

  • 07.07.2004 12:46 PM PDT
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TOO MANY GODDAMN PISTOL THREADS! Just make one. When some one makes a "pistol is over powered thread" don't make a "pistol isn't over powered thread" just argue in the one thread.

  • 07.07.2004 12:47 PM PDT
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I've seen where these threads have gone before, and I must say let's just stop while we have so few responses. Because soon people will bicker about it being too powerful, the MA5B being weak, and then we get into an argument about weqapons being/ not being replaced in Halo 2. So let's stop while we are ahead.

[Edited on 7/7/2004 12:48:35 PM]

  • 07.07.2004 12:48 PM PDT
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i just find it stupid that a small weapon like that can kill you in three shots where as you could have a shotgun and blast one in their chest and they still have five bars after five shots

  • 07.07.2004 12:49 PM PDT
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Read my above post please.

  • 07.07.2004 12:50 PM PDT
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Its not really all that accurate, but some people are inhumanly skilled at timing and leading shots more than compensating for it. Ide say keep the zoom but make it get more out of control the faster you fire it, just enough so that those 3 pop rapid head shot kills are impossible past short/medium range.

  • 07.07.2004 12:53 PM PDT

pistol = god

  • 07.07.2004 12:55 PM PDT
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already did and lets remember this is a message board where people are allowed to post their opinions on things

  • 07.07.2004 12:55 PM PDT
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I get somewhat annoyed when people complain of an unbalence between weapons in Halo. Many fail to realize that a good portion of the games strategy lies in what weapons you are carrying. If you're holding on to two short range weapons -- let's say, an assualt rifle and a shotgun -- and you're a good distance away from an opponent carrying a pistol, you're going to lose no matter what.

That's just the way it is.

[Edited on 7/7/2004 12:58:06 PM]

  • 07.07.2004 12:57 PM PDT
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I love the Pistol and I think it's good to have a powerful handgun it's very unique in FPSs.

  • 07.07.2004 12:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: thelastmetroid
I get somewhat annoyed when people complain of an unbalence between weapons in Halo. Many fail to realize that a good portion of the games strategy lies in what weapons you are carrying. If you're holding on to two short range weapons -- let's say, an assualt rifle and a shotgun -- and you're a good distance away from an opponent carrying a pistol, you're going to lose no matter what.

That's just the way it is.

well lets say you get into close combat and you start of firing with your AR first and the pistol hasn't shot at you once until you got into close combat is it right for the weapon that is meant for distance won the fight over one meant for close quarters

  • 07.07.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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I'm sick of ppl whining that they get killed too much with the pistol. i'm pretty good with a pistol myself and i still get killed quite often. A good technique ppl should learn is dancing, which is basically moving side to side really fast so pistols can't hit u very good. Most good players i c have mastered this technique,

  • 07.07.2004 1:04 PM PDT
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its not called dancing its straffing BTW im good at a pistol too but i still get killed by it

  • 07.07.2004 1:06 PM PDT
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I dont think theres anything really wrong with Halo multiplayer balance. Although when your playing in a tournament for real money and a multiplayer match turns into a race for the powerups, the rocket launcher, and the hot spot of the map currently bieng used it kind of takes the fun out of it. If you ever played Chill out team slayer in a 4v4 tournament, youll know exactly what I mean.

Stand offs on that level are the absolute worst.

  • 07.07.2004 1:07 PM PDT
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Pistol owns. It's fun killing...I think it should take 5-7 headshots to kill though, I mean how is a little gun going to destroy you so fast, while an assault rifle or shotgun from medium ranges couldn't kill you in half that time? Shotgun is definitly underpowered at med-long ranges as well....I mean in real life a shotgun can nail you hard from 200 feet away probably. In halo you need to be like 15 feet in front of them and shoot twice to kill.

  • 07.07.2004 1:16 PM PDT
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Its a 16 pellet scattershot, its pretty much random how effective it is at medium range. Now if it used slugs, that would be a whole different story.

  • 07.07.2004 1:37 PM PDT
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[color=lime]The plasma rifle is area specific, you die faster if its hitting yoru head, and your more stunned if its hitting yoru legs. I like the pistol, it shows who has good aim and who doesnt. I would prefer it to take 4 shots though to take you out rather 3. Even though i own with pistol I would much rather prefer a range specific weapon like plasma rifle up close. You may be good at pistol shots, but that goes to -blam!- when I'm strafing, jumping, all while stunning you to death[/color]

  • 07.07.2004 1:51 PM PDT
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I've come to highly prize the pistol. Don't change it, for the sake of gameplay if not realism. Of course, I may be swayed by the Battle Rifle and Covie Carbine...

  • 07.07.2004 1:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: Deidg Nactal
pistol = god

exactly, it's over powered.

  • 07.07.2004 2:16 PM PDT