- Hylebos
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The Battle Rifle or some non-pistol equivilant will probably return again in Reach.
Why?
Think about it. What two games have scoped pistols in the Halo series?
>Halo CE and Halo 3: ODST.
What is one major gameplay feature that Halo 2 and 3 have and Halo CE and Halo 3: ODST lack?
>Dual Wielding.
The reason they killed the Halo CE pistol and transfered its niche to the Battle Rifle is because of the dual-wielding system. It makes sense, balancing a medium ranged dual wieldable weapon is very tricky, its much easier to turn the pistol into a close range weapon so it doesn't become too powerful. I mean, besides the pistol, what other medium ranged dual wieldable weapon can you possibly think of off the top of your head?
Halo 3 again has dual wielding, so again, the pistol remains scopeless, but in ODST a unique oppurtunity came along. Bungie knew that fans loved the pistol, and as much as they wanted to bring it back, they knew it wouldn't work with the dual wielding system, but since ODSTs can't dual wield, its no longer and issue, and thus, they kill the battle rifle and bring back the pistol.
So unless Reach doesn't have dual wielding (Given it's popularity I can't see bungie killing this feature [Yes, people do dual wield all the time]), we won't be seeing a scope on a pistol any time soon unless Bungie can somehow fit a medium ranged dual wieldable weapon into the sandbox in a balanced way.
Any thoughts? Just something I noticed the other night.