- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Ok Twelve Large lets cover some things on your post.. I don't care if you came close to beating Shizz or whoever, the way you talk it's unlikely you can beat the best player in your neighborhood so lets get to the points.
Your RL comments and talking about Blood Gulch, I don't play BG that much cause it's a vehicle map and it's nothing but a large area mostly longe range battles, nothing against long range battles but yes there is only two long range weapons.
I've said it once I'll say it a thousand times, without the pistol there would be huge lapses in game play, you'd either have to be really close or far off to have a good battle.. the pistol feels these voids and because of this people like you call it unbalanced. The RL is the most dominant weapon in the game, it is easy one shot kills and no you don't have to be close to use it if you have timing and accuracy. I tend to keep a sniper and a shotgun most of the time, because on most maps this combo will serve you well.... however at maps like Prisoner I'll keep a sniper and a pistol. No the sniper rifles aren't few and far between and they aren't hard to access, a simple nade tossed can place the sniper at your feet on most any map. Same goes for the rocket launcher. However as you said there is very little counter for the RL outside of the pistol or a sniper from a distance, BUT.. you made some bland points as well. The plasma rifle can be VERY effective in 1v1, actually it is one of the most effective weapons. Any well respecting 1v1 player shys away from rocket use cause if you die with it the kills just exchange hands, so in most matches players require on skillfull weapons. If you have never watched Zyos, Walshy, Darkman, the Ogres, any of these guys play you will see that on most maps there secondary weapon is always the plasma rifle, the pistol being first because in 1v1 it's the weapon of choice. Being invisible and sneaking up on someone while wielding the plasma rifle is much much more deadly than the regular pistol, it's almost a sure kill.
Now onto the for sure pistol kills you speak of, how it's overpowered. I don't know how your team does strategy but I know that on mine we usually have ONE person always weilding the pistol, the other 3 having different jobs, one being a sniper, another a rocket whore.. and another usually a sneak. The pistol is the best weapon for mid range but no it's not unstoppable and because it feels the voids people call it over powering, ask yourself this... where would Halo be if not for the pistol. It would either be all close range fights or sniper battles, I don't think anyone would have liked that.
You made your points but only contradicted yourself, you said without the pistol it would be hard to supress the fire of a sniper or take down a rocket launcher, EXACTLY. Why do you think the pistol is there? To give an answer to weapons that other wise would have no answer, so how is this overpowering instead of just weighing things out. If the pistol didn't exist you people would be -blam!-ing about how the Sniper has no counter and the Rocket Launcher is too hard to overtake, then know what? The pistol would be a welcomed savior to everyone who plays Halo. So think before you post and make yourself out to be wrong, yet again...
[Edited on 7/22/2004 3:08:29 AM]