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Poll: Do you want a scoped pistol in Reach [closed]
Total Votes: 95
I was thinking about how we have starting weapons now and how they were in the past Halo games;
In Halo CE you had the Magnum and the Assault Rifle, it worked fine, but the magnum was way overpowered giving you little reason to pick up anything else.
In Halo 2 you had the SMG at first and that made dual wielding the focus of the game which Bungie didn't really want and eventually we got mostly BR starts.
And now, in Halo 3 we have a good mix of AR and BR starting gametypes.
My idea for Reach would be to make a pistol similar to the one we had in CE, but not as powerful. Make it a good mid-range gun that complements the AR and can effectively get kills, but not quite as quick or efficient to the kill as the BR.
Ideally you wouldn't be able to dual wield the gun so it could shine on it's own or not feel useless without a second one, and it would be more than enough for someone to get kills with, but the BR would still be easier/ more efficient so it wouldn't overshadow the Battle Rifle. That way I don't think there would be such negative opinions and complaints about AR gametypes because the people who prefer using the BR would still start with an effective mid range weapon that can get headshot kills.
People loved the Halo CE pistol, and loved seeing the similar automag in ODST, I'm sure they'd enjoy seeing a scoped pistol make a comeback in multiplayer, too.
my bad if someone has already made a thread suggesting something similar, I did a quick search but didn't look too hard.