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  • Poll [8 votes]: Would you rather have the BR or H:CE pistol in Reach?
Subject: Would you rather have the BR or H:CE pistol in Reach?
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  • 11.06.2009 7:49 PM PDT
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The Pistol in Halo 1 was frankly, just too overpowered, there was no reason to use any other weapon because it killed so fast.

To imagine this in halo 3, use your pistol to try kill people, now think what would happen if people died in 3 shots of your pistol, AND it had x2 zoom.

The BR is far more balanced, since it takes most unskilled people 7+ bursts to kill someone, while a good player would take them out in 4 - 5 shots.

However, if they do take out the BR, there will always be the Carbine, which is roughly the same as a BR.

  • 11.06.2009 7:55 PM PDT

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I would rather have my utilitarian, mid-range, primary weapon be a longarm as opposed to a sidearm.

I mean, using a sidearm as my primary weapon is just wrong. It's there for backup. Ideally I'd just be using the rifle.

  • 11.06.2009 8:02 PM PDT

^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Br > Pistol Because of the above statments

  • 11.06.2009 8:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: SPARTAN 860
To imagine this in halo 3, use your pistol to try kill people, now think what would happen if people died in 3 shots of your pistol, AND it had x2 zoom.

The BR is far more balanced, since it takes most unskilled people 7+ bursts to kill someone, while a good player would take them out in 4 - 5 shots.
Don't be biased. The BR takes 4 shots to kill... and an unskilled person around 7 shots. You said how fast the Pistol CAN kill (3 shots) but you totally left out the part where an unskilled person with the Pistol took around 7 or 8 shots to kill.

What they SHOULD do is take the BR skin for all of the people who think that realism = balance (it doesn't) and make it operate identical to the Halo 1 Pistol in EVERY way, except it should take 5 shots to kill instead of 3.

  • 11.06.2009 8:43 PM PDT
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Killing someone with a BR in 4 shots is extremely rare, mainly due to the spread, which usually makes at least one bullet miss. The pistol is relatively easier to aim (it fires straight). So generally someone who has never played the game would probably take less than 7 shots to kill someone.

  • 11.06.2009 8:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
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Neither, I want the ODST pistol and Carbine.

  • 11.06.2009 9:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sp4rt4n119
Thank you sir, that was an epic rendition of this topic.


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and how!

I would rather have either the M6J Magnum Carbine, or a Battle Rifle with a much longer range, single shot, and a smaller magazine size that is very ineffective at close range. It should be a marksman's weapon, not the ace of all trades that all the super "h4rdc0r3" players think. It is supposed to be a rifle, not Jesus's laser pointer of death.

  • 11.06.2009 9:41 PM PDT

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  • 11.06.2009 10:51 PM PDT

Good, bad, I'm the guy with the clichéd lines.

Battle Rifle is more balanced than Halo 1 pistol.

  • 11.06.2009 10:55 PM PDT

Given a choice? I'll stick with the M6D Pistol. It's a better weapon, and having it in the game means all the other weapons would have to get ramped up. The Pistol would stand out today, because it is by far the most dominating force at a great range and has a huge ammunition capacity. The Pistol fires single shots, whereas the Battle Rifle's damage comes from three piddly burst bullets that eventually spread out of sync and become far less useful at sniper ranges. The M6D does not have that problem. Nevertheless, I would appreciate its return. Hopefully they don't just gimp it, but elevate other weapons to meet its game.

  • 11.06.2009 10:57 PM PDT

BR FTW


people complain about the BR being overpowered lol


Skilled players with the Halo 1 Pistol *whew

  • 11.06.2009 11:00 PM PDT

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The BR still could still use a nerf in Reach but compared to the CE pistol it might as well be another Spiker on the map that no-one almost ever picks up.

  • 11.06.2009 11:37 PM PDT

You guys aren't thinking entirely. Watering down weapons like the BR c'mon! That would just f up alot of stuff. Like MLG that whole circut depends on The BR. I say they transfer Halo 0DST's pistol to HR:Reach.

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  • 11.06.2009 11:48 PM PDT

Lol@Random blacklist. Anyways, I really enjoyed the pistol, it felt right. And 3 shotting felt like more skillage.

  • 11.06.2009 11:56 PM PDT

Its a trap!!!

My wishlist

Bring back the M6D as a 4 shot. That way its on par with the BRs power but you need more skill to aim it. An advantage would be that there is no spread so the bullets wont lose their effective range at long distance provided your skilled enough to lead a shot. This would make scoring a head shot a bit harder then a BR but thats a good thing

I want to see the BR along side the M6D. It would keep diversity.


Think of it this way people who are good with the BR would be considered decent. People who are good with the M6D would be great. And I would definetly try to use the M6D a lot more then the BR

here is my line up to make mid ranged weapons as diversified as close range

M6D- 4 Shot

BR- 4 Shot (spread can hurt or help depending on the situation)

Carbine- 7 Shot- Can kill the quickest but still inaccurate compared to the rest of mid range guns

Auto Mag- lol shots. It felt like a paintball gun in ODST. But this would be the secondary weapon people always wanted. A nice tool for headshots

and of course I hope for a new midrange weapon that wont be imbalanced

  • 11.07.2009 12:02 AM PDT
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i go with br

  • 11.07.2009 12:27 PM PDT