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Subject: The Plasma Pistol- Time for something fresh.

The Plasma pistol.

It's a weapon that us Halo fans have come to love over the past 4 Halo games, from those legendary runs were it never leaves our hand; to blowing banshees out of the sky on top of a towering New Mombasa building. It's always been there. It might not be as notorious as the BR, the AR or even the needler, but it has it's own place in Halo history.

However, 4 games of constant use has started to take it's toll on me personally; especially in ODST, where it was the best way to de-shield those pesky brutes, and take down engineers.

Does anyone think that it's time we mixed things up a bit for Reach? it runs the risk of contradicting canon, but I really think that it needs a different purpose. That bright green glow is starting to get a bit tedious, and I don't think I could take another game of just "Charge, release, headshot."

Anyone got any ideas of how it could be re-assigned among the Halo arsenal?
Do you even think it needs changing?

TL;DR- Just read the damn thing, it won't take that long =)

  • 11.19.2009 9:11 AM PDT

Posted by: walshypru
The Plasma pistol.

It's a weapon that us Halo fans have come to love over the past 4 Halo games, from those legendary runs were it never leaves our hand; to blowing banshees out of the sky on top of a towering New Mombasa building. It's always been there. It might not be as notorious as the BR, the AR or even the needler, but it has it's own place in Halo history.

However, 4 games of constant use has started to take it's toll on me personally; especially in ODST, where it was the best way to de-shield those pesky brutes, and take down engineers.

Does anyone think that it's time we mixed things up a bit for Reach? it runs the risk of contradicting canon, but I really think that it needs a different purpose. That bright green glow is starting to get a bit tedious, and I don't think I could take another game of just "Charge, release, headshot."

Anyone got any ideas of how it could be re-assigned among the Halo arsenal?
Do you even think it needs changing?

TL;DR- Just read the damn thing, it won't take that long =)


It's plasma, so it should burn through armor right?
Make it burn through weak armor. E.g. the lowest brutes armor. Or maybe just make it burn through skin. E.g. Jackal, Grunt, Unshielded Brute.

[Edited on 11.19.2009 9:15 AM PST]

  • 11.19.2009 9:14 AM PDT

Yea Bungie could re-design the plasma pistol without it being non-canon towards the Halo universe such as they could have a sort of prototype plasma pistol made by a group of Covenant scientists possibly the Engineers. They could of made a more powerful plasma pistol but because of the Flood invasion of High Charity it was lost and never found again and now High Charity is gone. The Covenant could be carrying this weapon to test it's effectiveness on Spartans at The Fall of Reach.

  • 11.19.2009 9:17 AM PDT

i like me...

it would be sweet if it actually left burn marks on bodies...actually all plasma based weapons should do that

  • 11.19.2009 10:20 AM PDT

Posted by: Physco Mandez
Yea Bungie could re-design the plasma pistol without it being non-canon towards the Halo universe such as they could have a sort of prototype plasma pistol made by a group of Covenant scientists possibly the Engineers. They could of made a more powerful plasma pistol but because of the Flood invasion of High Charity it was lost and never found again and now High Charity is gone. The Covenant could be carrying this weapon to test it's effectiveness on Spartans at The Fall of Reach.


That was so dumb.
1. Engineers do not create weapons or anything. they fix stuff. that's all. The prophets are the ones that mainly do that.
2. How in hells name does High Charity get infected by flood MANY years before H3 and crash WITH the prototype plasma pistol onboard?
That would mean the prototype was around for years and would have been further developed. It wouldn't have been lost.

  • 11.19.2009 10:24 AM PDT

Im just gonna say this.

I don't love the plasma pistol :/. Only time I used it was to get achievements that required it or a power drain (AKA My clothes and one or two others in ODST)

  • 11.19.2009 10:29 AM PDT