- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
See, I love the pistol just how it is. And we play no shields, 150% health. So if your aim was on, you could kill in one shot. If your aim sucked it would take six or seven shots to kill. I don't think all weapons are created equally or need to be. The pistol rewards you for having really good aim. I hope they don't change it...but they probably will. Too many people want to take my fun away. It's just like rainbow six and the .50 cal. The makers of the game actually do know what's best, but some people (read: lots and lots of people) can't handle it so the game gets changed from it's pure form to something that will please the masses or the lowest common denominator. That's what I really liked about bungie and halo. They didn't gear it to the lowest common denominator only...they gave you almost infinite game options so you could customize your play down to the exact detail. People who needed shields could use them. People who thought the scorpion tank was cheap didn't have to play with it. You could use alien weapons only, if you thought the pistol was the hand of god. I love the options they gave you.
Now, options are going to be tricky with xbox Live. Everyone could be playing a different style of game. So you will end up playing a lot with your friends. Random games will be more difficult because people will whine and cry, or just join a room and immediatley leave because of how the game is set up. BUT, I would rather have the options and deal with the difficulty of getting a random game going than not have them. This way, if people don't like something in the game, instead of crying about it on my server, they can go make their own or find one that plays the way they want to.
Good stuff guys