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plasma pisol/human pistol all the way

[Edited on 4/22/2004 7:47:03 PM]

  • 04.20.2004 8:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: vidmaster mike
I gotta go with the double pistols, man.

Blasting Covies away with two pistols would give Halo 2 an excellent old-school Marathon feel.




I ALSO agree heavily of the dual weilding pistols. The pistols on marathon ROCKED. The two pistols would bring back some butt kickin' single player marathon memories. AHHHHH yeah.

  • 04.20.2004 8:33 PM PDT
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To all you guys who say it would be impossible to dual-wield shotguns because of the pump problem: magnum shells in a shotgun force the pump back when you fire, so good ol' Spartan-117 would just have to whip the shotguns forward after each shot to chamber the next shell.

  • 04.20.2004 9:03 PM PDT

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[quote]Posted by: Mactad
( i know u could never get dual snipers or shotguns\

Who says you could'nt get dual shotguns. IT worked for MARATHON,and HALO is a lot like MARATHON is SOME ways.It could HAPPEN.

[Edited on 4/20/2004 9:17:28 PM]

  • 04.20.2004 9:16 PM PDT
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dude think about it every one likes the pistol, but the smg and a plas rifle would devestate people at close range. They wouldn't be able to move (plasma), and then they get torn apart with the SMG that would rock

  • 04.20.2004 9:19 PM PDT
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i reckon that the double pistols would just be too powerfull and a force to be reckoned with. In multiplayer a sniper and a RL is a good choice 'cos if u miss with the sniper just either go on a kamikaze mission and blow 'em to hell or shoot 'em a long way away. The sniper and pistol are good aswell 'cos if the enemy is zooming with the sniper then u hit him with the pistol once it takes his zoom away and then finish him off with a couple of shots to the head.

  • 04.21.2004 6:08 AM PDT
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Like iv said before and ill say it again, My combo would be The Battle rifle "witch has a scope" and the assault rifle, with 4 plasma and 4 frag. when i am to get these it's Hurt time

  • 04.21.2004 6:48 AM PDT
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Posted by: Nefron
Like iv said before and ill say it again, My combo would be The Battle rifle "witch has a scope" and the assault rifle, with 4 plasma and 4 frag. when i am to get these it's Hurt time


i don't know, sounds like you're MC is going to need another couple of arms to use all of that. or like a specially outfitted wheelchair modified for use as a weapons platform. even if you could use two rifles simultaneously, why would you even need the AR when you've got the BR? there could very well be a fully-automatic feature for it.
as far as dual wielding shotguns, i know they don't appear to be used in H2, but there are such things as auto-shotguns - no pumping required. as far as reloading goes though...?
and i hear alot of people talking about balance with the weapons. then alot of those same people say how they want to use dual shotguns or sniper/rockets or dual pistols. isn't there an inherant conflict of interest there? if you're going to make each individual weapon balanced with each other, why would you not make dual wielding balanced also? and throwing grenades with 2 weapons equipped? gimme a break. is he going to pele style soccer kick it at the enemy or what? gimme dual needlers or BR + grenades anyday. or even SMG + plasma pistol. speaking of which, i'd like to see the overcharge shot discharge itself (lowering your own shields) if it's kept charging for too long. i remember thinking the first time i charged up the plasma pistol that it was going to blow up in my hands if i kept it going for too long (can you blame me? even MC looks like he's struggling with it). or that it would release a plasma ball comparable to the BFG-2000.

  • 04.21.2004 7:38 AM PDT
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ok now that you are done with your novel, i can talk. I think it would be wicked awesome to see the MC soccer kick the grenades at the bad@$$ covies! and i think that the plasma pistol overload would be pretty cool. I am looking forward to at least 15 weps in this game... and would really like to see "unlockable" stuff. but any weapon that will complement my sniper is enough 4 me.

signing off

  • 04.21.2004 8:18 AM PDT
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You really gotta think about what you pick. If you choose double shotguns for example, you would only get 2 shots off before having to drop on in order to ratchet another round into the chamber. I really hope bungie doesn't let you wield double 2-handed weapons, because that would reduce the game more like a serius-sam style shooter. If they limit the double wielding to the one handed weapons, that would probably be able to maintain the integrity of the gameplay.

  • 04.21.2004 8:27 AM PDT

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the best dual weapons would be the dual weilding MARATHON style shot guns. BEST EVER!

  • 04.21.2004 8:46 AM PDT
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Posted by: CaseyRyback
Posted by: Nefron
Like iv said before and ill say it again, My combo would be The Battle rifle "witch has a scope" and the assault rifle, with 4 plasma and 4 frag. when i am to get these it's Hurt time


i don't know, sounds like you're MC is going to need another couple of arms to use all of that. or like a specially outfitted wheelchair modified for use as a weapons platform. even if you could use two rifles simultaneously, why would you even need the AR when you've got the BR? there could very well be a fully-automatic feature for it.
as far as dual wielding shotguns, i know they don't appear to be used in H2, but there are such things as auto-shotguns - no pumping required. as far as reloading goes though...?
and i hear alot of people talking about balance with the weapons. then alot of those same people say how they want to use dual shotguns or sniper/rockets or dual pistols. isn't there an inherant conflict of interest there? if you're going to make each individual weapon balanced with each other, why would you not make dual wielding balanced also? and throwing grenades with 2 weapons equipped? gimme a break. is he going to pele style soccer kick it at the enemy or what? gimme dual needlers or BR + grenades anyday. or even SMG + plasma pistol. speaking of which, i'd like to see the overcharge shot discharge itself (lowering your own shields) if it's kept charging for too long. i remember thinking the first time i charged up the plasma pistol that it was going to blow up in my hands if i kept it going for too long (can you blame me? even MC looks like he's struggling with it). or that it would release a plasma ball comparable to the BFG-2000.




Were talking about combo's that dosnt mean he has to weild them both it just mean's he has them both, technicaly it's a combo, so eat S-h-i-t.

[Edited on 4/21/2004 9:07:23 AM]

  • 04.21.2004 9:05 AM PDT
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For those of us who haven't played marathon, what made the shotguns so great?

  • 04.21.2004 9:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: yoopertrooper
You really gotta think about what you pick. If you choose double shotguns for example, you would only get 2 shots off before having to drop on in order to ratchet another round into the chamber. I really hope bungie doesn't let you wield double 2-handed weapons, because that would reduce the game more like a serius-sam style shooter. If they limit the double wielding to the one handed weapons, that would probably be able to maintain the integrity of the gameplay.


Unless the sotguns are lever action instead of pump.

  • 04.21.2004 9:09 AM PDT
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I think that any experienced HALO player who has a good number of hours in tournaments would want the pistols for good all-around combat. The advantages of a dual shotgun combo for example is alluring, but beyond functional. Having both of these weapons is a good idea, but being able to fire with both simultaneusly is a bit too cartoony.

  • 04.21.2004 9:16 AM PDT
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I didn't know that there were lever action shotguns. You'd be pretty skilled to load them one handed...

  • 04.21.2004 9:20 AM PDT
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Yup, there sure are and there pretty nifty

  • 04.21.2004 9:20 AM PDT
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use left, then right.
Posted by: Zamamee
Dual plasma rifles, the enemy couldn't move an inch, of course you'd need cover for the potential overheat....

  • 04.21.2004 10:09 AM PDT
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"Were talking about combo's that dosnt mean he has to weild them both it just mean's he has them both, technicaly it's a combo, so eat S-h-i-t." - Nefron

actually, if you'd pull your head out of your @ss for a quick second, you'd realize that the subject matter is "Ideal >>dual wielding<< combo's." in any event, if hurling insults is your only response to criticism then i won't bother responding to your posts. so don't bother responding to mine.

[Edited on 4/21/2004 10:12:22 AM]

  • 04.21.2004 10:11 AM PDT
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Why does every topic on this site degenrate into a flame war?
It's like there's just dozens of children who spend all day doing nothing but finding online forums and deliberately trolling random topics for attention.
Oh, wait...

This site really does need "mark post for moderation" capability someday.

  • 04.21.2004 10:24 AM PDT
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2 PISTOLS!!!!!! One in each hand,,,, Need I say more.

  • 04.21.2004 10:39 AM PDT
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Like the majority of you, I also go with dual pistols. Maybe even a pistol and SMG...

  • 04.21.2004 12:14 PM PDT

I think 2 shotguns would REALLY helpful in Halo 1 on the library level. But if only you could kill the Monitor........

  • 04.21.2004 12:32 PM PDT
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good poll

  • 04.21.2004 12:41 PM PDT
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Personally I like the idea of wielding a pistol and a plasma pistol.

Think about it, one overcharged shot to take down shields, followed by a couple of rounds to the head...gonner.

But hey, thats just me.

  • 04.21.2004 12:47 PM PDT