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Subject: Did you like the Pistol?
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Poll: Did you like the Pistol?  [closed]
Yes:  85%
(46 Votes)
No:  15%
(8 Votes)
Total Votes: 54

The original pistol was something of pure greatness. It was the equalizer for all of the weapons. It did not matter what weapon your enemy had, you could use the pistol to get out of almost every situation.

  • 02.18.2006 12:21 PM PDT
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I never liked it. I prefered the assault rifle. The pistol just felt to small against enemy weapons.

  • 02.18.2006 12:30 PM PDT

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It was a more of an all around weapon, and a bit to powerful, but 4 headshots would of been too much, so it was pretty balanced.

  • 02.18.2006 12:47 PM PDT
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Its odd, but i never really used it in the campain, i only used the AR + sniper/shotgun
but in MP Its always my secondary weapon, alittle too powerful though.(but just alittle)

  • 02.18.2006 1:33 PM PDT

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I agree it seem the pistol isnt has great when you have 10-15 enemys shooting at you.

It was effective in Halo MP cuz it was 1 on 1 battles half the time.

  • 02.18.2006 2:10 PM PDT
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A handy little weapon to complement the AR. I usually have one on me.

  • 02.18.2006 2:51 PM PDT
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Pistol only was good in multiplayer.

  • 02.18.2006 7:22 PM PDT
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pistol is the best weapon when dealing with hunters..lol

  • 02.18.2006 8:45 PM PDT

The key word in the title= "did" you like the pistol?

  • 02.20.2006 5:46 AM PDT
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Did and still do.

  • 02.20.2006 9:02 AM PDT
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Hell yeah, that -blam!- took skill, keep it steady and aim for the head. Couple of shots dead. They were good in MP, and somewhat in campaign.

  • 02.20.2006 9:55 AM PDT
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I think what would be better is a pistol that is in between the Halo 1 and 2 version.

1. Good looks of the Halo 2 pistol
2. Power is stronger than H2 and weaker than H1
3. A scope that is visible on it
4. Cool recoil
5. Basicly a Marathon pistol :P

I like Halo 1 better than Halo 2, but it could still use improvement.

  • 02.20.2006 10:09 AM PDT
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I respect your opinion, I'm probably just going to disagree with it.

Hmmm.... I cant say I actually used it much, I tended to be a needler/sniper/shotgun type, it was the key in MP games but in campaign mode it didnt cut it for large groups of enemies.

  • 02.20.2006 2:51 PM PDT
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Yea, I always used it most of the game...

I haven't really found a situation where it's not useful. I snipe snipers with it, I take down Banshees with it, I do a lot with it. My favorite combo is the plasma pistol with the normal. 2 Shots and you're done.

But otherwise when I got bored with it, or didn't want to use it, it was simply whatever weapon I had to do the trick. That's usually the sniper rifle.

  • 02.20.2006 3:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: SEV12
I think what would be better is a pistol that is in between the Halo 1 and 2 version.

1. Good looks of the Halo 2 pistol
2. Power is stronger than H2 and weaker than H1
3. A scope that is visible on it
4. Cool recoil
5. Basicly a Marathon pistol :P

I like Halo 1 better than Halo 2, but it could still use improvement.


The scope is smart-linked, meaning it's linked directly to the chief's suit - it doesn't need a visible scope.

  • 02.20.2006 9:24 PM PDT
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The Halo CE pistol was incredible. It was a flexible weapon that could be useful at all ranges. I miss it.

  • 02.24.2006 4:58 AM PDT
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Pistol is my main weapon.

  • 02.24.2006 9:22 AM PDT
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as a side arm. i mainly used the sniper rifle

  • 02.24.2006 2:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: Shadow Deadeye
as a side arm. i mainly used the sniper rifle


that's the way to go if your good at it.

  • 02.24.2006 2:25 PM PDT
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I know its linked to his helmet, people just complain that you cant see the scope well.

[Edited on 2/24/2006]

  • 02.24.2006 2:53 PM PDT
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I never really used it...........mainly used the AR......

I didn't mind it much, mainly because it was there..........but I did feel that it was too powerful...........

  • 02.24.2006 6:18 PM PDT
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At first i hated it then i played MP with it and now i love it. I beat everyone with the pistol most of the time.

  • 02.25.2006 3:07 PM PDT
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As the pistol was the only non sniper that awarded head shots it was of coarse the favored weapon when it came to gunning down foes. For single player the enemies move their head too rapidly to get effective streams of damage so more spammy guns take greater effect. But in most death matches with the pistol victories are determined by ability or lack of to make head shots. Now we just have the ability to get lucky and grab a PP then fire that PP in the general direction of the target and then fire a single shot with dramatically increased auto aim. So no I don't like the pistol, I love it. It was and still is one of the rare weapons which bring skill over spam into console games. I.E: head shots give a 3 shot kill while body shots give a 6 shot kill simple skill math.

  • 02.25.2006 7:52 PM PDT
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I think the pistol took a lot of skill. Some people say it is a noob weapon because it kills in three shots, but those three shots are hard to attain most of the time.

I wish the pistol was useless against hunters because the pistol makes them seem far too easy at times. And I also wish it didn't kill people in MP with two body shots and a head shot. But other than that it is a very balanced weapon.

  • 02.26.2006 5:57 AM PDT
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the new pistol sux..bring bac the old one...

  • 02.26.2006 1:31 PM PDT

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