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Subject: Plasma Pistol: Faster and Deadlier than the 12.7 mm Pistol?
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I recently noticed that the Plasma Pistol (by itself nonetheless) can be very efficient and deadly in close quarters and medium quarters combat. Instead of charging the shot to just deplete shields, if you vid the trigger really quickly (9-10 shots per 0.5 seconds) the Plasma Pistol stuns and kills before other plays have a chance to react. The rate of fire is considerably higher and more proficiently accurate than the Plasma Rifle; the shots are closer together and the MOA is better too. Under close quarters circumstances or mid-range situations from behind the target, I've found that you can kill someone quicker with the Plasma Pistol than you can with the 12.7 mm Pistol. In addition, you get the benefit of Plasma Paralysis.

I pretty much exclusively play Generic Weapons so the 12.7 mm Pistol is dominant and the Plasma Pistol is basically absent from just about every level besides Chiron. My experience with the Plasma Pistol in multiplayer is typically confined to goof games. So maybe this revelation isn't earth shattering, but I was wondering if anyone else has observed the above mentioned.

  • 09.06.2004 5:09 PM PDT
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ok. are you talking baout MP? I think you are. and if you then you are a retard. the human pistol is WAY better,3 shots can kill (im sure you knew that) go get a plasma pistol and go play versus a pistol master and you'll see. and we ALL know how good the plasma pistol is. in MP it sucks and in campain it R O C K S.

  • 09.06.2004 5:13 PM PDT
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I'm talking about Multiplayer and yes, I know I sound absolutely crazy. But for some reason, I picked it up in a game of Chiron and I was cutting through people. And even if they were newbs, the Human Pistol and Plasma Pistol still seem rather lopsided in balance, but you really have either done what I was doing or seen what I was doing in action to understand.

Like I said, nobody really gives the gun a chance in Multiplayer cause most people play Generic Weapons set and I think you can only pick it up on Chiron, and the gun seems really crappy in Multiplayer and Campaign mode. But against dudes with pistols, I was able to stun them up to the point they couldn't aim, and they'd be dead before they could even put out their 3rd shot. And yes, they were going for my head, but how easy is it to aim at anything when you're plasma stunned? Especially with a precision weapon like the 12.7 mm Pistol.

  • 09.06.2004 5:27 PM PDT
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well,in chirion it would be easy to cut through guys because you can stun them an then melee them before they kill you. depends on the level I guess.

  • 09.06.2004 5:38 PM PDT
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ok. are you talking baout MP? I think you are. and if you then you are a retard. the human pistol is WAY better,3 shots can kill (im sure you knew that) go get a plasma pistol and go play versus a pistol master and you'll see. and we ALL know how good the plasma pistol is. in MP it sucks and in campain it R O C K S.


haha the pistol rules if you see someone before you are in range of the plasma pistol...but i just had a party last night and when i was playin with the plasma pistol on prisoner i just about meleed half my kills....and there were plenty of people there that were good with the pistol....i creamed em...now at long range, yes the pistol rules...but im talking close range...we were playing me and a friend vs 4 others and we kicked there butt every time lol so i guess it depends on who you are too...

  • 09.06.2004 7:00 PM PDT