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Posted by: Loki142
Posted by: EvilTurkey1021
Posted by: Loki142
Posted by: EvilTurkey1021
Posted by: dotheraptor7
Posted by: EvilTurkey1021
It's not that the pistol was cheap, it's just that it was the best weapon in the game, and you spawned with it often. If the pistol came back, no one would pay attention to the other weapons on the map. Halo Multiplayer could have just been renamed "Pistol Wars." The BR is a lot better. Works like the pistol, except weakened a bit, and now it makes sence that a rifle is shooting out those powerful accurate rounds, not a pistol. If you want the Halo pistol, open your Xbox, put in Halo, and dominate everything with a little handgun.
I guess you've never played Halo 1 multiplayer.
The pistol was a good spawn weapin to have. It was well rounded, and gave you a chance when you spawned to hopefully take down someone else if you are good enough. However, other weapons were preferred and more effective in their "respective environments". Ex: Shotgun over pistol in close range, sniper over pistol long, Rocket over pistol for power, PR over pistol for close range freeze effect+melee, and so on. So it was the most WELL ROUNDED, but the best weapon in the game? No such thing, they are all designed to be effective in certain situations.I played tons of Halo multiplayer. The pistol was used twice as many times as any other weapon. It got pretty ridiculous when a sniper was taken out by a guy with the pistol 3/4 of the way accross the map. It was possible to kill someone with a pistol with another weapon. It was just a lot harder. I think the BR suits the same need as the pistol being a well-rounded medium-range weapon, but without being massivly overpowered.
The BR isn't overpower when you arn't the HOST that is. Well, that's not a multiplayer issue. That's an Xbox Live issue. Hopefully we won't have this in Halo 3. But Live not included, the BR was a more balanced weapon than the pistol.
In a lan situation, no. They are pretty much the same thing in the end, except you can kill somone in 3 shots with the pistol if you are good. Come to think of it, looking back it did take alot more skill with to 3 shot with the pistol than to 4 shot with the BR, I'm begining to think this is boiling down to a hate for the pistol's difficulty because of the love for the auto aim assist with the br.EVERY weapon in Halo 2 had more auto aim. In Halo 3, I would like to see a little less of that. And it wasn't that hard to get three heashots with the pistol.