- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Hobbes0240
Here's why it can't exist.
It's killing multiplayer. Re-instating it would cause a de-evolution of multiplayer FPSs.
Here's why. Sure, it makes things balanced, but how does it do that?
It gives everyone the best weapon in the game initially. Think about it, at any one time in a Halo game, 90% of players are using pistols.
It's only balanced because EVERYONE is using the same go-to weapon. If bungie re-instated the pistol, any need for weapon diversity for Halo 3 would be gone. Every one would jsut use the pistol.
Halo 2 tried to rectify this by ading balance in the form of *gasp* balanced weapons!
This trend would die if the pistol came back.
But how would it hurt multiplayer FPS?
In the early days of multiplayer, there was only a few weapons (one clearly the best), this was an easy way of ensuring balance.
If halo re-pioneres this idea, others will follow...not good.
I'll show you diversity. If you had a sniper in Halo 1, you would kill more people, even though everyone had the pistol. Who didn't want the sniper? THats true for all skill levels. But, it had less ammo in the clip, and it didn't come back as fast and was hard to use short range. So, long range sniper, better than pistol. Therefor, how was the pistol the best gun in the game? People wanted the sniper more. One base to the other, you could kill people. It was hard, but it was possible, could you do that with a pistol? I mean a competent sniper both teams warped on BG, the better sniper gave you the edge.
Short range, you are defending a base(as if this EVER happens in Halo 2), what weapon was the go to? DUR the shotgun, not the pistol. One Shot with the shotgun, TWO tops. Therefore, not the best weapon. This is not to say that a pistol could not kill the shotgun, much like a pistol could kill the sniper, but it was less common for such a thing to happen.
Medium range, popping on top of the base, defending people coming in a warthog, out in the field, hiding behind a rock far away. Lets think, ILL USE A ROCKET.
But whats the common thread in thses events. If you have a pistol you still have a chance. If someone has a rocket, and you have a BR, you're -blam!-. If someone far away has a sniper, you have a BR, you're -blam!-. If someone is inside the base, has the "sword"(Halo 2 shotty is horrible), you have a BR, you're -blam!-.
The same people that complain about the Pistol, complain about power weapons. Even though NO ONE correlates that, OMG IF YOU HAVE A PISTOL, OTHER WEAPONS STILL WIN. Where as, OMG HE HAS THE SWORD I LOSE. HE HAS THE ROCKET I LOSE. HE HAS THE SNIPER I LOSE. HE HAS THE COMBO AND I SPAWN WITH SMG I LOSE.