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The pistol in HaloCE was overpowered. Admit it. I agree it did add balance to when you were againist someone with a sniper or the rocket launcher, but it made very game a simple pistol duel. I loved the CE pistol, I used it all the time and without regrets. But this isn't HaloCE anymore-it is Halo 3. Bungie made changes they thought were just in Halo2 and they took out the Halo CE pistol and I stand by them for that decision.

Halo 2 and 3 are and are going to be online games. The ranking system would mean nothing if everyone was just using the same weapon every time, then it would be all about who shoots who first. Not to start an argument over skill or anything, but what kind of skill does it take to play aginist other people, all who are using the same exact weapon as you?

You know the weapons strengths, weaknesses (the CE pistol barely had any). In Halo 2, you had to master every weapon avaible. Most of the weapins served different purposes- Battle Rifle was medium to long range, sniper rifle long and accurate, SMG short range. The pistol was ALL of these and does not require you to make decisions on what was the best to tackle each situation or so on-the answer to every situation in Halo CE was to whip out the pistol and own pretty much anything in 3 hits.

I think instead of arguing wither or not the Halo CE pistol should be in H3 or not, maybe we should propose ideas that would make the weapons so that it is not killing anything with a few shots but isn't a slouch either. The arguing isn't solving anything.

So please post your ideas on how to make the pistol more balanced. But DON'T make this "HaloCE pistol should be in Halo 3 thread", this thread is meant to brainstorm how we can make the CEpistol make a comeback and still make everyone happy.



[Edited on 5/13/2006]

  • 05.13.2006 9:26 AM PDT

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you know there are other threads about the pistol

  • 05.13.2006 9:34 AM PDT
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Yes but, every other one always seems just to be slugfest between pro and anti CE pistols not about how just to fix the problem.

  • 05.13.2006 9:38 AM PDT

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I think it should be left alone, and the BR should be the balance to it. They are both long range, accurate, etc.

  • 05.13.2006 9:39 AM PDT
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I think removing the scope and making the pistol not to shoot as far as it does in CE would be enough, like creating a close-quarters-battle weapon from the original one. Keep everything else as it was in HaloCE. The reason why the autoaim in HaloCE pistol didn't help you to aim better in any way, is that you had to shoot your opponent a bit in advance with the pistol, keep that feature in the pistol.

Bungie would not have to even put it in any map, not as a starting weapon, nor as a weapon you could pick-up from any map. Just like sentinel beam in Halo2, you cant pick it up in any map and it isn't a starting weapon in any map too (except backwash for both). But Bungie could make it as a selectable starting weapon.

  • 05.13.2006 9:57 AM PDT

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  • 05.13.2006 9:58 AM PDT