- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The pistol in Halo 1 is horribly unbalanced to the rest of Halo's arsenal. I'm glad they're making it more like a sidearm in H2 and not an annihilation machine. A pistol is suppose to be a sidearm. That's it. And about it being the equivalent to the AR and shottie, you couldn't be more wrong. It's usable at long, medium, and short ranges, has a decent rate of fire, and the clip has just enough bullets to take out anyone without reloading. Also, if you find out how to compensate for the pistol's inaccuracy in battle, you can hit a person every shot. The AR, being horribly inaccurate at long range, so-so at medium and a good short range weapon doesn't even come close to the pistol's ferocity (and dont get me started on the pistol versus shottie, that's just a joke to even think about comparing them). So look back, reflect, and you'll know why most find Halo 1 to be crippled in MP because everyone always resorts back to the pistol in the end.