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Subject: H1 Pistol (NOT A SNIPER)
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Why does everybody like the H1 pistol?! Its not supposed to be a sniper. If everybody keeps talking about how good the Pistol is they might put it in H3 and ruin the multyplayer by making a pistol a freakin' Sniper! Does anyone share the same opinion with me?

  • 05.25.2006 9:37 AM PDT

It did take away some skill requirements, but its very good for long distances. Pppl do like it.

  • 05.25.2006 9:43 AM PDT
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Not Nessacarily, Chicken Little. People Like me and Sniper Syndrome Hate that idea.

  • 05.25.2006 10:21 AM PDT

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The pistol may have been fun, but all it did was wash down Halo 1 into a game that was about NOTHING but the pistol. After all my friends figured it out, we never played games with any other weapon set. It got very very redundant and there was never a reason to grab any other weapon. Snore.

Finally Halo 2 balances all that and makes every weapon you grab useful in certain situations. Makes the game a whole lot more versatile, in my opinion. It let's you play with about ten weapons rather than just one.

All I ask for Halo 3 is that they actually make the needler useful in multiplayer like they claimed they'd do for Halo 2. I'd love to have a good reason to dual wield needlers!

  • 05.25.2006 12:21 PM PDT
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How is the Halo 1 pistol any different from a Battle Rifle? So because it has a pistol skin therefore it ruins the multiplayer? Obviously it shouldn't be duel wielded but it's the only ranged weapon besides a sniper rifle in Halo 1. I can't imagine playing Bloodgulch, Sidewinder or Hang 'em High without it. The BR and Carbine took the place of the pistol in Halo 2. I really don't see what is wrong with adding another ranged weapon to Halo 3. Ask in the Halo 2 forum how many people like the BR and you'll get some sense as to why so many like the classic pistol.

  • 05.25.2006 12:52 PM PDT
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All pistol haters say the same thing....it's like a sniper, it makes the game unbalanced, u wouldn't use any other weapon in the game..blah blah blah. The only rule i lived by was i never dropped my pistol(unless it was for the shotgun and sniper rifle combo), but it was far from being the only weapon used. As i've said numerous times, if you have an argument against the pistol in halo3, please do so referencing these points:

1. Everyone spawns with a pistol. The only advantage here is skill, if you didn't have it, u practiced.
2. 3 shot kills were a rare occurence. You had to be REALLY GOOD to consistently get 3 shot kills.
3.The pistol is not all powerful....i've taken down and seen people take down pistol weilders with everything from the assault rifle to the little plasma pistol, so it was definetly not the "win all" weapon people try to claim it to be.
4. 3 shot kills were a reward for skill. If they keep the shield system like it is in halo2, all one needs to do is hide and recharge, meaning no more three shot kills unless you're extremely good.(i can only hope they'll bring back the health system)
5.It is not the battle rifle in another skin, The BR is way too slow comparitively(sp). If anything is comparable, possible the carbine.
6. Spawing w/ the pistol meant that at anytime, and in any instance, you had a chance at defending yourself, even in times of facing a Rocket launcher carrier or sniper(within range).
7.The sniper rifle has up to 10x zoom, the pistol a mere 2x....no where close to being a sniper rifle replacement

  • 05.25.2006 6:27 PM PDT
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Damn!
As usual someone makes a generally untrue remark about the halo 1 pistol, then i say my two cents, and !WHAM! the discussions over. Gonna start calling myself the thread killa when it comes to this subject

  • 05.27.2006 2:20 AM PDT
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I agree with what you said, although some comments were general and intangible.

  • 05.27.2006 3:54 AM PDT
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I like the H1 pistol. It is a good versitile weapon, if weilded correctly. Many people don't know how to use it and face a most humiliating defeat. But those people who always take the pistol and loose are idiots.

  • 05.27.2006 8:33 AM PDT

Uh... the pistol didn't take AWAY the skill element, it MADE the skill element. If you had a high 3-hit percentage you were godly. Throw a newb in there and you'd get owned. Also having it as the starting weapon created a balanced weapon set and limited weapon whoring and spawn camping.

  • 05.27.2006 12:39 PM PDT

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  • 05.27.2006 3:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: Usedtabe
All pistol haters say the same thing....it's like a sniper, it makes the game unbalanced, u wouldn't use any other weapon in the game..blah blah blah. The only rule i lived by was i never dropped my pistol(unless it was for the shotgun and sniper rifle combo), but it was far from being the only weapon used. As i've said numerous times, if you have an argument against the pistol in halo3, please do so referencing these points:

1. Everyone spawns with a pistol. The only advantage here is skill, if you didn't have it, u practiced.
2. 3 shot kills were a rare occurence. You had to be REALLY GOOD to consistently get 3 shot kills.
3.The pistol is not all powerful....i've taken down and seen people take down pistol weilders with everything from the assault rifle to the little plasma pistol, so it was definetly not the "win all" weapon people try to claim it to be.
4. 3 shot kills were a reward for skill. If they keep the shield system like it is in halo2, all one needs to do is hide and recharge, meaning no more three shot kills unless you're extremely good.(i can only hope they'll bring back the health system)
5.It is not the battle rifle in another skin, The BR is way too slow comparitively(sp). If anything is comparable, possible the carbine.
6. Spawing w/ the pistol meant that at anytime, and in any instance, you had a chance at defending yourself, even in times of facing a Rocket launcher carrier or sniper(within range).
7.The sniper rifle has up to 10x zoom, the pistol a mere 2x....no where close to being a sniper rifle replacement


Thanks for saving me time. (seriously)

Another combo I would drop the pistol for is the AR+RL+camo on Hang 'em High.

[Edited on 5/27/2006]

  • 05.27.2006 9:41 PM PDT

Posted by: Sniper Syndrome
Why does everybody like the H1 pistol?! Its not supposed to be a sniper.


Actually, you don't get to decide what it's supposed to be. Though now that you mention it I don't remember it having a 10x scope.....

Posted by: chickenlittle
It did take away some skill requirements, but its very good for long distances. Pppl do like it.


The most skillful and weapon in the game took away some skill requirements? Rubbish. People seem to forget that it took some serious skill to make 3 pistol shots to the head of a fast-strafing target. Much more so than 4 shots of burst fire with heavy auto-aim like the BR in Halo 2.

  • 05.28.2006 3:51 AM PDT