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Subject: Who wants pistol back?
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Poll: What to do with that pistol  [closed]
Get rid of it all together:  10%
(6 Votes)
Keep it as the magnum:  56%
(35 Votes)
Bring it back from halo 1:  34%
(21 Votes)
Total Votes: 62

I was never a big fan of the pistol and always thought it was overpowered to start with, just wondering what you guys would think about repetitive annoying online 3 head shot rule.

Moderator Note: Please use this thread for Halo 3 weapon discussions.

[Edited on 6/1/2006 by dmbfan09]

  • 05.31.2006 8:27 PM PDT
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Locked in 5....

  • 05.31.2006 8:29 PM PDT
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wut? locked for talkin about the pistol?

  • 05.31.2006 8:30 PM PDT
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Pistol? Ha, who wants their life back...(raises both hands), who wants to give it all up (raises both hands), who's with me?

  • 05.31.2006 8:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: apecoast
wut? locked for talkin about the pistol?


Yes, locked for talking about the pistol. This is the 5 trillionth thread about it, and possibly the 20th poll about it.

  • 05.31.2006 8:33 PM PDT
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any1 who wants the pistol back cant just cope without the scope, and must suck at magnums

[Edited on 5/31/2006]

  • 05.31.2006 8:35 PM PDT
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the magnum from halo 1 was stupid the big P.O.S....the magnum from 2 is great its like my fav wepon...bust out ur nine and cap that foo's ass!

  • 05.31.2006 8:44 PM PDT
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There is a day coming, when your n o o b s shall reign, when vehicles will rot, when the Halo's will not exist. Your puny pistol will not save you, neither will your rocket launcher.
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"and the stars will fall, the end is near, the beginning is nigh"

  • 05.31.2006 8:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: DaPope
There is a day coming, when your n o o b s shall reign, when vehicles will rot, when the Halo's will not exist. Your puny pistol will not save you, neither will your rocket launcher.
' , ' , ' ,
' , ' , ' , ThE StArS BeGiN 2 FaLl
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"and the stars will fall, the end is near, the beginning is nigh"



right...

  • 05.31.2006 9:07 PM PDT

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i still don't know why people don't pick up on this.
Battle Rifle=Pistol
IT is the same blasted wepon! Just with a diffrent skin and sound!

  • 05.31.2006 9:23 PM PDT

The magnum just needs it's power back, it was fine the way it was before 1.1

  • 05.31.2006 9:24 PM PDT
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since the BR may not be returning in halo 3 due to the AR coming back, (personally i think they've been merged together) but anyway the halo 2 pistol was fine because it is a pistol, not some overpowered piece of crap that can pick off a sniper across the map or take out a banshee. the halo 2 magnum is the right weapon its a secondary weapon, which is what a comabt pistol is, a last resort

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  • 05.31.2006 9:35 PM PDT
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End times worsen the face of today, the pistol is worthless.

  • 05.31.2006 9:41 PM PDT
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i dont think halo 3 will have an exact replica of the pistol, maybe in another form. either way the whiney little ce -blam!- will -blam!- about it and how it's 3 headshots were balanced

  • 05.31.2006 10:01 PM PDT
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dual wielding the magnims.....complete pwnage......

  • 05.31.2006 10:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: Krimson Relik
The magnum just needs it's power back, it was fine the way it was before 1.1


i agree with this statement the most. before the update i thought the mag was a great compromise. in halo 1 i loved the pistol, but let's face it, there is no way that a pistol should be able to take out a sniper from clear across the map, it just doesn't sit right.

as far as the guy who said the BR is the pistol sub, please explain. the BR requires a 4 burst kill, to the head. while the pistol required 3 shots to the head. also with the BR the three shots in the burst don't always hit home. if your in motion all three shots don't follow the same path.

  • 06.01.2006 12:46 AM PDT

Don't bring it back.

  • 06.01.2006 12:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: xTr1GGeR HaPPYx
Don't bring it back.


Touché

  • 06.01.2006 12:56 AM PDT
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the pistol from halo1 is almost the same as the BR so unless they are gonna get rid of the BR say bye-bye to the stupid pistol

  • 06.01.2006 1:03 AM PDT
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Hi there, looks like a lot of gents in here lost their sniper to a pistol HS Halo1 style.

The pistol is an equalizer, it makes everyone equal except on skill level, it seperates the men from the boys.

BTW anyone claiming someone sucks with a weapon is just whining because they always get killed with it.

  • 06.01.2006 1:06 AM PDT
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Lol. It's apparent that almost everyone that's posted so far either wasn't very good with the pistol or never even played Halo 1 at all.

Seriously, if the MAGNUM in Halo 2 is your favorite weapon, you probably shouldn't be criticizing a a FPS.

And I love everyone saying OMG PISTOLS DON'T DO THAT. The game is set way ahead in the future. To me, it's perfectly reasonable that a gun like the pistol would have been developed by that time. And hey, plasma guns don't exist either. Complain about that.

And to everyone complaining about balance? Everyone started off with the gun. You not being good with a gun that everyone starts off with is not "imbalance". It's inferiority. Halo 2 was a game that appealed to those who didn't/couldn't get better with what they were given.

"Hey look! A Halo game where the guns aim themselves to our opponents head! THIS IS SO BALANCED NOW! PISTOL SUCKZ! IM A HALO GAWD!"

When I started playing Halo in a LAN setting regularly in June 2002, I used to blow hard and get my ass kicked by my friends who had been playing before me. Instead of whining about non-existent imbalance, I actually *gasp!* decided to get better at the game and refine my tactics.

I strongly suggest pulling your head out of your rear before you post.

  • 06.01.2006 1:15 AM PDT
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Enigma's so right in everything he just said! And I really dont understand some people. Would it be a really big problem if the H1 pistol would just be in the game, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A -blam!- MAIN WEAPON!!!!!!!!!!! AND YES, I'M YELLING!

BR, it never was a starting weapon, until MLG. SMG is the main weapon of H2, but people just saw that it was much more funnier to play with a gun that was a single shot or burst weapon. So they invented the H2 MLG rules, which had the BR as the starting weapon.

It could be like that in H3, not a starting/main weapon, but you could have the option to select it as the starting weapon for your custom gametype, like for example: sentinel gun in H2, it was never even used in the multiplayer (except backwash) but you had the option to select it as a starting weapon.

And no dual wield with the pistol!


[Edited on 6/1/2006]

  • 06.01.2006 1:37 AM PDT
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Who says they can't have the AR and the BR? anyway, no, don't bring it back, nonononononono

  • 06.01.2006 1:55 AM PDT
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Would the pistol really bother you Naqser, the way I said it could be in the game? Did you even read my post?

  • 06.01.2006 2:02 AM PDT
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I'd love to have pistol vs BR battles. Bring it back.

  • 06.01.2006 2:36 AM PDT

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