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Subject: Pistol
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Poll: Do you like the pistol?  [closed]
Yes-it pwns:  88%
(30 Votes)
No-it's too strong:  12%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 34

Yes, No

  • 06.02.2006 3:54 PM PDT
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Yes, the M6D pistol is my primary weapon in Halo servers.

  • 06.02.2006 3:58 PM PDT
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I'm not really sure what the poll is asking, but I think the pistol is a great, balanced weapon. There's nothing like getting three shots off of people's heads.

  • 06.02.2006 5:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: OmniosSpartan
Posted by: Master Kim
I'm not really sure what the poll is asking, but I think the pistol is a great, balanced weapon. There's nothing like getting three shots off of people's heads.


The Pistol is great, but balanced no. its the whole FRC vs RL thing again the pistol is a rapid fire sniper rifle, just as the FRC is a rapid fire RL.


It IS balanced. It isn't realistic (technically) but it is VERY balanced. It is a 50. cal pistol. Difficult to get 3 headshots and takes skill to kill with and can be used to defend yourself in all situations. That is why Halo2 is unbalanced...Or it was with SMG starts. You can't kill a sword/sniper weilder with an SMG, Atleast if you are playing decent players.

[Edited on 6/2/2006]

  • 06.02.2006 6:05 PM PDT
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I don't like the pistol much because I used to have dialup, so I didn't play online much, and never got used to leading with it. I never used it , it seemed to weak at the time in Halo Single Player (same with the sniper rifle O.o)

Now you see I like the pistol in no shield servers because you can get the possibility of 1 hit kills. But in shields it seems it takes to many "perfect" shots to take their shields down and then kill them X_X

I use more rapidly firing weapons or the sniper rifle. But in no shields servers I *love* pistols :P So I think it is "balanced"

  • 06.02.2006 7:00 PM PDT
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i love the pistol it is a good weapon especially if your sniper rifle runs out of ammo.

  • 06.02.2006 7:10 PM PDT
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  • 06.02.2006 7:11 PM PDT
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The pistol makes Bloodgulch and any large map fun to play. I find it funny how so many people say it's an automatic sniper. The gun functions like the Battle Rifle in Halo 2 and I never heard anyone compare that to an automatic sniper. Get over that fact that it looks like a pistol and it's slightly more powerful over a BR....like every other gun in Halo 1.

[Edited on 6/2/2006]

  • 06.02.2006 7:19 PM PDT
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1.The H1 pistol rock,they are better than the freakin magnum in H2.
2.I can easily kill a sword/sniper weilder in H2,most of the time,my teammates on xbox live take all the good weapons on the map,so I always use the SMG.So i've learned 2 be real good with the SMG.

  • 06.02.2006 8:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: OmniosSpartan

ROFLMAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ok now that thats out of that way, first off the Pistol in Halo isnt a 50 cal pistol its a 12mm pistol with semi-armor peircing rounds. and no you cannot kill a sword or sniper user in halo2 with an SMG, atleast if yuor going full auto. actually play halo 2 before you post on it, please.


A .50 cal. (1/2 inch) round = A 12.7 mm round. Were you referring to the pistol in Halo 1 or Halo 2? In Halo 1, it's the M6D. In Halo 2, it's the M6C 'Magnum.'

  • 06.03.2006 7:50 AM PDT
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The pistol is overpowered. Handguns aren't supposed to dominate in wars like they do in Halo.

  • 06.03.2006 7:52 AM PDT
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The pistol makes Bloodgulch and any large map fun to play. I find it funny how so many people say it's an automatic sniper. The gun functions like the Battle Rifle in Halo 2 and I never heard anyone compare that to an automatic sniper. Get over that fact that it looks like a pistol and it's slightly more powerful over a BR....like every other gun in Halo 1.
Ditto, Fatso. I never understand why people who whine about the absence of the M6D in Halo 2 can't seem to get the concept that it's been replaced by the battle rifle.

The pistol is a balanced weapon in terms that it is the equalizer. Anybody can get one, and in most games you start with it. If someone has a shotgun in close quarters, sure he has the advantage, but that doesn't mean you can't quickly turn around and three shot his head. Can you do that with an SMG or a pistol against someone who has the sword or shotgun in H2?

And although you have a point, Johnny, it's Halo! Science-fiction, lolzors. And it takes place in 2552, so maybe pistols will be that powerful in the future (although I can't understand why the AR is so underpowered then).

  • 06.03.2006 8:08 AM PDT
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H1 pistol rocks.

You can beat anything with it and you can be beaten by anything with it.

It's perfect!

  • 06.03.2006 3:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: OmniosSpartan
yes and i know that 12mm is 50 cal, but the manual doesnt state it as a 50 cal pistol :P


12.7 mm = .50 cal. A 12 mm round is actually a .472 cal. round.

The manual states the M6D's round as 12.7 mm in diameter. Which is the same diameteras a .50 cal. round. I suppose this shows that in 2552, humans will have (finally!) standardized measurement to metric, instead of having mixed metric and imperial.

  • 06.03.2006 6:22 PM PDT
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na i dont like the pistol
I m the rare person who can kill long range targets with the ar more than the pistol

  • 06.03.2006 6:38 PM PDT
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Tch, yeah, if you take a five second pause between each bullet. It's just not practical to use the AR if you've got other weapons. I only use it as a weapon of last resort or when I'm just messing around. The pistol is more accurate and more powerful than the AR.

  • 06.03.2006 6:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
Tch, yeah, if you take a five second pause between each bullet. It's just not practical to use the AR if you've got other weapons.

i never said i dont use other wepons all i was stating is that i suck with the pistol and i kill ranger targets faster and in more Quantity with the ar, not that i got alot with that anyway

  • 06.03.2006 6:51 PM PDT
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in halo 1 i think it is an awesome weapon, in fact maybe the best weapon 4 me.

  • 06.03.2006 8:44 PM PDT