Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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I don't see why so many people complained about the removal of the massively over-powered pistol in halo 2. Think about it, a pistol in warfare is a weapon of last resort, not an extreme killing machine. Also, the battle rifle is relatively similar to the pistol. If you could 3sk someone with a pistol, then you could easily do it with increased autoaim on the br in 4.

BTW, i still don't understand how a 3sk at close range with a pistol is so difficult, i hardly play halo 1 and i still manage to do it every single time...

  • 06.11.2006 3:40 PM PDT
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Does the Magnum still give a one-shot kill to the head if the shields are down? With accurate aiming a plamsa pistol/magnum or plasma rifle/magnum combo might be more effective - how many shots from a PR does it take to take down shields?

I'm also assuming that with the combination of firing three shots that don't fire immediately (mainly because that would be EXACTLY like fireing a 3X strong single bullet) and the lack of autoaim will mean that not all three bullets will hit - I'm assuming it actually fires 3 bullets and not just one bullet that makes a 3-bullet sound... I'd have thought that all three bullets hitting would be the autoaim working, so would play out differently in H2PC. Also, does firing the BR for one burst take more or less time than the pistol?

I've a feeling that we'd be able to see what it's like better when actually playing it...

  • 06.11.2006 4:07 PM PDT
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ImSpartacus, why do you care for spelling "Mjolnir" correctly if you don't bother spelling other words at all?

The point is that come H2PC, the battle rifle should be exactly the same as in H2 Xbox. And I'll pwn j00 all with the mouse/keyboard.

  • 06.11.2006 6:14 PM PDT
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first of al, the pistol is much more powerful than the 3 round burst. The reason is that the pistol is a 50 caliber or 12.7mm shot with semi-armor pierce. The battle rifle has a 3 burst round with 9 millimeter shots. Personally, your view of the 3 round burst being very powerful is wrong in logic.

  • 06.12.2006 2:30 PM PDT
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That's what I said.

Use common sense: It takes 3 shots with a pistol to kill someone, and four shots to kill with a battle rifle to kill someone. Since the pistol magazine and the BR clip only hold up to 12 shots, a pistol clip has enough ammunition to kill four people, and a BR clip has only enough ammunition to kill three people. Plus, the BR chews through ammo quicker.

  • 06.12.2006 2:39 PM PDT
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You guys have it all wrong. It takes 4 Headshots (as in 4 three round bursts) to kill an opponent.

  • 06.12.2006 2:47 PM PDT

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