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Subject: Halo 3 Pistol
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I hate the pistol from halo 1 and they should not bring it back becuase the pistol was more powerful than the Assualt Riffle. I do want the Battle Riffle back and maybe the assualt riffle as secondary. The pistol has too much range and it only takes two head shots to kill someone in halo 1. The scope on the pistol is totaly unnecessary. Any more ideas?

  • 06.25.2006 5:35 PM PDT
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  • 06.25.2006 5:36 PM PDT
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  • 06.25.2006 5:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: Forsaken Raik
I hate the pistol from halo 1 and they should not bring it back becuase the pistol was more powerful than the Assualt Riffle. I do want the Battle Riffle back and maybe the assualt riffle as secondary. The pistol has too much range and it only takes two head shots to kill someone in halo 1. The scope on the pistol is totaly unnecessary. Any more ideas?
Yeah. I have several ideas.

First of all, the pistol killed in three head shots, not two.
Second, it doesn't have too much range. it had just as much range as the BR. Except the pistol had much less auto-aim. Try dodging it next time.

Third, so what if the pistol did more damage than the assault rifle? Every weapon in Halo had its ups and downs, and the assault rifle's advantage was the fact that it was great againat close groups of enemies.

  • 06.25.2006 5:38 PM PDT
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Yup. No pistol. Stay with the battlerifle. The only difference is it looks different and it kills in 4 headshots and not 3.

  • 06.25.2006 5:43 PM PDT
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I'm willing to bet if the pistol had only LOOKED like a rifle with a huge scope the size of volleyball you wouldn't have a problem with it.

  • 06.25.2006 5:46 PM PDT
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Some pistols fire rounds more powerful than some assault rifles.

The Battle Rifle IS NOT the Pistol. It's a rifle frame, not a handgun frame. Battle Rifle has 36 9.5mm rounds, Pistol has 12 12.7mm HE rounds. Pistol fires semi-auto, Battle Rifle fires a three round burst(three headshots for pistol, four bursts which is really 12 rounds for Battle Rifle-which the player can take cover before you get in the four shots). Until the Battle Rifle is a handgun frame with a designated name M6D that fires 12.7mm HE rounds in semi-auto, it is NOT the pistol. Not to mention everyone starts out with a SMG as many have complained that they don't stand a chance against..say..a sniper.

Let's come to a compromise. No M6D, but NO M6C either. At least a pistol somewhere in between that can kill something in less than a clip. Either that, or bring back the M6D, or have both the M6C and M6D.

  • 06.25.2006 5:49 PM PDT
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I like the in-between idea. Having a pistol like the one in Halo 1 would be kinda stupid, it's far too powerful for a handgun. however, the 1.1 patch made the Magnum too weak to be of any use. I like the idea of having the Battle rifle and the Assault rifle in there, Battle rifle for long- to medium-range, Assault rifle for medium- to short-range combat, and a good vehicle killer. The pistol should be only good a close range, but it should be very effective when it is at close range. The pistol should be a low caliber, high velocity weapon. basically, it should do a decent amount of damage at close range, but the small caliber would give it a steeper dropoff and thus, less range, and less power as the range increases. Also the low caliber would make it less effective against vehicles.

  • 06.25.2006 6:00 PM PDT

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Yeah I don't understand why people want it back other than the fact that it's classic... I mean yeah it was cool but it wasn't realistic... Before you flame me saying "OMG Halo is a videogame nothing should be realistic" just think, why the hell would a pistol outgun a sniper rifle from a mile away, I mean yeah it's classic combat but annoying.... in order for it to make it "balanced" in Halo 3 is make it about an 8 or 10 shot weapon to keep all the people who want it not crying about it

  • 06.25.2006 6:31 PM PDT

Alot of people complain that the pistol in Halo 1 was too overpowered - I say it was fine. First of all, everyone spawns with it in the beginning of the game. It's your fault if you traded it for a plasma rifle. Second of all, if you spawned next to a guy with a rocket launcher, you still had a chance of defending yourself with the pistol. Try spawning next to a rocket guy with an SMG.

  • 06.25.2006 6:33 PM PDT