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Subject: *Halo 3 Pistol Speculation Thread*
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Poll: Which Pistol should be in Halo 3?  [closed]
M6D Pistol (Halo 1):  20%
(15 Votes)
Magnum (Halo 2):  19%
(14 Votes)
My version (explained below):  20%
(15 Votes)
All new pistol:  19%
(14 Votes)
No pistols???:  0%
(0 Votes)
all three:  7%
(5 Votes)
Silenced version of one of the Pistols:  7%
(5 Votes)
Grenade Launchers:  9%
(7 Votes)
Total Votes: 75

Heres my vision of what halo 3's pistol should be like:

Simple: Combine the first and second pistols into a new gun.. thats right, ya heard me...

How you ask? simple... it will look like the M6D from halo 1, complete with a scope that can only be used when single wielding it.

It'll have the same power as the magum, so approx 6 shots to knock sheidling down fully and then a one head shot kill / 2- 4 shots to torso to kill. You can still duel-wield it like in halo 2, but no scoping when duel- wielding.

I also believe bungie should reduce the amount of ammo you can carry at any one time for the pistol as well as the rounds per clip, thereby increasing reloads. Since human weapons and ammo are rare, this will force players to be less reliant upon the pistol while increasing the variety of weapons that players must use. It'll also allow bungie to keep things that made the pistol great, like headshot kills when your oppnents shields are knocked out.

Thats it... vote, discuss, you all know the drill

[Edited on 7/2/2006]

  • 06.30.2006 8:07 AM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 Pistol Speculation Thread
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good suggestions

i chose "new pistol"

i luv using pistols in FPS's but halo 2's were too weak, and halo 1's.............lets not talke about it. but i like your idea of combining them, very originial

  • 06.30.2006 8:10 AM PDT
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well, i'm thinking of a stronger pistol, but not nearly as strong as the halo 1 pistol was.

as for an all new pistol, what could bungie do? new scope, laser guide, duel-mode...

i think no matter what, the new pistol should be duel-wieldable.

  • 06.30.2006 1:31 PM PDT
Subject: *Halo 3 Pistol Speculation Thread*
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Your version sounds pretty good. Maybe some other modifications could be made to the accuracy, clip size, firing rate and stuff like that. But your idea is a good start.

  • 06.30.2006 1:49 PM PDT
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Hmm, a pistol like the first one, but with no scope, so it only works like close range.

but then when you duel weild it :(

  • 06.30.2006 1:50 PM PDT
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I think we should stop whoreing the topics about pistols. new, old, or original.

  • 06.30.2006 1:51 PM PDT
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Silenced would be awesome, so like you wouldnt show up on radar. But a totally new pistol, all of the current ones stink for a silenced pistol

  • 06.30.2006 1:52 PM PDT
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Lmao... probably because you had no skill with it at all. Don't get me wrong, I want Bungie to add variety to games and make new weapons, but they should also keep the weapons that work and make the game fun. The halo 1 pistol was awesome... too awesome for some players and the halo 2 pistol wasn't.... by combining them, they'll make a sweet weapon that I think everyone can love.


I also thought of something else for my version. I believe bungie should reduce the amount of ammo you can carry at any one time as well as the rounds per clip, thereby increasing the amounts of reloads. Since human weapons and ammo are rare, this will force players to be less reliant upon the pistol while increasing the variety that players must use.

  • 07.02.2006 12:56 PM PDT
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How about the Halo 3 version of the pistol?


-_- You people, I swear...

  • 07.02.2006 12:58 PM PDT
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We've been here since you left.
We left before you came.

How many different variations of this thread is everyone going to make?

  • 07.02.2006 1:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: xXSm00thi3Xx
How many different variations of this thread is everyone going to make?


Too damn many...

  • 07.02.2006 1:00 PM PDT
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i think they might put in a new pistol it shud have the fire power of the halo one pistol but no scope n it holds only 8 shots

[Edited on 7/2/2006]

  • 07.02.2006 1:01 PM PDT
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We've been here since you left.
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To try to end this as quickly as possible, the M6D pistol is alot better than the Magnum. The end.

  • 07.02.2006 1:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: xXSm00thi3Xx
To try to end this as quickly as possible, the M6D pistol is alot better than the Magnum. The end.



yes it was but it also was complety unbalenced

  • 07.02.2006 1:15 PM PDT
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I think they should include both of the pistols. While I do prefer the M6D (yeah, stick a knife in your ear or whatever), the M6C is Halo weaponry, and I love all Halo weaponry, cause well, it's Halo. But the M6D should not be dual-able, even if it is a one handed weapon. The M6C should be there as a toned-down but dual-able form of the M6D for close quarters. What people don't realize is the M6D is an important weapon - it's the flood sniper. It is sort of like the sniper, most people think, and the real sniper doesn't affect the flood.... We need the M6D... so you M6D-haters can shut up. But borrowing an idea from someone above, the M6D's ammo should be in short supply, while the M6C should be more plentiful. And I know you-re probably thinking that they share the same ammo, but closer inspection reveals they don't (why do you think the magnum is so much weaker?). M6C uses 12.7 mm semi-armor piercers. The M6D uses 12.7 mm semi-armor piercing HE rounds.

[Edited on 7/2/2006]

  • 07.02.2006 1:17 PM PDT
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its ludacrious to think that you couldnt duel-wield a pistol, especially if you're a highly advanced super-soldier with an advanced AI helping you.

  • 07.02.2006 7:17 PM PDT
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didn't you erm... post this already?

  • 07.02.2006 7:18 PM PDT
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A pistol should never have a scope!!!!!!!!
the pistol from Halo 2 was perfectly balanced

high rate of fire
no scope
good melee
not too powerful

  • 07.02.2006 7:58 PM PDT
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...sigh.

Would you seriously run around in Halo 2 with a single magnum, if you had the choice of using a battle rifle?

The magnum (currently) takes 13 shots (that means you have to reload inbetween headshots!) to take somebody down. This is ludicrus balance, compared to basically any other weapon.

The Halo 1 pistol may be slightly overpowered, but not as much as people think it was. A 4 shot kill would be a perfect balancing point.

It needs to have the scope, otherwise it's only a mid-range weapon that is stuck combating the spray weapons.

The main point is, there needs to be a weapon (prefferably starting with) that is good in all situations, but not the best in any! This makes the game balanced, and not leaning towards spawn points, luck, and weapon whoring!

Problem solved.

  • 07.02.2006 8:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: PK 11
...sigh.

Would you seriously run around in Halo 2 with a single magnum, if you had the choice of using a battle rifle?

The magnum (currently) takes 13 shots (that means you have to reload inbetween headshots!) to take somebody down. This is ludicrus balance, compared to basically any other weapon.

The Halo 1 pistol may be slightly overpowered, but not as much as people think it was. A 4 shot kill would be a perfect balancing point.

It needs to have the scope, otherwise it's only a mid-range weapon that is stuck combating the spray weapons.

The main point is, there needs to be a weapon (prefferably starting with) that is good in all situations, but not the best in any! This makes the game balanced, and not leaning towards spawn points, luck, and weapon whoring!

Problem solved.


that is what a Battle Rifle is used for
not a pistol with a scope
especially when there isnt even a physical scope on the pistol

a pistol is a side arm, not main weapon
the magnum from Halo 2 is what pistols should be like and it was a very good idea to create the Battle Rifle to replace the pistol with a so called scope on it that was way too powerful the be a pistol

do you even know that it only takes 3 shots to kill a person at minimum in Halo CE with the M6D Pistol
that is less than the Battle Rifle, which takes 4 minimum
the spawn kill on XBL would be a lot worse with a M6D Pistol
lets get serious the Battle Rifle was the perfect replacement to the M6D Pistol
it was a rifle, it was realistic, and it actually had a physical scope on it


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  • 07.02.2006 8:19 PM PDT

yeah ur right the BR is just the Halo CE pistol reskinned and made so that it took 4 shots to kill instead of 3 so ur idea for the halo 3 pistol IS the halo 2 BR

  • 07.02.2006 8:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dark Falcon08

that is what a Battle Rifle is used for
not a pistol with a scope
especially when there isnt even a physical scope on the pistol


Give it a different skin. A rifle skin, I don't care. As long as it has the same statistics, I don't care if it's a frying pan that shoots hot bacon greese.

a pistol is a side arm, not main weapon
the magnum from Halo 2 is what pistols should be like and it was a very good idea to create the Battle Rifle to replace the pistol with a so called scope on it that was way too powerful the be a pistol


Read above. Gameplay comes before realism!

do you even know that it only takes 3 shots to kill a person at minimum in Halo CE with the M6D Pistol

...yes.

that is less than the Battle Rifle, which takes 4 minimum
the spawn kill on XBL would be a lot worse with a M6D Pistol


Did you know that the pistol had very little auto-aim and magnetism, as opposed to the battle rifle, which is layered down with auto-aim and magnetism to the point that dodging isn't even a useful tactic?

lets get serious the Battle Rifle was the perfect replacement to the M6D Pistol
it was a rifle, it was realistic, and it actually had a physical scope on it


It didn't replace the M6D pistol.

Battle Rifle:
12 shot kill - groups of 3 (4 pulls of the trigger)
high auto aim
limited range
Has only a small effect on vehicles

Pistol:
3 shot kill - groups of 1 (3 pulls of trigger)
low auto aim
long range
Can damage vehicles


Can you tell me how the battle rifle and pistol are similar in any way besides that they are both guns?

  • 07.02.2006 8:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Assass1n717
yeah ur right the BR is just the Halo CE pistol reskinned and made so that it took 4 shots to kill instead of 3 so ur idea for the halo 3 pistol IS the halo 2 BR


As I said above,

Battle Rifle:
12 shot kill - groups of 3 (4 pulls of the trigger)
high auto aim
limited range
Has only a small effect on vehicles

Pistol:
3 shot kill - groups of 1 (3 pulls of trigger)
low auto aim
long range
Can damage vehicles


Can you tell me how the battle rifle and pistol are similar in any way besides that they are both guns?

  • 07.02.2006 8:37 PM PDT

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