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Subject: Should the halo 1 pitol come back for halo 3?
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Poll: Should the halo 1 pistol come back for halo 3  [closed]
Yes:  12%
(19 Votes)
No:  88%
(135 Votes)
Total Votes: 154

I think the halo 1 pistol was hugely overpowered.

  • 07.04.2006 5:18 AM PDT

Posted by: Da Stool
I think the halo 1 pistol was hugely overpowered.

Then why did you make a topic about it.

  • 07.04.2006 5:19 AM PDT
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because i want to know what other people think, and mabey then bungie will notice what people think and decide on that

  • 07.04.2006 5:21 AM PDT
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NO.

  • 07.04.2006 5:23 AM PDT
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BUNGIE has already make the game so they are just testing it right now.So you cant change anything!

  • 07.04.2006 5:24 AM PDT
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I don't see why they can't put it in the game for the people that want it. I mean, everyone else doesn't need to use it...

  • 07.04.2006 5:28 AM PDT
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What is a pitol?

  • 07.04.2006 5:30 AM PDT
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i say yes and no one they should bring it back two they should bring the one without a scope back and three they should have a silencer pistol with scope and without and you can duel wield both and no since it's just wroung but i voted yes

[Edited on 7/4/2006]

  • 07.04.2006 6:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: Da Stool
I think the halo 1 pistol was hugely overpowered.


There was a guy on these boards today saying he though the old plasma rifle was to powerfull. I've seen threads saying the battle rifle is to powerfull. How bout the shotgun? The rocket launcher? Ever seen anyone say the noob combo was to powerfull? seems some people think the weapons are just to powerfull....yet, when the game starts the first thing they do is run to the super weapon and gladly drop the piece of junk they have in exchange. People seem to want balance, yet only want a couple of powerfull weapons on the map and have the rest be almost useless. Pretty soon they'll have to give us pillows and have us beat each other with those. First person to die of a heart attack loses.

Just look at the pistol today. When was the last time you traded a weapon, ANY weapon for a single pistol? I wouldn't even trade an SMG (the human needler) for a pistol.

The pistol wan't the super weapon people make it out to be. In smaller maps the rocket, shotgun and even the assualt rifle if used by someone good at melee trumped the pistol. At long range the sniper trumped the pistol. Probably 95% of people that played Halo CE played with "pro" setting, meaning everyone got a pistol at the begining of the game. That is balance. Right now the most balanced playlist is Team Snipers. Everyone starts out with an equally powerfull weapon, and there are no other weapons on the map. Starting out a game with one of the weakest weapons on the map (SMG) is not balance unless that is the only weapon offered. It then becomes a game of luck starting with first spawn. Who ever spawns nearest to the power weapons has a HUGE advantage. That IS NOT balance. Just as the battle rifle brings balance to Halo 2, the pistol brought balance to Halo 1. But, maybe balance isn't what you all want. Maybe you just want to be the only one to have the power weapon and hope no one else ever gets it. But, that kind of thinking just doesn't work for an online first person shooter.

  • 07.04.2006 6:08 AM PDT

Halo's a hell of a drug.

Leave the halo1 pistol back in halo 1

  • 07.04.2006 6:11 AM PDT
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The biggest misconception about the halo 1 pistol was that it was highly overpowered, I find this to be innacurate. While it was more versatile in comparison to other weapons in halo 1 it could not fill a super specific role as all the other weapons could.

While the pistol had the capability to kill afar a sniper was still much more potent for long range kills.

While the pistol could spam up close a shotgun or AR required much less aim and could allow you to land more shots in while jumping around.

While the Pistol was great for medium rnage I still prefer my Plasma rifle as with the freeze effect given by it a player could nullify a pistol users ability to get headshots as their aiming and movement are slowed they are forced to use much weaker head shots while the plasma rifle user is free to kill the pistol user.

So while yes the pistol is powerful I still feel the BR can still be outclassed in any range, while I also believe that the BR is much more overpowered. Due to incresed lock on and hit boxes of halo 2 head shots with the BR can be established at a much easier rate (trust me it is infintely easier to land the 4 head shot bursts in halo 2 than it is in halo 1 even with comparible sensitivity and the same controller the lock box for halo 2 is just easier to hit).

So continue to feel the way you do on the matter of the pistol return as I will stay with my oppinion, though it doesn't matter at all given that bungie wil do whatever they please with their game.

Also although I do say the pistol was not overpowered I still don't want it in halo 3, I'd rather have the BR with it's 4 shots (a weaker lock on system with a lot of reduction from halo 2 auto aim) but for the BR to just shoot solid shots instead of rapid bursts. It would help consistancy of damage with lag in games.

  • 07.04.2006 6:21 AM PDT
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yes :)

  • 07.04.2006 6:33 AM PDT
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Whats a pitol?

  • 07.04.2006 7:08 AM PDT

i like lan parties
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it should be in a different form though such as a rifle. i for one loved halo 1 multiplayer becuase of its gripping fast paced combat which was lost with halo 2

  • 07.04.2006 7:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: Sniper Fodder
What is a pitol?

isnt it that one spanish word augh hmmmmmmmmmmmm...

  • 07.04.2006 7:40 AM PDT

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there are to many of these threads already, most of them use correct spelling unlike this one.

  • 07.04.2006 7:41 AM PDT
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i htink that the pistol from halo one was perfect i think they should bring it back.How can u not like it it had a scope.





ps in halo 2 i think its called a magnum

[Edited on 7/4/2006]

  • 07.04.2006 7:58 AM PDT
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Posted by: Gameboy93
i htink that the pistol from halo one was perfect i think they should bring it back.How can u not like it it had a scope.

yes i loved it but too powerful

  • 07.04.2006 7:59 AM PDT
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It should because it had a zoom which helped me a lot on Ledgedary

  • 07.04.2006 8:01 AM PDT
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uhhh maybe a new pistol with scope but not so powerful

  • 07.04.2006 8:02 AM PDT
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Yes, they should bring it back. I don't care what it looks like (a pistol shooting like that is unrealistic), but it was the best Halo weapon to date. It just felt right, and played better than any other gun.

  • 07.04.2006 8:06 AM PDT
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dude that would suck if they bring it back

  • 07.04.2006 8:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: papaki
BUNGIE has already make the game so they are just testing it right now.So you cant change anything!


Don't say anything unless what you say is true.

  • 07.04.2006 8:08 AM PDT