- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
What else would the plasma pistol be useful for if it couldn't take down someone's shield in one hit? It's crap against a non-shielded opponent, unlike in the first Halo. Halo 1's PP was even more unbalanced because you could shoot it rapid fire if you were twitchy enough, and it was ok against bare flesh (unshielded). I think the Halo 2 PP was meant to be coupled with a human weapon because it's so much crap against bare flesh. I suggest (and not in an ass-ish sort of way, I'm not trying to make a rant, just a point) that you learn to use the PP/BR (or PP/human pistol on smaller maps) combo because, once you do, you get a lot less pissed off when you get killed by it.