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Subject: Every1 is missing the point. It's not either PISTOL or BR.
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Why are people arguing about the pistol?

Most of you think it's overpowered, yet forget it's the one weapon that anyone re-spawning in Halo 1 could use to defend themselves against anything. Imagine spawning in a room with BR in foundation with a guy with duals pointed at you. You die. Now imagine spawning with the pistol. OMG, it's a fair matchup!

Of course the Pistol can be abused by someone with good accuracy...I don't know how that is possible since you should be rewarded for skill, but whatever, lets move on...

What if Bungie created a gun for Halo 3 that was more powerfull then the BR, yet not as powerfull as the Halo1 Pistol?

The gun would fire 1-round bursts, to eliminate easy headshot sprays, and take 4 shots to kill, allowing anyone the chance to turn around from getting shot in the back to retaliate and possibly win the battle with skill.

Good idea? Bad idea? Why?



[Edited on 7/18/2006]

  • 07.18.2006 3:30 PM PDT
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Predator, don't take this into another forum. Take it up on the one I have. You're blowing this out of proportion.

  • 07.18.2006 3:34 PM PDT
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The BR is more powerful than the pistol. Just keep the BR, and leave the pistol (scoped) alone. BR is the H1 pistol.

  • 07.18.2006 5:02 PM PDT
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just becuause people dont listen to u in all the other 10,000 same topic threads, dont make ur own!

  • 07.18.2006 5:05 PM PDT
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When you die, you don't end up in a room with someone else, so guess what? You have time to get a good gun!!! And if you can't? You've got grenades!! You know why the first person that gets the rockets doesn't have them the whole game? Because you can kill them with an smg and grenades fairly easy, nd if you can't? He's only got 4 shots, same with all other weapons, if you know how to play, you can kill them with grenades, and if you can't? they'll run out of ammo

  • 07.18.2006 5:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: Proteus736
The BR is more powerful than the pistol. Just keep the BR, and leave the pistol (scoped) alone. BR is the H1 pistol.


you are very wrong my friend. the BR has got nothing on the halo CE pistol. otherwise they would have just left in the pistol. they differ in power and range.

  • 07.18.2006 5:13 PM PDT
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are u stupid, the reason the pistol is ovrepowered is cos its a -blam!- handgun, it makes u feel bad cos ur killing people so easliy with a hangun, and he strugling to hurt u with a bad as assalut rifle, (refereing to halo1)

so now You should be feeling better cos the gun ur owning people with actualy looks and feels like a badass weapon, not a punny ass handgun

  • 07.18.2006 5:14 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

i'm not siding with the origional poster or anything but have any of you actually fired a large caliber handgun? you could punch right through the engine block of a mac truck (not to mention brake your wrist or collar bone) with a .50 cal handgun. however they don't have the ridiculous range or accuracy that the halo CE pistol did, that is why it was removed. simply put, a pistol should not be able to beat a sniper rifle from accross the field.

  • 07.18.2006 5:17 PM PDT
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The thing about the Halo 1 pistol is that... where the hell was the god damn zoom lens?

  • 07.18.2006 5:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: inowereulive10
are u stupid, the reason the pistol is ovrepowered is cos its a -blam!- handgun, it makes u feel bad cos ur killing people so easliy with a hangun, and he strugling to hurt u with a bad as assalut rifle, (refereing to halo1)

so now You should be feeling better cos the gun ur owning people with actualy looks and feels like a badass weapon, not a punny ass handgun
That "punny ass handgun," is the equivelant to an armor peircing fifty caliber revolver. Don't you ever, EVER dis on the underpowered Halo: CE pistol.

  • 07.18.2006 5:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: grabrewski
The thing about the Halo 1 pistol is that... where the hell was the god damn zoom lens?
It had "smart zoom" or whatever, no lens.

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  • 07.18.2006 5:32 PM PDT
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nice try but i dont think it will work
the pistol in halo one was cool but i dont think theres any rush to make an alterd version

  • 07.18.2006 5:37 PM PDT

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I've always wanted one of these, so long as it has near the range of the pistol, and the auto aim level (more like "lack thereof")

BR Skin is okay for this weapon..

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  • 07.18.2006 5:43 PM PDT

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you can not Integrate the halo 1 weapons into halo 2, because there damage would be different, why? because the SHIELDS are STRONGER in halo 2.

  • 07.18.2006 6:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: PREDAT0R
Why are people arguing about the pistol?

Most of you think it's overpowered, yet forget it's the one weapon that anyone re-spawning in Halo 1 could use to defend themselves against anything. Imagine spawning in a room with BR in foundation with a guy with duals pointed at you. You die. Now imagine spawning with the pistol. OMG, it's a fair matchup!

Of course the Pistol can be abused by someone with good accuracy...I don't know how that is possible since you should be rewarded for skill, but whatever, lets move on...

What if Bungie created a gun for Halo 3 that was more powerfull then the BR, yet not as powerfull as the Halo1 Pistol?

The gun would fire 1-round bursts, to eliminate easy headshot sprays, and take 4 shots to kill, allowing anyone the chance to turn around from getting shot in the back to retaliate and possibly win the battle with skill.

Good idea? Bad idea? Why?



You can't bring the pistol back and make it less powerful than the Halo CE pistol, but more powerful than the battle rifle. Because it takes 3 shots with the Halo CE pistol to kill someone, and it takes 4 shots with a battle rifle to kill someone. You're just canceling out.

  • 07.18.2006 6:22 PM PDT