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  • Poll [35 votes]: should the plasma pistol be in h3 multiplayer?
Subject: plasma pistol?
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Poll: should the plasma pistol be in h3 multiplayer?  [closed]
yes:  57%
(20 Votes)
no:  9%
(3 Votes)
yes, with changes:  34%
(12 Votes)
Total Votes: 35

everyone complains about the noob combo in h2, so why not just take the pp out or make it so that it doesn't take down all your shields, maybe just half. maybe a switch delay like the 2 posts below me mentioned

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  • 07.22.2006 12:41 PM PDT
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They should do what they did in Halo CE, make u hold it out until its done over eating.

  • 07.22.2006 12:42 PM PDT
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You could switch while it's overheating in Halo CE.

In Halo CE the overcharge had much less homing and the "combo" in Halo CE was ineffective because of this and the fact that the pistol had a switch delay. During the time it takes to fire the overcharge and switch to the pistol you could have just fired the pistol.

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  • 07.22.2006 12:50 PM PDT
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IT SHOULD BE LESS POWERFUL AGAINST SHIELDS BUT STRONGER AGAINST
UN-SHIELDED OPPENENTS

  • 07.22.2006 12:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: command
IT SHOULD BE LESS POWERFUL AGAINST SHIELDS BUT STRONGER AGAINST
UN-SHIELDED OPPENENTS

I disagree, dont use caps

  • 07.22.2006 1:03 PM PDT
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If the overcharge is going to "less damage to shielding", then I suppose no one will object to having the shields twice as powerful as a Overshield in Halo?

Stop complaining about the Plasma Pistol. It's not like you can't dodge it, or disperse it with a melee.

  • 07.22.2006 1:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Seven7h
If the overcharge is going to "less damage to shielding", then I suppose no one will object to having the shields twice as powerful as a Overshield in Halo?

Stop complaining about the Plasma Pistol. It's not like you can't dodge it, or disperse it with a melee.

  • 07.22.2006 1:36 PM PDT
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Of course they should have the plasma pistol! It's my second favorite gun.

  • 07.22.2006 1:48 PM PDT
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the newb combo is a ligit strategy and is easy to dodge and theres no br is halo 3 any so who cares

  • 07.22.2006 1:49 PM PDT

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Your correct to say that there is no BR in Halo 3...but we do not know the capabilities or the functions of the AR. Whether it is Automatic? Semi-Automatic? Both?

  • 07.22.2006 1:56 PM PDT
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I don't complain about the combo.

  • 07.22.2006 2:16 PM PDT

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The plasma pistol should be more like the Halo 1 version.

  • 07.22.2006 2:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: MetalHead666
the newb combo is a ligit strategy and is easy to dodge and theres no br is halo 3 any so who cares

No BR in Halo 3? How did you come to that conclusion?

  • 07.22.2006 2:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: Fatso
Posted by: MetalHead666
the newb combo is a ligit strategy and is easy to dodge and theres no br is halo 3 any so who cares

No BR in Halo 3? How did you come to that conclusion?
well the BR was replaced by the assault rifle.

  • 07.22.2006 2:39 PM PDT
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They're two different guns. How does the AR made for close range combat replace the scoped BR made for medium to long range? That makes no sense.

  • 07.22.2006 3:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Fatso
They're two different guns. How does the AR made for close range combat replace the scoped BR made for medium to long range? That makes no sense.

For Halo 3 they will prob. make a hybrid: The CR (Combat Rifle)

  • 07.22.2006 3:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: Armedsavage01
Posted by: Fatso
Posted by: MetalHead666
the newb combo is a ligit strategy and is easy to dodge and theres no br is halo 3 any so who cares

No BR in Halo 3? How did you come to that conclusion?
well the BR was replaced by the assault rifle.

And I'm almost 200% sure its the MA2B, the cut down version of the MA5B. (they used the MA2B on Reach)

  • 07.22.2006 3:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: II Reaper II
Posted by: Armedsavage01
Posted by: Fatso
Posted by: MetalHead666
the newb combo is a ligit strategy and is easy to dodge and theres no br is halo 3 any so who cares

No BR in Halo 3? How did you come to that conclusion?
well the BR was replaced by the assault rifle.

And I'm almost 200% sure its the MA2B, the cut down version of the MA5B. (they used the MA2B on Reach)


I'll hold you to that. Personally, I'd seriously doubt that Bungie would make it suck even more than in CE.

In my opinion, the "sweet spot" for PP homing is somewhere in the middle of H1 and H2. Home enough that it could hit something, but not so that it is nearly impossible to dodge.

  • 07.22.2006 3:22 PM PDT
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The MA2B doesnt "suck" more than the MA5B, its like the BR, its thiner than the assault rifle but more accurate at long range.

MA2B

As you can see its thiner and longer than the MA5B

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  • 07.22.2006 3:31 PM PDT