- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The pistol isn't too powerful, it fills the voids left by other weapons therefor people say hey it's too good. If you believe it's too powerful it's no doubt because you suck with it and get owned constantly. Me and my friends play LAN and XBC pretty much daily and we all have skill with the pistol so it's not overly powerful, but yes the person with the most skill with the weapon usually wins midrange battles, as it well should be.
To the person who said they removed the pistol because of dual wielding, that's halfway true. The Battle Rifle will be the equivalent to the pistol at midrange, and will act as an AR at close range. However I do not believe it can be dual wielded therefor it's not too powerful. Quite frankly I had rather see the pistol in the game instead of dual wielding, I just don't see the point of changing one of the primary skills of Halo in order to add in a feature that will be quite annoying.. however it may be nice, who knows yet. I look forward to Halo 2.
No the pistol isn't too powerful. Who cares if it is a sidearm or has a small barrel, it's a video game! It is also based in the future so who cares if it's completely accurate.
[Edited on 8/5/2004 3:30:57 AM]