- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The pistol in the first game was a .50 cal. Look here is a good list of human weapons from strongest to weakest and some balance issues. I will also include the new ones from what we know is confirmed and those in the books.
M19 SSM (Rocket Launcher)- Big boom stick. Has a lock on and zoom. Down fall is limited ammo.
SRS99C S2 AM (Sniper Rifle)- My boom stick. Up to 10x zoom, fast fire rate, armor piercing shells. Downfalls are a four round clip and is hard to use at close range.
New magnum- (this is based on the books) Big bullet, lots of fire power. Downfalls are no zoom and smaller clip size.
M6D- The most debated weapon of all for some damn reason. Has a handy zoom function, fast fire rate, and nice kick back in .50 explosive/ hollow point shells. Down fall is it has only 12 rounds, can be tough to master, and is not the best of "up close and personal" weapons.
Battle Rifle- The supposed M6D replacement. 36 round clip, three round burst or semi-automatic, nice smack rate, zoom function, great accuracy. I have yet to see any flaws with this weapon other than it is weaker than the M6D(but only marginally, not really noticable), and the new reload sucks for it as compared to the one from last year. Also Brutes can take a full clip of this, so that might prove to be a problem(read First Strike for that info).
M90- For close range or deer hunting. Close range power of a grenade(and then some), nice rate of fire, and good accuracy up close. Downfalls include bad reload timing (if you are dumb enough to let it go down that much), horrible accuracy at long range, and damage per indivudal pellet is not all the best.
MA5B- Best. Weapon. Ever. 15 rounds per second, 60 rounds per clip, nice little counter on the gun, fast smack rate, and just enough power to counter what the UNSC has been facing for 27 years(Elites, Hunters, Brutes, and Engineers didn't show up until 2552, which is 27 years after the war started.)
Sub Machine Gun- That little thing. 60 round clip, better fire rate than the MA5B, fast reload sequence, looks like it'll have a good smack rate, can be dual wielded. Weaker than the MA5B (The MA5B kills someone in 22 shots, the SMG took more than that in the E3 demo), and it runs out of ammo a bit fast. It also has more accuracy issues. To make up for the weakness however it can be with any ther one handed weapon.
I hope that clarifies some stuff on the different weapons in the Halo universe. All in all they are well balanced. You people just -blam!- to much.