I think they should make the Magnum a power weapon again, i.e. What it was in Halo CE.
And they should make a new UNSC pistol we can use as a secondary weapon instead.
Maybe they could bring back the M6C Halo 2 pistol to be a secondary as well M6C Personal Defense Weapon System | Halo Alpha | Fandom ?
And even the SOCOM from ODST M6C/SOCOM | Halo Alpha | Fandom ?
Agreed.
> Agreed.
Thanks.
I disagree. I like the way the pistol works in Reach and H4. But your idea is better than everyone spawning with a 3sk magnum. Interesting thought though.
> I disagree. I like the way the pistol works in Reach and H4. But your idea is better than everyone spawning with a 3sk magnum. Interesting thought though.
I don’t think the Magnum should be like this. I still play CE’s on multiplayer (But on PC), the Magnum should retain it’s glory. I can tell you don’t understand what I mean since you refer to it as ‘the pistol’. You probably started at 3 or Reach.
Meh
i loved the halo:ODST magnum, we should have that one!
No. The pistol is a side-arm and is great for just being simple and good at finishing people off.
> > I disagree. I like the way the pistol works in Reach and H4. But your idea is better than everyone spawning with a 3sk magnum. Interesting thought though.
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> I don’t think the Magnum should be like this. I still play CE’s on multiplayer (But on PC), the Magnum should retain it’s glory. I can tell you don’t understand what I mean since you refer to it as ‘the pistol’. You probably started at 3 or Reach.
Let me explain:Bungie pisol aka the Magnum in HCE.Has a 3shot kill-but only if the 3rd shot is to the head
This has been pretty well replicated in Anniversary of Reach ecxept for one thing that made this pistol’s learning curve extremely high:
Aim assist
Now this pistol has great/normal aim assist in Reach,but in CE it was lacking one thing,and that was called magnetism.
Basically it made the bullets go near the person you’re trying to hit,making it easier to hit them
And since it wasn’t there in CE,extremely hard to kill with the pisol.
bring back Halo 2 Magnum? YES! I love it. great sidearm that shoots fast (though I suppose Halo 4 Magnum is that, with a scope).
bring back the God Pistol? NO!
I hate it in CE Multiplayer. I hate it in Aniversary Multiplayer. I will definitly hate it in Halo 4 Multiplayer (5 sk DMR, 4sk BR [should be], 6sk Magnum, and 7sk Carbine would not make the God Pistol balanced with everything else like it somewhat did in CE)
“The M6 is either the world’s biggest pistol or the world’s smallest rifle—I’m not sure which.” -UNSC Marine
I actually like that mentality. The concept just feels awesome and kinda cool… Although it does seem a bit odd when my rational side thinks about it.
It’s just a bit weird in my head to run around with a handgun as the primary weapon, with the assault rifle as secondary. Even though that happened basically all the time in CE.
I prefer how it is now, actually. I like how it works in that it’s a good backup weapon instead of a primary weapon; for instance, that one video where the guy uses his BR to break his opponent’s shield, then, running out of ammo, he whips out the pistol and pulls off a nice, neat headshot.
It seems most similar to Reach’s pistol, which itself was closest to CE’s. Least it’s not like H3’s; I’d rather used a burned-out energy sword.
So what will fill the side arm role? No the magnum shouldn’t be more powerful than rifles. Being 3sk in CE was fine as it was THE utility weapon in that game, that’s not the case now. That being said I’ll be for a 3sk magnum limited to a certain gametype.
The Magnum is a secondary weapon, a side-arm weapon, it doesn’t need to be exactly like “Halo CE”.
In my opinion, I think that it needs to be a combination of the Halo 2’s Magnum and the Reach’s Magnum and, when seeing the footage released, the Halo 4’s Magnum will be a combination of both.
Secondary magnum is secondary.
The game should have 3 pistols.
-decent against flesh and shield but slightly better at draining shields
-fast rof, 10 clip size, 40-60 max ammo
-close-medium range
-Power weapon (shield killer and effective against flesh)
-Fast rof, 10-12 clip size, 40 max ammo
-close-long range
-zoom levels 3-4 (either 1 or both)
-effects enemy hearing (H1)
-disorientates enemy tracking, awareness (H1)
-only 1 melee animation (H1)
-abundant ammo (H1, see below)
It may be nostalgia influencing me, but I want a buffed (in damage) H2 pistol. I’d rather put up with wild spread than nasty new Bloom.
After watching the MLG footage, it seems like the H4 pistol only works as backup if it’s a 1 vs. 1 encounter. Otherwise, due to the apparently increased kill times, the pistol doesn’t stand a chance in competitive mp.
If the pistol is treated as a sidearm in campaign, where sidearms (H3 spiker, H2/H3 plasma pistol) shouldn’t even exist then I will be appalled and perhaps lose my renewed faith in 343.
It should at least have as much ammo as the other weapons. Ammo for it was scarce in H2/H3/Reach and even ODST. Try to use only the pistol on Cairo Station, Legendary difficulty. You’ll run out of ammo and will have to use the BR. Look at the CE AR. Ammo was plentiful! You could run through CE levels on Legendary with just the AR!
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want CE pistol reincarnate (though I want characteristics that the CE pistol had, listed above and marked by ‘H1’). I want a pistol that is actually reliable and a side-choice, so I don’t always have to use the BR or DMR. A side-arm is nothing to me but forced. I never want to use it.
I loved ODST’s pistol. It was so SpecOps-looking. 
> i loved the halo:ODST magnum, we should have that one!
this. the ODST pistol is my favorite pistol from any game ive ever played. id also like to see the return of the ODST SMG
I’ll pass, a magnum should not be nearly as powerful as a rifle. The only way I would find this acceptable is if the magnum only spawned on the map, and not default weapon.
I wouldn’t go that far. But I think it should be able to compete with weapons like the BR, Carbine, and DMR at mid range.