Yes, I got this from the interview thread that is stickied. Frankie wants to know our opinion on it so I’m saying mine. The Magnum is a sidearm, not a primary. The Magnum in Halo Reach sucked except for Aniversary playlists. A pistol is meant for short range fights. If a player is shooting me from halfway across the map, what am I supposed to do? Shoot back at him with a pistol? A better weapon would be good if they are going to finalize the flag carrying. The Magnum won’t do it for me.
to me i think you should be able to use any secondary weapon either pistol,boltshot or plasma pistol as you sidearm with the flag.
> to me i think you should be able to use any secondary weapon either pistol,boltshot or plasma pistol as you sidearm with the flag.
I could go with the Plasma Rifle. That I can work with.
> > to me i think you should be able to use any secondary weapon either pistol,boltshot or plasma pistol as you sidearm with the flag.
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> I could go with the Plasma Rifle. That I can work with.
only if it was in halo 4 they removed it 
> If a player is shooting me from halfway across the map, what am I supposed to do? Shoot back at him with a pistol?
No, you’re supposed to have your teammates fire back and cover you in order for you to advance further and possibly score the flag to increase your score.
I’d rather just drop the flag. It’s a shame how badly dumbed down CTF is in H4.
You’re not meant to be able to hold your own as a flag carrier, you can provide support fire and not being completely defenseless, but ultimately your survival and success in carrying out the objective is meant to be in the hands of your fellow teammates.
> > If a player is shooting me from halfway across the map, what am I supposed to do? Shoot back at him with a pistol?
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> No, you’re supposed to have your teammates fire back and cover you in order for you to advance further and possibly score the flag to increase your score.
Tell that to people who go in solo, I for one do at times. I just want a better weapon is all. Unless they buffed or will buff the Magum for the flag carrier.
> I’d rather just drop the flag. It’s a shame how badly dumbed down CTF is in H4.
i agree we should be able pro drop the flag its been the core aspect in all of the past halo games but why wouldn’t you want to have that extra chance of killing someone while holding the flag
> You’re not meant to be able to hold your own as a flag carrier, you can provide support fire and not being completely defenseless, but ultimately your survival and success in carrying out the objective is meant to be in the hands of your fellow teammates.
Like I told Neo, coordinated teams and full partys will do fine. It’s people who brave it solo that may have a bit of a problem. You’ll get randoms who haven’t a -Yoinking!- clue as to whats going on.
The halo CE pistol would at least mean that people would want to pick up the flag and wouldn’t have to worry about putting away your power weapons.
> > > If a player is shooting me from halfway across the map, what am I supposed to do? Shoot back at him with a pistol?
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> > No, you’re supposed to have your teammates fire back and cover you in order for you to advance further and possibly score the flag to increase your score.
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> Tell that to people who go in solo, I for one do at times. I just want a better weapon is all. Unless they buffed or will buff the Magum for the flag carrier.
Then play the gametype where you don’t have to carry the flag.
> I’d rather just drop the flag. It’s a shame how badly dumbed down CTF is in H4.
Actually, this change was so -yoinks- who don’t work together get their butt-kicked. So, if anything, it’s been smartened up.
You clearly weren’t very good in reach if you thought the magnum was useless.
> > > If a player is shooting me from halfway across the map, what am I supposed to do? Shoot back at him with a pistol?
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> > No, you’re supposed to have your teammates fire back and cover you in order for you to advance further and possibly score the flag to increase your score.
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> Tell that to people who go in solo, I for one do at times. I just want a better weapon is all. Unless they buffed or will buff the Magum for the flag carrier.
Um… You’re going into a Team based game type, you’re going to need your team to cover you. CTF isn’t a lone wolf gametype, it’s going to require team work. If one person can take on a team of 5 with a flag in hand, the team better be awful. Let’s not give the average player enough firepower WITH the objective to take down an entire team. That’s just stupid balance.
> You clearly weren’t very good in reach if you thought the magnum was useless.
I was decent in Reach, hated the Magnum. Just because I don’t favor the Magnum and think it’s a bad gun doesn’t mean I’m not good.
> > > > If a player is shooting me from halfway across the map, what am I supposed to do? Shoot back at him with a pistol?
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> > > No, you’re supposed to have your teammates fire back and cover you in order for you to advance further and possibly score the flag to increase your score.
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> > Tell that to people who go in solo, I for one do at times. I just want a better weapon is all. Unless they buffed or will buff the Magum for the flag carrier.
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> Um… You’re going into a Team based game type, you’re going to need your team to cover you. CTF isn’t a lone wolf gametype, it’s going to require team work. If one person can take on a team of 5 with a flag in hand, the team better be awful. Let’s not give the average player enough firepower WITH the objective to take down an entire team. That’s just stupid balance.
You clearly, haven’t gone solo in Reach as many times as I have then.