Im sure most of you didn’t give the plasma pistol a good run through during the beta. However this is a very powerfull weapon this time around in Reach. I’m not talking just about taking out the shield and pulling a one shot. I used this weapon as my primary during the beta and loved it. All it takes is a fast finger trigger and, depending on the distance, to lead your shots. Hopefully the gun stats don’t change too much from beta to retail.
yeah i loved it it was my fav next to the plasma launcher
It was actually relatively useful during the beta? I had no idea. Only time will tell how powerful it is in Reach, but I don’t think it will be very useful unless you are looking to drain vehicles/shields.
~Hawk
I don’t know about power, but its activation animation was superb.
It kills now! 
I was happy to see that Bungie finally made the primary firing mode of the plasma pistol useful this time around.
> I was happy to see that Bungie finally made the primary firing mode of the plasma pistol useful this time around.
Yea its the new health system that makes this gun awesome.
The main reason guns like the Magnum and Plasma Pistol got nerfed was to balance it with Dual-Wielding in Halo 2 and Halo 3. Because said mechanic is out for Halo: Reach, the guns can now be made useful on individual merit.
No this isn’t actually the case. The nerfing was done by a damage decrease while dual weilding. For example: In Halo 3 the Magnum was a 5 shot kill, but when dual wielding it was a 7 shot kill. The reason the Plasma Pistol is now useful is because it does over twice the damage to your actual HEALTH than it used to. It used to only drop the shields then be somewhat useless for finishing a player off. The reason we’re seeing previously weak weapons become useful is simply 10 years of refining. Bungie saw the stats on many of their guns and found that they weren’t being used. This caused them to dump any weapon that had a redundant role and give every remaining weapon a viable use. I’m not sure Bungie liked that 90% of all Halo 3 kills came from the BR.
I’m glad to see that it finally has some stopping power.
My little pea-shooter is all grown up!
I love how the Plasma Pistol is a lot more useful now. Before all I’d use it for was the overcharge. Hopefully Sage didn’t nerf it! D:>
I’m sure that it was buffed due to the UNSC Pistol. They needed a covenant pistol to match.
I’m quite confident that Sage didn’t nerf the hell out of the Plasma Pistol. I sure hope not D:
SSSHHHH!
Don’t tell sage! He’ll nerf it!
(are bungie memes allowed around here?)
> SSSHHHH!
> Don’t tell sage! He’ll nerf it!
> (are bungie memes allowed around here?)
They better be. Otherwise…
I didn’t use the Plasma Pistol in the Beta out of habit, but then I saw a montage of someone demolishing with it, getting Overkills, and now I’m really excited to try it out in the final release.
> > SSSHHHH!
> > Don’t tell sage! He’ll nerf it!
> > (are bungie memes allowed around here?)
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> They better be. Otherwise…
…Sage will have to nerf the site.
Plasma Pistol is awesome in Reach. It’s fun to use, too.
I don’t think I used the plasma pistol once in the beta. xD
> > SSSHHHH!
> > Don’t tell sage! He’ll nerf it!
> > (are bungie memes allowed around here?)
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> They better be. Otherwise…
Oh we’re allowed… XD
The animation for the pistol was cool enough. Let alone that we could use the damn thing once again.
It will be interesting to see how well its used within a years time… And in firefight 
8-11 shot kills typically for me. But then again i just sprayed with the plasma pistol for the lulz. I thought it was great that it killed so easily.
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Ya I love it it’s awesome.