In case all of you have noticed the magnum really is awful. It has to be the worst weapon ever. It’s slow doesn’t stay in scope while shooting. It is not a good side arm. But in Halo Reach it’s pretty good. But why did Bungie make it everyone uses the AR and the BR. Another problem is it’s a five shot kill so the BR outclasses to no end. The magnum is worse than the PP, the only good thing about the magnum is it can get head shots and that it is single shot .nSo to sum it up this weapon is awful.
It was meant to be a sidearm to clean up kills when you got a guy weak with your primary weapon, Reach changed that and made it able to compete with the DMR.
Indeed. It had no effective range and was outclassed by any other weapon. Duel wielding it made it a 7sk, so you would kill the enemy only 1 shot quicker than normal, but why do that and lose access to grenades when you can just pick up a BR and also have a scope that you can shoot in?
I’d rather have Reach’s Plasma Repeater over Halo 3’s Magnum, and that’s saying something…
this is one of those times that i disliked the magnum in Halo 3. I like the one in reach.
Think of the pistol as a side arm in this scenario. You are using a weapon to shoot at an enemy that is too far away to melee but close enough to shoot. You run your clip dry and need to reload but reloading would take to long. You pull out your pistol to finish him off. by the way I did think it was terrible that you could not scope in and shoot at the enemy.
> Think of the pistol as a side arm in this scenario. You are using a weapon to shoot at an enemy that is too far away to melee but close enough to shoot. You run your clip dry and need to reload but reloading would take to long. You pull out your pistol to finish him off. <mark>by the way I did think it was terrible that you could not scope in and shoot at the enemy.</mark>
I have to agree. Im so glad it was in Reach. Even in CEA. I used it most of the time.
Actually it isn’t that bad, call me crazy. It is a 5sk. I personally keep it out most of the time in objective matches. I think you have to get used to it, that’s all.
It’s good in infection… but otherwise it sucks.
Personally I feel that it fires to slow. The pistol in 3 is no where near as beast as the Magnum of CE. I hope 4’s pistol will be more akin to the pistol of Reach or CE rather than this.
> It’s good in infection… but otherwise it sucks.
Yeah, thats was by far the only time i ever used the magnum in 3. lol.
> Personally I feel that it fires to slow. The pistol in 3 is no where near as beast as the Magnum of CE. I hope 4’s pistol will be more akin to the pistol of Reach or CE rather than this.
Oh yea, the one in 3, i despised and yes it was slow at shooting however, the CE/CEA Magnum, cant play without the “god” pistol, lol. And yes, hopefully halo 4’s magnum is stronger.