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Ah, fair enough on the awards front then. *As an aside, pining for a new TS game *

Also, cool that the Brute Shot is a valid weapon now. I remember one time, I got a kill with one (At range, that is) - we talked about it for a week. It was a bigger deal than 7/7 for us.

Important weapon question: Is the pistol any good? Halo pistol was kickass. Halo 2 pistol was horribly neutered. Please tell me it's more akin to the former?
The pistol isn't in the Beta, that I've seen. I'm positive it won't have the scope or the power of the original, and it shouldn't. I loved the Halo 1 pistol as much as anyone, but it was far too powerful and really threw off the balance of the game. It's a pistol, and it should be designed accordingly. I hope it's a bit more powerful than the magnum, though; that was all right when the game shipped, but once they patched it (and fixed a lot of problems) they made it even weaker, and effectively useless.

The Brute shot is definitely way better. I don't think it actually does that much more damage--maybe even a bit less--but it effects a greater area now, and the grenades don't bounce around like crazy. You can actually *hit* people with it, and the magazine holds six shots instead of 4, so in the end it's a far more fun and effective weapon.