unless dualweilding pistols are pretty much useless for combat, but there good for stopping vehicles

i know that melee is vital, it is on halo 1 too, half of my kills are from meleeing. but pistol is simply my fave weapon on all fps games. so if it takes 5 shots im happy with that. it isnt to much difficult.

Depends on your play style.  If you rock at ranged weapons and always keep on the move, melee deaths are less common.  Personally, I prefer to lurk with a sniper rifle, but most online Halo 3 games don't cater to that... hence my love of local Halo3 lan parties.

LOL.  I have a tip for ya.  Don't run up to people.  LOL.  Not that hard to do.

The pistol's somewhat pointless in H3. Does anyone ever pick them up? You rarely see people dual-wielding, let alone with a pistol. They are fun to use if you are playing social games and fooling around - or in SWAT magnums or something. But I wouldn't recommend them in a serious match very often. On the plus side, they are almost laying unused in their spawns if you really want one though!

 lol, right.

pistol is actually really weak in halo 3

but if i shoot 6 bullets into the opponent will he die?

the pistol is wack in h3 missile launcher ftw!!! or flamethrower...tis fun to run around catching things on fire :]

the lame thing about halo 3 is that its almost as easy to no scope with the sniper as it is to snipe with it.