I've been starting to think the H5 Pistol might be too difficult for casual players, and the CE Pistol might be a better solution. Get a couple shots in and the enemy easily thrusts into safety, but with the CE Pistol that frustration would be lessened as kill times would be ~1 sec potentially faster. Key word there is "potentially" because despite it being a 3sk weapon, the CE Pistol was not easy to pull off "Perfects" with.
And yes, I am implying that the CE Pistol would be better for casual play because since the meta game of Halo 5 lends itself to defensive play thanks to how easy it is to survive engagements, a faster TTK weapon might work, granted it's not hitscan. If they're making the CE Pistol a 3sk hitscan weapon, then nvm, don't make it a starting weapon because it'd be OP.
It's just CE had no thrusters and the Pistol was loved, so imagine a game with thrusters, sprint, a high survivability rate, etc. and it could work well with H5's sandbox.