Bounty Hunter Archive

Stopping Shot is probably one of the main reasons I chose Pistoleer as a secondary profession aside from Commando, that and the fact that the specials of this tree would make up for the bugged Commando profession until fixed. So I was wondering what those of you who have attained Stances and Grips III think of Stopping Shot? How well does it work vs. players, NPCs, and creatures? I am curious to see how it would affect a heavily armored vehicle like a AT-ST.

Once I have it, it will go quite well with my Launcher Pistol.

My Stopping Shot has done well over 1600 dmg with my FWG5. I also like Fan Shot cause it shoots pretty rapidly and also does over 1000 dmg fairly consistently.

I'm not suggesting that you're lying; I believe you are mistaken. There is NO way a pistoleer could kill a merek in 6 shots with any weapon available to a pistoleer. I have stopping shot and a VERY nice scout blaster and FWG. The most I've ever done is 1800 with stopping shot (in PVE)
This is, of course, not taking into considerations all the deductions that 1800 would have had from the armor and resistances of the creature I was shooting at. In actuality, it probably did 900.

that being said, I don't think I or any other pistoleer could kill your merek in less thatn 10-12 shots. (and that's if we're all getting really lucky and hitting near the max damage everytime)

Furthermore, your merek should have been able to easily dispatch the pistoleer before he got those 6 shots off. He was probably a bounty hunter and had uber armor on.

He was likely a Bounty Hunter with Stopping Shot. Reasoning being the Merek damage. The BH has the Scatter available, which is armor piercing. And 500 damage in PvP can be done quite handily with a Scatter Pistol.

Are the merek avengers vulnerable to energy? If so, the guy might have been smart, changed to a scout blaster, and pwned it.

Stopping shot is very erratic. sometimes it does great damage, to the same pool, a few times in a row. And that's pretty much a death sentence. Other timees the damage is low and spread out amongst the pools and it's little better than harsh language.

What was the speed of this guys attacks? I bet he was a BH too

I'm a fencer. I'm just curious as to why you guys think your jipped in PVP. I mean...I'm a Master Fencer...AND I GOT KILLED IN TWO SHOTS. 2 500+ stopping shots killed me. Then, right before I died, I sent my delirious merek avenger (10k, 50% resistance to everything, AR of 1) and the pistoleer killed it in about 6 shots...with STOPPING SHOT! My god...he wasn't even a master either.

I suggest armor.

All elite combat professions can kill in about 2 shots.

Carbines have cripple shot which I've seen will hit 1300 in PvP.

Rifleman have strafe shot.

Pistoleers get stopping shot.

I wear armor. I don't get 2 shotted by people.

i killed a graul mauler in 5 shots on several occasions. just pistol whipped it then pounded stopping shot. hit for 4k twice on it too

Stopping shot, for PvE use, is pretty useless. In PvP it can be effective once a player has gotten their hams knocked down slighty to really drop them.

In either situation though, until you get a lot of speed built up(at least Master Pistoleer) the delay times are going to make it so outside of using it against weak mobs to drop them in one shot, the only other use you'll have for it is as a finishing blow.

Stopping has no special effect on a target other than causing damage.

i just got stopping shot and it doesn't seen to stop or incapp. anything....on the pistoleer tree i'm 1/1/3/2. Do i need all of the 2nd tier for it to work or am i expecting too much? -Tiado Crestflier

It used to before PVP damage was reduced.. ahh how I miss that

ok, i have a fwg5 pistol with about 75-250 dmg right...some red con guy aggros me, i decide to stopping shot him.....2796 DAMAGE!! **edit**! thats uber! with a freakin pistol!?!?! the most ive EVER got with stopping shot was like 1600, i almost pissed my pants! Oh yeah and all i gotta say about fan shot is....6 mobs, with about 500 dmg each sec to them....id say thats a **edit** nice special. if used correctly....i was at the tuskan bunker, i was soloing with 3244 pistoleer, and i was taking down like 5 tuskans, i died of course, but i was dodging left and right and i took down about 3 of them, but i wasnt buffed and had no armor, so i figured that was a pretty good run, my gsp went down in like 10 secs....so he wasnt much of a tank....but stoppping shot OWNS!!!! i wish id gotten that one first instead of body shot 3....that was a HUGE waste of time.