Carbineer Archive

i am master smuggler and was goan pick up wither rifleman or carbineer. i am gona be doing 90% pve stuff.

I'd say Carbines. You can't kite all that well with a rifle.

Carbines of course

I've given in depth answers why I think carbines are the superior ranged profession right now, but here's the short version.

-Carbines are fairly high damage, (capped)1063max, which although a little lower, is competitive with rifles. I believe that they are better because of mainly the lower sac cost (capped)73. Also, alot of people tend to diregard speed completely, but it is a factor, and most carbines will be as fast as you need. I constantly see carbine users out DPSing rifles and pistols for those reasons.

-As far as skills go: Legshot is one of the most damaging shots in the game, which is a large plus. Carbineer also has a KD attack and strong cripple shot. Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you that you will be able to solo any pve melee in the game, provided you have room to run (because of kd+cripple). Carbineer also offers a high damage aoe (full auto area), very very useful for grinding.

Other attacks of note: suppression fire, which is an 2 second aoe root. This is excellent in many situations, but it must be spamed to be effective. Rapid fire is a decently damaging attack. If you don't have anything better, legshot/rapid fire spamming can cause high damage in a hurry.

Ok, that wasn't as short as I planned to make it, but I'll cut myself off there. All in all I find carbine weapons to be well balanced and powerful, and find that the carbine skill tree provides specials that can make you very effective in any situation.

Carbs. This way you get a new armor class better for PvE, a knockdown (that Smuggler should have, but don't), the highest damage shot, and a nice snare. And speaking from experience, pick up some medic, it'll be tons of help.

i agree go carbs.