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Thread: Thoughts on scattershot2?
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El_Molestadore
Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:25 pm
#1
I was in a serious furball last night vs some rebs. At one point one of them had really low mind so I thought "Hey, time to switch to scatter and hit his mind pool". 20-30 scattershot2 later and his mind pool was practically untouched. Needless to say I was a bit disappointed. What are your experiences with this special?
(After the scattershot tactic failed I stuck a dizzy and knocked the guy down, then finished him with crippling shot. Go carbineer! 
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AdmiralSpy
Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:31 pm
#2
Scattershot has a 1 in 6 chance of hitting the mind pool. It basically fires 3 smaller bursts whichfollow the 3:2:1 on Health:Action:Mind.
Considering the overall damage multiplier of ScatterShot2 is close to CrippleShot, the smaller bursts are weaker and thus.. it's quite possible that you wouldn't be doing much mind pool damage alone.
CrippleShot however hits the mind pool for 10% of its damage rate (80:10:10), and with a KD'd opponent, it has a 50% damage multiplier, which would also explain why that worked.
Just a matter of luck, really. Consistant ScatterShots do drain an opponent's mind bar faster than CrippleShot I find, but with the randomness of the rolls.. sometimes ya just gotta change your tactics. 
El_Molestadore
Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:32 pm
#3
Forgot to say that I took down his health bar with crippling shot, not mind. 
Thanks for the info btw, very useful!
Thanks for the info btw, very useful!Message Edited by El_Molestadore on 11-18-2004 11:33 AM
AdmiralSpy
Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:43 pm
#4
El_Molestadore wrote:
Forgot to say that I took down his health bar with crippling shot, not mind.
LOL really?
Hah, that's too funny. 
TAfirehawk
Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:45 pm
#5
The real sad thing is I have been playing with ScatterShot2 some more lately and it was walking all 3 bars down....which really sucks of course as LegShot3 would be much better.
And it helps to have a wicked Action Poison Carbine, then fire ActionShot1 and ActionShot2 (yes they do stack bleeds) and spam LegShot3. I have found this perhaps the BEST way to reduce the Mind pool 
AdmiralSpy
Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:50 pm
#6
Hehe, I'll have to try it out.
TAfirehawk wrote:
And it helps to have a wicked Action Poison Carbine, then fire ActionShot1 and ActionShot2 (yes they do stack bleeds) and spam LegShot3. I have found this perhaps the BEST way to reduce the Mind pool
I've got several health and mind DoTs.. but also have a nice action one (254 str).. it'd be interesting to check out how all these relate to each other.Message Edited by AdmiralSpy on 11-18-2004 02:51 PM
jedimaster1141
Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:47 pm
#7
i use scatter shot 2 in PVP to kill my opponents last little sliver of mind from my polearm DoTs. Works pretty well
wilibus
Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:14 am
#8
Personallyi don't bother with scattershot2, too random for my liking.
When i was testing scattershot2 i was finding that in most (about 80 out of a 100) cases it wasn't 3 equal hits, or atleast 3 hits i could distinguish between.Where an average shot does 80/10/10 to a pool. I was finding scatter to stuff like 60/20/20 or 70/10/20,and not really evenly distributing between the pools. Although it doestechnically have a higher chance to hit the mind pool, it truly makes such asmall difference to me i just don't bother with it.
giffordgekko
Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:58 pm
#9
totally random totally useless - it does hit mind pool but so random and i know for a fact that full Auto 2 and crippler will get health, i personally dont have the option of random stuff during pvp
Bennyboy4308
Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:09 pm
#10
Its useful early on in fights to wear down synthasteak faster. Other than that I use cripplingshot mostly.
forgoten
Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:31 am
#11
/cheer people are using legshot3 woot!....(don't ask)
remember guys any attack that "targets" any pool, makes it all the more sweeter. I do agree with the last fellow who said scattershot2 to wear down the synthesteak down faster. Never ignore legshot3 special.....................ever. Legshot3, crippleshot, they compliment eachother nicely when taking an opponent down.
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