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Hello all...

Suppose you were a Creature Handler, Ranger with only limited skill points left over - and you could decide between either 3 skills in Marksmanhip or Counterinsurgency. That would end me up at either Crippling Shot or Burst Shot 2.

Considering my beasts do random damage I originally thought I should go for burst, but now I read that Cripple targets a random pool - so which is more damaging?

Any help greatly appreciated...

I dont know about burst shot

But i can tell u about cripilling shot

it is a little bit slow hit, that makes a lot of damage

Not very often but sometimes u get 2200 2500 even 2700 in 1 shot

Sometimes u get 300 400 or 800

But it is random shot that target any HAM pools

For a carbineer and when u r solo LegSHot is the best skill

U target the action HAM pool and can really kick kill a mob

If u have a pet to tank to u much better

As I said, it is a little bit slow, like u aim, wait 2 3 seconds and then fire

Crippling shot does considerably more damage than either of the burst shots, (around 25-30%) for slightly higher ham costs.. But as for the dps I'm not sure, since cripple shot fires slower, and if you dont have enough speed mods for them to cap speed (which isnt very likely to happen without BH carbine skills) then burst shot might end up being more damage over time.

Burst shot 2 however isnt worth getting at all right now, because it's nearly the same damage as burst shot 1, and costs more ham. Might be slower too, havent been able to test that one either.

But if I had to choose between 3 boxes in marksmanship for cripple or 3 in counterinsurgency for burst shots.. The difference between cripple and burst isnt that big, soI'd pick crippling shot cause you get the accuracy mods along with it, and they'll prove more useful than the counterattack mods.

I am a Carbineer/CH/Master medic. I am stopping my carbineer training at 1/3/1/2 for now. This gives me the crippling shot. When I hunt, I send my pet(s) in to tank and I get to my optimal range for my weapon, kneel and fire away. I always start off every volley with actionshot1, after that I use no special moves. I have a DH17 snub-nose that does 70-170 over 1.9secs. I will use crippling shot on MOBs that seem real tough and might just take down my pet and also on the lairs themselves.

I have seen considerable differences between Crippling shot and burst shot. I perfer the crippling shot.

And er, to clarify that, I've tested the damages, just not the speed mods on them. The speeds I really have no clue about, I'm just going by what people on the boards have said.

And for more accurate numbers on bs1 vs 2, burst shot 2 was less than 5% more max damage compared to 1