Carbineer Archive

I just picked this laser carbine up and got a 42% damage slice on it. Stats are:

speed 3.0

min damage - 54

max damage - 553 (thats with a power up)

My questions is....with the damage mitigation, will this carbine be worth useing in PvP? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I think an elite carbine would be better. Thats a huge spread between min and max damage.

Yep. It seems that considering Damage Mitigation, the Elite Weapons are looking alot better than their basic profession counterparts.

i doubt you got a 42% damage slice. 35 is the max from a master smuggler

Obregi Erant - Master Smuggler - Kauri

I recently got a good elite carbine, with 33% damage slice and tuned Muzzel (+15min +33max) the stats on it come out to:

Min dmg 212

Max Damage 379

ITs pretty potent in PVP my cripples consistently hit for 450 pts of damage at least, and the highest reported cripple was 900 against a KD'd target (unknown if he had ranged mitigation 3 though) however against ranged mitigation 3 targets I can consisently cripple for 723 pts of damage.

Its speed is 4.0 but I'm a BH carbineer too, so speed isn't an issue for me, the killer on this carb though is its ham costs. They are outrageous.

WellIf longetivity is the issue then go with the e-11. Just hope that it comes out with a damage slice. Getting a damage powerup wouldn't hurt either. But they are just as consistent as the elite, they just do half as much damage and fire a third faster.

i like the elite, e11 and dh17 snubnose, all 3 scoped for ideal range and all sliced for speed. carbines suck when it comes to DPS and they especially suck when it comes to accuracy.

the carbine's power is in its specials, not in its maximum damage with crippleshot or burstshot. by the time a laser carb gets off5 specials with 4.0 speed, mostpvp clashes are already decided--and if you use crippleshot, most of the participants are already logged off and in bed. not that most laser carbines would everget5 hits in a row in pvp vs a master pistoleer or a say a large redbarn.

its all about speed, accuracy and tight damage spread imo. this helps the carbineer 1)get off the most specials in the least amount of time, 2) hit their target (the optional +ideal range scopes are highly underrated and underused), and 3) nullify the effects of damage mitigation as much as possible.

for pvp im currentlyusing a scoped elite sliced for speed (2.4 speed), +48 ideal range and i just got a scoped Krayt E11 (AP1)that is 86-269dam/2.0 spd/ +42 ideal range and aKrayt DH17 (AP0) snubnose with 81-268dam/ 1.5spd/ +52 ideal range--essentially its like using a pistol with the benefit of the carbine's KD and its very accurate. so far the last 2 i havent tested in pvp yet but they are chainsaws in pve especially since many mobs lost their light armor ratings in the last patch.

/drops my 2 cents