Carbineer Archive

hi..

i am planning my pvp char, who will be doctor for buffing. so i am limited to a master combat profession, not more.

i have a master pistoleer on another server, i really like it, but i miss the ranged knockdown. i know it will be nerfed, but it is still the best move out there. i heara lot of people complain about the carbineer class.. but is it really that bad? i think i will have no problems with ham costs, since i am buffed all the time. why dont you like your knockdown?

another possibility would be to go for the smuggler pistoleer tree and add some boxes from pistoleer. that would give me the pistol ranged knockdown, but i will looseaccuracy,speed and defense. is it worth it?

maybe you can help me out, thanks

if a good ranged kd is what you're looking for, then you do NOT want carbineer...although mine seems to work more often and do more damage than my pistoleer/smuggler friends, it doesn't last as long, takes more ham, and can only be used while standing (and then you run 5-10m forward)

additionally, carbines take more damage from melee and use more mind from specials than pistols do. with proposed changes coming soon, our ham costs may be reduced/changed. a lot of our specials may end up being nerfed soon (i have yet to see any direct confirmation of this from the devs...the ONLY word was '30 second time limit on knockdowns and posture changes', every thing else i read in that 23 page post was pure speculation on the part of the players.)

however, with self-doctor buffs, the ham costs for specials won't be as bad, and you can eat ice cream for the focus bonus to increase mind regeneration. i don't engage in much pvp because it tends to be incredibly lame at the moment (zerg-attacking, revenge tef-zerging, at-st's (too easy to get and too common, not too powerful...do NOT nerf them! from a rebel to imps and devs), spammed-specials that prevent you from doing anything (NOT limited to kd/pc) and malicious, vindictive, deliberately cheap behaviour on both sides.) so i'm not the best source to advise you there. still, as things stand RIGHT NOW, pistoleer/smuggler (with the dirty fighting chain) is more powerful/effective 1 vs. 1 usually. with the 'combat sanity check' post by holocron and the changes that entails, god himself knows and very few others (save good guessers and gamblers).

in other words, use the weapon you like better.