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i just found out about the /aim move. what does it do . what are its advantages and disadvantages. should i use it and if so against what kind of opponent and from what range. i am currently 0 4 2 2 in the pistoleer tree.

I use it mainly to start a battle in PvE, it adds to your accuracy and makes a nice starting shot.

In PvP... nah !

The last poster got it right. It gives you a bonus on accuracy for a given period of time. With a pistol it usually gives me a large accuracy bonus to my next shot and a smaller bonus to the shot after that.

As the last poster said, it's a good way to start an attack in PvE because the enemy doesn't actually enter the combat sequence until you fire at it, so it's like a free accuracy boost at the beginning. In PvP I never use /aim ... better to spend your time attacking the other guy than aiming.

do the skill mods picked up in the pistol marksmenship tree only improve /aim or do they also improve aim for regular/ special moves. i will be devasted if they only improve /aim.

They improve your accuracy all-around, not just with /aim. There is a special "Pistol Aiming" mod that helps with that.

My understand is that /aim increases your accuracy on the NEXT shot, be it special or normal.

And you can stack /aim at least twice.

I never use it.

PvE or PvP.

I just shoot, if i dont hit i can shoot again and hit quicker then aiming and shooting.

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G3N0C1DE wrote:

I was wondering if any of you commandos out there use /aim? I think it gives a +30 accuracy, but I'm not even sure if it stacks with our flamers. Should I add this a couple times to my flame macro, or is it not worth it?

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Definitely worth it, just try it.

Aim isn't all to useful cause it takes too long. I never like standing still as some NPC runs away from and gets out of range and it is tricky without buffs. If ya really need to hit something use aim only then. I don't tfind it useful at all. I would just kneel for better accuracy. Aim just slows ya down to much and usually whatever you fight smacks you a lot as your aiming or runs away thus you get shot at more for nothing. I find it far to slowing on already a slow profession. Might be good for leveling though when accuracy is really bad.

Usually I run up to my target and stop the second the flamesingle goes oof for a good hit. Course this is without Buffs. With Buffs I just use Flamecone. Accuracy is really only a problem with Heavy Weapons or in PvP for me.

Message Edited by TK-132 on 03-09-2005 06:38 PM