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StraightOuttaTexas

Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:51 am

Is the only combat profession I've mastered so far. Only one I think I'm gonna master.I do ok with it being my only combat profession. The dodge is great in PVP, insanse in PVE. Good defenses.The speed is really nice. I just think we need a little tweaking, clean up our specials and hopefully if the devs enforce range in the combat revamp we will be formidable foes in the 30 m or less range. Hell most pvp happens in close quarters so we will be the flavor of the month again! The circle will be complete! LOL I see a lot of folks dropping professions to go to EZ Bake professions, wont say any rifleman names but you can figure it out, I think I will wait til the revamp and see what they have in store for us.

StraightOuttaTexas

Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:30 am

#2

Yeah we have broken specials but every profession goes through that. The rifleman thing though is very annoying, at Master Gunfighter I expect to own them 25m or less, but of course they can run in circles just like me , tagging me just as much as I tag them, but hey they will be washed up soon enough. As far as carbines and rifles and being a ninja go I find just whipping out my nine and and cleaning up a bit more practical lol, especially in this game where pvp is guerilla warfare. Speaking of that whats up on the battlefields? Are they reopening as part of revamp or what?

alpinestreams

Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:32 am

#3

After having mastered it I have to say I love it. If they would fix the broken specials it'd be even better. (I don't get how a game this far along can still have broken specials. It kind of boggles the mind actually especially since they know the problems exist)

I just gave up Master CH but I refuse to give up Pistoleer, I love my pistols too much.

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BeWary

Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:53 am

#4

StraightOuttaTexas wrote:
Is the only combat profession I've mastered so far. Only one I think I'm gonna master.

Take some time and try out some of the other combat proffs and get back to us. We lack finesse, power, speed, and a role in the grand scheme of things. I ground thru almost every combat proff in my holo quest and I can say hands down we ARE that bad.

Of course we have been that bad since they took away our AOE KD and gave us nothing in return. Once upon a time we were the kings of crowd control. Remeber that next time you think we are OK.

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NomOrion

Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:11 am

#5

alpinestreams wrote:

After having mastered it I have to say I love it. If they would fix the broken specials it'd be even better. (I don't get how a game this far along can still have broken specials. It kind of boggles the mind actually especially since they know the problems exist)

I just gave up Master CH but I refuse to give up Pistoleer, I love my pistols too much.

I am a Master Pistoleer. Was a master CH. They are only goodfor the traveling circus now. Well that's maybe too harsh but not far from the truth. Getting back on the subject I always dreamed of the day when pistoleer specials would work. Then we would own in PvP. And then we would be bought up as a profession that needs to be nerfed!

Heh....seriously, if the DEV team told you that your chosen profession is scheduled to be fixed you would say HOORAY!! If they told you this in August 2003 that it won't be fixed till April, May or June of 2004 would you stick around?

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ImpDude

Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:35 am

#6

....Just **edit** is wrong with you people...I see a "Pistoleer sux thread" and a "pistoleer is good thread" and you both one star it....I have to say one thing. Newbs. Ok im better

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Randonb

Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:03 am

#7

I dunno.. I have a preconcieved notion that

1) ourspecials should work

2) our skill mods should be fair

3) the speed equation shouldn't leave us in the dust, leaving riflemen with approximately 4x our damage output. If he picks up Master Marksman, that jumps up to 7x our damage output. Unfortunately, since we have less speed to start off with, picking up Master Marksman provides only a minimal benefit (noticable, but not enough to turn the tide of a battle). Having an exponential speed formula was a bad idea. I only point out riflemen because they are the most similar to us, yet the most drastic example.

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Kalbikalya

Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:03 am

#8

I didn’t think the profession was too bad off till last night. My brother and I went out to kill some War Gronda on Corellia. He’s a doc/rifleman(0,0,0,1) and I’m a pistoleer(1,2,0,2). Normally buffed and armored I get 3700xp from a War Gronda kill. With my rifleman brother attacking. This is what I got.

Brother using normal attack: I’d get 900xp.

Brother using mindshot 2 (he’d kill it for mind damage): I’d get 200xp.

Brother using overcharge: I’d get 500xp.

I was spamming bodyshot 2 the whole time so he could heal me for the medic xp.

Comparing the worst marksmen profession to the best shows the unbalance. A small group with a riflemen and a pistoleer, both doing what they do best sniper and tank, only rewards the riflemen in pve.

Silvasurfa2

Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:53 am

#9

if youre happy with being just a master pistoleer then u are just kidding yourself, especially if you PvP. No offense but just having Master pistoleer as your main combat proff is not very effective(maybe for PvE it is)I dont know a single person that PvP's with just 1 combat proff, u just cant compete, bottom line.

blooped

Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:15 pm

#10

i like it. expecially with the new sonic pistols

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bmeenan

Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:19 pm

#11

I'm on the holo grind and have been masteringa bunch of different professions. I gotta say ...

Pistoleer is one of the most uninteresting professions with the broken specials. As a carbineer and rifleman you some fantastic moves. You can knock down, stun, dizzy, target a HAMl, and all sorts of interesting combinations to make combat fun and enjoyable. With pistoleer, it's just ... shoot away at the randam pool and do as much damage as you can.

In concept I LOVE the pistoleer, but as a profession in SWG, it's just broken.

Gotta get the moves working and fast.

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bennybanglong

Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:50 pm

#12

If you compare a Master Rifleman to a Master Pistoleer, you'll see what the difference is.

And if you were a Pistoleer, you would be quite upset at the big difference.

bennybanglong

Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:14 pm

#13

hehe, it's worst in the G. Cave. I went there and the Rifleman was killing everything before I could even target the mob. Unbelieveable.

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