Pistoleer Archive

its broken

Hi,

most powerful pistolattack?

last ditch( *6 damage multiplier?) + stun attack

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LuxorStrike wrote:
I barely did any Pistoling.. but am starting to now. What about Bodyshot 3, isn't that supposed to be better than BS2 (duh) ??

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Each hit of the BS3 does more damage then BS2 however thier is a bigger delay so over time BS2 does more damage.

I defintly Prefer Fan Shot it´s fast and deadly

Stopping shot to much delay .. even tho it does 1800 dmg to mobs , and around 700 dmg to pvp ...

Body shot2 sucks , not even worth using ....

I got a FWG5 with 1.5 speed and 47 to 197 dmg , i allways use powerups so it gets to 247 ..

also have one with 356 max dmg , but only 2.3 attack speed ....

So FWG5 1.5 attack speed and 47 to 247 max dmg

Fan shot then does around 1200 dmg perhit, even if its Random HAM , it works everytime for me ...

So the Rebel scum gets around 500 dmg per hit , means4 Fan shots hits, they usually go down if im lucky...

Go Fan shot !

so true.

If you wanted to know the best pistol attacks, you'd have to visit the smuggler or bounty hunter forums.

Classic, you guys are killing me.

*sobs quietly*

There may be changes (we hope..) to increase pistoleer effectiveness, but right now, what I've read is bascially true in this post.

Highest damge random HAM attack: Last Ditch (smuggler)
Use to be most useful overall shots: Low Blow and Panic shot (Ranged knockdown and ranged panic). Disarming shot 2 use to be tops, but it was STRIPPED from us! :/ heh.

Best damage shot overall: EyeShot

Best pure damage shot: Torso shot

If you got BH just for the pistol line you might as well get enough combat xp for the Pistoleer speed tree, then get stopping shot and blast things away with that. I find it to be my new favorite special, eye shot seems weak to me for some reason... :\

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Philosopher1976 wrote:

That's right. Right now the best PvP pistol template is as follows:

BH Pistol line
Novice Commando
Two speed boxes of Pistoleer to max speed
Smuggler Dirty Fighting line
Novice Medic

You'll be able to fire an AOE Last Ditch or EyeShot or TorsoShot using a Launcher Pistol at the speed of once per second.

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I don't think there are enough skill points to do the above. At least not to the once per second speed you describe...

You're right. I just checked it and you have to drop Novice Medic.

Otherwise it all works.

IMO gettinglast ditchand nov commando is not enough to give up self healing with quality Stim B's.

Fair enough. I think that Novice Medic is without a doubt the most valuable and important skill box in the game. I loved medic more than any other skill that I ever surrendered, and often I wish I had it back.

But it's definitely a question of playstyle and goals. I said that was the best PvP template, and it is better for PvP only. I don't have Novice Medic now, with my current template, and it works fine for me. I almost never engage in PvP solo (that would be suicide without Novice Medic), so I always have a Master Doctor or another high level medical typetagging along to heal me up.

Being able to heal in the middle of combat was a lifesaver in PvE as I was levelling up, but in PvP you kill your opponent far too fast for healing to come into play while you're taking down an opponent. If you have the medic around, he'll quickly heal you after you take down the enemy.

In PvE is where I feel the hit the most ... when I'm out adventuring on my own I usually use Master Scout tents (which this template would also have) to heal. After the last patch they heal both damage and wounds very fast.

So I agree that giving up Medic is huge. I hate not having Medic right now. But you can be very successful without it -- I'm a major PvPer and I wouldn't surrender BH Pistol IV for Novice Medic even though I've been tempted.

Drop commando, only 1 box in pistol stances, grab novice medic.

With a 2.1 speed scatter you can still cap (or close enough) to 1.0 seconds at 91 speed.

But dropping all but one pistoleer box to use pistols the best is about the most insulting thing I've ever heard of.

Which reminds me to ask my question again, what is the penalty for using a non-certified weapon? ATST are going to be blast vuln now...meaning using a non-certified launcher pistol might not be bad. But what is the penalty?

I have no idea ... with an alt character I use uncertified vibroknuckles as a low-level Brawler because Bezerk negates any damage reduction and the VKs increase my speed by a lot.

Otherwise I haven't tried firing uncertified weapons since I was a newb playing around with the Republic Blaster LOL