Pistoleer Archive

What can i say, im expert BH, 4-4-4-1 pistoleer and some medic. I have no reason to get any smuggler skills and KD'ing a person in PvP isnt logical for me- when i can put anyone out in 10 seconds anyways. But i may get dirty fighting for the delay shot. That would be very helpful against TKA's.

Once I finish holo-chasing, I'm going master pistoleer/master smuggler. I'm 1-1-1-1 pistoleer, and 0-1-1-0 smuggler, and have not a lot of fear of dying. You just need some patience when going PvE.

Thanks all for the support... still havent decided what I want to do.. in the pistoleer trees... hmm

I recomend if your just dabbling in pistoleer to have 0/4/4/0

Just for accuracy and defense NOT the specials, the specials suck.

Last ditch is received at 0-0-4-0 in Smuggler, not 0-0-3-0.

right.. stopping at 0-0-3-0 smuggler meaning.. if stopping shot WAS better than last ditch, I wouldnt need to go through the full line and get last ditch if stopping shot was better... but from what you guys have helped me understand is all the specials suck unless your master pistoleer

They suck when spammed... I find that last ditch is very useful in killing the local fauna when they aggro me on the way to a destination

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Philosopher1976 wrote:

Right now the best pistol template in the game is:

The BH pistol line + Smuggler DF line + Novice Medic + 0/0/0/1 Pistoleer

That uses all of your skill points. You'll have almost maxed speed, EyeShot, TorsoShot, PanicShot, LowBlow, and LastDitch (which is better than StoppingShot, by the way).

Isn't it sad that the best pistol template contains only two boxes of Pistoleer?

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That's a purely offensive template though. No damage mitigation, no defensive bonuses. You'd be even more vulnerable than a MBH.

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_Dworkin_ wrote:

That's a purely offensive template though. No damage mitigation, no defensive bonuses. You'd be even more vulnerable than a MBH.

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You're right -- it is an offensive template. But let's face it, Mitigation or the defenses in the Techniques line aren't worth giving up all this firepower. (Maybe taking a melee profession might be, but then it's not a pure pistol template.)

I think that this template would win in almost every PvP encounter. LastDitch and PanicShot are on separate timers, and then the guy could spam LastDitch (6.0 damage modifier, which is 20% higher than StoppingShot, plus Stun) every second. That's extremely tough to beat.

Absolutely. If you want to own in PvP...Stay away from Pistoleer. We're mostly a waste of SP's.

Wanna know who's owning on our server?...(He's taken down 5 Bounty Hunters, 2 MBH's, so far plus about 10 others).

He's a Smuggler with the Pistoleer Speed bonuses and some medic.

The combat spam reads:
XXXX uses Low Blow on you.
XXXX uses Panic Shot on you.
XXXX uses Panic Shot on you.
XXXX uses Panic Shot onyou.
You are incapacitated.

That's it. Half the people he duels NEVER get a single shot off. It's incredible.

Stick with Phil's template he gave.

Ok thanks guys, ive learned alot.. also considering going the BH carbines line.. friend has 0-4-4-0 BH, medic, and some pistoleer skills and he was one of the best till he went Holo gimp..

any thoughts on this set up?

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TetraGrammatron wrote:

Ok thanks guys, ive learned alot.. also considering going the BH carbines line.. friend has 0-4-4-0 BH, medic, and some pistoleer skills and he was one of the best till he went Holo gimp..

any thoughts on this set up?

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0-4-4-0 BH is very good ... you can get two boxes of Carbineer to max out your Carbine Speed and can even get ChargeShot1 which is bugged right now so there's no knockdown timer on it (which means you can spam it and kill pretty much anything ... Krayts, Kimos, whatever).

The problem with carbine is that unless you plan on using carbines for more than a quick two-shot dizzy/KD combo (FireKD/Confusion) to start off the fight, you'll want to have Doctor buffs because the HAM costs are very high.

Personally I'd go Smuggler instead of carbine, but it is a judgment call. Both are viable choices and would be very powerful.

yup, not planning on useing carbines for anything else than a quick KD/dizzy

I've read the carbineer forums they kill themselves before they can kill something with those specials..

Thanks Philos.. been a great help with advice on where to go.. guess its up to me from here

Thanks again all!!

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