Pistoleer Archive
Thread: PISTOLEER vs PVP COMBAT
PVP doesn't really bother me until I come across someone who is buffed 
Or whom I can't hit with any degree of certainty.
I recently took on a tka/rifleman combo... I actually did well vs the TKA, right up until I got about 30m away from him, stopped, then got master head shot'ed 5 times to my death.
Out of some 40 shots, I landed... maybe 6, 7 even...
panic shot, lowblow/pistol whip, last ditch, then spam stopping shot
with a launcher pistol
it's next to impossible to counter this
A) Don't play this prof if you want to be the uber l33t d00d. Thats why I picked it personally, a challenge.
B)The benefit of playing a broken class means that with the upcoming fixes we are going to be fixed, not nerfed.
C) Rifleman and especially Rifleman and TKM or Fencer is the flavor of the month. I don't suggest going that route. Remember when everyone was a Creature Handler...
D)Don't pick ANY prof right now that will be the "best". Huge combat balances are coming, nothing is going to be the same. In the post the devs stated that they are going to make Riflemen/Carabineers/Pistoleers all have different strengths and purposes.
Again, I NEVER reccomend going for the current best classes, they will get "fixed". As for BH eyeshot, just get a freaking composite helmet. I just got one for free from my PA and don't know the stats but get a good one of those and they will be out of action before you are dead.
Get a fantastic Tangle Pistol too. Even if people get a stun layer most only get it in the helmet, so rifles being so uber actually helps us out a bit because they neglect us Pistoleers as sucking just like you do.
A master rifleman will fire faster than a master pistoleer.
A BH with Pistols IV will fire faster than a master pistoleer. Not by much.. but faster.
SanTsu wrote:
Thats one way to go but I have found that the Triple master combo does just fine in PvP.
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LuCNTheSky wrote:
heh...df4, novice commando, master pistol
panic shot, lowblow/pistol whip, last ditch, then spam stopping shot
with a launcher pistol
it's next to impossible to counter this
Republic Blaster > Launcher Pistol
SanTsu wrote:
Thats one way to go but I have found that the Triple master combo does just fine in PvP.
Almost forgot, what did you spend your last few points on?
keeping master doc to help.
On my last box now. I wanna try it with the smuggler skill tree.
I found master pistoleer a bit lacking until I got the Dirty Fighting branch of Smuggler. The ranged KD, AE 10sec-delay and Last ditch make it worth it.
I'd be tempted to get the BH pistol branch, but it costs so many skill points to get!