Pistoleer Archive

There are many reasons why ppl misjudged pistoleersas overpowered:

High lvl pistoleers: Since pistoleer is a popular class, many ppl plays it & there is a lot of high lvls around. The other low lvl carbineers/riflemans then compare their dmg to the high pistoleers & cry nerf here. I'm a master pistoleer & i have novice marksmans/riflemans/carbineers/pistoleerscomparing dmg with me. Like what--the--hell?

Pistoleer with BH4: 2k dmg per sec? Get master pistoleer & BH 4(good luck grinding for these), slice a goodSCATTER(BH line)pistolto near 40% dmg & use powerups. Same goes for carbines & riflemans. It just happen that you dont see more of those high lvls around so you think only we can do it.

Three of what, knockdowns? Only two, and one of them is from melee range, which is next to useless in PvP. But hey, if you're a TKA, I guess you already know that.

Take away DS2's knockdown and what do you have?

A lot of wasted skill points, and nothing to look forward to except maybe a gun-twirl and a holster.

BH pistol 4 + Master Gunfighter might be a little overpowered. Master Gunfighter, definitely is not. The only skill we have that anyone has a reasonable gripe against is DS2, but that's more of a problem with knockdown in general, not Pistoleer.

Like many others, I was amazed at the difference when I dropped Bounty Hunter. My rate of fire dropped tremendously, as did overall damage with the loss of my scatter pistol. I finally realized why most pure Pistoleers use Fan Shot over Stopping Shot. Losing the ability to quickly devastate the mind pool also required serious adjustment.

I don't think Pistoleers are, by any stretch of the imagination, overpowered. The fact that we are "less broken" than many other professions does not make us so, and to deduce that we are based on that fact, is nothing more than ridiculously simplistic logic.

I think it comes from Pistoleer/BH hybrids with a Scatter Gun and Eyeshot or Torso Shot. But, that's just a guess on my part.

Pistoleers are better than otherprofessions for this reason:

Carbaneer(however it's spelled): HAM costs are WAY unbalanced with anything else. You half kill yourself if you start using specials. Until this is fixed then carbys will be less popular that pistols.

Riflemen: 3x melee damage, can't hit anything that's close to you, and mobs that warp to melee. Hmm, if you combine these three you will notice that you are in the dirt way more than anyone else. Throw on top of it that there isn't any extra class to further increase your rifle proficency (like BH for carbine, or BH and Smuggler for pistol). Unless the warping mobs stop and the 3x melee damage is reduced than rifles won't be as popular as pistols.

Melee Professions: you are um... Melee, we are in star wars, unless I have a light-saber then I don't want to have to be stuck at point-blank to hurt something.

So, as you can see, Pistols ARE more powerful than anything else right now... and the reason: EVERYTHING ELSE IS FARKING BUSTED. So why would you want to nerf the working weaopn, wouldn't it be more productive to fix the professions you broke than to try to nerf one of the few working professions into oblivion?

I mean honestly now, I plan on having more than one toon, and the reason the oneI currently play the most is a pistoleer is because carbine and rifle are broken right now, which leaves me little choice of weapons to pick unless I want to go melee... or play with a gimpy weapon.