Pistoleer Archive

Pistoleer: The first "E" in "Elite Profession" is a typo.

Pistoleer: At least we have one hand free to ___________ with.

Pistolers compensate with technique, not gun size.

Amidala can Double Tap me any day.

You can't keep a good man down (with PMD1)

Obviously we must be fighting different opponets Philosopher. when someone is running around with 124 ranged defense and 100+ unarmed toughness, the bleeds can make a difference. And about fast blast, it cost as much as the BH carbine moves to use, and it has a 6x multiplier, but it is split across all pools. Meaning, 2400dmg divided by four = 600, 600 divided by 3 pools = 200, 60% of 200 (assuming they have armor) is 120dmg dropped by armor. So with fastblast you're still only hitting for 80 dmg per shot on each pool, at an extrordanry HAM cost. That's why I always say, fastblast gets you killed. Ask all the teras kasi why they don't use combo moves, you'll get the same answer.

Basically my strategy is based on hoping they heal damage (delays them like you said, and causes them to lose mind), or that I can hit one of their low pools (action from spamming specials, health if I hit before heals).

Last night I fought a TKM/Master Commando. He was in full effectiveness sliced armor with powerboost so all his HAM was in the 1200 range. Using pistol just didn't work, it didn't matter if it was my scatter, my republic, or my tangle, it just wasn't hurting him as fast as he was hurting me. I popped him with the bleeds, then switched to my laser carbine and spamed sprayshot. He kept healing, and dropping his mind, I was able to hit his mind for 700dmgfrom my carbine and kill him. I think it's really about who you're fighting. I've fough people who lasted two shots, and i've fought people (like the guy last night) that I literally had to cycle through my arsenal to find something that I could kill him with.

BTW I aprieciate how we can honestly discuss our professions without this turning into a "go home you stupid BH" war.

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keep this thread ON TOPIC? It's supposed to be FUN and HUMOROUS! Please take profession v profession discussions/crap elsewhere.

Thanks in advance!

Mottos:

Have you hugged your pistol today?

If you can't stand the heat, don't get shot by an FWG5.

How can you effectively hit the action pool? If someone has 3k health, but only 1k action from spamming specials, i'm much more likely to incap them from stopping shot than torso shot. In addition, if they are wearing the oh so common 60% resist composite, stopping shot just plain works better. Torso can be healed easily, if they see the system message telling them they are on fire, boom they instantly whip out a heal, makeing the pool all that harder to hit. Stopping shot on the other hand, can usally do more damage than a novice medic can heal. Thus after the heal, they are still damaged. This is all firing out of a 450dmg scatter pistol, and I just plain do better with stopping shot. I was without pistoleer for a very long time, and was a very weak PvPer because of it. My usual combo vs pistoleers is this.

Bleed macro (torso, HS2,HS1)

Stopping shot

Stopping shot

Stopping shot

If they aren't killed by now, I target their lowest pool, if it's health (which it very rarely is due in part to heals) i'll use torso. If it's action, i'll use fasblast (and hope I don't get myself killed (almost double ham cost of other pistol specials)), if it's mind, eyeshot. Usually it won't come down to that, 3 stopping shots will whittle someone down pretty quick.