Pistoleer Archive

I've been getting several opinions from people I talk to so I thought I'd ask it here.

I have only enough points to get 3 boxes in one column of Pistoleer (dropped all my range support to do it).

I'm a Master Ranger and Master CH so I'm usually shooting at creatures that are not moving and at my wpns ideal range. I'm also only interested in PvE.

What I'm looking for is which column would be the best for me given that I'd like to do the most damage possible - preferably to their health. I've heard that many things are bugged so I'm not sure if I'd be better off going for speed to fire faster, accuracy to hit more often (although I don't think that's too much a problem), or specials to get more damage.

One confused lizard,

Kharr Khomak
Master Ranger
Master Creature Handler
Pistoleer ? ? ? ?

I'm Master Ranger and not Master CH, but I'd recommend dropping Pistoleer and master Ranger and getting 4 boxes of Rifle and include the Sniper shot. As Master Ranger the only gain I see is the camo kit for Dath. I'm also in Carbineer and Crippling shot does about 1k damage for me on average so you might want to look at that too. Unless you are dead set on being a pistoleer.

Picking up Rifleman instead isn't a bad suggestion. But if you really want to stick with Pistoleer, here's my advice.

If you're tanking with your pet most of the time, your pet will more often than not be damaging the target's Health pool. Therefore, to assist your pet most effectively, you want to be hitting the target's Health pool as hard as possible. The specials you have already (Healthshot 1, 2 & BodyShot2) accomplish just that. In this case I would dump those 12 skill points into the Stances line to increase the speed in which you can spam BodyShot 2. Plus, you get the added bonus of Pistol Melee Defense 1, a knockdown attack.

Your other option is to go up the Techniques tree. With 12 points you will be able to reach Stopping Shot which is the Pistoleer's most powerful attack. However, it hits a random HAM. But, along with Stopping Shot, you get some nice defenses against state effects (like Dizzy.. I don't remember the rest).

The choice is up to you, and I'm sure there are other much more knowledgeable people out there than I am who can give you more specific advice. Good luck.

-your friendly neighborhood ranger

Dropping master Ranger is not an option and I used to have rifleman skills but dropped that for Pistoleer so I could hit the health bar (with my pets) instead of the mind bar which always reduced my mind as fast (or faster) than the targets.

Stances sound good for the speed but how much faster will I be if I'm usinga 1.9 speed pistol? Will stances 3 get me to the 1.0 speed minimum?

I think I read that Stopping shot was 5x damage and 4.0s. If so, then it averages to1 2/3 times damage to the health bar and is twice as slow as BodyShot2 and has a greater ham cost. Assuming these are all correct statements, I guess stances would be better if I can get to a 1 sec speed and just spam bodyshot2 atover 4 times the damage to the Health bar.

I'm kind of tired so my analysys may be flawed

If anyone disagrees and thinks that something other than Stances would be better for me, please speak up.

Thanks,

Kharr Khomak
Master Ranger
Master Creature Handler
Pistoleer 0-1-0-1 ==> moving to Pistoleer 0-0-0-3 potentially