Pistoleer Archive

/frustration mode on

I like using pistols, it's what I started with and never dropped since when my toon was born.

But since we have a lot of city events recently, visting the high end content I got rather bored with just being a kind of observer. Yes there are in fact some mobs in the geo dungeon I can kill, but only by using my 400k geo pistol. I can barely scratch everything else. Vette? No chance, just taking screenshots and place for someone with combat abilities. I guess the DWB will be even more cruel with pistoleers ...

I have master smuggler/pistleer and guess what, except HS2 every once in a while I only use Lastditch/lowblow. Sometimes the other two specials smuggler offers. But close to never any smuggler specials (granted, fanshot works fine too but lastditch works better for me in most situations)

The allmighty combat balance will decide everything, either it will be the save us all publish or /drop pistoleer.

Until then I will go 0044 pistol and have fun with the working specials of rifleman or carbineer, at least I will be able to *enjoy* the high end stuff the DEVs offer us ...


/frustration mode off

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RazorBlade79 wrote:
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there are in fact some mobs in the geo dungeon I can kill, but only by using my 400k geo pistol. I can barely scratch everything else.

Well when i go to the geo caves i can kill

• Crazed Geo's


• Alert Droidecas


• Mercenaries


• Spiders including the Fire Spider

Solo with My DX2 (standard issue) though i sometimes use my basic Geo for the mercs

And can hurt Kwis and Kilniks as part of a group

Vette? No chance, just taking screenshots and place for someone with combat abilities. I guess the DWB will be even more cruel with pistoleers ...

We may not be the best on the corvette, but we can contribute

I have master smuggler/pistleer and guess what, except HS2 every once in a while I only use Lastditch/lowblow. Sometimes the other two specials smuggler offers. But close to never any smuggler specials (granted, fanshot works fine too but lastditch works better for me in most situations)

I use HS2 all the time, it targets the one pool and is much faster than Last Ditch, also PMD1 is a more effective KD than Low Blow in my experience

I can fire lastditch once per second with most of my pistols, so speed isn't an issue.

I think the only difference between lowblow and PMD1 is that one is a ranged attack and the other isn't. It's just a question of accuracy. When I use both at point blank I get the same results, lowblow seems probably worse since one tends to only use it when PMD1 doesn't work, try to use it in meele range, I doubt there is any difference.

Sure I can do some additional damage in groups, but there is no real role I can fill. Health? /flamesingle2. KD? There are at least 3 other professions who use this. A lot of different damage types? For each damage type our pistol does there is another weapon which does more.

So in summary, no useful state effects (heh except brawler and smuggler stuff like stun and intimidate.) Not the best health damage dealer (not even decent.) No superior accuracy on any range, speed or defense (def vs effects don't really help that much, if it doesn't work the first time, it will the 2nd.) No special damage type.

Look at our top 5 or our state of out specials thread, randon did great work there.

Message Edited by RazorBlade79 on 05-17-2004 03:20 PM