Pistoleer Archive
Thread: Pistoleers ever going to get ranged defence?
biwan:
It's perfectly fine with me because most critters are going to hit you melee anyways. And if you're pvping, a Master Rifleman is gonna hit you no matter how much ranged defense you have. I'd gladly give up ranged defense for better defense vs. X mods and the dodge.
Uhm, Pistoleers don't need ranged def. We are an up close and personal combat class. We get in as fast as we can and mow down anything with our fast specials and quick moves. That 's why we get dodge instead of ranged defense. Rifleman get ranged def because they're primarily a stationary type combat class. Moving and shooting is not suppose to be rifle friendly. Pistols on the other hand were meant to be shot while moving.
So Really pistoleers have no need for ranged defense.....as a pistoleer if you are at long ranges from your target, your not suppose to be hitting anything much....and in the concept of a real life pistoleer...he will not survive 1 min if he were to try to fight it out at long range.......guess you can say we are lucky to get the +5 at master.
My character has +48 ranged defense....I"m a master marksman, master pistoleer,novice fencerand have 2 aakuan ranged def rings on and some ranged def skill tapes. So this is were I get my ranged def from, it's a bonus in my book...about the most i'm gonna get too.
Remember, every combat profession has a particular weakness....for us pistoleers it's range.....for rifleman it's close quarters......Give pistoleers some ranged def mods and we would basically be rifleman except with pistols....hehe