Pistoleer Archive

I am on my way to Jedi, and wanted a ranged profession to grind through FS with, so I picked Pisotleer for the ease of speed cap, and variety of damage.

From there I created the following template for FS grinding, PVE ONLY! I don't pvp. I would appreciate any feedback/changes you might want to give to my template.

I have +10 in Pistol Speed AA as well

Pistoleer 3/1/3/2
BH 0/0/3/0
TKA 4/0/0/4
Commando - Novice

This gives me all the pistols in the game (cept DE-10) - Bonus!
Expert Pistol - Dodge
Int marksmanship- a smidge of accuracy
Expert PistolGrips- Stopping shot
The TKA I like for meditation, and Precision Striking for Melee/Ranged Defense
Commando- Blast Damage
BH- Speed Cap, and eye shot for group hunts with my gaggle of guild swordsman
I chose Ranged Defense Melee Defense and Luck with my 3 free unlocks on the Village

My final stats are:

Defense Acuity 71
Defense vs Blind 40
Defense vs Stun 40
Defense vs Dizzy 40
Dodge 60

Melee Defense 104
Ranged Defense 82

Pistol Accuracy 115

Pistol Speed 87/97

I chose not to take LD because I could get more defenses going with StoppingShot as my primary special, and the difference into too dramatic.

However, with all that said, are there any additions to my template that you would see needed? I can drop down to 3/1/3/1 and still be at speed cap for all weapons under 3.0 which would give me 5 SP to use....take out Commando and I have 11SP leftover to use.

All opinions are appreciated

As a former pistoleer/BH, I wouldn't really like this template that much. It has it's good points, but if you aren't going to cap your dodge, you might as well give up the line in my opinion. TKA meditation is nice, but that, plus the commando hurt more than help in my opinion. Blast damage is good, but in my experience most things that are weaker against blast have high enough AP that the 0AP launcher pistol makes little difference in the end.

Old as the formula is, I would suggest picking up just a bit of fencer to supplement pistoleer with. Staying with pistols as the primary weapon, I would personally use a template more like:

BH 0040

Fencer 4200

Master Pistoleer

With this your stats look like:

Def vs Blind/Dizzy/Posture Change/Stun 40

Def vs Knockdown 70

Dodge 120(just below cap, double your current template)

Melee Defense 116/Ranged Defense 91

Pistol Accuracy 155/Speed 129(without your AA)

You get the DE-10, but no Launcher Pistol. You get torso shot from the extra BH box, which hunting with pistols, is a nice shot. Hit a target with your healthshot2 for the bleed and torsoshot for the burn and then spam bodyshot or healthshot 2, as you like, and watch their health drop.

One other template to look at, if you really want to focus on pistols is:

Bounty Hunter 0040

Novice Commando

Master Pistoleer

Smuggler 0040

You get every pistol mod and special except for one shot and a + to accuracy that comes from master BH, you get the DE-10 and Launcher. But, you do lose a lot of the defense, especially the melee/ranged.