Pistoleer Archive

When stackin your hot keyes, what commands do you guys use, which are the best moves in the Pistoleer tree?

Since I am not also a BH, Spam Fanshot is my favorite combo. Kip up does better though, but that's marksman, not pistoleer.

fan shot is by far the best pistoleer attack

Fan shot outdoes any other pistoleer skill... how about in respect to smuggler skills and master marksman skills, like overcharge 2?

FanShot is worse than KipUpShot (marksman) until you hit Master Pistoleer. At that point you're better off with StoppingShot.

Last Ditch is awesome. I haven't done the numbers for players with lower Pistol Speed but I wouldn't be surprised if it was better than any other pistol skill in terms of pure DPS.

Take a look at the Pistoleer FAQ (sticky post, above) and you'll see the exact numbers there.

WHy do people keep saying stopping is better at master lowest speed gun i have is 1.4 and i cant shoot it every 1 second.. then im hoping hey dont have armor or i have to switch to dx2 which is 1.7 speed and thats a lot slower at stopping then fanshot

Displaced Surfer, you're absolutely right. I made a mistake by recommending StoppingShot at Master. StoppingShot is equal to FanShot if you have Master Marksman as well as Master Pistoleer, and becomes better if you have some Bounty Hunter Skills. For a pure Pistoleer, StoppingShot is never worthwhile, even with a 1.4 speed gun.

Here's the calculations:

For FanShot, (2.4 * 1.4) - ((74/100) (2.4 * 1.4)) = once per second

For StoppingShot, (4.0 * 1.4) - ((74/100) (4.0 * 1.4)) = once per 1.486 seconds

FanShot has a 4 damage modifier, while StoppingShot has 4.7. So the bottom line is that FanShot spits out 26.47 percent more damage than StoppingShot for a Master Pistoleer.