Pistoleer Archive
Thread: Advice needed from pistoleers
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oscer
Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:32 am
#1
Currently my template is this:
BH 3/0/4/0
Smuggler 0/0/4/0
TKM
I like to hunt jedi, bit of PvP and loads of PvE....however it still lacks something...
I'm thinking of sacking TKM for Pistoleer....is this a wise move?...is it worth?....any help or advice would be gratefully received.....
JayWind
Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:13 am
#2
oscer wrote:Currently my template is this:BH 3/0/4/0Smuggler 0/0/4/0TKMI like to hunt jedi, bit of PvP and loads of PvE....however it still lacks something...I'm thinking of sacking TKM for Pistoleer....is this a wise move?...is it worth?....any help or advice would be gratefully received.....
Pistoleer is my second favorite profession, Creature Handler being the first.
Pistoleer suffers from several drawbacks, the biggest one being that most of the special attacks don't work. The bounty hunter specials are much better than the pistoleer specials that do work.
Pistoleer does have a wide variety of damage types (energy stun kinetic acid heat) as well as two AP1 pistols (Republic blaster and DE-10).
In PvE, there are few things that I can not kill. The things I can't kill are the high-end things like Night Sisters and Krayt Dragons that have really high resistances to the damage types available to me. My prefered creature to hunt, Rancor of all types, die really fast to me and my DX2.
In PvP, things are different. Pistoleer alone lacks any sort of state effect. The health bleed we do get is negated by these 2500+ buffs people get. I have difficulty in one on one PvP. I get a dozzy/KD and that's that. In group PvP, one of the special attacks that does work, Fan Shot, can lay waste to entire groups of people. Stand back, let the melee guys tank, grab your DOT pistols and Fan Shot them to death. Having a Geo Pistol with a nice poison works wonders when Fan Shot can hit everyone in the cone.
My guildmates often rip on me for being a pistoleer. I take it as a matter of pride. And they're jealous of me
Ternque01
Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:23 am
#3
I would go BH 3000, Pist 0030, Nov. Medic if I were you. You'll have decent def. vs dizzy, but compliment that with dizzy drink and thatkillo along with some nice Stim B's. Use synthsteaks too.... eat one 15 mins or so before you go into battle, then another after the first wears off.
That way you won't be dizzy/KD'd as easily, and can heal at least SOME of that saber damage
BWVictorious
Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:10 am
#5
RenKesson wrote:
DX2 is also AP1.
And my weapon of choice and the first pistol of mine that reached 100 condition twice. Currently its at something like 200/400 status after being repaired twice.
my poor trusty DX2... oh well, got another on from FellKell packed on my storage droid!
RenKesson
Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:38 am
#6
The pistols that I use the most is my Krayted Scout blaster, or my DL44 Metal pistol.
People don't realize it, but a DL44 is actually not nearly as useless as people think it is. At least on our server, because of the generally high quality of resources that the DL44 requires, a crafted DL44 can come out in the 2.2 Speed, 80-250 Damage range with a damage slice. DL44s are cheap, easy to replace, and with a damage range like that, makesan ideal grinding-or-everyday-use pistol. I save my DX2s, Scatters, FWG5s, Genos, and Striker pistols for when I actually need them.
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