Pistoleer Archive

Everyone says the DX2 pistol sucks so hard. I love the gun though. I get great defense bonuses and it shoots so fast! I am only novice pistols but I think this is one of the best guns I have seen so far.

I use my DX2 regularly in PvE. When fighting Giant Baz Nitches, which are vulnerable to acid damage, it seems to get the job done nicely. I have several pre nerfed FWGs but choose to use my DX2 instead. It does slightly more damage than a pre nerfed FWG whenboth have the same damage slice and samedamage powerup. The reason that the DX2 does more though is because of the AP1 it has(25% more damage).

The majority of the time the ap1 doesn't work.

Also the DX2 is extremely inaccurate at long ranges(>20m).

Its good for acid vulnerable MOBS at point blank range.


Groovykool

I think you guys are crazy, using that pistol is suicide in solo play.Yeah I've pulled it out when grouped, but what's the point of dealing acid damage if you can't hit anything? (4,4,4,3 pistoleer) You're better off with the Republic Blaster unless that mob has about 35% energy resist. Or a prenerf FWG5 unless it has about 20% heat resist.

Of course, maybe some of you can afford to stay in point blank range. Maybe some of you have doctor buffs, or at least novice medic to heal yourself. Not me.

Actually, I think its a great pistol...unfortunately Pistoleers are gimped, should come out with the abllity to carry two when Mastered (hear that Devs). You just need to find one that is built with high quality resources and get a speed slice on it then get power ups from weapons smiths and you should be able to hold your own against PVE or PVP. It will rule at close range attacks cause of the AP abillities and if you have PMD1. I use to use a Kryat fws5 with a speed of 0.8 and that would kick ass but that didn't last but a month, then the patch that nerfed them came out... rare to find, so I resort to the DX2 which is better than most pistols atm.

I have a closet full of 480+ dmg pre-nerf FWG5's... but after this patch.. the DX2 is the weapon of choice. I dont know about you guys, but I can weild a DX2 as good as an FWG5. It's just going tobe tougher now to have a good gun... 5 tissues per DX2... it will get pricey, hehe . IMO, DX2's are THE gun now... FWG5's are horrible now due to the mitigation.

I was hunting Frenzied Grauls, with my pre-nerf FWG5 and my Republic Blaster andI was barely scratching the **edit** things. I pulled out my DX2 and the hp's started dropping considerably faster. The acid and ar1 damage does make a difference.

friend of mine had a looted exceptional dx2.. ultra low hams 1.5ish spped and 250sish damage unsliced i believe, thats mmore what it should be... for craftable ones... rifleman get these crazy heavy piercing 4900 damage rifles AND mods too shoot faster than us.

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GroovyKool wrote:
The majority of the time the ap1 doesn't work.

Also the DX2 is extremely inaccurate at long ranges(>20m).

Its good for acid vulnerable MOBS at point blank range.


Groovykool

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It's meant to be a close range weapon, hence being a pistol and giving a +20 to damage at point blank.

I personally Use my DX2 alot.

I'm 0142 pistoleer and master doc. so i'm always buffed and 80% armored... I use a standard speed sliced dx2, for mobs with low or no acid resits. it works fine. sure i miss a few shots if i am far away, but the speed makes up for it. If it has a high acid resist, I switch to my republic blaster. I just now got a few fwg5's, but i haven't yet tried them, I will in a few days.

im taking down grauls with it pretty easily so i don't know much about it sucking

I personally Use my DX2 alot.