Pistoleer Archive

Ive been a Pistoleer 3 times over pre-cu. With the respec I have tested out Carbines aswell. I am a MBH and my temps whole purpose it to hunt Jedi. My build is MP(orMC)/MBH/MM rest in FS def and accuracy. So far what I have found is...

1- Damage- Im not a big fan of DPS. I want my specials to hit hard... I have a scatter with 1058 max damage w/pup.My best carb isan E11MkII that hits for 1183 w/pup. Keeping max damage in mind...my scatter is MUCH better for the simple reason of Kenetic damage. Kenetic is sorta like the new stun. (for jedi that is). With PSG's having energy resists...my carb is severly hamperd. And the only other carbs that have kenetic are the czerk dart and the nym. And their max damage is not that great.

2- Range- I do like the carbine range...but I can achieve the same range with cyber arms. SO no point there

3- Defenses- Pistoleers have better defenses and states. (intimshot,eyeshot, ect.)

4- Specials- Other than charge shot...the carb specials are not that great. The snare is cool, but I have yet to see its purpose. Pistoleers stopping shot is much better imo. And I think our imp bodyshot is compareable to imp leg shot. Not to mention adv crit from BH.

Well I guess you get the picture. Although Carbines was fun, the range was cool, I'll take Pistoleer w/ 2 cyber arms any day over Carbs. Kinetic damage is key!! Not to mention the SAC of pistols is 10-20 points less than Carbs. Hope this may shed some light on anyone not sure what route to take.

I'm MP/MBH with Carbs 0300 and Master Marksman and I love it. I've got Crippling Shot and Leg Shot from Carbines, which are the only things I need, and I've got great bonuses to accuracy and speed. With my new cybernetics I'm shooting my HC Scatter at carbine range without blinking. I've got a Proton Carbine, which is fun, but honestly my Pup'd HC Scatter is a straight devastator. I've been laying waste to my MC/MBH friends in PvP as well; pistols are just too fast and accurate for most to keep up with. Throw in Improved Duelist Stance from MBH and some good armor (Recon or Assault depending on the situation), and you're a tank with almost every trick-shot in the books. Heck, Trickshot is even my new label!

I've always liked pistols, but I never went Pistoleer because I loved TKM and Pistoleer was broken. I realize that many people feel like the CU has taken Pistoleer in a bad direction, but I heartily disagree. Pistoleers are now exactly how I always envisioned they should be: nimble, gun-twirling, fast-adapting trick-shooters.

Everytime I go out with my pistols I feel like a cowboy; since I'm also a MBH I even named my yacht "Bebop"