Pistoleer Archive

Here you go, let me take a look at the pistoleer ones for you...

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Pistoleer Line:

Body Shot 3:Seems to do less damage than HealthShot2. Is itjustmy impression?

Superceeded and made redundant by healthshot 2.

Double-Tap: Again, it seems to do less damage than HealthShot2. Does it really hit twice? I can't tell from my combat log.

Useless Random HAM special.

Fan Shot: Nice, if you can get multiple targets to line up for you (takes some maneuvering), but relatively low damage.

Yay for Fan Shot! It works and it's great, apart from having trouble with mobs on a Y-axis. Random HAM and cone of fire.

Stopping Shot:For me, it seems to hit a random pool,but hits health more often than the others. VERY nice attack.

Random HAM highest damage attack. Useful.

Melee Defense2: The HAM cost seems insane (about 4x the other specials), considering the amount of damage it does. I can't tell that it applies a state either.

Broken, completely useless. Use MeleeDefense1 instead, it does a KD.

I could do the math on them, but I do math all day at work. Do these impressions seem to line up with your own experiences?

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Message Edited by BadgerSmaker on 01-26-2005 02:28 PM

Some things to note:

* Bleeding stacks so using bleeding shot. healthshot1 and healthshot2 will add as much bleed as you can dish out.
* Torso shot doesn't stack so once you land it move on. Also try to use torso shot with your higest damage pistol because the tick is a % of the weapons damage. This is very nice with a 510 max damage scatter!
* PistolmeleeDefense1 will work at the cost of your weapons condition. If you use this and knock a target down use stopping shot or last ditch for max damage.

You can make a macro that adds pistol states which is great to open up with. Here is an example of mine:

/healthShot2
/healthShot2
/healthShot1
/healthShot1
/bleedingShot
/BleedingShot
/torsoShot
/torsoShot
/eyeshot
/eyeshot


Enjoy!

I can comment on the smuggler and Bh ones since pistoleer has been discussed:

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Spookibus wrote:

I recently got all the pistol specials (except for the master pistoleer ones) and here are my impressions from the ones I've experimented with.

Smuggler Line:

Feign Death: Very useful, but don't hotkey it next to anything you need often.

More useful as get more comfortable with it. Some people think it's a cheap way out but it's used to cheat death so use it that way. Try bleeding and torsoshots then FD and you can save a lot of condition on your guns, and go get a soda

Low Blow: Good, especially as an opener in a 1-on-1 fight

Panic Shot: The delay is nice because it's an area delay, but don't use it if there's another mob in the line of fire or your problems get a lot worse.

Will comment on these together. In PvE nothing beats these two together, IMO. The delay sticks even when dmg is done so you get 10 seconds of pounding while the mob is KD. A /lowblow, /panicshot, /lastditch spam will kill all kinds of stuff. In PvP /lowblow is great for getting a melee off of you and /panicshot is just annoying as you can delay an entire group.

Last Ditch: Excellent Damage, but very slow. Save for the kill shot.

Last Ditch shouldn't be slow if you have the BH line. It has a x6 damage modifier and a stun effect which really hurts the bad guys. I use it a lot not just for the kill shot

BH Line:

Bleeding shot: Low damage, but the DoT stacks with the two Health Shots.

It is my understanding that this is a random bleed pool shot, meaning 3 shots could make all 3 pools bleed. Low damage but a possible 3 pool bleed is worth it.

Eye Shot: I like it as an opener. Spamming it seems to be a very efficient 1-on-1 kill in PvE.

Spamming this is good in PvP as well. This also carries with it the blind state.

Torso Shot: I've been experimenting with alternating Torso andEyeShot a few times, and then attacking thehealth pool that's worst offafter my opening volley.

Setting people on fire is just mean It stacks excellent with many other pistoleer specials so I think its a viable shot to use.

Pistoleer Line:

Body Shot 3:Seems to do less damage than HealthShot2. Is itjustmy impression?

Double-Tap: Again, it seems to do less damage than HealthShot2. Does it really hit twice? I can't tell from my combat log.

Fan Shot: Nice, if you can get multiple targets to line up for you (takes some maneuvering), but relatively low damage.

Stopping Shot:For me, it seems to hit a random pool,but hits health more often than the others. VERY nice attack.

Melee Defense2: The HAM cost seems insane (about 4x the other specials), considering the amount of damage it does. I can't tell that it applies a state either.

I could do the math on them, but I do math all day at work. Do these impressions seem to line up with your own experiences?

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Lunatic_Magnet wrote:

* Torso shot doesn't stack so once you land it move on. Also try to use torso shot with your higest damage pistol because the tick is a % of the weapons damage.

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Message Edited by Uthyr on 01-26-2005 02:31 PM