Pistoleer Archive

I am both, as the title should tell you. But now to tell you WHAT is wrong with them. I hate people saying "This proffesion is better than ours, they have everything perfect!"...Well the truth is, NO proffesion is perfect. BH is still screwed up and Smuggler is screwed up to, so stop complaining. Now to compare Smuggler to Pistoleer...

First thing you have to realize is that Smuggler only has 1 Fighting tree. (But Pistoleer might as well only have one lol.)

Dirty Fighting Tree:

Feign Death: Not exactly sure what the problem with it is, but all I know about is you get black HAM bars which is NOT supposed to happen.

Panic Shot: Always resisted. NEEDS FIXED

Low Blow: Knockdown that misses almost all the time. The 30 second timer makes it worthless since its DMG is so low

Last Ditch: High HAM costs but a good move.

Just to tell you all. Slicing I and IV are screwed up. (Dont ask) And Underworld is fine.

Note: Smugglers get NO Pistol bonuses...(Like Accuracy, and stuff.)

Pistoleer Moves:

Disarming Shot: Seems to work just fine. Please tell me otherwise. =)

Double Tap: Seems to work just fine.I actually like this shot a lot.

Stopping Shot: Bugged. Not completely worthless, but still needs fixed. (SS info from a BH)

Fan Shot: Great shot, but random HAM.

Point Blank Shots: (Sorry, I do not know anything about these shots. Maybe someone else could fill me in.)

Multi Target Shot: Reports are that it's bugged, but it still is a good shot.

Disarming II:More powerful than Disarming I, but taking the knockdown away makes it much worse...

Body Shot III: BUGGED. Does less DMG than BS2.

Note: You DO get bonuses in the Pistoleer tree. (Though Dodge doesn't work, some do.)

All in all, only you guys can decide, but I really think that they are both in the same boat. (BH gets some cool Pistol moves though.)

Disarming shot I/II=Worthless. Pointblanks=Worthless. Fan shot is pretty good if your just master pistoleer,but then again its random HAM pool so its worthless compared to other classes.Stopping shot is slow at master pistoleer.Then againif you can get the 100+speed from BH, its good because of the sheer damage.BS3=not effective. Double tap.. never really used it much.Somes I wonder why im still a pistoleer.-DP

I think except bounty hunters, most combat professions are in the same boat.

and corrected, that should read:

Pistoleer Moves:

Disarming Shot: Does not work, neither version 1 nor 2. 2 is now 138 action cost with a scout blaster per shot, it's actually worse to use it then to not fire it. Of course, knockdown was removed.

Double Tap: Seems to work just fine, but that's an illusion, perpetrated by the man. You'd be better off using roll shot and kip up shot (They do more damage) in the marksman line, and you'd get a defensive bonus using those, to boot.

Stopping Shot: Bugged. Not completely worthless, but still needs fixed. (SS info from a BH)

Fan Shot: Great shot, but random HAM, and frankly roll/kip up shot do the EXACT same damage. Ouch, and this is a techniques FOUR ability?

Point Blank Shots: (Sorry, I do not know anything about these shots. Maybe someone else could fill me in.)

Yeah, they only work at point blank range, and basically, you guessed it, dont output damage like other specials, and the AOE version only works on 1 target.

Multi Target Shot: Reports are that it's bugged, but even if it works, you'd be better off firing manually, since you can do more DPS yourself.

Disarming II:More powerful than Disarming I, but taking the knockdown away makes it much worse...

Oops, see above disarming.

Body Shot III: BUGGED. Does less DMG than BS2.

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Basically, everything is either out-done by marksman abilities or is bugged and doesn't work correctly.