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Thread: Why is FanShot loved so much??

Hattrix
Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:24 am
#1
I finally got it hoping to see awesome damage hits and its only about as good as BodyShot2? LastDitch hits the hardest for me.


Whats the deal with FanShot? Why should I use it?
Ananais2
Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:14 am
#2
i was a bit disapointed with fan shot aswell, not so much the damage, as it shoots pretty fast, but it almost never hits more than 1 target for me, unless i have someone else tanking in which case it is usefull, but then i have DF 4 aswell which just has better specials.
MachineZed
Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:19 am
#3

There are a couple of reasons. It is faster than Bodyshot, it has a AoE. Which alone makes it better than bodyshot.


As for the Last Ditch, that is a Smuggler skill, which is better than any Pistoleer Special





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Hawaii5_o
Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:23 am
#4
Fanshot always hit for several hundred more than BS2 for me. Once I got it I was consistently hitting for 1200 or more. BS2 never does that.



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Tearis-Lee
Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:24 am
#5
I never have an issuehitting multiple targets with fanshot.. I find getting to the max range of your pistol you can hit a good number of attacking opponets. One thing i have noticed is when attacking a group of creatuers named the same it would appear that you are only hitting one multiple times, but paying attention to the ham on the others you should notice that you are infact hitting more then one at a time. They are just named the same. Pointblank range i almost never hit multiple targets. Hence the cone AE.. You need to kite if you are not doing so.. That is my experince.. correct me if i seem wrong...



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Ananais2
Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:33 am
#6

i tried kiteing useing fanshot a few times, personaly i found while im useing it and running to get mobs into my cone of fire it tends to miss to much, and basicaly took 2x as long as just killing them one ot a time did, especialy with a combo of low blow and health shot 2 (i find it the best pistoleer special nowadays, sad its a novice one lol) or if im feeling lucky and land 2 last ditches in the same pool... well that works pretty well


on the other hand if someone else is tanking i tend to use it more, but still it sometimes just seems even despite its speed i do more damage with my usual combo, (health shot 2 seems to be about as fast as fanshot anyways) guess it comes down to personal preferance at the end of the day heh.


DoctorGriggs
Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:48 am
#7
If you get a good krayt-enhanced modified republic blaster (bleeds targets) fanshot is a LOT of fun Nothing like bleeding a whole mob with one hit hehe



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Mapai
Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:16 am
#8
I have not been impressed so far with fanshot either, when I do it, it doesnt do as much damage as stopping shot and just drags aggro of every creature in the area on you, and maybe I am bugged but I dont seem to do much damage other than the creature I am targeting.



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Hawaii5_o
Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:28 am
#9




Mapai wrote:
I have not been impressed so far with fanshot either, when I do it, it doesnt do as much damage as stopping shot and just drags aggro of every creature in the area on you, and maybe I am bugged but I dont seem to do much damage other than the creature I am targeting.





You're correct. Fanshot does not do as much damage as Stoppingshot and is not supposed to. Once you climb the Pistoleer tree and get to master you'll find that Fanshot becomes extremely more effective. You'll be able to easily take on groups of Stormtroopers at once, not to mention a lot of other mobs.



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ouselyd
Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:51 am
#10

I LOVE FANSHOT!!!!


I ran into a nest of PC Imperials.... about 15 or so of em, only a few overts and alot of GTEFers.... Anyway long story short, my DX2 1.9 157-292 wasted em all with fanshot... Most of em weren't buffed or armored, but the point is FANSHOT saved my butt bigtime... If we only had a ranged DB then all their faction would have been mine too



OryxHoth
Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:16 pm
#11
Fanshot is awesome.

Yesterday I killed 12 spiders in one shot at the Spiderclan Cave on Dathomir. No other shot will do that.

Lairs are a breeze -- just start shooting the lair and watch every creature that pops out drop to the ground.



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Dayton_Hawken
Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:23 pm
#12
maybe its just me, but I seem to do equal if not slightly more damage with fanshot than with stopping shot. and the AOE makes lairs a breeze. And this isnt just as a master. As soon as i got fanshot, it was doing equal damage and was faster than stopping shot. Since I got master, i seem to fanshot maybe .5 seconds faster than stopping shot.



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vonbraat
Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:25 pm
#13
ahem



and there was much rejoicing...
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