Pistoleer Archive

Yeah, as stated above. Lowblow/Panic Shot and it's over.

I usually do LD, since at Master Gunfighter the delay doesn't really make a difference - with a quick pistol you can get off just as many Last Ditch Assaults as you could Fanshots.

Fan Shot is actually much more useful if you think about it. Panic shot is an area attack, so anything that wasn't fighting you will be after you use PS, and if you're lucky it'll also be stunned for ten seconds. Hit them with 5 quick fan shots (also an area attack) and all the targets in the cone take full damage. Last Ditch only hits one target, by comparison.

I have panic shot...

It is not area effect. Fanshot is. Fanshot is also random ham. It is fast but a master u can spam body3 for one pool attacks... get em down with whatever and then lay into the body3's...

Panic shot IS AOE.

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Logitition wrote:

I have panic shot...

It is not area effect. Fanshot is. Fanshot is also random ham. It is fast but a master u can spam body3 for one pool attacks... get em down with whatever and then lay into the body3's...

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It sounds like you may meant to compare Last Ditch Assault to Fanshot rather than panic shot. You would be correct, LDA is not AOE while panic shot provides an AOE 10 second delay for all targets within a cone.

Wow, a 10 second dely... I'm so jealous. At master gunfighter all I've got is approximate 2 second knockdown on PMD1 that doesn't always work. If I ever give up CH, I know where my skill points will go.

Tybalt Orion - Master Gunfighter / Master Creature Handler on Valcyn

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RobbPilot wrote:

Wow, a 10 second dely... I'm so jealous.

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The grass is always greener...hehe... When I didn't have any pistoleer, I was basically a novice marksman with a few fancy moves. +40 accuracy +20 pistol speed. Not only did I miss over 60% of my shots (even against something as big as a krayt) I would...fire...very...slowly...

If you do give up CH, smuggler is not a bad choice for a pistoleer. A master pistoleer with the DF line is extremely effective.

for single targets Last Ditch

for a mob of targets Fan Shot oh yeah@@

I did not notice that... good to know..

As a master pistoleer, do you choose to use fanshot since it's faster or do you use last ditch on the smuggler tree? This is a pvp question.

If you use Low Blow + Panic Shot, it won't even matter. I'd prefer Last Ditch since it includes a Stun.

Thanks for the reply everyone. I never knew about panic shot. So, the best combo would be Low blow, Panic Shot, then spam Last Ditch? (These are all under the smuggler tree if no one knows)

As far as the comment goes about bodyshot3, isn't this bugged still? I heard bodyshot2 does more damage. I've yet to still try, and check.

Body Shot 3 has more base damage than Body Shot 2 (so it was never broken), however, with the time delay the DPS ended up being less than BS2 for Pistoleers not at the Master Level.

The Panic Shot Combo is SICK and is pretty much end game, knock 'em down (PMD or Lowblow), hit Panic and Start spamming those Stopping Shots. I was hunting Voritor Grassland Trackers (CON Red to me with Medium Armour) and was hit twice the entire battle. By the time they recover from the 10 Second Delay, the 5 Second downtime and get up, you hit one or two shots then go for the knockdown/Delay again if need be.

At Master Gunfighter, these are very sick additions to our arsenal. I have mixed feelings about these great Pistol specials being on another profession, even if they do fit the smuggler template.