Please read and respond to my other thread!
Well I hate to say, but pistoleers the galaxy over are getting their asses handed to them by stronger classes like the lame Cm/Rifleman combo that seems to be all the rage now. So I want this thread to be where all pistoleers, regardless of other classes they have with it, to be able to come in and share succesful pvp combat strats and ideas to use before the combat revamp. My only requirements is that hopefully anyone posting would be primarily a pistoleer in pvp. Lets start, shall we?
1) We can't hit the mind pool all the time with an attack. BHs can so that isnt an issue for Bh/pistoleers however the rest of us are left in the cold against such things as the Rifleman.
2)Rifleman (again) have jawa ion rifles which do stun damage. The big deal is that they are (AP 1) which means they cut through our stun composite pretty fast, and our geos and tangles really cant to a damn thing about it.
3) Our most useful specials really aren't that broken (body shot 3 is NOT broken) but really arent as strong as they need to be. Case and point: Body shot 3, while not broken, does less damage per hit than health shot 2! Often times we have to take up other combat classes to just fair decently in pvp.
4) Many people are now doctors in pvp to stack along with their class. This means they can heal state changes, themselves, poisen, fire all in the midst of combat. Since we hit the health pool which is easily stim packed, were at a disadvantage.
5) I just realized we don't really have any state changing attacks. No dizzy/kds, no stun, nothing useful I can think of off the top of my head, anyone?
6) What else?
Heres what I am: Master pistoleer/master smuggler/fencer 0440. That means I have uber defenses, very high anti- kd and dizzy (great for vs the TKAs), melee mitigation 2, ranged mit 3, 5 stacking health bleeds (1 from a mod. republic blaster) and body hit 3, which is a very powerful melee attack to the health pool.
What can I do now to be succesful in pvp?
Now that the lowblow/panic shot has been nerfed, maybe one of my only good advantages, what can I?
I usually end up in longer battles between buffed opponents (being buffed myself): like to bleed with as many of my bleeds as I can, and then use my geo pistol and low blow/last ditch to kill the enemies since last ditch is such a powerful attack pet hit. If their health pool is getting weak I use body shot 3 (though now I think I will start using health shot 2).
Is doubletap/ fanshot worth using in pvp?
I'm not a bh, I can't spam eye shot so what should I do?
Cmon fellow gunfighters, lets figure out a way to win!