Pistoleer Archive

ok, i know a lot of you have been reading these boards and the strat guide, and i keep seeing a lot of people dissing the DX2. please allow me to explain why this pistol is special, and why it is nearly the best.

yes, if you look at the stats it gives in the strat guide it does not look very special, especially when stacked up against the fwg5. how ever there are a few points you are missing.

1. dx2 stacks very closely to the scout blaster according to the guide, and we all know how well those have been experimented into some VERY fine weapons. given a little time it will be the same with the DX2.

2. as discussed in other threads here the fwg5 is heat damage and the dx2 is acid damage. acid resist is MUCH harder to come by when compared to heat. this alone puts it ahead of the fwg5.

3. The BIGGEST point that everyone seems to be missing... (now i am going to refference the strat guide for this, and we all know how accurate they can be //sigh//) however ... based on the guide...

all weapons and all armor have an associated "ARMOR RATING" (AR). the way these 2 values interact is VERY important.

there are 4 values for AR, 0-3, zero being the least and 3 being the greatest.

when a weapon attacks a piece of armor a calculation is done using the opposing AR values...

when the weapons AR is the greater of the 2 the weapon does +25%MORE dmg for every lvlHIGHER it is... (ex. weapon WAR 1 ---> armor AAR 0 ... if 100 dmg was to be done the weapon would do 125 dmg.)

when the armors AR is the greater of the 2 the weapon does 50% LESS dmg for every level LOWER it is...

(ex. weapon WAR 0 ---> armor AAR 2 ... if 100 dmg was to be done the weapon would do 25 dmg ... 100/2=50/2=25)

the guide states that ALL PC MADE armor is AR 1. and MOB AR ranges from 0-3.

ok... you are now saying "SO WHAT ?!?! " ... here is what...

the DX2 is the ONLY PISTOL that has an AR of 1. (the scatter pistol may also, but it isn't listed in the guide, and neither is the commando launcher pistol) ALL others have an AR of 0 (zero) including scout blaster and fwg5.

this means that in PVP you are guaranteed to do 50% GREATER dmg against players wearing armor (because you no longer suffer the -50% dmg penalty "AR 1 ---> AR 1") and you will do 25% Greater dmg to non-armored combatants (because you will gaing a +25% dmg bonus "AR 1 ---> AR 0"

this is what really makes the difference when looking at the best pistols.

as i said this is all from the guide, so if it is wrong, i'm sorry, and if i have made a mistake, i appologize. however this all makes sense if you try to figure out why the DX2 seems to have so-so stats. it's greatest benefit is it's AR lvl.

hope this was a help for you all. have a great day.

And it shoots green bolts

I think the guide is wrong. That AR rating of weapons existed in early beta, but was taken out.

nope, false, ive been testing it all day, the dx2 does not do more dmg vs armor rating 0 mobs, have yet to see if it makes a difference on anything higher yet...

You might want to recheck that. My strat guide says the only pistol with 1AR is the SR Combat Pistol.