Pistoleer Archive

for me the higher the damage the better, right now geos are the only way for PvP and republics or De-10 for PvE. We need super high damage and i would sacrifice speed and HAM costs for higher damage. Everything must be Krayted.

At master pistoleer/bh pistols 4/Dirty fighting 4/novice commando, my pistols of choice are Scatter/Launcher/FGW5/Geo sonic/and the Modified Republic all with high damage. The only problems ive seen so far in the tangles are the low dam. Most of the ones on corbantis seem to max around 108.

The DX2 was a personal favorite with the ap and acid damage, but there seems to be a dire shortage in decent titanium aluminum.

With this build im always buffed before going out, therefore, HAM cost isn't an issue. If you are going for low prices then id gladly buy low condition weapons if you had to sacrifice that to increase the damage. The only time condition comes into play for me is when im buying highly enhanced weapons.

Im very interested in seeing your results. Thanks for asking our opinions.


Best of luck to you

One thing I've noticed about Republic blasters is that their range seems to be bugged. At close range, they suffer a huge penalty, but at maximum distance it seems that they don't have any penalty at all. While this is obviously beneficial for ranged firefights, it sucks when you're fighting monsters. Is there any way that you could fiddle with the ranged mods, perhaps with a scope or something of the sort? I don't know much about weaponsmithing, so I don't know if this is possible, but if it was, I'd definitely buy one.
By the way, I'm a master smuggler on Wanderhome, so if you're ever interested in selling pre-sliced weaponry, send me a tell or a g-mail. The name's Naelale.

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OrionSeven wrote:

So, mostly damage, as far as I can see.

That's a tough one, though. Most Master WS put all their experimentation points into damage as it is. And popular Krayt tissue enhancements are always damage.

As far as I can tell, Pistoleers are already the fastest of the ranged professions. I'm not sure about how the specials work on Pistols (since I've never been a pistoleer) but i do know there are more defenses with a pistol than any other ranged weapon.

With Stun comp being so popular, I think the best effect I can have (so far.. still brainstorming) is to make Tangle Pistols (a stun weapon) more powerful.

Geonosian Sonic Blasters are widely popular. With any luck, I can do my best to pull off a Tangle Pistol with damage that can rival a Scatter, Scout, or FWG5. This would open stun weapons up to people who can't afford a geonosian. If the popularity of the Tangle Pistol increases, perhaps the prices of Geonosian Blasters might go down. In which case even the Geonosian blaster (with any luck) would be more accessible to more pistoleers.

I'll run some tests, and see what I can do, okay?

Keep the input coming!! And thanks for your help!!

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pistoleers are not even close to being the fastest ranged weapon class. We get +74 to speed at master, whereas riflemen get +90. After 90, the difference in 1 more point of speed is huge, so that to fire a T21 at cap you only need like +5 or so to speed, whereas to fire a DE-10 w/ spd of 3.5 at the cap, a pistoleer needs +20 to speed, which would cost a huge amount of credits in an attachment, or would reqcuire the pistoleer to pick up BH pistols line. Many ppl do pick it up, but not all of us. I'm another rather common pistols build, Master Pistoleer/Master Smuggler/Teras Kasi Master.

The guns I use the most are my republic blaster, geo blaster, DX2.

I also have a DE-10 but don't use it too often due to a lack of speed mods. I have an FWG5, but its lack of AP makes it so I hardly use it.