Pistoleer Archive
Thread: Will Pistoleer be for me after the CU?
dehumaniz wrote:
Its still hard to say. But I think in the beining all proffesions will be able to solo NPCs that are even to them. But as they go up , and NPCs get tougher I dont think anyone will be able to solo them (ie: rancor, krayts, nightsisters). I think the idea was to make all proffessions need one another to survive and win high lvl encounters.
You should always be able to solo mobs yellow con and lower... yellow if you're good and know your prof, white and lower for pretty much anyone with a heartbeat. It's currently possible on live right now to solo multiple red cons with no armor or buff as a pistoleer. I expect that to change for everyone after the CU, but the AOE attacks and defense of Pistoleer in it's current incarnation are good enough to solo places like Dant and Yavin pretty well even unbuffed.
Of course, till we see the profession skills tonight for each individual profession, it's going to be hard to say. But remember, the offensive rating is a mid-line estimate. There's always room for exceptionally well made or looted weapons that can bump any profession's damage output up a notch. For instance, I don't think I'd be able to do nearly as much as I can now without my Krayt scatter, using just a base weapon.
If you've noticed, in the CU profesison docs, each profession has been allocated 9 points split between offense, defense, and crowd control. So the basic assumption is that each combat profession will be just as powerful as the next, but in a different way. Pistoleers and Carbineers might find it more to their skills to fight several mobs at a time, whereas riflemen and swordsmen might find it more beneficial to attack single targets.