Pistoleer Archive
Thread: Anyway to reduce KD effectiveness?
Some ideas from experienced pvp's please.
Q1 - Is there any way to reduce the chance a knock down occurs? Armor? Skill tapers? Stay on the move? Be far away? Stay up close to him? What? I'm tired of laying on the floor for 30 seconds as my opponent shoots holes through my prized armor.
Q2 - Once knocked down is there some way of getting up sooner? i.e. repeated trying to stand, being buffed, dancing up and down on my keyboard 
what? OR are you on a 30 second timer PERIOD?
Thanks folks
Q1 - You can get Def vs Knockdown skill tapes and skill plate (these will work soon) for your clothes and armor.
Q2 - There is a certain method on getting up from KD and dizzy. It's all about timing.
Q1: get pistol tech IV and dabble in TKA for the KD resists
Q2: just dont get KDed in the first place 
Odd answer, since neither Commandos nor Bounty Hunters get any defense vs. KD. Commandos don't even get a KD of their own. I believe Fencers have the highest Defense vs. KD skillmod.
Regardless, the best way to counter KD is to have one of your own. Luckily, Pistoleer gives you a whole bunch of skillpoints left over to do with as you please.
Be a commando, bounty hunter or teras kasi. Don't be a pistoleer. Note that by becoming one of these other professions, you will not only be able to resist knockdowns, but you will also have working knockdown/state change specials.
As a pistoleer you will have to make do with the memory of a working knockdown (PMD1 now castrated), the hope of a fixed one (PMD2), and the cold realityof inferior resists in comparision to the combat professions.
I really enjoy being a pistoleer, but all we seem designed to do is pump out a decent amount of random HAM damage in a short amount of time. Our only real defense is running around like decapitated chickens while we are being shot at... and it does work fairly well. If you get into the sights of a master anything you will probably end up on your back pretty quickly, unless you can deplete his/her HAM bar the hard wayeven morequickly.
Tybalt Orion - Master Pistoleer/Master Creature Handler on Valcyn