Pistoleer Archive

why would you master comando with pistoleer Comando gets no pistol skill mods and the Launcher pistol is weak .. If you were a master comando you may as well forget pistol Flamethrower would be faster stronger and beter.

When was the last time a Pistoleer one shot a AT ST ? Comando with Flamethrower tactics 4 can do it all day long , a master comando can one shot 10 of them at once if they were stacked up perfectly.

Right now there is really no reason to climb the Pistoleer tree. If you want to go Commando you don't need to rely onthe Launcher Pistol anymore, but if you want to youcan just take Novice Pistoleer for HealthShot2 or maybe get a box or two of the speed line.

If you go the BH route, there is no need to get anything from pistoleer aside from three boxes giving you speed bonuses, so you can have +100 pistol speed. None of the Pistoleer specials are useful if you have the BH specials, aside from HealthShot2 in PvE.

So no, there is no point in getting Pistoleer now for PvP.

In PvP pistoleers are near the bottom of the list in damage, so why do we havemoreexp that we have to gain in specializing with one weapon? I was always told "Jack of all trades is a MASTER of NOTHING". What is the advantages to being a pistoleer? I am a master pistoleer/ master ranger so the only thing i don't have that a BH has is 1 and 1/2 tree lines of the marksman skill tree.

Bounty Hunters are able to out damage a Master Pistoleer using a pistol. In a duel a Master pistoleer will lose everytime dueling even a Novice Bounty Hunter, much less one with just the tree of pistols.
I went into the Chat room to talk with the CSR in the room on this issue. He told me that BH's are a elite profession and they should do more damage. I would like to know how a "elite" profession that only has (master marksman 273,000 weapons exp and 30,550 combat exp)(pistol line of BH 1,200,000 pistol exp)1,473,000 total weapons exp and 30,550 combat exp Even has a SMALL chance of winning agains someone that has (marksman line of pistol exp 91,000 and 30,550 combat exp)(master pistoleer 3,675,000 pistol exp and 415,000 combat exp) 3,766,000 pistol exp and 445,550 combat exp!!!

I would like to know the reasoning behind this or if there is a plan on changing these things? I haven't keep up with the boards and not about to speed DAYS reading though all the mess to find the answer:-)

One day when defense works, you'll have better defense.

You can combine melee knockdown with a melee attack (PMD2) and do extra damage to rifle/carbine/hvy weapon/pistol users (50% more from knockdown, and even more from vulnerability to melee, depending on their weapon).

AOE attacks.

Far lower cost, you can actually add smuggler and/or BH pistol to your template, or of course, whatever else you might have wanted. You can master pistoleer and commando, for instance. That's just off the top of my head.

Point being, if you like pistoleer, and want to beat a BH, you CAN, you just have to spend the points to do so.