Pistoleer Archive

I have read a lot of posts saying that doge is a waste of skill points, and others saying it helps a lot. Some people have said that the defenses don't do anything and are broken, and others who say they get KDed less with the +50 Defense against KD. What works for you guys? What do you see in PvP? Have you ran any tests on it?

Read my sticky post entitled "Results of Defense Mod Tests" for details. My "Status Update" post also talks about how defenses stack.

my dodge was working the other day while i was unarmed even, dodged a bunch of shots from a novice pistoleer while i was empty handed

Dodge isn't a waste; it's just a question of whether it's working properly or not.

In addition to what Philosopher listed, here's a test the Fencer Correspondent ran:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=fencer&message.id=11313

Then again, here's a thread where Thunderheart basically admitted that the Devs aren't sure what's going on with defenses:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Development&message.id=862648&page=1

So the bottom line - Dodge is working, but nobody's sure whether defenses are working properly (or even what they mean - seriously, what IS +50 Defense Against Knockdown? What does that mean in terms of mathematics?).