Pistoleer Archive

I'm a TKM/smuggler/pistoleer, and I agree that it is much faster to take out creature lairs with melee than it is with pistols. It doesn't seem Star Warsy at all thatit is much betterto punch a rancor to death, rather than trying to shoot it from a distance. Then again, in Star Wars you didn't see 99% of the population running around in full composite armor while drunk and stimmed?

As for your question, I think the reason that pistoleer DPS is so slow is because we're supposed to be a defensive profession (like fencer). The difference is, in a one on oneduel vs. a class with a high DPS/supposedly low defense class like rifleman, the high DPS class will have a big advantage. The assumption is, that this will be fixed during the "combat balance". (shrug)

I think still Pistoleer is underpowered and carbineer too!

If you ask me, it should be like this:

Pistoleers: Best defenses for Ranged prof in the game! These fighters have bad acuracy, but beyond insane speed which both makes up for their lack of power or acuracy! The pistoleer is more of a defensive support class, which can let the enemy fire be concentrated oN!

Carbineers: The standard assault troopers! Armed with mid ranged weapons, these fighters have medium acuracy, medium damage and medium speed! They are the generic soldier in all armies! The cannonfooder!

Rifles: These sniper kind of troopers have the games best acuracy and DPS, but very very slow and very valnurable, makes them easy targets, because of their low defenses.. But while in secret and cover, they are deadly!

Bounty hunters: Bounty hunters have a great deal of tactics.. They are agressive fighters but does not have the thougness of a soldier.. They do large amounts of damage, very fast and are acuracte - But they dont hold very long, though they go down with a big glorious bang!

Commandos: The antivehicle people are insane! They have extreme damage, which can even even beat rifleman, but they are almost as slow as rifleman, and has the games worst acuracy! They are the bigtroopers! medium defenses, and heavy guns. Everything from bigE-Web machineguns to flamethrowers andlarge stationariedmachineguns, aswell as heavy weapon like rocket launcher!

smuggler: The stealth bunch! Low defenses... low acuracy! But unlike their pistoleer counter-parts they have much fewer tactics.. though theycan gamle verysuccesfully with their life, or very unsusccesfully.. In arange of last use of tactics attacks, which can make them very deadly and a very easy target. though not operated for the field, they are excellent stealth characters or"Rouges".. Which can use dirty fighting and fake deathtactics! cheap buteffective!

Thats how i see them... Dont know where i would put Squad Leader though, or combat medic

-Jenky