Pistoleer Archive

Fairly critical as my end game template wants to be PvP focused, and obviously choice of weapon will require some template fiddling as Scatter is available only to BH, Launcher only to Commando.

My initial feeling is a nicely sliced, highest quality Scout will almost always outdo a FWG5 in PvE due to low action costs, but the FWG5 is perferrable in PvP due to the higher damage. Launcher is in serious consideration due to the zero range modifiers (say Hi to all my pistol skills and abilities at 64 meters and no negative mods...), and Scatter pistol is just mean due to the insane damage.

I cannot speak from experience, since I was not beta, and I obvisously do not have the professions to test these all out. Any hard facts to share?

Thanks

I use a Scatter all the time for everything and I gotta say it does its job and then some. I rarely miss because of the wound chance. I can be moving around and still hit my target. Speed is decent on it at 2.7 its been sliced. The only real downfall is the HAM, it requires a lot to use special attacks, other than that its perfect.

Yeah the HAM costs on the scatter pistol are ugly. But the damage is good, and the modifiers at close range are insane. The launcher pistol...nice weapon. Good range modifiers, good wounding chance and decent damage, but best of all when you hit something with it, there's an earthshattering kaboom. I think deep down at a primal level we all just want to be able to inflict earth shattering kabooms. In terms of the scout pistol and the FWG5. I hold both weapons in high regard, I think in this case it comes down to a matter of the crafter who makes them, and how much emphasis the player prefers to have in speed over damage.

Which is why I keep a fast Scout and a powerful FWG5. Scout for mobs and NPC's and the other for PvP.

Well, the Scatter pistols I've seen have about 10 or 15 lower damage and the same speed as my launcher pistol:

Most I've seen are in the 90-130 range, which is nice for consistent damage. My Launher is 53-210, and the average is 20 points higher, and both are the same speed.

That said, both are nice weapons. I wish I had enough points left to get both of em, but I'd be short, even if I only got novice commando for the launcher pistol, lol