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Thread: Pistols and TKA
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Makris
Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:12 pm
#1
Master Smuggler/TKM here.
I noticed that when I equipmy pistol, even after I COB, my defenses go down on my character sheet. I'm assuming that's as designed right?
ga1352
Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:01 pm
#2
yeah b/c u lose the unarmed def mods. which are higher than the pistol def mods.
Iawo
Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:03 pm
#3
CoB still matters, trust me. When fighting something nasty, I'll make sure I refresh COB, then pop my pistol out and land restraining shot and low blow real fast, then switch back. It works, it just takes some practice. You won't be able to get very high healing abilities with this template, but you can still pick up the 0040 swords line for extra defense and advanced armor break. The head hit attack is kind of nice as well. I usually cycle between head hit and combo attack, and reland states and the basic bleed as necessary. Just make sure you activate CoB right before you pull a pistol, because with +500 defense it won't hurt as much only having 50 pistol defense. Also having CoB run out while you are holding a pistol is like running up to an ancient krayt with a ranged weapon out. You don't want that to happen.
Makris
Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:41 am
#4
Iawo wrote:
CoB still matters, trust me. When fighting something nasty, I'll make sure I refresh COB, then pop my pistol out and land restraining shot and low blow real fast, then switch back. It works, it just takes some practice. You won't be able to get very high healing abilities with this template, but you can still pick up the 0040 swords line for extra defense and advanced armor break. The head hit attack is kind of nice as well. I usually cycle between head hit and combo attack, and reland states and the basic bleed as necessary. Just make sure you activate CoB right before you pull a pistol, because with +500 defense it won't hurt as much only having 50 pistol defense. Also having CoB run out while you are holding a pistol is like running up to an ancient krayt with a ranged weapon out. You don't want that to happen.
So do you put on armor when you use the pistol?
Iawo
Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:22 am
#5
No, armor would be worse than my TKM innate, which still works. Only thing that changes is that my 75 unarmed defense gets replaced with 40 pistol defense for a few seconds.
Oh, and by the way, defenses added from active skills don't show on the character sheet.
Message Edited by Iawo on 08-10-2005 07:24 AM
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