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Pistoleer or Rifleman.

Mainly looking to enter high lvl dungeons such as DWB and CCV, some light PvP, but this is focus is PvE.

Rifleman. Pistoleer have a lack of AP weapons, but good defense vs. States and added dodge, so it's really up to you, but I'd say rifleman.

I'd pick Rifleman hands down. The defenses from pistoleer are good, but when it comes down to the line they aren't gonna save you. As a former pistoleer, I can tell you that it is completely worthless in PvP and high end PvE. Rifleman will let you use the Jaawa Ion Rifle to cut through armor in PvP and the T-21 is arguably the best weapon for PvE and the only weapon that is AP3.

With Pistoleer / TKM you will have:

Def. vs. KD - 70

Def. vs. Blind - 50

Def. vs. Stun - 55

Def. vs. Dizzy - 45

Def. vs. Pos. Change - 50

Melee Def. - 107

Ranged Def. - 52

Def. vs. KD - 20

Def. vs. Blind - 20

Def. vs. Stun- 25

Def. vs. Dizzy - 15

Def. vs. Pos. Change - 60

Melee Def. - 102

Ranged Def. - 117

As you can see the Def. vs. ?? is better w/Pistoleer, but ultimately you are still gonna be Stun/Dizzy/Blind...it'll just take a few more tries for your opponent to make them stick. You also have very low Ranged Defense, which is one of the biggest problems here. You do have +105 Dodge which is good for PvE, but in PvP it's pretty useless against anyone that can intimidate you.

As a Rifleman you will get hit less and less by ranged attacks because of your high ranged defense and that can't be stopped with intimidate or anything. That more than makes up for the lack of Defense vs. ?? in my opinion. And again, the T-21 is an uber weapon for PvE.

Correction....T-21 is the only non-consumable weapon that is AP3, Sorry.

If this is mainly for high level dungeons, then defintiely go rifles. The defensive bonuses of pistoleer are nice,but high level mobs in those dungeons have such powerful to hit bonuses that you will just get hit anyway. Really, at high PvE levels, the only defensive bonus that has a significant impact is toughness.

So, knowing that, you are better off with rifles since offensively you will be very effective in those dungeons.

Now, if this were mostly a pure PvP build, I might say pistoleer since the defense bonuses *are* nice in that situation. But for high level PvE and some PvP? Rifles are the better choice at the moment.

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I dont know aircake with master pistols you dont get hit alot in geo

id have to say rifleman, with the pistol tech tree for the defences. and alittle of medic.

Thanks for the replies guys.

The purpose is mainly for the high lvl pve dungeons. It seems like a resounding rifleman and after seeing the breakdown, I understand why.