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The only ranged weapon in game that does Kinetic damage is the striker pistol which is a cert under marksman, mind you the stats are not too great might want to see if you can get some spider fangs or other Projectile feed Mech. enhancement for a WS to add to the pistol in creation otherwise it is really sad hehe... but what other choice do you have other than bringing a melee friend with you on the Hunt...

Thank you. I'll get started on getting the materials.

oh yeah forgot to mention it has 0 Armor piercing ability... so Vs. a Night sister that has at least Medium armor ...it will be really tough to do some noticeable damage if you are alone hehe

I thought the DEV's said there won't be a ranged weapon dealing kinetic dmg, never ever. The Striker Pistol does Stun damage.

(I know there were few kinetic ranged but since those were taken out...)

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Cphyr wrote:
I thought the DEV's said there won't be a ranged weapon dealing kinetic dmg, never ever. The Striker Pistol does Stun damage.

(I know there were few kinetic ranged but since those were taken out...)

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Striker is kinetic.

The ranged/kinetic thing came up because the riflemen have been asking why the damage type on the Tusken rifle was stealth-nerfed in August. The devs said it was never kinetic, but most people who were around back then don't believe that.

The Lithitanium rifle, added in patch 7 or 8, is described in the /examine text as an exact replica of the Tusken rifle. It was kinetic damage for like two days, then stealth nerfed to energy. The devs couldn't say it was never changed, so they made up the "protected melee damage type" crap to explain it and then ignored the rest of the thread where everyone asked why two rifles have been broken and they never do anything to the striker pistol.

Striker Pistol does Kinetic damage, Tangle Pistol, Geo Sonic Blaster, and Jawa Ion Rifle do Stun damage

Hope this helps

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Cphyr wrote:
I thought the DEV's said there won't be a ranged weapon dealing kinetic dmg, never ever. The Striker Pistol does Stun damage.

(I know there were few kinetic ranged but since those were taken out...)

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The Striker pistol does Kinetic Damge.

Ironic thing is that in RL all firearms are kinetic basically. Even with fangs and nym's toys my striker pistols are still garbage even with really good enhancers 190 max damage is useless for a pistol against any nightsister and that is speaking from experience. Only good you will do with a striker against a ns ranger is drop her as she walks away from your tkm friendwho just got done beating the crap out of her, seriously. I field tested 2 strikers with my pistoleer, both made with themepark scopes, barrels, and a variation of one with fang at 41 max, and a nym hyper feed at 20, both sliced and sporting 32/16 max/min power ups. Only thing either pistol did was put a nice bleed and hit for maybe 100 with overcharge 2. I am also on Nartius if that makes any difference.

Kadian

Sigs are stoopid

To the MBH I feal the pain, but you should pay attention to all your certs. Use your traps they can do a world of good. Also your first shot out of the block should be spray. Unless you chose to start it off with a laser rifle. I have noticed about the only way for a master bounty hunter to take down these things. Is to use all the weapons you can. Apply states as quickly as possible spray burn bleed burst run trap and then flip over to the striker. If you start this all at a good distance you can usually outpace anything in the game. Accept for a few things like hurtons.

Though I have found that useing the striker is pretty much a waste of time. I usually go with the llc. Sure they are highly resist, but a llc does alot of damage anyway. Asside from the fact that it is good at long range.

The striker has not been nerfed because it is plain and simple a horrid weapon. Though I have found that with a loot barrel and projectile feed enhancement. Its a very manageable gun. Just be sure to get it sliced.

Correct me if I am wrong ... but i thought that "traps" from the master scout tree could only be used on Animals, not Npc's like Night sister Rangers mentioned above but yes i agree using a MBH to put the burn/bleed/dizzy/kd (try to kd hehe) and then bust out the striker pistol....is very effective... also having a Melee friend along helps tremendously hehe...my 2 credits

Thank you everyone. I have been looking for a striker pistol, that would do "any" damage and have come up short. The only way to fight s NS is to have a strong Brawler along for the ride. Keep him healed and blast away with state change and fire. LLC does nothing against a NS Ranger. I chased one for miles (meters) trying to finished her off. Her health bar showed 1039 left before "death". My combat window showed me hitting for 900 to 4077 (with lightening cone II) andher bar DID NOT move. I ran back to help my buddies, she poped back up and the Bawler in the group took her out. A Master Bounty Hunter/Pistoleer 0-0-3-0/Novice Medic simply cannot brawl, and cannot take out even a badly wounded NS Ranger.

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Cphyr wrote:
I thought the DEV's said there won't be a ranged weapon dealing kinetic dmg, never ever. The Striker Pistol does Stun damage.

(I know there were few kinetic ranged but since those were taken out...)

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Sorry, fella, but I know for a fact that the striker does Kinetic.

I think what they said is they would punish riflemen by never giving them kinetic.