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hello everyone!! [=

I just have a Q's about the speed cap on pistols!!what is the speed cap??

reason why I ask is that alot of people are flaming my posts about 0.7 speed FGW5's that I'm trying to auction....but all I am getting is that a 0.7 61-261 is a crap gun..cause that speed cap as they say is at 1.0 secs!! I myself dont believe that.. why is because I have a 0.1 speed launcher pistol that is sooo fast that I have to make a crazy macro in order to shoot this lol... anyways Can anyone confirm that this 1.0 sec Cap is true????

Yes, the fastest any weapon can recharge is 1.0 s

Masta, the cap is 1.0 - however, since special attacks usually take longer (I believe Last Ditch for Smugglers is 1/6th normal speed - sloowwwww), it may seem that you're shooting insanely fast compared to normal, and you are - you're shooting at 1.0 with special attacks (Expert Bounty Hunters regularly see this effect, as they are the fastest pistol-usersin the game)

Pistol users will fire the specials faster.

Using normal shots, this weapon would only shoot for 1.0.

However, no one uses normal shots, everyone uses specials.

Someone with Pistols IV wouldn't hit their full potential unless they were using a 0.7 speed gun, using Body Shot 2, because Body Shot 2 has an added speed modifier. If that gun were 0.8 or slower, they would not be hitting the speed cap of 1.0 while using specials.

The speed modifier is even higher when you use Stopping Shot and Fan Shot.

Unfortunately, a Master Pistoleer would not really benefit from this gun, since they have very high speed bonuses. For example, a 1.8 speedpistol would hit the speed cap of 1.0 when firing Body Shot 2. However, when firing Fan Shot, the gun would only fire at 1.1 and for Stopping Shot, 1.9, because they add large speed penalties. So obviously, this is not a good gun for Master Pistoleers. But it is a great Smuggler gun, as they don't have as many speed bonuses, and pretty decent for Novice Pistoleers who don't intend to Master the profession.