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Carbiner vs Pistoleer w/ MBH...Discuss!Follow

#1 Jun 27 2005 at 10:21 PM Rating: Decent
I am at a critical junction in my SWG experience. I have achieved novice Bounty Hunter and am well on my way to getting Master, now I need to choose which elite weapons prof to take...Pistoleer or Carbiner? I would go Master in either.

I've talked to several different MBH's with a 50/50 split on which is better, so now I ask you forum users to give me your input on the strength and weaknesses of both elite professions.

Thanks for your time.
#2 Jun 28 2005 at 6:57 AM Rating: Decent
I have MBH with master pistoleer and I'm also using the rest of my skill points to level as far up carbineer as I can. Master pistoleer works well with MBH as it helps your use of the scatter pistol.
#3 Jun 28 2005 at 7:59 AM Rating: Decent
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I went carb for only 3 days at curb and didnt like it! Just was not enough to help hunt jedi IMO! Im pistoleer and love it. It just fits me better!
#4 Jun 29 2005 at 1:17 AM Rating: Decent
why not consider Master rifles. You get 65m range attack and nuke attack with sniper shot. you can usually do well in a fight with a jedi if you keep him off of you. and now that saber throw doesnt knock you down anymore you dont have to worry about being on your butt while he catches up to you.
#5 Jun 29 2005 at 3:31 AM Rating: Decent
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Go with the pistoleer, carb is mainly to agro all the mobs around you with AoE attacks. Pistoleer is all about doing large amounts of damage to a single target as fast as posible. Also root it a bit more useful then snare against jedi.
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#6 Jun 29 2005 at 4:51 AM Rating: Decent
saber throw 3 does still KD :) need to be master sabers to get it tho :)
#7 Jun 29 2005 at 8:27 AM Rating: Decent
The new pistols have pretty much the same Max Damage as a carbine, and the speed is a lot faster. You're DPS as a Pistoleer is MUCH higher than Carbineer.
#8 Jun 29 2005 at 9:13 AM Rating: Decent
I rate pistoleer over carbineer in conjunction with mbh. Stopping shot is great for rooting them, your defences are higher, and your attacks speed up. The only thing is that it might take a while to kill the jedi, but staying defensive with blinds, disarm shots, roots and knockdowns, you can keep them away from you while they run down on force points. Once they can't heal themselves, and they try to run, root them knock them down and finish them.

The only advantage that carbineer has over pistoleer is the higher damage, which isn't all that much really.

I personally prefer rifleman for the big damages. I have pistoleer to fall back on if the initial sniping shot fails, and when I have them at 50m+ range with the ability to knockdown, root, and the rest the jedi find themselves in big trouble. Get some doc in if you can to heal yourself and you'll outlast the jedi easily. (I only go up to investigation three in the bh tree, so I have some extra skill boxes to float about.)
#9 Jul 01 2005 at 6:15 AM Rating: Decent
Sweet, thanks for all of the good info, folks!
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