Why is the pistol so bad

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Posted by: Gasoline.2570

Gasoline.2570

main hand pistol skills, they’re bad. Why? People keep complaining about stealth thiefs and whatnot but I wouldn’t even mind some nerfs on daggers if our pistol skills were improved. God theyre so bad! I don’t understand why!

The pistol bleed is short and dps is low while, say warrior, rifle bleed is long and dps higher – and it takes about the same time to fire both.. wat

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Posted by: Excalibur.9748

Excalibur.9748

and warrior rifle is longer range as well. it’s like 1500 range about double the range.

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Posted by: eldain stenlund.4306

eldain stenlund.4306

main hand pistol skills, they’re bad. Why? People keep complaining about stealth thiefs and whatnot but I wouldn’t even mind some nerfs on daggers if our pistol skills were improved. God theyre so bad! I don’t understand why!

The pistol bleed is short and dps is low while, say warrior, rifle bleed is long and dps higher – and it takes about the same time to fire both.. wat

Rifle warriors shoot better than rangers… go figure…
Is it wrong ?? ye.

Rangers should have warriors killshot ability also if you ask me.

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Posted by: Einlanzer.1627

Einlanzer.1627

Yeah, there’s always been something off with Vital Shot. No matter what anyone says, it’s the main reason P/P and P/D struggle so much. It needs a significant reduction to its aftercast delay or a significant buff to its offensive specs.

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Posted by: Einlanzer.1627

Einlanzer.1627

main hand pistol skills, they’re bad. Why? People keep complaining about stealth thiefs and whatnot but I wouldn’t even mind some nerfs on daggers if our pistol skills were improved. God theyre so bad! I don’t understand why!

The pistol bleed is short and dps is low while, say warrior, rifle bleed is long and dps higher – and it takes about the same time to fire both.. wat

Rifle warriors shoot better than rangers… go figure…
Is it wrong ?? ye.

Rangers should have warriors killshot ability also if you ask me.

Ranger doesn’t refer to ranged weapons, it refers to roaming ranges of land. While Rangers are supposed to be good with ranged weapons, it’s not meant to be exclusive to them. That said, the Longbow needs some fixing about as bad as a the Pistol does. In both cases, it’s mostly an issue with poor DPS on the autoattack.

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Posted by: Penguin.5197

Penguin.5197

Pistol bleed is short? I’ll trade your vital shot for my explosive shot any day!

Anyways it seems a little weird to compare a pistol to a rifle..they aren’t quite the same, like comparing a hammer to a gs

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Posted by: frans.8092

frans.8092

main hand pistol skills, they’re bad. Why? People keep complaining about stealth thiefs and …

Still, P/D can go anywhere in PvE, and win, and can defeat lots of players in WvW.

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Posted by: Einlanzer.1627

Einlanzer.1627

Pistol bleed is short? I’ll trade your vital shot for my explosive shot any day!

Anyways it seems a little weird to compare a pistol to a rifle..they aren’t quite the same, like comparing a hammer to a gs

Explosive shot has a short bleed because it explodes and does more damage. However, it seems that the same aftercast problem affects both skills, probably equally, making them both weaker than they should be.

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Posted by: Blaine Tog.8304

Blaine Tog.8304

The Mainhand pistol is just poorly designed. Fighting a P/X thief sucks (it’s just constant pressure) and playing one is boooooring.

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Posted by: Einlanzer.1627

Einlanzer.1627

People comparing Rifle Warrior favorably to P/x and Rangers… am I reading this thread from Mars?

Rifle warrior is unquestionably better than Pistol Thief, sorry to burst your bubble. There’s not even any room for debate. It does better burst, better bleed, better utility, and better mobility all from better range.

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Posted by: Einlanzer.1627

Einlanzer.1627

People comparing Rifle Warrior favorably to P/x and Rangers… am I reading this thread from Mars?

Rifle warrior is unquestionably better than Pistol Thief, sorry to burst your bubble. There’s not even any room for debate. It does better burst, better bleed, better utility, and better mobility all from better range.

Am I to take it that’s why everyone’s running terror Rifle Warriors in WvW?

Because Rifles aren’t particularly good WvW weapon just like Pistols aren’t. Rifles also get piercing though, which is much better than Ricochet. Like I said, there’s no room for debate.

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Posted by: Einlanzer.1627

Einlanzer.1627

People comparing Rifle Warrior favorably to P/x and Rangers… am I reading this thread from Mars?

Rifle warrior is unquestionably better than Pistol Thief, sorry to burst your bubble. There’s not even any room for debate. It does better burst, better bleed, better utility, and better mobility all from better range.

Am I to take it that’s why everyone’s running terror Rifle Warriors in WvW?

Because Rifles aren’t particularly good WvW weapon just like Pistols aren’t. Rifles also get piercing though, which is much better than Ricochet. Like I said, there’s no room for debate.

Have you actually played a Rifle Warrior or are you just reading tooltips from the GW2 encyclopedia?

Yes- Thief and Warrior are my two primary characters.