So what about pistol mainhand

[vardeleanu.8972]

With the new expansion Rifle is becoming baseline to theif.
Even without the stealth from the deadeye trait, rifle is still 2 times better than pistol ever was ( 3 times if kneeled ).

Can thief pistols finally get the buffs we've been asking for years now ? I'm especially looking at main hand pistol, unload, and the garbage pistol trait that lowers your damage.

[Azure The Heartless.3261]

Imagine if they gave ricochet to guardian

 heated just thinking about it

[Dante.1508]

I can't use Deadeye, it just feels clunky to me. No matter what weapon.

[Doggie.3184]

14 hours ago, Azure The Heartless.3261 said:

Imagine if they gave ricochet to guardian

 heated just thinking about it

They 100% will. Guardian is their spoiled sugarbaby class. They will get everything we ever wanted.

[Dzheen.5291]

How, in my opinion, you can improve the pistol skills.

1. "Unload". Replace the Might with a unique buff like "Lead Attacks" from the "Trickery" trait line. It wouldn't have much impact on damage in open world or in PvP. But it would increase damage in a group or raid, due to the buff from Might from other players. Since we easily support 25 stacks of Might with "Unload", the rest of the sources become useless. For example, in the trait lines like "Critical Strikes", "Trickery" or from other players. Which greatly limits the potential of this skill.
2. "Shadow Strike". Remove teleport from "Shadow Strike" pistol/dagger. Instead, for example, give a buff of +10% damage from conditions for 5 seconds. Which will be refreshed due to the "Repeater" skill. This will allow you to comfortably use this skill in fractals or raids.
3. "Bola Shot". Add a teleport from "Shadow Strike" to the "Bola Shot" skill. Or add a part like in "Debilitating Arc" with evasion and rollback. This will increase survivability when using a pistol. It will also create synergy with trait lines. We have many traits that work with teleporters. Added new traits that are activated from skills with movements. But unlike all other weapon sets, pistols lack any synergy with these traits. From the last update of the "Acrobatics" line, pistols generally received a nerf due to a decrease in stamina gain, a reduction in the duration of buffs. And the "Fluid Strikes" trait is generally useless for p/p.

Edited July 3, 2023 by Dzheen.5291