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jade1280jade1280 Member Posts: 868 Arc User

Pistols what type do you use? 72 votes

Compression
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Wide beam
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Stun
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Repeater
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None
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  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    Compression
    The only times I actively pursue Compression Pistols is for my TAC Melee builds.

    "Sweeping Strikes" spam to land Expose effects.
    "Lunge" for the killer Exploit follow up.
    Go back to "Sweeping Strikes" spam.
    Another Expose effect? Fire Compression Pistol's Secondary "Exploit" bolt.

    The CD between Lunge and short CD of the secondary bolt of a Compression Pistol works well together. I always have a powerful, reliable Exploit attack for the many Expose effects.

    Outside this very specific application, I prefer rifles.
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  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    My Romulan always has the Repeater on hand to use. I bought it when it was on the Dil store before they redid the crafting. Others is usually the compression pistol, wide beam, and dual. Since I RP, I use the pistols at times in interior type fights. Since rifles "would" be less effective inside stuff.
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  • jade1280jade1280 Member Posts: 868 Arc User
    Compression
    farmallm wrote: »
    My Romulan always has the Repeater on hand to use. I bought it when it was on the Dil store before they redid the crafting. Others is usually the compression pistol, wide beam, and dual. Since I RP, I use the pistols at times in interior type fights. Since rifles "would" be less effective inside stuff.

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  • ikonn#1068 ikonn Member Posts: 1,451 Arc User
    edited January 2016
    Repeater
    Missed the dual pistols option there, OP

    But I do like to also use the Repeater pistols on some of my Romulan characters as well.
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  • burstorionburstorion Member Posts: 1,750 Arc User
    I use everything, but my favourite is not necesscarily the type, but the kdf fleet elite dual pistols as they make any character look like a supreme badass - plus they synergise well into my melee gorns build, letting him pistol spam from afar (hopefully causing an expose), sprint (to get command 25% melee bonus) before launching a lunge to drop him into CQB range, hopefully with a nice fat 1000+ damage crit floating over the targets shattered skull​​
  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    Compression
    I use a compression pistol as one character's primary weapon, and dual pistols as another character's secondary weapon.
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  • kontarnuskontarnus Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    Repeater
    If my Tac uses a pistol it's the Plasmatic Biomatter Needle pistol, which is a rapid fire repeater.
    But really, who uses a pistol? The range is too short.
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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    aside from one character, I dont use em... that one uses dual pistols which isnt an option here :P
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  • reiklingraiderreiklingraider Member Posts: 209 Arc User
    Dual Pistols. I like getting close but not to close.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Wide beam
    For me it's dual, Wide beam or repeater. I love the short CD on wide beam secondaries.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    None
    i do not use pistols on any of my toons with exception to the winter event, but since the pistols in that event are event only, obviously do not count in general. i almost always use rifles.
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  • oldravenman3025oldravenman3025 Member Posts: 1,892 Arc User
    Stun
    I generally lean toward stun pistols for player characters, but some of my currents chars carry pistols other than stun as sidearms.
  • shadowwraith77shadowwraith77 Member Posts: 6,395 Arc User
    None
    I don't use pistols, mainly because there are plenty of rifles that perform as well!
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,924 Arc User
    None
    I prefer rifles as well. I'll carry pistols inside as they look better when I'm not in uniform, but rifles are my primary weapons. Either split beam or high density.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Wide beam
    Yeha, My favorite ground weapons are full-auto and pulse wave.
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    Compression
    I like Compression Pistols. The short firing cycle time on the secondary fire makes landing exploits a breeze.
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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    edited January 2016
    Im too much a fan of miniguns most of the time but do sometimes use a sniper or full auto rifle

    edit:
    or shotgun
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  • vetteguy904vetteguy904 Member Posts: 3,984 Arc User
    Strictly Sig Sauers... oh, wait you mean in game...
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  • whamhammer1whamhammer1 Member Posts: 2,290 Arc User
    TOS Type 2
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  • theillusivenmantheillusivenman Member Posts: 438 Arc User
    None
    Don't personally use pistols nowadays. I have lobi Iconian staves on most of my chars but usually and in general prefer sniper rifles. When I started out playing many moons ago I did love and I've used pistols exclusively, though.
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  • ssbn655ssbn655 Member Posts: 1,894 Arc User
    None
    There is only one decent pistol in the game and its the romulan repeater mission reward one. The rest are garbage and useless.
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,708 Arc User
    Repeater
    I primarily use rifles, but the repeater pistol has a spot on my away team.
    Also often use the elachi pistol. Noting like a stasis field or Frictionless Particle Grenade with that secondary fire mode.
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  • hanover2hanover2 Member Posts: 1,053 Arc User
    Repeater
    ssbn655 wrote: »
    There is only one decent pistol in the game and its the romulan repeater mission reward one. The rest are garbage and useless.

    I've repeated :D that mission several times to get the pistol with a different combination of modifiers. My favorite so far is [CRTD]x2 [RUN]. If I get a [CRTD]x3, I'm upgrading that bad boy to Mk XIV.

  • chipg7chipg7 Member Posts: 1,577 Arc User
    Compression
    On my KDF-side toon that uses pistols, anything that fires a bolt-like energy discharge just feels awesome.
  • kyrrokkyrrok Member Posts: 1,352 Arc User
    Compression
    I also like stun beams too, but it wasn't there.

    I also pick up nanite disruptor beam pistols for my Rom toons. I enjoy seeing them with something that looks canon.
  • lowy1lowy1 Member Posts: 964 Arc User
    I use a nanite, Jen had at and vaadwar pylsewave on my medic borg and an elachi on my eng char. All are very efective
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  • groomofweirdgroomofweird Member Posts: 1,045 Arc User
    None
    Though I am considering it for a change.
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