Originally Posted by
McKnuckleSamwich
No bro. AS is not "NEEDED" by support profs.
Since when has a doctor ever been in "NEED" of aimed shot?
Since doctors became the new offensive weapon of choice?
you're full to the brim of chocolate fudge man.
Doctors have buttloads of options, have plenty of methods of survival. why do you think they need the best method of killling as well? Are you that bad at using your doctor toolset that you can't kill someone without AS? Did you not get your top DOT's? did you forget that normals do damage? Did you forget that you can stack malp? Pray tell, man, why do doc's "NEED" Aimed shot?
Enough about doctors, I have a feeling you won't be able to answer that with any kind of reliability.
Which other support prof were you refering to then? Was it the adventurer?
Let me just check my latest "I've been chain killed by a wolf with pistols counter" hmm, 8 billion. Yep, I think advies need Aimed shot pistol too, because, it's not enough to have the best defences in game, they also need to be able to roflwtfstomp you every time you zone into BS as well, and everyone knows if they haven't chainkilled you 9 billion times, they aren't OP'd. right?
Ok, advies maybe not the best example?
How about engineers?
hmm, ok, they got pets who can OD a shade and a MA solo, and regularly hit fixers with all evade perks up. Hmm, lets soo, the IMEP pistol probably isn't OP'd enough, I mean, they only get like 3800 effective AR with it and lord knows they can't perk anyone since their perks only check 80%. Yea, and then theres the remodulator, which just sucks ass as a weapon... yea, engi's definitly need AS. I mean, if they didn't have the AS pistol, it would probably be an even fight against some professions, and who wants that?
Ok, well, clearly we haven't found an example yet, so, maybe you were refering to crats.
Lets see what crattey says? Crattey says: if you take away my AS pistol, I'm going emo. maybe crats need a different weapon selection, but, they already pump out top damage in PVM, and auras are immensely helpful in PVP, not to mention fear, stuns, ok, hmm, yea, clearly they need AS pistol, because there just isn't enough love for crats.
Ok, that pretty much covers it for support profs, so, which one was it again that "NEEDED" the AS?