Pistols

Pistols is a skill that can be increased in level through use.

As you increase your level with the skill, you receive bonuses when using weapons or vehicles of that item type.

Bonuses

Level	Bonus
2	Recoil: -2.0%
3	Crit Mult: +1.0%
4	Reload: -1.0%
5	Falloff DMG: +10.0%
6	Recoil: -2.0%
7	Crit Mult: +1.0%
8	Reload: -1.0%
9	Recoil: -2.0%
10	Melee DMG: +15.0%
11	Crit Mult: +1.0%
12	Reload: -1.0%
13	Recoil: -2.0%
14	Crit Mult: +1.0%
15	Effect Trigger %: +5.0%
16	Reload: -1.0%
17	Recoil: -2.0%
18	Crit Mult: +1.0%
19	Reload: -1.0%
20	DMG: +5.0%

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Best way I have found to level Pistols is grab a Wolfhound, equip mag extension and crit mod, go shoot Scrapper Forges in the Eye for 10k+ crits with overpower. Only problem is finding a Forge that respawns fairly quickly after you kill it.

11 years ago

Just for completion's sake... it was in fact the arkfall codes. We just saw another incorrect (by DD.com's list) level pop up and noticed it was all the skills we had code bonuses to. We are at level 12 shown on screen and in menu), but have the bonuses for 13.

11 years ago

Has to be it. I'll keep an eye out next level to see if there is a similer "after the fact" skill increase displayed. I really appreciate the time you took looking into it. My "next level" displayed is in fact the recoil bonus listed. Thanks again li_lon! Just want this site to be the best and absolutely accurate.

11 years ago

might have just been a graphical bug that gave you the pop up message or a retrospective of the previous level as everytime i log in it tells me "grats you have a 1600 ego rating" even though ive passed the 2600 benchmark :/

11 years ago

ok went hunting to confirm this and got a screenshot of level 3 pistol skill so its deffinatly level 5 for falloff and 4 for reload

11 years ago

Sorry for the delayed reply. Let me describe what happened.

The rank up notice was for Level 5 (it floated on screen). That was followed by the -1 reload floating on screen. Is it possible something is different for me since we used ark codes? Could I be misinterpreting? Not trying to be difficult... just accurate.

11 years ago

ive added in the missing values based on the pattern of bonuses and the level 20 stats overall assuming they are uniform in how they are allocated (so the bonus ammounts are correct yet the levels they are aquired still need confirmation)

11 years ago

falloff is deffinatly level 5 , 5/10/15/20 are always the more unique bonuses on weapons

11 years ago

Fairly certain we just got the reload -1.0 upon hitting level 5, not 4. Might falloff have been at 4? Could I be overlooking something?

11 years ago