Wait. would that mean we'd have to pay to get pistols? or would it only be a signature hero sort of thing?
Either way, if it does knockdown, I'm gonna go with FF since you'd provide two kinds of mitigation for a team, or Storm, because I was a storm/pistols char.
Hmmm, will Defenders get Pistols? They don't have AR.
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I'm thinking Pistols will be a Blaster/Corruptor set as well, but with proliferation they might just want to save time and give it to Defenders too.
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I suspect a Dual Pistols or single Pistol set is going to look a little bit like Archery -- lethal damage, a non-crash tier 9, some additional AoE, focus more on damage than utility. So Pistol should pair with primaries much like Archery does -- very well with almost all of them! (With some redraw issues in the case of TA/Pistol.)
As I expect Pistol and Archery to be similar, the better question is: Will Pistols suck? If Pistol comes out a gimp version of Archery, a lot of this thread becomes moot.
Honestly, I think Dual Pistols would be more like Claws from scrapper sets - lower damage, faster recharge attacks. Unlike Claws, I suspect it will be mostly single target.
But that's just my thought on the matter.
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Hmmm, will Defenders get Pistols? They don't have AR.
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Considering that almost every new powerset they have introduced recently has gone to every AT that can use it, I think it is safe to assume Defenders will get Pistols. I guess Stalkers didn't get Shields, though, so I suppose it is possible.
Also, I agree with Rigel that Pistols will probably be a lot like Archery, but I think the Devs will think of that, too, and so make powers in the set that will distinguish the two. That's my hope, anyway.
For example, it wouldn't make much sense thematically for Pistols to have a snipe power, so they could add some utility power in exchange for that, maybe something like Follow Up from Claws, though that's just me wishing. 
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Follow up in a ranged set? That's work some unique-ness points right there.
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Isn't Gaussian of the Vanguard a FF/Pistol defender himself
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Hah, that would be awesome. Shoot the hearts out of playing cards, shoot a can 6 times in the air before it lands, make ricochet shots to hit enemies around corners...
As much as I would love an original (i.e. non-proliferated) new primary powerset, I really don't see that coming down the pipes anytime soon, if ever. We already have quite a few, and the ones we have are all pretty diverse, so we're probably not on the top of the list for new sets.
It would be fun, though.
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The devs seem to like to give new powersets to as many different ATs as possible, and if Corruptors have AR, I figure it's gonna make its way to Defenders eventually- and I don't really see a reason they shouldn't get Dual Pistols either.
If it is a knockback set, then any of the sets with anchors and patches could benefit from the ability to toss foes back into them.
For that reasons I can see Dark/Pistol being a good combination.
Concept wise I can see Kin/Pistols and Cold/Pistols as ways of doing a Malta themed character.
Yay baseless speculation
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I'm really hoping that they'll eventually proliferate Traps to Defenders as Gadgets
There's been a concept running around in my head for a Gadgets/Dual Pistol Defender ever since I started playing CoH 
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prediction: Pistols will be given to every AT BUT Controllers/Stalkers and the EPICS.
The new important-character-dude coming in the paid expansion uses pistols. I would assume that means pistols are finally coming as a powerset, and based on the MM pistol powers, it's probably a blast set, and its secondary effect is probably knockdown.
So, just for fun, what would be the best primary to pair with /Pistols? Is there a specific primary that would benefit from knockdown in a way that it wouldn't benefit more from -tohit or slow?
I don't really have any ideas right now without knowing the specific powers. Looking at just the knockdown component, I can't think of any particular set that would be significantly improved when paired with /Pistols.
Of course, I expect any /Pistols Defender to be great, because all Defenders are great. I just don't see there being a star performer with /Pistols. What does everyone else think?
Also, feel free to speculate about the Pistol blast set in its own right. For example, I hope it has a mini-nuke, like the other drawn-weapon blast sets have.
Discuss!
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