Why gunslinger perk?The pistol mastery of SS is just good

The Dualist for me needs to have a few unique abilities to make him stand out. Increased ZED time damage bonus is not a good idea for me, as the class more becomes about luck rather than skill. Having manually triggered Zed time I don't think is really in the spirit of the game either, I mean everything is little unbelievable in KF, but being able to slow down time at will is a little out there IMO, not to mention overpowered. See a FP, trigger ZED time and demolish it with headshot ease.

Looking at each perk, each one typically has 3 abilities for their weapons and 3 natural abilties (only exception is Sharpshoooter, but hell he has a massive +50% damage on headshot). My suggested rough Dualist abilities are as follows. IMO they support his run and gun style and give him some unique abilities to keep him interesting.

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|_LvL | _PD _|_AM_ |_ RL_ |_DW _|_HF_ |_SP_ |_RSt_|_RSi_|
| _0_ |_+5% | _ _ _ |+5%_|_ _ __|_ _ _ |_ _ _ |+10%| _ __ |
| _1_ |+10% |+10% |+10%|_+5% |+5%_|+5%_|+15%|+5%_|
| _2_ |+15% |+15% |+20%|_+5% |+5%_|+5%_|+20%|+10%|
| _3_ |+20% |+20% |+30%|_+5% |+10%|+10%|+25%|+20%|
| _4_ |+30% |+25% |+40%|+10% |+10%|+10%|+35%|+30%|
| _5_ |+40% |+30% |+50%|+10% |+10%|+15%|+50%|+40%|
| _6_ |+50% |+30% |+50%|+10% |+15%|+15%|+75%|+50%|

LvL = Level
PD = Pistol Damage
AM = Ammo
RL = Reload speed
DW = damage Dual Wielding
HF = damage Hip Fire
SP = Run Speed
RSt = Resistance to Stun (see below)
RSi = Resistance to Sirens scream

I chose ammo and reload as a run and gun class will be firing very rapidly and frequently, requiring a reasonable amount of ammunition and having access to it quite regularly.

Dual wielding for me is 1 of the classes unique calling cards, its not a massive boost since there are already more bullets available and of course there is Hip fire damage too. I added hip fire since this is a inherant effect for all weapons, as well as also adding a boost to his non dual wieldable Revolver if it gets added, and of course his single pistols if he doesn't want to dual wield.
I calculated the damage for a full clip of dual wielded handcannons fired from the hip against a full clip of the Scar with bonuses. The Scar got 3000 damage(This is now obsolete) the handcannons got 3187. Remember however the rate of fire on the handcannons is alot slower and will be harder to use with no ADS. Also the Dualist lacks a rapid fire back up weapon to carry on with against charging foes, but he does has the high damage output of the revolver, so he shouldn't outshine the Commando when it comes to crowd control but should outshine him when it comes to taking down bigger foes.

Resistance to stun effects compliments his run and gun attitude. These are things like screen shake from the sirens scream, motion blur from getting hit by clots or stalkers, the acid splat from the bloat. NOTE: This is not damage resistance, only to the on screen screen effect! All of these will have drastically reduced effects on the Dualist allowing him to carry on mowing down the mob even when under a barrage of screen effects.(Kinda like the Medic or Berserker gets with Bloat acid, they get a small screen shake, but nothing more.)

Resistance to siren damage and his minor speed boost allows the Dualist to go on the run without too much concern if he stumbles into the path of a Siren, again encouraging his run and gun style. I left out recoil since I never found recoil an issue as a medic with 0 recoil reduction at all.

This is what I think the Dualist/Gunslinger should be, as well as a reasonably versatile perk he also plays well when on the run from foes too. He should be all about shooting rapidly and moving quick, which I'd say is what these perk bonuses do.

Congrats if you made it to the end

I made myself a level 4 Sharpshooter since that is slightly more damage than I projected for the gunslinger (to counteract the extra 40% damage on headshots only requirement). I had it so that I would only use pistols and generally fired from the hip, and then upgraded them and used dual wielding. The reload speed of the Sharpshooter also complimented an aspect of my idea for the Gunslinger.

My immediate observations were as follows: -
- Despite using long range pistols, the gunslinger had to move in fairly close and fall back again to make full use of his hip fire damage and especially his dual wield bonus. Accuracy is a problem so some way of closing the field down to your target is a required skill for the perk. Reloading also does present a number of challenges, even with the fast reload. This does alter the gameplay of the Gunslinger to one similar to the Support Specialist, but with more precision, giving him a rather unique play style. Good Gunslingers will be the players who excel at firing with instict from the hip to go for the headshot. +SP +DW +HF +RL
- The resistance to stun affects would most definately not be overpowered. I got hit by a bloat while my armour was down and I died very very fast. When caught in a Siren scream I was pretty badly wounded and luckily I was able to hit the gorefast in teh face before he finished me off. These effects cause alot of damage to the player, and although he would be able to see during them, he most defiantely doesn't want to get caught in them. They may however aid in his survival, and resistance to Siren scream would most definately come in handy when caught in big mobs all together. +RSt +RSi
- Ammo was a slight issue, I burned through my supplies rather quickly, even on my 9mm pistols, and that was with only 60 specimens. This was mostly due to large specimens causing me issues. Of course I did lack the body damage the gunslinger would have, but the perk demostrates a difficulty finishing foes efficiently, especially the bigger ones like Scrakes and FP's. +AM (although debatable if he is added a revolver)

Overall I stick by my suggestions and my propsed stats. If you want to have a go I tested it on biotics as that level is classic, typical Killing Floor gameplay IMO. Use PerkRplacement mut and set it to Level 4. Pick Sharpshooter, and make sure you don't use ADS as much as possible, and try to use dual wield. I'm sure you'll see what I mean.