No it ' s not . It ' s really terrible . The GB 2 is really not that frightening nowadays and the on place is only once and too specific . <| sep |> Wait what ? Not all of the archetypes fall off at lvl 6 , Pistolero scales always , Mysterious stranger doesn ' t even get to its prime until lvl 11 when you can permanently add both DEX and CHA to damage . It is true what you say about 2 handed firearm users that aren ' t musket master but you can at least use deadshot to get all your iteratives anyway . I assume people who go base gunslinger and use 2 handed weapons eventually switch to 1 handed weapons to have a longer range option while they move in to finish with pistols once they ' ve closed the gapThere are also ways to fight underwater as a slinger and the break spell is only an issue if your gun was broken before the cast as quick clear can fix it if the spell was casted while the gun was fine . All in all the only thing lacking from the gunslinger class is that base slinger some archetypes need reasons to stick with the class after they get their Dex to Damage at lvl 5 or lvl 7 because lvl 7 gives great utility deeds