I found this guide and thought it might be useful to some of you guys who are having a hard time grasping the way the deck building works (I read it and still don't really under stand it 100%). I'm going with the Gunslinger deck for the Illuminati which is pistols and elemental. I guess that means I'm a support class with [STATE SYNERGY] in Hindered state (rooting), [TRIGGER SYNERGY] Crit Hit, and a chain subtype (a shot that bounces between enemies). The great thing is that I kind of was starting to figure that out on my own. At least now, I know that's what role my character plays in a group.

http://yokaiblog.wikidot.com/guides:weapon-choices

How far along in the Gunslinger deck are you and are you happy with it?

So far I completed the first 2 tiers of skills in the pistols and elemental trees and am finding their combination pretty underwhelming (Then again, I'm mostly playing solo, which probably isn't a good idea with a support class). Thinking about cutting my losses and changing to a blade/blood magic combo.

I'm doing gunslinger and I'm pretty happy with it for soloing. It seems to have a lot of hinders, and since the majority of mobs in Kingsmouth and Savage Coast are melee, you can avoid a bunch of damage while burning them down. I have trouble with bad pulls and big mobs though. It's definitely a build where you have to move around a bit to avoid damage.

@dyong: Thanks.

I ended up switching for a blade/ar build for the time being since those moth things in Savage Coast were wrecking me, but I'll revisit gunslinger later.

I didn't go for a deck, I just pick ability's I like, and mostly go for passive ability's that weaken or do more damage to weakened foes. But Im all over the place.

pistols are actually pretty weak sauce they are good support and can provide nice debuffs and synergy with a lot of different weapons but are really best served in a group not solo.