Carbineer Archive

i played rifleman all the way up to sniping 1, but rifleman just isn't all that fun with all the stuff. my question is, should i switch to carbine? is it a good, fun class? please elaborate on your answers

I dunno. What's fun to you? What did you dislike about rifle? I find it fun. Others don't. Let us know a little more, and we'll be able to make educated guesses as to what your experiences might be like.

well, the thing that really made me mad was that i was grouping with some people and firing at this enemy. i had a sliced e11 rifle, originally made by vyce. here is what the combat screen said.

you hit for 367 damage

pen expers hits for 354 damage

pen expers hits for 345 damage

pen expers hits for 351 damage

you hit for 378 damage

thats what really made me mad. the melee 2.5 damage modifier is annoying. t21 is bugged. nobody makes e11 rifles anymore, which i thought was a great weapon. we fire too slow, don't do enough damage.

I think part of your problem is you didn't give the class enough of a chance, assuming that the sniping 1 was not a typo. Granted I don't know how far you advanced besides sniping one, but for massive damage at distance, rifleman is it. The catch to that is rifles ARE going to fire slow to make up for it, give it some time, you may be surprised at the results.

well not many people are pure carbine they do BH carbine and get it in half the time. Otherwise rifle isnt that bad.

If you work on getting the speed mods in rifleman you will be surprised at how fast you can fire.

Carbines are also slow. Pistol is the weapon that you probably want. You and 85% of everyone else. =P Carbines are much cooler looking though.

yet we are plagued by that range thing.. even though i must say my current laser carbine is much more like a shotgun.

Don't riflemen get a deathblow special that they can do at range? Thats so uber in PvP fights

I thought the deathblow meant that after you incap someone you can slay them from a distance . . . not a one shot kill. I may be wrong.

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AriousKuunair wrote:
I thought the deathblow meant that after you incap someone you can slay them from a distance . . . not a one shot kill. I may be wrong.

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No, you're right. But it is handy if you're not among friends and thus aren't particularly concerned about spreading the faction around.

I am happy with Carbineer. We can hit hard and we look cool. Just be prepared for very high HAM costs.

No the Sniper shot (distance DB) isn't really that good. the problem is that you miss 2/3 of the time with it.