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I used to be CM/Rifleman and it wasn't that great. The slow speed of the rifle makes your heals slow which kinda takes a lot of power out of CM.

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ososinsk wrote:
I used to be CM/Rifleman and it wasn't that great. The slow speed of the rifle makes your heals slow which kinda takes a lot of power out of CM.

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Spraystick is what any rifleman worth their salt will use when healing. Due to the fast speed unsliced they are also used to lay states like dizzy or stun on you. I have no problem healing anyone in time using a spraystick although the AP0 kinda sucks.

A good rifleman will attempt to lay a dizzy then throw a posture down (/suppressionfire). If I can switch from my jawa fast enough this is what I use to counter melee charging me. Well that and alot of praying.

Fates Theatre referred to a 30 second timer..what is that ...elaborate please

When you attempt to do a knockdown it sets itself on a 30sec timer before you can use it again effectively. The works on posture downs (lunge1 and 2) but not quite sure about the TK knockdown. I know those guys cant double tap it or it will set a person back on his feet without the dizzy loop. This also applies to ranged professions posture down abilities.

It has nothing to do with dizzy, its a strict KD/posture change bug, nothing to do with dizzy.

And that 30 seconds only applies if you succeed

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FatesTheatre wrote:
I'd do 4/0/0/0 TKA and Master Brawler. For two reasons:

With the TKA dabbling you can cure yourself of the poison/disease/wounds afterwards.

With Master Brawler you gain several useful PvP tactics...Intimidate 2-sticks more often and lasts longer. Lunge2 is pretty much a KD from 20m, since Rifleman blow up close they will kite you like its going out of style. Not to mention you'll have four weapons to knock em down with so that pesky 30 second timer need not apply

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My opinion is a little different than the one above. I would say go 0004 tka for the range/melee defense and go 4340 doc to heal states/poisons/disease at anytime (compared to the meditate skill which you couldn't use while fighting), plus you can buff yourself. If you don't want to worry about buffing yourself, do 4040 doc to heal, and do 3004 tka for the powerboost skill. With the second suggestion (Mfencer, 4040 doc, 3004 tka) you could still use meditate after the battle to heal up wounds and what not. Just my 2 cents.

Sorlo

Message Edited by sorlo on 05-12-2004 02:30 PM

Me and a friend have done this from the beginning of the poison disease thingy.....I run around like a chicken w my head cut off trying to attract the fire...He's an MDoc/MCM, fight fire with fire i guess, while theyre poisoning us, he poisons them, then heals us. CM is tough to counter......tougher than rifleman, fencer, whatever.....they can lay waste to a party from 30m further than anyone else.If at all possible though make a fight that stays at 90m range, CM vs CM.

Message Edited by riseabove on 05-12-2004 02:53 PM

ive killed several riflemen/cm and let me try to give you some insights...

first of all my template is master fencer/doctor which helps a lot when fighting a CM/riflemen.. usually disease and poison will only do 1 tick if that on you before you cancel it out if you are master doc.. after you cancel it its just catch up to them and dizzy/lunge them down because CM/riflemen gives you almost no defense vs KD.

if you aren't master doc the only thing that i can think of is to burst run to the cm/riflemen as fast as possible and kd/dizzy him and try to kill him before your mana pool goes to hell... eating/drinking/spicing to your full potential will buy you some extra time too as well as unequipping all your armor exept for like chest/helm to decrease ham penaltys.

I like master fencer/tk 4004/master pistoleer, a good ranged/melee combo imo.

For the most part it all sounds good to me. Fyi sorlo u have to have meditate 4 toheal ur wounds.