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Thread: How's rifleman for the FS grind?
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TalKurgan
Sun Dec 19, 2004 2:17 am
#27
I love my rifles! I can cap the xp twice in a three-hour buff if I put my mind to it. Using rifles will save your armor too. No attacks = no decay. I don't bother with armor while grinding rifle xp.
mescalinex
Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:08 am
#29
i cap in 80 mins with fencer.
used to cap in an hour with swordsman.
capped in 2.5 hours with tk.
i used to cap in 3 hours with carbineer.
capped in 3 hours with rifleman back in the day.
however if you find some faction farms, you could cap in about 25 minutes with Commando. i used to.
Bermag
Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:38 am
#30
Mescalinex,
Really? I am both Fencer/Rifleman and I cap rifles a lot faster than fencer. I usually cap rifles and only have 200-300k fencer XP. That is with my mix of shooting and throwing grenades dpeneding on the targest. fencer is the slowest of all melee professions because of the AP0 weapons and pretty low damage (even a good acklay gaffi is worse than a normal good damage sliced Pike or Sword and they are AP2 adding even more). I kill a mob a lot faster with my rifle than with fencer.
Bkiddin
Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:46 am
#31
Bawarr wrote:
The fastest way other than the doc/commando approach is Mfencer/MSwords and slaughter the squill cave. should take about 35-40mins for swords 40-45mins for fencer. I did my last branch like that only with TKM and Fencer 4.4.x.x inclose tothat time.
good to hear, im a master swordsman/master fencer/master brawler
mescalinex
Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:18 am
#32
Bermag wrote:
Mescalinex,
Really? I am both Fencer/Rifleman and I cap rifles a lot faster than fencer. I usually cap rifles and only have 200-300k fencer XP. That is with my mix of shooting and throwing grenades dpeneding on the targest. fencer is the slowest of all melee professions because of the AP0 weapons and pretty low damage (even a good acklay gaffi is worse than a normal good damage sliced Pike or Sword and they are AP2 adding even more). I kill a mob a lot faster with my rifle than with fencer.
i go to Endor, Jinda cave.... run through it...dont stop...1hdizzy2 all the way. come out 10 minutes later with 400k xp. then i go to the marauder cave, repeat Jinda method.. come out with about 540k total. then hit the closest Ewok Lake village to the Marauder cave, clear that, then back to the Jinda.... and repeat the cycle. with trips to datho when i cap. takes no time at all to cap. can cap twice in one buff if im moving nonstop and get lucky with the spawn timers.
Marzuk147
Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:07 pm
#33
As a master swordsman, I will say that if you have a good powerhammer, and powerups, with some speed, NOTHING is going to run from you - it dies before it gets the chance. Now if you have 75 speed and a mediocre hammer yes some things may run from you.
Bermag
Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:52 pm
#34
Shhh. Don't say anything about Jinda cave. That is my secret place. 
Been empty from other players every time I been there. Yes, it is a nice place to grind. However, I stop and loot so it take me a bit longer to run through.
Been empty from other players every time I been there. Yes, it is a nice place to grind. However, I stop and loot so it take me a bit longer to run through.
darthrovile
Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:20 am
#35
Bermag wrote:
Shhh. Don't say anything about Jinda cave. That is my secret place.
well just run that trusty loot macro, saves lots of time
WayneInAustin
Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:32 pm
#36
I am a Master Rifleman / Master TK. I grind FS XP for usually one fullbuff session a day.
I try to find a doctor with the LONGEST buffs, not the strongest. I can survive without any problems with buffs over 2100 (and probably even lower, but almost all docs are at least 2200). I really try to find buffs that are 3+ hours.
When I first started, I was maxing rifle xp about 1.5 times on a 3-hour buff. Now I've gotten a little smarter about how and whereI hunt and for the first time, I maxed my rifle xp THREE times on a 3-hour and 15 minute buff this last week. I cant do this every day since i can't always find a nice long buff, but it's no longer a problem to max rifle xp twice on most any buff.
Some of it is luck. One time I founda small area on Endor where the wild (natural) spawns were going nuts and I maxed rifle xp in just over 30 mins. I found an area full of Merek and Arachne Spider lairs and never had to leave the area. Other times I go to Endor and there is nothing. I hear it is related to the amount of foot traffic in the area, and one never knows what that has been like.
I knowthat Commando/Grenades is much faster. I know that TKM by itself is a lot slower than rifles. I suspect that Master Swords is somewhere in between TKM and Rifles.
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