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Thread: Best of the Best
More than anything else to get high damage shots you need sniper shot and called shot. Unfortunately to get the full modifiers for both, you're going to need to be master of both those professions (Rifleman SL).
Instead, since that doesn't leave many options, I would suggest not trying to stack single damage and go for group benefit. In SL, I would pick up Strategy then if room, Mobility. Strategy will give you steady aim (a bunch of extra accuracy), high yield (nice single person damage buff), and volley fire to bypass armor (my personal favorite).
Mobility will give you form up, which is like force run 1 for everyone in the group. You also get charge, which will essentially give everyone burst run. While mobility won't give you anything damage or numbers wise, I think if you tried it you'll see how nice it is.