Pistoleer Archive
Thread: I can really feel for all those broken pistoleers...
Yeah tell me about being broken; I'm a Rifleman, and I really don't see how pistoleers say they are broken; they kick my ass everytime I fight them. Lets see our profession:
Headshot 3: Same problem as Bodyshot 3, and probably the same as Leg Shot 3, but you don't see us complaining saying its broken, or demanding that it gives a state change, do you?
Sniper-Shot: Only does a coup de gras; Only really useful for stealing other people's, if anything should be that combined with massive mind damage, like a Head Shot 4. This should be our one-hit KO move. A sniper's motto is, "One shot, One Kill!!"
Suprise Shot: Doesn't do anything at all, it doesn't suprise the enemy, it just allows them to warp ontop of me because I'm using cover.
The Concealment Line: Since defensive modifiers don't work, this line is totally useless except for Conceal Shot, which tells all of the MOB's buddies where you are anyhow.
The 2.5x Damage Modifier: Really needs to go. If anything a rifle can be used as a melee weapon, or to block melee attacks, in real life that is. In US Army Basic Combat Training I learned how to beat the crud out of somebody with my M16A2. The damage combined with our speed penalty and warping MOBs means once we miss a shot against a melee character, might as well get ready to clone because with the new modifier for firing when shooting, we can't kite and we die.
The T-21: For a day it actually rocked, in fact I'm still using a Pre-Nerf that I've got from a month ago. The accuracy sucks and so does the rate of fire, but the ability to sometimes take out a Rebel Trooper in one hit (You know, like commandos and bounty hunters can do with their eyes closed?) makes the risk of me missing and getting my head pounded in (since Rebel Troopers are melee MOBs).
The Mind Pool: Oh but you say "Riflemen are so uber-L337 in PVP! Theytarget the mind pool that you can't heal!" First off, all you need to do to kill a rifleman is run up to him. We can't hit anything closer then 50 meters with most of our weapons. My T-21 hasa -90 at point blank range. Second off, by shooting your mind it takes away from my mind almost just as bad! My T21 has a HAM cost of 71 mind! Using specials my 1000 mind will be drained after eight or so shots! I really wouldn't mind the mind pool being healable, really, because I die from my Mind Pool being drained probably more then you!
Anyhow, yeah, most people are going to reply like "Did you even read our pistoleer thread?? We're the most broken class boo hoo!" But I'm not even claim Rifleman as the most broken class. The poor Droid Engineers nobody uses except for medical modules, the poor Squad Leaders that are completely broken, Bio-Engineers and Chefs nobody uses... I'm just saying those pistoleers really don't have it that bad compared to the other combat classes and other more gimped classes should be fixed before fixing an already pretty-well balanced profession.
-Sral
Okay, I'm sorry your profession sucks so bad. I and many others have said we'd support you trying to get changes. What's your point here though? You mad at us? Well, get over yourself tiny tim, Uncle Scrooge may just show up with christmas dinner after all.
Don't troll our boards. Now, was the point of this to ask us to help you get some attention or just to whine at us?
Look up top at the pinned thread titled "Start of all Profession specials" or something like that and read the post I made at or near the bottom. It includes your Head Shot specials.