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Thread: Just got the game...
Greetings, and welcome to the game!
I have been a Ranger/Rifleman for a long time and it is a very nice combination. Carbineer is a nice choice also. Carbineer has a few more shot options than Rifleman, and they shoot a bit faster, but Rifleman can deal a bit more damage and have the increased range from 50m to 65m. It's a give and take.
You can't go wrong putting rifleman or carbineer with Ranger.
Eecea wrote:
I would like to go Ranger, what would compliment that well? Rifles? Carbines? Pistols? One of those three I assume, from there I really don't know. I would prefer to go Carbineer due to it being decent @ short range, and with a lot of TKM around you'll be in close combat at times.
A lot of people will say Rifles. Others swear by Carbines. Others still will say Pistols. They're all great. But pick what is the most fun for you. I was Master Pikeman for the longest time and I had just as much fun as I do now with Pistols. Decide what you want out of your combat profession. Do you want to tank(Pike, TK, BH)? Do You you want to be a damage dealer(Rifles, Swordsman, Fencer)? Do you want to be able to "crowd control" and lay a bunch of states(Pistol, Carbs, Smuggler)?
My personal Favorites:
1) Pistols. I keep comin' back to them.
2) Pikeman: Man it was great... I stuck with it even when it wasn't FOTM.
3) Bounty Hunter: Let's face it... it works, and it won't cost you as many skillpoints.
It's reall all about what you would find fun. Experiment. I will admit that Rifles is the best from a RP standpoint (going with the whole Hunter thing).
Glad to have you aboard as a Ranger! We're the few and the proud.
You will be a successful ranger with any of the 3 choices you've listed. They each have their pros and cons so really, as was said above, pick whichever play style you like best. You can also drop one prof and pick up a new one at any time. With the new combat system, going from, say, Master Pistoleer to Master Carbineer shouldn't take you too long. Until you start to get into a pinch with skill points, you could also try a bit of all three at the same time to see which type of gun you like best!
Good luck and welcome to the game!
first mistake, associating Ranger with PvP. right now, a master ranger/master combat is really only like a lvl60 toon, due to having defense mods from only one profession, not two, like those TKM's running around.
Eecea wrote:
I would like to go Ranger, what would compliment that well? Rifles? Carbines? Pistols? One of those three I assume, from there I really don't know. I would prefer to go Carbineer due to it being decent @ short range, and with a lot of TKM around you'll be in close combat at times.
I like rifles myself, but anything works really. I like rifles for cover, long range, high damage (OK, so it's nothing at all like the damage dealing diagram thingy for the CU said it would be like...) and for roleplay purposes.
Rifle does have lower defense mods though, so that's something to be aware of.
Really just need to go with what you enjoy the most.
I prefer Rifles myself. I have the two ranged cybernetic arms attached...can go into cover and conceal shot from 80m away. Once cover breaks, hit sniper shot and head shot, and it's usually dead before it ever gets to me. If it's a big critter that I can't kill fast enough, then I just trap it before it gets too close. Don't even have to wear armor. With a harvesting droid, I don't even have to get up out of the prone position to finish off a lair.