Rifleman Archive

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BaybeePhatt wrote:

So, the debate is pretty much in the title. Personally, I think Rifleman/ Swordsman is better. Why? Because these are the two professions that BEST DIRECTLY attack the mind pool, the only unhealable pool in HAM. While I must give props to TKA for Force of Will, Meditation, and the fact that they just own everything in sight, Swordsman's ability to decimate mind is by far, in my opinion, superior. Being Rifleman is tough without a melee profession to back it up. That's why a lot of people pick TK or Swordsman. Well I mean its not too tough, but its definitely advantagious to have a backup profession. CH is nice, but it's not nice right now because it's so broken. So, what do all of you think?

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If u never do PvP , Just go Rifleman/Swordman as above, it rocks ... Swordman For Nightsisters, Rifleman for everything

Just my 2 cents

Hi all, I have played SWg since game launch, and I am (arguably) the best PVPer on my server. My build is Master Rifleman, Master TK, and pikeman 0-0-4-4, along with novice medic of course. With this combination I can solo the geonosian caves (including Acklay), and consistently defeat anyone in PVP. I have the pikeman because the pikeman block stacks with rifleman block, so I hit the cap at +125, and also because I can use the uber nightsister lances for PVP DOTs, I have a great mind poison lance. The TK is just invulnerable - I can powerboost if buffs are unavailable, and force of will has saved my butt many many times in PVP. Plus, with the current plague of combat medics in PVP, I can cure my own poison and disease with meditation, an absolute must for PVP.

Make sure you get a rifle speed attachment, at least +6 speed - this will allow you to shoot any gun any special move at 1.0 speed, the speed cap for the game.

As for swordsman doing mind damage in PVP versus TK damage - all I can say is that any melee damage is currently meaningless. This is due to the abundance of composite armour in PVP, with 80%+ kinetic resistance, along with doctor buffs. The best PVP damage that a melee person can do is as a fencer with a stun baton, and that still sux, the stun batons have no armour peircing, and an uber acklay stun baton has only around 330 max damage, with a powerup. Fencers do not have a head shot - so if a person has a stun-resistant armour, even with an uber stun baton, they will only do around 120 per hit, spread randomly between the health, action, and mind pools.

The only consistently feasable weapon for PVP, other that those available to a combat medic, is a jawa ion rifle. These do stun damage, and have armour peircing, so even against someone with an awesome 35% resist stun helmet you dan still kill them fast. A good jawa ion rifle will have around 410 max damage (with a powerup), and even against an opponent with an uber stun helmet you can still do around 300 a hit all to mind, at 1.0 speed.

For PVE, a T21 or a DXR-6B acid rifle are the best weapons. I can use strafe shot2 on groups of stormtroopers, and do3500 a hitsimultanesoulsy to10 stormtroopers, at 1.0 speed - they are all dead in 3 to 4 seconds. Teras Kasai, swordsman, fencer - they are all good for PVE, but nothing can hold up to the damage of strafeshot 2, with a T21's damage and heavy armour peircing.

With my build, I have ranged damage mitigation 3, melee damage mitigation 3, I can do unarmed KD+dizzy in one hit, I can mind poison with my nightsister lance, my ranged defense,melee defense, and block are all capped at 125, and I have access to devastatingspecials like master headshot and strafeshot2, along with the best PVP weapon in the game, the jawa ion rifle. I can heal my own wounds, and powerboost myslef if buffs are not available. And, I can cure myself if I get poisoned or diseased, and use force of will if things go badly.

Ajax

Rebel Colonel

Farstar Server