Rifleman Archive
Thread: Will rifleman still be great for high end stuff after the CU
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Actairr
Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:35 am
#1
I am going bh 3040/master pistoleer after the CU. I will have enough room to take master rifleman if I want. Do you think you will still be as good as you are now at the high end mobs as before? Also just for my backround, I am now a swordsman/doc and tired of needing a rifleman or jedi to kill the really high end stuff in a timely manner. I can solo anything, just takes forever lol.
Waste93
Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:55 am
#2
Kind of hard to say. We haven't started testing yet so have no idea how everything will shake out.
Actairr wrote:
I am going bh 3040/master pistoleer after the CU. I will have enough room to take master rifleman if I want. Do you think you will still be as good as you are now at the high end mobs as before? Also just for my backround, I am now a swordsman/doc and tired of needing a rifleman or jedi to kill the really high end stuff in a timely manner. I can solo anything, just takes forever lol.
Actairr
Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:31 pm
#3
Wow a rep replied to this. I think I might take up rifleman just cause you replied lol. This is very rare on all the other profs I have had. Plus Rifleman and fencer are the only elite combat profs I have not mastered, so I gotta do rifleman
Actairr
Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:03 pm
#4
Porinjikerri wrote:considering you asked a hypothetical question that no one knows the answer to, you're lucky the correspodent took pity on you.
So you bring nothing to this post? Since I said do you THINK, I know no body knows the answer and if they do they cant say. Ok thanks move along and never talk to me again please thanks.Message Edited by Actairr on 03-27-2005 01:04 PM
Cpl_Fisher
Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:35 pm
#5
I'm thinking rifleman will always be very high up there as far as damage wise goes, you will robably want t bring a tank with you though, like comando's do now.
schmokay1
Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:37 pm
#6
as they dont change the armor piercing on t21's... it should still rock
Waste93
Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:41 pm
#7
AP and AR are being removed.
schmokay1 wrote:
as they dont change the armor piercing on t21's... it should still rock
Actairr
Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:39 pm
#8
Waste93 wrote:AP and AR are being removed.
schmokay1 wrote:as they dont change the armor piercing on t21's... it should still rock
took words right out of my mouth. It is down between rifles or smuggler and commando for me. I will have bh-3040 (if this is still live bounties and pistols) and master pistoleer also
Porinjikerri
Mon Mar 28, 2005 1:46 am
#9
considering you asked a hypothetical question that no one knows the answer to, you're lucky the correspodent took pity on you. 
BraddaJon
Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:07 pm
#10
Of course, with the removal of AP-AR, I would hope that there will be some sort of compensation for the likes of a T-21 as Heavy AP is one of the draws to the rifle. And given that a T-21 does not use of the special attack types (aside from Kinetic & Energy) listed as coming from the CU (acid, heat, etc), one wonders what the the draw will be to even use a T-21 versus a DXR.
Again, one must note that since testing has yet to begin....no one knows (other than the devs) what to expect and with the time deadline approaching for the expansion/CU release looming.....will there even be enough time to adequately test this balance or will we return to Day 1 SWG where the regular players become the guinea pigs.
Aajax
Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:14 pm
#11
Well with the "Wind Up, Shoot, and Wind down" thing. I'm guessing thats gonna be 3 seconds per SS2 or maybe 4 seconds. so it will take you 4 times longer to kill anything in a worse case scenario.
Mcgreag
Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:25 pm
#12
I would think rifleman will still be one of the primary damage dealers but if the CU does what it's supposed to do all combat profs will be equally good against high end stuff (each in it's own way) and no prof will be able to face this high end stuff solo.
Cookie-Eater
Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:56 am
#13
I think that Rifles will still be the most dmg dealing (equal of Swords to brawlers) yet slowest proffesion, and since we are Gunners and not Snipers, we'll prolly have crappiest accuracy.
Saaay.... any chance they are giving us a Machine gun type gun? one you can place on floor (Like Omni Box) and shoot from in prone? That would be awesome 
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