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Thread: How tough is the grind?

JarilOhms
Sat May 15, 2004 4:11 pm
#1

I'm thinking about becoming a rifleman to compliment fencer. I really like this profession, but I hear the grind is a long one. I also know that going from 4-4-4-4 to master makes a huge difference,so I pretty much need to master it. Since summer is coming up I'll have more time to play, but my question is how long is the grind to master rifleman for a pretty casual player? Also, does anyone have any tips on getting started with rifleman? Thanks in advance.
JarilOhms
Sat May 15, 2004 6:43 pm
#2

/bump


can anyone offer me some well needed advice?
Gohan_Trunksss
Sat May 15, 2004 10:08 pm
#3

ummmm i mastered in 4-6 days.... mostly because my friends werent on when i was, i went through geon caves a bit.



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Waste93
Sun May 16, 2004 6:12 am
#4

One of the suggestions to grind is Quecker missions on Dant. I assume you are going to use buffs and armor. If so it's probably your best bet to try to shoot up the Counter-Sniping branch first until you hit Counter-Snipe III for FlushingShot2 since its AoE. Go up the Rifle Specials as soon as you can as the speed increases there are important. Once you go up to Counter-Snipe III it's really up to you where to go next. I would suggest the Accuracy branch first. Finish that off so you will hit more often.


If you are not planning on using buffs and armor (or just don't want to) all the time go for Concealment I first. That will give you ConcealShot. Just remember to be prone and use Aim when using it so you don't miss as often. Then get some Accuracy then Counter-Sniping.


There is a huge difference between 4/4/4/4 and Master. You'll be amazed at the difference. Good luck.





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JarilOhms
Sun May 16, 2004 6:36 am
#5

Thanks for the replies guys!
babeltoad
Sun May 16, 2004 7:33 am
#6

Buy a nice T21(at Novice RM), get it sliced and use speed power ups, head shot quenkers, also using brandy for your mind and Citrus Snow Cake for some accuracy. This is working a treat for me
Im at 3104 atm (had lots of spare Combat xp from TKM) which u might from being a fencer and killing regular quenkers with 2 or 3 head shot2 and savages with 4 or 5.
Hope this helps.

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nikolai
Mon May 17, 2004 12:53 am
#7

I did Rifleman in a few hours at the Geo caves one night, when they had the AE-bug around.


Granted, I already had 3 boxes of Rifle abilities due to extra combat xp, but still.









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JarilOhms
Mon May 17, 2004 12:55 am
#8

Thanks to you too babeltoad for the help.
Col_Osiris
Mon May 17, 2004 3:36 am
#9

Well,..... first of dont do what I did and stop halfway through RM to master Smuggler, only to stop half way through that to Master Pistoleer lol. I am the worlds worst procrastinator. At any rate, heres what you do. You go out, buy yourself Brandy and some Canape. Citrous Snow Cake is okay but really isnt a necissity, its just icing on the cake lol. Then once you get all that, and youre all buffed and got your armor on, go out to Lok.


Lok is seriously the most underrated planet in the game. There are these things out there called Gurks. They are absolutely the very best way to get XP, and it only gets easier and faster when as you get stronger. Itll be tough when you first start out, but youre just not gonna get by that no matter what profession you try to do. Becareful though cuz they hit for the mond, but theres a secret to hunting them when youre a RM. And I dont think too many people know this, because I never hear about anyone using this tactic ever. If you are prone, and are right around 60m of your target (in this case a Gurk) then you can sit there and blast away Headshot at them and they wont even know it. I didnt know about this until about halfway through the damn profession when a friend of mine was doing it. But its true, you can just about kill anything in PvE this way, and you dont even have to use concealshot. Now, be warned that sometimes, after they hit a little past the halfway mark, they will aggro you, but thats okay cuz by the time they get to you theyre almost dead anyways.


You can do what you want, but Im telling you, this is the best way to get XP, anywhere. Gurks are UBER easy and they give just as much XP as an Enraged Rancor. Best of all, theyre Herbivore, so a lot of times their meat is realy worth some dough. My guildmates and I have been killing gurks to grind away since we built our city on Lok the day Player Cities was realeased, and it just cant be beaten no matter what combat profession youre tryign to master.


By the way, I was usingtwo T21's withpowerups in the beginning. I had one strapped with a speed powerup for long range, and then when they would close in I would use accuracy powerups. This helped a lot. And a good 80% Kinetic Helm helps too.


Nive_master_n00b
Mon May 17, 2004 4:02 am
#10

Nothing easier than the entrance of the Geo cave. I was at my last two boxes a week ago. Did 900k XP in one hour...you do the math and se how long it would take to master rifleman...



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st0nedpenguin
Mon May 17, 2004 4:44 am
#11

Just pick up a bunch of T21's, say 5 or so, and 5 spraysticks.


Keep the best speed slice on the T21's, and the best damage slice on the spraystick, and take a trip to Endor.


We went on a guild hunt to Endor a few days ago, and I managed to get 700k exp in less than an hour, just wandering around waiting until everyone arrived and was ready to head off, Endor is crawling with stuff to kill.


If you fancy making a little money while you grind, just pick up some Sharnaff missions on Corellia and do those instead, they give pretty good exp too, and don't DB, also if you're not a Doctor, it's usually easier to get a rebuff on Corellia.


Take a crate of Brandy and a crate of Canape, and just keep on munching, and watch the exp come rolling in.



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RomulusOjibwa
Mon May 17, 2004 4:52 am
#12

Ive Ground from novice Marksman to 4-0-4-4 in 2 days. I would have mastered but I had to get to bed for work the next day


Anyway I am Grinding on dantooine, few places better than here.


Lickemlo
Mon May 17, 2004 7:38 am
#13

Whats the average Xp you get from the quenker missions on Dant??


Personally I go to the Blue leaf temple on Yavin and go nutts on Klikniks, get about 4k xp per kill.





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