Rifleman Archive
Thread: What the heck am I doing wrong!?
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DakkonZailen
Sun Jul 06, 2003 1:58 pm
#1
I don't understand it, I'm a rifle specialist with full chitin armor and Jawa Ion Rifle. I always go prone from very far away and use Mindshot 2 repeatedly yet I'm missing a crap load of times and I'm getting slain by a white con Womp rat.. this is pathetic.. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong especially with such good armor and weapon, should I be doing something with my stat migration because I sort of messed around with it by accident.
Nakgiracool
Sun Jul 06, 2003 4:03 pm
#3
What stats did you change? Using head shot 2 uses up mind so if you lowered your mind and your usin HS2 alot it would make you easy pickin for a womp rat or anything else.
Dritz
Novice Sharpshooter
Sandzibarr
Mon Jul 07, 2003 1:03 am
#4
or.. get a nice DLT20a..
ive got one that is 80-140 (i think) with a speed of around 6.9 - made by Jarnis on Eclipse (SW of Bestine).
I generally get 2 400pt headshots in before the womp rat charges (sometimes all 3 - when prone you can get usually 3 shots off before the creature spots you and moves to engage). As soon it runs I chuck a trap and switch to 2H Axe with head attacks queued up. Tends to drop mosts things quick.
I have noticed that when shooting one target it will remain unaware of your presence - whilst others of the same type may charge as soon as your first shot is fired. Its good to keep an eye on the radar and try to attack solitary creatures. Adds are nasty when youve got your rifle equiped - that +300% close combat damage mod is a real killer if you get caught unawares.
ive got one that is 80-140 (i think) with a speed of around 6.9 - made by Jarnis on Eclipse (SW of Bestine).
I generally get 2 400pt headshots in before the womp rat charges (sometimes all 3 - when prone you can get usually 3 shots off before the creature spots you and moves to engage). As soon it runs I chuck a trap and switch to 2H Axe with head attacks queued up. Tends to drop mosts things quick.
I have noticed that when shooting one target it will remain unaware of your presence - whilst others of the same type may charge as soon as your first shot is fired. Its good to keep an eye on the radar and try to attack solitary creatures. Adds are nasty when youve got your rifle equiped - that +300% close combat damage mod is a real killer if you get caught unawares.
arcadeanu
Mon Jul 07, 2003 5:37 am
#7
I obtained mine through a crafter friend so I have no idea what can drop it. I will say that it is a very damaging and brutal weapon.
Sandzibarr
Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:45 am
#8
if you're on Eclipse then would you mind sending a mail to 'Sandzibar' with your crafter friends name? - if not then dont worry.. im sure Jarnis will be making em at some point. Either that or E11 rifles whose stats look ok too (not as powerful as lasers, but with nicer fire speeds).
TheNimbus
Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:08 pm
#9
Trust me, the Jawa ion rifle is NOT a good weapon. Just because the damage range is higher does not mean it's better than a cdef, look at the attack speed and check out the special move cost. Get yourself a nicely experimented cdef, like say, with a damage range of about 30-60 and an attack speed of 3.4
Then tell me you can't whoop ass.
Then tell me you can't whoop ass.
corvatojosh
Thu Jul 10, 2003 7:27 am
#10
I bought a cheap jawa ion rifle from the bazaar, partially used only $500, and shot at a mound, it literally did NO DAMAGE, i shot at some other monsters, and it did next to no damage. I think ion rifles arn't for normal fighting, if you look at their description it says they are designed to attack droids and other mechanical stuff. I wipped out my tuscan and blew apart that mound no problem. I gota find a good weapon with a lower mind pool though, my tuscan has like a 80 mind cost. probably a dl20a till laser rifles and t21s are more common.
Dhosis
Thu Jul 10, 2003 2:23 pm
#11
100-162, 5.8 is my DLT20a rifle. I believe that's close to the max they can get with excellent materials and full experimentation.
Feynan
Thu Jul 10, 2003 3:48 pm
#12
This is sort of off topic, but where exactly do T21 Rifles come from? I could not find the schematic for it in the Weaponsmith tree.
Pire
Thu Jul 10, 2003 4:17 pm
#13
try the following:
pick a much FASTER weapon then the jawa rifle
go prone at the tip of your long range
sucessfully take cover
aim
aim
aim
aim
aim
as soon as the mob sees you start runing backwards
spam
warning shot
overcharge
warning shot
overcharge
once mob starts runing from you you just stand in one and same spot and inse repeat on the warningshot / overcharge
i solo yellow con mobs like that, although i should note, not all of em as many are broken and you can still get owned by even blue or green con, depending on mob, also, NPCs are not affected by warning shot, so dont fight them.
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