Rifleman Archive

Sounds fun

well they are from what i hear redoing the HAM system so anything that works may not work when that happens.
I have no clue what the HAM change maybe don't think anyone does but if the mind pool become healable riflepeople are in a whole new world of nerf going the way of CH

I did consider this with a melee prof to keep Ranger. The difference in Master Rifleman and "advanced" novice like this is not even competitive in PvE, let alone PvP. You are better off with Pistols, really. One massive shot every 4 seconds will get you killed more often then lots of average shot every second. No, I am not convince, given another ranged prof of any 2 trees that you can pick, that you can get away with this in the template. It would be more of a load then a help in the template.

The problem is this, if your main attack is poison, you'll be a corpse against any master rifleman before your poison even ticks once. A Jawa with a speed of 1.9 can't be much more powerful then a spray stick unless it has it's speed form some ub3r krayt tissues. You might do good if you are caught in a large fray and you stick a poison on them without them noticing you long enough to finish with a head shot.

The problem is this, if your main attack is poison, you'll be a corpse against any master rifleman before your poison even ticks once. A Jawa with a speed of 1.9 can't be much more powerful then a spray stick unless it has it's speed form some ub3r krayt tissues. You might do good if you are caught in a large fray and you stick a poison on them without them noticing you long enough to finish with a head shot.

lol.. he has a 1.9 spd jawa-- he doesn't need master level speed to shoot headshot 3 at the cap. the +70 for rifle special abilities is enough.

but, no one's yet mentioned why this is a bad idea for pvp. I can sum it up in one word:

accuracy.


jawa's suck for accuracy. and, even having sniping 4 isn't enough. My guess is you'll miss too much to make it worthwhile. the extra +40 base accuracy and addtional +10 acc while moving that you get at master makes the difference between being able to hit a defensive prof and not.

try it if you want-- but, my guess is you won't be able to hit a master fencer with that jawa 1 time out of 20.

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CrashNgoBoom wrote:

The problem is this, if your main attack is poison, you'll be a corpse against any master rifleman before your poison even ticks once. A Jawa with a speed of 1.9 can't be much more powerful then a spray stick unless it has it's speed form some ub3r krayt tissues. You might do good if you are caught in a large fray and you stick a poison on them without them noticing you long enough to finish with a head shot.

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well, I think master cm/anything will have the same problem. A CM isn't a great 1 vs 1 profession, but they can dominate large battles. Obviously I'm hoping along with everyone else that this will change, but currently, it's usually the side with more CM's that wins. With his template he can sit in the back of the group and lob area poisons, then finish people off with a headshot2 and ranged db.

Although I'm guessing with full mind buffs, brandy + that mind food, + 40% stun helmet and imperial PSG, a CM could last long enough 1 vs 1 against a master rifleman to finish him off, but I could be wrong. Although he'd win in the end if he stuck a mind disease on as well, unless of course you are facing a doctor, which as I said in my previous post you are screwed then.

Although, how do CM's fair against doctors if they use that havla or whatever? I suppose then it depends if the doctor uses it too.

well i know of one thing that is inherently wrong with headshot 3 ....... or rather will be .....

the combat revamp.

read up on it.