Rifleman Archive

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DroppingEnglish wrote:
To help out my fellow rifleman I would like to add how Musician buffs work.

First of all no matter how long you listen after they say /setperform it will always increase your stats according to them. Heres how much they buff your will and focus you breaks down.
If they have...
Novice Musician = 10% buff
Tech I -------- = 20% buff
Tech II ------- = 30% buff
Tech III ------ = 50% buff
Tech IV ------- = 75% buff (title virtuoso)
Master Musician = 100% buff
(same is true for dancer buffs which increase the primary mind stat)

Then how many flourishes they do while you listen will determine how long it lasts, with a maximum time of about 2 hours. This will take a person doing about 2 flourishes every 10 seconds 8-10 minutes. Listening for only a couple flourishes will yeild you only 10-20 minutes of buff time. (dancers work different not very sure however) Another trick you should be aware of is that if a Musician can do constant flourishes for about 2-3 minutes then it will last 2hours. However in order to do that they will most likely need a heal at some point in the buff.

I hope that this bit of info may have some use to you.

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Something that you forgot to mention is that you don't have to have a musician or dancer do the command /setperform on you to get a buff. As long as you are in the same group with a dancer or musician, all you have to do is watch/listen to them and you will get the benefits of a /setperform buff with no interaction needed from the dancer or musician. The time constraints still apply and it's totally up to you as to how long you listen/watch.....it normally takes 10 minutes because most afk entertainers won't be flourishing that often.

I do this during the times when they are AFK and I really needentertainer buffs(usually during the late nights when not many people are on and it's hard to find any entertainers). I still tip when I do this and anyone who does it should tip also....but then again that's all up to you...afterall they are AFK.

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i think you should adjust the pvp comparison according to stun armor, because normally that is what your opponent will wear, not just 75% resist composite. then, T21 comes out on top, generally. However, it may or may not be true, because I am not sure if the AP bonus really works in PvP or not.

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One of the things about PVP that makes it so interesting is that you never really know for certain what kind of defenses your opponent has - whether he/she is using a PSG (and even whether that

PSG has high stun or high energy protection), or whether your opponent ate +100 knockdown defense food, or whether your opponent's composite armor is 80% energy protection or 80%

kinetic protection, or whether they are wearing undergarments and sashes giving them +50 stun defense. What works against one opponent may have little effect on another. That's why I usually

carry 4 rifles each with different energy types - and even then it can be a gamble.

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XaverriJade7 wrote:

Thanks OliWan!

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