Rifleman Archive
Thread: Can a Rifleman be an effective tank with the right template?
Cpl_Fisher
Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:49 pm
#14
You can be an effective tank with Master Rifleman in your template, just not a when holding a rifle....
dowdell3000
Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:18 pm
#15
Nnekk wrote:
snipeout wrote:
I solo elders like they are anything, just agro it and circle around it keep 40-50m away , takes practice but it works, /stand macro helps to for posture change
Does your "stand" macro work even if you are dizzied? Can you give us your macro here on the forum? Thanks.
Im gonna go out on the limb on this one...
Macro Stand:
/stand
/m stand
Am i wrong? 
snipeout
Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:36 pm
#16
Yea, thats it, no it doesnt work when dizzied but , you stand faster when using the /stand command or macro, ofcourse you cant stand when dizzied. Really helps, beats typing /stand a million times.
Nnekk
Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:33 pm
#17
snipeout wrote:Yea, thats it, no it doesnt work when dizzied but , you stand faster when using the /stand command or macro, ofcourse you cant stand when dizzied. Really helps, beats typing /stand a million times.
Ah, thanks. I thought there was something magical in your macro that would help you stand or give you a better chance at standing when KD and dizzied.
I love it when I get KD and then a NPC use a posture up attack and it causes me to get up!
Laped
Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:00 pm
#18
lammergeier wrote:
toughness, toughness, toughness.
and the 2.5x 'to hit' bonus for melee attacks against you when you're using a rifle.
Really i always thought it was a 2.5x more dmg mod. I seem to take way more dmg with a rifle than a pistol which is 1.5? Plus you have to remember that unless you use a dxr-6 you are going to miss a lot point blank. You can solo hight lvl stuff but not by just standing there.
Ackehece
Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:13 pm
#19
Laped wrote:
lammergeier wrote:
toughness, toughness, toughness.
and the 2.5x 'to hit' bonus for melee attacks against you when you're using a rifle.
Really i always thought it was a 2.5x more dmg mod. I seem to take way more dmg with a rifle than a pistol which is 1.5? Plus you have to remember that unless you use a dxr-6 you are going to miss a lot point blank. You can solo hight lvl stuff but not by just standing there.
it was a 2.5x damage mod for the first year- but the devs relented.
lammergeier
Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:24 pm
#20
Ackehece wrote:
Laped wrote:
lammergeier wrote:
toughness, toughness, toughness.
and the 2.5x 'to hit' bonus for melee attacks against you when you're using a rifle.Really i always thought it was a 2.5x more dmg mod. I seem to take way more dmg with a rifle than a pistol which is 1.5? Plus you have to remember that unless you use a dxr-6 you are going to miss a lot point blank. You can solo hight lvl stuff but not by just standing there.it was a 2.5x damage mod for the first year- but the devs relented.
while we're playing "WAY BACK", let's not forget that commandos suffered the same 2.5x melee damage... and their weapon specials max range at 16m.
thankfully, those days are behind us.
KrogaMasi
Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:50 am
#21
You have to combine it with Pikeman. That will give you around 185 block (without skill tapes.) With my template and tapes, I am capped with block, melee/ranged def, pike/rifle speed/accuracy, and rifle acc while moving and I am a pretty effective tank. The template isn't that hard to figure out, but I don't want people to know what it is because of the upcoming bloodfin ironman competition. It's a secret...SHHHH!
Aajax
Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:42 pm
#22
Of course you can tank an Elder and an Ancient Krayt.. Just use the command /intimidate
End of conversation..I can been over this lots of times haha. Huge damage reduction. I can stand getting raped by a Giant Krayt for 13-16mins while i shoot him with SS2 in the face and i never go below 50% health.... Just jeep it intimidated. Use a Thakitillo and you won't have to worry about being dizzied as you will only get KD'd about 3-5 times. Only a couple of them land full impact. The worst thing you can do when you get KD'd is press /stand. Try switching weapons.
Alristico
Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:31 pm
#24
Laped wrote:
lammergeier wrote:
toughness, toughness, toughness.
and the 2.5x 'to hit' bonus for melee attacks against you when you're using a rifle.
Really i always thought it was a 2.5x more dmg mod. I seem to take way more dmg with a rifle than a pistol which is 1.5? Plus you have to remember that unless you use a dxr-6 you are going to miss a lot point blank. You can solo hight lvl stuff but not by just standing there.
as I said before, my T21 has +0 at 0m mod so I rarely miss, even when standing next to the creature/npc. This is the reason why I was so interested in making a rifle tanking template.
Laped
Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:43 pm
#25
You did? O well i dint see it. Yeah with a rifle like that you would be a lot more effective. Also Kroga, block along with dodge and counter attack cap at 125 unless they changed that too so you only need like 1 box in pikeman to cap. I would use the skill points in tk and fencer if you want better defence.
Alristico
Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:27 pm
#26
Laped wrote:
You did? O well i dint see it. Yeah with a rifle like that you would be a lot more effective. Also Kroga, block along with dodge and counter attack cap at 125 unless they changed that too so you only need like 1 box in pikeman to cap. I would use the skill points in tk and fencer if you want better defence.
where do attachments come into play? Is it a hard cap at 125 or can you only get 100 from skills and you need +25 in attachments or something like that?