Rifleman Archive

hmm.. i took on multiple Spell Weavers last night and was spamming strafe2, HS3, flushing2 (couldn't get a stun on 'em) flurry2 (couldn't get a dizzy on'em), - everything with a powerd-up T21 (thank god for Musician buffs).

i had my cursor over the Mind bar while doing headshots - that thing did not move AT ALL.

so i dont' know if they've changed something or what - but it wasn't movin.

the only reason they went down at all was because my cousin had a couple grauls on it, and he was doing kinetic dmg with his stryker (?) pistol.

though my mind bleeds were working on it.

anyways, hehe, totally off topic. i apologize

havent fought those yet heh.

but what we do need is like a E-Web that does blast damage.

why dont people pick a topic write about it them get an editer and put them into a FAQ

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LookOfDeath wrote:
why dont people pick a topic write about it them get an editer and put them into a FAQ

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I'm working on it. I'll try to post a table of contents later tonight and ask around for volunteers to fill some of the sections. Stupid RL always interferes with my gaming. And then I have to visit all my vendors tonight due to that stupid vendor bug they introduced. But if not tonight, I'll have a starting point up tomorrow.

Ok, I wrote down a draft table of contents. Note that this is a first draft, it may be incomplete, too detailed, wrong or formatted badly. Any input is appreciated. Also, this is not intended to be "my" FAQ. I just try to coordinate a bit so we can come up with something together. I guess most of the info is already here in some form, we just need to clean it up, write some nice explanations around and consolidate it here.

If you want to write a particular section (or just can provide some input), let me know either in this thread, or send a PM to me or to klawlegna. Also, please have a look at this list and let me know if I am missing anything important. Thanks!


Rifleman FAQ (Guide)

1 Introduction
1.1 Stupid "So you wanna be a Rifleman, heh?" quote
1.2 Rifleman overview (What a Rifleman is, what it is not, strengths, weaknesses. List stuff like what we are good at, what we are bad at, that leveling will be slower than in other professions, that full potential is only revealed at Master level)
1.3 Links (link to this forum, link to http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=rifleman&message.id=28674)

2 Combat Basics
2.1 Damage (combat chat, floating damage, 1.5 mutiplier, specials)
2.2 Armor (resistances, AP, etc. NOT what armor to wear for a rifleman, juat how it affects combat damage)
2.3 HAM costs (how this works, effects of focus/willpower)
2.4 Accuracy (how it's calculated, bonuses, etc)
2.5 Speed (how speed will be affected by specials)
2.6 States (what the states mean, e.g. stun or blind)
2.7 Area attacks (how to use, what they damage)
2.8 Bugs / Issues (AP vulerabilities)
2.9 Links (link to marksman forum? link to armor piercing discussion, etc)

3 Weapons / Rifles
3.1 Rifle Stats (list of rifles with all stats)
3.2 Rifle reviews (what a particular rifle is good or bad at, why and when you would use a particular weapon)
3.3 Custom ordered Rifles (talk about the options a WS has to make rifles, e.g. adding a stock for more damage but more HAM, advanced components. Explain resource differences etc)
3.4 Enhanced Rifles (describe weapon enhancements like Kryat, why you need multiple, what weapons need how many and can use which ones)
3.5 Powerups (what they are, how to use, what possible stats, where/how to get, increased decay)
3.6 Slices (what they are, how they work, no selection of dmg/speed, ranges, Master vs Slicing IV, link to smuggler forum?)
3.7 Bugs / Issues (Rifle damage types, powerup removal, bad dmg slice chance, etc)
3.8 Links (link to weaponsmith forum? link to volsted weapon rating, etc)

4 Rifleman Specials (or Styles?)
4.1 How Specials work (damage mutiplier, time mutiplier, HAM cost, effects, AE)
4.2 List of Specials (including marksman specials. Link to Weapon Styles thread)
4.3 Reviews of Specials (what they do, when to use, advantages, etc)
4.4 Bugs / Issues (broken specials)
4.5 Links (link to Weapons Styles thread I guess)

5 Characters
5.1 Races (what bonuses for races, what max stats, what recommended races, link to official player guide race sections)
5.2 Stat Migration (recommended stats, importance of willpower/focus, etc, link to stat discussion threads)
5.3 Bugs / Issues (Human max stats?)
5.4 Links (?)

6 Leveling Rifleman
6.1 How to get to Novice Rifleman (link to marksman FAQ or guide?)
6.2 Rifleman Trainers (List of trainer locations, mention that players can train as well, search function)
6.3 Leveling Strategies (good xp, combat vs rifle xp, using pets, what missions, how much xp is good, hunting grounds, etc)
6.4 Getting Combat XP (bleeding / grenade, traps, etc)
6.5 Leveling Paths (going x1xx first, 1xxx first, xx3x etc. Discuss paths with advantages/disadvantages)
6.6 Changing professions (for people coming from a different combat profession, stuff like max out combat xp first, etc)
6.7 Bugs / Issues (?)
6.8 Links (link to leveling discussions)

7 Rifleman Templates
7.1 Rifleman + X (discuss professions that mix well, CH, TKA, defense builds, mind attack builds, etc)
7.2 Rifleman + Y
7.3 Rifleman + Z
7.4 Dabbling in Rifleman (I can take 4 boxes / 1 tree of rifleman, which one should I get? List possibilities, discuss advantages/disadvantages)
7.5 Bugs / Issues (stacking of defenses?)
7.6 Links (links to template discussion threads, other profession boards)

8 Buffs
8.1 Food / Drinks (how to use, list of foods/buffs + stats, where to get them, good combinations)
8.2 Spices (how to use, downers, list of spices + stats, where to get them, tips and tricks)
8.3 Musician / Dancers (how they work, where to get, remind of tipping)
8.4 Bugs / Issues (?)
8.5 Links (any discussion threads about these, link to chef/smuggler/musician/dancer boards)

9 Tips and Tricks
9.1 Wearing Armor (how it affects stats, when to use, what to get)
9.2 Useful Macros (how macros work, link to macro guide, MS1 MS2 peace, conceal conceal conceal conceal peace, etc...)
9.3 Using Pets (how to use effectively, pet attacks lair, etc)
9.4 How to make money (what missions to take, selling harvested resources)
9.5 Effective group play (supporting team members, WS, states)
9.6 Bugs / Issues (?)
9.7 Links (probably rather in the sub-topics since these are too unrelated)

10 PvP (I'm kinda at a loss here, I don't do PvP)
10.1 Changes for PvP
10.2 PvP against particular professions
10.3 Armor in PvP
10.4 Faction Pets
10.5 1 one 1 PvP
10.6 RAID
10.7 Tips and Tricks
10.8 Bugs / Issues
10.9 Links (link to GCW forum, other dicussions threads)

Fantastic! I'm sure we can gather some information for the PVP section.

Message Edited by klawlegna on 12-03-2003 06:54 PM

Great list, CaLVines !!!

Two more points i would like to see on the FAQ-List as i think it could be helpfull for novice-RM:

+ Tactics for leveling Rifleman solo
(with pets / especially without pets, as i know it is really hard and there are enough people trying to solo this prof without pets like i did)
[should be in 6. or 9.]

+ List of Creatures
(most famous for easy XPs, wich ones BAF, wich ones are slow, wich ones have special protections, wich ones have nice ressources, etc)
[i think could be in 9.]

an extra faq for people who dont have a laser/jawa ion/ t21 - rifle on their server yet =) *snicker*

Thanks for the feedback guys.

However, I'm pretty pissed about what is going on right now. I won't put much effort into this until some things have cleared up a bit. I will work on it a bit, and if anyone wants to work on a particular section, I will coordinate things. But I want at least an answer to our top 5 issues (even if it is "we do a completely new system somewhen in the next 6 month, so we don't care about the problems you have NOW") and to the AP insanity.

After we get some feedback about whether anything will be fixed or not, then we can decide if it makes sense to still put effort into an FAQ when we will be beta testing a new game anyway for the next months. I don't feel particulary motivated right now, sorry.

You're probably right. I'd hate to see the FAQ go up then watch the entire game transform into something completly different.

looks like the big patch is first part of next week according to a recent dev post.

I added a make shift FAQ till the new system is in place.

hehe.. i will.. just gathering a few more things then i have to unlcok and fix it.