Rifleman Archive

Congratulations!

I also master rifleman on Monday. So far i can say rifleman is great.

3) concealment line needs to have some stuff added to it. It's not super usefull right now at all

Wait till you solo creatures, you really realizea lot of creatures cant detect you even you are 40 meter in front of it and you are spaming 20 headshot2on it.

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WayneInAustin wrote:

LMAO....

I started reading this thread without looking at the dates, and I'm thinking "I thought Amon was ALREADY master rifelman.". Then I see Sotaudi chip in and I'm thinking "Man, what is taking these guys so long!",

Then I see MY NAME saying how I just made it! LOL!

(* And they say those Muon downers have no long-term effects! *)

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Hehehe best to lay off the muon for awhile.

I'm just curious how lately the profession has changed. I haven't played my Riflemen in prob 2 months.

Any comments?

Well...I made rifleman about 3 weeks ago and I love it! How has the profession changed? Just for an example, my buddy and I were out trying to find peko peko albotrosses (sp? a frock it!) and we ran into those Imp "patrols" out in the middle of nowhere. Now I am master rifles / TKA and my buddy had just made master pistoleer / TKA so we figured it would be easy for 2 guys to take on 10-15 imp ST's. So my buddy starts lighting them up w/ fan shot and I let in w/ Strafe 2 from my T21 (max 768 w/ dmg slice and powerup). 3-4 Strafe 2's later and they were all dead. All 10-15 of them. My buddy comes back to me and says, "Well...they sure died fast!" To which I replied, "Strafe 2 Rules!" He then said, "When I finally get Jedi, I'm gonna build my main toon to be Rifles/TKA also" I took this as a compliment of the highest order. How has Rifleman changed....I think this quote sums it up nicely "If we can't kill it, it must be immortal."

Ikaika

Let's see if I can remember the recent changes as it relates to us old-timers, Amon....

-- Yes, melee penalty is gone
-- Creature warping is fixed
-- Conceal Shot works well... but be careful, it has been reported that sometimes (randomly?) can cause a bleed which will make the critter aggro on you if you don't notice it.
-- It is much easier to level up now.
-- Bleeds JUST got nerfed with last patch... now are affected by the resists, etc.
-- I heard that Bleeds MAY not stack anymore... haven't tried it
-- It is now considered a Very balanced, well-layered profession... one of the few implemented correctly.
-- Rifleman opponents are now adding stun-resistant components into their armor to counteract the Jawa Ion rifle.

Still a great profession... In my mind it is great support for all other Non-combat professions. At master you can pretty much protect yourself from anything while checking harvesters, etc. Plus, as I mentioned in a recent thread called 'Story of the 10 Stormtroopers', if you SHOULD fail one of the rare wilderness scans and 10 STs come looking for you, you can easily take them out with a little muon and a stim or 2.

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WayneInAustin wrote:

Let's see if I can remember the recent changes as it relates to us old-timers, Amon....

-- Yes, melee penalty is gone
-- Creature warping is fixed
-- Conceal Shot works well... but be careful, it has been reported that sometimes (randomly?) can cause a bleed which will make the critter aggro on you if you don't notice it.
-- It is much easier to level up now.
-- Bleeds JUST got nerfed with last patch... now are affected by the resists, etc.
-- I heard that Bleeds MAY not stack anymore... haven't tried it
-- It is now considered a Very balanced, well-layered profession... one of the few implemented correctly.
-- Rifleman opponents are now adding stun-resistant components into their armor to counteract the Jawa Ion rifle.

Still a great profession... In my mind it is great support for all other Non-combat professions. At master you can pretty much protect yourself from anything while checking harvesters, etc. Plus, as I mentioned in a recent thread called 'Story of the 10 Stormtroopers', if you SHOULD fail one of the rare wilderness scans and 10 STs come looking for you, you can easily take them out with a little muon and a stim or 2.

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i wish the bonouses were more spread out... like, as you get more and more skills, getting XP becomes easier as you become stronger. When you get it all piled on you at master, you dont need xp any more so you dont hunt or kill anything anymore except for money... you can PvP but thats a huge money sink...

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AmonTdow wrote:
Well I finally did it. Saturday at 3pm I had the "You now qualify for Master Riflemen" print across my screen. (Or whatever is says)..

So.. my thoughts as of right now

1) my rifles are amazingly quicker now. all shots betwwen 1.0 and 2.0 (without specials)

2) dmg, I'm not hitting for anything amazing, I've seen shots of 3-3.5K using strafeshot2. Nothing as absurd as a commando

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Ok I'm giving up my commando skills and going rifleman. But I had to comment on this. #1 shots between 1 and 2 seconds at 3-3.5k... Nothing as absurd as commando. Well let me explain something about commando.. I was getting around 5k-7k on NPC with flamesingle2. Took me at least 10 seconds to shoot each shot and had to be 16m or less to land it. If my math is correct 3000x10 seconds = 30k damage at range above 16m. Now thats what I am talking about. Commando Blows HARD! Master Rifleman Here I come.

Message Edited by SonVegeta on 02-17-2004 11:28 PM