Rifleman Archive

Bounty hunters were meant to dominate one sort of PvP, 1 on 1. They should be able to come up to a target (bounty) and quickly take that target down and drag their body off for a few thousand credits. But let's say I'm a rifleman and I know I'm hunted. Well, I would probably manage a pretty darned sharp fight, and if we were at distance, I would win.

Every combat class has its strengths and weaknesses, or at least it should. Problem is, some excel at incredible range, midrange, and short range. WIthout penalty. Pistoleers certainly do, and so do BHs. Carbineers might not quite so much.....but how many carbineers do you know who aren't picking up BH skills?

Bounty hunters are supposed to be good at combat, but then, so are rifleman and carbineers and pistoleers. In close, they should all get dropped like nothing by pikeman, fencer, swordsman, or TKA. There is not a balance currently. Everyone and their brother is a BH, and BH or Pistoleer is the best. Period. No questions asked, no reasonable arguments currently available.

Thing is, if I've got a carbine and Master Carbineer, and you've got BH and mastered one single tree (carbine) in it, you can basically own me with MY weapon. Despite the carbineer, pistoleer, and rifleman being the purest ranged combat classes in the game. BH should be good, but no one should be the best.

Trevet Fer'lye

Just Found this board and im happy to say i did. My biggest complaint is the fact that my Rifle skill is higher than my Pistol yet I get more xp from my pistol do to the fact that its way more powerful. Case in Point 2 nights ago on Endor I was with some friends hunting. With my e11 rifle i was averaging 120xp 12combat.. and with my pistol i was averaging 560xp and 56combat. Being that I only need Combat skill points atm i was reluctantly using my pistol. My group heard me complain all night about it. Although im sure they wanted me to shut my whole, they did agree with me. Personally I think the delay on the rifles is rediculious. My e11 is at 6.8( not fast but not slug slow either) and with headshot it fires every 12 seconds or so. If im fighting a melee based Mob I notice i get hit about 5 times in between shots.. WTH is that about =(

The big problem Maestre is that the DPS of a crappyscout pistol is nearlytwice as high as even the best rifles (Laser/T21). Unfortunately I'm not sure this is being brought to the attention of the devs at all...