Rifleman Archive

Right on. Thanks for testing and clarifying. Great job!

Some how I found a NPC that didnt take any Damage, and didnt move. So I tested on them and cannibals. This is using an E11, so it usually ranged anywhere between 300-700 dmg. But on its head around 800-1200. There was no effect on NPCs or Creatures. Ill be testing it on a player fairly soon.

[Combat] 13:32:43 You use Master Head Shot on Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) for 639 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:32:48 You use Master Head Shot on Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) for 397 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:32:53 You use Master Head Shot on Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) for 591 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:32:59 You use Master Head Shot on Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) for 729 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:33:04 You use Master Head Shot on Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) for 703 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:33:10 You use Master Head Shot on Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) for 594 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:33:15 You shoot at Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) and hit for 192 points of damage.
[Combat] 13:33:18 You use Master Head Shot on Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) for 444 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:33:23 You use Master Head Shot on Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) for 480 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:33:29 You use Master Head Shot on Sa'Ewif Odeve (an evil settler) for 437 points of damage!

And then to a cannibal.

[Combat] 13:50:51 You use Master Head Shot on Attafy-O Ssyllo (a cannibal) for 685 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:51:02 You use Master Head Shot on Aoterchto Kigo (a cannibal) for 483 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:52:18 You use Master Head Shot on Ovan Gawiwicoo (a cannibal) for 645 points of damage!
[[Combat] 13:53:55 You use Master Head Shot on Ioheh Nate (a cannibal) for 445 points of damage!
[Combat] 13:54:06 You use Master Head Shot on Laohevin (a cannibal) for 597 points of damage

Thanks Aldeon for your level headed attitude and patient testing. Exactly what we need in a correspondent.

And as for you Riflemen who are waving the "I quit" sign because of something that may or may not have even changed, how about you take some of that extra energy you're saving up for that giant exit rant you're going to write and get out there to help test whether anything has actually changed.

the issue dosent seem to be the damage. the issue is the fact that almost half of all my aimed shots are missing the target and unfortunatly with the rifleman profession if you miss that first shot and dont kill it completly with the second your screwed bacause the mob will run up to close combat which makes your rifle pretty much useless. and yes i've been testing this. At optimum range (60 with my lazer rifle) in the neeling posistion with aim I get a +50 to hit. Now after the patch and with that +50 to hit,8 to 9 shots out of 20 will miss the target. There is no reason why I should be missing my target 45% of the time with a +50 modifier to hit. 2 or 3 shots missout of 20, fine i can live with that, thatis how it has been since release. Butnow since the patch i'm missingalot of targets thati shouldnt be.

No, accuracy was not changed. You are just paying more attention to your misses because of the rumors of nerfing.

Damage was not changed, or was decreased only very slightly. With HS3, my damage capped out at 2400 last night, and I've hit for over 2000 several times today with HS3, and I've been playing for under an hour. My skills: Master accuracy, Intermediate special abilities (hehe I could train advanced abilities and advanced concealment, but I'm saving exp so it's easier for me to gain exp due to the way exp is rewarded).

Clarification on the accuracy issue: Out of the 63 shots that I've fired today, not a single one has missed. Accuracy was not reduced.

Ok then if none of your shots are missing thenwhy are half of mine. iam atnovice rifleman, i neel, I'm at optimum range, I AIM, I get a +50 to hit, yet I am still missing half my shots. Yesterday I played for 2 hours getting about 15,000 xp killingvarious mob'sand in those 2 hours i missed maybe 5 times. But today I am missing 5 times in 10 min trying to kill nuna's and destroy their lair. Something happened. Maybe my logon was bugged, I never logged off, rebooted, ect after the patch maybe i got a baddownload, Idid see some other odd stuff going on in the game after the patch. I'll try again after work tonight see if it is any diffrent.

thanks for all the info though

You need to get higher up on the Sniper tree. I have yet to miss all day for my first shot that are from 40-64 meters out. Of course below 40 meters, even with +92 accuracy I still miss.

"I feel no that I am wasting my time with my profession."

least you didn't commit to doing Human Rifleman/Squad Leader like I did! lol (hosed on 3 counts)

Hehehe

Im with you Flook - exactly the path i was going down. Rifleman / Squad Leader.

Now i have decided to be selfish and play the character the way i want ot and not they way my PA wants it (my PA at the moment is Like Days of Our Lives , drama, drama, drama)

So i have now decided to go the path of Rifleman / Ranger / Swordsman - I hope this will benefit me in all areas of the game. i.e. PvP & PvE.

Now my next question, how does one take logs? I would be extremelly interested in going something like that as well. Im trying a few things out as well at the moment to see what works best for me, but ill be stuffed if im going to right down all the information so can someone head me in the ridgt direction as i assume the "log file" is somewhere in the deep dark trenches that is my SWG Folder.

Didn't notice any changes , still killing redcon MOBs on Lok with the greatest of ease and never missing . I mean never . I miss , it's like once a night or something . Dunno why your results are so wacky .... buggy it seems .

Good luck

Im on the Intrepid server

I havent noticed any change in my abillities as a riflemen this entire night. The dmg all seems to be the same as before.

I have definately noticed that wolf kimas and the like are not near as easy to kill anymore

I don't know if we did get nerfed... but today I did miss almost every time with mindshot on a player and did a lot less damage to NPCs then I did yesterday.