Rifleman Archive

Im a Master Sharpshooter using a 20-342 laser rifle and the majority of my Advanced Strafe shotsdo 1500-2300 dmg and I shoot hella fast and havent even touched a T21 yet. My specials go off almost as fast as I put them into the combat que. You sound like a newb rifleman that gotowned by a pistoleer who is more advanced than you.

Hank Scorpio - Master Sharpshooter - Bria

By the way Aubeck your suggestions are worthless. A pistoleer with stopping shot can beat any melee in close range. I died before I even swung my sword. There is a PROBLEM with the damage of this shot, and the speed at which if fires. The damage is insane by all measures: vs rifle, vs sword, vs hand to hand. It doesn't matter, it's doing way too much.

Why is it a Pistoleer can beat a melee at melee range using either Stopping Shot or just chaining their knock down over and over, and also beat a rifleman at long range? How is this balanced? Pistoleer is so insanely overpowered at the moment that it's not even funny.

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Nagorak wrote:
Sethkin you're talking about the overpowered Master Sharpshooter right now and using that to say Stopping Shot is ok. Sorry but riflemen should not be able to shoot every two seconds, but NOR should Pistoleers hit for over 1000 damage.

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Have you looked at how high in the pistoleer profession Stopping Shot is?

Sethkin is telling you that you DO have tools to compete with the pistoleer, and you tell him it's not fair because you actually have to advance in your profession to get them.

Good show.

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Sardines wrote:
Why does it matter if stopping shot targets a random pool? What difference is it going to make when they hit you for 1000+ damage anyways. I got hit by it today for 1700 including the person had 2 pets that can hit me for 900 damage.... yes I died... quite fast.

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Maybe you should PvPing without any buffs? Go buy some doctor enhance buffs, and some spice. USE THEM. Go into PvP with 3500 HAM.

What happens when you do that? The pistoleer uses SS (stopping shot) on you and rolls an 1100 to your action pool. Next time he fires, he's only got a 33% chance of hitting that pool again, whereas you have a 100% chance of plugging him in the head. It could theoretically take him 10 shots to take you down, with each shot doing over 1000 damage. It still only takes you 2 or 3 to take him down.