Rifleman Archive

T21 for most cases. E11 for sniper shots and my AE mind poisons for large engagements.

T21 and spraystick. Just got a Jawa Ion rifle and starting to really like that weapon.

I use my Laser exclusively now, 50-483(sliced), 6.0, but more importantly only 59 mind cost. In my pack but no longer hotkeyed are an E11, T21 and 1.4 Spraystick. I love the spraystick but it's pointless using it close range because I get beat to hell, for the time being at least my backup gun is an FWG5

bowcaster, with a power up it does 190-490 damage, over 20% wound and less HAM cost than a laser rifle.

I also use a 40-401 laser rifle sliced and powered upto 2.7 speed for the first few shots or if the armor piercing is an issue.

cant wait till i can build one with enhancements, but im waiting for the patches to ix a few things.

I guess no one uses teh Beam Rifle then?

Laser Rifle.

T21 also, but I usually end up killing myself if I don't use a Muon Gold or other mind buff.

I run around with a spraystick, so if I get agroed I can quickly use warning shot or supression shot to give myself some time to set up with the appropriate weapon and respond. To kill most things I use my t-21, sliced and powered up for damage (base ranges from 800-1500, typically do 2k with flushing shot 2, that's real HAM damage). I can kill most white con creatures in 1-2 hits from prone.

I keep a Jawa Ion rifle and SG82 around for PvE on mobs with vulnerabilities, and occasionally use them on NPCs when I want to do flurry shot/ position change combos (spraystick eats HAM, T-21 too slow).

I keep my old laser rifle powered up and sliced to destroy big lairs (the medium pirate camps have 30-40k life and it's expensive to drain t-21 condition destroying them).

I have 4 on my hotbar.

1) Laser, sliced for damage, +max damageand +mind powerup.

2) Laser, no powerup fornormal shot spam/ a very low HAM use DLT20a for snipershotin PvP.

3) Jawa Ion, sliced for damage, +mindand +max damage powerup.

4) DLT20a, sliced for damage, +max damageand +min or mindpowerup.

I'd give the T21 a go for when I'm using mmgold, but it's not on my server. The E11s suck on my server because of a poor resource.

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AgeOldMyth wrote:
I guess no one uses teh Beam Rifle then?

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ERM The beam rifle is a commando weapon

Every situation is different. A smart rifleman will probably have most every rifle made and will use them in particular situations. I am closing in on master (4/2/3/3) and own just about every rifle made. I am strictly PvE right now and I use 3-4 rifles for almost every lair.
Here are my preferences:
--T21 is used only for Mindshots (unless I'm on muon gold, which ionly use rarely)
--DLT20A(must have decent damage stats and be powered up) for Headshots, etc.
-- Laser rifle(or T21) for kiting and not using specials and to finish off the lair when empty.
--E11 or Spraystick for warning shots or landingFlurry shots
I just bought an SG82 and also own a Tusken rifle and Jawa Ion rifle. I probably need to use them smarter, but I havent taken the time to play with them yet.

I am about 50/50 between my Jawa Ion and my T21. I can use the T21 better than most people because I am a Zabrak with maxed mind stats. Irony is that I only took Zabrak for Equilibrium, which I hardly use anymore.

I fire off a Mindshot1 with the Jawa (since it's not that powerful anyhow, and the Jawa has good speed) then I ramp up to the T21 for the Mindshot2. Then I just throw down the Headshots with the T21 as needed. I have a few other guns, but I only take them out in rare situations. I simply can't abide by the HIDEOUS minimum damage of the Laser Rifle, especially on a Mindshot, but even in general. I wish Eclipse could get some 200+ E11's, like so many of the other servers.

Our lack of E11's kills us.

Laser or spraystick. Jawa to a lesser extent, usually only when the target is highly vulnerable to stun damage.