Rifleman Archive
Thread: are buffs a must
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Cpl_Fisher
Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:41 pm
#14
Ah, use laser rifles unless you are buffed, T21's and DRX-6b's Ham cost are just way to high to use unbuffed, unless you are unbuffed and have all your stats migrated to focus, streangh ect.
Giolon
Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:55 pm
#15
Hey man, just hang in there until you get to Master Rifleman, but until then it's going to be pretty painful to watch how pitiful you are compared to some of your different weaponed brethren. I had been told that the difference between even 4/4/4/4 and Master rifleman was like night and day. I found that hard to believe until I finally achieved master rifleman myself a few weeks ago! Wow what a difference! People were not exaggerating. If I am prone, I can now headshot Janta's to death before they even notice me about 60% of the timeor kill them after they notice me but before they even reach me 90% of the time.
Anyways, buffs in general are not a must for Rifleman, but a few Brandies and Ahrisas can be your best friend in keeping you from effectively incapping yourself by using special moves. Brandy is a drink that increases your Mind/Focus/Willpower by roughly 400 points for about 45 minutes. If you get some good brandy from a BE/Chef, you can take two swigs and by the time they wear off 45 minutes later, your stomach will be empty so you can drink some more! Ahrisa is a food that increases your Focus by around 400 for about 45 minutes. I use Ahrisa's that take 32 filling, so I can eat 3 of them.
When I drink 2 brandies and eat 3 ahrisas, my special attacks become free of mind cost w/o even getting entertainer buffs! The only problem is this can get expensive fast, and without buffs the special attacks can still drain your Health and Action quickly. So when I'm fighting unbuffed, I usually drink 1 brandy and eat at least 1 ahrisa. This keeps my mind drain to about the same speed as my health and action drain.
There ya go. I hope this info helps you.
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