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I am not sure if this is the correct forum for this question, but it does apply here. First off I am Rifleman 41-2. Rifles is tough from the beginning and that is why I would like to push this through. I know that once you have made Master that you can basically reach the speed cap, but before that can the devs give us a rifle that is fast firing and some what accurate at close ranges? I am not asking for something that deals great damage in one shot, but something more along the lines of the M16 rifle? Maybe +0@0m , +10@30m and -80@50m?
Maybe with damage comprable to the CDEF(hopefully more) but with a 2.0 - 2.5 speed? I mean the pistol guys get a high rate of fire and decent accuracy with many pistols, my FWG5 does 63-175 2.1 +0@0m, +23@20m, -70@64m. Why can't we have something similar. The reason I ask is sometimes I am unable to get some distance on my target or I would just like to stand there and duke it out. But when this happens I have to switch to my pistol. My problem is that I end up with pistol XP and not rifle XP. I would like a chance to whip out a tactical close support rifle . Another benefit would be not having to rely on another close range support tree. I am not sure if this has been brought up before, but I have been only playing for a month. Thanks for listening.

Thanks for listening,
Bliarkerc, Bria, Novice Rifleman

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reVolt0201 wrote:
I am not sure if this is the correct forum for this question, but it does apply here. First off I am Rifleman 41-2. Rifles is tough from the beginning and that is why I would like to push this through. I know that once you have made Master that you can basically reach the speed cap, but before that can the devs give us a rifle that is fast firing and some what accurate at close ranges? I am not asking for something that deals great damage in one shot, but something more along the lines of the M16 rifle? Maybe +0@0m , +10@30m and -80@50m?
Maybe with damage comprable to the CDEF(hopefully more) but with a 2.0 - 2.5 speed? I mean the pistol guys get a high rate of fire and decent accuracy with many pistols, my FWG5 does 63-175 2.1 +0@0m, +23@20m, -70@64m. Why can't we have something similar. The reason I ask is sometimes I am unable to get some distance on my target or I would just like to stand there and duke it out. But when this happens I have to switch to my pistol. My problem is that I end up with pistol XP and not rifle XP. I would like a chance to whip out a tactical close support rifle . Another benefit would be not having to rely on another close range support tree. I am not sure if this has been brought up before, but I have been only playing for a month. Thanks for listening.

Thanks for listening,
Bliarkerc, Bria, Novice Rifleman

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You may want to see if you can get your hands on a SprayStick. It's a fast firing low damage Rifle with medium range. It should help out some. I haven't seen a SprayStick in awhile. But I also haven't been looking. But you may have to special order one. Also check the bazaars and someone could put one up there cheap.

Just remember though that Rifles are suppose to be used from the longer ranges. So Pistols will pretty much be better at point blank ranges. Especially at the lower levels.

Also see if you can get something to tank for 'ya. If you get a tank droid, or pet,it will help keep the target far enough away that you can keep an ideal distance and fire from the kneeling or prone to increase accuracy.

Use /ConcealShot and /Aim (if needed) to weaken a target before hitting it with your harder shots. Just watch out for the one point bleeds it sometimes causes.