Rifleman Archive

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jedi464 wrote:

Rifleman + what is best for PvE?

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Hmm. . .

Master Rifleman/Master Creature Handler

Master Rifleman/Master Doctor or Combat Medic

Master Rifleman/Master Pikeman or TKM or Swordsman

Master Rifleman/Master Marksman

That is just off the top of my head.

Master Rifleman\Master Pikeman = Me, but I was much stronger as a Master Rifle\TKM. I just like the way pike looks. The lack of Toughness, speed, accuracy and Dmg of Master Pikeman make it the last Melee choice out of the 4. If you can compensate for speed, accuracy and Dmg with looted CA and looted pikes then you can easily make the combo very effective, but it is a lot more money and work than the other melee professions.

I hear Master Rifleman\Fencer is pretty good too.
Master Rifleman\Master squad\medic can be great in large groups.

Rifle goes good with almost any profession really. It is by far the best dmg for range, it is just a matter of what your situation is.

if you dont like melee like me you can try this out
Master Rifle Pistol 0044 Bh 3044
I'm not the greatest at taking hits but man can i give it out a
whole bunch of different ways. If you dont want the BH part I'd
suggest still getting scout 4000 for the terrian neg. Using this
you can effectively kite uber creatures by getting them going up and
down hills. Been able to solo a Canyon Krayt with this in about 20
minutes. Mind you i used conceal to get 140k of its health first.
This strategy goes to hell in a hand basket when your first conceal
shot sticks a bleed. As far as general PvE you will be all the melle
stackers best friends. Get a buddy to tank the creature and pound
Mind3. Doing this you can take down NS elders in under 5 minutes.

Also don't rule Master Rifleman/Pistoleer for the range defenses. I don't know if someone already mentioned this.

Current (almost done) template:

Master Rifleman
Master Teras Kasi
2030 Medic (First aid for bleeds, Stim C's)
Smuggler Dirty Fighting 4 (Fiegn Death with good rate of success)

Now you got Ranged and Melee Mitigation 3, good defenses, can heal your wounds/bleeds/poisons/diseases and can get up from incap. Powerboost adds more to your mind for a nice bonus...

You can heal pretty well with the Stim C's and cure bleeds when you're aggro'd (Very important on the Corellian Corvette.) If you're in a tight spot, fiegn death. You still have Intimidate and Warcry to keep damage down, plus you got Dizzy, KD/Lunge for NPCs. This template works rather well in PvP as well. Get some Pikata Pie for good measure to dodge shots better.

I haven't tried this template myself, but it seems pretty good so far.

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jedi464 wrote:

Well as a rifleman, getting looted lances of Ns should be no problem

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Its harder than you think. I've been looking to loot one with dmg for quite some time now and have only found DOT pikes, 90% of which are worthless and I sell on the bazaar for 1k. With pikeman your state defenses suck as well so nightsisters like to knock you down and toy with you. They don't seem to have the same 30 second counter we have either .

Its not that bad, just frustrating sometimes. I do pretty well nightsister hunting as pike rifle and can solo all but an elder without many problems. It does get scetchy sometimes though.