Rifleman Archive

i heard it came from eq, which i never played. can anyone explain this to me?

It is when you start attacking a mob that is slower then you. You then procede to run away from the mob all the time doing damage to it while it cannot do damage to you. So you look like you are running around with this mob kite as you kill it.

the tactic is called kiting, because metaphorically it resembles flying a kite on a string.

what it basically comes down to, is having the ability to, and learning well how to use it, to kill mobs at long range while moving without the mobs touching you. you achieve this by keeping the mob/target at medium to long range so you can shoot it while it cant hit you and retaining its agro on you so it doesnt run away.

BTW, pistols are best kiting weapons in this game because they fire fast and get bonus to fire (or negated penalty) while moving. rifles are best for sniping. playing pistoleer reminds me most of playing a bard from EQ, not druid as someone put it, and playing rifleman reminds me of plaing a hunter from DoAC. the 2 are fundimentally and completely different tactically and style wise and are meant for different players, unless of course you like/dislike both equally.

carbines are also better choice hen rifle to kite with, because you can slow the targets movement down thus making it real easy to control the distance between it and you.

rifle is mostly a kill from stationary concealed position kind of weapon, but once you get detected, unlike the other 2 ranged weapons,you often end up at the reclaim terminal. keep that in mind.

yeah that's whati thought it was, it's basically what i've been doing. i always swtich to my pistol b/c the damage not only sucks with rifle upclose, but the accuracy sucks too.....plus you have to stop while shooting, which i still don't understand. the problem is they always catch up to me, they radar shows them like 10 m away but i still take damage. do certain mobs work better than others? i mostly hunt on tatooine if that tells you anything.

K = Killing

I= In

T = Transit

Kit'ing

It evolved into Kiteing with a little ignorant imagination. No offense, heck im ignorant to most abbreviations 90% of the time

God I hate abbreviations without a comprehensive glossary, leads to such misinformation.