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Abominable-TCO

Tue Jun 08, 2004 8:42 pm

It hits in a cone but that is our definition of AoE attack (all of our AoE do that) swordsman may actually hit in a full360 but you can't reall expect rifleman to do the same without seriously loosing continuity.

Flushing2 and Flurry2 are both AoE one dizzies the former stun's, once you get one the other is not as critical for faster leveling (accuracy then becomes more important) but since flurry2 requires combat xp to get most get flushing2 first as its easier to reach earlier on in the piece . if you are ablt to hit more than one mob without agroing tehm use the AoE otherwise HS2 works best for me (or concealshot if I want to hunt soemthing really big).

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Kulolips

Tue Jun 08, 2004 9:40 pm

#2

Whats the first AoE attack that Riflemen get that is actually worth using? Right now I'm still using the Marksman /pointblankArea1 attack. I went up to Counter-Sniping 3 for Flushing 2 being under the impression it was an AoE - but it appears to be more of a narrow cone attack.

Any advice?

Abominable-TCO

Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:09 pm

#3

It hits in a cone but that is our definition of AoE attack (all of our AoE do that) swordsman may actually hit in a full360 but you can't reall expect rifleman to do the same without seriously loosing continuity.

Flushing2 and Flurry2 are both AoE one dizzies the former stun's, once you get one the other is not as critical for faster leveling (accuracy then becomes more important) but since flurry2 requires combat xp to get most get flushing2 first as its easier to reach earlier on in the piece . if you are ablt to hit more than one mob without agroing tehm use the AoE otherwise HS2 works best for me (or concealshot if I want to hunt soemthing really big).

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Kulolips

Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:23 pm

#4

Doh!

Omg thats lame. The point blank area attack does 360 attacks. I thought for sure at least one of the rifleman attacks would as well. Pfft. I might just drop rifle all together then. I think I spoiled myself with TKM lol. Too bad I dropped it. Sigh. Can anyone verify that all rifle AoEs are cone attacks?

Repaq

Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:42 pm

#5

consider it verified (been a rifleman for 7 months)

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Galjoss

Wed Jun 09, 2004 3:17 am

#6

Its only lame up close, get a cone attack 60 meters from the lair and you will be hitting everything in a 25m radius from the lair, like this you will be able to deal a lot of damage to a lot of opponents very quickly, rifleman is a ranged proffession and needs distance, used properly cone attacks are very powerfull

AderidSkyflyer

Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:15 am

#7

/agree

Rifleman AOE attacks are awesome. When I was levelling the last couple of rifleman boxes, I used only flushing shot2 on savage quenkers. Target the lair and you should hit nearly all the mobs around it. you may have to adjust position as they do sometimes flank you. I killed lairs sooo much quicker using this! Those last boxes flew past!

Don't forget they the attacks also stun/change posture and dizzy. Very handy.

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Tavias

Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:09 pm

#8

Flushing2 is better than flurry2. Flurry2 is a little lacking on the damage. It is based on combat xp though, which is either an upside or a downside depending on how you look at it. Flushing2 is pretty good on damage, better than strafe2 at lower speeds actually (even at master, without speed tapes flushing2 will usually be higher dps than strafe2, depending on your rifle's speed).

I believeevery ranged AE attackis acone, not just rifles. I don't know what the problem is with that. It's not 360 degree, but it has 64m range, which makes it better overall than a melee aoe imho. It's obviously not as effective if you're fighting a bunch of melees/creatures, but you can use a pet to tank while you AE the mobs on the pet. A good droid orCL10 BE pet (one of the 10k ham CL10s) will do just fine. Probably your best friend when it comes to grinding rifles, actually. Works great if you need combat xp too, get some 800+ damage C12s and toss 'em at a group of mobs your pet is tanking.

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LLJK_Griz

Wed Jun 09, 2004 2:38 pm

#9

The point-blank area attacks are the only non-cone ranged AOEs.

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Pire

Wed Jun 09, 2004 9:28 pm

#10

flurry.

dizzy is better then stun, cause dizzy + supression fire ......

self explanatory.

KardenTyrell

Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:15 am

#11

flushing has higher dmg multiplyer

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UglyBovine

Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:17 am

#12

I believe the never-used and totally bugged pistoleer shot multi-target shot is a 360 degree shot, but I'm prepared to be corrected on that. I was master pistoleer for some time, and never used it, because of the low damage, low refire rate high ham and general knack of making everything on the radar attack you.

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FrankieL

Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:37 pm

#13

I love the AoE's..

I took out 8 stormtroopers in the time it takes to kill one janta herbalist.

The rifle AoE's really work well on NPC's that use ranged weapons...

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