Rifleman Archive

Rifleman is an amazing class.... we have quite a jump on everyone. First we shoot for mind.. Most mobs and most people have low mind pools...I can normally one shot a PC no matter what armor he/she is wearing. Yes rifleman is a bit slow to lvl.. jsut because we can't kite like a pistol.. We have better range.. Yes the range for all weapons is 64m , But look at the ideal range... Rifle is 64.. pistol is like 20-30.. the only way we are gimped if the person/monster gets to us.. Which is the bad side of being arifleman. But if you work it right.. the things should never get to you. Get up the REAL rifleman tree and see how you leik it. Don't make your mind up on the marksman tree...

Since the very beginning I have planned on making my character a rifleman, but as I've been leveling rifle, carbines and pistol to reach master marksman I've been wondering if rifle is really worth going for. The rifle seems much harder to level, much slower and much less acurate. Can someone help me understand how a rifleman can compete with the speed and accuracy of a pistol?

My original thought was that a rifleman could get further away and therefore get more shots off while the enemy charged. But as far as I can tell the pistol is so much faster and more acurate then the rifle that the tiny amount of extra distence is a waste.

Also because all the rifle's special attacks do mind damage I feel like I'm gimping myself for those times when the enemy does reach me. No matter how far I've worked his mind bar down, if he gets to me, I need to switch to melee or a pistol which does health damage. My extra rifle shots were a waste. If I stay with my rifle and run away, my shots are way to slow and miss way to much. It seems to me like a pistol at far range is much more accurate then a rifle at close range or while I'm running. Am I right or is it just my imagination?

Lastly the weapons that I"ve been able to find are grossly imbalanced as far as action shots go. I can do health / torso shots with my Scout Blaster or FWG5 pistol and the little amount of lost HAM reginerates in the time it takes to do another special shot. I havn't been able to find a better rifle then my DLT20a (Damage 102-161, speed 6) but it does a number on my HAM bar whenever I do a special shot. None of the higher level rifles I've found such as E11 or Spraystick have been any better as far as damage or action costs.

Please someone tell me it gets better as I go up the master rifleman tree. Will I be able to compete with the speed of the pistol? Will I be able to kite the enemy and actually land head shots? Do the action costs go down?

I hope you can all help, thanks.

The flushing line is comparable to headshot in damage, it targets health 90% of the time. Use that line if the whole having to target the mind pool thing isn't good for your build.