Rifleman Archive

It was my understanding that the Dodge from Fencer only works when you have a pistol or Fencer weapon equipped (and only goes to a max of 125). The corresponding Block from whatever melee has it was supposed to be corresponding to Rifleman...

I thought CM/Rifleman/Brawler was the FOTM and strongest template recently.

Message Edited by Ackehece on 07-23-2004 05:31 PM

Basically its a dicision of "AmI willing to sacrifice a little protection for a little offence(Option one with the commando)? OR "Do I want the ultimate defenses(Option two with the pikemen)?

What do you think?

Thanks for any and all replies

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BlakeNoreht wrote:

IN SHORT:

What profession(s) will BEST assist and aid the Riflemen Profession in a PvP setting. Once i am a master riflemen, i will only use rifles and not switch to any other weapon. With that said, what profession will most assist me in a PvP combat.

IN LONG:

I had made a decision a while ago to go with a Master Riflemen, Master Fencer, and 4-3-0-4 Teras Kasi Template. I am now master fencer, 1-0-2-3 Riflemen,and haven't started on the TKA yet.

Anyways, I have been looking around at what other people have been doing... how its been working... and how mine has worked.

Don't get me wrong, i love my template... but i was thinking... how effective is it?

Once I master Riflemen, I wont be using anything other then Rifles. I love Rifles. To death! Its all i want to use. I picked fencer/tka to give my riflemen defenses... Good idea right? But aren't the defenses most effective when i am using a one-hand weapon or no weapon at all?

I just want to bounce this off of some of you more experianced riflemen.

Any help will be great help!

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It depends on how you fight. Master Rifleman goes well with several professions. Some combos have been mentioned.

As has been stated, while you are holding your Rifle, the Block secondary defense is all that will matter, so if you are trying to boost defenses while holding your Rifle, Pikeman is your choice. However, if you expect to switch to melee a lot, TKA or Fencer are your better choices since Fencer has the best defenses and TKA has a lot of nice bonuses, like Meditate and Powerboost. TK also allows you to attack mind. Swordsman is a great combo with Rifleman (especially if also a Master Brawler) because it has the most damage and can attack mind, but it, like Rifleman, is an offensive build and other builds offer better defenses. But for PvE, a Master Rifleman/Master Swordman/Master Brawler is virtually unstoppable.

If you do not plan to get up close an personal, you can consider Master Doc. For PvP, especially with CMs running around, you can heal your own posions and diseases and you can heal huge amounts of Health and Action damage. You can buff yourself anytime, and you can do the same for others. If melee does get close to you, you can cure states (dizzy, stun, intimidate, and blind).

I loved my build with Master Rifleman/Master Swordman/Master Brawler for PvE. But I got tired of being poisoned and diseased in PvP and being able to do nothing about it, so I dropped the melee for Master Doc. I miss the other skills, but I do not regret the change.