Rifleman Archive

Hello all, I am new to the Galaxy, so please bear with me since some of the posts seem a bit confusing (still).

1. What is the best rifle for a beginning rifleman, and what should I have as a long term goal as a primary carry weapon?

2. The posts on armor are a bit confusing:

1. Laser Rifle is probaby the best in my opinion. It has a large variance meaning you may hit low occasionally but I still think the max dmg is worth it. The T21's mind costs are just too high to use as a standard weapon, maybe just to open up with a bleed.

2.) Wearing no armor will cause weapons that have high armor piercing to not cause extra dmg like they should. But in PvE all mobs have armor piercing 0 so armor will be effective. As a rifleman though the decrease in secondary mind stats from wearing armor is just too much to sacrifice for armor. Also the fact that we take 2.5x melee damage means high lvl mobs will be hitting us for such high amounts of damage that often even with armor youll still get one hit incapped. As a rifleman just try to avoid getting hit by anny kind of melee attacks.

Rifles:

There are several good ones to pick from depending on the situation and the resources your server has.

E11 and Laser are probably the two best for leveling. The reason is both have good armor pierce (meaning AP 2, so, against most mobs you get a 1.25X1.25 bonus).

Some Jawa are good for warning shots.

As for armor, it is not worth wearing right now (atleast for leveling). If you can get a good Doc/entertainer to buff you it will help, but, only if you are meleeing.

My true advice for you though would to not be a Rifleman. Anything you can do as a rifleman can be done better by another class without the penalties we suffer. I had hoped they would change some of it by now, but, looking at the Dev comments, TC, and patch notes it seems rifleman are no where on the radar.