Rifleman Archive

After Whacking a few Imperials in Theed, I get a tell from a recent victim stating, "Don't worry, your class is the next to be nerfed" or something to that effect. I ask him why and what makes him think so. He replies that his brother is a dev (uh huh) and he gets word of the impending patches/nerfs etc. beforehand and that we are next to be "fixed". I inquired as to the exact nature of the "fix" and it's three basic adjustments. Speed will be increased on all rifles making us slower (probably a 3 second speed cap), Ranged deathblow is gone, and armor piercing will be reduced on all rifles that have it.

Make of it what you will, but with the influx of all the new riflemen and the and our current FOTM status (which is not deserved IMO) it seems like the logical step in a dev's mind.

I personally could care less about the ap or speed adjustment since ap is broke in pvp anyways (at least it seems it is) and the speed cap can be remedied, but to take away our staple special (ranged db) is just flat out wrong.

Again, this could be complete b.s. from a disgruntled Imp who wanted to bring me down, but I still wouldn't be surprised if it happened knowing the dev's and the carelessness in which they swing the nerf bat.

Strick Niner

Master Rifleman/CM

if he was referring to anything at all then it might have been the coming combat revamp that the devs have been promising. everything is supposed to be changed at that point, other than that there is no point in nerfing rifleman. especially the ranged death blow, that has never been complained about except maybe by those that don't get any fp from dbing people.

Heh....would be an odd turn of events if we got nerfed because *we* keep bringing it up versus the masses clamoring for it (not that I personally think that people shouting for it have as much impact as some people think).

We certainly haven't hit the front page of the discussion forum like all of the other big targets at least. Does seem there's quite a few of us masters who tend to feel borderline guilty about how well we're doing right now though =)

Your sig also says CM. Did you use rifle abilities or CM to kill him? Just curious, I had the same template myself...

Killed him in less time than it would have taken to toss a poison..... I think I might have made a mistake when I pursued CM. Looking back, I should have taken Doc as a second skill set.

Strick Niner

Master Rifleman/CM