Rifleman Archive

After talking with several rifleman about weapons and stuff I found the culprit to the influx of rifleman..........the 2.5 damage modifier that was removed actually opened the flood gates.............and if you think about it its true, who wants to play a profession where you get takeX2.5damage from a melee combat class?Now that its not an issue, the rifleman are pouring in............

Actually its because everyone now realises how much ranged defense rifleman get along with the ability to shoot armor penetrating weapons at 1 shot per second. Even if the 2.5 damage modifier were still there the flood gates would still be open.

Who cares about the modifier when you can kill anyone before they even get in melee range.

I think both points are valid although the second poster did kind of forget that 2.5x melee worked with pets as well. The increased accuracy, the increased ranged + melee defence, the removal of 2.5x melee and the 70%-90% composite going aroundwith everyone knowing about the Jawa,have all lead to rifle becoming a FOTM profession.

I guess it's time to brace for the nerfbat impact.

I think every profession has to prepare for the nerfbat.

They are totally redoing all the combat from what i have read. So what you know now will be totally different pretty soon.Hopefully this time its alittle more balanced. =\

Aanarion Said

"They are totally redoing all the combat from what i have read. So what you know now will be totally different pretty soon.Hopefully this time its alittle more balanced. =\"

These devs could not balance a check book.

Look at commando, does it make any sense at all?

At range they can do nothing, at melee they can do nothing, all they do is take up space on the servers & cause lagg by doing so.

Lot of flaws with the professions in this game, redoing the whole thing is just gonna make more flaws.

The influx of new rifleman started months ago. I'm sure the changes have added to it some, but the cat was out of the bag long before the last few updates.

Quite a few people recognized it was well worth mastering before any of the recent changes =P

Oh, I think even with all the ranged defense and stuff, if the 250% melee damage was in place it would halt the influx ofnew Rifle(wo)men. Trust me, even with some reduced damage, incapping in 1-2 hits from bunnies is never fun.

You are correct, it's the damage mod. I keep having horrable, horrable nightmares that it may come back. Let's prey such a dumb idea never comes our way again...

Who really cares? My holo told me to be one and I was already working toward it anyway. I just got lucky. Why do you people care?

I didn't even notice it's gone....

I hope it comes back. If you are dumb enough to get in melee range with a rifle, then you deserve to get your ass kicked. I do believe we should be able to crush some skulls with the butt of our guns though. This would allow lower level rifleman to fight off the little critters when their dmg and accuracy still suck. Otherwise, the spraystick needs to be given to rifleman at a lower level for defensive reasons.