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Thread: Can riflemen solo a NS elder?
Conceal shot will work on them.
If you don't miss
If you don't get a 1 point bleed
But that's a really slow way of killing. Last NS Elder I killed with conceal shot took over 15 minutes to drop (and that's with 98 rifle speed firing at 1 second intervals).
Alternatively you can try a combination of strafe2 and running in the opposite direction. You'll probably agro most of the mobs on Dathomir trying that however.
The best way to kill them is to find a willing melee fighter to tank them while you hit the elder with strafe2 while staying close enough to supply heals if needed
Im a rifleman/bh so i have m.marksman aswell. When i solo NS elders i usualyfire acouple of headshots to get her away from the other NS's then i just kite as best i can...
Be sure to keep the radar at 128m or greater, kiting her through dath can get a little tricky trying to avoid all the mobs...depending on her HAM i either SS2 or HS3her to death Then,when she gets to within 40m of me i spam /supressionfire, after about 15 of these she'll kneel, allowing you to get back to kiting at 60m. Then i just repeat,while trying stay clear of all the nearby mobs
Otegu123 wrote:
Im a rifleman/bh so i have m.marksman aswell. When i solo NS elders i usualyfire acouple of headshots to get her away from the other NS's then i just kite as best i can...
Be sure to keep the radar at 128m or greater, kiting her through dath can get a little tricky trying to avoid all the mobs...depending on her HAM i either SS2 or HS3her to death Then,when she gets to within 40m of me i spam /supressionfire, after about 15 of these she'll kneel, allowing you to get back to kiting at 60m. Then i just repeat,while trying stay clear of all the nearby mobs
This is a lot of fun. I think I've even read an FAQ on this somewhere. NS Elders are always surrounded by those nasty little protectors and spell weavers that are super-riflemen resistant. If you're just going for the elder you can always conceal shot, but getting your loot will be fairly difficult unless you've already killed off all her friends. If you want to pull her, use a bleed (mindshot)to get her out into the open following you. I too can't seem to get warning or threaten shot to work on them but I can get suppression fire to force them to a knee with a few attempts. Fairly exciting running through the wilds of Dathomir with one pissed of force-sensitive witch chasing you. 
With HS3 you can probably take an elder out in about 10 minutes - quite a fun chase.
Cheers,
- Odite Fosore
DomMantell wrote:
Yes its possible
Conceal shot will work on them.
If you don't miss
If you don't get a 1 point bleed
But that's a really slow way of killing. Last NS Elder I killed with conceal shot took over 15 minutes to drop (and that's with 98 rifle speed firing at 1 second intervals).
Alternatively you can try a combination of strafe2 and running in the opposite direction. You'll probably agro most of the mobs on Dathomir trying that however.
The best way to kill them is to find a willing melee fighter to tank them while you hit the elder with strafe2 while staying close enough to supply heals if needed
I used this tactic a few days ago. Just continued to conceal shot and healed when necessary. It took about 35 min unbuffed except for brandy. Not once was I attacked and when the killing was over I just burst ran into the rest of the group and got 2K creds.
When I did this it was before musician buffs and brandy and all I had on me was muon. I tried using strafe2 at the start, but after a bit I just let it autofire and she finally died in about 30 minutes. I guess I didn't solo it outright though since it took so long I had random people come by and try to lend a "helping hand". Basically all they did was die quickly and make it so she could run after me again :/.
Stormbilly wrote:
And if they can, what tactics do you use?
I know it's not solo, but I've been doing it with one other person recently. She's a master swordsman. So we both just pound away at the mind, doesn't take us too long to kill her, especially since she forgot how to use her force powers 
. Luckily for us too I'm also a pikeman, so if my tank gets into trouble I can run in and grab aggro while she heals up. It works really well.
I haven't tried one solo, but the safer bet would be to conceal shot. If you happen to aggro you could just hop on your bike and run away or burstrun away (although some of those elders have a nasty habit of chasing you well over 500m!)
Message Edited by UWSkeletor on 05-05-2004 12:35 PM
1. Prone. Cover. Leave your bike out.
2. Mindshot2.
3. Get on your bike and kite her away from any other mobs.
4. When she drops aggro (once the bleed is done), prone, cover, begin concealshotting. Again, leave bike out.
5. If you get a 1 pt bleed, ride around til it goes away.
6. Land and repeat as necessary.
I usually don't get more than one 1 pt bleed. Once it's gone, she's usually easy game.
einm wrote:
Im a master swordsman/rifleman..I dont even bother with conceal shot, just intimidate and HS3 her ass.
Me, i'm Master Doc/Rifles, so i go in cracked up on Buffs and Food, and just drag her out of the group (if there is one), and proceed to pound at her until she dies. Takes like 5 minutes, if that. Great fun, i might add. The trick is the same trick to EVERYTHING else in the game - 80% kinetic composite Message Edited by EoZilbriss on 05-07-2004 07:51 PM
eheheh
cant kite them anymore it seems.
i tried 5 times and lost 5 vehicles .....