Rifleman Archive
Thread: Conceal shot. Bugged but still worth it.
I am sorry, but if you think that this shot is gimped you are completely mistaken. Yes, a MOB's friends will see you and aggro on you, and you can read my post:
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=rifleman&message.id=23376
for a little rifleman humor on the ridiculousness of this aspect of it.
But to dismiss it so quickly is to fail to understand the value of the shot. First, just because it is highly useful in solo attacks on lone MOBs does not mean that that is the only place it is useful. I have use it with great success while fighting in groups. Groups you say? What is the point? The point is that if you and your group go up against a bad MOB and the rest of you group goes down, guess what? If you have been using concealshot, the bad guy is not aware you have been attacking him, and, thus, you can continue to fire without taking a chance that he will aggro on you unless you miss twice. And being a random pool attack, you are able to work on the same pools as the pistol and carbine users are, helping to bring down the MOB quicker. Yes, many of our other specials attack random pools as well, but none of them do so without attaracting attention. Yes, stunning, dizzying, and knocking down the opponent is probably more helpful to the group, but not every high level mob is suseptible to those states, and even then, it does not always work. The fact is, you are not truly effective with those moves until you start getting higher in the Rifleman tree. So for a first or second skill after making Novice Rifleman, concealshot is certainly a Godsend.
But even so, there are plenty of things you can attack solo without aggroing a bunch of mobs to attack you. Rogue varieties of many species exist. They are out by themselves. Many other species, such as Plains Hunters on Naboo, are by nature loners, yet also produce high XP output. Plus, you can, as mentioned, create situations where you can solo BAF MOBs if you set things up right.
But guess what, even if it does BAF, so do ALL of our other shots. So why is Concealshot worthless just because the BAF friends come? After all, is it not better that your intial target's friends come, but it does not. With our other shots, everyone comes.
With what other shots we can use can you solo an AT-ST (or similar instant death MOBs) without taking damage? With concealshot and a little patience, planning, and proper execution, you can solo an AT-ST and do so without taking any damage, at least none inflicted by the enemy (hehe). That alone makes the shot worth while.
Here is another use: a powerful combo is /mindshot2;/mindshot1;/anothershothere. The third shot just has to be a non-bleed shot for you to get credit. Why not use concealshot? Concealshot not only does a lot of damage, but it alsowill not trigger an autoresponse attack. The mindshots will not trigger a response until the first bleed damage occurs. Using concealshot can give you an extra few seconds to setup for the onslaught that will come when your first bleeds hit. Other shots can trigger the autoresponse, bringing the MOB right now.
So I understand the frustration over concealshot being noticed by everyone other than the target, but please do not dismiss this shot so quickly. It is powerful, it does a lot of damage, it allows us to solo things few other classes can solo, and at much less risk than they. It also allows us to participate in group missions without taking some of the risks that other classes take. Look, I am not arguing that concealshot is the shot to end all shots. But I am saying, like every other shot, it has its place in our arsenal, and it certainly deserves more credit than it gets.
