Rifleman Archive

This was a response to those that were whining to "Un Nerf" the FWG5 pistol.... "You know... to put things in perspective. I'm a Rifleman 2/0/1/2, and I have an average FWG5 pistol with a max damage of 150, that I use when mobs get too close. The cons that are Dark Blue with my T21 rifle turn White when I equip my pistol, yet I can take out the target in a fraction of the time with the pistol at 64m away, tho I have only marksman pistol skills, and at hardly no cost to my hams. Now with my T21(max dmg of 412)and my Elite Rifleman skills, I nearly kill myself cause of the ham costs, and it takes me 4 or 5 times longer to take out a target, that according to the con, should be easier. I'm not asking for a Pistol nerf at all,just stating a fact of the game in its current state.Just don't feel too bad, cause it could be worse." ...Now why is this?

yeah, rifleman sucks until you're pretty far into it, whereas pistoleer is good right away. but that's the price you pay, at master the rifleman spanks the pistoleer.

well that sounds promising, but its a shame that its structure that way.

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Perks wrote:
well that sounds promising, but its a shame that its structure that way.

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It is structured the way every profession should be structured. You get the most at the top of the skill tree, not at the bottom of the skill tree. With the fixes to BAF/consealshot there will be very little broken with this profession aside from the teleporting mobs and perhaps slightly high ham costs.

I kinda think Rifleman is the template that should be used for all other classes when doing balance checks. *Relatively* hard/slow to move up the tree, class is pretty top heavy instead of front loaded, very good strengths that are countered by our weaknesses.

Honestly, in a lot of respects I think Rifle is one of the most perfectly balanced classes out there atm. Would be nice if everyone had such a good mix of positves and negatives.

if BH was as well done as Rifle i wouldnt be giving up BH weapons...