Rifleman Archive
Thread: rifle defence stacking question
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sohokerv
Sat Jun 19, 2004 8:34 pm
#1
hi i love being rifleman but realy want to know if there is a way to max out my melee and ranged deffences
and for them to work while i have my rifle equiped?
realy hoping someone knows how i can do this?
soho
DarkLordIce
Sat Jun 19, 2004 8:39 pm
#2
hmm.. 0004 TK and 1000 Fencer should do it.. master fencer will get you really high, just dabbling around 
XaverriJade7
Sat Jun 19, 2004 8:59 pm
#3
You can even get +170ish melee defense and +190ish ranged defense with MR. Not too useful right now though... 
CrashNgoBoom
Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:24 pm
#4
I foyu are talking about Improving your block skill while increasing your melee defense then you need a melee profession(obviously). Pikeman's block works with your rifleman block to stack up, but the skill is still pretty dumb compared to dodge.
Red1982
Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:50 am
#7
Well I just found a Block +15 AA and wonder if it will keep me alife a bit longer im PvP.......
Thought this would be the "Special" Defensive Skill for Pikeman and Rifleman like the Counterattack is for Swordsman and Carbineer....
Would be great if someone can bring some facts here 80)
Thought this would be the "Special" Defensive Skill for Pikeman and Rifleman like the Counterattack is for Swordsman and Carbineer....
Would be great if someone can bring some facts here 80)
theGauch0
Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:25 am
#8
Block stacks up to 120 skill points and it works if you have a rifle or a polearm in your hand. When you successfully block, you take 1/2 damage from the blocked attack, and any states like dizzy or stun can still get through as they normally would (there are separate resistance stats for these). This is similar to dodge and counterattack, but those defenses avoid all damage (except for the combat states) when they are successful. And dodge and counterattack are useless if you are holding a rifle--they don't work if you have a rifle equipped.
I don't know if your armor attachment bonuses can put your block effectively over the 120 max that training can get you.
If you do the pikeman defense line, you will notice your blocks increase. Many riflemen will tell you, however, that the ranged-defense bonuses are more useful, so go for those first and go for block if you have points left over. I suspect this is true, but I don't know from experience.
I don't know if your armor attachment bonuses can put your block effectively over the 120 max that training can get you.
If you do the pikeman defense line, you will notice your blocks increase. Many riflemen will tell you, however, that the ranged-defense bonuses are more useful, so go for those first and go for block if you have points left over. I suspect this is true, but I don't know from experience.
Silti
Sun Jul 04, 2004 8:45 am
#9
keep in mind that even with melee defense capped, melee still get that great +tohit modifier towards us rifleman. so having max melee d doesn't amount to much (fencer, tka, swordsman will pretty much hit you all the time anyway).
in fact, because of this i remember someone start a thread a while back saying since melee d is useless to use now, that the devs give us less melee d in favor of something else. i don't know if anything ever came out of that though.
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