Rifleman Archive

Hi,

i just started to play a rifleman yesterday starting with novice marksman rifle I (My 2end holocron told me to master this profession).

I am now at 2-0-3-3 Rifleman and my question is, How do u get xp without a Pet ?! I mean, without my AT-ST taking all the aggro i could not tank/kill a single (xp worth) mob. If i shoot at something it either reaches me very fast and beats the crapp out of me (even tho im also a master doc) hittting me for 500-800 dmg , or it just warps on me (i love that......).

What ís the "melee defense" mod for ? What is it doing ? I dont notice any damage decrease or anything.

I am just wondering how a rifleman is supposed to kill anything before it reaches him without a pet......

actually its less than 24h its 10.33am here now and i startet yesterday at 11am.

Its easy with an AT-ST. Just let the AT attack a picket longhorn Lair on Dantooine while you go prone at 60-65m and kill everything that attacks your AT-ST. A picket gives around 4k xp per kill.

I am trying to hit Master Rifleman by Sunday (i have some free time this week so i can play around 8h per day heh)

I mastered Swordsman the same way within 5 days (that was my first holocron profession).

Ahhh well in that case i would need to earn 3700 imperial points, followed by another 9000 for the AT-ST, guess im stuck with the long grind.

Look at it this way, it's taken me 3 months to get to where you are, albeit casually, so i wouldn'tworry too much about lack of xp

Do rebels have any decent faction pets like the at-st? If so how do you get em?

Thanks

-Chewon

1/0/3/2 Rifleman 0/1/1/0 Doc, Master Medic, Master Marksman on Valcyn...Need more muon gold!!!

In answer to your question..

"How do u get xp without a Pet ?!"

Its tough. Im 4-0-3-2 in rifleman and did it all without a pet. the trick used to be to scour the galaxies to find a slow non-BAF mob and kite it, but they have changed most of the high level mobs to bring a friend now. (i had good luck with snorbals, until the change) now im searching and dieing alot. my most constant xp now comes from rebel destroy missions.

"What ís the "melee defense" mod for ? What is it doing ?.."

Not much, if anything as far as i know.

"I am just wondering how a rifleman is supposed to kill anything before it reaches him without a pet....."

Im putting alot of hopes in this next patch, but without a pet, the class can be very fustrating.

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Chewon wrote:

Do rebels have any decent faction pets like the at-st? If so how do you get em?

Thanks

-Chewon

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not only no, but hell no!

best reb pet is hvy weaps specialist... lvl 15, 5500 ham, no armor, no appreciable resists, 200 dmg, 2.0s, .35 to hit.

compare that to a level 125 AT-ST, 12k ham, hvy armor, 70% resists, 1000 damage, etc.

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Chewon wrote:

Do rebels have any decent faction pets like the at-st? If so how do you get em?

Thanks

-Chewon

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not only no, but hell no!

best reb pet is hvy weaps specialist... lvl 15, 5500 ham, no armor, no appreciable resists, 200 dmg, 2.0s, .35 to hit.

compare that to a level 125 AT-ST, 12k ham, hvy armor, 70% resists, 1000 damage, etc.

after 2 days im at 4-0-4-4 now Gonna hit Master today im sure.

Its sooo easy with Flushing Shot 2 + AT-ST (or any pet that can tank for a minute or two).

I make 400k per hour. How ? Get high lvl missions, or find Graul Mauler Spawns on Dantooine.Let Pet attack one of the Mobs and wait till they all gather around your Pet. Use Flushing Shot 2 and after 10-20 seconds it will go like this on your screen :

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

You received 4300 xp, you received 430 combat xp

So,basicly, if you are an Imp with an AT-ST or a CH and want to level rifleman, you can hit Master in 2-3 days.

If you fight without a Pet.......it will take you how long ? 2-3 months ?

Even tho i like it that i can master this profession that fast like this, but somehow i think its really REALLY stupid. A rifleman should be able to get xp at a good pace without using a Pet. But without using a Pet its likegetting incapped90% of the time because every mobs brings a Friend or warps on you once you attack.........

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exay wrote:

actually its less than 24h its 10.33am here now and i startet yesterday at 11am.

Its easy with an AT-ST. Just let the AT attack a picket longhorn Lair on Dantooine while you go prone at 60-65m and kill everything that attacks your AT-ST. A picket gives around 4k xp per kill.

I am trying to hit Master Rifleman by Sunday (i have some free time this week so i can play around 8h per day heh)

I mastered Swordsman the same way within 5 days (that was my first holocron profession).

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dunno if they really going to nerf at-st any more. They nerfed them already since u cant heal them and you cant heal the wounds on them. After using your at-st for a week or two you can basicly get yourself a new one because he has so many wounds that you cant use him anymore.

If they make it so that you cant use it in PvE anymore, no one will use/get an AT-ST at all.

Why use it in PvP only ? Would you ? If you die alone in PvP you loose maybe 20 Faction poinst, If you loose your AT-ST you've lost 9450 Faction points and every n00b Commando/CM can put an AT-ST on Flame/poison/desease and remember you cant heal wounds on'em, so even if your at-st survives, he will be uselesss with an all black health bar.....

Nah, after the latest poll with rebels outnumbering Imperials by 68% they want to ENCOURAGE people to join the Imperials , not drive them away much more.