Rifleman Archive

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Nojj wrote:

I suggest calling them crapsticks. Or maybe loser batons.

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Heheh- But seroiusly one of the main reason why they cant make rifles realistic is the whole balancing issue. With it rifles would be heavily overpowered and if they trid to make same physics go into all other weapons the game would be JK with auto aiming.

Yeah there sure are some screwed up things about Riflemen. Im a Rifleman (2/2/3/2) /Pikeman (0/0/2/1) /Medic (4/4/4/4), it would be cool if I could use my T21 as a polearm to a degree Anyways, my main problem with Riflemen is this....

"Alright guys, I've got him in my sights, he won't know what hit him! **edit**, I missed! AH! Why was I teleported here, I was taking cover! Alright, I wont miss this time, DAMNIT! Com'on refire, refire! Yay a hit, oh **edit**, he got me!"

Yeah, I also wish present T21 would do more damage now, I'm a Bloodfin player and I've seen laser rifles have a better max damage than T21s.

Also, does take cover really do anything other than make me un-mobile?

watch the movies or read the books . the real rifleman are the bounty hunters . T21's are heavy repeater rifles much like a .50 cal is . yeah the name is misleading but our skills , speed , armor piercing , and area effects hold up very well when you think of us in this way . we do massive damage to lots of enemies in a very short time what more could you want .

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Mercennarry wrote:
watch the movies or read the books . the real rifleman are the bounty hunters . T21's are heavy repeater rifles much like a .50 cal is . yeah the name is misleading but our skills , speed , armor piercing , and area effects hold up very well when you think of us in this way . we do massive damage to lots of enemies in a very short time what more could you want .

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Not to be an incredibly slow, inaccurate sitting duck at novice?

I believe beyonet would be nice. I also would like to see a melee since all the other prof have them. Rifleman is being left on the back burner.

Real life comparisons aside....As other's have put it before, we're the 'wizard' type class of swg. Gotta have some weaknesses to go against our strengths. For me personally, strafe2 makes up for every negative we have and then some =P

Daishar

Here is why...

a REAL rifle is a far better melee weapon than a pistol. Bayonets, butt-strikes, the whole thing is a friggen club! Why the hell should some punk kick my ass because he can pistolwhip me. I should be able to bash him in the skull with my stock, instantly killing him.

in SWG rifleman get a 2.5x melee damage modifier applied to them. This is Bass-Ackwards.

a REAL rifle is far more accurate than smgs and pistols at almost all ranges. I can't even think of when a rifle is less accurate than a pistol or SMG. The closer soemthing is the EASIER it is to hit, no matter what the firearm you are using.

in SWG rifles get MASSIVE close-range penalties. This is dumb... really dumb.

Wanna know what else pisses me off? Kinetic weapons in SWG... If a .50cal bullet fired from a sniper rifle hit the head of someone wearing this futuristic "Composite Armor" he would be dead. Not just dead dead.... but REALLY dead.

Why you ask? Kinetic energy... Sure the .50cal probably couldn't puncture the composite armor. But so much kinetic energy would be sent straight to the targets head that the helmet itself would smash his skull to bits. Hell, it would probably take his head clean off his body. A chest shot would probably cause the composite breastplate to crush the victims ribcage and send him sailing back a ways. Knockdown anyone???

But NOOOO... rifles suck in SWG... they suck to the point that they really should not be called "rifles".

I suggest calling them crapsticks. Or maybe loser batons.

This game is a stupid combat system with Star Wars text pasted onto it.