Rifleman Archive
Thread: The Grind is killing be, Advice needed
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Calel_Haven
Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:52 pm
#1
Hi Guys.
Ok I'm 1121 at the moment and it's taken me ages to get there. I've not been power grinding, but now I'm commited I'm finding the grind so slow. I've been doing the 8K IMP missions on dant so far but I'd like to know the fastest way for me to level and where.
Thanks in advance.
I'm master CM too btw
alanreap
Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:43 pm
#2
If you have a good tank and a good rifle, the squill caves on Tat are great.
WestKen
Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:23 pm
#3
solo group .. naboo .. bolle bolles .. tap lair .. kill 10 .. go to next lair .. tap .. kill 10 .. go back to 1st complete .. go to 2nd complte ..
Should get around 150k - 170k each mission run. Use point blank area 1 and probally a spray stick or jawa (vuln to stun) .
Edit: You will get beat up at 1st till you get more speed. Might want to only take on 5 at a time. Plan on having 1k BF at the end of buff session. If you use poison/disease it will take away xp but might be best option at first.
Message Edited by WestKen on 07-14-2004 11:27 PM
Message Edited by WestKen on 07-14-2004 11:28 PM
Ebisu
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:43 am
#4
Get yourself a damage sliced dxr6 rifle, add a speed mod to it, and when you get to countersniping 3, do savage quenker missions whilst concentrating flushing shot on the lair, you will rack up the exp in no time!
Dannylau
Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:28 am
#5
I just went to dath and killed gaping spider hunters and the like, can do about 200k xp per hour, not taking missions just finding them, prone and maskscent and you can take them out before they see you mostly, when your buffed their poisons don't matter
BlakeNoreht
Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:35 am
#6
I personnally would go to dantooine and get quanker missons... thats what i have been leveling off of.
And i went fencer before riflemen, so i have the fencer's defense... making it easier to tank. Plus, because Rifles Abilities takes combat xp, i got that entire tree up by using a sword. Then once i had +40 to speed and an area attack (Flurry shot2) i leveled up counter-sniping with a laser rifle until i could use the DXR-6b. Then i leveledup sniping so i could get accuracy.
So i went 0-0-0-4
then 0-0-2-4
then 4-0-2-4
The rest doesn't matter... but i have found that is the best way to level the riflemen. Go for accuracy now as you can already use the DXR-6b and go to Dantooine, get into a solo group, get quanker missons and area attack them!
I solo quanker missons in about 8 to 12 minutes right now.... depending on how much i miss 
Well ... good luck!
Panicus
Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:38 am
#7
This may sound dumb at first, but if you think about it, it works pretty well. Start up the swordsman tree. Funny, I know, but think about this. Swordsman is probably the fastest melee prof you can master, and once you get spin attack 2, the points rack up faster than you can count them, including of course combat xp. Once you rack up the combat xp, in say 3 days, you can start with 0003 rifleman and your speed will be up there, then you will fly up rifleman, and after you get Head Shot 3 it will go even faster. I did this by accident, cause I was a swordsman already, but a buddy is doing this now, and believe me it works. Then hunt Pikets on Dantooine, and you'll get about 40K per lair if you are grouped, and you can take down the lairs in a few minutes since your speed is high. I would also recommend a good DXR-6b because just about everything on Dant has low acid protection. Just my .02.
Arcalus Panicus
MarauderStrJckr
Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:45 am
#8
I went from 2 0 3 1 Riflemen to a 4 4 4 4 riflmen in 2 buff sessions with this technique: Get Buffs, Mind included and preferrably some nice composite armor. Now, make a macro that is: /flushingshot2; /flushingshot2; /ui action CycleTargetOutward; (my caps may be off on this command) Now go to the top genosian spawn and pray that it is fast. Hit your macro and watch the Exp fly. If you have a tank their thats leveling too you should get about 4900 exp per genosian kill. If spawn rate is fast, you can cap in an hour! I'd use a speed sliced T21 with a speed powerup!
StarDryfter
Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:47 am
#9
Well...
Since a few said get a tank. If you can get a good tank or are lucky enough to find some camping looters.....
Get the fastest DXR6 Rifle u can find(u need countersnipe 2, so get that if u do not have it already). Then work up to any AoE attack u have. Head to the Geon caves on Yavin. Sit back by that rock in the first entry looking into the first spawn of Geons, and just area attack away. If it is a good spawn rate, you will level in NO time. (take a master rifle with ya if you have hands on one..
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StarDryfter
Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:06 am
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Tank is a term we use to describe a person or pet that pulls all teh MOB's to them, thus keeping their attention from you while you shoot at them at ur leisure..
A great example of a Tank is any melee profession, Fencer, TK, or Sword.
A friend who is tanking for you would "tap" if necessary each MOB to bring them all into melee with them, and because of their melee toughness and composite they do not take as much dmg. If they are leveling, you both want to get to the best area attack, in rifle it is like Flushing shot 2 as an example. You both, your friend(Tank) and yourself spams area attacks and use the dmg from you both to take them down fairly quickly. Thus you both level in a good spawn rate of geons at a phenominal pace. Also as a side Benifit, sometimes the geons drop decent Sonic pistols and, on my server, the hottest of sellers fromt he cave from the geon dropps, Yellow Cubes.
Good Luck.
Rayn
LionessSWG
Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:40 am
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You should grab a tank friend and head to the squill caves! I tanked for my boyfriend while he was leveling up rifleman there. He mastered it in one day at the squill cave after spending weeks getting the first few boxes doing missions.
The squills respawn really fast, so even if there are alot of people there, you shouldn't have a problem. The trick is to have both of you run through until you both have the max aggro. I could never naturally aggro more than 6 at a time. Then we'd stop and I'd use taunt to grab the 6 off of him. The only problems we ever had were other ranged professions also using me as their tank. Usually the "I don't need help, but thanks!" would work. Oh, and I maxed out on battle fatigue in 30 minutes, so heal earlier since the meds effectiveness goes way down. Hope that's helpful!
The squills respawn really fast, so even if there are alot of people there, you shouldn't have a problem. The trick is to have both of you run through until you both have the max aggro. I could never naturally aggro more than 6 at a time. Then we'd stop and I'd use taunt to grab the 6 off of him. The only problems we ever had were other ranged professions also using me as their tank. Usually the "I don't need help, but thanks!" would work. Oh, and I maxed out on battle fatigue in 30 minutes, so heal earlier since the meds effectiveness goes way down. Hope that's helpful!
Yeebus
Mon Jul 19, 2004 12:22 am
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The Squill cave on my server is so heavily camped by jedi that I can run through it unbuffed, wearing a skirt and armed only with a survival knife (unsliced)
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