Rifleman Archive

My 4th holo said Rifleman and need some grind advice. Have done TKA, fencer and pikeman killing Savage Quenkers.All threetook me roughly a week grinding 4 hours a night. Seeing I am a master doctor and can buff myself and have 80% Kinetic composite armor I am looking for a bit of advice. I hear that melee is much slower to grind then using any type of gun.With that being said, should I just run into a camp and start shooting everything until dead while I let thembeat onme? I can take out all quenkers,including the nest in probably 4 minutes when I did my melee professions. Also, any recommendation for the skill tree since I solo all the time? Thanks in advance!

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Thornblade
Jedi Padawan
Unlocked March 6th, 2004
"The bad news is I only have 23 million Jedi xp to grind to finish my template. The good news is I saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geiko"

Rifleman is not a good grind profession, but it is an excellent Master profession. It is considered weak until master, at which point it becomes very strong. But in your case, you'll probably want to drop it after reaching master! What a loss. If you DO end up really liking it for some reason, it is a good one to keep while grinding others.

Back to your strategy... Quenkers are probably not a bad idea. I leveled up on Tatooine instead of Dantooine, but Quenkers are in the ballpark of the animals I was killing on Tat (Bocatts, Mountain Squill, Bull Rontos). Being able to buff yourself is a big plus. You may even be able to draw out Pikets and kill them.

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Way'ev-Da on Eclipse
Came to life in Restuss, on Rori, 07/03/2003
Master Rifleman 10/18/2003 - present
Master Smuggler 1/25/2004 - 11/05/2004
Dancer buffs + Muon + Musician Buffs + Vasarian Brandy = Sex, Drugs, Rock&Roll, and Alcohol(Man, I love this job!)

The only flaw in your strategy is our accuracy is crap at melee range. Where as a melee you had everything automatically run to your ideal range, as a rifleman you need a way to keep stuff away from you. If I am soloing, I use conceal shot to kill them without getting aggro, or use headshot with a fast rifle if I think I can take em out before they aggro me (prone position will usually let me get of 3 or 4 shots before they find me.)

Scrogg Emerondon
Gun Runner & Drug Dealer Extraordinaire
Proud Resident of Motor City and Leader of the Majic Bus