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Thread: Is it important to get a second standard damage attack?
When DPS is what counts, I chain Ranged shot with Placed shot. They're both fast, low action attacks. The damage they do is low, but the speed more than makes up for it, and you have the Action for otherattacks when you need them.
In PvP, the only time I use Head shot is when I'm ready to kill the guy. I wait till he getscomfortable withmy rate of damage, watch for him to stim up, knock him back down to close to where he stims, then I use Placed/Startle/Prone/Sniper/Head for the incap.
Feynan wrote:
Yeah, but that's not a "standard" damage attack. It requires you to be above 20m away from the target, and in the prone position, and has a long warmup. In PvP you cannot alternate between the two like you would other standard damage attacks because of the requirnments it has.
Headshot, Legshot, Bodyshot, and Critical shot are all "standard" damage attacks, at least by my definition.
Then you are not looking to be a damage dealing rifleman u need to pick up a pistol or a carbine...
High Speed/Low Damage attack > Low Speed/High Damage attack
If you can kill a creature within 10 attacks, don't believe in that, alternate with your 2 most powerful attacks (not including sniper). If you don't have anything else with head shot, ranged/placed is fine. Adv critical is nice, Torso if you don't have it, leg, body, all good things.
If you're just another soldier in a longwinded pve battle against a boss, use ranged/placed until they are down to <9k ham
ryuzobattosai wrote:
Feynan wrote:
Yeah, but that's not a "standard" damage attack. It requires you to be above 20m away from the target, and in the prone position, and has a long warmup. In PvP you cannot alternate between the two like you would other standard damage attacks because of the requirnments it has.
Headshot, Legshot, Bodyshot, and Critical shot are all "standard" damage attacks, at least by my definition.
Then you are not looking to be a damage dealing rifleman u need to pick up a pistol or a carbine...
You can't alternate Headshot and Snipershot will running around. You can usually only get Snipershot off as an opening move. By not being able to alternate attacks I'm significantly hurting my DPS. By wanting to get a second high damage shot that I can use in the midst of battle I am saying I want to be a damage dealing rifleman, just like I've wanted to be over a year before the game launched, and just like I have been since launch. I had Master Rifleman 2 months after launch and have never lost it.