Rifleman Archive

Hiya, first off I am TKA/Rifleman.

Originally, I was not planning to get any ranged support. Needless to say, soloing has been hell w/o warning shot. So.... question. Can warning shot be done w/ rifle? (was told that is pistol skill) and, do you think I should put points into getting ranged support 4 for suppression shot now that its supossedly working?

If I were to go up this line, I would need to give up some of my medic skills. Do you think I should? Thanks for the imput.

warning shot definitely works with a rifle, it works with all guns. the main reason people mention pistols, is because of their quick attack speed. in fact, if you have a spraystick, you can just switch to it and do your warning shot. as for me, i stick with my laser rifle for one major reason : when you do a warning shot, the mob, of course, begins to run away. if you then follow up with any kind of other shot, the warning shot is nullified and it comes right back at you. with a pistol or a quick-firing spraystick, i usually have to rush to switch back to my original weapon or /peace it before i hit it again. with a laser rifle, however, once you WS it, you have a 5 second (or whatever) delay before you shoot again, giving it enough time to run a fair distance away. it allows me to WS/HS/WS over and over again with a low chance of getting hit..

as far as suppression fire goes, read the correspondant's post above.. i havent really tried it out yet (having given up on supression fire a long time ago) so i dont know for sure..