Rifleman Archive

I can't believe the messages on this board sometimes. I'm more afraid of being looked upon as too powerful.

I think we all got lazy. Pets were just way to uber. Soloed a 22k mob CL 150 with a gurreck and MS2 and MS1. No exploits.

Rifleman is a sniper. If you get caught within 20m just suck it up you probably going down. But even this can be countered. I got a spraystick base 1.9 speed. 1.4 sliced. Some rebel was give me some flak. I dueled him from 5 m away. Pounded HS3. He got off one shot I got off 4. All hits to his mind. One dead rebel. Another fight I got nailed by a rebel who attacked me at close range. (revenge tef) Went for one shot MS2. He took me down easily. But I survied long enough so as he was coming to DB me he went down from mind bleeds. I stood up healed my self. And gave him a DB.

Also the laser rifle is a ok weapon. But the E11 is our bread and butter. First shot should alwaysbe the laser rifle, sliced for damage with a +30% damage power up. (this baby gets tucked away) PVP ONLY.

If you flub the first shot switch to the E11. It is faster and MUCH more reliable. I got 3 weapons in my hot bar. Laser rifle E11 and spraystick. Use all of them almost every fight.

In PVP your going to lose some and should win some. No matter how GOOD you are the random gods will always get you even if you should win.

Yes we took a great hit when we lost our pets(most rifleman i knew hand novice CH). But there are plenty of blue mobs out there that we all have been passing up for that easy uber mob xp. Plenty of actual CH out there. They took a huge hit also. Group with them.

Also we are the only ones to get ranged DB's. Me and 20 other guildies attacked anchorhead the other day. All the rifleman stayed way back. All the other professions went running in. Not 1 rifleman took a DB. All other took multiples. The one rifleman with ranged DB racked up 900 fp's.

I hit many for 2k +. 75% of 2k is still 1500 mind. If you can survive that...well you are ready for me and deserve to kick my ass.

As for the T21 ARO well... it sucks. But with the speed at around 9...eek I think it kinda useless unitll Master rifleman. With the fixes craftingweaponsmiths are saying it adding a whole new dynamic to their items. Might be awhile unitll quality T21 roll out anways.

I figure that I might get a stack of flames. 200 page reports on how we suck. Doctorate level essay's explian how my post sucks. I been havinggreat success with this class. Maybe I'm just the greatest palyer ever (NOT!!) Maybe it fits my play style (MIGHT!!) The only real profession thatI actual think that suck is squad leader. Ok Ok Comandos also BUT they have great potential. Squad Leader just dosen't bring enuff to the table to justify the skill points.

/agree with this thread

You mean if we get caught at 0-64m we should suck it up and die... and I am not a master rifleman, so this is what it is like for me.

Nerom: "Rifleman is a sniper. If you get caught within 20m just suck it up you probably going down. But even this can be countered. I got a spraystick base 1.9 speed. 1.4 sliced. Some rebel was give me some flak. I dueled him from 5 m away. Pounded HS3. He got off one shot I got off 4. All hits to his mind. One dead rebel. Another fight I got nailed by a rebel who attacked me at close range. (revenge tef) Went for one shot MS2. He took me down easily. But I survied long enough so as he was coming to DB me he went down from mind bleeds. I stood up healed my self. And gave him a DB."

Aldeon: "/agree with this thread"

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Wow, sounds like you two are playing on a really great server. Can you please tell me which server this is that doesnt have knockdown? On my server everyone and their cousin has knockdown (except for the riflemen, that is) and would knock you on your ass after your first attack, then /spit on your corpsefor not being smart enough to burst run away the moment you saw an enemy (our only defence).

Glad to see at least one more person enjoying this profession... I too am in awe of the amount of posts on this board from people that just can't seem to see our strengths.
In any case I'll throw my stamp of /agree ment on this as well...

My strategy......

T21 from long range, get about 2 Headshot3's in..... switch to Laser, fire about 2 Strafe Shot..... If not dead yet, switch to E11 and blast away (If enemy rushes in any time, switch to spraystick, and watch it destroy)...

Here's the problem, if we are supposed to just die within 20m then we can only attack and be usefulwithin the other 2/3rds of the range spectrum, even then I almost ALWAYS have a negative bonus when firing. I have to run around like a moron looking for that little window where I can have a positive bonus. But thena critter can cover that 64m in like 3 seconds. So basically if we don't kill the creature almost instantly we are dead.

Cobra I not saying its a cake walk. And pistols might or might not be more powerful.

I starting to consider my self a vet when it comes to these games. All classes will cycle up and down in power. We will be at the bottom of the power curve and then will be at the top.

But I really don't think we are gimped or unplayable in PvP. I consider myself a Shark. Pop up and hit hard then move on. We will never stand toe to toe with a pistolier. And I do believe that our max range up to ideal range penalty should be a little lower. But this game is still new. I got a small stack skill enhancements im not using yet. My armour is no way maxed out. Only using a Pesonel Shield Mark 1. No good food, no doctor buffs, no spices. So maybe with this stuff the power curve will shift in ourt direction. Btw pick up a +3 vs knockdown skill attachment yesterday.

The dark side clouds all. The future,covered in shadow. The force be with you.

i have to agree with Tek ... what was the rebel? an artisan?

any other class would of knocked you down with that one shot and you would of been through.

At master rifleman with a laser sliced and poweruped to 525 max damage using stafe shot 2 I am able to do hits in the 1 k after post patch so I Can still one shot ppl and I Can shoot that much EVERY SECOND

As a master rifle is ownage PvE and competitive PvP but before that its hopeless.

Every second for 4 seconds at which time youve used all your mind hjehehe.

Not to mention it's a laser, so sometimes you get:

1023
984
1292
1114

And sometimes you get:

78
32
55
41

Tell you what though, I just fought a bounty hunter.

00:38:27 eyeshot for 145
00:38:28 eyeshot for 280
00:38:29eyeshot for 294

That's with the PvP nerf reducing his damage by 75%.

So.

Pretty much doing laser rifle damage there.

With a pistol.

And all he needs is BH Pistol Spec II, not master.

Face it, Riflemen are made obsolete by the other professions. We aren't even the masters of mind damage, Bounty Hunters with pistols are.