Rifleman Archive

First off just let me say that I really enjoy playing a rifleman but there are few things that should be tweaked.

Yes all the bugs, please fix our bugs.

HAM uses for specials. I use a pistol simply to fill out the marksman class and can Bodyshot2 spam forever it seems. Let's try to move rifle mind cost a little closer to reasonable. I think that we take a huge hit with the time delay our big weapons have. Why compond the disadvantage by having our mind depleted so quickly as well.

Yes all the bugs, please fix our bugs.

Combat Rolls. the prone position is a liability in the game and IRL for it's vulnerability and movement restriction. Add a combat roll left and right to EVERYONE in the game that will give us a temp. defense against ranged weapon accuracy. This is differnt than the roll to prone and so forth this is a roll only in prone and you stay prone that improves your defense.

Otherwise SOE got the advantages and disadvantages to prone pretty much dead on.

Yes all the bugs, please fix our bugs.

Please place better range limitations on wepaons.

65 meters for Rifle since SOE seems to think that they can't increase it.

55 meters for Carbine

45 meters for pistol

2 meters for non balistic attacks including creatures. I just love having a MOB hit me with a Polearm from ten meters away.

The Pistol does not acurately fire at distances comprable to the Rifle. Period. End of Story.

Yes all the bugs, please fix our bugs.

Add the Ability to hit other HAM bars other than mind as a special so that grouping is more efficient.

Yes all the bugs, please fix our bugs.

Add the Ghuille, make it minimize our radar signature ( say you must be within 55 meters to spot us) but not totally remove us. Definately causes some negatives to wearing. No armor, reduced movemnt. In order to use it there must be some way to make it Rifleman only. Maybe some help from others on this.

Yes all the bugs, please fix our bugs.

Add the Spotter as a skill in the sniping branch. For those who don't know what a spotter is...

A spotter is your partner (your own little group) Sometimes this is a sniper in training or it's just a second shooter that you trade turns with. The spotters job is to Provide security and balistic information: Declination, wind direction, wind speed, and distance. The Information given to the sniper is used to make adjutments to your scope for long distance firing. Helps aquire your targets faster and overall gives you a better chance to hit. There's alot to do, not just fire the round.

How's this work for SWG. Well we can do this ourselves and just group in twos and trade turns taking the shot or volley larger mobs. This way we'd get group xp. Or we could request that SOE put spotting in. Use it as a special that could increase the hit chance to say the next level up on you branch from what your working on. Decrease the mind pool requiremnet for the shot. (not sure how much) The spotter should also slightly improve your rifle speed. Possibly bringing this up to the next tier in your bracket as well.

How I think this should work is: Two Rifleman set out as a team one a spotter the other the shooter. Spotting skill is used on the shooter this gives him/her a temp. BUFF on his Accuracy and speed stats. As well as reducing the Ham cost. You are afterall sharing the mental task of shooting. Spotter skill must be used on another person not yourself.

What does the spotter gain. Well XP for one a percentage of the XP the shooter get's for the kill and a certain amount for succesfuly using the Spotting Skill. Also FP's. The Shooter does not share XP for the kill unless Spotter actually hits it as well.

What does the Spotter lose/give up. 50% of the mind Pool cost for the shot. IE: Shooter looses 100 mind to take shot. Spotter bonus reduces this to 75 points. Spotter loses 36-37 Mind Pool Points. Spotter also becomes targatable by MOB.

The shooter also get's someone to cover him as well. Spotting can be done in the prone and kneeling positions.

Yes all the bugs, please fix our bugs.

MB