Rifleman Archive
Thread: Fixing the T21 without FIXING the T21
I have the fear. The fear that the Devs won't really be un-nerfing the T21 anytime soon. The argument seems to be that a Master Rifleman can OWN with the T21. What the Devs fail to understand is that no one is going to REACH Master Rifleman with the current skills and withthe gun gimped up this much.
But okay, let's accept for a moment that the HIDEOUSLY SHORTSIGHTED JUDGEMENT on the T21 issue stands. How can they compensate?
How about some more weapon variety below the T21 range. That'd be a nice start. There's a reason that 95% of the Rifle users I see have a Laser Rifle. It throws major damage and does AP2, while the attack speed can get into the 5's with a slice. However, the Laser Rifle is NOT overpowered. In fact I am submitting that the other weapons in the Marksman tree are UNDERPOWERED.
If our T21 isn't worth using until Master Rifleman, give us something to use on the way up. Redesign the E11 Rifle So that's it's more than a Laser Rifle with tricked out minimum damage. We have two interesting rifles in the tree, the Jawa Ion Rifle nad the SG82. They are interesting rifles because they deal Stun and Cold damage respectively. However, they are of nominal use compared to the Laser Rifle because of their stats.
Look, anything halfway up the Rifle tree should have some AP. That's just plain realistic. There should be nothing past Advanced Rifle that doesn't at least have AP1. All of the Rifles should have AP1 or AP2. I personally thing the T21 ought to have an AP3 but I am willing to settle for AP2 I suppose. But to give it AP1 is just ridiculous. The thing is a cannon, it should have at least meduim piercing. But that's a rant for another thread.
They need to promote one of the Rifles to sit between the T21 and the Laser Rifle. I would suggest the E11 because it's just below the T21 certification. So jack the E11's damage. I would also suggest a reduced-HAM Rifle for us. Take either the Jawa Rifle or the SG82 and put it in that category. I would suggest the Jawa Rifle because its range is better. I'd even suggest mixing things up and changing the Tusken Rifle over to Kinetic damage (since it DOES fire bullets). So that leaves us with:
CDEF/DL20 - low end crapola
DL20a Rifle - First Decent Energy Rifle
Tusken Rifle - Slower Speed & Kinetic Damage
SG82 Rifle - Cold Damage & Carbine-Ranged Rifle
Laser Rifle - High Damage & Sniperesque Range
Spraystick - Very Fast & Pistol-Ranged Rifle
Jawa Ion Rifle - Stun Damage & Reduced HAM Cost
E-11 Rifle - Decent Speed & Higher Damage
T-21 Rifle -Very Slow & Incredible Damage
That's a respectable mix of weapons and will give the Riflemen something to use on their long, painful climb to the top (you know, while everyone else is already using their elite weapon). The OTHER solution is to distribute the bonuses that make a Master Rifleman so deadly with the T21 along the way. Spread them out across the tree more than the other two Elite Marksman trees. Or ditch some of those Anti-Sniping skills (which are worthless since Sniping is nerfed this way anyhow) and add in some more accuracy and speed along the way there.
The T21 may not be restored to its former glory. But it needs AP2 and it needs some other re-arranging to occur AROUND it in order for the Rifleman Profession to be viable. End of story.
/insertfootinmouth
Sure, I post this and a minute later Holo admits to fault. Well dang.
On the flip side, I'd still like to see some feedback on my Rifle Reconstruction. 
**edit** just happenned?!? They just dropped us from AR3 to AR1!
Now how is this fair? We have a slow ass weapon and it's now AR1... even carbines have AR2!
This is ridiculous... first they nerf the hell out of CH, now they nerf rifleman by taking 2 AR points out of the only new weapon we get with the profession. I have 2 skills and now both have been nerfed to yin yang. If this continues I'm out of here.
I'm sick of working my butt off then having the devs take everything away without warning and for little reason what-so-ever.
-- A6