Rifleman Archive
Thread: theory on sniper shot
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TigrrSnipurr
Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:51 pm
#1
K well so me and a group of7 all go out to dant just for some good ol group hunting. We go to this massive huurton lair and since Cover and Coneal dont work decided to try sniper shot. But of course knowing it wouldnt work I experimented. Proned in the grass and moving around and stopped sniper shot. Didnt work however when I stay motionless for sometime proned I started to sniper shot IT ACTUALLY WORKED!! Wow so ya my theory is you have to wait a certain amount of time proned and than sniper shoot. Becuase once my first sniper shot went off I did at least 16 in a row lol that is until we ran outta targets lol. 2.2k DAMAGE O YA LOVE THIS ABILITY (on average)!!
WaiVren
Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:19 pm
#2
Looks like you're on to something there. I was successful waiting several seconds after going prone. I did notice that the particle effect for the shot triggers when I mount my bike after a successful firing. Is it sticking a state or flag on us that it shouldn't be? This was several minutes after firing off the shot.
akflyer
Sun May 01, 2005 1:09 am
#3
TigrrSnipurr wrote:
K well so me and a group of7 all go out to dant just for some good ol group hunting. We go to this massive huurton lair and since Cover and Coneal dont work decided to try sniper shot. But of course knowing it wouldnt work I experimented. Proned in the grass and moving around and stopped sniper shot. Didnt work however when I stay motionless for sometime proned I started to sniper shot IT ACTUALLY WORKED!! Wow so ya my theory is you have to wait a certain amount of time proned and than sniper shoot. Becuase once my first sniper shot went off I did at least 16 in a row lol that is until we ran outta targets lol. 2.2k DAMAGE O YA LOVE THIS ABILITY (on average)!!
Great thinking!!! I just went out to test it on lv 1-4 stuff arount Tyrena and never had it fail
I found that if I went prone and waited as little as 2-3 full seconds before using Sniper shot, it never failed. 3000 damage on a durni, poor durni 
Note to self: always begin duels while prone...
This waiting while prone thing helped with cover too. Although it failed once, not sure why. This is not extensive research I only tested about 20 times, but a 3 second wait NEVER failed to make advanced sniper shot work.
~Lycurgus (Valcyn)
2ndSun
Sun May 01, 2005 1:52 am
#4
TigrrSnipurr wrote:
K well so me and a group of7 all go out to dant just for some good ol group hunting. We go to this massive huurton lair and since Cover and Coneal dont work decided to try sniper shot. But of course knowing it wouldnt work I experimented. Proned in the grass and moving around and stopped sniper shot. Didnt work however when I stay motionless for sometime proned I started to sniper shot IT ACTUALLY WORKED!! Wow so ya my theory is you have to wait a certain amount of time proned and than sniper shoot. Becuase once my first sniper shot went off I did at least 16 in a row lol that is until we ran outta targets lol. 2.2k DAMAGE O YA LOVE THIS ABILITY (on average)!!
Nice job I needed that info. A 5 star info. *****
CraftAddict
Sun May 01, 2005 4:17 am
#7
Wow, I'm going to go try this now.
EDIT: well, maybe not. severs are down But hey, its patching! good stuff
EDIT: well, maybe not. severs are down
But hey, its patching! good stuffMessage Edited by CraftAddict on 05-01-2005 06:19 AM
Deji-God
Sun May 01, 2005 4:32 am
#8
First day, was sniper shotting with in seconds of going prone. 2nd day waiting for jedi mark for 30 mins. To have no effect at all. Time has nothing to do with it. The skill is broken
Jyeoi
Sun May 01, 2005 6:55 am
#9
My Theory is that it is working on PCs but harder to execute on NPCs.. nto sure why... I tested it by dueling my friend, had a 100% success rate. But when against an NPC... 0%... Tried different elevations to see if it was the key... Tried sni[ing from elevated terrain, tried from below, tried from level... same result.
Slysix
Sun May 01, 2005 7:12 am
#10
TigrrSnipurr wrote:
K well so me and a group of7 all go out to dant just for some good ol group hunting. We go to this massive huurton lair and since Cover and Coneal dont work decided to try sniper shot. But of course knowing it wouldnt work I experimented. Proned in the grass and moving around and stopped sniper shot. Didnt work however when I stay motionless for sometime proned I started to sniper shot IT ACTUALLY WORKED!! Wow so ya my theory is you have to wait a certain amount of time proned and than sniper shoot. Becuase once my first sniper shot went off I did at least 16 in a row lol that is until we ran outta targets lol. 2.2k DAMAGE O YA LOVE THIS ABILITY (on average)!!
looks like we'd have to macro something to tell us when it's safe to sniper shot/cover
/rifleprone prolly would go like this.
/ui action prone;
/pause 3;
/tell <your ownname> You finally settle down into a comfortable position.
HitWoman
Sun May 01, 2005 7:35 am
#11
-JungleKing- wrote:
Try to /Aim before the snipershot and see what happens
Aim doesn't seem to add any damage to the shot. Not that I've seen anyways.
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