Rifleman Archive

i am a rifleman and a TKA. i didnt mind hitting an animal and having it charge me because i would just go unarmed. but now that i really just want to build my rifle skills. the animal charging is pissing me off. i am looking for advice in how to take down a yellow star without it charging me. i know about having a pet tank (dont want to do it) and grouping (rather go solo). so if you can please tell me what shots to use ,just prone or take cover. i just dont know! please help a fellow rifleman. THANKS

well there are 2 ways to get the pet to not charge you. The first is cover/conceal shot. which doesnt work on baf mobs. and the second is to kill the creature very quickly. I would suggest getting flushing shot 2 as quickly as possible because it is you highest damageing shot besides strafe 2. and rifle special abilities up quickly as well. Both of these will help you kill the mob quicker. If you can finally break down and get yourself a pet you can send it in to a group of white baf mobs such as razorbacks (i think that is what they are called) on tatooine and use flushing 2 to kill them all at the same time. Thus what xp the pet does leach only affects one mabey two mobs. Life as a sharpshooter is a hard one. andI honestly believe that it is the absolute hardest combat class to solo. especially without dual classing.

thanks a lot

Also look for critters that use range attack however, your best bet is NPC's. Many use range attack and those that are brawlers once you have idetified them use the dizzy/posture down combo. It will put then on their back and let you get you rifel xp.

but flushing shot 2 hits random pools. So what if its AoE and does high damage, although health gets hit the most and action second and mind last, you can very well find yourself hitting health, action, and mind equally and taking 3 times as long as if you just hit one pool, mind.