Rifleman Archive

a good question, i've noticed a very large amount of people on my server going rifleman

can't be because of the rifle crawl speed

Haven't noticed it on Valcyn to date (though lately I've been doing a lot more running around exploring then hanging out around towns). I do know every time I've looked for training (as recent aslast week)I've generally never seen more then a single novice come up on search. That doesn't particularly mean much since the titles are user set and you can hide yourself in the search....who knows =)

Daishar

Actually....now that I think about it.....

Was just reading the post where someone was commenting about how good the new entertainer mind buffs are. Doubling mind/focus/willpower for 2 hours means you can be a lot more liberal in your use of specials, and also means you can get away with wearing armor if you chose to. Since the buffs negate our disadvantage of using an unhealable pool for specials to an extent, I wonder if people are starting to head our way.

We've always put out a nice chunk of damage, but have been limited with the downtime after....take away or lessen the downtime and.....

just a thought

Daishar

Top ten reasons to go Rifleman:

10. Lots of free trips to the cloningcenter of your choice!
9. We can turn our Mind bar white faster than anyone else in the game
8. Rifle crawl speed (mentioned above) - Fun for all ages
7. That really cool 2.5x melee damage
6. We can incap ourselves!
5. We pizz the devs off 'cause we just won't go away.
4. Spraysticks, when roll-on deodorant just won't do.
3.Not feeling regular? Use 'Flushing' shot!
2.If you wear a really cool camoflage suit, everyone can see it!
1. The T21. Looks the way a man wants to feel.

Actually once you reach master Riflmen are one of the most powerful PvP classes, they are extreemly hard to beet, especially when buffed. Strafe2 is almost always a one shot kill and rarely misses at master (the riflemen I go up aginst seem to have an uncanny ability to hit from even 2m away while running, it can be quite frustrating). They also shoot much faster than a carbineer (funny how we are the class that stresses speed over accuracy) and put out the most damage behind commandos.

I imagine it has something to do with the T21. Everyone that sees me carrying mine into town says that the look of it alone is worth going rifleman. For me it was the hope of becoming an invisible assassin from my first few days of playing. Despite its problems, I love being a rifleman, and the end result looks like it will be work all the hard work I've been putting into it.

Might be that alot of "commandos" are dropping it and think we are the new flavor of the month. I don't mean to be insulting to the real commandos. The ones that had more than the flamethrower tree. Good luck to the new rifleman, I don't think many will stay if they are looking to be elite.

The new buffs are great but are not always avalible and take ten minutes to take hold. You really need both musician and dancer to speed up your gameplay. Plus once you die they go away and can't be instantly rebuffed.

Aside from all the jokes I made above,the bottom line isI enjoy the heck out of hunting with rifles. I think the influx of riflemen could bea good sign. What i HOPE it means is that those players who are above average and who actually want a challenge from the game are bailing out of the "flavor of the day" classes and coming to join us. Because of our weaknesses, we actually have to plan and think and react. This is real fun. And maybe if we get a larger base of better players, we can actually get our class fixed and balanced in the best possible way.

I still see hardly any riflemen on my server.

These days literally 90% of the people I fight in PvP are commandos or bounty hunters. I'm sure there are pistoleers and carbineers and riflemen out there, but they aren't going overt.

I noticed a larger increase of Squadleaders then rifleman, in cornet two days ago I was standing and having a conversation with 5 (including myself). Now seeing 2 squadleaders together and none of them looking for training is rare, now 5 is extremly rare.

I dont see too many rifleman around .. I am guessing what you see is the players who work on rifle within marksman tree just to get master marksman and work on commando/BH afterwards.

WayneInAustin you should make that your own post that was great...

I think more and more people just realize that sniping is cool. Everyone wants a 'Sniper' tag too :d.