Rifleman Archive
Thread: Mind Wounds no more; but what about Rifle Specials, ie: Headshot?
Page 1 of 2
DarthKthuolhu
Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:34 pm
#1
Forgive me is this is being covered in another post but I looked back though all the post titles back to 3/18... and attempted to run a Search... but alas Search on this board sucks so bad and runs, half the time it either doesn't work at all or takes forever to complete a single search... it's not worth using.
Anyway, I have a Rifleman, in training .. or in other words I have Rifles I-IV in Marksman and at least a quarter into Novice Rifleman so I am still fairly new to the Profession.
Butas I understand it, one of our single, and best shoSpecials we have available is the Headshots from the Marksman line which damages the Mind.
But if they are removing the Mind Wounds in the CU, and I am assuming the Mind Stat as well then what use are we if there is no Stat on our Target to attack with our best Specials?
Has this been addressed or raised any concerns?
...and again forgive me if it has been discussed here and I just can't find it, then perhaps someone can link me to the proper thread.
Anyway, I have a Rifleman, in training .. or in other words I have Rifles I-IV in Marksman and at least a quarter into Novice Rifleman so I am still fairly new to the Profession.
Butas I understand it, one of our single, and best shoSpecials we have available is the Headshots from the Marksman line which damages the Mind.
But if they are removing the Mind Wounds in the CU, and I am assuming the Mind Stat as well then what use are we if there is no Stat on our Target to attack with our best Specials?
Has this been addressed or raised any concerns?
...and again forgive me if it has been discussed here and I just can't find it, then perhaps someone can link me to the proper thread.
erli
Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:27 pm
#2
Health will be the only bar responsible for incapacitation/death.
Specials will draw from the Action and Mind Stats.
Action and Mind will not incur wounds.
There will be no more Drain mitigating stat only a Regenerative secondary.
They have not yet said whether Mind, Action, or the three secondaries will be directly targetable. It is possible (though IMO not likely) that we'll still be able to damageAction and Mindjust not wound (black bar) them.
That being said, don't worry too much about the utility of any elite combat profession until they've filled in a few more of the blanks. The goal of all this CU stuff is to bring a balance to all combat professions that makes them each have a relevant use and function. Rifles will still have effective shots at their disposal, and hopefully a full host of active/useful/nonredundant offensive and defensive special abilities too.
Undertaker001
Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:53 pm
#3
Just means theirs a reason to use are best attack Strafeshot2, it does the most damage just had no reason to use in pvp because of the random damage so now since only 1 pool it will rock.
ventilador
Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:37 pm
#4
will rock yes, higher dps
but health is healable as opposed to mind that has weaker stats and not healable
Ackehece
Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:46 pm
#5
I will say this to you all.
The way you think of rifleman is going to completely change - our specials, our abilities... everything.
The only thing that is constant is change with the curb. If rifleman is your cup of tea now it may not be after the curb but then again it may be more your style after it.
Cpl_Fisher
Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:50 pm
#6
Ackehece wrote:
I will say this to you all.
The way you think of rifleman is going to completely change - our specials, our abilities... everything.
The only thing that is constant is change with the curb. If rifleman is your cup of tea now it may not be after the curb but then again it may be more your style after it.
wants to comment but can't
Ackehece
Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:12 pm
#7
Cpl_Fisher wrote:
Ackehece wrote:
I will say this to you all.
The way you think of rifleman is going to completely change - our specials, our abilities... everything.
The only thing that is constant is change with the curb. If rifleman is your cup of tea now it may not be after the curb but then again it may be more your style after it.
wants to comment but can't
wonders when the NDA 
will come after me to turn me over to the 
and then have be tried for crimes I did not commit... with judge 
presiding, I figure since I am not a 
biwan: I should get off lightly and the worst they would do to me is 
my fool 
off...
will come after me to turn me over to the and then have be tried for crimes I did not commit... with judge presiding, I figure since I am not a biwan: I should get off lightly and the worst they would do to me is my fool off... Message Edited by Ackehece on 03-22-2005 09:12 PM
Cpl_Fisher
Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:02 pm
#8
Ackehece wrote:
Cpl_Fisher wrote:
Ackehece wrote:
I will say this to you all.
The way you think of rifleman is going to completely change - our specials, our abilities... everything.
The only thing that is constant is change with the curb. If rifleman is your cup of tea now it may not be after the curb but then again it may be more your style after it.
wants to comment but can't
wonders when the NDA
Message Edited by Ackehece on 03-22-2005 09:12 PM
In those situations, pull out a proton grenade and say "Come get some" the
can't block grenades
Zhentarim
Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:11 am
#9
I'm pretty sure all the pool specific attacks will be reworked to hit the new health pool - And I have no doubt that headshots, legshots etc. will get some kind of state damage on them like stun, dizzy or blind or maybe utilize some of the states from the ranger traps like "defences down", "snared" (slowed) etc.
Don't worry about rifleman after the Combat Upnerf - I have no doubt we'll still be the finest in ranged combat
Don't worry about rifleman after the Combat Upnerf - I have no doubt we'll still be the finest in ranged combat
pikeman411
Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:36 am
#11
honestly i never use head shot strafe shot 2 if much much faster if you are speed capped
Bermag
Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:22 am
#12
I just come to think about one thing. There will still be mind and action pools. They will be used for firing specials just like the force bar for jedis. Maybe action/mind targeted attacks will still be used to drain the pool so the opponent can not fire any specials. if that is the case it might lead to some interesting tactics.
Page 1 of 2