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Thread: rifle skills
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SethlinNetril
Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:05 pm
#1
is surprise shot any good ?
recently got surprise shot and its not seeming to have any special efft ?
Ackehece
Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:13 pm
#3
SethlinNetril wrote:
is surprise shot any good ?
recently got surprise shot and its not seeming to have any special efft ?
Surprise shot is currently broken (from the time we got it...)
It appears it was meant to be a replacement for conceal shot but it never worked out that way - it is otoh ourstrongest random pool single target attack
SethlinNetril
Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:43 pm
#4
Ackehece wrote:
SethlinNetril wrote:
is surprise shot any good ?
recently got surprise shot and its not seeming to have any special efft ?
Surprise shot is currently broken (from the time we got it...)
It appears it was meant to be a replacement for conceal shot but it never worked out that way - it is otoh ourstrongest random pool single target attack
so is conceal or surprise the strongest random pool single target attack ?
Ackehece
Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:46 pm
#5
SethlinNetril wrote:
Ackehece wrote:
SethlinNetril wrote:
is surprise shot any good ?
recently got surprise shot and its not seeming to have any special efft ?
Surprise shot is currently broken (from the time we got it...)
It appears it was meant to be a replacement for conceal shot but it never worked out that way - it is otoh ourstrongest random pool single target attack
so is conceal or surprise the strongest random pool single target attack ?
sorry if that was not clear - surprise shot is with a 3x damage multiplier the same as headshot 3. Many of our AOE's have higher damage multipliers but they are area. Surprise shot is useful in situations where most people in your group can not target head and you do not want to aggro things in other rooms (think the corvette or the dwb)
SickSix
Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:17 pm
#6
Ackehece wrote:
sorry if that was not clear - surprise shot is with a 3x damage multiplier the same as headshot 3. Many of our AOE's have higher damage multipliers but they are area. Surprise shot is useful in situations where most people in your group can not target head and you do not want to aggro things in other rooms (think the corvette or the dwb)
oh wow, did not know this. then maybe we should stop saying it's broken??? i've never used it because you guys said it was broken, but clearly it does do something!
i really could have used this in the DWB the other day
SethlinNetril
Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:33 pm
#7
nice info to know
good to find out its good in some pulling action
Ackehece
Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:46 pm
#8
Make no mistake it is broken - it does not do what it says it does but it does have a use in its current form.
SickSix wrote:
Ackehece wrote:
sorry if that was not clear - surprise shot is with a 3x damage multiplier the same as headshot 3. Many of our AOE's have higher damage multipliers but they are area. Surprise shot is useful in situations where most people in your group can not target head and you do not want to aggro things in other rooms (think the corvette or the dwb)
oh wow, did not know this. then maybe we should stop saying it's broken??? i've never used it because you guys said it was broken, but clearly it does do something!
i really could have used this in the DWB the other day
black666label
Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:36 am
#9
Lol i'm a noob master rifleman and sure i noticed it didnt work but I did notice it did some damage...Sometimes it is better to use than an AOE attach like when hunting ns's
SickSix
Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:17 pm
#10
Ackehece wrote:
Make no mistake it is broken - it does not do what it says it does but it does have a use in its current form.
Well then maybe someone needs to go into the FAQ and put
SupriseShot - Broken (however still very useful, our single greatest random HAM damage shot)
Because when i see "Broken"I take that as "doesn't do anything" so i don't use it. mabye there should be an edit as i mentioned so newb rifleman know they can use this shot, and can stop aggroing stuff they don't want to with /strafe2 lol
Ackehece
Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:50 pm
#11
SickSix wrote:
Ackehece wrote:
Make no mistake it is broken - it does not do what it says it does but it does have a use in its current form.
Well then maybe someone needs to go into the FAQ and put
SupriseShot - Broken (however still very useful, our single greatest random HAM damage shot)
Because when i see "Broken"I take that as "doesn't do anything" so i don't use it. mabye there should be an edit as i mentioned so newb rifleman know they can use this shot, and can stop aggroing stuff they don't want to with /strafe2 lol
I will see what I can do about it.Waste is the maintainer though.It describes what it does in the FAQ, but you would to understand what the description means in relation to all our other shots for the description to stand out and mean anything.
(another thing people who master in 1-2 day never learn)
Cpl_Fisher
Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:08 pm
#12
Ackehece wrote:
SickSix wrote:
Ackehece wrote:
Make no mistake it is broken - it does not do what it says it does but it does have a use in its current form.
Well then maybe someone needs to go into the FAQ and put
SupriseShot - Broken (however still very useful, our single greatest random HAM damage shot)
Because when i see "Broken"I take that as "doesn't do anything" so i don't use it. mabye there should be an edit as i mentioned so newb rifleman know they can use this shot, and can stop aggroing stuff they don't want to with /strafe2 lol
I will see what I can do about it.Waste is the maintainer though.It describes what it does in the FAQ, but you would to understand what the description means in relation to all our other shots for the description to stand out and mean anything.
(another thing people who master in 1-2 day never learn)
I never knew that either, I just read its decription and thought, "why would I use that when all these other shots are better?"
Ackehece
Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:03 pm
#13
Cpl_Fisher wrote:
I never knew that either, I just read its decription and thought, "why would I use that when all these other shots are better?"
Glad I was able to help you and SickSix as well with this info ^_^ It was a good question that deserved a full answer
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