Rifleman Archive
Thread: Give us a second choice... Headshot is all we got.
smallspider wrote:
I've been a Rifleman for quite a while now. I pvp alot and i use headshot alot. But the fact is there is no other tactic given to Rifleman to use. Strafe2 is good sometimes but its effectiveness is shown when you use it 5-6 times and they just heal themselves back to max health, realising u just waisted ur time and mind cost. If they want to make a Rifleman weaker at pointblank, thats fine. Just give us something that works in stoping a rushing tka at some degree. We are suppose to be a support profession... maybe a area suppression or something equivalent to stoping shot. Suppression 1 in marksman has zero effectiveness. Dizzy is then made useless. So i ask u what else do u expect us to use.A true change for me would be to implement a pvp version of coverfire (prone). What do u think?
Well, honestly I use more than just headshot or strafe 2 in pvp. Flushing 2 is great to add stun which lowers defense of the person, and Dizzy does have a purpose besides the psuedo KD. A Dizzied person cannot burst run, so you can get range on them with burst run and dizzy. So there are other tactics open, yes not much but we are not a Status attack class, that role seems to be given to Carbines. We are the Direct Damage blow em to hell and back again class.
beamstalk wrote:
Well, honestly I use more than just headshot or strafe 2 in pvp. Flushing 2 is great to add stun which lowers defense of the person, and Dizzy does have a purpose besides the psuedo KD. A Dizzied person cannot burst run, so you can get range on them with burst run and dizzy. So there are other tactics open, yes not much but we are not a Status attack class, that role seems to be given to Carbines. We are the Direct Damage blow em to hell and back again class.
DING DING DING....We have a winner!! exactly!! well put.. The underlying point here You should use your most powerful special First....your brain.
Message Edited by DarthKirby001 on 03-10-2004 10:13 AM
i can't believe im reading this.....???
We have nothing other than headshot?? WOW........
I dont know what kinda PvP you do....... but we have a fairly nice arsenal of choices that i like using..... and work well.
1st: Nothing will work all the time.... U don't know what armor, skill tapes, mods, armor attachments, and so on the other person has on their slots..
2nd: I use Dizzy/supression combo quite frequently.... and it works great. I don't know what you have been doing.... sometime it sticks on the first shot....... sometimes it takes three shots.. But by with the speed in rifle... i can usually Kite while firing the shots untill it sticks....
3rd: as someone said above... Flushing is great to get these things to stick.... If i know i have the time to do it.... i will use Flushing2 as my premptive strike to get the STUN status, so my dizzy and posture down attack sticks faster......
Then strafe shot 2: One of the best attacks in this game. Granted with all the buffs that people can get right now... it takes a bit longer than some would like... But if combo'd with the dizzy/supression.... u can really hurt someone with this. (but i'dchoose headshot instead cuz of healing ability and its our other best shot....if soloing an oponent) strafe is a support fire attack... U shoot it if you are helping other teamates attacking the same target.
Riflemen have plenty to be happy about...... we dont need anything else. (maybe except something that blinds, but i can live without it)....
As someone said above... Its using your HEAD not headshot that makes us a great professoin!!