Rifleman Archive
Thread: What special should i use so i can target or hit the health/action bars more often?
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TrandoshanDroidTech
Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:31 pm
#1
I'm just wondering which rifleman specials (I'm master rifleman) will hit an opponents health as often and as effectively as headhot3 does. I know overcharge shot 2 (master marksman I believe0 does hit health often, but it tends to be random.
KnightHawk420
Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:38 pm
#2
TrandoshanDroidTech wrote:
I'm just wondering which rifleman specials (I'm master rifleman) will hit an opponents health as often and as effectively as headhot3 does. I know overcharge shot 2 (master marksman I believe0 does hit health often, but it tends to be random.
There isn't one. All other specials are random HAM damage.
TrandoshanDroidTech
Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:53 pm
#3
so I guess overcharge shot is the most effective of the non-mindpool specials.
Onichi
Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:53 pm
#4
Yeah KnighHawk's correct, the rest of our attacks are Random Pool Damage but I'd guess the Ratio to Health / Action / Mind damage with random attacks would be something like 3 : 2 : 1.. So you'd hit Health 3 times as often as you would Mind.. That's just a guess but It seems to work along those lines.
Barb-Wire
Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:34 am
#5
TrandoshanDroidTech wrote:
I'm just wondering which rifleman specials (I'm master rifleman) will hit an opponents health as often and as effectively as headhot3 does. I know overcharge shot 2 (master marksman I believe0 does hit health often, but it tends to be random.
hitting the health bar with ranged weapons exclusivelyis the province of pistoleers. each of the big three targets one pool. rifle hits mind, carbine hits action, and pistol hits health. hybrid classes and melee classes can do this but those are special cases and have their own problems. i am speaking of just the big three elite combat profs.
XaverriJade7
Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:55 am
#6
I would recommend Strafe2 (no-brainer) for general use. However, it seems that with AoEs being a BIG no-no in the Corellian Corvette for example, you may want to try Startle2. I believe that is our hardest hitting single-target attack(4x?).
EDIT: It seems Startle2 is also AoE (like I ever use it
). So, replace it in the paragraph above with Surprise shot(3x).
EDIT: It seems Startle2 is also AoE (like I ever use it
). So, replace it in the paragraph above with Surprise shot(3x).Message Edited by XaverriJade7 on 04-15-2004 07:00 AM
dimmu-borgir
Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:11 am
#7
do i hear a master rifleman who hasnt tried strafeshot2?
/cry
Draccuss
Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:31 am
#8
....but startleshot and surpriseshot are still random pool shots. There is NO rifleman shot that will only hit the health pool but you will hit it 60% of the time.
Fred_Skinner
Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:56 am
#9
TrandoshanDroidTech wrote:
so I guess overcharge shot is the most effective of the non-mindpool specials.
Nope, that too is random. Sorry
Fred_Skinner
Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:00 am
#10
btw,
I often use Flurry1,Flushing1,Startle1 to get as many stats on a humanoid target as possible. Quite viable in the Corvet and worked well... till I met up with the Uber Droids of Death.
Message Edited by Fred_Skinner on 04-15-2004 12:06 PM
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