Rifleman Archive

Alot of these questions depend on your level, to be honest. A novice rifleman will need to rely more on his or her weapon than a sniper or master sharpshooter to score a hit, obviously.

At low level, I recommend keeping your laser rifle over the T21 for opponents with low armor rating and relatively low defense against energy. The rationale behind this is that the laser should do better DPS than the T21 until you reach master (I'd calculate the DPS for each weapon to confirm that to be true)

In addition to this, on Tempest, the laser has better accuracy at ideal than the T21.
For now, the best in close rifleis the spraystick. I highly recommend this gun for any beginning riflemen as it only has a -20 point blank modifier. One thing to note, however, is that after the patch, we get a new gun, the DXR-6R disruptor rifle. This will give a very good point blank mod, BUT its at countersniping 2 that you certify in it, and it has very high HAM costs.

As for tips, when I did rifleman, I concentrated on the first two trees of rifleman first, getting conceal shot (I believe its concealment I) and then quickly getting sniper. The accuracy makes most of this post moot, as with a poor accuracy T21 and Sniping III, I could hit just about anything from 20 meters and out. As for other tricks and tips, I'd recommend befriending a Creature Handler or Melee profession and work together. They'll need the help knocking out bigger targets and the screen is a wonderful thing to help your range and mind (No need to worry about stims *smile*)

I hope this was a help.

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Gaiden133 wrote:
Long Range - Post Nerf T21/Laser Rifle

Up Close - Pre-Nerf T21.

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