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Why dont we have a high level single target shot? Dont get me wrong, strafe2 and flushing2 are great shots. However, I am forced to use flurry1 when I need to pick out a single target. I know I can use HS2 and HS3 but after I drain my mind I have to start all over working on the health bar. Its very frustrating. I would like to see one of the 4xdamage level 2 shots made non-AOE.

.....but thats about all I can complain about as a master rifleman. When I go out in groups I cause shock with the damage I can dish out and awe with the speed I drain my own mind.

This is a good point and an issue that needs to be addressed. Please feel free to add it to the "Current Issues" thread.

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supersparc wrote:
Why dont we have a high level single target shot? Dont get me wrong, strafe2 and flushing2 are great shots. However, I am forced to use flurry1 when I need to pick out a single target. I know I can use HS2 and HS3 but after I drain my mind I have to start all over working on the health bar. Its very frustrating. I would like to see one of the 4xdamage level 2 shots made non-AOE.

.....but thats about all I can complain about as a master rifleman. When I go out in groups I cause shock with the damage I can dish out and awe with the speed I drain my own mind.

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ummm only one small problem with your example. all the rifle specials drain mind regardless of what special your using. i would suggest trying mindshot 1 and mindshot 2 along with your headshot attacks. if you are using spice/properly migrated stats/ music stat increases you wont have any trouble firing off steady rate of fire for your specials.

granted i am not yet master rifle but i have little trouble outdamaging any 3 other non-rifle non-commando players. grab a T21 and have at it, of course that is if your shard has T21 . when i reach box four of rifle speed i plan on looking for a slower T21 to be able to compliment my current T21 to be able to maintain a good rate of fire. that way i will have a speedier one to kill one or two targets really fast and slower one to maintain fire in extended combat.

personally i think that shooting at 1 shot a sec in a nonPVP or non life threatening situation is kinda bad. i like being able to control my rate of fire and slow it down or speed it up as needed. for instance if combat starts getting out of hand i switch to my laser rifle for the warning shots to chase the animals off due to its higher rate of fire. with the T21 i use it to dish out damage and keep dealing it over a greater period of time. the slightly slower speed allows me to regen some and greatly extend the time i can fire off specials. so far i have not found a single creature that can cause me to completely drain my mind bar doing specials with the notable exception of krayts of course.

its all in the technique.

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Barb-Wire wrote:

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supersparc wrote:
Why dont we have a high level single target shot? Dont get me wrong, strafe2 and flushing2 are great shots. However, I am forced to use flurry1 when I need to pick out a single target. I know I can use HS2 and HS3 but after I drain my mind I have to start all over working on the health bar. Its very frustrating. I would like to see one of the 4xdamage level 2 shots made non-AOE.

.....but thats about all I can complain about as a master rifleman. When I go out in groups I cause shock with the damage I can dish out and awe with the speed I drain my own mind.

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ummm only one small problem with your example. all the rifle specials drain mind regardless of what special your using.

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I think you are missing the point Barb. Your strategies for attacking are fine, nothing wrong with some bleeds and headshots, but I think what supersparc means is if you are taking down a mobs mind, and you get too low on mind to do any specials you are stuck doing regular attacks, which will most likely hit the health. So the mob is stuck with a much lower mind, that you can't hit anymore until your mind regens a little bit.

So if we had a high damage, single enemy, random HAM attack, if you got low on mind and had to use your auto-attack you would still be helping in killing the mob.