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Well this game has been a Big disapointment. im the first rifleman on my server, Im 3rd to master cause of 20 days vacation. I've found nothing is interesting in this game anymore. theres no reward for killing big mobs, DJM's are not worth the hassle for the lousy loot now (which is broken on eclipse, legendary loot/level based lootnever made it, not sure bout other servers)

So, after accumulating 1000 creds, messing around with rebel missions, buying a large house, getting who knows how many outfits, and a t21 with 550 max dmg (730 when boosted) I decide i've lost all interest in everything but pvp. So, in order to test out my damage and make sure I can one hit kill, I shoot a worrt outside bestine. 2200 damage. Sounds good nuff. test strafe shot. 5133 damage max. not bad. 75% on the mind is still gonna be over 500, 2 shots will kill em. and 75% on a good strafe is about 1000 damage, 2 shots again is more than overkill.

Right?

WRONG.

Youheadshot3 zubex for 135 mind damage. Your mind pool takes 210 damage.

Youheadshot3 zubex for 220 damage. Your mind pool takes 210 damage.

Youheadshot3 zubex for 170 damage. Your mind pool takes 210 damage.

Zubex shoots you for 51 damage.

You cannot headshot3 while incapacitated.

Nice, I did all the work for him. GOOD TWEAKING soe. Mind you, 220 damage of 2200, thats called 90% damage nerf, not frekin 75%. He was wearing NO armor either. Minimum damage on my rifle is 205, even with the bugs on the t21.

Wow, sounds pretty messed up.

With my DLT20a (111-178) sliced down to 3.2 seconds I believe it is...

In PVP I hit anywhere from about 150-189with headshot2...

you only have around 650 mind? Is that what you are saying?

Here are some PvP tips I highly highly recommend.

1) Always remember PvP is a joke in this game. No MMORPG has a good pvp system and noe ever will because PCS use powers/healing/abilities/armor intended for much tougher monsters. Hence the nerfing.

2) T-21s are still listed as 0max range and AR none.

3) Solo PvP is hard if not impossible now.

4) Armor. Get armor. If you are gonna PvP alot, then get armor with good resists. 30% are not good...you can get better now with the recent fixes. It will cost you though.

5) Doctor buffs, food and spices. Better be using them cause your opponents sure are.

6) Bleed. If you are doing crappy dps just bleed. Chances are you will die but so will he.

7) Get pets. There is a reason why pets are inexpensive faction wise. You can use three at a time. Add a CH and a probot (risking permadeath on both by the way)

8) get a partner or a group. Doctors and combat medics make EXCELLENT teamates. Your idea of the sniper (and mine as well) does not mesh with SOEs idea of the sniper.

9) Sometimes you are gonna get beat. Face it.

10) Increase your stats. If you are using a heavy HAM rifle, then max out your mind and mind regen pools with stat migrates and buffs.

11) See #1 this is a PvE game...first and last.

12 POWERUPS are your friend. There are lots of different ones to choose from.

13) Slice a rifle especially for PvP. Maybe its a T-21 ora laser rifle. Slice it and power it up...some rifles arejust plain junk. Grab a well made DLT20a...you can plug 1k shots all day long an never run out of HAM. I do it all the time.

14) Take a break if you are having a difficult time. Make a totally different character on a different server.

madeline

Man some people. First off If you use mindshot 1 or 2 in pvp with a t21 the person you are attacking is dead 90% of the time. You can even stack mindshot 1 and 2. Bleed and run tactics work incredibly well. And for your info it does'nt matter what armor they wear they take the same dmg.

Once you hit master rifleman you will really have nps in pvp. I hit people for up to 1100dmg with strafeshot 2 even after the 75% reduction. Another nice tactic is to group with a master pistoleer with disarmshot2. What you do is try to fnd a group of people close together and quickly hit them with flurryshot2 which makes them all dizzy. Then the pistoleer will fire disarm2 immedietly after knocking them all down. Dizzy makes the knockdowns last MUCH longer, im talking like 10 seconds or more.2 of us took out 6 rebels using this method w/o using pets.

my headshot3 with T21 goes from 175-600 no problems here

add that 1100 mindshot2 bleed

Thx wookie im so glad you cleared that all up for me I was totally clueless you frekin dip.

First off this game IS pvp, not pvp based. Or rather theres an equal share. Second bleed + run away has to be the most lame tactic ever. If im Sniper, hell its in my title, why can I not kill someone in 1 hit. 650 mind, yes, cause I have 700 willpower and 700 focus, 1050 health and 1050 action. Muon gold puts all my mind stats well over 1000. A doctor wont do jack crap cause in case you didnt realize, they cant heal my mind pool which is what I was killing myself faster with that he was killing me with. Having to go out and run countless rebel missions to then buy pets is pathetic, why am I relying on npc's to kill other people for me. My gun has 550 attack power, you think thats unsliced or something? Maybe there are people that can make better ones on other servers but thats the best rifle on eclipse period right now with a 35% slice. Use a dlt? what for faster speed? Maybe YOU should start getting some exp yourself and test rifles. At master, a t21 9.6 speed fires just as fast as my spraystick. therefore, slower gun doesnt matter, power does (there is a speed cap of 1). Maybe I had bad luck with the shots, but at the time my gun was 220-700 damage, so unless I was getting 3 really unlucky bad shots, I found those to be utterly pathetic.

maybe you shoulda used strafe shot.

/shrug

Hey, i know the feeling, Only novice rifleman, but in PvP missed my first two shots and my third did only around 100 damage. After i died(i was raiding Imperial city) i went back and killed the guy with one hit. this was after his mind had recovered also, just face it sometimes the dice are gonna land a way you won't like but its not a reason to stop playing.

Hello all fellow riflemen ... I have to agree here with the fact that this PvP nerf is totally insane. I myself am not a Master yet and the way things look I'll never be if a pistol wielding maniac can do over 800 damage to me while my only HS lands for a little less then over 100. So what if we can damage a unhealable pool if the damage is like a minor bug bite to the player... Even thinking of a rifleman is a support class, we do more damage to ourselves in PvP then we do to our enemies. How are we helping anyone at all this way ???

As it stands now, we are not even worth having in a squad when others have the power to not only dish out the same damage as riflemen but are superior to what we the " ultimate in long ranged combat " can deal out. This game is awesome and has so much potential but until they seriously look at their combat system and start to balance it out they will lose alot of players. We aren't asking for the messiah to come down and purge the lands, we are simply asking for a balance for all ranged weapons that will make PvP not a battle between who's blaster lands knockdown first but a battle of wits, skill and luck. I hope developers do come and check the boards because we all have faith in em and just wanna play our game like any gamer. When you rush a game and then not listen to the fanbase your gonna have major amounts of angry players leave. So before the cities or mounts come out - FIX THE DAMNED COMBAT !

Make SWG the game it can and should be...and i know its not easy Devs but you have alotta great ideas on these boards....why not take the hint and start working on em heh




Cpt.Rameirez Desmartine
Rebel Sharpshooter
A-Wing pilot