Rifleman Archive

Friday night I gave up suppression Fire and Warningshot for TKA Meditation 1 and 2 to try this out.

For anyone who doesn't knowPowerboost is a level 2 Teris Kasi Artist skill in the meditation line. Takes a minute to ramp up but will buff all your own HAM stats by %50 mind for 8-12 minutes.

I tested it with new Dancer buff that will double your mind. Togetherthey gave me 3000 mind,1900 health,1900 action. No problems with the buff interaction, after powerboost ramped down my Dancer mind buff was still going.

But even with Powerboost alone getting +50% mind is sweet, 500 extra mind is a lot to play with with Rilfe specials.

Powerboost takes 44 skill pointsto reach forElite-Marksmen professions(15 for smugglers and Commandos), and unarmed combat xp is a grind, but I think that a lot of people are going to get this skill. Its great for Pvp because it is free fast and easy.

Unlike Doctor buffs both of these buffs are multipliers so as a stat Mind is as important as ever for all combat professions. But this will make more of a difference to Riflemen then almost anyone else, as bothwe andour PvP targets will have more mind.

I justed wanted to post on the board to see what others think about these new buffs. I know there are a large number of Rifle/Melee Hybrids, and this just made us much better untilthe next turn of the nerf wheel.

hmm..right now im doc 2/4/3/0...i may just drop all of it and try for that powerboost beingi have nothing else to do

Just a word of caution, dont be low mind when this boost goes, cause it will incap you.

I think I was able to sit and regenerate mindas fast as thebuff was dropping, but I have 900 willpower. But it is scary, you do not want to be low on any pool when all your pools drop by 500 or 1000 or more.

Powerboost sounds great, definately worth looking into as a rifleman. After the effects are gone, how long until you can use it again? I'm assuming itsas long as spice downtime.

No as soon as your MaxHAM drop down to normal you can meditate and reactivate. I have not tried activating it with less then half my mind, but you dont even need to worry about recovering your current mind, it works just as well at 501/1000 as 999/1000

But during the time it takes to ramp up you are vulnerable because your max mind does drop for a short period. This is less then spice downtime though.

The mind boost is great. It would be helpfulto any fighter, especially if you want an extra edge over someone else.