Rifleman Archive

/rant on

I just don't get it. The number ONE issue that Riflemen face is the 2.5 damage mod, so what do they do? Go and hit COMMANDO'S with it too !!!! WHAT ARE THEY DOING!!!!!!!!!!

Here is an example of what happened to me 5 mins before this post

[Spatial] 15:49:54 You kneel.
[Combat] 15:49:54 You kneel.
[Combat] 15:49:54 You kneel.
[Spatial] 15:50:01 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:01 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:01 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:01 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:03 That target is out of range.
[Spatial] 15:50:05 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:05 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:05 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:05 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:07 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:09 That target is out of range.
[Combat] 15:50:11 You use Expert Head Shot on a kaadu male for 281 points of damage!
[Combat] 15:50:16 a kaadu male misses you!
[Combat] 15:50:18 Your Expert Head Shot misses a kaadu male.
[Combat] 15:50:19 a kaadu male hits you for 290 points of damage!
[Combat] 15:50:20 a kaadu male hits you for 302 points of damage!
[Combat] 15:50:24 a kaadu male hits you for 227 points of damage!
[Combat] 15:50:25 You use Expert Head Shot on a kaadu male for 753 points of damage!
[Combat] 15:50:26 a kaadu male hits you for 335 points of damage!
[Combat] 15:50:27 a kaadu male hits you for 255 points of damage!
[Spatial] 15:50:28 You have been incapacitated by a kaadu male.
[Combat] 15:50:28 You have been incapacitated by a kaadu male.
[Combat] 15:50:28 a kaadu male hits you for 227 points of damage!
[Spatial] 15:52:01 You stand up.
[Combat] 15:52:01 You stand up.
[Spatial] 15:52:20 Avvantos says, "Easy."
[Spatial] 15:52:30 Avvantos says, "Easy."
[Combat] 15:52:36 You shoot at a kaadu male and hit for 262 points of damage.
[Combat] 15:52:36 a kaadu male hits you for 387 points of damage!
[Spatial] 15:52:38 You have been incapacitated by a kaadu male.
[Combat] 15:52:38 You have been incapacitated by a kaadu male.
[Combat] 15:52:38 a kaadu male hits you for 400 points of damage!
[Spatial] 15:52:38 You have died. Requesting clone activation...
[Combat] 15:52:38 You have died. Requesting clone activation...

And yes, this was Only 1 fricken Kaadu.

This happens all the time when I don't have my pet out. I'm a CH only because anyone using a rifle as a weapon can't survive combat with NPC's without one.

The Master Riflemen who say that the 2.5 damage mod isn't a big issue can stick it where the sun don't shine. They say that it's the only thing that saves us from the nerf bat?

BULLCRAP

What saves us from further wacks from the Nerf Bat, is the fact that every special attack we use uses up our mind, an unhealable part of the HAM bar, and STILL costs us an incredible amount OF the mind bar. AND EVEN THEN WE STILL GET NERFED !!!!!!!!

/rant off

Just very frustrated right now. Getting tired of see all the other professions getting fixed while we're stuck sucking hind **edit** about issues that you'd think wouldn't be that hard to fix...

Yup, ever since I bought a Cowardly Gurreck my life has been 100,000,000,000 x10 easier. Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid!

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=rifleman&message.id=21932

this how i think riflemen should work =)

That would be nice, but as the title said... A Dream. Never gonna happen.

All I want to know is, If they aren't gonna take away the 2.5 damage mod, what ARE they gonna do to give us the ability to survive in a combat situation?

I mean, it's been suggested that the reason we got the 2.5 Nerf was because we do Crazy damage to the mind pool. Problem is, our Accuracy sucks, our speed sucks, and our range of damage sucks. I have a Laser rifle (no T-21's available) with stats like, 6.6 attack speed, min-max dmg = 75 - 381, I can't remember what the skill cost's are but as a wookie with a totally maxed min pool, Headshot2's still cost around 79 mind points.

I've said it before, I'll say it again. If our strength is to deal out heavy damage in Single strikes, then our min damage on all rifles needs to be bumped up, and we need to be DEAD accurate at 40+ meters. Period. End Of Story. Only then would I be willing to stop griping about the 2.5 Nerf.

When I'm running with friends who shoot several shots at 50-60 meters away for 190- 280 pts of damage every 2 - 3 secs, while I shoot every 7 secs with a damage range of 130 - 1500, it get upsetting. Yeah, I can do 1500 pts of damage, if I actually connect with the shot It's even worse when you get several Mindshot2's with only 300 - 400 pts of damage in a row...

I just wish we could geta dev in here and get a definative answer as to what we are supposed to be able to do. How do we fit in. At least then we'd know what our role in the game is...

Our role? remember in Episode II, where the shapchanger shot that rifle at the jedi. Then the Jedi proceeded to run it down and kick its but. Only to have a BH kill it in the end. Thats our role, we shoot. We die.

Realizing this I am changing my solo tactic to-- attack a big nest of high level crap that does not death blow, mind shot2 as many things as possible before I get incapped. When I get up, use my spray stick to get as much damage on all those things. Rinse and repeat...

Myzzter

Ranger (1-2-1-1) / Rifleman (1-0-0-1) / CH (0-1-1-0)