Rifleman Archive

Ok so I didn't go to bed right after my last post last night, hehe who hasn't stayed up a bit more playing yet then they planned? =p

Anyway I was looking at my weapon certs on a whim cause i was bored and in another do I master this or that really debate with myself, and I noticed that my rebel rifleman / ranger had in hislist of weapon certs both the republic blaster and light fragmentation grenades.

After that I looked though the combat classes and couldn't find where I got those two certs, in fact aside from master weaponsmiths making republic blasters they didn't seem to be in skill lists at all. So...

#1 Anyone ever seen the stats on a well made republic blaster? How much damage could it and the grenades do?

#2Even thoughit would detract from rifle xp andgoes against my view that we should have the 2nd profession as an option and not a need for survival.Do riflemen actually have a decent sidearm to counter the 2.5 melee for just auto attack finishing if nothing else without working too far into pistol.

#3 Off topic from riflemen but could these grenades if they do blast be a solution to the at-st problem non commando rebs have, or non the novice riflemen's way of softening up gangs should he get mobbed?