Rifleman Archive

Apparently people just don't want the game to be realistic. They want it to be "The Matrix + LOTR + Pokomongo. I really don't recall ever even seeing a TKA in actual usage in Star Wars. I'm sure they're there, since even CorSec is trained in basic hand to hand. But honestly, hand to hand died a horrible death the minute the auto-firing firearm was invented. Why on earth do you think we're allowed multiple professions? It's so if you pick a class you can back it up with something else. If you're TKA, don't rely on that completely unless you want to RP that you're some sort of lone hermit that comes out just to ambush someone. Even then you'd have to risk getting close. If someone sees you as a threat, you'dbe fired upon. If you REALLY want to be an effective PVPer (since this is what causes most cries for a nerf), then pick up some sort of ranged weapon. And no matter what anyone says at this point, a pistoleer can still match a rifleman thanks to the current setup of things, given range speed. So combine the two, fire rounds until you're up close then finish off with your KD, beat the heck while i'm down move. If I do recall, the TKA's had no problem at all using Lunge at a great distance, making a rifleman kneel, KDing, then dizzying so we can't get up. That's more bogus than anything since even at a glance your arms aren't several meters long, let alone 15+.

Too many people mistake us asjustsnipers since we have ONE skill tree that says sniping. Misconception. Our real title is sniper/sharpshooter/soldier, take your pick. If I'm a sniper, I'm apparently lacking because I can't take you in one single shot. If I'm a sharpshooter, means I should have insane accuracy, even against a moving target because I'm what? Oh just as the title says, a sharp shooter If I'm a soldier, that means I'm a highly trained killing machine for the army, since I'm the guy that charges into enemy fire engaging at will and firing my rifle as fast as humanly possible.

Next best thing should have been carbineers, but our poor cousins in firearms are still feeling the pains of bugs.

Finally, the sidearm. The pistoleers. The officers and backline men of the army. "Prepare to defend yourselves at PointBlank Range!" so to speak.

TKAs/Pikeman/Swordsman/etc. I can honestly say this because I was once a part of your group.... You're a group that is destined to be shot up. Your only real advantage should be the ability to charge in mass and have at least half of you make it to a prepared line of shooters. Now, it'd be nice if we didn't have radar and a special target hud but since that'd make this more FPS (that is what PVP is looking for right?) i doubt it will happen. As long as radar, shooting through terrain, bogus ranges, etc. exist pvp is really like a lottery, all up to chance on the win. I mean come now, someone spamming eyeshot is more effective than my headshots (thank the heavens for SS2 right?)

Bottomline..... quit crying nerf just because the title of PVP Elite isn't yours to have.

TKA's are getting smart today....I saw a tka...he saw me...he waited around the corner for me to show up(just between the portal in bestine, to the medical facility) ..but I remain on a distant range holding steady aim..waiting waiting....wondering who'll make the first move...luckely a friendly tka starts going in closer distracting the tka...when they started battle I rushed through the portal and aimed for the head...

Im glad melee are starting to get sensible.......makes a real interesting fight.....that tka and I were in a stalemate for 1-2 minutes.....the tension oooh the tension

eh some TKAs are getting smart and using strategy, most of the people whining about how powerful we supposedly are are TKAs...

AMEN

At least the TKM's on my server got smart, they go and hide in the banks and such, and make you follow them to where you miss and they can hit. Just know your profession. This isn't a game where any little kid can be good at PVP, its not a click and shoot 1st person game. It requires skills and strategy. To many people expect that they can just walkin and be able to whoop up on everyone, and its just not the case. Even for rifleman. The only reason we seem good is they finnaly fixed us, only to tear us back down again because of the nerf bat. I say wait untill your so called combat patch, then tweak things. This doing everyone in bits and peices causes more inbalance than what was there before.

Haha, I like how Telakyte failed to mention our 4th 'title'.

/whisper Cause it's worthless

lol i was hoping someone else would mention our 4th title (and 5th 6th 7th and so on by those that hate us )

I've posted an "ideal change" thread to hopefully get some dev lovin and attention. Not too likely, but hey maybe SOMEONE will get it to the right peoples. I've already posted it on a couple other forums, so here's a link :

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Development&message.id=998239

didn't get much support, but who knows

lol katlyn, u get that from apake?

I invented reverse kiting on tarquinas

Always works. Either u'll win or u'll end up in a stale mate.

As a rifleman I never let that happen, and if they burst run at me, flurry 2, suppression.

There's still tactics in pvp, it's not only skill based. I'm sick of people crying if they get killed. Like an MBH can get killed by a pikeman if the pikeman plays his cards right. And that MBH will whine about it because he had no tactics and was just running and gunning, or spray and praying.

There is such a thing as playing stupid in this game

Rifleman, pvp? I've been killed by everything from entertainers to bio engineers. Now that I'm one block away from master I can almost hold my own now.