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Currently I'm a 3-1-1-3 Rifleman,(maxed out rilfe xp) Master Ranger, 2-3-0-4 CH (Maxed out CH exp) , I spend about 95% of the game doing hide/bone harvests (PVE), and the rest of the time faction missions and the very rare PVP Encounter.

I've played from day 2 of launch and even made the dummy mistake of unlearning Novice Sharpshooter by accident. So I have played rifleman for quite a while. Just that I dabbled to 3-3-4-4 in CH before the big CH nerf. Anyways here are some of my findings. and play about 2-3 hrs a night

For PVE (ham over 3k) low energy res My usual tactic is (Laser Rifle ) Mind1/Mind2, HS3, switch to E11 HS2 , send in pair of pets, HS2 until dead, most of the timeI can kill the creature soon as the pets start to take some damage. If I'm lucky

For PVE (any ham with energy res) Jawa/sg82 (see above)

For PVE (ham under 3k that bafs) Send pets to attack lair, dot biggest creature and flurryshot 2 the lot of em with Laser (until half mind) then cycle to E11 rifle for rest of it.

For PVE (ham over 3k that bafs) Succumb to the Dark Side of CH and call out my biggest pet/pets, load up on Muon and either flurry1/2 or hs3/2 with mind1/mind2 combos, IfI can do it fast enough I candot everything and get back to fire support for my pet.

Example, Kill everything at lair first, then one tap lair, wait for spawn (as mind regens) one pops up , kill it, then attack lair, of course it never fails and one warps to me, /tellpet attack, then run away like little girl with pistol in hand, pets have blocked for me , equip rifle, resume fire. pets attack lair creatures swarm pets flurry2 on lair , creatures die, 2 pets stims, next lair

Now here on the forums there appears to be a few schools of thought's.

1: Sniper Role 2: Fire Support Role 3: Useless untill Master.

My questionis

A: If one is happy with their current speed and ablities in Rifleman is there really a reason to Master?

Other than SS2 and Speed bonuses?

B:In the Sniper line thereappears to be two uselessskills (for 5 skill points)sniper shot and surpise shot, with the current status of accuracy.Would that even make a differance.?

I understand the ability to db from a distance is a powerfull skill, but useless in my eyes if your notinto pvp.

C: Currently I fire my e11/laser rifle at 2 seconds on auto fire, which I am more than happy with. The rate my human(600 will, 550 focus, 800 mind) ham goes downfiring specials,speedis more of a hinderance than anbonus. I under stand that the aoe attackof strafe shot2 is awe inspiring sight but my skill points aren't there.

D: It seems to me that the fire support role would best be utilized with the special abilites line and counter sniping lines, ? of which i have one of those columns.

So how does this fit for someone that is a Ranger first, Rifleman Second and Uses CH as a defensive measure.

My role in PVE (Grouped)is flank guard or rear guard, PVP/NPC is covert recon, tracker

Now before someone pops a gasket about how I can think such things, I've had a rifle in my hand from the start before I even realized there was a 2.5 melee damage mod. I got to Master Ranger by harvesting a ton of creatures of which I hardly ever grouped.(ninja harvesting killed mywant to group from the very start)Even now grouping is rare. I don't even group with my pets due to Harvest issues. All in all I do 90% of the damage before I send pets in (nice no pet regen in camps, ) no medic skills, only over priced pet stims.

Comments or suggestions?