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Thread: Looks like Rifles are King again in PvP battles
EnderUK wrote:
Well I changed my template last night from Master Smuggler, Master Commando, Pistoleer 4404 to Master Smuggler, Master Rifleman, Pistols 4004 and I'm glad I did.
PyscoJuggalo wrote:
Come to Wanderhome, and I will beat the hell outta you with My MBH/Carbineer/Pistoleer 0-4-0-4 with +15 range arms and a laser rifle. Rifleman is a waste of SP(EDIT-Dammed Jedi!!!).
Message Edited by PyscoJuggalo on 05-18-2005 10:36 PM
EnderUK wrote:
PyscoJuggalo wrote:
Come to Wanderhome, and I will beat the hell outta you with My MBH/Carbineer/Pistoleer 0-4-0-4 with +15 range arms and a laser rifle. Rifleman is a waste of SP(EDIT-Dammed Jedi!!!).
Message Edited by PyscoJuggalo on 05-18-2005 10:36 PM
I'm not trying to brag uba boss. Unless you can take me down in the the time it takes for your 15 second root to wear off I'll get away before you incap me. Maybe you count that as a win, I call it a stalemate. With 4800 health 376 range defence and 8k energy armour and spamming startle and panic shot I'm going to get away 90% of the time. I'll take surviving as a win over dieing.
I'm not saying you couldn't beat me, I know a couple of people on my server that I'll run away at the first sight of, but I've never thought fair in my life. I'll use every dirty trick I know to win or survive a fight.
Oh I dropped 4xxx pistoleer for defence in commando 3xxx
Yeah Starle is a itch, but it only works in 1 on 1 PVP and is that a reason to nerf an entire profession/weapon line? So a bunch of duelists can be happy?
Oh, I'd use my Cerzka Carbine on you
That Energy armor aint nuttin then!
Message Edited by PyscoJuggalo on 05-18-2005 11:23 PM
Also Panic is bugged for me, yeah I shot it, don't fire again to test, but they shot back immediately....... Startle and the pistoleer delay are the only ones that I know of that work consistantly.
Message Edited by PyscoJuggalo on 05-18-2005 11:54 PM
Its all a matter of tactics, and knowing your Role.
I use either Comando Weaps or Pistols in PvP, In large scale Group PvP(which has finally started happening again 
) I use the LBC to apply Stateaffects to EVERYTHING! Thats pretty much all I do, I Like to Root the whole line of Charging Imps, Intimdate them, Delay them, and nerf them while my team mates wipe the floor with them. Its handy to be nearby a ditch or wall so you can duck for cover to escape the rifleman snipers on the other side.
in Small group PvP I use a standard pistol. Rifleman are common enough that there is almost always one in the group, I let him run if front and engage 1st at long range, if that applies. most small group PvP I've been in was initiated at medium-close range. And still in a group my primary focus is on De-buffing the targets, not as much on Damage Dealing.
Dueling I seem to have just as fair a chance against Riflemen as anyone else. I have a buddy with the Range arms and we duel on a pretty regular basis. I'd say its slighly weighted in his favor, but I have managed to win at least 30% of the time, and no, I've never gotten a succesful LD on him. The trick is to get at close range and stay there and deal damage. Don't waste time on a root unless hestarts moving away to get our of range. Good way to do damage and stop some damage against you is toalternate Body Shot, or Reckless Shot with Disarming shot.
And there are ways and means of closing on a rifleman as a smuggler commando, Rocket Launcher KD using concussion shot for the win That's the only weaponI constantlyused as a commando before switching to my FWG5 for damage.
Concussion shot with a flame throw would have been nice there I guess.