Teras Kasi Archive

If you go rifle I can almost guarantee that will be all you use because of the insane dmg done by rifle. I was once the TKM / Pistoleer / Smuggler combo and that was really fun. Hardly get KD, delay from a distance, and kick ass up close. TKM / Rifle isn't bad dont get me wrong, I just think you will end up using mostly rifle.

I mastered Rifleman. Didn't do much PvP with it. I want to try Pistoleer wit Smuggler since I would have about 10 differ pistol attacks to use. The problem with Rifleman is the cost for specials. They eat up the mind like crazy. I think pistol specials use less HAM. I just want to try the specials, think of someone using these attacks on you in no time:

Panic Shot...Pistol Whip 2...Stopping Shot....Fan Shot...Body Shot 3...Multitarget Shot...Low Blow....Last Ditch

That seems like an arsenal of attacks to use. You can probably fire all of those with a good speed sliced pistol in no time.

Italian you are right there are allot of specials but in reality you won't need/use all of those. Body Shot 3 for example is useless really. It's not much an improvement over Body Shot 2.

As for the original question of this thread while riflemen are very deadly, a big part of who wins boils down to who lands what special in what order! You can have the most deadly special in the game, but it won't do you any good if you miss and you opponet doesn't!! Personally my last duel with a riflemen went rather quickly. I landed low blow and panic shot followed by a stun from last ditch and from there it was just watching his ham's go down while he laid on the ground unable to do anything! That doesn't mean my professions are uber or riflemen are weak. If I had missed on low blow and/or panic shot and riflemen gets two or three good shots to my mind.....well it's a completely different battle.

I guess in the end, it boils down to find the ranged profession you enjoy. Don't worry about what profession is considered "uber" at the moment, because that opinion will change from patch to patch. Play what makes you happy and understand that somedays you will be the last standing in battle and somedays you will be the first one to die. Everyone dies, it's part of the game. There is never a "perfect" class in any game.

I understand there is no perfect combat template or else everyone and their mom would do it. I said earlier I mastered Rifleman, but didn't like the special costs. Pistoleer is something I want to try out because it gives me more of an option while low special costs. I used to be a master commando before this patch. I loved it since it was easy, flamethrower is all that worked, and the only specials were flamecone 2 and flamesingle 2, those 2 specials took about 25-30 health each special. TKA I enjoy because it has several advantages compared to other melee professions, the special cost for Unarmed Hit 3 is so high, but I'm willing to look over it. I feel it would be nice to have 1 profession that has several advantages/high special cost and a profession with an arsenal of attacks with low special cost.

if you want to have an somewhat original TKA/<Range Combat class here> template, you could do Carbineer! I've yet to see a TKM/Master Carbineer. It's always Rifleman or Pistoleer/Rogue! rather annoying actually