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What's the point of blaster rifles?

So far all I see is that it's one where you need the least feats for. No Dueling, no Two-Weapon Fighting, nothing at all! It might be good for force users since the only feats they need/want are Toughness, Regenerate Force Points, and Regenerate Vitality Points.

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Same as any other big, heavy, generaly useless weapon. Seriously, the only weapons worth the price of admission are lightsabers. It's a Star Wars game for crying out loud! What would you pick, a random laser gun or a friggin' LIGHTSABER? :ermm:

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Rifles have the highest critical hit chance among all ranged weapons. Get Master Sniper Shot and Precise Shot V, and people will be dying really quickly.

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Lol, now im not a fan of rifles but they can be incredibly effective. I can kill the 3 jedi in freedon nadds tomb by myself by doing the following.

1. run out of range of saber

2. use plague making them move slower

3. place high level stun mine at corner

4. grab rifle snipe shot, snipe shot one is dead.

5. plague them all again

6. stun mine...

7. and repeat with snipe shot killing both and receiving almost no damage on expert.

 

I believe its called "Kiting"

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Rifles are pointless? Hmm, seems to me the Candalore always manages to chew up and spit out enemies. Now granted, it was a lot more fun with the Ordo repeating cannon in the original. But even with the Mandalorian assault weapons in TSL, he could administer a lot of hurt.

 

Now, that said, I'll always go for lightsabers for my PC.

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Rifles are pointless? Hmm, seems to me the Candalore always manages to chew up and spit out enemies. Now granted, it was a lot more fun with the Ordo repeating cannon in the original. But even with the Mandalorian assault weapons in TSL, he could administer a lot of hurt.

 

Now, that said, I'll always go for lightsabers for my PC.

 

Agreed. And w/o blaster rifles, where does that leave Candalore (♥ that! :p ) and HK-47? Don't tell me you have anyone but pre-Jedi Atton (and occasionally Mical) dual-wielding blaster pistols? :ermm:

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Isn't it just easier to make Jedify two party members and give 'em lightsabers? Makes more sense to me :biggrin:

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Isn't it just easier to make Jedify two party members and give 'em lightsabers? Makes more sense to me :biggrin:

 

Yes, but what do you do BEFORE that? Have Atton run around unarmed? :ermm: He's all you'vre got for quite a while, and no way to Jedi-ify him until Nar Shaddaa.

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double-bladed vibroblade

In 7th grade, I teach the students how Chuck Norris took down the Roman Empire, so it is good that you are starting early on this curriculum.

 

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Agreed, my Sith PCs will use dual pistols without remorse until people get close. Very nice for removing the chaff from battles.

 

And personally, I find 3 melee characters in battle very crowded. So I always take 1 ranged character, whether that's Kreia for support and "ranged" force fire, or Candalore/HK-47, or Atton/Mira pre-Jedied. I don't need them running around with vibroblades when I've got lightsabers in front.

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double-bladed vibroblade

 

Hmmph, your Atton was probably horrible. He starts out with all ranged spec feats, and it takes along time for you to spec him for double melee.

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I usually started him out with double pistols for a while.

In 7th grade, I teach the students how Chuck Norris took down the Roman Empire, so it is good that you are starting early on this curriculum.

 

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Even once Atton is Jedied, I prefer to leave him on pistols for a while. He's so far down that line, making him a melee character takes too long to merit it. By the time he's ready, Visas is already better than he could be. So while Atton is great for support, and it's nice that he can use a saber to defend himself if people get close, he's never going to measure up in front-line combat. And again, most area maps are too constricted, IMHO, for 3 melee characters. So I'll always go: PC; Visas/Handmaiden/Mical; Ranged support.

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Nah, you just don't level Atton until he gets to be a Jedi. Then he's nicely tuned. Kreia and my PC can usually take care of all the baddies till then and Nar Shaddaa is always my first stop.

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Hahhah, level stack! Player's first choice since BG1!

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Even once Atton is Jedied, I prefer to leave him on pistols for a while. He's so far down that line, making him a melee character takes too long to merit it. By the time he's ready, Visas is already better than he could be. So while Atton is great for support, and it's nice that he can use a saber to defend himself if people get close, he's never going to measure up in front-line combat. And again, most area maps are too constricted, IMHO, for 3 melee characters. So I'll always go: PC; Visas/Handmaiden/Mical; Ranged support.

 

Exactly + his critical abillity while stealthed is incredible combined with snipe shot.

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Rifles are pointless? Hmm, seems to me the Candalore always manages to chew up and spit out enemies. Now granted, it was a lot more fun with the Ordo repeating cannon in the original. But even with the Mandalorian assault weapons in TSL, he could administer a lot of hurt.

 

Now, that said, I'll always go for lightsabers for my PC.

 

Agreed. And w/o blaster rifles, where does that leave Candalore (♥ that! :) ) and HK-47? Don't tell me you have anyone but pre-Jedi Atton (and occasionally Mical) dual-wielding blaster pistols? >_

 

"Candalore" is hugely effective with some of the more damage dealing swords (or axes) in the game. He cuts a bloody swath through the Sith.

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He does it better (as far as I'm aware) with a double bladed lightsaber. So does Exile. And Handmaiden. And there's my party. >_<

In 7th grade, I teach the students how Chuck Norris took down the Roman Empire, so it is good that you are starting early on this curriculum.

 

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What's the point of blaster rifles? So far all I see is that it's one where you need the least feats for... [almost] nothing at all!

 

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Weapon Specialization: Blaster Rifle

 

Repeaters, (such as Canderous's) are not rifles, they are heavy weapons. And uh, Basic rifle = fail. And any blaster rifle is really only any good with feats such as Power Blast or Sniper Shot as described before. K2 upgrades also rock.

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