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Sniper rifles?

jugularveinjugularvein Member UncommonPosts: 371
in Secret World Legends

Hi all just a quick simple question.  Are there sniper rifles in the game and if so are they listed under assault rifles.  Thanks in advance 

 

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  • BlackndBlacknd Member Posts: 600
    Originally posted by jugularvein

    Hi all just a quick simple question.  Are there sniper rifles in the game and if so are they listed under assault rifles.  Thanks in advance 

    There are some assault rifles that look heavily like sniper rifles, yes.

    As far as "sniping" skills and such, there aren't any, really.

    There is an Elite Assault Rifle skilled called Red Mist that has a long range and can't be avoided. It's pretty nice from what I hear. I honestly think it's intended to be a "Snipe."

    .. But in a good way.

  • BlackndBlacknd Member Posts: 600
    Originally posted by DMKano
    Originally posted by jugularvein

    Hi all just a quick simple question.  Are there sniper rifles in the game and if so are they listed under assault rifles.  Thanks in advance 

     

     

    In TSW most mobs are up in your face in a blink of an eye, unless you use a snare or a stun - as soon as it wears off - they're on you like white on rice. 

    Unless you have somebody holding aggro for you, solo you're not gonna be doing much sniping.

    Although that makes me wonder about builds made to contain and control.

    .. But in a good way.

  • BaffleBaffle Member Posts: 14

    The assault rifle is kind of the sniper rifle. There are sniper abilities with *very* high range doing a large chunk of damage. (1 sec cast time, red lazer beam trace the target, boom!). It can also shoot damage and healing grenades.

  • achesomaachesoma Member RarePosts: 1,770
    Originally posted by Baffle

    The assault rifle is kind of the sniper rifle. There are sniper abilities with *very* high range doing a large chunk of damage. (1 sec cast time, red lazer beam trace the target, boom!). It can also shoot damage and healing grenades.

    Yeah I've been hit by that in pvp lol.  Can take half your health down in 1 hit but on long CD. 

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  • aesperusaesperus Member UncommonPosts: 5,135
    Originally posted by DMKano
    Originally posted by Baffle

    The assault rifle is kind of the sniper rifle. There are sniper abilities with *very* high range doing a large chunk of damage. (1 sec cast time, red lazer beam trace the target, boom!). It can also shoot damage and healing grenades.

    We will see how viable it will be end game - so far every end-game ranged DPS build is centered around elemental deck with passives to maximize dmg.

    Aye.

    The skill everyone is talking about is called 'Red Mist' (50 point elite in the left-most assault rifle tree). It's basically the AR version of Thor's hammer. Like Thor's, it's kind of a 1-off. You can stack a few active buffs / passives to multiply the dmg somewhat, but it's not a skill you can use frequently. Most I've seen it do is shave off ~half health from a squishy player, which is nothing a dmg specced ele has trouble doing.

    From testing out ele builds I found it's one of the areas of the wheel where one can consistantly do huge dmg spikes from range, which is probably why it's used more often at endgame. Though in PvP the AR seems like it has it's uses, with the hinder debuffs and such, and good dmg. Ele is best for raw dmg output and some CC, but has low survivability / kiting ability.

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