good rifleman builds?

[Graf von Stauffenberg]

im fairly new... help please?

[Dakota]

Which variant?

[Graf von Stauffenberg]

Originally posted by Dakota:

Which variant?

rfl-3c the one with 4 ballistic and energy hardpoints

[NeoMaddy]

Here's a build for you using newtech. It boasts 4 LB 2-X and plenty of ammo with a pair of ER Medium Lasers for backup. It'll be fragile, but it can really put out the damage at long range and won't get left behind.

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=388&l=49ab8600f6de79b03dade20c4471d9d81940bc40

The Rifleman is a tough chassis. It doesn't really do anything better than any other mech can, but damn if it isn't grognard cool.

[Dakota]

That variant has a lot of options, its quirked up for ballistic range and cooldowns and has a few structure quirks. Its not a tanky mech, so front line brawling builds are mostly out of place, so I wouldn't recommend LBX of any size due to the spread, and small class lasers or medium pulse lasers and below wouldn't get much use.

I'll just post up some playstyles and builds for it:
DPS: http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=388&l=0645aabbb3d7b4c9c8b8fb3e7f187ebe1f8ed25c
Frontloaded damage: http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=388&l=f60186af3af023ce20e9b6872f9058b8edc47204
Hybrid: http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=388&l=2c08e5ed050b679fb433520138a228bc95d05ed8

With the DPS build you just keep your RAC5s firing at the enemy as long as you can to rack up some damage, but you'll take return fire if you poke out against multiple enemies at once, so try to focus down one person who is looking towards you to blind them and back down if you are shot at by multiple enemies.

With the frontloaded build you peek up and fire and get down before you can be shot again, you put out 30 damage when you fire both but have a min range of 90m to worry about.

With the hybrid build you have a mix of mid range autocannons and lasers, the AC10s provide solid damage at mid range that is rather rapid fire and lets you take a shot then get to cover or hold out for more shots if you aren't taking return fire. The lasers are there to provide some extra damage for when you are running cold but you shouldn't fire them when running hot.

[Graf von Stauffenberg]

wow thanks for the detailed answers^^

[vandalhooch]

Currently running 2 x UAC-5 and 4 x ERML.