This is the simplest and best video I've seen about the role of the rifleman in RO2. I'd go as far as to say that every new player should watch it.
RO2 Rifleman on Youtube
It took me a while to shrug off applying an FPS mentality to RO2, which is:
The first two don't matter at all. In fact, getting accustomed to the idea that your avatar is (realistically) disposable cannon fodder opens the game right up as you take risks you normally never would, and this in turn creates incredible opportunities to get some very easy kills.
On a 64 player server, there is no way you're going to advance without getting pinged. No way. The second you live with that idea, the game becomes enjoyable.
What you do notice is how few players attack because they're worried about K/D. It doesn't matter. The tickets will run down with or without you, may as well use those lives to keep up pressure.
In RO2, if you're not capping, you're losing.
RO2 Rifleman on Youtube
It took me a while to shrug off applying an FPS mentality to RO2, which is:
- Stay alive
- Get kills
- Help cap
The first two don't matter at all. In fact, getting accustomed to the idea that your avatar is (realistically) disposable cannon fodder opens the game right up as you take risks you normally never would, and this in turn creates incredible opportunities to get some very easy kills.
On a 64 player server, there is no way you're going to advance without getting pinged. No way. The second you live with that idea, the game becomes enjoyable.
What you do notice is how few players attack because they're worried about K/D. It doesn't matter. The tickets will run down with or without you, may as well use those lives to keep up pressure.
In RO2, if you're not capping, you're losing.
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