Talk:Rifleman (NOTD)/@comment-113.172.209.42-20130510023028/@comment-4697956-20130510134215

Not gone, just moved to the Combat tree. One of the reasons it got moved was because it made the HMG quite good to use with the Survival Rifleman because the long reload time was mitigated by it. Kith (and others, including me) didn't like the Survival Rifleman being able to use it well when it doesn't suit it (especially since Survival isn't a DPS tree), so Weapons Proficiency got moved to the Combat tree where it makes more sense to be and made the HMG better to use with a Combat Rifleman where it also gets the benefits of DPS increase thanks to the Combat tree's skills.

As for levelling up, stick to teammates to gain shared xp from kills and make use of your other skills like Precision Shot (which got moved from the Combat tree in the rework too) and Repulse. You won't level as fast as DPS classes but that's just something that you have to deal with (and anyone else playing non-DPS classes or talent trees). After all, you will still level up well; the move of Weapons Proficiency hasn't crippled the Rifleman's ability the level up much.