Commando Archive
Thread: I found something out
Message Edited by AlufNull on 04-11-2004 06:14 PM
AlufNull wrote:
Point blank area single is the attack most often used by pistoleers when they are leveling. It is an even better tool for leveling commando.
Walk up to a savage quenker lair (get buffed first), target the lair and start spaming PBA1. You will get all 6 quenkers in no time and they will die almost as quickly. A fast and easy 22k exp.
Good post AlufNull!
I have been using this exact same method for leveling commando. This seems to be the equivalent of the spin attacks brawlers get. I have been heavily depending on the spin attack while grinding through the brawler professions and it felt natural to try out pointblankArea1 as it was the only available area skill.
It works great and I dont believe what maddog was saying is correct. From my experience, you DO damage creatures in a circle around you.. All within pointblank range.
As far as doing quenkers go. From Novice Commando and up, I recommend getting the 5k quenker missions at 60+ mission difficulty (the higher the better, pretty much).
Get a good buff (2k is enough atleast), wear 80% compo armour.. All you do is run up to the lair and start spamming /pointblankArea1. You can do this till lair and everything around it is dead. Or you could just burn the **edit** out of the lair when the mobs stopped popping.
This way you get the full xp for all mobs as well. If you use flame cone, the non-targeted mobs you damage, you dont get the damage xp for (at least this is how I figure the missing experience, maybe its the DOT that does it).
I reached Master Commando yesterday, so time to start working on Novice Pistoleer and decay Commando as it becomes neccessary. Was pretty fun to burn some ewoks 
/Dynamo Lightingrunner @ Farstar (grinding out the silent, 12 professions done)
its a AoE not cone. it will hit behind you as long as it is within melee range.
maddogs wrote:
no they dont i tryed it with my bro and they dontget hit its a cone like this
---^---
^ = you its a 180* haf a circle cone werecone is a 45* angel but if you use singelyou can usly one hit them
but heck if you perfer that then you do
You used your FT on huurton? Don't they have 100% heat resists?
AlufNull wrote:
Maddogs, you don't know what you are talking about.Not onlyhave I been using it for the last two days, but it is the most suggested way to level on the Pistoleer boards.It makes no difference if they are behind you or not. This is not a cone attack. It targets everything that is in melee range.
But, just to be sure, I logged in again, pulled out the FT and wasted a hurton lair. I even purposefuly moved around so most of them were behind me as I used Point Blank Area 1 on the lair. Guess what? They all get hit.
Message Edited by RobbPilot on 04-13-2004 09:55 AM
Hurtons have 5% heat resist.
Matrons, Howlers and Huntress have 40% heat resist.