Commando Archive

I've used my acid rifle from max range and still got blinded. The ASL, however, doesn't blind. Poor HAR. It just can't get a break. I'd recommend getting the RL asap for working up the commando tree. I've found the 2 safest weapons to use are the Rocket Launcher and Heavy Particle Beam Cannon. You may not do much damage with 'em, but you shouldn't aggro entire groups (like the LP shot into a mob of CL 82 pickets) and you can suck up XP from the rest of the group's damage dealers (saying that is just so sad!). Also, when you use the HPBC you'll often get the "What in the world is THAT?" question from other group members. It's not a weapon one sees used often. All the other weapons will draw creatures from miles around down on top of you and your group. Until you can fire a RL into groups, the LP is your only weapon. I'd suggest only shooting it at stuf that breaks free of the mob and heads toward your group. I guided a new commando thru to the RL that way in just a few lairs of pickets (or any other CL 80-82), trained her immediately in Incendiary Weapons I (despite what she wanted...lol) and handed her a pre-CU RL. She then happily gained XP and the group lived.