Commando Archive
Thread: Honestly...is Commando worth getting?
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Wolfmann31
Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:26 pm
#14
It all comes down to a few things:
1.How stubborn are you?
2.Do you PvP, "1337" style, or prefer being a meatshield?
3.Do you hunt alot? Heavy stuff?
4.How would you feel being a master and beaten up by Nunas?
5.Do you like a quiet community where the people of the profession respect eachother and are more stubborn than a mule?
1: To be a commando, you have to be a stubborn mule. There is no explanation besides the fireworks display, explaining why commandos stick with it month after month.
2: PvP and commando, do not match. You either spend millions on RL's to miss alot, or you fire streams of flames against your foe, just to catch his attention.
3. Hunting and Commando, works well, if you do not take on big stuff. medium stuff like Sharnaffs and like, can work well, but beware of the punishment even these can give you.
4. As a commando, you will miss alot, and if using specials, you are slower than Yoda on a stick. So it might happend that a team of Nunas incap your master titled commando. You have to accept that, before you can be a commando.
5. We have the best profession community, besides entertainers. They love commandos that are as stubborn and sticking to their guns as they do.
All in all. It's all about how you as a player are, and how you would like your game time to be. If you want to be good, and do well in "todays" gameplay, commando might not work out for you. The SP can be better spent elsewhere. But if you do not mind, that your commando skills, take a back burner in favor of lesser skills, like rifleman, pistoleer, smuggler, Carbineer or TKA, wich all are lesser skills in SP count, then Commando might work for you.
If you want the profession that costs you the most SP, to be your main profession, and only use your secondary profession as backup..Then, it's not for you.
You have to decide what to choose. It's alot of SP, to become a true commando, alot of SP, that can be used in alot of other profession, to build you twice, tripple or maybe 10 times as better, when it comes to survivability and killability in both PvP and PvE.
To be short, you have to decide, to be a commando or not.
alpinestreams
Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:22 pm
#15
Well, to give everyone an update I am now a commando.
I decided to give it a try. I am now officially grinding commando. Thanks for your input!
I decided to give it a try. I am now officially grinding commando. Thanks for your input!
BravenIrish
Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:43 pm
#16
Good choise alpinestreams! Bravo!
Let me be very clear here...you will get frustrated. Repeat, YOU WILL GET FRUSTRATED! But my advise to you is hang in there and advance. It get's better.Lot's of our stuff looks cool, but isn't very cool or effective. You will fall in love with your trusty FlameThrower. You will, on occasion, love our consumable weapons (IF you can find and afford them), and you will love when things come together and people look at you and say, "That Rocked!".
You, by hitting that Novice button, have entered a community that has been through hell and high water. A community that truely takes care of it's own. And a community that is on the verge of a new dawn. Yes...a wonderful choise!
WELCOME to the proud Commando community! 
Slainte to you brother!
dehumaniz
Fri Nov 19, 2004 3:03 pm
#17
Welcome to a new and frustrating world 
Talan Deadeye
Master Commando
FWH-lowca
Anoq
Fri Nov 19, 2004 3:49 pm
#18
TKM / Commando 0040 and some defenses is a great template and a ton of fun.
You can solo Krayts with that template and really help groups out in the DWB and the Geo Cave.
Commando's suck in PvP, but in PvE, mix it with TKM and its a great profession.
TK-132
Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:14 pm
#19
Yep Commando is very good. Not in PvP, but hey that's only fun for those stackers, CMs, and Jedi really. In PvE we rock. And with buffs and Comp you'll get some "woahs!" sometimes. Great for taking on Normal stuff. However places like the Corvette, DWB, and Nightsisters (Dathmoir in general) are difficult for us. Reason for that being is our defenses our weak and many MOBs in such places have high heat resists. Yet at the same time Commandos are often sought after as our flame dot can really bring the punishment on some of the stuff like SBDs. Just don't try takling one on your own ever. Heck if the Corvette didn't have SBDs and not so many 100K HAM mobs I'd be able to solo it fighting my way through it.
Pssst... Commandos are really good against faction NPCs. I've taken missions killed every NPC and didn't get one agro the whole time. I killed each one in one hit. BO YAH!
I've done it not only with the flamethrower, but the RL as well.
Pssst... Commandos are really good against faction NPCs. I've taken missions killed every NPC and didn't get one agro the whole time. I killed each one in one hit. BO YAH!
I've done it not only with the flamethrower, but the RL as well.
Cpl_Fisher
Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:50 am
#20
Cpl_Fisher wrote:
well i'm only 4/4/0/0 commando, and unless there is a MAJOR reason for me to do so, I'm not investing any more skill points. Having sad that, The ability to blow the living SH!T out off turrents and at-st's, is nice. also i use rockets on NS which i can't hurt with my rifles, when they agro me. (I shoot rocket 2x, then FD rinse reapet) better than dying in my opinion. I might just go commando 0/4/4/0 though. Flamering things just sounds cool. It is hard to hit. But It'sso funny to flame someone.
Message Edited by Cpl_Fisher on 11-15-2004 07:50 AM
well, I did it, and yea, I have to admit, its cuks, hard, but i can't get over the fact, that I get to set things on Fire, and then play dead while they burn to death, that is like so cool. I know commando sucks, but i can't help it, I get to set things on fire and then play dead until they die........
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