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Thanks for the reply but you didn't offer a suggestion as to what I should try besides other things?

I made Novice Commando today.. while YES, I did get in when the profession was finally repaired, I also had to do unarmed completely w/o knucklers and finished before the unarmed fix of this last patch. I had master marksman (and novice pistoleer) and was considering Bounty Hunter, I just got a little tired of the AT-ST's coming through town and owning everyone. I guess watching one guy with THREE AT-ST's is a bit much! The constantstream of AT-ST's from the Empire is what pushed me to the profession. I figure if a group of commandos can't stop AT-ST's, then it's truly a problem. I don't expect to be an instant success overnight, but I am loving the effects of the launcher pistol so far . Just purchased a Flame Thrower and will be trying that next. (Had to log out for 15 minutes to make sure I didn't lose my purchase.)

OMFG bandwaggon!

no seriously, commando needs more people to join up. Then the devs will have to pay more attention to us.

It not sure thatthis matters too much (especially with a lot of people becoming a commando nowadays). But, after weeks of trying and working my tail off (mind you, I only had a chance for casual playing) I finally hit commando.

Funny things is, I got ambitious and decided to go big game hunting. Not realizing that my accuracy sucked (to the point that I couldn't hit a Fambaa if I was standing on topof it), I got my butt handed to me... twice.. oh well. It was well worth it. Gonna have to try harder next time. And, now I'm going to work my tail off again. Who knows, maybe in a couple of months, I can hit master.

Well, thanks for taking the time to read my post.

Congrats on Commando. Well, the best thing for you right now is to know your strengths and weaknesses. We are strong...but slow. Not many defensive mods, unreliable accuracy. I think the commando is better suited for group situations and not one on one combat. We are NOT gods of combat, lol. Any play worth anything cant take a commando if they know what they are doing.

If you want to use your flame thrower as your main weapon go up the Flame Thrower Spec tree first. I would use a good launcher pistol if you can get one. I wouldn't even try to use a flame thrower until atleast FT spec 3. You just have horable accuracy. But once you hit that skill you can use a flame thrower just as good as the LP except you do about 3 times the damage.

Hello,

I just got novice Commando and am looking forward to using my Flamer.

Can someone pls school me on how to use the flamer effectivly

First thing you'll want to do is pickup a launcher pistol. The flame thrower is all but useless without its specials at such an early stage. Use the Launcher pistol to gain the HW experience until you have flame 1. Pick up the FASTEST flame thrower you can find. The reason behind that is its delay is directly based off of the weapons speed. A 5spd flamer has a 10 second delay. Then procede to find something slow you can run from while you are helpless in the delay. Then be prepared to run like a little girl away from creatures you used to happily kill. Thanks to the 2.5 melee defence modifyer. Remember to invest in some other combat lines to get out of sticky situations until you are adequate with the flame thrower. I highly recommend levisquals on rori. Rori also has a lot of creatures that have no resists to heat.
And as much as you use your flame thrower be prepared to be flamed on the forums. We are loved as much as the Creature Handlers now.

Welcome, and prepare to have a Blast!

(pun intended)

The most effective way to use the flamethrower is to have a tank and use flame single/cone. Flame cone can attack 5-6 creatures at once if the creatures are small enough to fit within the range. Then you get the DOT.

And get some good armor. The wait between specials can seem like forever.

Stability Boy

Master Commando Radiant

/bump

You have to have some Pistoleer skills if you want to do well with launcher pistol, because you don't get any pistol bonuses or special moves in the Commando tree for it. You can do all Pistoleer and Smuggler special moves with the launcher pistol.

The only worthwhile weapon that we have right now is the flamethrower.

Of the 'heavy weapons', only the rocket launcher is slightly useful because it does Blast damage, which is good against turrets and ATSTs. On the other hand, you are better off just using a launcher pistol because it does Blast damage as well, and the rocket launchers cost a lot, and only have around 30 shots before they are used up.

The LP is good to use until you get flame 3. Then you might hit something with it. But congrats on getting commando. Ivoni's post up there will help you alot too so you can get a good amount of xp.