Commando Archive

Considering the current moves that the devs are making with the CH tree to truncate the effectiveness of "dabbling" in that profession I ask: "can the grenadeer dabbling in theCommando classbe far behind?"

Don't get me wrong. I have 0 problems with dabblers (what ever that means). I do however have a problem with the way the skills are allocated in all of the different elite skill trees. The Master of a skill tree should be just that a "MASTER" of all the disciplines. This rankshould culminate with a bonus that makes him or her the most effecive and powerful user of all the weapons and tools of that class and should by virture of that rank notbe out done by any "expert" of any one or two branches of the field. I amNOT suggesting "ubber" just better.

It has been my observation that dabbling has been both the boon and curse of SWG. More specifically, it is the lack of bonus to Master and the misallocation of skills that have been the problem and the source of the cry to nerf the Commando tree specifically. The fact that the damage a grenadeer can inflict canbe achieved with only xp in one tree is unbelievable. The blame for so many going this route and the subsequent devaluation of the Commando tree lays at the feet of the developers and not the players. Commando skills should be configured in such a way as the most effective damage is only achievedafter amuch greater committment to the entiire profession. The very most effective specials reserved for Master.

This seems to be the way the fix to CH is being presented. My hope is that this will be the way the devs approach the Commando class along with fixing our HAR and giving the LP it's ownbranch and specials.

I wanted to go master commando and dabble in CH but that is not going to be an option for long as the profession will have a much higher skill cost to get anything of value out. Yes, i would much rather use droids but they do not work anywhere near as well and I am not a glutton for punishment.

To me CH is not about power at all. It is partly about survival and it is about interest. I have far more enjoyment running around new planets and testing out all the different pets. It would be akin to giving commando's access to 30 odd weapons, it is fun. I am almost master commando and i still use two grand wrixs, they are not uber and they take a pounding by higher level mobs, but i am fine with that. I do have a mauler, rancor, etc but apart for playing with them I do not use them seriously, my kittens do the job for me.

Speaking of glutton for punishment.... why would I want to specialise in HAR or Field Tactics? I will get some use out of HWs but even that is extremely situational.

There is no problem going master commando if thats what you want, but do not question the intentions or motives of others who have no desire for the other skills. Afterall, i can guarantee you did not get the experience for HAR using a HAR, or using HWs to get the exp for that or using grenades to get combat exp for FT.

You just used the flamer like everyone else. You are a bunch of hypocrites for saying everyone else is just a flamer. Every master commando got there on the back of the FT, probably never used any other weapon other than to play around with them.

When the skills give you enough incentive to keep them then people will keep them. My heavy weapons exp and combat exp are now capped, i could of very easily hit master if I wanted to, trust me, it is no real achievement. You can get there using one very good weapon, very fast in a group.

Doing it solo... there is an achievement. Doing it with the weapons of the appropriate field... that would be idiodic, but an achievement nonetheless.

btw.. the edited word was po ke mo n not a curse word, I try not to be a potty mouth...