Commando Archive
Thread: What possible role can commandos have in SWG without upsetting balance??
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StarNick
Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:58 am
#27
Yeah, and this...this entire mess, was a prediction that both Garvin and Lordseckmoth saw when we first saw the CU documents.
We were told by the devs, that we would see our weapons power-up specials to live up to our role.
Instead, we got a balanced (when AoE is working 100%, and even then we were suppoused to have "limited" AoE...so that statement that we have the most powerful AoE was untrue as ive never gotten any feedback that we would see 100% AoE) AoE profession. By ourselves, commandos do just about (or a tiny bit better) AoE than other profession's AoE specials.
However, mix us with other elites and our balance goes to the boids.
We were assured this wouldn't happen, however it has. Now we're stuck with an AoE profession that can only live up to its singular role if we take up a Damage dealer profession (or at least one of a 3 or 4 quality) + commando...
We only live up to a 5 offense against 5 targets...but guess what? So does a carbineer or pistoleer with full auto single and fanshot...
Thats why we need variety.
We were told by the devs, that we would see our weapons power-up specials to live up to our role.
Instead, we got a balanced (when AoE is working 100%, and even then we were suppoused to have "limited" AoE...so that statement that we have the most powerful AoE was untrue as ive never gotten any feedback that we would see 100% AoE) AoE profession. By ourselves, commandos do just about (or a tiny bit better) AoE than other profession's AoE specials.
However, mix us with other elites and our balance goes to the boids.
We were assured this wouldn't happen, however it has. Now we're stuck with an AoE profession that can only live up to its singular role if we take up a Damage dealer profession (or at least one of a 3 or 4 quality) + commando...
We only live up to a 5 offense against 5 targets...but guess what? So does a carbineer or pistoleer with full auto single and fanshot...
Thats why we need variety.
Binstubbs
Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:13 pm
#28
TK-132 wrote:
But since there are so many Tanks that they outnumber infantry often what are you going to do?
I cancelled.
I'll consider returning if I read about some real change and FIXES to the game. I cant be more ticked off that SOE wastes manpower on novelty garbage like multiplayer vehicles when so many professions are broken and bugged, and the supposedly defining aspect of the game....the GCW is either ignored or is being phased into a footnote while the new game theme becomes jedi gameplay.
Why I have spent the last several months wasting my time, countless hours (though gradually less and less as motivation/incentive died out reducing gametime to maybe 6 hrs a week) in a game that does not charge any less but is constantly broken and rarely fun, and caters to whiners instead of applying solutions to where there is an actual problem, is beyond me.
I look back at the last year of my life playing this game and I am honestly ashamed of myself now.
Happy trails 
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