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That's exactly what is happening...I myself have made those references as well in some of my posts...But the problem is the Dev's are making all the same mistakes they made before...the bad part of history is repeating itself...this new Bonus for Melee attacks is a perfect example...We fought for many many months to get that 2.5x Melee Damage bonus removed...finally the Dev's admitted it was poorly concieved and it was lifted...now they look to re-add something similar...

Yes we are eventually going to see some love...I am confident of that...but how long? and what type of love? It would be easier to wait if we knew what we were waiting for instead of just some generic "combat balance" that up to so far has done us more damage then good...As TH put it so eloquently "Commandos are not a broken profession"...so this doesn't give me much confidence that we are even on the fix list...

Everything we told the Dev's would come back to bite them in the butt has come back to bite them in the butt...we told them before Patch 6, that their proposed changes would receive more NERF whines then before...and we were right...but agian, they failed to listen...

Yeah but how many people actually knewthe extentof how much the flamethrower damage would be improved? I'd say at this point the ambiguity of the "combat balance" is our only hope.We can contemplate new theories of how much we are going to get screwed to the end of time, but until changes actually take effect they are still only theories. We've seen pieces but not the whole plan. I agree that TH's comments don't warrent any confidence and who knows when the whole "combat balance" is finished, but still....people gave up on the devs beforeonly to eat their words once the flamethrower was improved.

LOL. I know that. But the specials for the FT were originally coded for something alot less powerfull. And if you think about it, well it kinda makes sense. Lets face it that dot had some omph behind it but that was all you had with the original ones. The FT's now can be pushed to beyond 1k of damage whereas before you were strugging to get past 300 or so. Thats a big jump in power.

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DecimusDrakar wrote:

But a FT is supposed to hit harder than a rifle, otherwise there is no justification for spending so many more skill pts.

-Revan-

Master Commando

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If the only thing that should matter in the game is skill points, then everyone would all end up using the exact same class! Commandoes have more than just flamethrowers - they have PBCs and rocket launchers! The PBC is one of the most effective weapons in the game! And yes, I used to be a commando, so I know what I'm talking about. If you want to bug the devs about something, bug them about how useless grenades are!

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DecimusDrakar wrote:

But a FT is supposed to hit harder than a rifle, otherwise there is no justification for spending so many more skill pts.

-Revan-

Master Commando

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If the only thing that should matter in the game is skill points, then everyone would all end up using the exact same class! Commandoes have more than just flamethrowers - they have PBCs and rocket launchers! The PBC is one of the most effective weapons in the game! And yes, I used to be a commando, so I know what I'm talking about. If you want to bug the devs about something, bug them about how useless grenades are!

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You used to be a commando....that doesnt fly dude. si the PBC effective against a moving target? Is it effective at close range? Is it effective at all against anything other than turrets? Not really..

The HPBC is useless on everything but stationary factional NPC's.

"If the only thing that should matter in the game is skill points, then everyone would all end up using the exact same class!"

Ahh. I know of someone who still uses one of those old flame throwers. Damage similar to some rifles. Plus a burn dot. Did you ever think that in doubling (well roughly) the damage in the flame thrower that could have been the cause of all this greif? I mean the game was coded for thos old flame throwers that hit for a max of 400-500 dmg, not the ones that hit for 800-1000. Hence the burn nerf, and hence the nerf I forsee in the not to distant future cause of the dot nerf. Adding initial damage was fine for normal weapons. But your dealing with something that hits 3-4 times harder than a rifle.

But a FT is supposed to hit harder than a rifle, otherwise there is no justification for spending so many more skill pts.

-Revan-

Master Commando