Commando Archive

They said that the weapons areuber powerfulafter patch,but I'm also hearing that flame single ATM sucks total boo-tay. How much damage will the flamethrowers do after patch do you think? (also acid rifle)

The most Flame Single and Flame Cone have done for me is 987... but thats rare. It on average does 43 to 147 damage

Right now Im using the launcher pistol that shoots at 2.8 and 277. So you figure with my specials in 15 seconds I put out a great deal of damage. I think over 2k for the intial hit and the dot better do some decent damage as well. Considering I have a special where Ive done 3006 dmg to a NPC that had blast weakness.

I've done 900 with it easy, and since they burn for awhile afterwords that translates to some pretty good damage. Problem is that you sit there and wait to recycle for way too long (long enough for me to wander over to the fridge for a soda). Also, couple with that the fact that at that point you only have about 20 accuracy AND that this special can only fire at extremely close quarters (not to mention that our optimal range isn't anywhere near where the ability can fire), and it's entirely possible for you to shoot, completely miss, and just pray that you can get through the recycle time before you die. I have noticed however, that when I do hit, even the normal damage seems to be better. Basically, Flame single I doesn't need to do anymore damage, we just need a higher degree of accuracy per level (because we aren't building off previous marksman skills like the other elite professions) and a lot shorter recycle time for using abilities.

Right now I do upwards of 2.2k damage with my launcher pistol using Fan Shot from Pistoleer. And with as fast as it is, I do about an average of literally 1k damage a second.

Personally, if I'm not doing that kind of damage per second with my acid rifle or flamethrower after the patch, I'm just going to drop commando. I'm not going to spend all those points to use a lag gun to cause mass damage using specials from a different profession.

I did 1180 damage with flame single 1 after missing 3 times... the 15 second delay time is definitely not worth it... Get a launcher pistol...

"Right now I do upwards of 2.2k damage with my launcher pistol using Fan Shot from Pistoleer. And with as fast as it is, I do about an average of literally 1k damage a second.

Personally, if I'm not doing that kind of damage per second with my acid rifle or flamethrower after the patch, I'm just going to drop commando. I'm not going to spend all those points to use a lag gun to cause mass damage using specials from a different profession."

Yep you hit the nail on the head.

I'm with Ryu. I really, really like the -idea- of commando... but there's got to be a payoff. I could free up 63 skill points and be a pistoleer if the flamethrower/acid rifle don't end up outperforming the lag pistol.

Waiting with fingers crossed for the promised update.