Commando Archive

My personal regret is that I didnt make Mcom before I made MTK on the pre-cu system. I'd dearly have loved the rocket launchers (Was going for MTK/MCom template) and the like. But at the time I was msotly buisy getting my AS off the ground.

And now half the commando weapons are crap

But someday! SOME DAY! THEY WILL RUN IN FEAR FROM THE FIRE!!!

Only if they increase damage or give multipliers to our weapons, rather than giving specials would we become unbalanced to the point of FOTM (btw we were once a FOTM long ago)

Now, if they ever do fix AoE...mind you, its (or most, or all) is only around 40% splash damage. So unlike other variables in other game systems, I think the dev's overthought our current diposition...

I'm nearly to the point of "who cares". The developers are seemingly afraid to allow Commando, or any other class become a powerhouse of any kind, unless of course, that class is Jedi, in which case, it's just fine if NK, or Ancient Krayts, or anything else gets solo'd. It could be just me, but 90% of the player base seems to be at or working on becoming a Light Saber wielding army of one, and the game continues to be balanced for those people that have reached the fully templated Jedi stage. Heaven forbid any other combat class be at a point that groups stop saying "we need a jedi" and start saying "we need a rifleman" or "we need a commando" or *gasp* "we need a Ranger". My patience is wearing extremely thin with the poor execution of this attempt at "balance". Each month that passeserodes another layer of that patience away. I loved playing this game, even when I had no access to armor and had to grin and bear the 1 hit incaps that others laughed off as 95% of that damage was stopped cold. Even when combat medics and rifleman made a mockery of the idea at class balance. Even when melee stacking temploiters were more common than meatlumps. The current state of affairs however, withthe majorityin a steady grind to Knight, is even less appealing than the things I have already seen. Could be I'm just down today, I don't really know. But there is a definate growing disatisfaction with the services I am being provided, and I don't believe I am alone in this.

No. Definately not alone. By and large I dont play SWG as often as I used to. Still have my 3 toons but it's not as much fun usually (Hell the only time i have any fun really these days is when i'm doing stuff with guildies. Or gasp. .PVP can some times be fun too... when the servers arnt lagging to hell and back)

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Kesslan wrote:
No. Definately not alone. By and large I dont play SWG as often as I used to. Still have my 3 toons but it's not as much fun usually (Hell the only time i have any fun really these days is when i'm doing stuff with guildies. Or gasp. .PVP can some times be fun too... when the servers arnt lagging to hell and back)

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You don't play on Bria then. Its funny Bria has less than 1/2 the population it did at launch, yet it lags worse now, everywhere, than it did publish 9 in coronet. Sloppy code, both client and server side I think is to blame. When I get video lag with a $600 video card, its the game, not the player, not the machine.

Oh I do play on Bria. Most of the time I'm not lagging too badly actually. It's only when large scale PVP starts up and certain plannets. Like Tat was laggy as all hell for the longest time becuase of the out of control spawns. And well it was generally laggy to begin with. Same goes for talus.

I find it's usually only when you get 2-3 groups out pvping or more that it really starts to bog down. Though... to date I've yet to hit lag as bad as the totally insanely massive battles we had on sanctuary before the CU. God damn thing was a slideshow the entire time for me.

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Tyyylowyspetily wrote:
I'm nearly to the point of "who cares". The developers are seemingly afraid to allow Commando, or any other class become a powerhouse of any kind, unless of course, that class is Jedi, in which case, it's just fine if NK, or Ancient Krayts, or anything else gets solo'd. It could be just me, but 90% of the player base seems to be at or working on becoming a Light Saber wielding army of one, and the game continues to be balanced for those people that have reached the fully templated Jedi stage. Heaven forbid any other combat class be at a point that groups stop saying "we need a jedi" and start saying "we need a rifleman" or "we need a commando" or *gasp* "we need a Ranger". My patience is wearing extremely thin with the poor execution of this attempt at "balance". Each month that passes erodes another layer of that patience away. I loved playing this game, even when I had no access to armor and had to grin and bear the 1 hit incaps that others laughed off as 95% of that damage was stopped cold. Even when combat medics and rifleman made a mockery of the idea at class balance. Even when melee stacking temploiters were more common than meatlumps. The current state of affairs however, with the majority in a steady grind to Knight, is even less appealing than the things I have already seen. Could be I'm just down today, I don't really know. But there is a definate growing disatisfaction with the services I am being provided, and I don't believe I am alone in this.

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wow..it says it all, in a fairly small amount of space. QFE