Commando Archive
Thread: Getting Commando Exp.
Well after fighting with a couple AT-STs around Anchorhead it's become pretty obvious that the AT-ST will be the premier PvP weapon. Unfortunatly the only way we're going to have a chance to take one of these things down is if we have some specialized people. I'm praying that they'll have this class fixed soon because the first thing I noticed is that I'm more likely to kill an AT-ST with my Master Unarmed Specialization then I with an Acid Rifle (unless it does something magical).
So I've been trying to get Commando exp but there's no Pistol Launchers or Flame Throwers on the server. I can't really solo anything and I don't get any exp in the few groups I get into with a Commando tag. I've been reading this board for quite a while and I know a couple people have made Master Commando and I was hoping you had some advice for a novice.
The only way you will progress is with a Launcher Pistol at this point. I can't believe they still haven't gotten the resources straightened out after all this time...it's ridiculous.
You can work up the Field Tactic's branch, but due to the craptacular grenades, don't expect it to help your commando plight 
DolphCloudstriker wrote:
The premier way to get Heavy weapons experience is with a Launcher Pistol... What server do you play on? i've seen people making launcher pistols 2 days into the games release!
Too bad it wasnt until recently those launcher pistols even gave heavy weapon xp.
I've been playing on Flurry, nobody sells them and the Weaponsmiths I've asked say that the resources aren't in game. I've seen one person with a Launcher but it was doing so little damage that I think it was lootedor more accurately I pray that it was looted. I have no pistol skills beyond the Marksmen tree so I'm not sure how much good it would do me anways. I am starting to think that if it's any good it might actually be faster to master the Pistoleer line and then use a Pistol Launcher and surrender pieces of the Pistoleer line as I go.
Mastered the Riflemen line so Combat exp isn't that hard to get.
I'll give you a similar tip to something someone else said
DON'T USE GRENADES they are "craptastic" as was said previously
using the c-22 grenades that dropped off some reb npc's
throw one YOU take 126 damage for ham cost (I used some player made ones they did 202 ham damage)
it does 80-100 damage (if you hit) to target...I did do 119 once to a durni nest...uber!!!
launcher pistol is the "uber" commando weapon currently...it gives HW xps...funny that it is no better then an fwg5 though...actually I have a better fwg5 that I bought from same WS
just think you managed to grind through all the shooty skills and got to unarmed 4 (I still don't see why you need to know how to punch/kick something to use a flame-thrower...). and you get a gun to use to get xps that is the same (or worse) then something you were using to get that gun...
I ask the same question other peeps do-do the devs even play the game?
and the other one ETA ON FIX?
lates ~Shiz~
You are a rebel...so you can get the Commando weapons from your faction, I think they cost like 400 pts.
Second...
your AT-ST urban legend post is great.
You do of course realize that an AT-ST costs 9540 faction points each.
Which means a person will have to up their level a bit to even have one, becasue they have to keep the minimum for their faction level.
So in this case, a person would need a very, very large amount of faction points to have one.
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I see a post about someone with an AT-ST alot, almost as much as I see people who claim they are a MAster of some proffession.....yeah the 1% to 2% out there...lol
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And as for the Acid launcher not doing much ?!?!?
What the heck drugs are you on?
My 25 shot Acid Stream Launcher does 400 to 800 damage per shot.
so anywise, I have not had one problem using it on an AT-ST.
But my favorite weapons are grenades, simply because of the insane blast radius...I can hit the AT-ST and the Imperials around it....LOL
Too bad more people dont make grenades on my servers, I run out of grenades very fast sometimes.
Anywise...I play a Rebel on one server, and Imperial on another, and a Neutral on yet another.
Its funny, becasue on the one I play a Rebel, there are soo many Rebels its not funny....The porr Imperials get smacked alot.
On the one I play a Neutral everyone is pretty much Neutral as well...everyone wants to make a town on it....
And on the server I play an Imperial, heh....the Rebels are few enough that they had to resort to camping out at Shuttle ports and Star ports to be nice and annoying.
But thats just becasue there are so few Rebel players on that server...
Oh well I like the fact they have such a good mix of servers with different playing styles in this game.
Well as a rebel your commado weapon ( yes weapon , rocket launcher) costs 5000 faction, not 450. So I don't see where this is any advantage. To work up that much faction only to use it on a disposable weapon that if you are lucky might hit for mid 400's with a 13 sec reload time. On my server they can't even make launcher pistols so I am stuck with the one from Leia's missions, but yet that only gives me pistol xp and I have a FWG much better.
Ah well back to the wait
Shadowfire- Enomo Commando/rifleman/entertainer/medic/artisan/bullet catcher
My Acid Rifle does 100 - 200 damage. With the intermediat level special it can do 800 damage but then I can't shoot for almost half a minute, which means that my normal attacks have nearly the same DPS.I'll assume the weapon you're using is in the Heavy WeaponsSupport line and I'm not certified to use it yet.I've never seenthat weapon used in game but that may be because it's just very rare to be a Commando.
Twenty Five shots at 800 damage is about 20k damage. A Pistoleers stopping shot can easily break 1k damage per shot and it doesn't run out of shots and I'm pretty sure they fire faster too. So after 20 shots a Pistoleer has already surpassed the damage of your weapon and can keep exping while you go buy a new one. That's not a very good weapon for the exp grind.
AT-STs are not that hard to get. I fought a player with an AT-ST on the very day they lowered faction costs. It's only a matter of hours before someone works up the faction to buy one and once they have one AT-ST it's far easier to work up the faction for a second AT-ST and so on. I have already fought players who use multiple AT-STs. AT-STs also have at least twice the HAM of the average CH pet, hit for 1k+ at range while most CH pets are melee, has heavy armor, and has at least 70% effectivness to everything. The AT-ST is the biggest baddest weapon you can get in the game. It is the dominant force in any fight where it's used.
I actually am a Master Riflemen.
plageron
do you actually play a commando?
you like grenades? so YOU taking more damage because of ham cost then they do to the target is ok with you?
throwing a grenade at an AT-ST and the imps around it...wow you do 15 damage to the AT-ST and the imps shrug off the 70 you do to them...
I'd like to see these grenades you love so much. what server do you play on and what is your chars name I'd like to see you use them
thanx ~shiz~