Commando Archive

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garvin wrote:

ADDED NOTE:

Before anyone runs out in preperation of this change and spends millions on Heavy Weapon Mods currently in game...be away...TH's response doesn't say that our "current" heavy weapon looted mods will work...just that our looted mods will work...there is always the chance they may introduce NEW lootable heavy weapon mods...

Personally I hope they don't...I have always pushed for using the mods we have out there because many of us have held onto them so long...plus...they are already in the market...the number of them is similar to any other skill mod floating out in the system...to start ours over again, would put us at a disadvantage regarding looted mods as compared to other professions in my mind...

So again, hopefully this is what TH meant (that our "current" mods will work) but be prepared for it to go the other way just in case...

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garvin wrote:

Our Previous Question:

Commando

As Commandos, we have heard that many of our issues will be covered within the Combat Balance, but beyond that we have no details on the specifics being addressed. Specifically we would like to know about the plans for non-functional lootable Heavy Weapon Skill Mods (effect skills not present in Commando Profession since Beta), HAR issues.

TH's Response:

This is an early answer and is subject to change, but one of our goals for Commandos in the Combat Balance is to change the way Heavy Weapon modifiers work. In simple terms, instead of the modifiers coming from the skill tree, the mods would be available through skill tapes and other means. The skill tree would then be used for something else (as of yet undetermined – there are some things on the table, but we wont know until the Combat Balance sandbox is live).

When the Combat Balance begins (which will be soon), the correspondents and some players will be brought on to a special Combat Balance server. We will support that with some In Development threads and other communication tools. I’ll also do some update posts, too.

After TH made that response, some people paniced over "What will happen to our Heavy Weapon Mods?"...Will they be only gainable via looted mods? And will we have all new Heavy Weapon mods making our current lootable mods (which don't currently work) toast?

TH has been pretty busy with the Jedi Revamp, but now that Publish 9 is going live, he had time to get back to me on a Follow up to the question...

I asked him for any more info on what will happen to our Heavy weapon mods...will they be grouped together? will they be purely looted? will they just work differently? etc...here is what he just told me...

The individual heavy weapon modifiers were not removed. They were compressed and all use the same modifier. What this should mean is that your skill tapes will work.

To me this is the best answer we could have EVER hoped for regarding this...My interpretation of what he is saying is that we are returning back to what we had in Beta...all our Heavy Weapon mods falling under "Heavy Weapon Accuracy" and "Heavy Weapon Speed" instead of specific mods...and thus, our Looted Heavy Weapon Mods will once again work!!!!!

So now we have 2 big things we know about the CB...we are looking at getting a new tree and our Heavy Weapon mods will be fixed...That's some nice news compared to the recent developments (the 5 second weapon delay...boo...hiss)....

PS...regarding that Accuracy Change that many of us were testing on TC...the Devs decided to pull it at the last minute...it DID NOT go into Publish 9...I haven't seen the publish notes yet, but was warned that they may say it did...TH told us this is incorrect if it does say the change went it...REPEAT...the Accuracy change DID NOT go in with Publish 9....

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