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Commandos have to know explosives like the back of their hand. It's how they keep themselves from being blown up. What better way to learn something than to make it? Ever since before the release of SWG and even in the descriptions now, Commando is described as using and MAKING their own explosives. Commandos should be self-sufficient, which is why it is dumb for a commando to rely on weaponsmiths for their explosives.

And we all know most weaponsmiths would rather not be bothered making grenades and mines. I mean, how many times have you seen a grenade in a weapon vendor? Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like weaponsmiths aren't making it because nobody is using it.

Now this is tied with the effectiveness of rocket launchers and grenades.This is also assumingrocket launchers will be changed to use an expendable ammo, instead of the weapon being expended itself. But that's not what I'm dealing with here. If weaponsmiths aren't making explosives, would they care if it was shifted to commandos for them to make their own explosives? So here's my idea: Have commandos make their own grenades and rockets. You could put it in the heavy weapons support line.

I'd appreciate comments, ideas, and corrections.

I would like to be able to produce my own explosives but the more I think about it, as far as SWG is concerned, it would be a bad idea. Firstly it will be taking away from the WS profession.

The reason I believe you don't see them making it is for various reasons: Expensive to produce, numbers made per item is a mere 5 grenades, and low demand from the Commandos. I'm a Master Commando, and until the devs make Grenades useful, you will never see one in my inventory anymore. I'm sure other Commandos feel the same way about grenades. Since the demand isn't there, the expenses are too high to produce them, you will very rarely see WS producing them.

Fix Grenades, then you'll see us using them a whole lot more. We'll demand them and the WS would be happy to produce them, esp. if they up the quantities per "item."

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You know, it's kinda funny... We actually did make our own explosives in beta (which was why the HAR line used to be called Ordinance Manufacturer at level IV)

I think if they were to make grenades and launchers useful then more commandos would want to use them and weapon smiths would be more willing to make them (supply and demand).

Currently a grenade is more dangerous to the Master Commando than it is toany foe he could face on the field of battle.

I don't know about you, but going into battle with faulty weapons ain't my idea of fun, or sane for that matter. I won't pay for something that is more dangerous to me than the enemy, and so there is no demand for such weapons. I figure most commando's are masochististic (they are still commandos)but not suicidal.

it would be cool if they could considering that way back commandos way back for example in wwII did and then they planted charges that they made.