Commando Archive

Brawler

• Unarmed IV

Marksman

• MASTER

Medic

• First Aid II


• Diagnostics II


• Pharmacology II

Scout

• Exploration II


• Hunting II

Commando

• MASTER

Smuggler

• Slicing IV

This leaves me with 6 unused skill points ...

Will this work or am I spread out to wide ?

I have asked this before: Why get Pharm II? At Pharm III you get Stim Cs and at Pharm IV you get Stim Ds, while at Novice Medic (no Pharm at all) you get Stim Bs. That doesn't leave a lot of reasons to get Pharmacy I and II unless you plan to go higher.

I would suggest spending the extra pointselsewhere. Upping First Aid will increase your heal power. This doesn't really matter much however when an Adv. Stim B (400-500 healing power) will pretty much full heal you at First Aid II. So unless you have to heal pets or buffed players, there's not much point. Upping Diagnostics will decrease the downtime between heals. This could be critical for in battle healing. But there are other things you could spend it on.

I would think that grabbing a little more smuggler would be wise. Getting Dirty FIghting III might help for example (knockdown move), possibly even DF IV if you drop your huting down to level 1. At level IV you get last ditch shot, which with a launcher pistol is a pretty darn good move!

Also, spending points in exploration might be good, Exploration III gives you better terrain negotiation, which if you ask me all, players NEED.

I do like the Idea of a Commando/Smuggler. Its a good combo and I am sure you will enjoy it.

It really depends on what you want to be doing, Master Commando alone works just fine and the medic skills supplements it very well.

If I may ask, why Hunting II?
Also you should consider getting Exploration III as it grants an aditional skill bonus to Terrain Navigation allowing you to run up hills/slopes faster. Between 1 and 50 Terrain negotiation lets you run faster up hill, 51-100 lets you crawl when prone faster.

Thx both of you.

This help me a lot towards getting my finale template ...

I just want to supplement IdrisTycho post regarding stimpacks. Currently with First Aid 4 and Stim B with 404 healing effeciency I can heal for approx 350-1060 points of damage. Again unless you want to heal pets with alot of H & A there is not that big a reason to get the higher stims which you can use by haveing a higher pharmcy skill.

This is very close to my template...

Master Commando

Medic 2030

Smuggler 0410

Scout 2000

Novice Pistoleer

Feign Death is quite useful, I can slice my own HPBC's (and have a little income on the side...), Pistoleer for Health shot 2, Scout for exploration...

I really think 2030 medic is a key point. This lets me use Stim C's which are almost required when you're healing buffed HAM. Plus, I have a sneaking suspicion that they will nerf Stim B's one of these days (I'm thinking they will need around 20 med use... but that's just a wild guess) Fully experimented B's are a LOT of healing power for a novice.

Why get Exploration II? Might as well make it 1 or 3, but not 2.

It's all I had points for.... I might drop either Feign death, or novice pistoleer and grab explor 3.... but I haven't decided yet... lol

Actually Pets stims dont follow same rules as people stims, I think a novice medic can use Pet Stim C.

Getting pharmacy boxes as a commando is a pain in the tushie, its easier to buy the stims I think if you want any medical boxes I would say go for first aid.

I think putting boxes in Hunting and Exploration makes sense, Exploration for travel speed, Hunting to be more effective against creatures.

why get slicing IV?

slices from a Master Smuggler are on average 10% better

only real noobs will come to u

Slicing 4 so I can slice my own grenades, HW's etc... Finding a master smuggler is a pain in the a$$.

If I was overly worried about being a Min-Max 1337 d00d, I wouldn't be a Master Commando, would I?