Commando Archive

Hi all Im VERY close to commando, hoping to be able to get it within the next few days.

I just have a few questions before i get it.

First of all, If I get commando, it's gonna take 40k combat XP. I am a pikeman,and as you should all know, my accuracy is horrid. I have about 70k combat xp, and it takes about 75k to get my polearm accuracy +20 modifier. Ive been saving for the last month to get this much, but since they finaly fixed commando, I decided I might wait on gettng my accuracy upgraded until they fix the melee, and just get commando now.

My big question is, iscommando worth it? If I get commando now, im not going to get my main melee, polearms, upgraded for another two months. I dont want to get commando, not like it, and have just waisted 40k combat xp, and two months worth of fighting for it. If I get it and like it, im going to put all my melee on pause, until they fix melee, and just go mainly commando.

Soid like to know,how do you like commando? I see that it has lots of variety in weapons, that makes it look appetizing, but ive heard alot of people say they basically only use flamethrowers, and the rest arent good.

Ive also heard that a lot of the weapons are broken. Id like to know if any are going to be fixed? Also, ive heard that most of commandos weapons have no specials. Is it boring just shooting with none of these?

Another thing, how many weapons in the commando class take charges? I dont want to have like 4 weapons ill never use. Im always low on cash, and can't afford those 1k shots lol.

So, basically I want to know if it is an enjoyable profession. Does it get boring, is it tedious, or is it just fun?

If its not enjoyable, and you can only use the flamethrower, i think ill keep my 40k XP and shoot for all melee.

So please, tell me your opinions!

Not to scare you away, you need to read some of the other posts here. They talk about most of the questions you asked. To answer some of your questions:

Yes I love commando. Currently the 2 best weapons we have are Launcher Pistol and Flamethrower. Our heavy charged weapons are good, but expensive and hard to obtain. Grenades are not working well along with being hard and expensive to make. The heavy acid rifle is subpar and only a viable weapon for us when a target has high Heat and Blast resists. Commando's are not UBER and although they can 1-shot kill creatures that other classes have trouble with, we have very limited options as far as our combat capability. Currently I am only at 2-2-4-0 so I cannot comment on it being boring. I enjoy it but am also a novice CH which helps me out some.

The flame thrower is only useful in special range (20m i believe) though so i don't know how that would work with your skills as a pikeman...

Our only real ranged ability solely as a commando is the heavy support weapons. Heavy particle beam cannons are very nice, but they do only have 30 shots.