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I am playing around with templates again after finally giving up Master Rifleman... with that said, I do know what I am looking for with firepower and how to bolster it the best given one thing. How important do all of you old schoolers rate land speed... meaning having terrain negotiation.

I really miss the old days when I had at least explore III for the +40 terrain negotiation. I felt a commando should be moving quickly in and out, but most of the templates that exclude BH I am looking at would only leave me with one bit of the terrain nego. I could care less about burst run, but don't like being on Dath and having to chase a creature up the hills watching them get out of flamer range etc. From the templates I have been seeing, it seems most of you have gone for pure defenses and negletected this. I haven't forgotten how fun it is to back peddle up a hill in say Kor Vella watching a TKM/Master Fencer/Master Swordsman with no terrain nego getting wailed on by me. I prefer a speed type of assault mixed with defense and offense. Any thoughts on how you feel about the importance of terrain negotiation in fighting both PvP and PvE on all terrains and not just dueling on flat city streets?

*Edit* Master Commando is a must, I am not dropping it again *ever*

I dont really know what to say about terrain negotiation, although i think using it that way is an ingenious strategy probably not thought about by many peeps. I for one believe in dropping a mother of damage bomb quickly, then fading in and out. I dont pay much attention to defenses - but more on additional pistol skills with my LP, in conjuction with the obvious - Flamer.

So as for me - I dont care about defenses much - I think the best defense is an insanely fast and powerful offense.

Malikye
Master Commando/TKM
Commando for Life
Gorath Server
"Discipline is what you are in the dark, when no one else is looking"

Exactly the way I am trying to build my toon, with rifle it was awesome, however I could only get one of the terrain nego boxes with that template. MC with 0/4/4/4 BH was fun in that case, and having the speed but had two hang ups.... Weapon switch timer to carb kd, torso with pistol and a bleedwhile closing the gap to slam some flamer burns just was a killer (don't get me wrong eyshot and torso shot were fun with a lp at that speed ) and I kinda wanna have either medic or the meditation line of tk in the template with JtL. For those of you that didn't beta you will see why wounds will be a bigger deal now

i dont understand what your getting at with wounds being a bigger deal now? elaborate please - im interested/confused.

Malikye
Master Commando/TKM
Commando for Life
Gorath Server
"Discipline is what you are in the dark, when no one else is looking"

And i did beta - explain the wounds thing - and Im considering dropping some stuff and dabbling in BH for the pistol and carb skills - I think that along with commando would be an excellent offensive combo.

Malikye
Master Commando/TKM
Commando for Life
Gorath Server
"Discipline is what you are in the dark, when no one else is looking"