Commando Archive

After the past few days I've found that in pvp it is no longer worth it being a commando. Any melee with a dizzy KD will just come right up to you KD you and kill you 2 hits later while your on the ground all before you can fire off your flameshot. we need our own defence mods worth getting hit like that i do better in pistoleer where i'm 0/1/2/2 than i do at master commando now . This NEEDS fixed asap along with Group tef being the only way ppl raid any more!

I understand that a lot of people PvP...but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE realize that the 2.5x is a FAR bigger problem in PvE. Hell, for all I care they could leave the penalty in for PvP (although a damage penalty for equipped weapon is stupid...should be an accuracy bonus or something for the attacker, but I digress)....I'll just stay covert and it won't affect me.

However, in order to enjoy much of the content of this game, you have to fight against the AI, ie. PvE. And that is where the commando is now crippled, and reduced to a glorified master marksman. No other upper-tier combat class is forced to rely on their pre-requisite skills to survive a trip across Corellia. We're certainly the only upper-tier combat class that runs screaming from a durni like a 0-0-0-0 Novice Entertainer. And that's just wrong.

-Furio

i agree devir pve is no good any more too. but the pvp crying is what the devs listen to

I'm sure MasterSynn is doing everything he can. He's got my full support.

Unless he screws up. Then I'll lead the lynch mob.

hehe..Just kidding.

Keep up the good work Synn.

I agree dizzy knockdowns are a pain, especialy from those Bounty Hunters with Carbines... Ouch

At any rate, as a Pistoleer thinking about going commando I'd like to point out that our defensive mods don't help a whole lot (though I do dodge every now and then in PvE)

Really though I think every class has it's strength and weakness... One on One I don't know of a single person who can withstand a fight with a commando wielding a flamethrower. I know I feel pretty darn lucky if I survive a fight with a commando, even though I often wish I had died when the flame wounds finish eating up my health bar

Really though, you guys deal massive damage, but at a slow rate. I think this is good. You're great against big heavy targets and what you don't kill your DoT often does. And eaven if it doesn't, the health wounds are crippling. But against a bunch of little targets that swarm you, you're in trouble.

Um... big heavy targets hit us once we are dead. In PVE this is crippling I haven't even bothered equipping my FT other than for a choice flame special lately. PVP I haven't had any troubles with the modifier, but for PVE it makes commando's worthless. Yes I can stay alive if I slap some stims on myself while Im getting beat down easily, I shouldn't HAVE to use 10 stimpacks for every npc I attack though.

Maybe you guys can confirm something for me. Some say on the swordsmen forum that all a commando has to do is switch weapons and he instantly gets his defense back. I find on my second character that there is a delay after using flame1 of about 10 seconds before I can switch. Maybe I was on a laggy server but is this true? If not why dont you just fire switch and fire again?

Easy.

Even though you have switched weapons after using the special it doesn't matter.

During the 8 to 15 seconds after special use we cannot do anything but run...

AND..

No matter what we are holding, the game view us as holding a flamethrower and gives us the beatdown from melee.