Commando Archive
Thread: Damage Stats on the Acid Rifle and Flamethrower
I would save up the points and then get whatever the best weapon you can after the patch is.
If your weaponsmitsh are making great acid rifles while the flamethrowers are ok then go acid, if its the other way go flame. Right now theres little reason to have the skills except to advance, so just save the HW exp for when you know.
a few questions....
1) will i have to buy new guns after the patch to make use of the new stats?
2) where can i buy an acid rifle, i have looked everywhere and have found nothing!
1) PROBABLY..cant say for sure but i would bet on it because the schematics are being changed.
2)You server probably doesnt have the resources to make them, right now all the heavy weapons require some extreamly rare resources. Among the commando fixes is that the weapons are becomming easier to make resource wise so hopefully when the whole thing goes live you server will be able to produce them.
ok i bought an acid rifle today. but i cant afford to buy a new flamethrower and acid rifle again if i need to to make use of the new stats. 
ahh well
andycolgan wrote:
ok i bought an acid rifle today. but i cant afford to buy a new flamethrower and acid rifle again if i need to to make use of the new stats.
ahh well
Ouch I"m sure you still have time to build up some credits before the patch.
Some crafters will offer you a "trade in value" for your weapon if you want to upgrade or swap for a better of the same type. Hopefully whoever crafted yours will do the same.
(Some realize that it is good business and they'll make loyal customers by doing so, while others are greedy money-grubbing nerf herders...)
Someone stated that wait until the patch and see what weapon might be better because they can make one better because of ressources and such....
I don't think this will matter since they will probably be using the exact same ressources. It will come down to what weapon is actually better. Also keep in mind when buying if one looks better than the other:Flamethrower does dots on special and the HAR was stated to be "sped up" due to its lack of dot. Your best bet is to wait until a commando with at least flame/acid 1 has boughten both(post patch) and ask him. If you find that you are capping your weapon exp....buy some heavy support boxes....
These are the damage stats on my two guns... The acid rifle and flamethrower
Heavy Acid Rifle
speed: 6.8
Damage: 69-171
Flamethrower
speed: 7.0
Damage: 89-288
do these stats sound accurate, or will the new and improved ones be like 100 times better?