Commando Archive

But tonight (today, rather), I am dumping Master Commando...Actually...I am dumping the entireclass. I want so badly to wait it out until the next patch, to play my alt char on the Ahazi server, and just put my main in semi-retirement, but I just cant do it anymore...

Reasons:

1. Too many skill pts for Master level, with little return over a 0/0/4/0 Commando. I just cant justify the pt sink anymore

2. Too costly to maintain a comfortable level of rockets and HPBC (and the required Muon, Fishak, and stims) to be even remotely competitive, not mention good rockets and HPBC are about as rare as krayt pearls it seems like

3. I am sick of playing what is a textbook ranged profession in meleecombatand getting my tail kicked in the process

4. I made 0/0/4/0 in Pistoleer tonight...Just to have a little fun, I got in a few skirmishes in PvP. I was more successful in kills with just a 0/0/4/0 Pistoleer, using a mid-high level Republic Blaster, than using our (kudos to Garvin for this moniker) "one trick pony", the Flame Thrower. Way more successful. To sum it up, I am tired of being a faction farm for the opposite side. I missed from0 meters with a flamesingle2 on a TEF'd opponent that was meditating (this was the icing on the proverbial cake, actually), while using /aim before hand.

5. Lack of proper attention by the devs in even acknowledging our vast shortcomings for our investment, with no glimmer of hope in sight. Not even a chickenwing bone has been thrown our way.

6. Three broken trees

7. Four misnamed trees

8. The fact that even in PvE, we are beginning to get killed...During my pistoleer grinding, I kept examining my targets to find their weaknesses...Most, had high levels of heat resists, even some horse looking thing on Endor, that is covered in fur

(some armorsmith could make a killer set of armor out of that stuff! LOL)

9. Getting smoked by a 4/0/0/0 rifleman on Endor, who also BTW, took out nearly half my group of four (two Master Commandos, the Rifleman, anda pistoleer with a few skill boxes and Fencer) before one of us got her (ironically a 3/0/1/0 rifleman LOL)...She had novice medic as well, nothing else....

10. The fact that everything in this game, both PvP and PvE, is geared towards heat resists...

I guess I could go on and on ad nauseum, but if you really want other reasons, all you have to do is check this forum...

I have tried and tried to justify keeping it. I just see no point in doing so when all it does is make me mad everytime I log this character in. I dont know what prof I am going after, other than Pistoleer...Maybe TKA...Maybe Rifleman...Maybe Master Dancer so I can tap dance them to death...I just cant find another reason...

I will continue, however, pushing for Commandos. All you that stay Master, I sincerely applaud you, and respect you....I will continue posting here in the Commando forum, in hopes of getting it fixed, either directly or indirectly. But today, I will hang up my trusty Flame Throwers, kick my Launcher Pistol under the bed, and unload my crates of rockets and HPBC's...If you see someone randomly saluting you, and your Master Commando tag is visible, that is I. I am hoping that when I drop all my heavy weapons, and surrender all the skills, that I dont loose too many skill pts. I may very well relearn them later. But as of now, I begin the long journey of finding out what I want to do with this char....

Best of luck, Master Commando's, and keep fighting the good fight...

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