Commando Archive

I'm at a transitional point in my career. I plan on Mastering Swordsman, but that leaves quite a few points left over. One idea I have is to become a Commando and to up to Level 4 in Either Flame Thrower or Acid Rifle. I figure that will provide me with a decent ranged attack to compliment my melee skils.

So which is better Flame 4 or Acid Rifle 4?

Flame 4 but i would suggest you take up master doc with swordsman instead if your happy with the swordsman class. You see...at master swordsman you get this thing called a power hammer and while using the right skills with it you can do tons of damage with it at 1 second speed just about that can diffinitely compete with a commando's flame specials damage wise but with the effect of dizzy. The doc buffs will help you to endure alot of damage dealt to you obviously and also lower what it cost you to use specials. Combine the swordsman defense witha nice set of composite armor and you'll have one hell of a tank that can easily outdamage a commando spamming specials.

Yeah Yeah the supposedly magical swordsman/doc combo. You aren't the first to mention it to me. I'm not interested in following the curve or wearing composite armor (Ubese looks so much better).

Is there any hope for the Acid Rifle? Or is it always going to be second to the flame?

We are hoping that the DEVs will adjust the HAR to be more inline with the Flamethrower dmg and accuacy wise. otherwise working up the Acid Rifle tree is a compleat waste of time.