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Run, hide, call on a Melee friend. There's little else you can do as a Commando, unless you're dabbled in TK/Fencer.

Here is an idea:

Go in unarmed. Take some of that accuracy food, Snow Cake or whatever it is called. Create a /centerofbeing macro so that you are always centered (thus the unarmed). Start with /warcry and /intimidate then switch to your FT and hope that you can light him up. If he runs use /suppressionfire (yes, it does work with the FT). Then go back to unarmed and use /aim and the most accurate, most damaging heavy weapon you can find (rocket launcher, acid stream rifle, lightening cannon, etc.) and hope for you best.

I have never tried this, but so long as he is intimidate and you have a PSG and synthstake, he shouldn't be able to drain your mind too fast. He he is wearing good comp, the initial shot from the FT won't do a lot of damage but the burn will tick and add up. If your rockets hit in PvE for an average of 4000 you could hit him for anywhere from 100-350 depending on how good his armour is (90% base down to 65% base). The real trick is not getting hit, thus the CoB macro and being unarmed. Keep him intimidated and burning, and hope for a lucky shot. If you feel like putting all the points you have sunk into TKM to work, go nuts, you will kill him a lot faster.

If he is a rifleman/doc, you are screwed unless you want to Dizzy/KD him and UnarmedHeadHit him to death. It is really sad that TKM is almost as much of a one-trick-pony as commando is. Our pony just doesn't work nearly as well.

If the target rifleman is unbuffed, and within ~17m, you will destroy him with Flame Single. Otherwise, stick your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye. Commando can straight out not do PvP effectively.

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WolfGuy wrote:
Here is an idea:

Go in unarmed. Take some of that accuracy food, Snow Cake or whatever it is called. Create a /centerofbeing macro so that you are always centered (thus the unarmed). Start with /warcry and /intimidate then switch to your FT and hope that you can light him up. If he runs use /suppressionfire (yes, it does work with the FT). Then go back to unarmed and use /aim and the most accurate, most damaging heavy weapon you can find (rocket launcher, acid stream rifle, lightening cannon, etc.) and hope for you best.

I have never tried this, but so long as he is intimidate and you have a PSG and synthstake, he shouldn't be able to drain your mind too fast. He he is wearing good comp, the initial shot from the FT won't do a lot of damage but the burn will tick and add up. If your rockets hit in PvE for an average of 4000 you could hit him for anywhere from 100-350 depending on how good his armour is (90% base down to 65% base). The real trick is not getting hit, thus the CoB macro and being unarmed. Keep him intimidated and burning, and hope for a lucky shot. If you feel like putting all the points you have sunk into TKM to work, go nuts, you will kill him a lot faster.

If he is a rifleman/doc, you are screwed unless you want to Dizzy/KD him and UnarmedHeadHit him to death. It is really sad that TKM is almost as much of a one-trick-pony as commando is. Our pony just doesn't work nearly as well.

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RazerWolf wrote:
Run, hide, call on a Melee friend. There's little else you can do as a Commando, unless you're dabbled in TK/Fencer.

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Message Edited by BravenIrish on 08-26-2004 10:38 PM

It rarely works, but this is my strategy for them (not necessarily in this order):

Suppression fire them to get them down. [1]
Intimidate.
Burstrun up and stand right on top of them - if they run off stay as close as possible while using supression fire.
Flamesingle2.
Move around a little to try and mess up their accuracy while you wait for FS2 to recharge.

Synthsteak or exoprotein wafers helps a bit, as do bleed resist clothes.

[1] - If you have KD/Dizzy from TKM in your template, use that and swap back to the FT. FT hurts on a knocked down target.