Commando Archive

I just got the game about a week ago...so there has been quite a learning curve for me and I'm still an admitted NEWB!

Anyway, ever since online competition/playing have been around, I have always enjoyed picking the "Less Common" style and chosen the tough road. After spending more hours investigating and playing this game then I spend at work, I am almost to the conclusion that my goal should be Commando.

I believe Commando meets my play stlye, personality, and desire to excell at being one of the less popular/easy paths one can take (Everyone I meet want's to be a friggin Bounty Hunter!).

A couple other paths seem attractive as well.

So...my question to you guys is..."Being a Commando; How do you feel about your decision?, Has it been rewarding during gameplay?, Has it felt rewarding personally?, What kind of things does a Commando do on a common session of gameplay?"

Most importantly...WHAT the heck do you Commados do in the game?

Many Thanks,

BravenIrish

Our identity is one of the key issues with the prof atm. All I can tell you is a typical day for me post-patch.

Head off to rori/lok/datomir/datoonie working on various xp.
Get tells from guild members and associates about pvp raids. Attend/defend such raids if I'm needed. Work on gettin some faction points to eventually get a faction base. Grind a bit of cash to go into my disposable weapons fund.

As to roles in the GCW we are currently the most effective way to take down heavy pets like the atst/rancors etc. We're also developing a name as the BURNINATOR'S of the stupid, helping to rid pvp of the brainless individuals.

I decided to go commando from day one and never looked back my game name "Major Dork" doesn't really work well with any other titles lol.

We use to be very rare but after our weapons got their much desperately needed boost the current population is swelling of "wannabe uber d00dz" who still don't even know how commando works. I'm hopeing after they gain novice and their disillusions fade our ranks will thin out again. I know I've personally handed novices/dabblers their arses on a silver platter in pvp since they still don't understand the prof.

Hope some of this dribble helped ya lol

well when we were still very broke i went smuggler... and I am a master now.. so I will start getting back to Commando... but untill we get a reall reason to be Commando's I will take it allot slower. I personally ground out well over 1/2 of the exp and still have reall no real reason to be a commando.. but wonce the vehicals come into the game.. things will change!

When i first heard of the game i was going tio go BH, but for 2 reasons i didn't go there and went commando: I wanted a profession meant for combat and one that would get lots of combat in on a daily bases, with BH all i would have done would be get a mission go a long ways out to no where kill a super ar NPC and go back. Anyways i have yet to look back on my decision since the patch came. I look at all the people flocking to commando and laugh when i think of them trying to cope with 20 seconds after using flame single 1 lol, unless they understand the profession's powers and limits they will leave for a more bassic profession.

When I finally broke down and bought the came after beta I decided to go commando just becuase it seemed the most fun to me. A tough take no crap kill it all type of person. I knew they were broke, but hoped someday they might be fixed.

It was also cool because I rarely saw any other commando, so I felt unique for awhile.. hah.. post-patch that all changed!

Basically we are good for close quarters combat. Killing big things like AT/ST. Commandos excel in situations where you can duck and cover. The flame thrower is very efficient when you are able to torch, then duck around a corner waiting for the next flame to be ready.

Typical AT/ST battle for me is..

Flame Single/Cone 2

hide - heal

Repeat

Out in the open we have problems, we have the charged weapons but they are expensive and miss even more then my flamer, thas knelt and aiming. Smart players have learnt to keep me at a distance.

I think we will soon see commandos playing a role in PvP involving large raids, either attack or defense. Situations where your opponnent needs to come to you or you to them. In wide open running fights I don't think we will be so good. This isn't a bad thing, we are a specialized class with a specific role intended. We will need large raids to get lost in the many targets and to prevent us from easily being singled out. Some cover to be able to safely wait for our weapon to recover from a special attack. And in those situations you will find both sides have commandos and the side that triumphs will be the one that best make use of what they have.