Commando Archive

Having carried a SAW in the Marines I would say not as you describe it. M60 would be better in your role. A SAW is a one person weapon, the M60 is not. A SAW can be fired from the standing position (not real accurately but accurate enough to ruin your day in a small area). I like your idea with an M60, but I would add kneeling to the postion, the disadvantage of kneeling is that accuracy is really bad.

The M249 SAW is the weapon that Rambo SHOULD have carried. In the Marines I never saw a M60 Gunner stupid enough to try firing the M60 one handed. Firing it standing up is bad enough. (Trivia devotees who were paying close attention will have seen that Rambo was shooting blanks in a couple of the scenes. Even had the BFA on).

Ah, but I digress on a pet peeve of mine. Bring on the D17 from Republic Commando. That's what I'm talkin about. High speed low drag. Fast movers with a serious punch.

Guns. . . we need bigger guns.

You know I half expect someone to say that this is stepping on the role of carbineers (crowd control), but when you think about it, we invest just as much in carbines as they do, and acutually go furthrer to master marksman, so I dont see why we shouldn't have some abilities similar to each of the three markmen professions. A long range assault rifle like the dc-17, crowd control ability using some type of SAW or heavy carbine, and some up close, one on onefighting ability with a pistol. I dont think we should be as good as a master of any one of these professions, but we should definately have some similar abilities. Anyway, thats my late night rant. Tune in tommorrow to see what insane thing I whine about.

I agree with you Hellshot. We spend a great deal of time mastering the marksman prof. and what do we get for it? We spend time mastering the unarmed brawler branch and what can we show for it? Do our commando weapons build on these other skills? Is it a logical progression?

Nope. KInd of like having to master the art of riding a bicycle before you can become a star fighter pilot. Well. . .yes. . . one could argue that both are modes of transportation, they both involve a single 'driver' who controls the forward momentum of the vehicle. Both are maneuverable compared to larger vehicles.

<sigh>

<Jumps off soap boax>

Time for a beer. I don't have a clue as to what the devs intend for commando to be besides laser fodder for other professions.

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Hellshot wrote:

Its Friday (at least it is here in the US) so I thought I would toss out a wacky idea for people to mull over, How about if we got a SAW (squad assault weapon) similar to the M60 machine gun. It would only be deployable in the prone postion and would prevent movement, but its default fire would force athe posture of an opponent down and it would be a default area of effect weapon. Also, this weapon would be incapable of targeting opponents inside of 16m.

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*sigh* it's Sunday now.