Commando Archive
Thread: Garvin, any news you can share?
What about it being May 12th?
it's only the ID mini-publish day...
kenrw24 wrote:
It's May 12 and I haven't heard anyting new in awhile regarding what the developers plan to do to fix the commando class.
I'm still holding on to Master Commando, but probably not much longer. I got tired of waiting and decided to build my own Commando from already existing skills: Some rifleman, some carbineer, some TKA and the only column in Commando that's worth anything, the flamethrower. I've been dropping medic skills first, but it wont be long until the only skill points I'll be able to take are from Commando.
I'm not looking forward to that-so PLEASE give me a reason to hold on!
Any upcoming changes you can share? Any hints to upcoming changes? Any time frames for anything?
Give us the straight poop!
Well...we won't hear much this week because most of the SOE folks are off at the E3 (Gaming Software Convention)...
As for anything else they've said...mostly TH and the programmers have told me repeatedly that many of our major issues are to be addressed in the Combat Balance (which will start testing with Publish 9 and is scheduled to go live Publish 10)...They won't tell me which issues, but did say that some of our Top 5 is addressed...now the question is, what do they mean by "addressed" since that could have many interpretations from "fixed as we want it" to "fixed as they want it" to even "looked at but decided against a change" as the worst case scenerio...
TH has said in the Correspondent forum, infront of all the other Correspondents, that when it comes to the CB, Commandos are at the top of the list when it comes to their changes...
So if you are looking for when we'll start seeing some major changes I'm afraid we'll probably have to wait until Publish 9...When I am able to test the CB changes I will be able to report back what I find and hopefully make any needed alterations to the CB that we need before it goes live in Publish 10...
On the side...and nothing is confirmed...I have had a good response to some of our more recent suggested changes...including a Reloadable Rocket Launcher and some Grenade changes...of course, nothing is set in stone and ideas are only being kicked around, but you never know...Also, the fact that Squad Leaders have a revamp coming up and they are pretty much behind our joint E-Web idea, that also may prove promising...
I'm one block away from E3. Anything you want me to ask the devs?
I probably wont see them, but a few days ago I met the Exec. Producer of City of Heroes as I was crossing the street to go to work. Nice guy.
Really? That sure seems pretty sweet.
garvin wrote:
TH has said in the Correspondent forum, infront of all the other Correspondents, that when it comes to the CB, Commandos are at the top of the list when it comes to their changes...
Word is that their part of the E3 is behind closed doors...regular attendees aren't going to get to see anything...only those with special passes will...
JohboBocal wrote:
I'm one block away from E3. Anything you want me to ask the devs?
I probably wont see them, but a few days ago I met the Exec. Producer of City of Heroes as I was crossing the street to go to work. Nice guy.
yeah its always like that...its a shame really...consumers cant experience it for themselves...instead game reporters and developers tell us...
Anyways..i just saw the new JTL trailer...and I must say....If i wasnt already playing SWG...i would say...WHOA thats so cool!!!
Heh they showed most of the stuff that you dont see on a regular basis...Jedi and AT-ATs...and the corvette really did look cool [And they actually had the REAL rebel soldiers from ANH]
Looked hella cool...sadly its not entirely truthful...(they also had all the graphics on the highest detail settings...and one in the middle of a huge PvP battle....and no lag...) hehe
Oh, just in case you haven't seen this yet:
This is a Q&A with the a Dev at E3(The whole Q&A is on the stratics site):
Can multiple players fly the Falcon?
YES! A player can fly the Falcon, while his buddies man the turrets, just like in the movie.
Can I walk around in the Falcon?
Yes!!!
YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know, talk about cool.
What's cooler though is that from the cockpit you can see that the pilot is a commando. 
Raptor2k1 wrote:
What's cooler though is that from the cockpit you can see that the pilot is a commando.