Commando Archive
Thread: it was stated that the flamethrower gets better with more skill-read about the reality
fact is, theyre wrong, its as terrible if not worse than novice. i have flame 2 now, so i have both flame single and flame cone with some modifiers to speed and accuracy. let me say i am beyond dissapointed. granted the visual for these specials looks almost like a flamethrower should, theyre absolutley terrible to use.
first: my hit ratio hasnt gotten any better than at novice. still miss alot more than i hit
second: the time delay on using either of the two listed specials is a good 10-14 seconds after the visual ends. i time this by counting how many times the chuba hit me, 1 hit = 2 sec. this makes the dps much much lower than novice
thrid: the actually dmg isnt much better than novice. my thrower hit for about 30 base dmg and i forget top end, either way a decent thrower i think. normal attack i hit for 150ish. using either special just hitting for over 200. add in the 10-14 second delay and you'll wnder why you're using it....
anyways, my point is this, the flamethrower doesnt get any better. getting and using specials only hurts you. the whole profession is broken. dont let any dev try and say that the flame throwers get better as you progress, because atm, its the same or worse.
Im at Flame Spec IV.. I hardly ever miss with the flamethrower maybe one (two if its real bad) out of ten when Im standing, prone I hardly ever miss. The damage.. sucks.. the specials... suck. But you do get mroe accurate by the time flame spec IV hits and I will agree with the poster above when I was at flame 2 it wasnt a big differnece.
The reason being is when you hit novice commando (unlike other proffesions) your skill with your heavy weapons is 0, which means you are horrible with it, this does get better in time accuracy wise, but your damage output is horrid.. Honestly if the new specials arent great Im seriously considering going BH for a weapon (LLC) thats a heavy wepaon has the improved specials, and also I get better damage with my pistol and carbine weapons.
As far as grenades go at FT II Im seeing a difference but the main thing I see greandes for now is a way to get much mroe combat xp than usual.