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i am not quitting the game. i am not quitting commando. i have faith in and respect for the devs, even though it can be trying at times. i believe it when we are told that this patch had little benefit for the commandos because the correspondent system was barely started before all the patch content was set down tight. the next will be better. commandos will have their place in the GCW, and it won't be comic relief orbantha fodder. i believe that commandos will improve before pistoleers get holsters and gun-twirling moves.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the Battle should not Wage On.

we need to keep pressing for what we want. although maybe we should try to keep down the obsenities and pointless "DEVS: F YOU" posts. oh, get mad! get into a rage! but those silly posts will only serve to plant the seeds of resentment in the people who can fix the commando. we must keep our friends in the bounty hunting world, and we must seek out alliances with the other professions. wemustask for special attention even though we will most likely never get it. we must ask for real time discussion with someone in power, even though we will most likely never get it. but we must ask until we do get it, or until we get fixed. things will get better, even if they manage to get worse first.

Commando 4 Eva

I agree with this very much, I will not give up on commando's. I know that we have potenchal... and some day we will be a feared thing on the batle field.

As fo rrihgt now we sit and talk and bitch and complain... that kind of thng gets up no wear... Let the battle rage and take it to them... We need a new corospondent. So what say you all get a list of things that still need to be fixed... We post them everywhere... on every board we can find and they will see it, they will see that we are seriuos that things need to be fixed.

Now that I can indeed move up the tree I will continue to play and reserve final judgment.

On thing I noticed from moving up the TKA tree is that the + speed, + dmg, etc increases made a significant impact on my fghting ability. I am hoping this will be the same with the various weapons we have in the Commando line. They are not very impressive at this time but nether was my damage output as a TK novice.

However, that BS about a rocket launcher being used at 0.0....I still say the Devs had a serious collective brain fart on that one.

Thank you for posting this. It is good to see someone maintaining a positive outlook, even in light of the current problems. I agree strongly that alienating the devs with acidic comments will only hurt our cause.

I also see potential for abilities to improve significantly as one climbs the skill trees. That is certainly noticable in the baseline professions, so I would imagine it would apply equally to the elite/hybrid professions. The weapons need to be properly spec'd, though, as has been stated many times by knowledgable people. Whether they are right now or not I can't really say because I am not there yet.

In another thread, I proposed a few ideas as to my vision of the role of the commando in SWG, or at least in the GCW. I did this in the hope of helping the group define a road map for the commando class that might help the devs in their efforts to make us useful. If people can add to that sort of knowledge base, I think it would help the devs crystallize their vision.

I think getting and maintaining another correspondent is key, however. Spamming the boards with a boatload of disjoint threads with a million replies of various sorts will overwhelm any dev(s) trying to process it all. We do need a single point of contact who will capture, organize, and coherently present our ideas, just like Garibaldi was doing so well. I don't know who is up to that task, but I think it is critical if we are to achieve significant gains in the near future.

'Weaps' Havoc; Mos Entha, Tatooine (Flurry)

just for the record, i wasn't suggesting spamming the other boards with "commandos still stink like something far beyond rotten" posts... i was getting more at convincing the other professions that we are one of THE WORST OFF professions. maybe we could plead to the pistoleers to suggest to the devs that before they get cracking on duel wielding spinning holsters that some of the commando issues get reevaluated.

another plan of attack i just had is to do exactly what the pistoleers are doing (or at least appear to be doing at my quick and largely apathetic glance)... we should say "screw all the stuff now, we want COOL NEW THINGS!" we should think up the commando version of holsters and twirling and duel wielding, and ask for that. maybe we'll get a similar "hey that's neat!" reply from the devs about it...

Hi, Tastyclown.

I'm sorry if part of my post made you think I was aimng at you re: thespamming thing. I wasn't. I have just seen a lot of negative commentary from various embittered folks that I think needs to be filtered to help our cause. Your comments are constructive and appreciated.

I believe we should continue to focus on core problems and refrain from pursuing trivial items. However, I think the attitude we project from here is critical to our success. We must stop appearing as though we're whining and complaining and accusing the devs of being this and that. We must work to rebuild a positive relationship with the only folks who can truly help us: Q-3PO, Holo,and the devs. I think their willingness to consider our views and act on them will be directly proportional to the consideration and thoughtfulness of our communications to them.

To that end, and putting my money where my mouth is, I am willing to offer myself as the next correspondent for the commandos, if the community would have that. I am starting a new thread to test their view on this. The primary problem is that I am not yet a commando, so I will lack the first-hand experience. However, I hope to get there soon. Further, I think I have the right written/analysis skills for the job, and a positive enough attitude to try to avoid immune reactions.

I'm putting myself out there on this. I guess we'll see what happens.

'Weaps' Havoc; Commando Hopeful; Mos Entha, Tatooine (Flurry)

i know you weren't thinking i suggested the spam stuff; i didn't want other people to think that.

but, with the recent good news... WEEEEEEEEEE!!!