Commando Archive
Thread: The Combat Upgrade and Commando A Call to Arms and FAQ (Of Sorts)
A I M E S A Call to Arms
My Brothers and Sisters...the time is almost upon us. At long last, the Combat Upgrade is within grasp. We've already been dissapointed by the fact that we won't be having an Alpha Sandbox...regardless of that, we have a long and ardous journey (despite testing being 5 weeks), from now till may 5th. Since it will be open beta, per to TH's announcement
Every single commando here in this community will be needed to test, break, bug, and generall lock 'n load for the testing process. The Commando Alpha team will still play a significance without a doubt...but the limelight is now on all of you.
Henceforth, Im looking to organize - in part with other corr's who doing the same - the commando community, and mobilize it so we can do the most, with the least, in the shortest amount of time alotted to us. I cannot force this upon any of you, however I am looking for volunteers and my fellow commandos to set up a "CU Beta Commando Network". We'll be in constant communication during the next 5 weeks and we'll be able to get together for testing sessions and the such. I feel this will be needed in order to ensure proper testing for our beloved profession, plus we'll be able to help each other out and nail down as many bugs/imbalances/etc that we'll find.
If you want to volunteer, please send me a pm or email me at [email protected] . Once we get on the frontlines, Ill be contacting those of you who sign up and either start a mailing list/chat or, more appropiately, a commando guild. So, flood me with those PMs! I want every commando willing to test out there.
A FAQ (Of Sorts)
In the most part, I generally like the flow of the core CU documents - fairly easy and straightforward to understand. As one commando noted in the recent CU thread here, its most likely the implementation that will be the hardest part. Regardless, things are changing for us -- hopefully, in my opinion for the better.
Remember! We can only go up!
As I hinted a few weeks ago...some things may be shocking. Some things are shocking. Some things will be shocking. Standby for anything...hold your ground when more information comes out or when you get on the frontlines. Approach the CU calmly and rationally. Now for some points I want to make clear:
Commando Primary Role: Heavy Weapon Specialist
Secondary Role: Medium Range Damage Specialist
Offense: Very Strong (5)
Defense: Moderate (3)
Crowd Control: Minimal (1)
The Commando is the specialist of Heavy Weapons. An entire line of unique heavy weapons are available in the Commando's arsenal. The Commando also receives many bonuses making them more proficient with standard weapons when combined with other profession skills. Whatever the damage dealing requirement is for a situation, the Commando has the answer.
Profession Mixing Tip: Commandos are intended to be the weapon specialists and are the final heavy damage dealing profession along with Rifleman and Swordsman. Commandos focus on their potent damage dealing capability rather than having a varied utility or strong defensive ability. Adding additional ranged profession skills to a Commando creates a very potent damage specialist because instead of having a few special abilities for a specific set of weapons, they can now stack their profession with other professions to gain a wide variety of special abilities. Alternatively Commandos may decide to increase their tactical flexibility by learning skills from other professions.
This is our profession role. So what exactly will that mean for us? Commandos ARE defined by their weapons, naturally. We are the lords of boom, explosions, and general mayhem. Those are our weapons, they are our identity. With the CU we'll be Lords of Mayhem (if all works well) with weapons that were once useless or broken.
Now...that also means our weapons will be getting major love. Plus, we'll actually be getting range within our profession...we'll be versitile (as our weapons themselves are versitile - when fixed of course!). Our profession's perception will change a bit as you all will find out soon enough, BUT our explosive desire will remain true. This is an entire new system folks...and I feel, we'll have a very widely sought after role in it...
More updates when I can...
Message Edited by StarNick on 03-29-2005 08:51 PM
On to the test center.......
I would also like to put a thanks out there to Starnick and Garvin for your fighting for the Commando cause.
Now on to test center
Ricin Olo (Master Commando & Master Swordsman)
Message Edited by Mystikal26 on 03-29-2005 06:00 PM
Message Edited by Lok-Ranger on 03-30-2005 04:18 AM
hey Starnick is the NDA off yet? i wanna hear some stuff you heard
Since many other professions *weaponsmiths Jedi FS armorsmiths Droid engineers* will also be affected, can we expect Similar notes for themsoon? b/c if FS doesnt change... and jedi doesnt *shudder* and Weaponsmiths and Armorsmiths will change dramatically...
StarNick wrote:
hey Starnick is the NDA off yet? i wanna hear some stuff you heard
NDA is still in effect...but we can still discuss the public information freely...
Btw folks -- Try to include the name you'll have (or are going to)on the TC server too...will help very much. Ill be (if Im fast enough) my Stern Synex toon over there, if not...Ill update so you all can contact and communicate me ingame.
There will be focus tests for the Alpha team, but with everyone out there helping...things may be able to run smoother. So lock n load, and bring all the firepower you can muster!