Commando Archive

i just went nov commando lastnight night and i was wonder what weapons are best to lvl up on first and also

when u just make nov commando with flame and acid do you get the single shot deal right away ( were it shoots like a sing fireball)

uh...yeah...so many ways to answer that question....

first and formost, unless the Devs *do* otherwise, unless you are planning to go master, Command wont be worth your time. The melee damage only gets reduced at master, anything short and 3 or more crazed durni have a good chance of one-hit incapping you.

That said, no you dont get any specials with novice. All you get are alot of cerifications to play with all of our fun toys.

Some will say that its a good idea to dabble pistoleer and use a well-made LP to grind the first few level 1 boxes. If you have the points and time, I would suggest this.

Get yourself a full set (all the weapons you are cert'ed to use) of high quality weapons. Your primary skill to master first will be Grenedeer, with flame four you'll be able to power-grind your way up the other three trees reletivly easily.

Once you've got Grenedeer, I would suggest Expert Commando, followed by Ordinance Manufacurer. Commando is setup in such a way that, unless your dabbling in somthing else, as you level up your three heavy weapons trees, you'll acumulate enough comabat points to reach Field Tactics 4 around the same time you finesh the last one or two boxes in a heavy weapons tree.

The reason to get a full set of weapons is to allow you to play with them as your leveling. If you can get ahold of, and check out all the different types of weapons, you'll notice that there is not a single damage type that Commando is not capable of inflicting--that said its not a mater of getting an UBER flame thrower, rather using the right combination of weapons on the right opponent.

ex: A Nightsister Rancor will kill any poor schmuck trying to burn it to death. However take the same schmuck and give him/her a good firing posstion and some rockets and Mr. Rancor is dead in as little as 3 or 4 well placed hits.

I only really use two of the 4 trees. Flame IV is a must. The FT is your cread & butter. Just make sure you have a quick switch setup to switch to the LP before you start getting beat on. If you can find a weaponsmith who can make you Heavy Weapons for cheap they are great. I love using them for PVP and opening shots. I also have some CH so I think I have an advantage over the commandos who went with the pistoleer option. I send in my pet to attack a nest. As the mobs spawn they circle around the pet and ignore me. I step within 16m of the group and use Flame2. I typically hit all the mobs and the lair at the same time. Great XP, Fast Money, No damage to equipment. Of course it doesn't always work out that way but you learn to adapt.

Grenades are fun but not really all that useful and of course the HAR is just not worth having unless you plan on mastering Commando.

Good luck to you!