Commando Archive

I'm in the same boat as you. Rounding out master commando and not sure what to supplement it with. It was recommended to me to go for the TKA meditation tree because you can heal yourself just as if you were a medic and don't require the stims. Also we do need to get some better defensive skills.

I've been TKM and commando for a while, and it seems to work well for me.

The only draw back is the lack of any ranged specials. But for PVE is it very nice, if you get mobbed put away the ft switch to the vk's and go to town.

Plus going this route you make good use of your already strained skill points, you can shove them into something like medic so you can stay and fight a little bit longer.

The biggest draw back for pvp is the FOTM seems to be Riflemen/Fencer, hard to kd and hard to hit. And they whip out the jawa and don't miss while running and you die a slow mind death.



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I am going to be different and get master commando and squad leader 1/0/3/4 because I only tend to play when I am with small groups and I am sure they would like the bonuses

I love pistoleer with commando. Soon pistoleer is getting a DE-10 and duel weilding, just think fire 2 LPs, lag heaven, lol. Anyway pistoleer has good defense and all specials work with the LP.

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Rianna_Rose wrote:

personally though I'd go with Fencer for added Melee defenses and dodge since you are in that range...

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As a matter of fact, I believe our heavy weapons don't have any defensive attributes whatsoever. Pistols/1-handed weapons use Dodge. Carbines/2-handed swords use Counterattack. Rifles/Pikes use Block. What do FT's/HAR's use? Your Composite Helmet?

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Warmaker01 wrote:
What do FT's/HAR's use? Your Composite Helmet?

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2posts on this topic and I havent stayed on topic heh.

As 2nd prof I have gotten 0303 TKA for melee defences (love mitigation). And working pistoleer 0101 and smuggler 0040 to get decent specials and mods with the LP. Leaves me with 15 skill points to novice medic and B stims.

Having the problem of what to get after Master Commando as well..

There's Pistoleer 0/0/4/4 + Smuggler 0/0/3/0 (well rounded special attacks for the LP and nice melee defense)
Then there's TKM Great Melee proffession on its own, doesn't seem to compliment Commando as much as Pistoleer but when you're in a tight spot and getting hit by kinetic damage just switch to the VK's and that Melee Damage Mitigation starts to kick in, potentially saving your life.

It wouldn't seem like that hard of a choice to just pick one of the above- but it is. One thing steams me the most is we shouldn't need a "suplimental proffession"- we're commando's for god sake!!!

I thought about going Pikeman for a half hour last night, combined with commando, wasn't sure what I was trying to accomplish but basically I was thinking of stacking the DoT's from a NS lance with the FT Burn DoT.. would be some nice damage I would guess? But the low defenses scare me away :/

Why can't commando's just get some of their own LP Specials, a Rifle, and some decent defense so that way I don't have to strain my brain thinking about what will help me in the long run

In the end though, do whatever you want to complete the circle and makes you most happy. (Think I'm favoring Pistoleer and Smuggler atm)

Smuggler is worthless at the moment, you could spend those precious skill points into a melee profession, Pistoleer is only good if you master it and get the 105 pistols speed, at master pistoleer all you need is some action buffs and fan shot and your combat cue cant stay full. You can spam a shot like every second, and with fan shot you are hitting any target in your cone.