Commando Archive

In light of recent...events...I would like to share with everyone, on how exactly I became a commando.

The actual grind started the instant our weapon damages on all the heavy weapons were finally fixed around early september (around Labor Day weekend If I remember correctly), this was after nearly 2 months of waiting - I was a commando 2nd week of July (Me birthday was a few days ago :smileyhappy.

I do not call myself a great commando...such as the greats as Ivoni...who took the pain and commitment to level commando with..plainly put..weapons that sucked. No...I'm more the brooding type, and leveled up some pistoleer (techniques) skills for my grind to Master Commando.

Then finally...the door was open, the grind had begun.

I casually grinded, enjoyed the it in fact..as Id NEVER drop commando nor go another route...and when I say no, I mean it, im stubborn..its the 1/4 irish in me (it takes 50% greek and 25% english balance THAT blood out!)

And it was finally in late October..quite ironically now when JTL is released and around the time we see the CB, hopefully, is when I finally said enough was enough...and finished off commando.

1,000,000 HW xp....100,000 Combat XP was needed...So began the War of the Tortons.

For 12 hours, over the course of a Friday and a Thursday...my grind took my on an all-expenses paid Torton Hunt outside the Rebel Military Base on Rori. I died many times...It took sheer will to continue, sweat and determination.

You may laugh now...when 1,000,000 HW xp can be made in less than 1 buff run (3.5 hours for me usually). Don't laugh....

For this was back in the day we had a 2.5X melee modifier on us....hence tortons gave us generallya 250-500+ damage hit. This was before our Master Defenses (like they would've helped anyways). This was a pure grind.

I did not use TKA nor Pistoleer Defenses, as this would've been my first advanced profession to level up (yes, my intent 2 days before publish was to be a commando...nothing else). So I was easily hit...easily destroyed...easily killed.

And to make matters worse...

I never buffed nor used armour. Yes....I did the commando grind WITHOUT any external help, nor using other professions as support...I grinded commando like it should be...just the profession. Hence why I stayed a pure commando for 6 months after.

And believe me it was hell. But did that matter? I loved the idea..I love the name..I love the status. Love cannot be broken...

And so was my commando story...it has relevance now when our dream was suppousedly shattered...

If you love this profession...3 months to wait is nothing...just as if you loved a woman....3,000 miles is nothing as well. Yes it costs money...yes it will be hard...yes there potentially may be nothing to gain from it. But fight...knowing that you tried...is the greatest reward of all.

All said and done, I say this only cause my fiance is grinding commando and doing her hardest grind in the game as well (due to time constraints) and also due to TH's recent post. I can wait, I will wait....I will never give up hope. I love this game, I love star wars...as much as I love my in-game fiance (yes! we're planning on meeting as soon as possible! hehe)

--Stern Synex-- --Master Commando-- --IDI Forces----Proud Commando of 42 Months-- --Last Commando Correspondent--
We fear no enemy...we are the few, the proud, and the brave. We are, Commando!
Pyro Games

On the release day of Irluun gas, I had allready worked my way up to Flame3 with the Launcher Pistol I was given by the princess & it only took about 3 hours to get the flame4 as to where I began my 6 hour journey to Master Commando, to join my friend who'd master earlier because they worked it harder with their LPs. Needless to say I've also been waiting for the CB, but as you might have noticed TH posted an appoligy letter today stating that CB and anything else will not be even looked @ untill J-T-L is shipped.

Its not fair, but hey what about all the smugglers?

They way I see it, is unless you're a Chef,Image Designer, Rifleman or Fencer there's going to be times where you feel useless & left out.

Those are the breaks, lets see a rifleman solo and elder.......

P.S. Swordsman should not be able to Solo an Elder and the Resistances need to be fixed and be 100% to everything so that commandos are the only onesmaking a business out of NightSisterElders/Axkva Min/SMCouncilWomen.

Maybe you could throw two elders in the Stonghold cave to make things more interesting every morning. After 3 months of getting credits, satchels & the odd craziness. It gets pretty boring & then you get people showing up to try to challenge for the Kill. We should have to constantly be fighting for one kill.

Actually...I soloed a NS Elder 3 days ago with my FT...

They're not ranged thankfully....stack all 4 dots (still works!) on em, and keep kiting... :-) Of course..I did die once cuz the bloody elder took out my bike lol.

Sadly..its the DoT that -still- is holding the profession together...

--Stern Synex-- --Master Commando-- --IDI Forces----Proud Commando of 42 Months-- --Last Commando Correspondent--
We fear no enemy...we are the few, the proud, and the brave. We are, Commando!
Pyro Games

im confused

I was saying that the only ones who should & can solo a NightSister Elder were commandos with the exception to Swordsmen due to the lack of certain resistances.

Commando is by far the second best profession in StarWarsGalaxies with Jedi recently taking its rightful place @ the top of the profession tree.

The DoT is what makes commando& if you say thats what Holds it together then okay, Sure for you. I think what holds commando together is the fact that its still the best even with as little attention as it seems to get & the only real difference with master is you only have to /aim;/aim;/flame to hit a fencer unlike the /aim;/aim;/aim;/flame You'd have to use with only ShockTrooper.

P.S. Edit your post, take out the stuff about the AckingSta AmesFla..

with 0040 commando,

4004 Tk,

0040 fencer

& master smuggler. I can easly hand it to a swordsman 1-1, and I feel confident that I could take anyone for that matter, Just let me get a buff & make sure I have enough PSGs in a toolbar incasethey don't want to kick in.

Three Cheers For Commandos, Ask anyone out there. They didnt believe us & 6 months later you see the "power" games picking up FTs and hitting everything like they're pyromanicas.

What the hell is wrong with Derp? I mean, he's not even a Commando, just a lowly dabbler, and he keeps posting like he's been a master since 03'

Evelas - Jedi, Magnan - template pending
"I'm just dying for them to give Jedi that neat power that allows them to yank weapons out of your hand, so I can pull out a Grenade just as he's doing it." -Merc93

shh... Evalas, tween you and me, I think he got dropped on his head as a small child.

Vagrant' - Trandoshan Commando- Test Center Jein - Zabrak BH/Commando- Starsider

Bring back Tyrant!!!