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Not bad, crossed my mind once. However... what drove me away was the amount of skill points and Combat XP just to get to Commando. The allure of the Flamethrower was not worth the extra 71 skill points just to get to Commando.

I'd say what most here say. Pick a normal weapon and specialize in it, like a Marksman weapon or a Brawler weapon. Going after Bounty Hunter and Commando weapons are a waste when you can better use the points elsewhere.

But, this is why every character is unique. I've never seen a Ranger go Commando so it would be different.

Unfortunately you cannot master one of them and still get novice in the other so you have to mix and match. Hunt Master / Grenadeer is the ultimate creature hunter/harvester. With the tracking and extra harvest from Hunt Master mixed with the insane amount of damage of flamesingle2/flamecone1 (yes even post dot nerf) you can make millions of creds in a weekend and make many a happy armoursmith/doctor/cm friend. The left over skill points are one full line to IV and another line to III in any of the Commando or Ranger skills.

That being said the combo gets boring pretty quick. It is overpowered on anything with little or no heat resist and then there's a fair amount of 100% heat resist creatures out there so you're a bit limited. If they ever fix the HAR you can take that as a backup weapon (acid damage) and that would give you the flexibility but I wouldn't hold your breath on a Commando fix... next thing you know they'd fix Squad Leader and Pikeman

Have fun going BOOM!

Shaden

No offense to you commando's out there, but I can't stand hunting with you. All the freaking fire and explosions, which might seem soooo Uber kewl to the kiddies, are just damn annoying. And for some reason, all the commando's I have hunted with just want to blow up the lairs as fast as possible. Not considering the melee fighters love to bash on lairs, and that there is an art to milking lairs.

/end rant

Good luck to you with the Ranger/commando. Like Shaden said, I have yet to see a Ranger/Commando. I am sitting on Master Ranger/Master Fencer, with novice Doc (waste of sp) and one sp left over, heh.

Message Edited by Cableguy25 on 02-22-2004 08:02 PM

/agreed

And don't ever try to help a Commando out when they're getting their butt kicked by something ugly.... Ooooooooh do they get upset.