*looks at update 1.6*
right....

*laughs and walks away*

It is not about the number of slots...but how you use them ;)

The way you say it makes it sound like it's possible to effectively use such a low number. Standard Commando dropsuits get 1 High Slot alone. Advanced Commando dropsuits get 1 High Slot and 1 Low Slot. Prototype Commando dropsuits get 2 High Slots and 1 Low Slot. That's most definitely not enough to use effectively.

What you say makes since and it's something that I have ALWAYS wondered . When I think of a commando , I go back to the movie with ARNOLD , when he was carrying basically everything in a arsenal that could be carried . So I always figured along with those two weapon slots that they would have an side arm and a grenade slot to go along with the equipment slot . And they should have at least two high slots and two low slots because if anyone should be able to cop a squat and recharge , like people do when I'm sniping them , it should be them . They should be some of the toughest to encounter on the game .

The way you say it makes it sound like it's possible to effectively use such a low number. Standard Commando dropsuits get 1 High Slot alone. Advanced Commando dropsuits get 1 High Slot and 1 Low Slot. Prototype Commando dropsuits get 2 High Slots and 1 Low Slot. That's most definitely not enough to use effectively.

OP should look at logi slot counts.

And, reading an earlier post, I see that you've never seen the Commando. At Standard, it has 0, I'll repeat, ZERO modules whatsoever besides 2 light weapons and an equipment.

Never underestimate the double light weapon combo. A big reason people die on logistics suits or assault suits is because they get themselves in a situation where their light weapon is ineffective (CQC with a mass driver, downhill with a mass driver, long range with an AR, CQC with a sniper) and where their sidearm simply cannot outperform the light weapon of their attacker.

The commando has no such problems. Example: CQC is one of the most chaotic situations where both sides are hopping around like mad, and if you're stuck with an AR or an MD, most likely you will take more damage than if you could simply switch to a shotgun and blow the other party's face off. If you kill someone with that shotgun before they can deal another 66 damage to you, that's saving yourself from needing a complex shield extender.

Not to mention that the biggest problem people have with modules is that TTK doesn't really change much with or without them. I've seen the threads everywhere about TTK being too low. This is from people in prototype suits complaining they're melted by Exile ARs and the like too quickly.

So what IS the problem with commandos? I really doubt its HP, and module slots are mainly for upping HP. Also, it is unwise to underestimate the HP buff; it's a significant increase and combined with the logistics, I can see the commando/logibro combo becoming a very deadly, very mobile duo.

Commando runs a SG + AR, logibro runs a laser rifle, repair tool (which are also being buffed), nanohives and a scanner. Laser rifle + AR will demolish anything at medium range, and if enemies get too close whip out the shotgun.

Or the MD + AR, with the logibro running an MD too. Ridiculous.

Where the Sentinel is geared towards point defense, I can see the Commandobro duo becoming point assault. People are just not aware of its potential yet.

If all the suits were the same there would be no incentive to play as other races/ or classes.

The way you say it makes it sound like it's possible to effectively use such a low number. Standard Commando dropsuits get 1 High Slot alone. Advanced Commando dropsuits get 1 High Slot and 1 Low Slot. Prototype Commando dropsuits get 2 High Slots and 1 Low Slot. That's most definitely not enough to use effectively.

-Hopping in real quick to point out that the bonus to the only (Current) Commando suit is a 5% bonus to Shield + Armor Module effectiveness. Not a lot, but at least it's helping you milk the most out of your few modules.

And, reading an earlier post, I see that you've never seen the Commando. At Standard, it has 0, I'll repeat, ZERO modules whatsoever besides 2 light weapons and an equipment. That doesn't stop me from killing everything. If you need confirmation of how good I am with it, ask xXWarlordXx96. We were playing together one time while I was running Commando.

Match 1: 17/1. I was backed into an area alone where I had to defend myself against pretty much a squad's worth of people. I killed them with my AR, and then if one somehow managed to get past me and got closer, I shotgunned them. But, none made it past me. My only death was a sniper at the VERY end of the match, after I had escaped the corner I was in and was in a defensive firefight.

Match 2: 20/5 (A rough estimate. At least 20 kills, at most 6 deaths). I had gotten myself to the top of a building that only had one entrance. I stood on top of it defending my position and saving teammate's lives while (At the same time) keeping an eye on the ladder up. If anyone got up, Shotgun to the chest. Actually stole a couple kills from Warlord on this match, at which point he continued to say "That's it, I'm petitioning CCP to nerf you".

Match 3: 6/0. Was actually a pretty quiet match. Not much to say about this one. :P

So yea. Pretty much the entire time, Warlord was saying to me, "Dude, stop killing people. You're probably the reason people are quitting the game. You're making people think it's good!". Before we got into the first match, he was pretty angry at me that I skilled into it at all. After, he was mad I stole his precious WP. >:)

(Match 1 also had a Gunnlogi with a blaster focused on me. If you need the exact area: Ring map, near Bravo under the rings, in the boxy place.)

How could a Medium carry 2 Light Weapons? They can't.