This is everyone's initial thoughts on the commando, to use a shield oriented weapon and then switch to an armor oriented weapon. Truth of the matter is TTK is just too low to really get any use out of that, you'd spend more time switching weapons than you would just killing the enemy with the weapon already in hand.

I'm surprised by the number of people that even... ...Really?... ...I had the impression that there were maybe 3-4 DEDICATED Commandos... Wow.

real men dont need grenades

Murdock off of the A-Team is practically my idol, my buddy saw the movie and was like :o Murdock is definitely you when you reach 30 XD

That's awesome!!!!

R.I.P Llast 326

Rightly slain by his wife for breaking the most sacred of taboo......

gK.0 Commando, just waiting to clock in.

Sentinel and commando are two totally different playstyles. You have to be really tactical with a commando. A sentinel is a more taking hits and dish them out playstyle

It's not a skirt it's a kilt!

Amarr scout also needs a paper bag to hide the shame of that terrible racial bonus in comparison to the others.

Now I feel bad for not noticing. Was the one where we were on opposing teams Manus Peak? Because I remember getting assaulted by a **** ton of scouts with nova knives and being scared out of my mind because I was the only one really defending the letter.

Last night I grinded 400k SP so played a lot of matches

I've tried it before, and in my experience a Commando using a rep tool is simply wasting it's DPS potential. Commandos and Sentinels do work good together, but it would be better if say the the Commando ran the Wirykomi Nanite Injector, so as both of them can focus on DPS and when the Sentinel goes down he can be popped right back up with near full armor.

Aero determined, and proved it to me, that possibly one of the best equipment items to carry is a nanite injector. Not only does it keep an armour tanked group alive at near full HP, but you generate minions for your dastardly commando self to manipulate so you can farm WP and kills.

@ Torq I have all the authority over Commando's because I am your worst nightmare when I'm not commanding.

This cannot reach page 3 of General! Such is a sin against the Commando!

The February event is "Something something commando"

But I'm already doing a Commando Event

HAHA. I can't wait for a commando event like the Shinobi one.

Watch.

Your.

Backs.

Insanely specific but...... sounds cool.

I prefer Railguns......don't I Llast

If you hadn't run I wouldn't have shot you......

Both of those DS were wasting their ammo on me. Its not easy to bust a shield tank with missiles.

He was rolling Logi for Saint Pig.

Yeah I would have been worried about those Fluxes.

Saint Pig was his old Toon. Eirik Yassavi is his new one.

Aero was rolling scout?

Domination Manus Peak with the Caldari Landing Pad medium socket. True Adamance was there for a bit but got DC'd.

What I was trying to do was what I did to Master Kail when I encountered him, which is pull off and switch to my scrambler pistol. This is simply because I'm using those recruit HK4Ms and assume you guys have better shotguns and are better with them, so wanted to try and turn the tables to my favor when my first few shotgun shots missed. Unfortunately you switch to your SMG really fast.

On a similar note the only reason I've been running scout lately on Aero is for a change of pace and because those 200 HK4Ms were mocking me

I have 100 left, and after that you probably won't be seeing Skinny Aero for some time.

me in middle stair seeing a scout scrub at entry tossing a rem exp at me, sheitt must throw flux nade now, nope im toasted one second too late becuz remote explosive detonation is faster than flux nade.

You don't get any extra ISK or SP for killing a Commando. Basically the Commando is classified as "not a heavy" for this event

Read the event, you only get rewards for killing Basic Heavies and Sentinels. Commandos aren't listed at all.

I'm of the firm belief that anybody who uses more than 0 Dmg mods is a pansie but that's just my opinion....

This.

Why dont people use the commando suit with rifle & Launcher weapons. Im drooling over RR + plasma cannon commando. If theres no respec in 1.8 im 100% going for the commando ck.0, otherwise commando mk.0 (CR/SL)! ;)

Been running the Commando fit for a few weeks now and I must say I like it :) Not sure why my avatar pic is Caldari as I am born Amarr.

Ill let you guys know when I figure out what's up with my ps3 and when I'll be back......it's so boring without dust :/

What equipment changes?

http://www.protofits.com/fittings/index/341/1289

Cloaked Amarr Commando: 36,540 ISK
Laser Rifle
CRD-9 Assault Scrambler Rifle
Basic Armor Plate
Basic Armor Repairer
Cloak Field

Required skills to fit:
Dropsuit Core Upgrades 5
Dropsuit Electronics 5
Dropsuit Engineering 5
Light Weapon Operations 5
Laser Rifle Fitting Optimizations 3
Scrambler Rifle Fitting Optimizations 3

With all those skills it fits right on the dot, 276/276 CPU and 51/51 PG. With other core skills maxed, this is a 902.6 EHP invisible monster! And really cheap compared to the 55k advanced commandos I'm running now.

NOTE: The price on shared link shows a higher price, but it has yet to update the new commando suit prices, plus I subbed the 'Templar' Laser Rifle for the normal ISK Laser Rifle because it isn't available to select on the tool, so I adjusted according to that as well.

*sees commando event*

*squeels like a little girl*

Commando 6....unite!!!!!

o7

I hate good byes so I'll make this short:

Good bye, you all are great dusters, and even better commandos, aim straight, and may you never miss your target.

From this point on, I will only be on for no more than 5 minutes at a time, simply to check sp and stuff.

o7

Alright enough with the farewells and boo-hoos. For those still invested in the idea of New Eden, let's try to achieve something. Ever since CCP Rattati got his new job communication has been through the roof, so let's all come together and see what we can provide from a Commando viewpoint.

Firstly in-terms of Dust, what do you guys think needs to be done to Commandos in a sensible way, meaning nothing too drastic and easily doable in a hotfix? I noticed Rattati stated they would like Commandos to have the option of being a dual threat to both infantry and vehicles, but noted the lack of bonus support of the Amarr commando in this regard. Really this includes the Caldari Commando as well. Short of adding new light AV weapons, what do you believe can be done to achieve this?

Secondly in terms of Legion, many of you probably realized there is no Commando yet in the Legion build. A lot of this seems to be because they are not sure what the role of the commando would be especially considering the Assault class in Legion will carry two light weapons, and then you also have to think about what weapons would be unlocked in the commando skill tree.

Anyone who wants to help brainstorm is more than welcome!

And yes I was considering that as well, basically give the commandos vehicle-piercing rounds. If this were the case I still think you'd need to shift the bonus from damage based to ammo capacity based. And also as far as Legion is concerned you could make a new variant of rifle that works like that, higher efficiency against vehicles in exchange for not as great anti-infantry purposes. Then put those variants in the Commando skill tree and help give them a more defined and unique role that differentiates itself from the new two-light-weapon Assault class.

Well that is sort of how it is now with Commandos being slightly faster than Sentinels but not quite Assaults. I really wouldn't like Commandos to be shifted to a light frame because if you are going to provide suppression as suggested you need to be decently beefy.

What do you feel about Amarr having the range, Gallente having dampeners, CA having precision and MM get better at hacking and running.

I am not too comfortable with giving the CA both range and precision supremacy, I believe you have to make a choice.

I'm cool with that but what happens to the biotics stats. Amarr naturally has the highest base stamina pool....... how does its stamina regen compare to the other scouts... or how would it compare sans its current bonus?