Description
While everyone was busy theory crafting about Uprising 1.8, the fine folks from the Commando Registry were working up an event as a farewell to Uprising 1.7 and a farewell to the Commando suits as we know them. Starting from right now and lasting until the launch of Uprising 1.8, the Commando Challenge will be taking place. The premise is very simple, whoever can record the best score from a single match as a commando during the event will receive the entirety of the grand prize, which currently sits at 101 million ISK.

And since it is widely believed there will be at least a Dropsuit Command respec in Uprising 1.8, might as well skill into the commando now so you can compete for the prize!

Scoring
So how do we determine who had the best match? Easy, we use the following equation,

Since a kill is 50 warpoints and an assist is 25 warpoints, this will make kills a total of 4 points, assists 2 points, deaths minus 2 points, and other little actions still contributing towards your score.

Rules
In order to qualify for the event, you must submit two pictures from the end of match screen. The first is the Battle Report, showing your kills, assists, and deaths, favorite suit, and favorite weapon. The second is the Killboard, showing your warpoints and confirming whether or not a moderator was on your team.

A moderator must be on your team to qualify. This moderator will be required to confirm the validity of your entry. Moderators can be found in the Commando Squadron channel in-game. A moderator may qualify for the event, but cannot be his own moderator. A second moderator will be required to confirm the validity of the first moderator's entry.

If performance captured with a capture card, a moderator is not needed to be in the match, as a moderator can simply watch the video and confirm.

All entries must use the Commando the entirety of the match. All entries cannot use the sniper rifle. We want people proudly toting around the Commando suit, not hiding in the red line. All entries cannot use vehicles, you must get your kills and points on foot. LAVs for transportation purposes only are fine. If entry is squad leader, entry cannot use squad orders or orbital strikes. All entries cannot be subject of a defend order.

Closing Message
We at the Commando Registry are very excited to be hosting this event, and hope you all enjoy your time playing as Commando, even if it's just temporary and you skill out of it in Uprising 1.8. We look forward to all the posted results, great stories yet to be told here in this thread, an general insanity that will surely follow on the battlefield.

Good luck, and Godspeed!

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Sample entries:

Updated OP with sponsers

Well hey, who else is offering a 101 million ISK prize and you don't have to send anyone any ISK for a chance to win?

I don't think I can submit it since I was technically the only moderator, and I didn't take pics...but I think I'm getting the Commando role down now.

17/5
9 Assists
1650 WP

I wish I could have submitted it, would have been nice to jump on the score board...but I'll do some real hunting this weekend.

Meh still give it everything you got.

I'm a tanker by trade so infantry work is not my strong suit.

They still aren't...but when you have proficiency 5 and an advanced/prototype weapon with a damge mod, you can still get good scores. Especially when you you have 30 million sp and all passives maxed.

but if you started a new character with only skills into commando, you're going to have a rough time.

The main problem to me with the commando right now is the fact that you only really have one passive bonus, your shield recharge is severly gimped, and plenty other suits can kill 3x as fast...in other words, there's no reason to use a commando when there really isn't that much of an advantage to using two different weapons.

However, all of that will change with 1.8 If the bonuses stay the same, we will be seeing commandos slaying left and right, being the gods of their specific racial weapons.

Definitely not a winner but I went 19/9/5 in a Commando suit. It felt like a great game to me lots of running, clearing out enemies, and winning engagements I normally wouldn't have won.

Will post my pics just to prove it.

I might have a real entry in a week or two.