Thang Bausch
Pierrot Le Fou Industries
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Posted - 2014.04.14 06:05:00 -
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Commandos give you more damage and more weapon versatility.
The extra damage isn't just in the racial bonus; its also from damage mods because unlike all the other suits, the dmg mod increases dmg on both your weapons because both your weapons are light ones.
For weapon versatility, two light weapons lets you pick better weapon compliments. I've speced into the min commando and am considering specing into the amar commando in the distant future because I love the laser rifle. My weapon combos to date on my min commando:
Laser Rifle/Mass Driver
- two area of denial weapons: one that destroys sheilds, one that destroys armor. Use the laser rifle to make people go into cover with shields wiped out and then kill them in cover with the MD's splash damage. Minus of this fit is that I only get the dmg bonus on the MD. Another disadvantage is you really have nothing to use effectively against close range targets. If ran with squads, this would be a great fit because my team mates could protect me from close quarter combatants. I run solo most of the time, so I use the faster speed to keep my distance, but still die a lot.
Mass Driver/Combat Rifle
- Area of denial and short-medium range combat. Before the min commando, i would run an assault fit with an MD and SMG, which was actually a good combo. The advantage of this fit over my old one is the dmg bonus to both weapons and the reload bonus is awesome on a slow loading weapon like the MD.
Swarm Launcher/Combat Rifle
- An awesome AV fit. The SL was a difficult weapon to run before commando suits because all you had to take on infantry was a sidearm. I sometimes would switch to an AV fit to find that all the vehicles were no longer on the field or would push a tank/dropship out of combat over and over again with lulls in between while the tank/dropship recharged/repaired, meaning I was not helping my team much unless the game play was close quartered enough for my SMG. Now I can still use the combat rifle to take down infantry. The dmg bonus also applies to both weapons AND the reload bonus is sick on the swarm launcher. When I am eventually lvl 5 on this suit type (probably not for a long while since I am going to level back into my beloved min logi suit), the 4 second reload on the swarm launcher will be 3 seconds. If you go to lvl 5 on reload speed on the actual SL tree, combined the reload speed would be around 2.5 seconds. That is an amazing improvement that might allow you to sometimes still get a fourth volley off on a retreating tank or dropship that might take it down or at least keep it out of play for longer. |