They are not. They are great when they are 49 and fight against pre 20s Sorry.

Fighting maras with my gunslinger feel pretty ok. My commando cries tho

I think maras on my server are wrong They leap but not 9/10. Every sentinel i talked to on my server told me that they never leap on assault commandos/mercs. Only noobs do. Actually they never leap on anyone who can bump them out. They keep their leap for such bumps. Sad truth.

True. I tried the op tactics but didn't work and then i realised what was wrong - they DIDN'T leap They just come to you and start killing. Sometimes they even used stealth to approach you coz they know if you bump them, they'll just leap back and kill you. You can't run away anymore. So, i came to my final conclusion - fu** commandos, gonna play shadow/gunslinger. I'm just tired to find ways out of this balance shi* where maras win in the end anyways.

Yeah, the case really deserves a thread /sarcasticfacepalm

Well, 1 year's gone and now we see how it turned out. Sith are everywhere, Ilum balance was broken, PVP balance was insanely stupid (eu server) coz most top pvpers went for the imps, etc. Imps look much more cool, the story lines more interesting, the whole style is 5 times better. Reps are crappy beggars with green/yellow/brown/white colour dresses. Only troopers look made me happy, so as now. The operative ship is pure AWESOMENESS!!!!!!! The republic ships are simply tin cans with stupid design. What can i say... Sith all the way, tho i play Reps and never played imps but learnt a lot about them. If i didn't care about good/evil matters i'd play sith for sure. But the TOR writers made it clear - Sith are EVIL. So, my choice is reps anyway. Still i prefer strong oponents at wz and imps just suit the status.

Well, the question of the day

Each word i agree with.

Not sure about the damage but the word survivability is what an assasin can be proud of. Can't say the same about oper. Oh, and utility seems to me a bit wider too. Sprint and deflect is just Heaven's gift.

Do you have ingame characters in SWTOR? Not on Bioware test servers but THE REAL charachters on LIVE servers. I'm asking because i don't feel the understanding at your side. Seems like you test only numbers in your cabinets and have a bit wrong picture of what really happens tho the numbers tell you that everything is just as "intended". You buff maras when they were already OP, you nerf mercs/commandos when they need love etc. Could you write a bit about your work please? All i read in your interviews is like this "We test each and every aspect of the data before we release it on live servers" etc. But why don't we feel it at all sometimes? Do you have a group of people (maybe gamers) who play THE GAME not numbers??? One more thing. Always wanted to ask. How many designers work on classes? I mean, do they communicate with each other or ..? I'm trying to compare some classes with each other and it seems that Designer "A" was always working on commando and didn't communicate with Designer "B" who was working on Gunslinger. Then they released their characters into the game and that's it. The result? Gunslinger has tonnns of skills, survivability and great dps just like marauders/assasins etc; the merc/oper dps... well you know. Wanted to ask just one question but turned out a bit more, sorry. And thank you

Respect Asukaa. In some situations i'd just give up but you managed to survive somehow and kill stuff Thank you for the vid, it made me thoughtful. You use hammer a lot and it's ok coz most of your opponents were glowstics, try full auto tho. Yeh it's waste of ammo but makes HIB proc and doesn't stop your run. I'll try the tactics of yours today. Never tried to kite to death. Usually they get me anyway and stay alive with 30% or about. Well, thx again mate. PS Voted for your thread (5.excellent)

The worst thing is that commando is just perfect till 49. Yesterday was WZing all day long and met the same trooper each time of lvl 25 or so. He was 250k+ each match and took the first line all the time. What a disappointment is awaiting for him so soon Poor, poor thing...

Well, ok. Would appreciate for it as well if you have one

Hi mates. I started another toon and as you probably guessed it's shadow infiltration. I tried to find any builds with explanations but in vain. Most of them are pretty old and just out of date. Can you share your pvp builds with some description words please? Thank you

Mandos HIB procs depend on chanel abilities like charged bolts and full auto, in vanguards case it's instant Ion pulse (spamable w/o cd). Vanguards utility is wider: aoe stun (you can consider it save ability), taunts, GREAT crit burst skill, harpoon and additional active ability - stock strike. Commandos have it too but never use it due to active distance difference. So, the vanguards melee burst is just amazing: AP, IR, HIB, IP, HIB, SS +(crit buff skill) = 3.5k+3.5k(dot)+3.5k+2k+3.5k = about 16k burst. So, in 10 seconds you blow up a recruit, in 20 seconds you blow up anyone else if you used your skill avoiding his save abilitties.

That's my favourite part!!! I tried a gunslinger after my commando and just love his tools. Now trying shadow and feel the potential too. The only hope is that some statistics numbers open devs' eyes on the problem and smth will be changed one day. I dream about my gunnery's back with some other save abilities and mechanics changes. Dreams, dreams...

No worries mate. ) I wanted to say that our damage was always more or less fine but our squishiness made us really useless being quickly shut down. I remember the times when my gunnery could change the batlefield situation at civil war shooting healers down from above with my favourite vzhhh bang vzhhhh band grav rounds ) Now everything's changed. People learnth how to cc/kill us in seconds - that's just sad. If you really want to make us believe that merc/comm are fine. Try to make a video of a single match with equal powers opponents. I thought about it and wanted to make one but after i played few WZs where glowstics have simply torn us apart i decided not to coz new commandos would remove their chars immediately Have a good time, bro

I am the guy you were inspired by I'm Григорий Мирт. Nice to meet you. What can i say..., NICE, VERY NICE back shooting CUTS again sorry What i want to see is a match from the BEGINNING to the END where you are not under constant heal/bubble and without firing in your foes' back but dueling with them or so. In most situations where YOU were attacked, you did nothing impressive but crawl being slowed turning your back for hits under RS. And THAT'S what i usually see in real matches. Unfortunately you've been healed that episoded and your mates saved your as*, not your skill. Also i wish i see a match with players of the same gear. Not the one where a guardian hits you 1k -1.5k and where you crit recruit crabs with 4.7k. It's simply impossible with AP against WH or full BM geared players. However, thank you very much for your effort and the true faith in our class.

Sometimes i meet smart and strong sorcs, they melt me no matter what class of mine i play: commando,vanguard,gunslinger. BUT i've never met a commando who could melt me down as fast as those sorcs.

Mercs/mandos are still really good in PVE. So, only PVPers suffer. Like pvp? - play glowstick. End of story.

Commando aoe doesn't impress tbh. I like GS's one much more tho it's slow cast and dot style.

Same story with me, bro. I saved my game with gunslinger. The problem is i love my main commando and do not my GS = motivation down.

Time told me that autoattack is much more powerful that this

Could you make a vid of your progress against glowsticks please? I'd really love to see how you deal with 21k full augmented sentinels, shadows and other melee guys.

Can u link plz, probably i missed something? I've seen the only dev post about commando and it suggested to hide Appreciate if you give me some more info. Thx.