grandmasterub Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Sooo is it possible to be a commando "medic spec'd" and not have to use the giant cannon? I originally planned on making a vanguard tank and sage healer, but I ended up making a shadow tank and i digress... Anyway was thinkin about trying to make the trooper commando my healer but I just really hate the giant cannon. I know with shadow there are a lot of mandatory abilities that require i use a dualblade lightsaber. Is this also true for commando? Just thought I'd ask before I have to choose my AC cause if this is the case I may just make a dps vanguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_G Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Yes, there are several offensive commando abilities that require you to have an assault cannon equipped. I'm not sure what the problem is though, I think the big gun suits this class and its turret-like abilities very well. Also I find that they can be very competent healers, in case you were wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmasterub Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 Its an asthetics thing. I just dont like the look of the big gun, the animations, how it clips. If I'm gonna stare at my character for hundreds of hours over the course of the game I'd prefer the look to not piss me off. However I may end up just going vanguard due to the mobility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreliavan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 you can mod a rifle so that you can HEAL perfectly fine, but you will not be able to do anything else like help with dps when theres not much damage being dished out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropyboy Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 you can mod a rifle so that you can HEAL perfectly fine, but you will not be able to do anything else like help with dps when theres not much damage being dished out it depends on which offensive skills you want to use. if you are going rifle Commando, just pay attention to if the tooltip says it requires assault cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilnarox Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 You could Go Bounty Hunter if your not in a guild or anything imo i love the BFG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refmo Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Sooo is it possible to be a commando "medic spec'd" and not have to use the giant cannon? I originally planned on making a vanguard tank and sage healer, but I ended up making a shadow tank and i digress... Anyway was thinkin about trying to make the trooper commando my healer but I just really hate the giant cannon. I know with shadow there are a lot of mandatory abilities that require i use a dualblade lightsaber. Is this also true for commando? Just thought I'd ask before I have to choose my AC cause if this is the case I may just make a dps vanguard. You can certainly use the rifle, I did for about a level because I couldn't get a single good cannon. I was dps'n in one Heroic, so I just pulled out my cannon for that, because a Supercharged Cell'd Charge Bolts is too gd delish. You can definitely heal with a rifle, I would just avoid getting the ones that can't be mod'd. This will probably be more of a pain in the *** later as I'm definitely seeing those tank oriented rifles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopiusz Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 As it was stated you can HEAL perfectly well. However Assault Cannon deals 20% more damage with every skill except for a few. Those few abilities that are not affected by cannon's damage all have cooldowns and/or require specific conditions to be usable. Also, as previously stated, you lose some of the great abilities like: Hail of Bolts - not only does this skill do a lot of aoe damage, it will also stun standard/weak targets. To top it off it's a spamable skill and you will wipe whole groups of trash mobs with 2 hails. This is true even if you are a combat medic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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