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Star Wars: The Old Republic: The Commando Player's Guide
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Making an effective character in Star Wars: The Old Republic is important, particularly in these early days. In our latest player guide, we take a look at the Republic Commando. Check out our best tips and hints for becoming a great Commando. Have other ideas? Let us know in the comments!
Star Wars: The Old Republic mirrors their classes across faction to keep PVP balance in check. The mirror class of the Mercenary is the Republic’s Commando. Like the Merc, the Commando likes to shoot things and blow them up... and he does it really, really well. In this player guide we’ll go over the two of the best skill trees and what sorts of abilities you’ll want to use out on the PVE battlefield. Our full PVP guide for the class will be coming at a later date. Maybe from YOU!
Read more of Phil Bickle's Star Wars: The Old Republic - The Commando Player's Guide.
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Thanks for the correction. It is the mirror class, but that doesn't excuse the error. It's been fixed.
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Alacrity is pointless for a Gunney Commando, IMHO. A lot of Gunney's bread and butter abilities are limited by ammo repletion, the 1.5 GCD, and the procs we get which cannot occur more than every 3 seconds (for Cell Charger) and every 6 seconds for (Curtain of Fire). It is a build that places a lot into priority rather than a standard rotation.
Many Gunnery Commandos find something else to spend those 2 points on instead of a small % bonus to Alacrity.
Do Commandos get an accuracy penalty for the cannon the same way I believe Mercs do for the offhand pistol?
I have not read or seen anything that says as a Commando I am taking an accuracy penalty for using a cannon. Our "off-hand" is filled with a generator but I don't think that has anything to do with it. Still, I have never seen anything about this in game which leads me to believe there is such a penaly in place.
I thought the off-hand for Mercs just took a damage penalty and not an accuracy penalty. Are we sure that is not just a holdover from players WoW frame of mind? The classes are supposed to mirror each other. If Mercs had an accuracy penalty and Commandos didn't that would make them kind of unbalanced.
I've been playing my main as a combat medic and I really enjoy it. I've tried being a healer in other games and they really fell short for me, but here I find it enjoyable.
However, at the early levels, being a combat medic in groups can be tough due to what I see as a very low healing output. And when you don't have a dedicated tank for threat, healing gets real bad when everyone in the group is taking damage.
I just picked up my Kolto bomb and mist, so I'll likely try them out tonight.
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I'm actually not 100% sure on the Mercs. I'm basing this off my experience as a Marauder where my offhand saber does suffer a penalty to accuracy.
Just checked both the Merc trees and there are no talents that mention negating an accuracy penalty for your off-hand. I am starting to think they have no penalties for dual-wielding which would put them on equal footing with Commandos.
Not really, I still see playing a bodyguard.
Nope still not fixed:
Playing a Bodyguard
Should read
Playing a Combat Medic
Also interesting pick for Combat Medic, personally I dropped "Treated Wounds Dressings" infavor of "Cell Capacitor" as Combat Medics don't take enough damge to justify damage reduction but the extra two cells means I can get my heals off sooner in tight situations.
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We just fixed it (again). Sorry!
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funny thing is im a lvl 27 commando i kill elites and champions easily with my companion and i still dont invest any adv class points on any tree i have like 17-19 points avaible not sure, thats makes me think the game is rather easy or maybe my ekip is quite good