Now we're talking! Something I personally would do and have done. People complaining about the welding on Support Specialist so I raised it by 20%.
KF Please make Commando less horrible to level!
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Now we're talking! Something I personally would do and have done. People complaining about the welding on Support Specialist so I raised it by 20%.
If the Stalkers you kill with non-commando weapons are registered, then the number has to increase to be in balance with the damage requirements.
Welding is not really necessary, it is mostly "cosmetic".
You can grind it and still be a good player, so there is no place for a fair comparison between the two.
Welding is not really necessary, it is mostly "cosmetic".
You can grind it and still be a good player, so there is no place for a fair comparison between the two.
Well yeah the thing about the welding is that doing it so much can be harmful and it isn't required horrendously often. It's good to know how, but welding everything in sight is not helpful to the team.
If the number is too high, most people will not even bother and grind it.
I play as Commando, and i think that 50-100% increase will be reasonable. Do not forget that Commandos can see the Stalkers while they are invisible to other team members.
Although the Stalker cloak is not perfect and they can bee seen at long distance if you use high graphic settings, but engaging as a firebug or support at that distances is not effective, and sharpshooter have limited ammo, and their pistol ammo should be kept for self-defense.
I play as Commando, and i think that 50-100% increase will be reasonable. Do not forget that Commandos can see the Stalkers while they are invisible to other team members.
Although the Stalker cloak is not perfect and they can bee seen at long distance if you use high graphic settings, but engaging as a firebug or support at that distances is not effective, and sharpshooter have limited ammo, and their pistol ammo should be kept for self-defense.
It wouldn't matter. People would just use shotguns, flame weapons, and demo weapons to level commando because then they'll level commando while still being able to blow away just about everything else.
People don't like to level commando because they don't want to play commando. They want to play some other perk and just happen to level commando at the same time.
And the whole point of all of this belly-aching is so they can have a level 6 commando that they wouldn't play even if it was a level six. They just want the level because they want it.
Leave it like it is.
Well I was just thinking being able to get stalker kills with any weapon as commando.
It's not a hugely needed thing though.
It's not a hugely needed thing though.
I really wish I could enjoy playing commando. Unfortunately if I do so, I end up being the sole survivor because the rest of my 'team' is incapable of killing anything stronger than a husk. Then of course I get blamed for the teams wipe. At least if I'm a support or sharp, I can carry the deficiencies of players incapable of killing scrakes and fleshpounds.
Commando is vastly deprecated and under appreciated overall. A good commando can be a fulcrum to victory for a HoE team.
That is one of the reasons why commando is my least played perk in KF.
Most of the time when I play in pubs, I get noob sharps that can't do isht against scrakes and demos that try to kill everything except fleshpounds.
I'm tired of playing sharpshooter in KF, but whenever I switch to commando, there's a much higher chance of the team getting wiped.
Man this is crazy. Everyone on this forum is always talking about awful pubs are and if we were just all together we'd be total pro sauce. I mean, at least we wouldn't be doing uncannily stupid things.
There should be a server just for this forum :O
There should be a server just for this forum :O
Fun fact:
You can make progress towards leveling a perk while playing other perks (I got my first two levels of Medic and Demo while playing Firebug and Sharpshooter).
So, if you've got a bit of spare dosh and spare carry weight, carry a Bullpup with you and switch to it whenever you see a Stalker coming after you.
This makes the requirement much more manageable.
Or you can cheat and use testmap. Given that completing this particular requirement legitimately vs. illegitimately doesn't have a huge impact on your skill level, I'd say it's not automatically something to be frowned upon, but it's kind of a gray area.
If you keep watching that level meter, you're going to have a miserable time, and you'll be tempted to boost as well. Don't worry about getting your perks to high levels, just play the one(s) you enjoy. Soon enough you'll see that level up notification come up by surprise.
I quit playing KF at one point because the grind from level 4 Firebug to level 5 was too frustrating. Later I came back and played without paying attention to that meter, and one day -- Poof! Level 5. Felt really good.
You can make progress towards leveling a perk while playing other perks (I got my first two levels of Medic and Demo while playing Firebug and Sharpshooter).
So, if you've got a bit of spare dosh and spare carry weight, carry a Bullpup with you and switch to it whenever you see a Stalker coming after you.
This makes the requirement much more manageable.
Or you can cheat and use testmap. Given that completing this particular requirement legitimately vs. illegitimately doesn't have a huge impact on your skill level, I'd say it's not automatically something to be frowned upon, but it's kind of a gray area.
This. SO much this.
If you keep watching that level meter, you're going to have a miserable time, and you'll be tempted to boost as well. Don't worry about getting your perks to high levels, just play the one(s) you enjoy. Soon enough you'll see that level up notification come up by surprise.
I quit playing KF at one point because the grind from level 4 Firebug to level 5 was too frustrating. Later I came back and played without paying attention to that meter, and one day -- Poof! Level 5. Felt really good.
I actually see far more commandos than firebugs in my experience. I guess it's probably because most pubs don't understand how afterburn damage works, and stopped playing firebug for their overall lack of stopping power beyond dual flare pistols. They're also the most maligned perk because they're the bane of sharpshooters as they make lining headshots up so much more difficult. That is why I take care not to shoot Scrakes unless it's with the Huskgun if there's a Sharpshooter around. (Fleshpounds are definitely out of the question, even with the Huskgun)
Yes, many people go commando, but most of them just spray bullets while they are cut into ribbons.
Commando usually equals Rambo, but SCs and FPs will prove you otherwise.
Commando usually equals Rambo, but SCs and FPs will prove you otherwise.
Leveling commando is not difficult but it is tedious which can make it boring. I just leveled it on solo mode and went into online once I reached
Even 4 with it.
THIS! x1000 this...
Whenever I join a long game past round 5, I start as a Sharpshooter until I have assessed the skill level of the team. If they're good I switch back to my favorite perk & maybe play another round or 2 with them.
Yes, many people go commando, but most of them just spray bullets while they are cut into ribbons.
Commando usually equals Rambo, but SCs and FPs will prove you otherwise.
As a Commando who uses this loadout:
1) ScarMK17
2) M32 Grenade Launcher
Think again! A good Commando with this layout is an unstoppable killing machine!
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Now onto the topic at hand, I ended up getting Level 6 Commando either the same patch or the patch just before all maps were white-listed, All I know is I got level 6 Commando on the Moon Base & about 3 days later 2 of my friends who had never really played commando went from levels 1-2 to level 6.
When I asked how they did this they told me about all maps being white-listed & admitting to boosting in "Testmapv6" after finding this out we went & played a few rounds of a [hard] long game & it was apparent they had no clue what they were doing as a Commando.
They both died during round 2, 3 & 4 despite spawning with an AK47 each time.
Never had problem levelling Commando, or with the Stalker kills requirement. In fact, the requirement that took me longer was the damage requirement. I used to carry a Bullpup just for Stalkers, while I was playing mostly as Demo and Support. I only started playing as an actual Commando much later, when trying to reach level 6. At that point (Level 5), I had plenty of Stalker kills, but because I was only using assault rifles on the weak Stalkers, I was very short on the damage requirements. So to really accumulate tons of damage with the assault rifles, I had to start playing as Commando. At the time, my favourite targets were Bloats, I'd purposely avoid headshots and empty entire mags into their bellies. Scrakes and Fleshpounds were great for this too, though I might have raged a few...
This^ if they want it, its best they earn it the hard way. Secondly, they may just find out how good/fun commando is to play in the first play..