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[Chryckan]

Tried to google this but could only find a surprisingly low number of posts that discussed this little guy and most that I did find was at least three or four years out of date.

So how about a somewhat more up to date discussion.

Is the commando good or bad in 2023?
Which version is best? Which version is bad?
Which build a best? What build is meta? What are the meme builds?

[Meep Meep]

Commandos are very tanky little beasts but they tend to have very low firepower even for an IS light. There was a recent quirk pass that made them somewhat more tolerable but they still are lacking vs near any other IS light. The quirks mainly added in special roles like capture assist or other support stuff. So good for a lance that needs a tanky scout but not much else. There is a reason you rarely see them.

But if I was going to run one then this would probably be the fit.

com-2d

Edited by Meep Meep, 18 June 2023 - 05:22 AM.

[Chryckan]

Meep Meep, on 18 June 2023 - 05:09 AM, said:

Commandos are very tanky little beasts but they tend to have very low firepower even for an IS light. There was a recent quirk pass that made them somewhat more tolerable but they still are lacking vs near any other IS light. The quirks mainly added in special roles like capture assist or other support stuff. So good for a lance that needs a tanky scout but not much else. There is a reason you rarely see them.

But if I was going to run one then this would probably be the fit.

com-2d

Isn't 74 shots a bit much ammo?

[Meep Meep]

When you have an almost 1.5 second cooldown after skills its goes pretty fast. Plus other than dropping a ton to mount a medium pulse there isn't much you can do with the weight. Like I said they are fairly gimped on what you can do with them.

[epikt]

In my opinion, Commandos are pretty weak (tanky yes, but weak), but really fun to pilot. I never had much success with the stealth variant, but I personally enjoy 3 LPPC on the COM-1B or 4 MPLas on the COM-TDK.
For more "meta" builds, see this page.

[CFC Conky]

epikt, on 19 June 2023 - 11:25 AM, said:

In my opinion, Commandos are pretty weak (tanky yes, but weak), but really fun to pilot. I never had much success with the stealth variant, but I personally enjoy 3 LPPC on the COM-1B or 4 MPLas on the COM-TDK.
For more "meta" builds, see this page.

Yeah, the TDK is fun.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

[Meep Meep]

Ok this is now my favorite harassment light.

com-2d

2.5 second cooldown on the er ppc makes for excellent counter sniper suppression or breaking up a firing line.

[Feezou]

It can't really keep up with the meta anymore, so it has gotten very weak compared to some of its competitors. The best one would be the 1B with 2 snubs. It looks like a meme but it is the only commando that can do decent damage reliably.

[Reckless Impulse]

I like the 2d as well mine has 2 med pulse, 1 small pulse and 1 streak 2 SRM and it works pretty well as brawler support.

[w0qj]

How about the Christmas 2023 mech: COM-D03(H)?

Zombie mode!
BL in CT, perhaps one or two small laser in head!

[Ogir]

w0qj, on 21 December 2023 - 05:28 AM, said:

How about the Christmas 2023 mech: COM-D03(H)? Zombie mode! BL in CT, perhaps one or two small laser in head!

Id' go for an ER-Large in the head. Ideal harasser...

[martian]

Ogir, on 21 December 2023 - 08:53 AM, said:

Id' go for an ER-Large in the head. Ideal harasser...

In three days we are going to see how good that free Commando really is.

[ScrapIron Prime]

XL125 engine, double sinks, Binary + 2 ERML.

To zombie it, you could make it a standard 125 with 1 LL and 4 ERML. Which... actually... is one more point of firepower. Yeah, zombie it is.

[Meep Meep]

Christmas Commando is super fun.

com-d03h