Does killing the commander give as much XP as killing all the troops?

[Biervampir [AUT]]

I'm wondering if you kill a commander will give you as much XP as killing all the troops, so I can go either farm troops or commanders

[Quantum XX]

Killing the commander gives less exp but is faster

[fattony75]

It gives less? huh that's weird - that's like a gome like COD giving you less XP for getting a headshot

[Biervampir [AUT]]

Originally posted by Quantum XX:

Killing the commander gives less exp but is faster

Thanks, suspected that, thought never were certain on that

[Boss Wooten]

Originally posted by fattony75:

that's like a game like COD giving you less XP for getting a headshot

It's not really like that at all. A headshot is a pure skill way to take down a single target. This is making a tactical decision to remove nearly an entire unit of potential XP, but in return you spend less time engaged and your own unit takes less damage as a result.

[Rubyko]

Originally posted by fattony75:

It gives less? huh that's weird - that's like a gome like COD giving you less XP for getting a headshot :BITRAY_Wonder:

It's a balancing act where the player is expected to make a quick decision based on what he thinks will benefit him the most. I really like this since it means my approach to each fight varies depending on how the fight is going or how I want it to go. Getting a headshot in a shooter is different since it doesn't have any decision making involved, you know it's the optimal approach and it comes down to your ability to pull it off

[Jhitts]

I always thought of it as a balance measure since the your hero unit can engage multiple units at the same hand and fare much better than a regular infantry unit.

[Rozpierdalacz]

How about killing all troops in squad but 1 and then killing a commander?

[Rubyko]

Originally posted by Rozpierdalacz:

How about killing all troops in squad but 1 and then killing a commander?

You get the full XP for the unit of course, the officer instantly dies when you kill everyone.

[LDub78]

People are generally right but there are specifics to it. Basically each unit you kill gives you XP but killing an entire unit also gives you XP. So does killing a commander give you less XP? Yes but you get the commander killed XP plus the unit killed XP.

What I like to do is find the commander first, kill some grunts for a while to get XP off those grunts, then kill the commander when I really need to move the unit out and somewhere else. That is the best way to maximize the XP