From the fuzzy bits I've been able to piece together, although there are many class-neutral weapons in the game, the Commando-specific rifles apparently do AOE splash damage near the target they're shooting at. So my question is whether as a general rule most commandos should stick with their class-specific weapon even if the DPS is lower than some of the available class-neutral weapons that don't do splash damage?

My thinking is that if, as a commando, your primary role is to attract damage to yourself and keep it off of your teammates, then splash damage should theoretically add to your overall threat level and help to keep most foes in a mob angry at you instead of angry at the engineers and operatives in your team.

What do you think? What have you Android users who've been banging on SL for a while now observed?