Bittersteel the Bastard
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Posted - 2013.08.13 16:01:00 -
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Dunk Mujunk wrote:Reading and focus are a chore for some. You don't have to read it if you don't want to. I apologize for any damage to your eye sight that may have resulted, and if you are looking for an easy read may I suggest one of the 2-4 sentence weapon nerf posts that seem to spawn every few minutes on the forums. Spelling, grammar, and the general intelligence level of those posts can be hit or miss, but may be more your speed.
I had trouble reading it too so it's not just him. Maybe format the paragraphs better. I do believe you might want to seek Gaden's help though. He teaches a lot of people many different skills in Dust Uni and he could potentially help you get better and have more confidence in your skills on the battlefield.
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Bittersteel the Bastard
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Posted - 2013.08.13 16:13:00 -
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Fox Gaden wrote:Dunk Mujunk wrote:Reading and focus are a chore for some. You don't have to read it if you don't want to. I apologize for any damage to your eye sight that may have resulted, and if you are looking for an easy read may I suggest one of the 2-4 sentence weapon nerf posts that seem to spawn every few minutes on the forums. Spelling, grammar, and the general intelligence level of those posts can be hit or miss, but may be more your speed. Yes, but the Like and the amount of response suggest that it is worth reading, but I am just not up to it this morning. I donGÇÖt suppose you could edit it and break it up into individual thoughts with spaces between? That would make it far easier to read for a Dyslexic like me. I feel the early effects of eye strain just reading normal posts today, and I fear if I try to tackle this, that would be the end of reading the forums for me until I have a chance to sleep it off. It is not even a long post, compared to the books that I write on here. It is just that it is such a long paragraph without any spaces. Maybe I will read it tomorrow when my eyes are fresh.
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Bittersteel the Bastard
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Posted - 2013.08.13 16:15:00 -
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So i'm about 10 days in now.
Had my share of ups and downs. The downs have been extremely low. The ups have been not much higher than the downs.
Trying to stay optimistic. If i'm having a bad run I get on the forums, catch my breath, clear my head, pick up some tips when possible and dive back in. I know it's not suppose to be easy, I don't want it to be easy.
I just crested a minor dune that was Assault Rifle Operation level 5, and started climbing the next dune that is Assault Rifle Proficiency. I've kept my balls on the prize for most of my short Dust life span, but after a particularly bad night of play tonight, I've been having more and more trouble pushing a thought out of my head; What happens when I crest the next dune, and yet again all I can see for miles and miles is endless desert?
I was feeling that I was finally starting to grasp what it took to be competitive and effective in Dust, but now I feel like i'm grasping at air, I feel like i'm regressing, I feel like i'm getting worse. I don't feel as though I've made bad decisions spec wise, though I am far from an expert on the topic.
Got my Minmatar M-1 DS, as I said I have put quite a heap into the AR, and after seeing the jump in SP requirement from level 1 to level 2 of AR Proficiency, I have started working on some of the cheaper shield skills before dedicating myself to another massive SP investment. I currently sit at around 1.6 mil SP, I'm attempting to run a straight assault, and I realize that I need quite the bag of leveled tricks (nades, suit, shields, weapon, passives, mods) to really hold my ground as a "run into the middle of the sh!t and clean it up" assault type but with the shellackings I've been handed tonight, spirits are definitely low on the Mujunk family farm.
My KDR is hovering at around 0.48 or so, and I know that KDR isn't everything (pretty damn important though) but it still sucks to see. I'm usually able to get a minimum of 400-500 WP, but this has come from such an eclectic group of sources (smattering of kills, usually a ton of assists, maybe a primary hack or two, hand full of secondary hacks and maybe a blaster or rail gun installation here and there) that I feel like i'm not really growing into my chosen role as I should, I feel more as though i'm scooping up garbage on the outskirts of the real battles.
I would like to think it's not due mainly to mistakes on my part (but who knows). I'm aware of my surroundings, pick my spots and avoid fights when outclassed, keep an eye on the radar, check my 6 when I have a free moment, try and think team wise whether I have my mic active or not, and squad up when I can. When squaded up my stats look a bit better, but not much. I am more often than not the weakest link, and any stat improvement is most likely due both directly and indirectly to my squads ability as opposed to any actual skill on my part.
Definitely not QQing, I am definitely not a savant when it comes to FPS games of any type, but I always did fancy myself to be at least a touch above the common rabble, though i'm starting to feel like I may have made a major miscalculation in regards to that opinion. Not really sure where I was taking this magical tale, but I guess if I had to sum it all up into a single question, Do Dust Vets say HTFU (never actually been told this personally) because they were once in my exact shoes, and their hearts and souls were smashed into oblivion, or because for most the game isn't really as difficult as I feel that it is? Was hoping I was on the verge of graduating to the next level of skill and ability, but i'm starting to feel like I may have to repeat the 1st grade.
Edit: Here ya go Fox Gaden, this may help. This was just a quick breakdown of what I thought were the main parts. |