When I run into well known players from big well known Corps, running solo, I notice they SUCK!
How can you go 30/0 with your corp, but 2/6 in a pub solo?

DUST is team based, that's the beauty of it, but you should still be able to play the game good overall regardless of being in a squad or not. A good player does good overall, on consistent basis, while all the factors that aide or negate him change.

I've seen this countless times. I really do find that the playerbase itself lacks actual skill, its almost funny. DUST has turned into he island of misfit toys. (Cod and BF3 washouts mostly)


This was evident back in one of the Beta's. I was always running into the great squads because the playerbase was so small. It would not be uncommon to face TeamPlayers(Back then only 10 members or so strong) every single match you joined, and when they faced a decent opposing team, they'd get STOMPED. I would be on the mic with them trying to do call outs and work as a team, and use my FPS knowledge in order to secure the win, but it was hopeless, they would drop like fies... they'd just complain about the game itself. Basically anyone not running a starter fit was just a an assh*le.

It's becoming more evident, even in PC, that its just picking on noobs in DUST that defines someone's greatness. On a side note, TP got A LOT better at working as a team since then, obviously.

So when you're riding solo, or with a squad, thank them. Because the only reason you do well is because of them. I don't care how good you are, DUST is built to destroy you if you can't hold you're own as a team. You'll just keep dying as the game spawns hordes of enemies on top of you, or you get separated from your backup and get swarmed by 10 enemies at once.