Marston VC
SVER True Blood
Public Disorder.
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Posted - 2013.10.04 11:20:00 -
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Lysanna Soulreaver wrote:Just got into the game today. Played a few rounds after wading through all the tech stuff on how to suit up.
It was fun... really fun.
So I bought two different bundle packs and gleefully started working on being a scout to help my team.
Except now I am not playing against people with the same amount of SP as I do or level of gear and just get ROCKED with laser guns and tanks and all sorts of higher level gear I just do not have access to yet nor can afford. Game went from super fun to... meh in less than a few hours.
I keep using the top option for fights since I THOUGHT that was supposed to be nooby friendly but apparently it is only so for about 4-5 fights then ya get thrown to the wolves and their friends (I am guessing squads can queue up together somehow?).
So I want to keep playing and liking this game but I gotta know... is the only way I will be able to play and have fun by joining a group and buying a mic?
Ok so it sounds like you hit the wall many of the newbies hit after their first few games. Your right, once you get a certain amount of career WP you get taken out of the noob academy and put into the "pubstomp" academy. That's a place where people like me with about 22M SP and above live. So im going to tell you right now that there is a limited number of ways you can play and be successful in this game.
1.) Join a corporation. Yes.... you do have to squad up in this game in order to get the most fun out of it. And yes, to join a corp its likely you'll have to get a mic. Its incredibly hard to function in a squad if one of the members don't have a mic. It leaves gaps in intel and get people needlessly killed. So if you want to play this game competitively, or just with other people in general. I would recommend getting a microphone. A good one can cost as much as 250$ A decent one would cost around
50$ and a serviceable one would cost between 10-30$
2.) Use explosive weaponry. Grenades, Remote explosives, Forge guns. These are mostly one hit kills and are effectively the best way for you to kill higher level people until you unlock better weapons/suits. Its a cheesy way to play, but its effective if you get good at it, and the best part of all is that it doesn't take a lot of SP to get into any of those things! (except for grenades sort of.....).
3.) Spec into a standard heavy suit/heavy machine gun. Now you might think "what?" But hear me out. Having a Lvl1 Heavy suit, and a Lvl 1 HMG will give you just as much health as someone in a prototype Assault or logistics suit. This means that the heavy suit is the fastest way to bridge the gap between you and them. You'll have around 800-900 health and you'll get a pretty decent gun. If you play this right you should be able to kill at least one merc before dying every time, and if your lucky you'll get into a position where you can mow down several people. Keep in mind, im not saying you should stick with the heavy suit. Im just saying you should put Level 1 into the heavy basic skill (about 40k SP if im not mistaken) and just role with it.
But yeah...... that's all I got dude. Good luck! |