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Sky Kage
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Posted - 2013.10.23 00:00:00 -
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After quite a few games against the less fortunate newbies, i've decided to create a guide specificlly to help any new comers to dust 514. well here goes.
Just Starting Out
DO NOT SPEND ANY OF YOUR SKILL POINTS. This is very important, do not spend any of your skillpoints until you are absolutely sure you want the specific skill your spending it on. I Spent roughly 1.7m of my skill points into nova knives and let me tell you, that was a huge mistake.
Buy atleast one of all the milita items.(You don't have to get the milita vehicles)
this is key to testing out the various weapons and dropsuits/dropsuit modules avalible in dust, althought let it be noted that not all items have a milita varient avalable and you must spend precious SP(skillpoints) to use even the standard version.
Play either faction warfare or basic public matches until you have roughly 750 thousand to 1 million total SP points, by this time you should have a rough understanding on how the game mechanics work and what weapons/playstyles best suit your character. You Should also have roughly 7-8 million ISK(ingame currency)
SkillPoints
-Depending on the roll you picked, if you enjoy killing your enemys i would suggest getting your Handheld weapon upgrades to level 5 and all of your dropsuit upgrades to level 2(Armour-Core-Shield).
your weapon of choice should say at level 1 until you have reasonable shielding/armour.
-If you decide on more of a supportive roll then i would suggest getting your dropsuit of choice to level 3 and getting the logistics suit so you will have more CPU/PG to enable you to have more equipment slots. The second important thing for you to get is your electronic and engineering skills to level 2(These are located in your dropsuit upgrades under Core upgrades) these will give all of your dropsuits even more CPU/PG to equip better equipment and modules.
The most important thing to decide is weather you want to use shields or armour.
- Shields are very strong Vs. grenades/explosives and slightly stronger then armour vs projectile weapons, but weak Vs. lasers and scrambler weapons. There is also no running penalty, and shields passively regenerate over time.
- Armour is very strong Vs. lasers and scrambler weapons, but very weak Vs. grenades/explosives and slighty weaker vs projectile weapons. There is a running penalty when wearing armour modules and armour does not regenerate passively.
the only suit that regenerates armour passively without any repairing modules is all mimmatar suits.
NOTE- it is much more important for you to get your shield extenders to level 5 right away then it is for you to get your armour plating to level 5. Level 1 shield extenders give a small 22 bonus to shielding, while level 5 gives 66 extra points to shielding.(3 times as much) While armour only gives 85 armour at level 1 and 135 armour at level 5(50 extra armour) while lowering your running penalty even further.
Corporations
Getting into a corporation early when just starting out in dust is useful.
It alows you to get into squads easier and winning matches in a squad is alot more likely then when alone. It also alows you to find veteran players that are willing to help you out on a specific thing that is troubling you.
once you get experianced enough you will beable to join PC(planetary conquest) matches and get paid handsomely while doing so, but be advised. i suggest you have atleast advanced gear with proto modules or be in full proto gear to atempt this.
IMPORTANT - If you are the type that likes to go lonewolf, don't be discouraged. you can do that but you wont get much praise from other players in a squad and if your the type that likes to steal vehicles or nanite inject(revive a dead teammate) players in the middle of a firefight, i can guarentee you that everyone will have a seering hate for you in they're hearts. so don't be shocked if you join a match and find yourself being targeted by a specfic person or squad because you destroyed they're 1m tank or revived them 3 times in a row midbattle. If you can be a team player while not squaded up go for it, but if not please squad up or GTFO
Combat
Here are some tips while in battle
DO NOT BE RAMBO, this is not call of duty. you cant sprint towards any enemy with common sense and just melee them to death.
DO NOT CROUCH, I see many new players doing this and it is a death wish in dust to crouch. the only time you should need to crouch is if you are sniping.
[*] Get into the habit of switching to your sidearm once your primary weapon clip is nearly empty, if you reload during a firefight those 4 seconds you wasted could mean life or death. |
Sky Kage
Last Word Productions
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Posted - 2013.10.23 00:04:00 -
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Sky Kage
Last Word Productions
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Posted - 2013.10.23 18:35:00 -
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Artificer Ghost wrote:Send me a mail in-game, we can talk about you being an associate of the Learning Coalition, where you can help a larger playerbase. By a larger playerbase, I mean even people that don't read the forums.
Top Contacts To Mail:
-Artificer Ghost - Myself, I'm online fairly often, when I'm not playing Skyrim...
--Renier Gaden/Fox Gaden - Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition, can definitely help you.
---Charlette O'Dell - I'm not actually entirely sure what Char does, but I know he is another Co-Founder. I really need to ask him what his job is...
----Bojo The Mighty - Haven't seen him on lately, but another option, if everyone else can't get to you.
This is listed in order of importance. I know who you are, and I'm pretty sure I'm online the most often. Send me a mail and I'll see about us squadding up and discussing anything you would like to know about the Learning Coalition.
To get an idea of who the Learning Coalition has attracted, join channel: "Learning Coalition".
When contacting anyone other than myself, make sure to tell them that I sent you, otherwise there'd be confusion and stuff. :P
~Art, CEO and Director of Education at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
I will do that. |
Sky Kage
D.A.R.K Academy
D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E
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Posted - 2013.10.25 16:01:00 -
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Sky Kage
D.A.R.K Academy
D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E
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Posted - 2013.10.25 17:45:00 -
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Krom Ganesh wrote:Sky Kage wrote: Play either faction warfare or basic public matches until you have roughly 750 thousand to 1 million total SP points
Please don't recommend fresh off the boat newcomers to play in faction warfare. There are many people who care deeply about fighting for their chosen faction and encouraging new players to use it as a testing ground will lead to much frustration. Edit: Otherwise, a good guide.
I actually found fw easier then standard pub matches, but i can see your point. |
Sky Kage
D.A.R.K Academy
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Posted - 2013.10.29 13:12:00 -
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:D
Happiness is as a butterfly. when pursed it's always just beyond your grasp. but should you relax, It may alight you
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Sky Kage
D.A.R.K Academy
D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E
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Posted - 2013.10.29 18:44:00 -
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Fox Gaden wrote:Sky, welcome to the Learning Coalition! It looks like you have been drafted. As I believe we are accepting D.A.R.K Academy as a Corporate member of the Coalition, that earns you a spot on the Learning Coalition Council, which is the governing body of the Learning Coalition. Trust me, that is not as formal as it sounds. With each member of the Learning Coalition being autonomous and having never managed to get the full council together at the same time, the governance is... lets just say rather lose. If you want to put a no-skill alt in my Corp (Immortal Guides) and inform me of this, I will make your Alt a director so that you can take part in discussions held on The Boardroom forum in the Immortal Guides Cooperate Forums. This is the best we have come up with so far for holding private discussions, although admittedly it is probably not the best solution.
sounds like there is much work to be done around here. haha i will be applying to your corporation as "kage Thy Dragon", one of my alts. i would write more but i've been busy and when i get time we can talk about this more.
glad to be apart of you guys. :)
Happiness is as a butterfly. when pursed it's always just beyond your grasp. but should you relax, It may alight you
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Sky Kage
THE GOD'Z THEMSELVES
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Posted - 2013.11.13 13:39:00 -
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Happiness is as a butterfly. when pursed it's always just beyond your grasp. but should you relax, It may alight you
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