Once again I had to change games. It's simply too frustrating getting repeatedly proto-stomped. Match after match I get railed by groups running maxed out proto-gear the entire time.

Every time you drive a player away because he can't keep up with the elitist you loose money. Frankly I refuse to throw away real money just to have it proto'd into the trash. Why would I? Additionally each time I walk away instead of continuing to play it cost you money. Even if I'm not paying directly, my presence in the game creates situations where those with enough disposable income to waste will spend it on AUR items.

Personally I think a selector with a couple different levels to eliminate players with more than xxx lifetime SP would work. Maybe 1, 2.5, 6, and everyone else (all in millions). New players can choose to run in matches with those who have tons of SP or they can select areas that fit their current abilities/SP. Would make for a much friendlier learning environment and eliminate a huge amount of frustration.

Try turning the safety off.

Wow! You just fixed all my problems! I hope someday I can be a useless waste of forum space just like you!

Wow! You just fixed all my problems! I hope someday I can be a useless waste of forum space just like you!

Whats safety haha

Ek Sol gave the best advice.
I personally dont like the Minamatar Suit
I have 10 million SP spread thin.
I have Amarr Commando, Heavy, Caldari Logistic and Gallente light. All at Basic

I use the Breach AR most times but I also use the scrambler rifle. militia shotgun too for close range.
Its a pain when you cant kill a proto with a heavy suit or even a logistics scout or med jumping up and down and accurately shooting.

Ek Sol suggested moving sideways while shooting, I hate it when people do that. Its pretty weird as shooting doesnt lose accuracy when players do that and I think it should.

My preferred weapon is the Burst AR when I get my modules maxed and get my med suit to proto I will be using that.
I will just stay behind my team and 3 shot kill everyone with complex damage mods lol

Safety that's on a gun to prevent accidental firing.

Remember kids. Look both ways before crossing the stre.. /gets run over by LAV

You know, I used to agree with this BUT I got much better trying to beat the experienced players with weaker gear. If you actually try to out play and not just "flank" then you will see some great results. I have about 4.7 mil in SP. They nerfed the Assault Rifle so I actually consider that I only have about 4mil even. They nerfed it so I don't use it, especially since it isn't as good as some other rifles.

Here is a little advice.

1) Use drop uplinks and keep them at least 110meters away from the Null in a good spot. Why? Because more experienced players use scanners and will detect them within as much as a 100 meters from the null point. If it is more than than then sometimes they will run out to try to take it out all by themselves. Get the jump on them with a grenade or from behind and then drop another. In addition, if you are going after a null and just dropped a good uplink, you want to wait until at least one or two people spawn before going after the NULL. Too often I see somebody run straight in by themselves. Wait for now on. You don't need a mic to have teamwork.

2) Use an active scanner. Even the militia one will help.

3) If you are having a really hard time deciding drop suits then I suggest moving toward the Minimatar Medium logistics. It requires 3 in M-Medium to activate. A second tier Logistics suit offers 2 awesome perks. 1) It increases hack speed 2) it gives you ALOT of versatility in making a strong fit.

4) A lot of times there is a rail gun turret near the origin spawn points (i.e. when the match first starts you are dropped very close to some turrets). Get there first and start taking out any Bolas or vehicles you see from afar. This buys you and the team a lot of time. Watch the battlefield from there as well. See what different people do and how they play. Look for holes you can exploit if you see it in the future.

5) Have multiple fits. Have at least two minimum fits. One should be meant to be quick with some endurance and the other is your frontline type. Once you break into logistics suits you will be able to really explore this.

6) The better weapons are all of the rifles except for the AR as far as I am concerned. Some may disaggree but I stand by this.

7) Let others do the rushing in and stay back and provide support fire. Sometimes it is just better to let others soften up the enemy and then you run in and finish them off. Sounds shady but it isn't. Even protos do this.

8) Stay mid ranged as often as possible. Close range and long range (non-snipe) requires some practice and SP investments. Staying midrange creates a more equal playing feild.

9) If you do ambush then definitely do nanite injectors...period. It is super helpful.

10) Get used to the auto aim and move left to right when on one on one fire fights because some protos still aren't used to that.

11) Use flux grenades on enemies and take out surrounding drop uplinks. Just takingout a drop uplink eleminates the ability for an enemy to get back up. Believe it or not this can change the tide of a losing battle. Most of the time they are so busy trying to fight they don't realize they can't spawn back.

Try some of these tips and see where it goes. I learned the hard way but now I really am doing quite well. I don't do squads...at all. I solo pubs all of the time. So it has been a harder road but worth it.

Wow! You just fixed all my problems! I hope someday I can be a useless waste of forum space just like you!

I tried the assault rifles and just can't seem to get the feel for em, specially the breaches. Course, I frequently get single burst killed by folks with ARs. Usually when I can barely see them (and I play on a 60 inch HD tv....) Have been gravitating towards the Rail Rifle lately...

Sideways shooting, my brain hates it and I can't seem to make my hands keep the target lined up when I do this. Not sure if I'm just that bad (which is possible) or if its because I don't use a mouse/keyboard combo....

Primary on my account is using the Min Logi suit....Secondary was playing with Sentinels but I got tired of being eaten by scouts with subs...Playing with Commandos now and if it wern't for them being underpowered with no slots and twice as expensive as any other suit I'd love it. Still enjoyable, but wow. Needs some love.

Personally I think a selector with a couple different levels to eliminate players with more than xxx lifetime SP would work. Maybe 1, 2.5, 6, and everyone else (all in millions).

Thanks to everyone who provided helpful feedback. Spent some time adjusting my Commando build... mostly using the tier one suit with an adv shotgun, basic RR, and quantum scanner. Also waiting to find a squad till am I'm a match... let's me squad up without having to have ears on (to many player in Mic only groups don't use ptt, and I'm tired of listening to them yelling at/getting yelled at by family).

Also trying to master the left/right same everyone's been killing me with. Still irritates me that it's valid, but I'm trying. Combined with hanging back to scan/pick of stragglers my dust experience is slowly improving.

Thanks to everyone who provided helpful feedback. Spent some time adjusting my Commando build... mostly using the tier one suit with an adv shotgun, basic RR, and quantum scanner. Also waiting to find a squad till am I'm a match... let's me squad up without having to have ears on (to many player in Mic only groups don't use ptt, and I'm tired of listening to them yelling at/getting yelled at by family).

Also trying to master the left/right same everyone's been killing me with. Still irritates me that it's valid, but I'm trying. Combined with hanging back to scan/pick of stragglers my dust experience is slowly improving.

Once again I had to change games. It's simply too frustrating getting repeatedly proto-stomped. Match after match I get railed by groups running maxed out proto-gear the entire time.

Every time you drive a player away because he can't keep up with the elitist you loose money. Frankly I refuse to throw away real money just to have it proto'd into the trash. Why would I? Additionally each time I walk away instead of continuing to play it cost you money. Even if I'm not paying directly, my presence in the game creates situations where those with enough disposable income to waste will spend it on AUR items.

Personally I think a selector with a couple different levels to eliminate players with more than xxx lifetime SP would work. Maybe 1, 2.5, 6, and everyone else (all in millions). New players can choose to run in matches with those who have tons of SP or they can select areas that fit their current abilities/SP. Would make for a much friendlier learning environment and eliminate a huge amount of frustration.

No, just no, youre focusing the issue in the wrong way... I've got a closed beta toon and i run with standard gear and have your same problem, so no...

This selector should limit the gear one can use, not the SP limit.

You might think now: "then youll have advantage because you have more skill points, well nope, i'm still using a raw assault rifle... same thing happens on eve, there my pvp toon has 40m SP, and i kill people with 200m SP, why? because the limit is the ship and modules youre using, not the total ammount of SP, and there are other factors on the equation, like aim skill, knowgledge of the game mechanics, etc.

Thanks for the feedback. Some of those I do already. others I'll try out. Still hate the feeling that I won't ever be able to keep up because they'll simply out gear me. Even on the toons I've managed to unlock some proto equipment on (primarily weapons), I can't use it all that often. Too fricken poor to throw away a 40-80k fit trying to keep up with proto squads.

Also waiting to find a squad till am I'm a match... let's me squad up without having to have ears on (to many player in Mic only groups don't use ptt, and I'm tired of listening to them yelling at/getting yelled at by family).