snip... Or do I suck??

After you get your basic skills into Armor and Shield, using any other type of weapon is capable of winning.

You need a LOT more spacial awareness in this game than in many others because suit stability can differ depending on what you have equipped.

Negative.

You need the fortitude to withstand blatantly unbalanced weapons and equipment almost every month as CCP haphazardly introduces new developments that purposely sway their in game market towards profitability, and eventual balancing after many attempts.

You guys seem to have negative views on the game yet you stay

You guys seem to have negative views on the game yet you stay

Mostly just frustration.

To hazard an answer at your original point, this game is much more of an MMORPG than a 'standard' lobby-FPS. In other words grinding to level up your gear provides a somewhat large advantage to those who also know the game. Its a FPShooter designed by a company with little to no experience (or hangups) with other FPS's out there.

As far as matchmakingGǪeven if there were an algorithm in place Dust has fewer than 4000 players on at any given time, so odds are you will still be thrown against vastly more experienced players with better gear more often then not.

There isn't even a mechanic to divide squads between teams evenly, and Scotty the AI seems to fill up one team at a time.


You can see why everyone is frustrated, even if we see the game Dust might one day beGǪ

You guys seem to have negative views on the game yet you stay

You guys seem to have negative views on the game yet you stay

I have a concern. Are the matches balanced???
It seems that most times I join matches where I can basically empty the clip on an enemy and they still stand and they shoot one burst and I lose my clone. I thought I heard that the game matches based on squad leaders and other rumors. I'm tired of rumors. I would like to know the truth because it's very frustrating to come from other fps being number 1 on the board to feeling very helpless. Please help me understand.

Ignore anyone who claims the game is released.

DUST is still in alpha testing.

Beta testing is when a product is feature complete and just needs balance and other adjustments. DUST is nowhere near feature complete yet Not only is DUST still missing core content (PvE, anti-EVE weaponry) but also many in-game items that were intended for the game before release (MTACs, MAVs, full set of basic racial gear, full of racial vehicle selection) are still yet to be implemented. They also have yet to honour promises made to pre-purchasing customers for things that we were meant to receive on release (early Merc Pack promised a full refund of all items on release - that never happened on "release").

Anyone upset with the state of the game is just taking the PR stunt 5/14 release way too seriously.

The sooner CCP admit the game isn't released, the sooner people can calm down and realise it's broken because the game isn't finished yet.

Also, on the actual topic presented by the OP: No, matchmaking isn't in a competent state yet, just like almost everything else. Typically, because of how the matchmaking works, you end up with organised squads stacking up on one side while random players pile onto the other side and that results in frequent steamroll battles. Although if you're unloading an entire clip into someone without killing them, either you're shooting a Heavy or your aim sucks badly.

Do what I'm doing. Play this until Star Citizen comes out. Half of EVE's playerbase is already on the forums saying they've already bought in. Chris Roberts has already raised like 50mil to make us the game we all have wanted for years. Space trading, space combat, fps boarding and planetside combat. All operating on one platform.
Imagine not liking a match of ambush. Just hop in your ship, fly to another planet. Go land on your buddy's destroyer, hop out and visit while your ship gets over clocked. The possibilities are endless.

Also, as a follow up:

Understand that KDR in this game is meaningless. Even if you squad up and have balanced out the equipment and skilled into the best modules you are going to go down if you're not a Proto Tank (I mean a Pro Tanker not a newb in a Proto Tank), or redline sniper.

A better gauge for Mercenaries of Dust is profit. Am I consistently upping my Isk every week? Can I pull out expensive gear and not die this match?

But KDR is not a good way to measure how good you are in Dust.