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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 11:00:00 -
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Passing 10m SP I feel like I should be faintly fantastic by now - but still I'm real limited..
If I really focus and play tactics I can make up to 15 kills and die about half the number of times. If I'm slightly off - I am well capable of disgracing myself worse than ever.
I've got an absolute f&&*&n mountain to climb just to make my KDR 1! I know most of you say who gives a cr^p about KDR and I completely understand.
But the stat is there - staring me in the face in all of it's embarassing glory. 0.75. Genuinely I'm thinking of throwing a party when I hit KDR 1.
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 11:59:00 -
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axis alpha wrote:You can do it! I've worked hard for my Kdr in battle that you are trying to win Kdr won't matter just that pride of winning that battle is what matters. But overall Kdr does matter through out your career and Self assurance. At a point I was at 2.80 ever since uprising its come down to 2.59. Also no tanks murder taxi sniping or anything just all honest run n gun infantry I've worked for it.
To hit that number you have truly worked for it. I agree that winning the battle is all important. If I feel like I was useful to my team after the match then that's the greatest satisfaction. Dying 10 times but doing it in the process of hacking a crucial system makes KDR a mere distraction...
I saw a youtube video where the guy recommended mucking about with remotes. I cooked up a cheap dropsuit and did just that. Fantastic fun ensued but the old KDR went plunging down again.. It's always there to remind you that you ain't all that!
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 12:26:00 -
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Mad Syringe wrote:My brob with some of the KDR whores is the fact that even with their good to awesome skills they often retreat when the going gets tough or find excuses why they have to go from the thickest place to some outside node, where they won't die that often.
That's good for their KDR, but might be bad for the team, it feels like desertion sometimes...
Great point - Whenever I get in a flap about my hideous KDR I'm pretty sure I start playing like a coward.. Hanging back.. Rail Rifle.. A whole lot of running away on the first few hits..
The mindset changes - but I'm not sure if the fun factor rises or falls.
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 13:26:00 -
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Rynoceros wrote:Is it going to get me some oral? No. Well then, **** it....
haha - not a bad philosophy for life in general!
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 14:39:00 -
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Rei Shepard wrote:
I have no idea how people can run a 1.0 KDR or below, i really don't....and i am way passed my FPS prime.
Stunned to hear that your kdr is over 5 and always has been! Complete respect if you kicked off that way and never looked back. But come on.. you must see how difficult this game is for newbs. Now I'm not a newb anymore and I'm getting better - if my kdr started a month ago I reckon it would be closer to 2. And I would consider myself a decent player - but you must be one of those guys that murders the s*** out of me and makes me cry every other game! 
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 14:55:00 -
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Horizen Kenpachi wrote:Just spam tanks everyone else is dunaing it if not join-in-my-stomp. But seriously ur kdr looks like u play this game honestly with that id be proud.
In truth I considered going tank crazy but then I got all GI Joe about it and decided I would either do it the hard way or not at all! 
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 15:35:00 -
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JIMvc2 wrote:
But I really dont care about that nor stats because its a video game, many players think that stats matter but in reality No, video games aren't sports and I think players should have fun, unless there is a group of **** heads who will do whatever it takes to get kills and win. I use cheap tactics that will make the enemy pissed off but for me I laugh. In the end COME AT ME BRO!!!
Nice. I've started using remotes a lot - based on a youtube video I watched. Absolutely love em. Just the basic remotes. Running in close with a weedy rifle and blowing up a heavy who's got 20 kills already is all shades of immense. In fact, it's freckin beautiful.
Doesn't exactly help the kdr however - and ups the *tw8t kills self* ratio considerably! 
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 15:37:00 -
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Zirzo Valcyn wrote:depends on which character i'm on. i have alts that i dont care about KDR. i prefer to squad with ppl with decent KDRs because in my experience the people with bad KDRs scream and yell the whole match and then expect someone to carry them.
Interesting point, I feel embarassed to squad with better players because I fear dragging them down.
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 15:46:00 -
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Denesian Morenti wrote:Focus on staying ISK positive. I have 25 million in the bank, so I must be doing something right. KDR meaning nothing to me.
Good advice. I learned the importance of budgeting ISK fairly early and realised I couldn't just pimp up my suits to ridiculous levels without going bust. My ISK grows pretty slowly however. Restocking mostly costs less than the rewards I'm getting but sometimes I come out negative which narks..
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.20 16:00:00 -
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Zirzo Valcyn wrote:
if they're being dragged down by anyone then they're not a good player. a good player can call on himself to not suck. too many "good" players in dust tho are looking for someone to carry them. it's like they never grew out of that phase.
it's mostly snipers and assault slayers from my experience who are needy. like the sniper calling down orders from a mountaintop and cussing out everyone from a tower top for not capping objectives. and the "slayer" cussing everyone for not capping his objectives...
There is no greater satisfaction in DUST than saving a squadmate - or plain blueberry. If he's on his last legs and you step in for the save then cover him till he heals... I've never got that same team vibe in any other game which is why I'm concerned about letting the team down. It's a very real prospect in this game - play badly and it can properly impair your team's performance. Play well and you end up knowing you were the difference.
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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al nize mk2
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.21 09:13:00 -
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Michael Arck wrote:
My KDR was terrible too back in the day. I made it an effort to improve it and by doing that, I had to learn smart play and tactics-all that good stuff that makes a good mercenary, a good mercenary. It's just a personal endeavor for me. If you want to improve it, learn what makes you effective on the battlefield. Keep your deaths as low as possible. That means when you're getting hit, get into cover! There's no shame in retreating and killing the merc later.
This was a lesson it took me a while to learn. I'm not an FPS maniac but I've always liked them. Rushing into battle all guns blazing often worked out for me. In DUST - not so much. Now I take pride in doing some damage - backing off - finding the guy before he restores himself - and finishing him off. That is always a great satisfaction.
It's actually the first shooter where these kind of tactics really work and seem to matter - I don't know if it's an illusion but I think the coming update 1.8 and it's nerfing bonanza will actually improve this sort of play style. I've skilled into the weapons which seem to be getting hit hardest - but I'm feeling positive about sticking with them because my game skills have been improved by the game itself - if that makes sense.
GÇ£All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.GÇ¥
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