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I guess it depends on your priorities. Leaderboards and K/D? FW? Just having fun shooting and being shot in pubs? Full disclosure: I may be the worst player in DUST existence ;) so take my ramblings with a grain of salt; but with that said, I'm having a blast this build. I'm still in starter corp, mostly because I don't want to feel obligated to a group with my schedule as it is. I might be able to get in 3-5 games on a good night followed by a week or so down time depending on work load. I've been here since CB and I miss terribly the auto squad matches that dumped us all together. Even if no one had a clue, SL commands directed them all well enough.
Obviously I just run solo. Yeah, I take an obvious hit for it but I've adapted as best as I know how without resorting to redline sniping or tanking. With the recent SP rewards and having saved a few mil on my own, maxing out core skills and focusing strictly into commando/sentinel and scout I find that I may have a great combo for my limited play style. With a vizium I can keep back at a decent range with relative cover and take out a few before I'm overwhelmed, then fall back on the new ion pistol (which IMHO, has a powerful charged blast). Dropping a nanohive at least gains some WP. I can jump to HMG if I want to get close and dirty, and with this expansion I've found there are just enough rep logis out there to top me off in tight spots. Then I've got the shotty scout to just play with running uplinks and being a pest. With passive scans and profile damp finally filled in, I've had a lot off fun running up on reds before they see me on TACNET. Honestly, even without the cloak I've been able to run into small groups to take one or two down before the others see me. Let me be clear: I am not going out of my way to flank here. I don't know if they're glued to the minimap looking for red pings or what, but they're not seeing me for some reason. Hard to believe I've found groups as bad, if not worse than me!
My point is, it's taken me several builds to find suit and loadout combos that so far really feel comfortable. I know you're not asking about that specifically, but I do feel it is important for me to be able to endure solo play in a game where teamwork is encouraged, if not required. I've played scout for a while now so I'm pretty comfortable with him. With the gift of respec I've been able to pull my wasted SP from random logi and assault test builds to focus strictly on these three suits and all supporting skills. I am having fun again, my K/D has improved (remember the disclaimer above: I still suck), and even in my limited roles, I do now feel I am contributing to the team with strategic uplinks and shotty flanks. Now that may also have to do with the fact that there is simply more variety on the field this week than in that last several months and it may all settle back to what it was once the shine fades. I hope it stays because variety is good. I hated playing the AR game.
Anyway, I hope there's something of use in that blob of text up there. If not, well, it was a distraction from the day job for a few minutes so thanks I guess? lol.
all the best,
- me.
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