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Zaaeed Massani
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Posted - 2014.03.31 00:13:00 -
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When you max out your core skills you'll find that your starter BPO fits are incredibly robust. My Gallente Starter Fit could get over 600ehp and still carry decent weapons and equipment.
Here are some tips:
1) Save up ISK and then restock in bulk. Like, 100+ at a time. Of everything. Suits, weapons, equipment, everything. Then when you have a bad game, you're not down and out. If you play and your net is ISK positive, a few bad games here and there won't hurt you. If you do this and you stay ISK negative, then you need to adapt your playstyle.
2) Don't wait until you're flat broke to run your cheap fits. Once you get below a certain threshold, run cheap fits and nothing else until you get back above said threshold. My threshold is currently set at 5 million ISK. When I get below that, I run fits that I know with certainty allow me to go ISK positive. I just restocked everything (ADV & Basic suits, weapons, equipment, modules, everything). I got down to just over 2.5 million ISK. For the time being I plan to run my cheap fits and save up until I get at least 10 million ISK. Then I plan to send ISK in increments to a bank toon (out of sight, out of mind...this leads me to my next point).
3) Create a bank toon. Make another PSN account, it takes all of 5 minutes, and create another DUST character. This will serve two purposes...one, it will give you a character to sit and rack of passive SP over time. As you log in, after a few months you'll have a respectable amount of SP to play with. It can make for a fun break from your main. Two, it acts as a bank for your main toon such that it keeps you from spending ISK as easily on your main. Send your bank toon ISK in increments (250k, 500k, 1M, 5M, whatever works for you) and then forget about it. Keep your min above the aforementioned ISK threshold, and when the time comes you'll realize you've saved quite a pretty penny on your bank toon.
Hope this helps.
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Zaaeed Massani
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Posted - 2014.03.31 01:01:00 -
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Enki Kalgarian wrote:Zaaeed Massani wrote:When you max out your core skills you'll find that your starter BPO fits are incredibly robust. My Gallente Starter Fit could get over 600ehp and still carry decent weapons and equipment.
Here are some tips:
1) Save up ISK and then restock in bulk. Like, 100+ at a time. Of everything. Suits, weapons, equipment, everything. Then when you have a bad game, you're not down and out. If you play and your net is ISK positive, a few bad games here and there won't hurt you. If you do this and you stay ISK negative, then you need to adapt your playstyle.
2) Don't wait until you're flat broke to run your cheap fits. Once you get below a certain threshold, run cheap fits and nothing else until you get back above said threshold. My threshold is currently set at 5 million ISK. When I get below that, I run fits that I know with certainty allow me to go ISK positive. I just restocked everything (ADV & Basic suits, weapons, equipment, modules, everything). I got down to just over 2.5 million ISK. For the time being I plan to run my cheap fits and save up until I get at least 10 million ISK. Then I plan to send ISK in increments to a bank toon (out of sight, out of mind...this leads me to my next point).
3) Create a bank toon. Make another PSN account, it takes all of 5 minutes, and create another DUST character. This will serve two purposes...one, it will give you a character to sit and rack of passive SP over time. As you log in, after a few months you'll have a respectable amount of SP to play with. It can make for a fun break from your main. Two, it acts as a bank for your main toon such that it keeps you from spending ISK as easily on your main. Send your bank toon ISK in increments (250k, 500k, 1M, 5M, whatever works for you) and then forget about it. Keep your min above the aforementioned ISK threshold, and when the time comes you'll realize you've saved quite a pretty penny on your bank toon.
Hope this helps. Thanks
You're welcome. Feel free to add me in game and hit me up if you have any questions or want more pointers.
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3/10 Republic Command
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Zaaeed Massani
RisingSuns
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Posted - 2014.03.31 01:53:00 -
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Enki Kalgarian wrote:Anuliadon Gortusk wrote:Peasants try working. Last I check basic suits are fairly cheap to run. Peasants. Does your corp pay for you to play or do they just hord all of the Isk from PC battles.
Not everyone's corp does PC battles, and not everyone in a corp that does PC battles partakes in the battles themselves.
My corp does PC battles but I personally have just under 9M SP and due to poor skill choices early in my DUST career I am nowhere near having a proto fit. As such, I do not take part in PC battles.
PC battles are where the proto gear comes out and the combat is no holds barred.
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Zaaeed Massani
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Posted - 2014.03.31 07:53:00 -
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ANON Cerberus wrote:Zaaeed Massani wrote:When you max out your core skills you'll find that your starter BPO fits are incredibly robust. My Gallente Starter Fit could get over 600ehp and still carry decent weapons and equipment.
-SNIP-
Hope this helps. Just to be fair, all starter fits / suits are not at all created equal. The starter Gallente fits can easily get 400-600 hp with armour reps depending on the fit, they still move at a decent speed too. The others vary from that point, however the Minmatar starter fits really do lack horribly in the HP department and honestly gain nothing in return. At most a tiny speed increase over the other suits but it is nothing noticeable considering the hp disadvantage. TLDR - Gallente starter gets 400-600hp even with bad skills, Minmatar gets 200-400hp (At a push) and offers nothing special.
That's true...but I would argue that you notice a difference regardless when it comes to core skills.
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Zaaeed Massani
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Posted - 2014.03.31 14:27:00 -
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Enki Kalgarian wrote:Zaaeed Massani wrote:Enki Kalgarian wrote:Anuliadon Gortusk wrote:Peasants try working. Last I check basic suits are fairly cheap to run. Peasants. Does your corp pay for you to play or do they just hord all of the Isk from PC battles. Not everyone's corp does PC battles, and not everyone in a corp that does PC battles partakes in the battles themselves. My corp does PC battles but I personally have just under 9M SP and due to poor skill choices early in my DUST career I am nowhere near having a proto fit. As such, I do not take part in PC battles. PC battles are where the proto gear comes out and the combat is no holds barred. But if you were a full out proto and you we're to participate in PC battle would your corp pay for all of you stuff.
No.
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Zaaeed Massani
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Posted - 2014.04.01 02:25:00 -
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I vary my suits from 5k ISK to 55k ISK depending on the game. I'm nearly always on the boards. Typically top 5.
EDIT: But my favorite weapon costs 10k...so my average fit is usually ~30k. While I have down games every once in a while I'm always ISK-positive long term.
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