DUST Search - New player concerns

Aika Nakata wrote:

Hello to all you dusters, mercs, tryhards, qqers, forum warriors and any other title that I forgot to mention. I do apologies if I forgot your category.

Anyway, I joined up on this game because of a friend of mine. They explained the game and it just seemed awesome. The setup was nice with the races and the backstories for each of them. Ended up going with minmatar as my avatar picture would indicate.

Now, my first game was absolutely amazing. I had a blast. Ended up going 49/0/7 according to the afteraction thing, the numbers being kills assists and deaths respectively. I said well that was cool. I may have a chance to actually have fun in the game and be a decent player for once in my life.

So I immediately left the academy. The very next game I encountered the problems with the game for newer players. The pure wall of should have gotten here earlier newb that is tanks, prototype suits, and all the various things that make this game purely infuriating.

Well I got into a commando suit and my next 10 games are consistent 3-5 kills and 10 deaths...this is terribly depressing. Is there anything I can do or is the way the game works. Likely some people will say "get gud"...those people are in my opinion assholes not fit to refill my mug or load my mags for my weapon.

Any help is much appreciated...


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Bethhy Ancient Exiles. Dirt Nap Squad. 1571	Posted - 2014.03.29 17:16:00 - [1] - Quote Aika Nakata wrote: Hello to all you dusters, mercs, tryhards, qqers, forum warriors and any other title that I forgot to mention. I do apologies if I forgot your category. Anyway, I joined up on this game because of a friend of mine. They explained the game and it just seemed awesome. The setup was nice with the races and the backstories for each of them. Ended up going with minmatar as my avatar picture would indicate. Now, my first game was absolutely amazing. I had a blast. Ended up going 49/0/7 according to the afteraction thing, the numbers being kills assists and deaths respectively. I said well that was cool. I may have a chance to actually have fun in the game and be a decent player for once in my life. So I immediately left the academy. The very next game I encountered the problems with the game for newer players. The pure wall of should have gotten here earlier newb that is tanks, prototype suits, and all the various things that make this game purely infuriating. Well I got into a commando suit and my next 10 games are consistent 3-5 kills and 10 deaths...this is terribly depressing. Is there anything I can do or is the way the game works. Likely some people will say "get gud"...those people are in my opinion assholes not fit to refill my mug or load my mags for my weapon. Any help is much appreciated... Academy is one of CCP's main concerns from what has been said multiple times... Many people have asked for Academy to include more Tasks or quests for the participants to do before they could graduate... Or a percentage... etc... Like: Dropping an Uplink and Have 2 team mates spawn on them Use a Nanite Injector to Pick up 10 Team mates, Have 5 Team mates that Survive like after for 1 minute.Hint Dropping a Nanohive and having more then 2 Team mates get Ammo resupply from it. Calling in Militia Dropship staying in the air for 5 minutes, Have a team mate inside for 1 minute. Be A dropship gunner for 1 minute... Call in a Militia Tank and Kill 5 people with it, Kill 10 Vehicles. Call in a LAV And travel X mount of distance. Resulting in Playstation Bronze Trophies or something.. Neat.. This list really could be at CCP's imaginations end with how far DUST 514 has grown and will continue to grow in the years to come. Jumping in any persistent title and competing directly with players there for months to sometimes years longer then you will always be a challenge... But Steel sharpens steel...... The harder your competition and the more you get results and kills and learn the somewhat complex game. The better overall your performance in Equipment, Suits and Vehicles That cost more ISK investment and hurt more when lost. It's a brutal Learning Curve as are all CCP games, Hopefully changes in the future will lessen the burden. DUST 514 is socially connected to EVE and thus enjoy's it's many social conveniences. Researching a corporation that fit's your aspirations in the New Eden Universe Is always a good investment. It will allow you to gain easier access to Squads, Team mates that are looking out for their Corp-mates generally, Valuable first hand experience and knowledge.. And maybe something to fight for beyond character progression?