Garrett Blacknova
Codex Troopers
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Posted - 2014.04.04 18:24:00 -
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Maleficia Gabrielle wrote:how is anyone ever supposed to be able to play and learn and find out whats good for them if they start playing and are constantly slaughtered by players with far more power and experience...
Post a thread kind of like this one. Your cry for help won't fall on deaf ears, although many of us are jaded and bitter, and won't realise that what looks like a complaint-filled whiny rant is actually your best effort and remaining polite enough about the situation to ask for help.
What you need is a corp, or a few friends - preferably including someone with experience if possible. DUST doesn't support lone-wolf players until you've got a good grounding of both practical in-game skill and a buffer of skill points to back it up. When you're running as part of a squad, or at least sticking with a squad who are working together, you'll be able to support teammates and receive support from them in kind. This will mean you're more likely to get kills and assists, and earn WP from them, while also reducing the risk of dying. Obviously, both of these things are good.
Quote:to put it into some context... you wouldn't expect a two-day old EVE newbie player in rookie ship with rookie fitting to go up against a much older one in a fully tanked LVL 5 capable BS would you? so why is it ok for it to happen to Dust players 
Except that 2 day newbies in EVE Online frequently DO find themselves running into high-tier ships and getting ripped apart. They also find themselves getting scammed in various ways and losing lots of ISK, resources, etc. to people who they trusted to help. Thinking of which, I'm running a scam promotion where I'll double any amount of ISK you send me over 2 million. If it's between 1 and 2 million, I'll send you back 1.5 times the amount instead.
Quote:ypu wouldn't expect that same EVE newbie Pod-Jockey to head straight into null space and expect them to survive and learn to play and enjoy the whole game, so why do it to the Mud-Humpers?
There's an academy for that. Yes, the new player experience needs work - the Academy in particular - but keep in mind, DUST has been out for a lot less time than EVE has, it's still very much a work in progress, "release" label or not.
Quote: i know that Dust ihasn't got the population really to cope with it but can't there be some sorta "bracketing" thing put in so that players will only be in matches with players who are + or - 20K SP of them? it may make it a bit more even for newer players
This is called matchmaking, and while a good idea and something DUST could do with, it's not always that easy.
Quote:*not giving up... YET* 
GOOD. Keep at it. The game isn't welcoming to newcomers, but it changes and grows regularly, and at worst, you can abandon it for a few months, build up a backlog of passive SP, and come back to stack a few core skills and play with new upgrades and toys in the next build. Or the one after. |