Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
League of Infamy
1012
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Posted - 2014.04.04 17:26:00 -
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Every game has a trial by fire when it comes to multiplayer competition. League of Legends was a nightmare trying to learn to play. PvP in WoW was really tough learning how to use my skills against different opponents in different situations. Playing Modern Warfare 2 for the first time was just a conga line of buses driving over my face one by one. DUST is the same. I can say it does get better; it just takes time and patience.
I assume by now someone has already replied with HTFU * but I don't think that is the best way to look at it. The better way to look at it is once you get to a certain amount of skills, both SP and 'game-sense' wise, you are going to be able to do just fine. Learning how to adapt to a situation and pull every ounce of an advantage out of it will help you significantly. To go all After School Special on you: "it gets better."
DUST does need some kind of training mode. Even just walking around an area shooting installations that have 200 HP and are not resistant to infantry weapons would be better than nothing. Remember when EVE first came out and there was NO introduction, just you floating in an Ibis wondering what the hell to do? EVE got better at New Player Experience (NPE) and I truly believe DUST will too.
Hang in there mate. Try to get into a good corporation, DUST University is a great starter, and join up in a squad. Get a microphone, make some friends, and (if you are of age of course) have a beer while laughing at the rag doll you just saw.
Edit: I was wrong! ^_^
"People that quote themselves in signatures confuse me." -Joseph Ridgeson
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Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
League of Infamy
1013
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Posted - 2014.04.04 17:58:00 -
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Maleficia Gabrielle wrote:
the training mode would be good, coz your dumped in and have no idea what any of it does,
also, have i missed something or is there some kind of proper tutorial type thing somewhere? as my "sister" (me) is a Pod-jockey i understand the skill books and weapon differences and how to fit out a suit.. but is there anything to explain at least some of it to properly new players who have never touched or heard of the EVE universe? it's way too much..
i know it should get better in time, i joined EVE in 2007 and have seen a marked improvement in the rookie entry tutorials and help, so hopefully Dust will follow..
It is absolutely atrocious for new players that have NO idea what EVE is. You can get that impression from the reviews that came out around the time DUST launched. There is a lot of "what the hell do I do?" that just playing the game for 5 hours doesn't help. No other FPS locks so, so much of the game away from new players and tell them nothing. I got off easy because I have played a lot of EVE and I got in shortly after the open beta started so the SP gap was maybe 2 or 3 million. I could only imagine how confused a new player would be with the "Huh? Skills? Wait, why can I use Militia but not a Basic? How do I make more suits? Why does this thing with a yellow border never run out and why can't I remove it?"
A nightmare. It needs to be remedied.
"People that quote themselves in signatures confuse me." -Joseph Ridgeson
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