I've spent the last month recording gameplay footage for a Dust 514 tutorial series called "Surviving Dust". I've planned out the structure, written most of the scripts, and built a lot of art assets; I've just been waiting for some decent audio equipment before doing any serious editing of the footage. My audio equipment arrives tomorrow, but the question I have now is "Is there any demand for a tutorial series aimed at helping new players?"

I would love to get some community feedback in order to gauge player interest. If you could answer the following questions in your response I would greatly appreciate it.

1. Are you a new player?
2. If yes, are you interested in 5-10 minute tutorial videos? What topics are you most interested in?
3. If no, have you recently squaded with a new player who you think would benefit from 5-10 minute tutorials? What topics do you think would benefit these players the most.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

I'll upload the series outline later today once I get back home.

Dude go ahead and make it. Link it all over the forums. If the material is good stuff I assure you, others will pass on the link or show it to others.

Do it because you want to do it, dont feel held back.

Really good series so far. Might be worth posting a link in the rookie training ground and submitting it to the new guide compilation? Not sure if it's still being updated given the current situation, but more visibility is always good.

Surviving DUST Roadmap:

Surviving DUST: Tutorials

1. What is Dust 514?
2. DUST is Different
3. Character Creation, Merc Quarters and the Neocom
4. Skill points
5. Dropsuits, vehicles, modules and fittings
6. Socializing DUST
7. Getting into Battle!
8. Optimizing the experience
9. Tips to have fun

Surviving Dust: Guides

1. Races and racial variation
2. Dropsuit Guide: Light frames
3. Dropsuit Guide: Medium frames
4. Dropsuit Guide: Heavy Frames
5. Light Weapons: Assault Weapons
6. Light Weapons: Anti-Vehicle weapons
7. Light Weapons: Specialist weapons
8. Sidearms Guide
9. Secondary Weapons Guide
10. Heavy Weapons Guide
11. Light Assault Vehicle Guide
12. Heavy Assault Vehicle Guide
13. Dropship Guide

Surviving Dust: Strategy and Tactics
TBA

Surviving Dust: Strategy and Tactics
1) Evasive Action as infantry
2) Squad play in following a good Squad Leader
3) Squad Play in being a Squad Leader
4) Vehicles 101 (What are they, SP requirements) *I think vehicles are advanced concepts
5) Vehicles 201 (When and how to use vehicles) *When to shield tank, when to armor tank, etc.
6) Vehicles 301 (Advanced Vehicle Tactics) *vehicle vs vehicle combat
7) PC (what is it and how it differs from the rest)
8) When to Specialize and when to be versatile *Pure LOGI vs a Slayer type logi and other examples
9) MLT fits for Ambush to grind ISK
10) Picking your battles (can't win every fight so knowing when to run)
11) Infantry AV


I think you can shorten the Surviving Dust: Guides to being a lot less. There isn't much of a reason to differentiate so many details, you can probably explain all suits in one guide. In addition, It would be better to just talk about LW and HW as opposed to listing AV weapons and then having a guide on HW. Just note the AV weapons in the HW guide.

Whataguy's guide to GG (get good) quick in Dust 514:

1.) Learn skill tree interface
2.) invest into CR, Scout, Cloak
3.) R@pe face until CCP's "balances" occur
4.) Cry for respec
5.) Distribute points into the next OP FotM
6.)Continue from '3.)'

I think I'll call this episode "Forum Warrioring 101" What do you think?

This looks like a good guide. I've been looking on YouTube for some videos recently, being a new player. So I've subscribed to these for some more.

GÇó I'm pretty sure It's Dust Five One Four and FiveFourteen Just doesn't sound right. This is a personal tick i know.

GÇó If i'm watching a tutorial/guide about what DUST514 is i would expect to see more weapons than a CR the whole video.
( clearly you have some awesome footage, with PLC, Bolt, Tanks. because that RE/PLC kill at the end was pretty awesome. )

GÇó Maybe a video about the concept of shield vs armour or will that be covered in the Racial video?

GÇó Am i skipping my pills or is there no equipment guide?

Lol, well I'm being about half troll here. There really is ALOT of players that follow these steps.
Every update we get that touches on weapons is followed with forums being flooded and many many support tickets put in.

for some reason, CCP just keeps giving out respecs. They should just sell them.


Anyway, I've watched your videos and appreciate all the effort your putting forth to help newbies.
Most vets have gone through the dance of teaching friends and other players how to play and most just don't care anymore. I'm just as guilty.
Regardless of being a dieing game, it will still be around for some time and I will try in the future to send new guys to your vids.

Whataguy's guide to GG (get good) quick in Dust 514:

1.) Learn skill tree interface
2.) invest into CR, Scout, Cloak
3.) R@pe face until CCP's "balances" occur
4.) Cry for respec
5.) Distribute points into the next OP FotM
6.)Continue from '3.)'
7.) ????
8.) Bacon

Fixed

Hey guys!

Just an update on the series progress.

Good News: I've got episode 4 and 5 recorded and most of the editing done,

Bad News: All the recording and rendering finally pushed my 2007 laptop off the deep end. So I'm without hardware at the moment and I'll be out in the field for a military training exercise for the next two weeks.

Extra Good News: I should have a new computer within the next couple of weeks, and in the meantime I'm trying to use a friends computer to finish editing and publish some videos.


Thanks for all your support!

I've spent the last month recording gameplay footage for a Dust 514 tutorial series called "Surviving Dust". I've planned out the structure, written most of the scripts, and built a lot of art assets; I've just been waiting for some decent audio equipment before doing any serious editing of the footage. My audio equipment arrives tomorrow, but the question I have now is "Is there any demand for a tutorial series aimed at helping new players?"

I would love to get some community feedback in order to gauge player interest. If you could answer the following questions in your response I would greatly appreciate it.

1. Are you a new player?
2. If yes, are you interested in 5-10 minute tutorial videos? What topics are you most interested in?
3. If no, have you recently squaded with a new player who you think would benefit from 5-10 minute tutorials? What topics do you think would benefit these players the most.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

I'll upload the series outline later today once I get back home.

So for AV, I'm looking for someone to record my corp mate and I doing AV effectively. Would you be interested? Had two people pop up but I want to make sure that I have plenty of resources to tap. And getting more than one person to record and comment is very helpful.

I think you need to emphasize unlearning a lot of tactics. Moving is your friend in this game, if someone is shooting at you keep moving and fire right back if sprinting to a better position isn't an option. If I had a nickel for every newberry I see come creeping around a corner crouched with an AR in hand, i'd have a lot of nickels.

If players have played halo before tell them the gun play is pretty much copy pasted from that. This game is a seniority based rpg shooter and you are the new guy. You aren't going to win many 1 on 1 firefights so try to ball up with your team. That said know when to quit as well because if you are going 0/16 you are hurting more than potentially helping. If they haven't played Halo then just tell them to never stop maneuvering. If they are going to ADS, tell them to ADS behind objects but don't ADS a target that is staring you down with more ehp.

Also, use the damn swarm launcher you are handed in the frontline fits when getting harassed by vehicles. You won't do a lot of damage but it will do more then you shooting your rifle at the tank/dropship. You would be suprised how many vehicles narrowly escape death and av players could of used a little more dps on their side. Ideally learn to use the militia forge or PLC as they have better burst damage then the low level swarm launcher but this will require the player to make the fitting themselves.

Never snipe from the same position as other snipers and don't snipe if your team doesn't have a progressive battle line. You aren't going to help push the line if you're losing ground.

Last but not least play around with building militia suits before you ever start skilling into things. Militia gear though crappy is still accurate enough to give you an idea of what you would like to use in the future.

Just a few things I can think of off the top of my head that I see your average newberry doing that needs to ******* stop doing that.

Really excellent series.

You should make a 15 minute video ...