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breaulyn
Bragian Order
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Posted - 2014.05.18 09:59:00 -
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Hi all,
I joined dust when the closed beta was released. played around for a bit, then kinda forgot about it.
then a while ago I logged in again and sunk a few mil SP into dropships, figured it would be cool. again, I forgot about Dust.
Now I logged in yesterday and found 7 mil SP unallocated. I am familiar enough with eve and the way skills work, so I know that having a chunk of free SP is nothing short of christmas. however, I have no clue what would be the best use for them.
so my question is quite simply: what would be a good breakdown of skills to train?
I completely suck at close range combat, during the beta I did *ok* with snipers and I enjoyed using them.
machine guns were my funfits which usually ended in a kamikaze on my behalf.
So lets say I like to focus on the long range - extreme range side of the game,
make use of my dropship skills while I'm at it
and then lastly start looking into heavy weaponry.
what would be your advise?
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breaulyn
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.05.19 02:52:00 -
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K so here's what I did:
I figured core skills would be a good thing to do, kinda based on the idea of becoming a sniper with luxury toys like dropships.
so I trained
Range amp V
Profile damp V
Shield Up V
Armor Up V
Plating IV
Rep sys IV
Engineering IV
Drop up IV
I forgot about electronics, so that one is at 1.
after that, I just sank a big chunk in snipers, so Snipers V, Proficiency V, reload IV and ammo cap IV.
then I startd doing some dropsuit stuff bot I got confused. didnt know if scout would be better or logi. I chose scout...
Gal light drop 3 Gal scout 3. figured it would work nicely with profile damp
and in the end I also managed to get one of those aurum dropships to work with my leftover SP \o/ and immediately crashed 2 of em. didnt care for the double hardner that so switched it out with an AB. apart from that I think mission accomplished!
I've been practicing all day, got a few nice killings on my name and died plenty times, so I aint moving away from the standard fits for now, but it feels as though this time I might stay a bit longer :)
anyway, looking at the skills I did, anything I missed?
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breaulyn
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.05.20 14:47:00 -
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thanks for the comments and help guys, greatly appreciated.
about choosing the sniper role, I am well aware that being a sniper does not mean that I'll be the main source of kills, nor that I will be a frontline grunt going around and hacking everything. I will, however, be the one who will be able to bring discomfort and unease into the enemy ranks, when I can push them into a corner by area denial or, even better, force them out of their spots. I do realize that snipers are hated, regardless of how well they perform. also, I know that until I find me a corp or a squad of people to roam with, I won't be able to utilize my role effectively. however, this grants me time to practice. and I dont really mind being "that sniper dude" :-)
fitting that cloak was a great idea. spent a few matches getting comfy with it, just trying to run around behind enemy lines and try not to be noticed. not much help for my team, but not my problem. gotta train at some point if I wanna catch up with all you pro bunnies, eh! speaking of training, I guess I got lucky. as I understand it, ISK in dust is worth a lot more than in eve. still have to get used to that concept, so I dont really know how much of an impact the 40 mil donation from a random guy has made on my playstyle. whatever the case, I feel comfortable taking risks now. thanks random guy!
on the subject of **** ups:
the range skill seemed as a logical choice, as I figured everything helping me out awareness wise would be a pre. you may be right, it may be a waste. time will tell.
Nanohives: was tempted to plug that skill, but for now I'm dead well before I run out of ammo :P (seriously, sometimes I'm dead before I even spawned...) so using the militia hive works well for me at the moment, to practice with its perfect.
Damage mods: already trained to V. this 7 mil SP is not all SP I have, I'm at 12 mil atm. if you want I'll list my full sheet, but I thought that'd be a bit redundant.
Electronics, indeed, was a pita. currently my priority nr.1, think that is the best thing to do.
Sidenote, apparently I already maxed my HMG to V and competency to IV. so if all else fails, I'll just go roflpopper \o/ |
breaulyn
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.05.20 18:34:00 -
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turns out the 40 mil donation was a mistake so I returned it all. now I'm broke again \o/ |
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