Like above said the 25,50,75,100+ are warpoints. The more you get the sooner you can call in a OB (orbital bombardment) i think but not sure its somewhere around 2500 warpoints. So it's best when your in a squad, that way you can reach that number sooner.

Yes and no, basicly you get the mail, in the mail you press redeem your items, you are then taken to a dust account page where it say's login to redeem items. you login and then i think press redeem items. Then next time you log in on ps3 you get a selection menu to add the item to you character. select it then press conferm and that's it. I think the items are still there available to you, but not sure how to get there myself. That's why i don't just throw the page away. It's somewhere in here Dust user

There's plenty of defence against heavy's; AR, snipers, scouts, grenades. I get my ass shot of more then enough, just don't get to close.

Don't know about the restocking.

To steady shot's kneel down. Works with most weapons. For the wandering, it's only worse on militia gear and standard. If you use advanced or proto, there is not alot of swaying.

Ok. I'd like to play as a medic. I know the optimal thing to do is to get a Logistics dropsuit. It will take a while because I have to have 300,000 sp. I'd like to replace the militia weapons I have. But I can't figure out what would be best to use. Granted, a medic is not supposed to be the best fighter. But I have to fight with something. I'd love to be able to equip a Nanite Injector and a Repair Tool at the same time. I know a better suit would provide that.

Does a Supply Depot give you more energy / nanites for your Armor Repair tool? And what about shield repair? Does only modules do that or is there a way to help a teammate keep their shields up?

I know I lose an item every time I die. If something is depleted during a game, is that item forever useless until you get back to your quarters?

Ok. I'd like to play as a medic. I know the optimal thing to do is to get a Logistics dropsuit. It will take a while because I have to have 300,000 sp. I'd like to replace the militia weapons I have. But I can't figure out what would be best to use. Granted, a medic is not supposed to be the best fighter. But I have to fight with something. I'd love to be able to equip a Nanite Injector and a Repair Tool at the same time. I know a better suit would provide that.

Does a Supply Depot give you more energy / nanites for your Armor Repair tool? And what about shield repair? Does only modules do that or is there a way to help a teammate keep their shields up?

I know I lose an item every time I die. If something is depleted during a game, is that item forever useless until you get back to your quarters?

OH. Last question...at least, for now.

The bonus skill points that have been counting down from 150,000 are about to be used up. Once those are gone, are they gone or do they replenish after a certain time?

1: get a Winmatar Logi suit.

2: If you don't know what weapon you want, skill level 1 into each untl you find whic one you like. I can tell you what they are all like

Plasma (Assault) Rifle: full auto, short range, kinda fast ROF, average damage, good against any target

Rail Rifle: full auto, long range, slow ROF, high damage, good against any target

scrambler Rifle: semi auto, long range, high damage, good against armor targets, and has a overheat

Combat Rifle: burst fire, mid range, average damage, good against shield targets

Sniper: A semi auto sniper, good against armor targets

Mass Driver: semi auto grenade launcher, good against armor targets

Laser rifle: Rifle that shoots a single continuous beam until it overheats. damage builds up over time (longer you fire and longer you are on target), good against shield targets

Shotgun: a pump action shotgun, good against any target

Plasma Cannon: a launcher that fires a slow firing slug that once it hits the target, explodes. Good against any target, and is a possible AV weapon

Swarm Launcher: a launcher that fires a volley of missiles at a vehicle after you lock onto it. good against armor targets.

3: NI's and reps are always stocked with nanites, no need to go to the supply depot. And no, there's no handheld shield booster (nor will there, as last I checked, dust has stopped on production as far as new items goes, and will be put into legion instead).

4: You lose the item forever; there's no getting them back. You have to restock that entire fit (which is just a blueprint for the items that you are using) before you can use that fit again, which you can do in battle.

Cool. Great tips.

Now, some questions on why players do some of the things they do.

First, why do players in vehicles go out of their way to destroy neutral or enemy-owned items? For example, a red colored turret or Supply Depot? Especially while I am standing there trying to hack them? Actually, I CAN answer this one. They get Warpoints for destroying the object and the enemy can not use them. But it also means that our team cannot use them. There have been plenty of times where a nicely placed turret could have given our team the opportunity to shoot at enemy targets. Even flying targets! But the vehicle owners don't care and just blow the structures up. Then, when all the deployables are destroyed, our team is forced to respawn at the starting points because all the Clone Reanimation stations between the MCC spawn point and the Null cannons are gone.

Why do my team members drop explosives at my feet while I'm trying to hack a Null cannon? Explosives damage friend and foe alike. And in more than one game, an ally behind will drop an explosive and kill me while I'm trying to hack. This has happened far too often for it to be a simple accident or new player mistakes.

Why stack your deployables on top of each other? One person will drop a transport pad down in the corner. Then five others come along and put their transport pads down next to the first one. Do these things have a short lifespan and can only do so many transports before they give out or something? I could understand this behavior if that was the case. But if not, and I see one already in place, I'll find another spot to put my pad down. No need to let the enemy destroy them all at once.

Is there a report AFK (AFC "away from controller") option? A lot of people, especially those in vehicles, will drive or fly off to distant corners of the map and stay there not contributing. Flying craft do this a lot. While some of them are trying to stay out of weapon range and restore shields, others are clearly not. You get three or four people doing this and you are at a severe disadvantage.

Which is better for Minmatar Logistic suits? Enhanced the shields whether it is shield enhancers or reducing the wait time on repairs, or adding armor and the same boosts? Depending on the weapon hitting me, I'm either out all of my shields and half my health or, if the enemy has a heavy machine gun or shotgun type weapon, dead in one shot. It's very annoying to see that I am often the one to have depleted the clone reserves the most. People have been player-shunned for things like that.

Finally, since I play the medic role a lot (unless we are clearly losing, I then switch to anti-armor and take pot shots at vehicles,) I've found that a lot of the time, players do not wait to be revived. Even if I am within ten meters of someone, they'll release and not wait. I guess they're just impatient and want a fully shielded and armored clone since my current injector only restores 30% armor. I cannot get better if I cannot restore folks for points.

Finally, since I play the medic role a lot (unless we are clearly losing, I then switch to anti-armor and take pot shots at vehicles,) I've found that a lot of the time, players do not wait to be revived. Even if I am within ten meters of someone, they'll release and not wait. I guess they're just impatient and want a fully shielded and armored clone since my current injector only restores 30% armor. I cannot get better if I cannot restore folks for points.

For this reason most players in dust would rather bleed out than get picked up by a medic. Experienced medics can use much better needles that revive players to 100% health rather than 15% and these are appreciated. But there are very few of them. Most medics are new players who will pick you up and then just leave you to die again. If you're set on being a medic, max out repair tool so that you can heal players to 100% health after reviving them. You'll get more warpoints by doing this too. Also carry nanohives so that the players you revive get get more ammo as many of them will be low. You also get warpoints for this. Get in a squad with people who understand that you're not just some noob who wants to revive them and then let them die again, that you're committed to getting them back up to full health and to full ammo so they can get back in the fight and not feel as if they're immediately going to die again.

Any suggestions on how to hit things better? I sweep too wide when someone is within melee range. Shotguns can one shot me every time. Do they have a counter?

Folks, I am really, really, really, really growing frustrated here. I'm not sure what I need to do to fix or improve this. So any help is appreciate.

I, at this time, use a combat rifle, SP trained to level two. I'm a logistics suit wearer and know I'm supposed to be healing instead of attacking. But I often find that if I revive at or near the same spot, I am easily picked off and one-shot. So, I will try to revive away from where I died. Most of the time, I'll come across enemy stranglers this way. In this case, I revived and saw an enemy at medium range. So, I opened fire on him. I had his shields down to half before he turned and sprinted right at me. He was not shooting. So, I tried very hard to down him before he could close the distance. With combat rifles, they do not shoot continuously. But with each burst, my sites would move off the target and I'd have to adjust them back. The guy was on me quickly and I was stuck running and jumping in a circle while reloading as he fired back. Why he waited until close range with what sounded like an assault combat rifle is beyond me. But never the less, every time I would try to swing to get the guy in my sites, I would always swing too wide. The guy finally cut me down.

Another thing I have noticed is the joysticks on my controller do not snap back the neutral exactly every time. A lot of the time, there will still be some slight movement in a direction until I flick my joystick a bit. Does this mean the trackballs on the controller are going out? Is this why I cannot hit anything because the controllers are fighting me? Or is there some secret to targeting that I am missing? Even at long range, I cannot seem to hit my target. Even while trying to lead my shots, I am not hitting anyone.

Suggestion? Thanks in advance.

On the CR topic, there is a skill that reduces the bullet dispersion. You need to skill into that too at some point, it will greatly help. Also, if you are swinging too wide, reduce your sensitivity. If not on your hipfire aim, then certainly with your aim down sights sensitivity. That will give you two different options, and can work in different ways.

That must be it then.

I wonder if I should upgrade to a different drop suit or add points in to shield regeneration or enhancement. Frankly, I'm not sure how I'm supposed to heal and "jump in to the thick of it" (as one help thread put it), if I am being one-shot all the time.

Questions: Can you only get 1000 SP max from a single battle? Without bonuses, I cannot seem to make more than that.

Is there a bug that allows an ally to cause damage to an ally in the game? There have been a couple of incidents the last few days where the only way I could have been hurt was by friendly fire.

I use an elgato to capture at 1080, so it might just be higher than your TV allows?? I dunno that one honestly.

. But if you read what each skill does, it should detail to you what each upgrade helps them with. If it doesn't, you might want to ask those in Learning Coalition. They definitely have vehicle users in that channel.

I read those. They all mention vehicle turrets. Nothing about the tank targets scattered around the map.

If you want to play as a logistics/medic, this is your bible.. Don't spend any more SP until you read it.

A couple of new questions.

Supply Depots have a number on them. It has been, so far, 9%. Players also have a number on them. Most of the time, it's 95%. But I've started seeing higher numbers in some matches. One guy has 114% next to his name.

What are these numbers?

I'm also guessing that if you hack a vehicle and then end the match with said vehicle, you don't get to keep the vehicle, right?

That's damage efficiency, what % of your damage you'd actually be doing to a target.

Uh...but those numbers show up on my teammates. Do they show up for enemies as well? I admit that if they do, I'm shooting or running to quickly to notice.

Ok, I'm assuming it's this map https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=107462&find=unread

Dropships can fly up there and drop people and uplinks off, as for your second question....there is one tech support/bugs section of the forum linked here: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=topics&f=729

reply with "DIP, DIP, POTATO CHIP".

Yes a ds is the only way up to my knowledge, and there's 3 spots they can land on n 1 completely blocks the view from the other spawn on both sides, so that may be why you don't see them.

What does the number "9%" on supply depots and Clone Reanimators mean?