I started playing Dust 514 a few days ago, and I have have been actually doing well (if you consider the fact that I NEVER played any FPS game). At first I though it was a Battlefield meets Halo game, and it kinda is, but I enjoyed it, and that's what it matters. On day two, I booted the game up, I went to play Skirmish (which is the gamemode I do worst in) and I kept noticing THAT THERE WAS HEAVY MACHINE GUNNERS EVERYWHERE! If it wasn't Heavy Machine Guns, it was a Forge Gun (which is insanely OP, one-hit kill), and in close range, it was most of the time a Scrambler Rifle (ScR as you call here).
I always seem to get 3-5k SP, but the skill I am looking forward to get is 175k SP (which is necessary (sorry if I spelled it wrong) to get the scout suit, so I can be a Ninja). This takes a lot of hours of grinding, something that most times I don't have time to do.
I did get the Nova Knives a few days ago, and when I am in close range I am a damn beast. Unless it's a machine gunner.
So far, Ambush and Domination seem to be the best gamemodes for me, as well as easy to farm SP/ISK.
I also have over a million ISK, which I think that for professional's, it's nearly nothing.

That's about it. It's my opinion so far. If you could give any tips, I would thank you. And that's about it. I will try to reply as much as I can.

Im honored to give you your first like..NOW RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

Get yourself a cloak, a advanced scout and a rail rifle, combat rifle, or SCR. Then slowly work your way up the core skills, ewar skills, and tank little by little. The best advice I can give you is that with maxed core skills you can turn any suit into a monster if your good. Proto suits are overhyped and you will loose money if you aim to "protostomp". It's a tough road ahead of you but with about 10M sp and not wasting your sp you will be okay. The first 3-6 months are rough.

Who's alt is this?

Pretty much what BL4CKST4R said. Be sure to look at your suit's most relevant tanking skills as well. Do not forget to spec into grenades as well - a basic Flux grenade wipes shields and the blast goes through walls for destroying deployed equipment if it's close enough.

Yeah, HMG heavies are an epidemic right now. For the love of god, never approach them from the front, and avoid being seen by them if you can. Forge guns aren't exactly overpowered against infantry though, they're an anti-vehicle weapon that requires charging up and it takes a fair bit of skill to hit a moving infantryman since its projectile has travel time. Sure, there's some people that are super good at nailing those direct hits, but they're low in number and are overall much less deadly to infantry than a heavy with any HMG.

Never stop moving unless you are cloaked or have a good reason while in cover. A sitting target is a headshot victim. This goes double for uncloaked Scouts, triple for one without maxed out core skills, quadruple for one with little FPS experience.

Pick your fights carefully. When possible, always try to go for surprise. Scouts do not have as much HP as the other frames, so going toe to toe is less than ideal. When you do go toe to toe, use your superior strafing speed to throw off your enemy's aim. In extremely close quarters, jumping is actually pretty effective with a Scout because you'll break aim, probably leave their view thanks to Scout jumping height, and they'll have to spin around to find you again if they're not another Scout.

Yeah, the SP grind is rough. Thankfully, you gain 24,000 per day passively on top of whatever you're making actively. Still, I hear you. Even us 40+ million SP vets still have things to grind out, but getting the core skills high/maxed is by far the most arduous thing you'll have to do in Dust. Ambush is considered the best mode for grinding isk/SP because of its fast match turnover. You can do multiple Ambush matches in the time it would take a Skirmish or Domination to finish, getting more SP overall and much more isk since the isk payouts between Ambush, Skirmish, and Domination are all very close.

Once you have a fair bit of isk, consider doing Factional Warfare while you wait for SP. Factional Warfare Loyalty Store equipment all requires fewer ranks in their relevant skill to use, with the exception of the Specialist weapons. It can be a good way to get better gear faster than you normally would, but FW is all Skirmish.

Join a corporation too, there are a few out there specifically for newbies. It helps to have a community of people to talk to, squad with, and ask questions to. Just avoid duna corp, that's just a scam corp that likes to sucker in newbies for isk tax farming.

come fine newbie, join Onslaught Inc and my fine group of scouts will train you in the ways of the ninja....

or join the "scouts united" chat channel to start

i think theres actually a scout training corp floating around somewhere as well

come fine newbie, join Onslaught Inc and my fine group of scouts will train you in the ways of the ninja....

or join the "scouts united" chat channel to start

i think theres actually a scout training corp floating around somewhere as well

R0N1N isn't training anymore...I believe. Since Lightning is gone but there are tons of scouts that were in R0N1N or still on. If you ever wanna squad up OP then msg me in game. I can introduce you to some scouts.

I already know the ways of the Ninja, I just need a scout suit though. How do I join it?
I really won't be online for the week. But feel free to teach me the ways through the ancient "Internet".

How about I give a little more constructive advice:

1: Find a corp, and squad up.
2: Dropsuit upgrades are critical. Anything that reduces CPU/PG costs or upgrades the CPU/PG of a dropsuit is CRITICAL. Minimum level should be 3 ASAP.
3: Specialize. Pick a suit class and a weapon, then get that suit, weapon set and your preferred equipment (and your core skills) up quickly as you can. Once you are able to run ADV sets consistently you are in a good spot.

Amarr/Gallente dropsuit skill priorities:

Weapon to 5, proficiency 3, all related skills to 3.
Dropsuit Electronics and Engineering to 5 as soon as you can bring yourself to grind.
All armor skills to 5
One or two equipment skills.
A sidearm.
Grenades to 3.
Dropsuit (Assault, scout, sentinel or logistics) to 3-5 depending on how much you love it.

Caldari dropsuit skill priorities:

Weapon to 5, proficiency 3, all related skills to 3.
Dropsuit Electronics and Engineering to 5 as soon as you can bring yourself to grind.
All Shield skills to 5
One or two equipment skills.
A sidearm.
Grenades to 3.
Dropsuit (Assault, scout, sentinel or logistics) to 3-5 depending on how much you love it.

Minmatar Dropsuit skill priorities:

Weapon to 5, proficiency 3, all related skills to 3.
Dropsuit Electronics and Engineering to 5 as soon as you can bring yourself to grind.
All armor OR shield skills to 5 Recommend Shields
Weapon Upgrades 5
One or two equipment skills.
A sidearm.
Grenades to 3.
Dropsuit (Assault, scout, sentinel or logistics) to 3-5 depending on how much you love it.
Biotics, Cardiac Regulation and Kinetic catalyzation as high as you want. Minmatar go fasta.


Forge Gun survival tip: Don't stand still. Think of it as an antitank sniper rifle.
HMG survival tip: Engage from OUTSIDE 40 meters. The weapons are much less efficient past that, and heavies should be hiding from people outside that range, not engaging. if you can keep a heavy spamming his trigger you can force an overheat, where his gun seizes and jams for about ten seconds. It sucks badly.

I saw a guy called R O N 1 N, he kept killing me with a damn forge gun/sniper rifle. Thanks for introducing me to some scouts. But I still need the damn suit.

Ghost means the way of the Minja.

He'll teach you how to creep up on heavies and whisper sweet nothings into their ear while you slit their throats.

Just remember, if they see ya, yer dead. If they don't see ya, they're dead.

Make sure your passive SP is activated on the character you want. I'd actually suggest making an alternate PSN ID and another Dust account on it, leaving your main account for awhile and letting the passive SP do the work (You get around 30K or so SP every 12 hours I believe). Taking this route will allow you to try new things and get used to the game, plus, if you want to rinse and repeat after burning through the starting 500K SP, you can transfer whatever Isk you've got to your main account, thus allowing you to both test things and make Isk.

There really isn't much in the way of advice though that hasn't already been mentioned. Dust is a very slow game, progression wise, and you won't start seeing major improvements before around three to four months of play. I know that sounds horrible, but the game is pretty addicting, and the SP events have been plentiful lately, so it's not all that bad if you actually like the game. I would recommend putting single levels into certain items though. Combat and rail rifles are really good, even at basic level (12SP each). Scout suits are unfortunately a major SP sink, so it's going to take awhile to really get into them. You're probably looking at one of the most SP intensive roles in the game.

What suit are you wanting by the way? You mentioned Nova Knives, so I'd assume Minmatar, but if you've done any forum lurking, you're probably aware that the other suits are generally considered better.

come fine newbie, join Onslaught Inc and my fine group of scouts will train you in the ways of the ninja....

or join the "scouts united" chat channel to start

i think theres actually a scout training corp floating around somewhere as well

Meow

Suit? Scout. I'm a Caldari right now... but that might change.

Okay now, who brought this cat to the warzone? Is this what I must protect from the enemy? Once I find the d-bag that brought this cat, I'll throw the litter box right at his face.

Lol scouts united...

Does anyone actually squad there? I only chat there for the lulz most of the time.

I blame cat merc.....lost one of his hos....

Get Minmatar. It's a fast, weak little fella, but damn if it isn't fun.

I started playing Dust 514 a few days ago, and I have have been actually doing well (if you consider the fact that I NEVER played any FPS game). At first I though it was a Battlefield meets Halo game, and it kinda is, but I enjoyed it, and that's what it matters. On day two, I booted the game up, I went to play Skirmish (which is the gamemode I do worst in) and I kept noticing THAT THERE WAS HEAVY MACHINE GUNNERS EVERYWHERE! If it wasn't Heavy Machine Guns, it was a Forge Gun (which is insanely OP, one-hit kill), and in close range, it was most of the time a Scrambler Rifle (ScR as you call here).
I always seem to get 3-5k SP, but the skill I am looking forward to get is 175k SP (which is necessary (sorry if I spelled it wrong) to get the scout suit, so I can be a Ninja). This takes a lot of hours of grinding, something that most times I don't have time to do.
I did get the Nova Knives a few days ago, and when I am in close range I am a damn beast. Unless it's a machine gunner.
So far, Ambush and Domination seem to be the best gamemodes for me, as well as easy to farm SP/ISK.
I also have over a million ISK, which I think that for professional's, it's nearly nothing.

That's about it. It's my opinion so far. If you could give any tips, I would thank you. And that's about it. I will try to reply as much as I can.