CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.30 19:39:00 -
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Ananke Gaia wrote:If I die with my proto fitting which isn't even all proto gear I lose money unless I am number 1 which doesn't happen often because someone else is repping the entire game or tanking. So I am just curious is this supposed to be how it is where proto people can't use their gear and get money unless they don't die because before if I got around 1500 wp my isk gain would make up for it but now I'm ****** for sure. oh and inb4 "hurr durr you're not supposed to use it hurrr it's expensive for a reason hurr troll"
Hello, Ananke. And I like your character name! Original sounding, and New Eden Splendid, in my opinion. 
Out of all those Dust and EVE Online promotional videos CCP made on the internet, the one I like the most is the "Greetings Soldier" video introduction we get RIGHT after we've created our Dust character. I think the speaker's name is Aura, and she explains late in the video...
"If you get killed, and you WILL get killed..."
 I always like the way she says that. Aura KNOWS Dust, and she doesn't even care to know how good you think you are---cuz you WILL get killed repeatedly; it's unavoidable.
I think the game does want you to use proto gear in your matches, but with a personalized attempt to MANAGE your fittings in the way that's going to make you money as you use them. The shrewd EVE Online player doesn't skill up to the Acension Super Titan in order to pack it full of nothing but proto modules and take it out into space every day. The object is to choose the right combo (the right fit) of economical gear + high SP earned modifiers + yes, a sprinkling of proto items in there too, to earn a profitable day in the game.
Same with Dust.
A lot of us are still thinking the object is to "proto" every aspect of your collection, and go out at least once a day with the Cadallac, my run-DMC, No-can-scratch-me-mutha Suit. A suit so fat with every gun & module proto or adv,... but so expensive you don't dare wear it more than 1 out of every 10 matches.
That thinking is not really the way to go.
I think the aim of offering so many proto items to us, is so that theoriteically we can "pimp out"a suit that's has the right combo of economical gear + the one or two proto items. A pimped suit that is clearly better than most of the enemies we'll engage, but is econmical enough that we don't have to horde up ISK for five days before we can use it on the 6th day.
For me, an advance medium basic suit with adv shotgun and proto armoour is a money-making suit for everyday use.
(Only 110,000 ISK).
For the next person who thinks like a clever EVE capsuleer, the basic light suit, proto nade and nanohive (and a lot of stacked basic shields) is the money-maker she uses nearly every match (140,000 ISK)
Not everyone in the game is "going cheap" in order to make their ISK. But not everyone is wasting cash trying to build proto-ALL with our stuff----because I don't thing either of these is the most satisfying way to manage your profit in New Eden.
 I try to explain that to those random players I meet who are asking for an ISK handout in the chat channels, but... oh well.
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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