Dropsuit Armor and Shield Upgrades IV
The skills that correlate to your chosen race's tanking style (shield: Caldari / Minmatar, armor: Gallente / Amarr) IV.

THEN you can begin to put SP into the dropsuit command skills you want.

So I should continue spending my SP on dropsuit upgrades?

Basically I'm alright at 2.5 million Sp aka skill points but since I spending them on Drop suits upgrades. I only remember having a

Level 2 Armor repps

Level 2 armor plates

(This also go's to drop suits engineering)

a Level 1-2 on shields and etc.

But the thing is that he's ready for STD assaults drop suits and been think should I keep upgrading the drop suits upgrades or should I promoted him to the next tier of drop suit.


P.s he's is doing the Side arm events and he has a lot of kills between 400-500kills

i would say level 3-4 for shield and armor upgrades/moduals before you think about upgradeing the 700k ish sp to get from L1 assault to L3 assault

I suggest that you do.

Dropsuit upgrades skills are useful no matter what dropsuit you end up with. They also increase your lifespan, which translates into more ISK per match.

Pretty soon, if not now, you should know your role & what survivability means to you. Once you have a prerty good handle on those two areas-specialize. If you prefer hit & run attack styles, then find a suit that speaks to that & invest sp. Got 1 or 2 goto weapons, invest in those. Balance your approach to investing, don't go balls deep on a weapon choice if you only have basic frames.

Also, good focus on your cores will get you far. The passives that speak to every suit you wear are the best to skill early.

Balance is the key. While buffing all your cores you are missing out on the racial bonuses specccing into a dropsuit provide. On the other hand, not having solid cores will cause a lot of frustration. Specialize so you can see & feel the improvements you will make, while avoiding spreading your sp across a bunch of skills that don't support each other.

Hope it helps.

wait drop suit or drop suit upgrades ?

WARNING! SAGE LEVEL ADVICE AHEAD!
rule of thumb really..
get your moduals/equipment/weapons to advanced (cheaper sp skills but also very important) before you waste the 700k on going from Assault suit L1 to Assault suit L3

so get as an assault i would say..
1. plate 3
2.rep3
3. armor upgrade 3
then
4. shield extender 3
5. shield upgrade 3
you may only need regulator/recharge if you take caldari assault
6. core upgrade 2(minimum)
7. nanocircuitry 2 (injectors or hives/rep-hives)
8.dropsuit upgrade 4 ->
9.BIOTIC 3 for more speed/stam/regen
this is the list of what you need in dropsuit upgrades..

for weapons its a little tougher but i think the standard is probably..
1. weaponry 3
2. light weapons 4*
3. sidearms 3**
4. weapon upgrades 3 (more pewpew power)
5. explosives 3
6. grenades 2 (so you can get PACKED AV nades for AV fits
7. demolitions 2 (for BOTH RE and prox mines.. fun times ahead!)

* depending on which light weapons you take id suggest getting your MAIN weapon to L4 first + maybe L3 sharpshooting and L3 ammo as it helps with ammo problems(depending on weapon as sharpshooter is AR/CR).. the L4 for your main weapon is to open up additional fireing types or assault versions of the weapons.

** sidearms i will most likely expect you to be going SMG because they are strong for finishing off players who are in armor.. you will most likely want to get to L3 SMG and L3 sharpshooters as your sidearm is only there as an "OHSHI..." weapon if your main is not an option in the middle of a fight.. at a later time you may wish to take it to 4 to get assault/beach variant

Extra!
would also suggest getting Swarm launcher L3 and Ammo 2 that way you get 12 shots so thats 4 full clips of premium Butthurt for vehicle drivers/pilots.

Finally.. once you have the supporting skills nessesary to fit your advanced suit properly then it is time to spend weeks getting the 149k to level 2 and then 400k+ for Level 3 so you can finally get your advanced suit..

epilog.
once you are in your advanced suit i strongly suggest you prioritize
1.shield/armor upgrades to 5 and then
2. plates/extenders to 5
3. get your main weapon to 5 and prof 4(extra owwies)
4. sidearm to 5+prof 4
5. grenades 4 for advanced packed grenades and normal locus/flux advanced grenades
6. biotics 5
7. armor rep 5.
8. armor recharge/regulator 5 (if your caldari/minmatar) dependign on fitting/ how much boost you want.

all the while you are doign this you can do FACTION WAR for proto suit once you hit advanced suit because proto FW suit is only 8k isk +155LP 8k isk is = to cost of an advanced suit and because you have adv/proto gear you can fully support the proto suit!


And that is about all i can say on this matter.. sorry its too long

TL;DR
weapons/moduals/fitting skills before you go to next step up suit wise.

PS..
buying skills..
it isnt a total waste of isk as you can always make more isk useing an "Eco" fit suit (cheap suit) and means you do not have to buy those skills again (unless you make an alt :P )