Piercing Serenity
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Posted - 2014.11.11 03:20:00 -
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Jet Jaguar 96 wrote:Been playing about 3 weeks. Spent most all my XP on making my scrambler rifle better but it hasn't helped.
I made some money when I first started cause I just used the equipment you get at the beginning but I was getting owned and it got old real fast.
I thought I would try playing the faction war mode. I have not joined a corporation so I just play alone so far. In faction war I am 4 wins and 33 losses so far. I looked it up on that screen. I ran the advanced scrambler rifle most of time but had no impact on my team.
After all these hours of playing I have no money, and very little motivation to continue. How do you keep at it when you never win and feel you are not leveling your character up?
My friend was over while I was playing he asked what it was I said don't bother you can't get off square one. I'm back to my beginning suits and getting creamed can't even buy good scrambler.
How do you guys do it? Feel I am close to quitting.
DUST 514 has always been very rough on new players. There is a very steep learning curve up to about 5 million SP, where you can have an effective Prototype suit (A suit of the highest quality) with a Prototype weapon and good core skills.
Here's what you can do to help yourself make it though that grind:
- Stay active on the "Rookie Training Grounds" section of the forums. Not only does that section have many guides to different roles and weapons, the people who frequent that section of the forums are generally more optimistic and helpful to new players than those in GD (or the War Room)
- Ask Questions about anything you are confused about. SP that is poorly spent will be a particularly large pill to swallow in the early part of your DUST career. If there is any skill that you don't understand, or are unsure of how helpful the bonus is - ask. If you are unsure about what makes a skill useful - ask. And if you want to stay on the right side of the "Meta" - ask. For reference, you can go to a player made website - protofits.com - where you can experiment with different skills and fittings to learn what your decisions will do before you make them
- Join a squad whenever possible. There is truly power in numbers, and you will also have the nice bonus of having an impact in your squad, instead of comparing yourself to the team at large.
- Stay out of FW until you have more skillpoints. FW is more of a Free for all for mercs, and will usually result in a stomp if you are in Caldari or Amarr Faction Warfare. On top of that, you will only gain LP. You should stay in public matches to build up ISK
- Finally, if you are willing to spend $20, buy a Merc pack on the PSN store. It has a good value for the money you pay, largely held in the BPO (Unlimited copies of a dropsuit) that comes with the pack
DUST is a hard game. But if you're willing to grind it out for a while, it can shine
Closed Beta Vet (E3 Build), Former PFBHz
Best Corps Battled (Personally): Imperfects, TeamPlayers, Hellstorm
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