Prinny Waters
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.11.11 04:38:00 -
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Hey dude, I've been around for about two months. I've got a few tips for ya, some of them aren't very... well, they sound ****** but they will help you get past the new player hump. I'll try not to overwhelm you with 'em but this will be pretty wody.
If you manage to read everything I have to say and decide to stay here is a link you to a pretty neat guide series.
Bottom of second post has specific guides, should help you get ready for any role you want to learn https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=106187&find=unread
Biggest bit of advice: Wait for an SP event to really get into Dust. You're going to burn out if you play more than a session or two a day, just play it slow and give your character a chance to get free SP over time until an event offers you a chance to compete with the rest of us. I know I would've said "Screw this, I'm out" if there hadn't been a Million Clone event shortly after I started and there is no way in hell I'm telling someone to tough it out without an event.
Fortunately, there are a decent number of these events so you shouldn't have to wait more than a month or two and by then you should receive enough passive skill points to get an okay dropsuit. Just be sure to at least log in on days when you're not playing to get that log on bonus; you don't have to actually play a match to get the reward.
Second thing, avoid Faction Warfare for now. Faction Warfare is a lot more competitive as it unlocks exclusive gear and lets people access stuff early, meaning there are a lot of people who outright cheat to win that good gear. There are decent amount of people doing that in public contracts but most people there won't actively abuse broken stuff.
I won't bug you about joining a corporation but I will bug you about joining a squad and chat channel. Learning Coalition is a good chat to start with, fair number of experienced players willing to answer questions. It it kind of empty during the daytime but most nights you can find help relatively fast, just give people a couple minutes to finish their current game.
Type in LFS (stands for Looking For Squad) if you want people to send you a squad invite. Trust me, even if you both lack mics just having someone else you to walk around with makes all the difference in the world... Just be sure to go look for them every time one of you dies.
Thing 3- You are actually good on weapon skills, believe it or not you have everything you need. See, the Scrambler Rifle butchers people's shields but loses a lot of damage against armor. The Bolt Pistol, Magsec, and Submachinegun are all sidearms with a lot of damage against armor; figure out which one works for you and switch to it after your Scrambler Rifle destroys their shields.
I imagine that you know the role of each suit well enough by now so I'll skip to the practical advice on how determine which suit is right for you. To see if Logistics are right for you, run a light militia suit and use it to try out all of the militia equipment. If you find that equipment is good fun and either wish to make it stronger or just straight up want to carry more of it then the Logistic suit is for you. If being that easy to kill is too painful or you just don't see the point in equipment I suggest avoiding light suits/scouts as they require a hefty investment before you get access to the good stuff and you can't afford to wait to be combat viable.
If you have any Loyalty Points left over from Faction Warfare I strongly advise using them to buy that faction's Commando suit. Once you get a feel for what it is like to be a Commando it should be pretty easy to figure out what you want to do.
If Commando is just right, well, that's just dandy and I'm glad you got to test it out before you bought it. If you want to be able to run behind cover better or just feel too sluggish then Assault suits are probably going to be your thing. If you don't mind the slow speed and want still more health then I recommend setting your sights on Sentinel.
Any suit of any race is completely viable, you will just have to tinker around a bit to figure out what combo works best for you.
We should totally get a Quafe soda mascot hologram.
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