DUST Search - How to effectively use the nova knives

Timtron Victory wrote:

Lynn Beck wrote:

Don't expect to kill heavies with lv1 knives.

At best you'll get tanky scouts and nooby meds.

For starters I'd make a super cheap suit, stacked with Dampeners only. (mine is a Quafe minja with 2 basic damps, or 1 complex damp and a enhanced kincat, with a militia Combat Rifle and nova knives)

Also possible would be twin dampeners, basic cloak, and only knives, but that requires both high Electronics/Engineering and high Scout level.

If you're looking for a high end fit(after you've trained in the throwaway fit, hopefully) try an advanced suit with sidearm mods, and the best dampeners you can fit, or Precision/Range mods with enough damps to dodge the 28 DB scanner( i think that's just 1 complex damp)
Beyond that though, experiment a LOT with varying amounts of Kincats, damage mods, equipments, and EWAR mods.

Whats ewar? Its a very good weapon for taking out snipers, my shotgun keeps failing me so annoying, I even had to switch to breach shotgun. I am loving the nova knives but I specced into an Amarr scout so I am not fast, can only use Militia Kin cats.
Whats the best light weapon for a scout apart from the shotgun? I cant use guns without scopes my aiming is horrible. I cant use the RR not matter how hard I try


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Ace Boone Capital Acquisitions LLC 439	Posted - 2014.11.25 20:58:00 - [1] - Quote Timtron Victory wrote: I am at level one nova knives and could not kill a heavy with a charge and a swipe, so so sad, it happened twice in one match, even with two complex side arm damage mod, I removed the mods and tried a charge instead of just swipes, I guess the nova knives is worth it, since lag of my internet makes shotgun useless. I will try the kincat too, but it will have to be militia Remember it's just a sidearm. It's deadly and has very high alpha damage but unless your specced into it pretty far, it's only used for certain situations. ONLY USE CHARGE SWIPE IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT, UNLESS YOU'RE SKILLED ENOUGH TO PULL IT OFF. Pick off stragglers, get someone off and objective or hacking a turret or kill a straight-line heavy that's not paying attention to his surroundings. Don't try to slice and dice a group of enemies, unless you feel you can take on two, MAYBE three, but three is a stretch. I use it as a defensive weapon in PC (when I was a min scout, that is) but in Pubs I really only use them when I can. It's a sidearm, the novelty wears off. Only loyal to the republic.
Ace Boone Capital Acquisitions LLC 439	Posted - 2014.11.25 21:14:00 - [2] - Quote Timtron Victory wrote: Lynn Beck wrote: Don't expect to kill heavies with lv1 knives. At best you'll get tanky scouts and nooby meds. For starters I'd make a super cheap suit, stacked with Dampeners only. (mine is a Quafe minja with 2 basic damps, or 1 complex damp and a enhanced kincat, with a militia Combat Rifle and nova knives) Also possible would be twin dampeners, basic cloak, and only knives, but that requires both high Electronics/Engineering and high Scout level. If you're looking for a high end fit(after you've trained in the throwaway fit, hopefully) try an advanced suit with sidearm mods, and the best dampeners you can fit, or Precision/Range mods with enough damps to dodge the 28 DB scanner( i think that's just 1 complex damp) Beyond that though, experiment a LOT with varying amounts of Kincats, damage mods, equipments, and EWAR mods. Whats ewar? Its a very good weapon for taking out snipers, my shotgun keeps failing me so annoying, I even had to switch to breach shotgun. I am loving the nova knives but I specced into an Amarr scout so I am not fast, can only use Militia Kin cats. Whats the best light weapon for a scout apart from the shotgun? I cant use guns without scopes my aiming is horrible. I cant use the RR not matter how hard I try Amarr scout is both a bad suit for shotgunning as well as nova kniving. I'd suggest speccing into Gal or Min. Both are faster. The min scout is the best nova knifer due to it's bonus (+25% damage profile to nova knife) but the Gallente is easier to fit and and overall better suit. eWar are things such as precision enhancers (basically upgrades your radar to detect other suits more easily), profile dampeners (make you harder to see on the enemies radar) and Kinetic Catalyzers (make you faster), etc. There are more, but those aren't really worth mentioning for your level of skill right now. Only loyal to the republic.