One Eyed King
Nos Nothi
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Posted - 2015.02.13 17:13:00 -
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When you start the game, you are placed in the Academy.
It is a game mode for new players that have less than X War Points (WP). I can't remember what the max is at the moment.
After a few games, you acquired enough WP that you "Graduated" from the academy.
Then you were thrown in to the general population. It is at that point you started to have problems. That fat suit, a Heavy Sentinel, was wielding an HMG.
As a new player, you probably have, if you are lucky 1 million Skill Points. Of those that have been around for years, some have upwards of 50 and 60 million SP. I have taken numerous breaks in my 2 + years, and even I have 31 million SP.
Since SP and all the benefits of it create a big disadvantage for you, that is why you are seeing what you are seeing with the games you are playing.
You have several options at this point:
1) Accept that you will naturally be at the bottom of the leaderboards as your slaying potential will naturally be less than that of players with more SP. It is not purely a matter of skill, though this game is very complex and does take some experience to know how to approach certain situations, like an HMG Sentinel (use REs).
2) Join a training corp. Some larger corps will have trainers and help bring up new players, while the best are corps involved with the Learning Coalition which is a group of corps whose sole purpose is the training and mentoring of new players. If you do choose No. 1, adding this to your itinerary will make it that much more fun and palatable to continue playing.
3) Take a break. Make sure your main is set up for passive SP (which should be the case if you have no alternate characters on the account) and come back to the game later. In the upcoming months, we expect game levels that will not allow the maximum gear into the match so that new players like you will have more of a shot at a level playing field. It will be much less frustrating of an experience. Also, when you do log back in, you will have some SP to use and if used wisely, make yourself a more viable adversary.
3a) If you take a break, I suggest occasionally visiting these forums. Visit the Rookie Training Grounds and read through any relevant advice. This game is complex and the forums can be a good source of information as to how things work. The in game information is perhaps as low as 1% of the information you really need to understand the game. And sometimes that 1% is confusing and not well presented.
4) Quit. I don't particularly recommend this as I think Dust is a unique experience and that if you give it a fair chance you might find something you like. The game has improved with time and there is still hope for further improvement. It doesn't have to be the only game you play, and can become a part of your game playing menu.
Best of Luck o7
Former CEO of the Land of the BIind.
Any double entendre is unintended I assure you.
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