Mad Syringe
ReDust Inc.
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Posted - 2015.03.16 13:04:00 -
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Simple 101 of Dust 514 noob (not offensive) survival technique...
There are only two (min needs 3) skills to skill into first.
If you use Amarr or Gallente suits skill into Amour upgrades LV5
If you use Caldari skill into Shield upgrades LV5
If you use Minmatar you need both.
These will give you more HP on all suits you wear.
You also need the built in wallhack of Dust maxed ASAP, which is called Scan Precision! This also needs to go to LV 5
To get skillpoints fast, and for you being helpfull to the team, bring UPLINKS. Skilling these will give you more to carry and more to deploy. Basic links can only be put down one at a time. If you put down more, the first one will vanish.
Uplink placement is important. Always put your back against the wall or corner where you put the uplink at, it will save the people spawning there plenty of lives when somebody tries to camp the LINK.
As a new player you will die a lot, so ammo is not needed on your suit. Links will help the team and net you WP.
After that you can invest in Weapon efficiency. Since you should really get a hang an to which weapon you like before putting any skills into them, just skill into damage mods. This will give you more OOMPH without too much SP investment, and it will make your basic/militia gear much more effective.
There are some weapons which are horrible with no skills (Rail Rifle for example, the kick gets much better with skills).
When you have found your weapon of choice, skill some levels into proficiency ASAP. Because this will give you more damage even on the basic versions. You don't want to run Proto, since that will just cost a lot, and wont give that much more damage than ADV.
ADV is always the most bang for the buck.
Skilling into a proto suit will gain you the proto bonuses even when you use the standard variant of that suit. But not the basic version of that frame. So Sentinel bonuses only apply to sentinel suits, of the same race, and not for the heavy frames of the same race.
But whatever you do, remember to not engage enemys of higher suit ranks on your own, they will probably just turn around and anihilate you...
You will DIE A LOT, it takes very long to get to higher levels, even if you spend your SP wisely you need around 20 mil SP to max a single role, and that will not be a logi, since they need all that equipment stuff maxed aswell.
Skill into what you feel good with, since every FOTM has been nerfed into oblivion eventually. Right now, it's biotics, which make people jump all over the place (the blue bottles Myofib stimulants). The Assault Scrambler Rifle is on the rise and the meta seems to shift towards armour again. Minmatar Assaults are still hard to hit due to hit detection issues. But the AScR is a good counter to that.
Know that the weapons have damage profiles.
Lazor, Scrambler Deal +20% against shields and -20% against armour.
Explosive deal -20 against shields and +20 against armour
Projectile -15 against shields and +15 against armour
Hybrid Rail -10 against shields and +10 against armour
Hybrid Blaster +10 against shields and -10 aginst armour
So you have to check what suit your opponent uses, and be extra careful when you have a weak weapon against his main tank.
It's better not to engage at all, and not show him where you are by shooting at him.
It's always good to have a grenade or sidearm of the opposite damage type of your main weapon.
Dropships, Tanks and especcially the MCC don't take any damage from rifles!!! If you shoot at them, you just make them aware of your position, making it easier for them to anihilate you!
The MCC does not take damage from turrets aswell, so don't waste time shooting at it.
If you see enemy equipment DESTROY IT... never walk past enemy uplinks ever! There might be a heavy spawning on it right now so get rid of it ASAP! Flaylock pistols and flux grenades are the best way to get rid of equipment FAST!
Flux grenades work through walls and ceilings.
Just because you can't see an enemy doesn't mean he can't see you (scan precision).
There is equipment Bandwith in the game, meaning that if you deploy more equipment than your suit has bandwith available, the old stuff will pop as you put new stuff down when bandwith is exausted by active equipment.
A basic assault can't have more than two pieces of eq active (links or hives).
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Mad Syringe
ReDust Inc.
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Posted - 2015.03.18 12:10:00 -
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Soraya Xel wrote:Really awesome to see all the helpful advice for the newbros. :D
thee monky, my advice is to keep the same character. Deleting characters sets you back on SP, as a lot of SP is gained over time you've had the account. And SP is always growing! Also, Dropsuit Armor Upgrades and Dropsuit Shield Upgrades is like... the best two skills in the game to start out on. In total, they can grant you up to an additional 25% health, which makes not-dying a lot easier.
Actually if you have created your character just before hotfix ECH'O, you should make a new character. The new Free Militia loadouts are a pretty good way to check different playstyles, and some of them won't be available when you have chreated your character before echo was introduced.
So as long as you are below 1-2 mil SP. I'd make a new char.
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