DUST Search - Shooting and Surviving

One Eyed King wrote:

Scheneighnay McBob wrote:

general drake55 wrote:

Scheneighnay McBob wrote:

General rule: this isn't CoD: play it safe.
Use cover, be patient, and know when to run away, when to advance, and when to keep your ass in cover while your shields and armor regen.
Ofc, knowing that comes only from experience.

i agree,its useful when going against an entire squad alone,as I said above,was defending D,while using my cloacked assault proto,Also,sorry,it wasn't domination,it was skirmish,but I do follow these general rules above to survive alone.

Hold on, you have a cloaked assault?

What's even the point? Cloaks aren't good in combat anymore, just for hacking **** and crossing LDAs.

actually not many people pay attention to cloaks,sure there at a few people out there that are smart enough to notice me,but as I said,I use the 5 rules to survive,especially in 1v1 combat,I've actually managed to take out two to three people out in close combat,yes the suit is low on HP and shields,you can survive any situation in a fair fight using these rules,it just requires a great amount of concentration and skill to do so,especially with low HP suits,I use the cloaks for its intended purpose, stealth,to support my team covertly,and the assault adds a sort of shock and awe to players who don't expect to come face to face with a cloaked assault player,they will usually panic when they realize your a proto that just decloaked behind them in the middle of a firefight where you took out half their HP in front of them while they gave you a hard time in killing them,only to fail when they let their gaurd down expecting you to be behind the cover you ran to to heal,and end up turning around only to be killed by novaknives,and then you take out their entire team as a single player,the rules are just to survive on the battlefield, remember, tools,suits,and weapons are only as good as the players skill at combat,tactics,and survival,a starter fit can eventually deal a killing blow to a full proto if you have the skill to survive long enough to take down his shields to zero,and his armor to 1hp,hell likely panic when he realizes you,a starter have the upperhand tactically in the fight,and make a mistake in combat allowing you to land the final blow(not so high and mighty now,are you protostomper.xD)
Yeah...

And with the incredibly high fitting costs, you are better off going Dampeners and playing a stealthy game with some HP on it (or kincats for speed, or Myos for jumps) than using a cloak.

Even with EQ, you can go Hives, REs, or Scanners and be better off than fitting the cloak.

The only reason I use one is because I run 200 to 300 HP on a scout suit, and even then I resent it.


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general drake55 Fenrir's Wolves 11	Posted - 2015.04.19 03:45:00 - [1] - Quote Assault is what I commonly use,I mostly use a starterfit,though tactically in battle,I can actually get up to 10-15 kills per battle. Here's my rules during battlein 5 easy steps: 1.always assume your being watched,plan ahead for any unknown situations in a firefight,basically expect the unexpected,and adjust your tactics according to the situation at hand,if need be,alternate between tactics to keep your enemy guessing what tactics you will use,and the tactics you will actually use to get into your enemy's head(an actual military tactic).I used this tactic to take out an entire squad of 5 in proto gear trying to take D in domination,I relied on my cloak equipped with my proto assault gear for this,basically I attacked,then cloacked,observed my opponents while invisible(step 2) then adjusted my tactics to thin out there numbers,while destroying uplinks,to keep others from sending backup,until my team could get there to help. 2.observe your opponent during hand to hand(1vs1),look for any mistakes he will make,(I find this very helpful,I actually look at my opponents character movements and adjust my tactics according to the mistakes they make in their movements.)example:he runs at you head on with novaknives,you jump 5 feet to the side,then pull out ion pistol,aim(no ads) without thinking(have your hands in sync with the controller your using when pressing buttons[for me I'm in a trance,my mind reacts quicker,especially when listening to hard rock,I eventually block out all other thoughts,sounds,and doubt's])before he can turn around and counterattack. 3.don't rush into a firefight without thinking ahead,chances are 90% of the time you'll get shot in the back immediately.I've seen this happen countless times. 4. Don't use the same tactic more than once on the same person,they'll quickly figure out a way to counter your tactic,success the first time or not,and may also relay the solution for countering it to teammates if in squad. 5.Constantly observe your battlefield for danger,if you spot a threat,report its position to your team,so they can get a counter attack,or defense in place,basically teamwork. fight for freedom and what's right,only you have the power to stop the madness.
general drake55 Fenrir's Wolves 12	Posted - 2015.04.20 15:41:00 - [2] - Quote Scheneighnay McBob wrote: General rule: this isn't CoD: play it safe. Use cover, be patient, and know when to run away, when to advance, and when to keep your ass in cover while your shields and armor regen. Ofc, knowing that comes only from experience. i agree,its useful when going against an entire squad alone,as I said above,was defending D,while using my cloacked assault proto,Also,sorry,it wasn't domination,it was skirmish,but I do follow these general rules above to survive alone. fight for freedom and what's right,only you have the power to stop the madness.
general drake55 Fenrir's Wolves 12	Posted - 2015.04.20 22:37:00 - [3] - Quote One Eyed King wrote: Scheneighnay McBob wrote: general drake55 wrote: Scheneighnay McBob wrote: General rule: this isn't CoD: play it safe. Use cover, be patient, and know when to run away, when to advance, and when to keep your ass in cover while your shields and armor regen. Ofc, knowing that comes only from experience. i agree,its useful when going against an entire squad alone,as I said above,was defending D,while using my cloacked assault proto,Also,sorry,it wasn't domination,it was skirmish,but I do follow these general rules above to survive alone. Hold on, you have a cloaked assault? What's even the point? Cloaks aren't good in combat anymore, just for hacking **** and crossing LDAs. actually not many people pay attention to cloaks,sure there at a few people out there that are smart enough to notice me,but as I said,I use the 5 rules to survive,especially in 1v1 combat,I've actually managed to take out two to three people out in close combat,yes the suit is low on HP and shields,you can survive any situation in a fair fight using these rules,it just requires a great amount of concentration and skill to do so,especially with low HP suits,I use the cloaks for its intended purpose, stealth,to support my team covertly,and the assault adds a sort of shock and awe to players who don't expect to come face to face with a cloaked assault player,they will usually panic when they realize your a proto that just decloaked behind them in the middle of a firefight where you took out half their HP in front of them while they gave you a hard time in killing them,only to fail when they let their gaurd down expecting you to be behind the cover you ran to to heal,and end up turning around only to be killed by novaknives,and then you take out their entire team as a single player,the rules are just to survive on the battlefield, remember, tools,suits,and weapons are only as good as the players skill at combat,tactics,and survival,a starter fit can eventually deal a killing blow to a full proto if you have the skill to survive long enough to take down his shields to zero,and his armor to 1hp,hell likely panic when he realizes you,a starter have the upperhand tactically in the fight,and make a mistake in combat allowing you to land the final blow(not so high and mighty now,are you protostomper.xD) Yeah... And with the incredibly high fitting costs, you are better off going Dampeners and playing a stealthy game with some HP on it (or kincats for speed, or Myos for jumps) than using a cloak. Even with EQ, you can go Hives, REs, or Scanners and be better off than fitting the cloak. The only reason I use one is because I run 200 to 300 HP on a scout suit, and even then I resent it. fight for freedom and what's right,only you have the power to stop the madness.
general drake55 Fenrir's Wolves 12	Posted - 2015.04.20 23:17:00 - [4] - Quote MINA Longstrike wrote: Cloaks on assaults are bad. They are visual only and most suits can pick you up easily on passive scans... you spend a huge amount of CPU & PG to fit a cloak that doesn't actually provide you any real benefit. It is a flat nerf to your suit and it only 'works' against bad players (anything works against bad players). Also, holy run-on sentences, textwalls, comma-splicing and no use of spaces after comma's. your opinion on cloaks,and I respect that,yes this is all true about the CPU/PG and scanners,,but skill and being tactical makes all the difference as I made it clear in the above post,and,no I'm not a bad player just because I use less efficient suits. fight for freedom and what's right,only you have the power to stop the madness.