They are usually associated with ships that use missiles lotsa shields and a very annoying battlecruiser class ship.

You are just randomly assigned a faction in the beta as of now. It is intentional.

Can someone please clarify on what the point of buying more expensive guns is. Because the differences between a militia assault rifle and a prototype assault rifle are EXTREMELY minimal. The biggest difference is that one costs 400 isk and the other cost 70,000 isk...

Sorry if I'm just being stupid, but I need to know.

This is my first day on Dust and I'm completely frightened out of my mind.

Heya, Alli! Don't worry about the rough start-- even those of us who knew what to expect have had a lot of getting-used-to to do. CCP is good at depth; they're not fantastic at clarity. You're in the right place to find your feet, at least.

The two bars you are seeing are shield (self-repairs, repels explosives well, wilts under lasers) and armor (does not ordinarily self-repair, repels lasers well, wilts under explosives). They look like they're equal, but what you're seeing is a total value of whatever they've got, and whatever fraction of it remains.

It's the second bar, armor, that I believe you're repairing, assuming you've got the right module-- a service your teammates, especially heavies, will bless you for. In fact, if you see a fat guy waddle by with a huge gun, you might consider following along: nobody has more armor, or needs it more.

On that glitch: you might have run out of syringes, or ... well, yeah, there's also a bug that causes things to fail to appear. Try using them anyway; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't, at least lately, you probably lost connection to the server.

Welcome to Dust. Be patient, die a lot, learn well.

I assumed that all militia items were permanent... but I just used one of those militia supply ammo drop boxes and now I don't have it anymore... :(

Hello New to the eve universe and dust itself, i think i got over the skill sheet but seem to run into a snag but this may be more personal if anything but like to see what others think.

Does it really matter on what class specialization i choose at the start? Or should i choose something will suit me? I know for a fact at some point i'll turn that character into the ultimate war guy that is able to use everything, but i read somewhere that will take 4 years to do so.

Anywho should i choose something that will fit me and my play style in the long run or does that not matter? If i opt to go for my play style thats where i hit my 'snag' I'm the kind of person who like to fill a variety of roles or play the ones the team needs at that moment and at this point it would literally be everything, anti-armor(tanks and LAV's run rampant no one takes them out) Medic, i don't think anyone knows how to use logi's well enough nor is there really any information about them and role in a squad/team i recently just figured out that the repair tool also affects people around you not just the tank(the more you know) Scout by this i mean the tf2 iteration of the word that fast guy who gets behind enemy lines and is able to cause some minor chaos.

I could go on and on but point is i like to be the guy who can fill a variety of roles for few reasons
1) It rocks
2) Gives more to do rather than just run and gun
3) No one likes to play medic or throw their nanohives(ammo) for anyone other than themselves
4) No one is willing to adapt to the situation(From what i seen anyways)

In this case and point what would be a good option to opt for and stick with?

Hello there. I'm fairly new to Dust as well, but I have been perusing the forums for tips and general gameplay approaches for some time.

The best advise I have found was in reference to bad heavy's. Since you are going to be relegated to a fairly small portion of the skill tree for an unknown length of time, you should buy Militia versions of whatever other styles you were going for. As it has been pointed out, the Militia variants are dirt cheap, so you aren't investing much. Using this format, just determine the needs of your squad on the battlefield, and hit up a friendly Supply Depot to change fittings. If the reds rolled out a Tank, fit up a Militia Heavy with a militia Forge Gun, and some shield extenders. While you may not do enough damage by yourself in a militia fit, you may be able to create an opening for someone with AV nades.

To really work out your best play-style, you should browse the Training Grounds forum pages. Most of it is logis helping logis, but there are a lot of valid fitting discussions and play-styles for people that want to multi-spec.

As a direct response to #3, it seems that you've had the misfortune to not squad up with a proper logi player. While most assault guys tend to be stingy with their nano-hives (understandable, they spec to deal damage), a good log will either find a defensible position to lay out a hive, or will lay one out in a well traveled path. This is both a product of altruism, and because a logi knows they will get a Team Resupply bonus for every team-mate that steps on the hive.

I hope you find some of this helpful.

I noticed certain items are consumed as well as weapons and dropsuits. Why are weapons and dropsuits made to be consumed and will I always need to restock them?

Don't forget that the starter fittings are completely free, and never run out of any item that is pre-loaded into them. You can copy the Starter fits, and replace any module/weapon and so long as you have a fund of that specific module/weapon to replace with upon each death; you can load drastically reduced fits, as the rest of the fitting never runs out.

Once you have replaced/removed one of the original starter fitting modules, you cannot go back to the endless module. Everything in that slot will have to be purchased going forward. The only way to get that back would be to re-copy the original fit and tweak as necessary.

This is helpful to remember if you are getting stomped and don't want to waste ISK on higher cost fits.

This cleared up a lot of things for me. But I'm a noob and I understand that my gun will probably suck since I don't have any skills. how do I get through the first couple of battles with this crappy gun so I can get more skills? It takes FOREVER for me to kill someone.

I think the above is a bit of a mis-conception as i have found that if i remove an item i added (rather than replace) it retores the slot to its original unlimited item.

I hope you can understand that sentence...

Hrmrmr guys I tried this game last weekend, I walked thru all the tutorials and I think I understand the basics of fittings etc. What I am really struggling with is how exactly to play this game and have fun doing it.

Started as an engineer/medic with SMG/medtool/repair tool

First game queued for TDM ran around the map tried some grenades and ended up getting spawn camped, like where i spawned and died 1 second later... I was looking around for a way to spawn somewhere else? The minimap implied that I could spawn somewhere else but I never figured it out and so just stopped spawning. Good times

Queued up for another game this time my team was better as I was able to spawn successfully and move around. Syringes are popping up all over the place and I finally figure out to hold R2 and jiggle my stick to select medtool (any shortcut to this?) HOWEVER for the life of me I cannot figure out how to use it I must have tilted the crap out of one guy standing directly above him with my medtool out unable to use it WTF.

I did manage to get an ASSIST +25 this game so COOL but I notice my SMG doesn't work on anything outside like 10m even if I aim down sights I just spin my clip and nothing hits. HRMRMRMR so I finally sneak up on a guy, he's sniping up high I get right behind him and hold R1 like a boss with my 64 shot SMG. I must have scared the crap out of him but then he turned around and killed me after absorbing my clip and I felt like a chump.

I have been playing FPS since the first Doom and had 400+ hours of MAG so I feel qualified to say this game is probably just not good however I wanted to see if I could get any guidance or tips from the community. I am willing to give it another try however if the gameplay is just going to suck I won't ever bother. Basic understanding of how to use my controls and what fittings I can use to like hurt people would be great.