DUST Search - Misunderstandings you had as a newb.

No-one-ganks like-Gaston wrote:

In this thread we talk about some of our embarrassing shortcomings and misunderstandings we had as little baby clones fresh out of the vat.

When I was starting out I had no clue what scanning was. At first I was just really annoyed by it, because I had no idea what it meant but it was popping up constantly. YOU HAVE BEEN SCANNED. It would even stay on the screen while I was dead, which made it impossible to tell where someone with a needle was. A month or two down the line I finally drew the connection that, maybe, since I kept dying soon after being scanned, perhaps that meant someone had me in line of sight and was preparing to fire. Every match after that, whenever I got scanned, I would immediately duck for cover and start looking all over the place for whoever the hell was lining me up. I never did find whoever was checking out my ass, unfortunately. I did learn situational awareness and to use my peripheral vision very quickly in my efforts to find the scanner, however.

When there is light, shadow's lurk and fear reign's... Yet by the blade of knight's, mankind, was given hope.

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No-one-ganks like-Gaston Seykal Expeditionary Group Minmatar Republic 246	Posted - 2015.07.12 23:37:00 - [1] - Quote In this thread we talk about some of our embarrassing shortcomings and misunderstandings we had as little baby clones fresh out of the vat. When I was starting out I had no clue what scanning was. At first I was just really annoyed by it, because I had no idea what it meant but it was popping up constantly. YOU HAVE BEEN SCANNED. It would even stay on the screen while I was dead, which made it impossible to tell where someone with a needle was. A month or two down the line I finally drew the connection that, maybe, since I kept dying soon after being scanned, perhaps that meant someone had me in line of sight and was preparing to fire. Every match after that, whenever I got scanned, I would immediately duck for cover and start looking all over the place for whoever the hell was lining me up. I never did find whoever was checking out my ass, unfortunately. I did learn situational awareness and to use my peripheral vision very quickly in my efforts to find the scanner, however.
Georgia Xavier Incorruptibles 856	Posted - 2015.07.12 23:44:00 - [2] - Quote My first match in this game, I melee'd a remote explosive not knowing what it was. CLICK ME!!
Darken-Sol Intruder Excluder 2	Posted - 2015.07.12 23:45:00 - [3] - Quote I thought CCP was a new kind of gaming company. I bought all the hype. Then i watched a great game idea become a mediocre game. I am still hoping a company out there could step on CCPs head and make the game we all wanted. Crush them
No-one-ganks like-Gaston Seykal Expeditionary Group Minmatar Republic 247	Posted - 2015.07.12 23:45:00 - [4] - Quote Georgia Xavier wrote: My first match in this game, I melee'd a remote explosive not knowing what it was. I remember that stage in my career, too. Exact same thing happened to me. But hey, +5, right?
Evil V2 RE Seykal Expeditionary Group Minmatar Republic 10	Posted - 2015.07.12 23:47:00 - [5] - Quote Swarms = rocket launcher I got nothing...
Lightning35 Delta514 48TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE 895	Posted - 2015.07.12 23:48:00 - [6] - Quote Aiming rail turret at mcc thinking I was damaging it. Hitting res. CEO of 48th Special Operations Force Twitter-@48SOF Scout and Assault GK.0/Rattati and Scotsman GK.0
Lightning35 Delta514 48TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE 895	Posted - 2015.07.12 23:51:00 - [7] - Quote Also, buying militia rail turrets thinking j could call them in under the installation tab. CEO of 48th Special Operations Force Twitter-@48SOF Scout and Assault GK.0/Rattati and Scotsman GK.0
Golden Day Fraternity of St. Venefice Amarr Empire 2	Posted - 2015.07.12 23:53:00 - [8] - Quote I once didn't know how to use REs and decided to take them into mfw after someone on the forums told me how I activated it and ended killing alot of people.... I also didn't know how to run... Im just a glorified blueberry
Ripley Riley Incorruptibles 11	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:00:00 - [9] - Quote I didn't realize there was a stamina bar. I tried to figure out when I was about to stop sprinting by the panting noises my merc was making. I thought crouching and/or not moving would hide me from players' TACNET. Georgia Xavier wrote: My first match in this game, I melee'd a remote explosive not knowing what it was. You are doing your corp proud, Georgia. @Ripley_Riley CPM2 candidate. Ripley.Riley on Skype!
Mejt0 Dead Man's Game 1	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:10:00 - [10] - Quote Spent my points (after creating char) on turrets operation, thinking i need them to use installations. Back then, I could spend entire battle operating one under the point. Loyal to The State Official Caldari Commando User

Scheneighnay McBob Penumbra or something 7	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:16:00 - [11] - Quote I joined back in closed beta- when militia logis were a thing, and the starter fits used all frame types (rather than just mediums like now), so the medic starter fit was actually a logi. Tried running it, then I realized I had no idea what a nanite injector or nanohive was. I was quite the useless logi. I also wasn't aware of the redline when I first flew a dropship. Was about to land on the enemy MCC (not sure what I was going for), then I managed to explode with my then-250K isk dropship. I don't understand you re-re's who think dropships right now are hard to fly. The closed-beta flight physics were completely different, and were so agile and sensitive that there was absolutely no room for error flying them. Yet I still got it down on my first try, aside from the exploding in the redzone part. Dropships now are incredibly forgiving, but regrettably slow as hell as well. How some people can't figure out how to fly them is beyond me. The anti-tunnel snake taskforce has assembled
Sgt Kirk Fatal Absolution Negative-Feedback 11	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:18:00 - [12] - Quote When I first started this game I was under the impression that this game was going somewhere. Boy was I naive back then! Sgt Kirk's Official Propaganda Youtube Channel
chill penguin Incorruptibles 79	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:26:00 - [13] - Quote I thought the nanohives were shields, like in Halo. I died a good bit that day. I also thought you could hijack and logi lav, with the merc still inside. The beginning of my beta days was not pretty. But, feet first into hell. A True Slayer can only be born in the pits of Molden Heath
Pvt Numnutz Prophets of the Velocirapture 2	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:27:00 - [14] - Quote I thought flying dropships would be easy, I laughed so hard as I couldn't figure out how to turn away from a mountain. I did avoid the mountain by pulling up, but crashed into a nearby building when I stalled I made many people make mistakes in closed beta. Back when there was no aim assist people thought continuous fire with the galente ar was a good idea, but this made it very difficult to shoot someone (at range too the fools) that was dancing hard. The dance of my people was particularly effective back then. I would get the attention of some mercs, usually 1-3 and get them move out of cover while unloading at me. Meanwhile my sniper friend was lining up a shot, I would lay a couple of bursts into them and get their shields down then laugh as they fell over one after the next. I love being bait! Master Skyshark rider Kaalaka dakka tamer
benandjerrys Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 330	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:34:00 - [15] - Quote Darken-Sol wrote: I thought CCP was a new kind of gaming company. I bought all the hype. Then i watched a great game idea become a mediocre game. I am still hoping a company out there could step on CCPs head and make the game we all wanted. Why step on the head when you can just nip at their heels like the pesky consumer that you are? I thought the risk reward ratio would be more risky and more rewardy. ONE UNIVERSE//ONE WAR Support Dust/EvE cross content We need live events discussion
Joel II X Bacon with a bottle of Quafe 8	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:54:00 - [16] - Quote I used to keep crouching every time I wanted to switch weapons. This habit was hard to break. I remember it took longer than a single month to get right. *Scouts United* Gk.0s & Quafes all day.
Grease Spillett Negative-Feedback. Negative-Feedback 887	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:57:00 - [17] - Quote I set down proximity explosives on a point thinking they would go off when an enemy got close. Next time you see me, bring more friends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBM5hM5LdDw
Zan Azikuchi G.R.A.V.E The Ditanian Alliance 235	Posted - 2015.07.13 00:57:00 - [18] - Quote No-one-ganks like-Gaston wrote: In this thread we talk about some of our embarrassing shortcomings and misunderstandings we had as little baby clones fresh out of the vat. When I was starting out I had no clue what scanning was. At first I was just really annoyed by it, because I had no idea what it meant but it was popping up constantly. YOU HAVE BEEN SCANNED. It would even stay on the screen while I was dead, which made it impossible to tell where someone with a needle was. A month or two down the line I finally drew the connection that, maybe, since I kept dying soon after being scanned, perhaps that meant someone had me in line of sight and was preparing to fire. Every match after that, whenever I got scanned, I would immediately duck for cover and start looking all over the place for whoever the hell was lining me up. I never did find whoever was checking out my ass, unfortunately. I did learn situational awareness and to use my peripheral vision very quickly in my efforts to find the scanner, however. Back in CB, I crashed a drop ship....... While it was 100%, firmly on the ground..... Nuff' said When there is light, shadow's lurk and fear reign's... Yet by the blade of knight's, mankind, was given hope.
Krixus Flux Kang Lo Directorate Gallente Federation 853	Posted - 2015.07.13 01:14:00 - [19] - Quote Driving and dropship piloting. Dude I hate to admit this...but I shot at the MCC Not activating inertia dampeners "Guard the CRU mate". "Who's in the crew dude?" "Who got the donut?". " Uhhhh what?" Saying what's on people's minds
Krixus Flux Kang Lo Directorate Gallente Federation 853	Posted - 2015.07.13 01:17:00 - [20] - Quote chill penguin wrote: I thought the nanohives were shields, like in Halo. I died a good bit that day. I also thought you could hijack and logi lav, with the merc still inside. The beginning of my beta days was not pretty. But, feet first into hell. Lol!! Dude me too! I refused to believe it for a couple of matches too! Smh Saying what's on people's minds

Getma Gunn Hellstorm LLC 9	Posted - 2015.07.13 01:28:00 - [21] - Quote Scanners. I had a guy tell me that to use it I had to point at the ground and spin in a circle. Needless to say I never got an Intel assist. I also did this routine multiple times thinking the scanner must be broken.
Dreis ShadowWeaver Onikanabo Brigade Caldari State 5	Posted - 2015.07.13 01:31:00 - [22] - Quote I didn't know there was a stamina bar for a good few months and thought that you could apply to different NPC corporations. Creator of the 'Nova Knifers United' channel My Minja Blog Recruitment requests received: 15
CarlitoX Jojooojo 308	Posted - 2015.07.13 01:44:00 - [23] - Quote Long time I thought that there were many people online in the game ( I saw it in the "connecting..." menu), then I discovered the opposite. I also melee'd a RE. C3Po's alt 00100010 01110000 01101000 01110010 01100001 01110011 01100101 00100010
Kiiran-B Seraphim Initiative. 248	Posted - 2015.07.13 01:49:00 - [24] - Quote I thought that buying Aurum weapons gave you the bpo. Oh God.
XxBlazikenxX Random Gunz Rise Of Legion. 987	Posted - 2015.07.13 01:53:00 - [25] - Quote I thought that tank destruction points were broken because I meleed a tank at the exact same time a fg destroyed it and thought I destroyed it. I then proceeded to have staring contest with rail gun tanks, it did not work. CCP Archduke is the best GM
Tech Ohm Eaven Storm Wind Strikeforce Caldari State 1	Posted - 2015.07.13 02:10:00 - [26] - Quote Darken-Sol wrote: I thought CCP was a new kind of gaming company. I bought all the hype. Then i watched a great game idea become a mediocre game. I am still hoping a company out there could step on CCPs head and make the game we all wanted. If they were publicly traded then yeah a buyout just to have a few ccp employees responsible for ff2014 washing vehicles at a hostile takeover corp But eeh better things to spend money on
Booby Tuesdays Bad Mother Thukkers 1	Posted - 2015.07.13 02:31:00 - [27] - Quote For the longest time, I didn't know there was a forum, and I didn't know I wasn't forced to use the default SMG on my Logi (back in Beta, this was the default). It took a loooong time to get my KD up to snuff, lol. My favorite? Not knowing the turret installations didn't harm the MCC. At least twice I was shooting at one when it blew up. Ahhh... the days of being a newb... Half Assed Forum Warrior - Half Decent Commando - Damn Good Logi - Matari Freedom Fighter lvl 8
Summa Militum Art.of.Death 509	Posted - 2015.07.13 02:46:00 - [28] - Quote When I first started I called out a dropship thinking that while in the air I could switch seats to use one of the side mounted turrets and just leave the dropship hovering in one spot. The moment I tried this the dropship immediately plummeted to the ground and I died.
D4GG3R 0uter.Heaven 1	Posted - 2015.07.13 02:47:00 - [29] - Quote I'll always be a scrub:) I'm pretty plain. I watch anime for the boobs
Satyr Dante Glitched Connection 3	Posted - 2015.07.13 03:44:00 - [30] - Quote On my first character I had mega corps lvl3 cause from reading it I thought everyone affected how many can join a corps...I thought I was helping... so much sp...so much -curls into ball- so much possibility for it

Vesta Opalus Ostrakon Agency Gallente Federation 877	Posted - 2015.07.13 04:39:00 - [31] - Quote No-one-ganks like-Gaston wrote: In this thread we talk about some of our embarrassing shortcomings and misunderstandings we had as little baby clones fresh out of the vat. When I was starting out I had no clue what scanning was. At first I was just really annoyed by it, because I had no idea what it meant but it was popping up constantly. YOU HAVE BEEN SCANNED. It would even stay on the screen while I was dead, which made it impossible to tell where someone with a needle was. A month or two down the line I finally drew the connection that, maybe, since I kept dying soon after being scanned, perhaps that meant someone had me in line of sight and was preparing to fire. Every match after that, whenever I got scanned, I would immediately duck for cover and start looking all over the place for whoever the hell was lining me up. I never did find whoever was checking out my ass, unfortunately. I did learn situational awareness and to use my peripheral vision very quickly in my efforts to find the scanner, however. I always wondered why my gun didnt work when everyone else's very much did. Turns out the SMG that the artificer was fit with by default didnt have the range everyone else had.
Veg Hegirin DUST University Ivy League 88	Posted - 2015.07.13 06:55:00 - [32] - Quote I put points into dropsuit upgrades V I though militia only meant things were harder to fit I thought there was a point to basic suits
Scotty AI MatchMaker WarRavens D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 158	Posted - 2015.07.13 06:56:00 - [33] - Quote i completely misunderstood the whole 'friendly player experience' line, seriously i skilled all my starter SP into turrets thinking i'd somehow be able to call em down like LAV's or something, i ended up starting again a week later 'There is an art to dying, but its a dying art.'
Dzago Sevatarion DUST University Ivy League 74	Posted - 2015.07.13 07:40:00 - [34] - Quote When I used the scanner my first few times nothing was in its cone and I thought I was doing something wrong because I thought the message on screen said I had no margin for error instead of no margin of error. Needless to say I was really embarrassed when I finally read up on how to use a scanner.
Michael Arck 6	Posted - 2015.07.13 08:44:00 - [35] - Quote Ohhhh boy. I once ran INTO an orbital willingly. What was I thinking? SP squandering. Good lord, I set myself behind like 3 weeks skilling into books that had nothing to do with my playstyle. Dust button layout had me suiciding due to me be so used to other FPS titles that pretty much shared the same layout, except for Dust. I would throw grenades a few feet away, curse while still running towards, blow up and die. Hilarious. Archistrategos / The 7th Prime / Selah *Where the fear has gone there will be nothing....only I will remain
Operative 1174 Uuali True Companion Planetary Requisitions 907	Posted - 2015.07.13 09:05:00 - [36] - Quote I have OCD and didn't realize that reselecting vehicle active modules was indeed turning them off. I tend to select or mess with things several times to make sure whatever it is is working like it should. I wondered why I just wasn't getting any mileage out of hardeners. The glowing animation for cooldown did and does look the same to me as active. I also only realized the first of this year how bad server lag is for me and how much I have to compensate for a full second delay for graphics, sound and damage registration. MY CPM2 PLATFORM
deezy dabest Evil Syndicate Alliance. 2	Posted - 2015.07.13 11:35:00 - [37] - Quote For my first 3 - 4 days of the game I thought that passive SP was only accrued while logged in. My PS3 hated my guts for leaving it on for that entire time. Remove NPC orbitals from FW. -- Fix orbital timers for Eve players assisting in Planetary Conquest.
LOL KILLZ LulKlz 245	Posted - 2015.07.13 16:43:00 - [38] - Quote I thought killing someone in a LP suit meant they lost 10 million ISK. Boy was I wrong, and farmed in the process. CEO of LulKlz/ chat channel LulKlz, code 0000 <--- numbers
Ghost Kaisar Fatal Absolution Negative-Feedback 11	Posted - 2015.07.13 18:00:00 - [39] - Quote No-one-ganks like-Gaston wrote: I remember that stage in my career, too. Exact same thing happened to me. But hey, +5, right? NOOOOO.... ONEEEEEEE.... Ganks like Gaston! Melee's bombs like Gaston! In a PC nobody feeds like Gaston! He's especially good at defenestrating! My what a Merc! GAAAASTOOOOON! Currently listening to: Tsukihime OST Un-Retired PC Scout. I miss the old days ;_;


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