CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.08.10 03:19:00 -
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Hello, Shinobi.
 GǪ. And sorry to say, it sounds as if you've travelled down the same "trap" road that many of your fellow players (and many of us from past play years ago), travelled down. All the time they never knew they were playing Dust "the wrong way".
Wha--? "What's the 'wrong way' to play a shooting game?"
Well, EVE Dust 514 is "disguised" as a shooting game, but is actually a money-management game. Some players may have figured out how to strafe/jump/exploit/marksmanshoot their way to Leaderboard throne levels, and some may have 'grind'-ed to unlock ever proto gun for stomping. But in a money-management game, the best players are the ones who've mastered sustainable profit,GǪ and continue to grow profit in any kind of weather.
GǪ. Some players dump tons of SP and ISK into going Lvl-5 on so much disconnected stuff, before it hits them that something's still wrong because they can't keep up with other players who "appear" to always be ahead of them.
It sounds as if you've finally beginning to sense that money-management (WEALTH managment when you've learned to master it, and then eventually AFFLUENCE-management once you've been at it long enough ) is the game skill you're never were aware of.
Let me say again, MANY of us spent plenty of ISK/SP/shooting-time in that same "trap".
There are different ways to build your Dust money-managment ability. The ways listed above MAY NOT work for you at all, because part of that "trap" is in assuming what works and makes 300 ISK per match for YOU, is good advice to give someone else.  NoGǪ
Are you a great marksman but have little ehp unlocked? Rig a Starter suit with whatever long-range adv gun your comfy with and give fire-support to frontliners in Ambush or Dom matches. Don't fight in the front, because your style of gameplay can't contribute enough teamWP to earn a profit without using a proto gun (which explains why you keep reaching for a proto gun).
Are you like me, rubbish at shooting and killing, but with a good eye for sussing battle situations and making tactical moves that shift a whole match in your team's favor? Then stay away from Skirms and Ambush, and play just Domination. Fit a basic suit with profile dampeners and an adv uplink, and open doors for your team. This non-shooting gameplay style allows you to contribute lots of teamWP even if you get killed alot per match.
Your expertise may be in entirely other areas, but the sole rule is that you DON'T bring a suit-fitting to the match that costs more than what your personal performance can deliver in WPs. That might not mean using the el-cheapo suit, but it usually does mean leaving all that goofy proto jazz at home.
GǪ.At least until after you've a money-manager, with some wealth to brag about.  If we were as smart at playing Dust as we are playing our traditional fps games, we would've worked on the money-management skill BEFORE the gun-addiction, not AFTER.
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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