Daemonn Adima
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Posted - 2015.10.21 19:19:00 -
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So I started playing about 2.5 months ago now and I gotta say it was tough to get to 6mil SP, which ain't ****. I've played EVE and many different games, mostly on PC, so the complexity of the interface and how skills are unlocked weren't new to me. Understanding what they all translated to in gameplay was not very easy to understand.
It wasn't until almost a month in that I saw guides talking about racial weapons and finally understood what suit types give what bonuses to which weapons etc... But by then I had wasted SP on not so important side weapons and such.
Now that my suits average 25-33 meta I'm playing with full officer and proto suits. I can almost instantly tell when I've come across a stacked suit. Their shields and armor are just higher, you can feel it right away. Conversely since I do have some decent kits, I can feel it against weaker suits than my own, I melt some people so fast I feel bad. Then I realize how often that happens to me and I have to say, I melt people less often than I get melted lol.
My buddy started playing with me and he luckily had downloaded the game and created a character quite awhile ago and forgot. He had 21mil SP stocked up, so I helped him skill up to proto in a few categories. He said he hates playing without it now because he gets rektd otherwise, only problem is he barely had enough isk to pay for his skills so he's limited in running proto.
He gets immensely frustrated when he's forced to use militia or standard gear because he is new to the tactical FPS genre. I have asked him if he would keep playing if he didn't have so much SP starting off and he said probably not. Only because he has less patience for this game, not knowing EVE and having no tie to the New Eden universe. This really diminishes the importance of Dust. That is probably the only reason I've kept playing, feeling like Dust will get ported and it will be something great. That and a few really friendly helpful folks on here who make me wanna log on everyday just to say what's up.
I would recommend Dust 514 to someone, only if I could put a big warning label on it. Tell them they are going to feel frustrated by many things ranging from technical problems to ******* players, but if they get into a decent corp with a good community they can have a lot of fun. I'd let them know the depth of Dust which can be frustrating can also be the most engrossing part, so appreciate the depth. |
Daemonn Adima
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Posted - 2015.10.21 22:14:00 -
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BARAGAMOS wrote:Sanchez Rivera wrote:Sned TheDead wrote:Man, I started playing right after rouge wedding.
this ain't sh*t compared to how bad it was back then.
hell yeah I would. Hmmmmmm... I Wonder How Bad Was It Back Then...? o.o But I'm Happy That The Yes Train Is Getting Full  DUST 514 Is Special Than  It wasn't.... We ALL started in easy mode compared to the current NPE. You realize they are nerfing officer gear production for a reason right? Almost everyday on here I am working with new players, but sadly most never stay more than a couple weeks. They enjoy the game until they realize just how far they are from even being able to be competitive in the current environment then some group of assholes comes along and redline stomps them one too many times and they beg you to move to another game with them because they would rather have fun than "grind". WE DID NOT GRIND...we put in time with most of us within 5 mill SP of each other. There was no officer or experimental gear, no warbarge bonuses, ADS, MYOs, or habitual roof camping. We played an actual tactical shooter with full teams and comparatively few leaves. So, the truth is most of us would not stay any longer than they do.
And the vets act like they gave blood sweat and tears for officer/proto then tell new players to git gud. I'm lucky I've met some great people on here otherwise it would seem like a community of bitter spoiled vets. Not very appealing to new players.
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