One thing I regret about this game is that I never used the rail rifle and a few other which I did but not as much , thinking back on it I was more of a not use my top tier gear even at the end I was afraid to lose the gear sorry I know it's odd but yeah lol

I was a ******* millionaire at the end and STILL only used standard-level gear... I was afraid to even use advanced!

On top of that, I had around 60+ mil SP and no proto suits unlocked... don't ask how.

Oh yes, they call this the too good to use or too awesome to use syndrome. I suffer from it too. This was/is especially true if it was something that stood out like an officer suit. Especially that rattati frog suit which you could see a mile away. I think I used one of those once. I killed a guy or two and made it to the next clone station to immediately change it. If I used it any longer than that I would had had a heart attack.

The main problem or problems with this mentality is that you dont enjoy the game and it actually makes you play worst. Towards the end of thd game I made a trade which made it so that I could use mostly proto gear until the game closed. About 2 month worth. My play became exponentially better because I was able to focus on just playing vs worrying about how much isk I lost or made. Huge difference on pkay style. It eas my son who actually though me that. Just go for it. As long as you get the kill it was ok even if you died. Made the game so much more enjoyable.

In regards to the rail rifle you may or may have not missed much depending on when you started tonpkay the game. Early on the rail rifle was a beast. I could go head to head in an advance logi suit against a heavy, walk strait towards him and still end up winning. It was insane but it was also very unfair. That rifle wpuld kill you on all ranges on all terrains. Then came the nerf and when that bat hit it hit it like it was a cheating husband or wife. The recoil made it stupid useless. Not even the caldari could use it. They over did that nerf. At the end they made it fair again as long as you use a caldari assault.

I had every weapaon skilled but then got the respec and skilled ALLLLLLLL gallente. At the end, I used all my officer and experimental weapons. I believe I still have like 3 bins, a few scotsmans, tins of kubos (both ion and plasma) and a lot more stuff

Caldari weren't the fastest scouts though. Minmatar were, and with all its Low Slots, Gal Scouts could come pretty close.

Caldari weren't slow like the Amarr, but they weren't speed demons either. I can't remember if they had the PG to pull off KinCats either.

For the longest time they were the best passive scanners though, and Shield Tankers of the Scouts.

I sometimes regret not switching corps more early on. I was a pretty diehard loyalist for my corp and stuck with it until after things totally fell to crap in PC. By then, it was too late as corps weren't really serious any more and DUST became just pointless Pub matches. I did have an incredible time with my corp but I sometimes feel like I still missed out on other great stuff in other corps.