Ancaris Tenarre
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
15
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Posted - 2012.07.20 20:30:00 -
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So apparently I suck at this game.
Granted, I've only been playing for a few days, but I think I'm past the point where I can just chalk it up to being unfamiliar with the maps/other game mechanics.
At first I was totally willing to jump on the "durr all the older playerz are overpowerd" bandwagon, but I've been earnestly trying to analyze the situation and it seems like I'm the weakest link.
As an example, every time I get into a close quarters gunfight, I (apparently) end up just spraying bullets everywhere because my opponent barely seems to take any damage before I inevitably die. This has happened where the other guy is using a militia assault rifle and still kills me, so it's not (always) because of superior equipment.
In fact, aiming seems to be a huge problem for me; I'll be running across the battlefield and someone will snipe or rocket launcher(or whatever the hell it's called in DUST 514) me from across the map in one shot. By comparison, if I try the same tactic I can never seem to hit anybody even after 5 or 6 attempts.
Even when I'm lucky enough to stumble on someone without them seeing me, 50% of the time THEY end up killing ME instead.
I don't even know what skills to pursue because no playstyle seems to work for me. I suppose I haven't really tried using vehicles much, but I'm really fed up with how everyone's spamming them and feel like if I have to resort to the same tactics it reflects poorly on both me and the game; on me because apparently I'm not smart enough to figure out how to counter these tactics, and on the game for being poorly designed/unbalanced.
Of course, because I'm doing so poorly in each match, I rarely manage to accrue more than about 20-30k SP, so even if I try to pretend that skilling(and better equipment) will somehow magically fix everything, I still have to drudge through matches feeling like **** (even or maybe especially in the ones I win, because it feels like I'm just dead weight)
tl;dr - Feeling overwhelmed because I seem to suck at this game, is there something I can do to improve or should I just quit playing? :( |
Ancaris Tenarre
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
15
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Posted - 2012.07.20 21:48:00 -
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Wow thanks for the quick, constructive replies guys 
With look sensitivity, I've already mucked about with that a little and it barely seems to make a difference no matter how much I adjust it. I feel like it tends to be oversensitive so I've decreased it to like 5-10(default is around...30-40, something like that I think?) Of course, that's somewhat of a double edged sword because when you lower it that much it's difficult to turn quickly when somebody's ambushing you or whatnot. It also /never/ seems fine enough no matter how low I set it when I'm trying to shoot at range; it'd be interesting if they could come up with a system to dynamically adjust the sensitivity based on the situation, although I could also see some people calling that dumbing down the gameplay.
I've actually been very apprehensive about improving "specialty" skills like nanohives and drop uplinks because I've been punished in other games/MMOs for not sticking exclusively to one skilltree/whatever and I started out as an enforcer. I also didn't even know you couldn't use uplinks without learning a skill until recently(what is the basic logistic fitting even for if they don't give you that?)
I don't know if I've just been unlucky but in most matches I've been in most people don't seem to be using mics, and if they are they're just kind of casually talking among themselves and don't really seem to be engaged or forming strategies. I don't have a mic myself, but I don't think not having one should be game-breaking; there should be other ways to communicate as well. I dunno, this area is something I'm kind of ambivalent about.
Actually, if I could editorialize for a bit, it seems to me like it would benefit the game greatly to have more planning before the battle itself; such as contracting specific mercs known for having certain role specialties, formulating tactics based on a map that's known in advance, and forming squads based on those specialties to carry out certain maneuvers. If this has all already been discussed by CCP already in some form(sorry, I was planning to get up to speed on all that stuff a little later), then that's awesome and would definitely give me good reason to stay on. |