My advice, pick one specialty and work on just that one. I jumped around and tried many things and wasted a TON of SP. If I focused I'd have my proto suit by now... so pick a class and stick with it. Once maxed or well trained, then go on to another class.

Ive been playing about 3 weeks[Thank you Merc Pack:)], so lm no expert but heres some advice[in random order cause lve had a few whiskeys];

-Do some research...this is a very deep game were game skills outweigh equipment[and also equipment is restricted by skill level]...theres a sticky on this page with a link to the Online Manual, that will help

-Youve got 3 character slots, so you can mix and match... l started with my Sniper, then switched to a Trooper then back to my Sniper..after working out what l liked and what worked.

-Turn Voice On...even if you dont use a Mic[l rarely do myself due to my crazy kids], you can hear your team giving out information

-For now, try to stick with a few teammates, until you get use to the setup and gameplay...

-Your going to die, dont sweat it...lve had games were lve gone 0/12....sometimes you just cant do anything. Dont quit, dont get frustrated, cause next time you may go 12/0[lm still waiting for that to happen sigh....]

-Before you freak about the "loose gear per death" part of the game...l can tell you, that on average you should easily make back your loss at the end of the round[l average around 150k ISK[ingame money] per round, and lm pretty average player....

-Make sure you have plenty of Dropsuit fittings...l usually have around 20 per match...so you never get the message "Invalid Fitting"...everytime you die, you loose 1 fitting[except Militia..which is your basic crap invulnerable gear]

Im sure more veteran players will fix this...till then, have fun:)

[Man you guys are fast...there was no replies when l started typing this ]

WOW thanks for all the advise, iv'e seen some videos describing the customization and i was just lost can anyone explain it and is their bullet drop in Dust. Because i play BF3 i'm used to aiming above long targets with guns and tanks and was wondering if they put that mechanic in here.

on most weapons there is not (i don't snipe so i have no ******* clue there, and mass drivers have an arc of course)

there is a bit of deviation and kick, but compared to battlefield it's very light. the real issue will be range. guns in dust have HARD caps on range. after so-ever much distance your bullet will hit an invisible wall and go no further. this range varies by weapon type, and can be buffed with skills, but it's definitely jarring at first. especially with an smg...

WOW thanks for all the advise, iv'e seen some videos describing the customization and i was just lost can anyone explain it and is their bullet drop in Dust. Because i play BF3 i'm used to aiming above long targets with guns and tanks and was wondering if they put that mechanic in here.

aim, press r1

repeat.

best advise iv'e seen in this forum lol

Since you asked let me help you out a bit.

Skills.

While your clone is already preprogrammed with muscle memory to do everything, skills however is just what you mind is augmenting with it to make that function much better. YOu have to choose these carefully as they cannot be dumped undone or changed ever. Its always a safer bet to stock up and spend later, than to spend now and wasted it on a skill you are likely to never use.

For example I hate driving, I dont waste SP into LAVs or HAVs.

As i said with part 1 look at all the possible skills in the market read thier descriptions to what they do and dont do. From there look at all the modules and read thier descriptions on what they do and dont do. Find the neat little things and start formulating your customization plan.

Gear.

Gear is extremly customizable and more forgiving twoards the trial and error. Dont like the tactial assault rifle? try the breach? dont like low magazine size? try the assault and so on. Dying to much because you didnt heal fast enough from the last fight? Try shield tanking, dont like dying in a 2v1 situation go for armor tank. Dont like getting shot period try speed tanking. The list goes on and on. Watch other people play too and how they approach problems to situations most of the time however you are that problem that needs removal so dont take offense to it.

Spend smartly spend wisely dont think that higher teir gear is going to change your game for you, it wont. if you cannot make kills with tier one or milita variants you are not making kills with the protype version, period.

The only thing proto gear does is make people who are very deadly in milita gear THAT much more deadlier.

i'm writing a book.

so with the skills can I be a good heavy AND be a good tanker or do i just specialize in one and sorta just use the other because i love vehicle play and gun play

Don't specialize in the heavy unless you are completely dedicated to it. It is very expensive to get to proto gear and you move real slow making you an easy target.

However if you do decide to go heavy and you get to the top of your skill points its a blast, everything finally equals out but can be quite expensive.

what happens when i run out of ammo?

Yes its possible to get both done, for example, Mechanic Skill is one of those Omni-use skills as it increases armor HP on both vehicles and suits. But Like I said plan for both carefully and load balance between your primary and secondary goals. Becuase you will eventually have to start spending skill points on HAV operation and its use of a heavy weapon and Heavy Suit skill and the weapons related to it as well. But ID the skills that can quickly help both loadouts quickly and that would be the best spendage of points.

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I would like some tips for this game. I'm completely new to Dust and will be playing in the upcoming beta event. I spend allot of time playing BF3 so i'm not new to the whole large vehicular FPS thing but i heard it's different than other FPS's out there so I would really appreciate some tips and advise from people who already played Dust.

well i like using big guns so can i use light or medium armor with a big gun and with big guns is it like TF2 where you have to rev the gun and basically stand still to fire?

well i like using big guns so can i use light or medium armor with a big gun and with big guns is it like TF2 where you have to rev the gun and basically stand still to fire?

heres a tip for you from a eve player

if you dont want to hate this game like eve dont use the most isk costing fits to take on other players its better to die 3 time then one if you losted only 12000 isk for 3 weres 5600000 isk for 1
remeber this game will be tide into eve wich has a player markeit the isk you use to buy stuff go,s to someone in eve
2nd
K/D is not god in this game it will never be gos is how much isk you have all way hold on to 2 mill just for a rainy day.