DUST Search - Some beginner Logistics help, please.

Preventus wrote:

Okay first and foremost, I'm pretty mediocre when it comes to the FPS genre. I've generally avoided FPS's because a problem with my depth perception, which can make fast, intensive games a little hard to play at times. That, and I'm getting older - I just don't have the twitchy-ness that other players seem to. I get maybe 6/10 K/D in a game, not counting assists. I know that's not terrible, but that's probably one of my more lucky rounds.

So far, Dust is a pretty amazing game, but the problem is I really don't want to hold my team back. I've been looking into support roles, but I'm having a bit of a hard time choosing how to go about it. Logistics seems like a good starting point, but I'm not exactly certain which skills I should focus on first.

My survivability was absolutely terrible when I tried it the other night, I've noticed that Log suits have a lower HP mod than Assault, as well as a lower speed - which seems a little strange to me, but regardless - I'm looking for some suggestions to help improve my survivability, and what kind of skills I should be looking to acquire first, so that I can be more useful to my team.

Any help you could give me would be much appreciated, thank you.


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Abron Garr Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 256	Posted - 2012.07.26 21:25:00 - [1] - Quote Preventus wrote: Okay first and foremost, I'm pretty mediocre when it comes to the FPS genre. I've generally avoided FPS's because a problem with my depth perception, which can make fast, intensive games a little hard to play at times. That, and I'm getting older - I just don't have the twitchy-ness that other players seem to. I get maybe 6/10 K/D in a game, not counting assists. I know that's not terrible, but that's probably one of my more lucky rounds. So far, Dust is a pretty amazing game, but the problem is I really don't want to hold my team back. I've been looking into support roles, but I'm having a bit of a hard time choosing how to go about it. Logistics seems like a good starting point, but I'm not exactly certain which skills I should focus on first. My survivability was absolutely terrible when I tried it the other night, I've noticed that Log suits have a lower HP mod than Assault, as well as a lower speed - which seems a little strange to me, but regardless - I'm looking for some suggestions to help improve my survivability, and what kind of skills I should be looking to acquire first, so that I can be more useful to my team. Any help you could give me would be much appreciated, thank you. Hi, primary healer here. Right now it's hard to try and be a medic with this build. There is no grouping, so you can't be sure how decent your group is beforehand or whether they're even on coms. Just a few things I try to do... The logi suit, IMO, is garbage. The tank isn't the problem, it's the lack of agility and speed. Right now it's easier to wear an assault or scout suit and carry a repair tool in your utility slot. Fill your high and low slots with tank. The weapon you choose should reflect the map you're in. I prefer The burst AR for mid and long range maps like Plateau and the SMG/Shotgun for indoor areas like Biomass and Communication. I've recently started sinking SP into the Mass Driver and so far I'm liking it, but it takes a lot of SP and practice to make it shine. Stick with your group. Keep yourself alive first, a dead medic can't heal. Always rep yourself when you get a chance. You can't heal through stupid. If some heavy is trying to facetank 3 people outside instead of falling back behind cover so you can repair him, then let him die. Throw a grenade at his feet and run away, sometimes you kill whoever was shooting him. Carrying syringes is almost a waste at this point. Very few people wait long enough for you to revive them before they suicide. Even when you tell them in coms, they still suicide. If you do have syringes, don't try and hero rez while people are shooting you. Wait until all the reds are dead. Heal vehicles for easy SP. Nanohives are good for farming SP too, just drop them where your group is fighting, but in a "safe" spot behind some cover. Don't drop uplinks in stupid places. Make an offensive suit that you can switch to if you're group is just too bad to keep alive and you don't want to bail.