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Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.09.02 09:25:00 -
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Yeah. Stick with default Militia Dropsuit fittings for now as you won't be losing money. When you get in game, check to see if there are clusters of team mates and try to keep with them. Follow and keep up with Assault fitting if you enjoy face to face shooting. If you prefer to just run around the map trying to capture objectives, turrets, etc., then try the default Scout/Sniper fitting as you will have more speed (less HP). Run along the side lines to try to avoid enemy attention. Pay attention to your mini map in the corner, and if you see a red dot nearby, or a red chevron on the horizon, avoid it while en route to target. If I see everyone's in a free for all, then I'll switch to my scout gear and sprint objective to objective capturing what I can, cuz, well, the team is all over the place. If they seem to be organized, I'll go with assault gear.
Regarding skills:
Keep them for now until you find a style you like most. It takes time to earn Skill Points and once you spend them you can't trade them back. You will have to earn more through team objectives and kills. Once you have an idea, and have learned a bit about the weaponry options and dropsuit modules, your skill points will sorta fall into place. For example, I first trained for sniper rifle use, then realized most of the games were tight small maps. Here, those skills are kinda wasted. I later switched over to Assault suits, using sub-machine guns (SMG). I liked this idea, but to use an SMG I had to train up for it with the appropriate skills for that weapon, powergrid (PG) use or whatever. My kills were growing, but I would still die frequently. So I trained Shield Upgrades to get access to Shield Extenders and/or Regenerators. Eventually I decided to stick with Assault and invest skills into an Assault Dropsuit - II. I still die but gameplay has become much more enjoyable as I do last longer in one-on-one or one-on-two/three skirmishes. At the moment, I have a fitting for scout suit with sniper/SMG weaponry, and an assault II suit with dual SMGs. I am currently investing into shield skills to booth my shield regeneration and amounts. With these skills I am comfortable that I can survive a few attacks on enemy objectives, especially if one or two others are nearby, and I can switch out to scout to quickly circle behind enemy lines to recapture for the team.
My point is, if you dump skills into ...armor repair, then later decide the suit you like specializes in shields, then those armor skills are useless unless you go another setup. If you drop skills into heavy suit fittings then decide you like scout/sniping, same thing. Once you get a solid fitting beyond the default Militia gear, earning points is much easier and allows you more room to play around with other fits and skill trees. If you scatter all your points around earlier on without at least trying to specialize somewhat, then you may end up with a lot of skills that aren't really helping with what you may decide you like after the fact.
It's late. I'm rambling. I hope that helps a bit.
good luck!
- me. |