Aeon Amadi wrote:Rorek IronBlood wrote:
You ask that question like you have never seen anyone ever use a credit card before. Ha-ha. Seriously this relates to real life a lot. I've seen plenty of people purchase or use higher tiered equipment they cannot properly afford soley on the basis that they believe they'll do better, and it ends up bankrupting them. Sort of a kin to your predicament. You are having trouble even staying afloat. Why? That is on you personally. It's a "you" sort of problem. I have my own path and plan and it works very well for me. I have the same bundle you do though and so do many more people. The problem with this build is that the 'Scout' is gimpy if not gimmicky this build. It's lost almost all of its frontline potential (which I had used it for) and is almost a liability in any situation outside of medium to long distance range.
If you have any of the 'Skinweave' dropsuits use them instead. I use the 'Skinweave' 'assault' class dropsuit, and do very well most rounds -- provided the match making does not throw me into an already in-progress match. Which is lame.
I'm not the only one with this issue - and you're still avoiding my point (and the point of this thread entirely) in that not everyone is going to be have these options. The Merc Pack gear had to be purchased, the Skinweave suits had to be earned through beta testing.
Even then - why would I use the Skinweave Suit which is comparable to a Militia suit... When I can use the Dragonfly which is comparable to a Standard suit...?
At which point we revolve back to my previous argument that not everyone is going to have it and the fact that I'm saving isk by using it is showing just how pressing of an issue we have here.
Okay. Look I'm gonna make this simple. It's on the player themselves. Simple as that. Stop making excuses for everything. Avoiding? No. I have answered this twice now. You say well some people won't have this or that option. Well the truth is that you can always purchase the AUR, or look at the player market to purchase AUR or BPO iterms for your ISK. In the end ISK will always be more valuable then AUR, and players want more and more ISK. If you are having issues look at yourself, and what you are doing wrong. Also the 'Dragonfly' which I have spent over a hundred hours using alone is a good dropsuit, but like any piece of equipment or gear it is only as good as the player behind wielding it.
[Player skill > Passive character skills > equipment & gear]
Also the 'Skinweave' dropsuits are a fantastic dropsuit especially early on, and for most combat incursions. It's on the player though in the end. The real difference between higher tier dropsuits is slots, PG (Power Grid) and CPU (Central Processing Unit) power output. Again all which can be manipulated by passive skills.
Just be thankful that CCP was kind enough to give everyone pre-loaded infinite loadouts for your character classification which to fall back on. Because, I doubt I'd have been that kind.
Now if you want to discuss whether or not the ISK also has a degredation effect this build like skil points, then discuss that. Otherwise this whole thread boils down to a "you the player" sort of problem. Is that harsh? Maybe, but then again so is New Eden, and the
EVE universe. Balance your assets, and plan, plan, plan. If you are not five steps ahead on what you need or want to do then you are three steps back too far, and this game will devour you.