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Vyzion Eyri wrote:

31.12.12

I've resolved to spend the countdown to 2013 flying more dropships.

I'll probably need the practice. Recently, in a spate of 1v1 or 2v1 skirmishes, I've basically had the whole map to myself. The enemies, usually, don't try to shoot down my dropships and I can practice basic maneuvers to my heart's content. So far I think I've got turning down. Accelerating, check. Decelerating, not so much. This I have to work on.

Throughout though, and I think I've mentioned this before, I'm keeping Skihid's phrase in my head: a dropship is 'a brick balanced on thrust'. That single line is what I find,by far, the most helpful. That image just works.

I also decided, in one of these empty ghost-town-like games, splash out and buy a Gallente... uh, I forgot the name, (220k one... my wallet wishes to express its great disproval) dropship, fitted with basic blaster turrets and some armor. Many prefer the Caldari and I can see why; shield modules don't reduce speed. I'm actually slightly regretting my choice to spec. for Gallente DS' now.

But only slightly.

Armor means I can land and repair most of any damage with my trusty repper gun, as well as have my shields regenerate while I do so. That's how I reason to myself for not going down the Caldari skill line, anyway.

However, when I tried to land to do just that, out of nowhere I spy what seems to be a lamppost which, due to its diminutive size, I totally overlooked while finding a nice clear landing zone, and notice I'm sliding right towards it. Hoping my speed would be low enough by the time I hit it, I did not try avoid and reattempt the landing.

Boom.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS MADNESS FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

A lamppost, ladies and gentlemen. Like the one in Narnia. Comparing its stature against my majestic dropship, it was positively puny.

BUT NO. It must've been made out of titanium. Diamonds. Shielded by the force of a thousands minds willing it to remain rooted to the ground when a half-fitted Gallente dropship, weight even greater due to its armor plating, hits it with considerable force (my inner pilot is ashamed to admit I miscalculated that) it does not budge. Instead, suddenly all the armor drains out of the dropship and I am forced to hop out and feel the heat wave of the explosion sear my backside and turn around with my repper to watch helplessly as my dropship disintegrates.

Eventually, all that was left to light my tear-stained helmet was the glow of my repper, my finger still holding the trigger into the air, hoping against hope that since the law of conservation of mass didn't hold true for destroying atoms, since I see no pile of ash on the ground where my beloved dropship just was, nor dust blown away in the wind, that perhaps the creation of atoms would be viable and my repper would spawn a DS out of thin air.

Didn't happen. I should've died with my ship like a true captain.

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Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 155	Posted - 2012.12.24 11:38:00 - [1] - Quote I feel like recording my experience. This probably won't be daily. 23.12.12 Christmas Eve. Last minute Christmas shopping is rife around the globe. Meanwhile, I'm huddled up in my beanbag playing dust. Some extraordinary events today. I'm slowly, with a little help from the guides found around the training grounds, learning how to play as a logibro. Without a mic. Painfully annoying sometimes, though. It seems team communication is paramount, unless... You have a badass HAV with one of those stabilised neutron blasters. One such merc with one such HAV decimated me in two skirmishes, although I'll admit my militia av wasn't suited to destroying anything but militia vehicles. But seriously, defeated in a skirmish match because our clone reserves were depleted. I was ashamed. Couldn't even do my duty as a logibro. I ended up dropping my rev stick and heal gun and hiding far far away, sniping. Whilst destroying those who strayed from what appeared to be an orgy around the HAV gave me some grim satisfaction, watching my teammates go down under the storm of fire from the aforementioned HAV crushed me. The upside to the day, though, was that I joined a squad for the first time. I never knew it was as easy as selecting to join one when I find one during a game. We went through rough times against the HAV though, and that eventually split us up. Or it might've just been the maintenance. Teamwork was good, and my inner logi shone. my inner pilot also got a taste of the skies. After some kind soul gently informed me that all my complaining about expensive dropships for a newbie pilot were void because the militia ones are relatively cheap, I flew. And crashed. And burned. But those moments in the air, as my squad spawn camped the other team, were glorious. Simply magnificent. So far, I've gone through 4 or 5 dropships and I haven't landed one after taking off. But I will. -
Bhor Derri Legion of Eden 95	Posted - 2012.12.24 11:46:00 - [2] - Quote I don't know why but message me in game I would teach you the ropes of playing dust :D
Skag Barron Tronhadar Free Guard Minmatar Republic 52	Posted - 2012.12.24 11:47:00 - [3] - Quote Vyzion Eyri wrote: So far, I've gone through 4 or 5 dropships and I haven't landed one after taking off. But I will. Reminds me of Hotshots, the old navy general Played by Jeff bridges dad. "come to think of it I've never landed a plane in my life, shot down everytime..."
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 155	Posted - 2012.12.24 12:25:00 - [4] - Quote Bhor Derri wrote: I don't know why but message me in game I would teach you the ropes of playing dust :D I'd accept the offer except without a mic I have really no way to communicate with a mentor. Can't even silently listen; my tv just wasn't made to handle crazy explosions, gunfire, beeps and boops and keep voices on top of it all. Thanks though.
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 155	Posted - 2012.12.28 13:04:00 - [5] - Quote 28.12.12 2013 is just around the corner. And so is objective A. After playing some quick mercenary Asia Game Show ambushes, I get bored. Team deathmatches in a game like this really isn't any fun. There's so much more potential for vehicles than to deck them out with over 9000 cannons and blasting the living daylights out of mercs that poke their head over a knoll. So to skirmish I go. Apparently I'm on when most people aren't, and I find myself in some 2v2s, 3v3s, capping at a 7v6 at one stage. Mostly uneventful, could even say boring if I still didn't find the fact that I was a beta tester for a game pre-release perpetually exciting. I tried to hone my loginoob (this is my unique classification) skills but there isn't enough people, and when there was, in the 7v6, we managed to dominate and spawn camp their butts. Most of the time I spent with my trusty sniper and militia dropships, the latter of which I managed to crash many times. The next game, however, surprised me. I was standing around in the war barge (correct me if it isn't the war barge. I've just used the term in the context I've seen it used in before) waiting for the match to begin and I looked up at the holographic scoreboard, and saw only me. Hit tab (I play with KBM :D) and wow, same thing held true. I was the only player in the match. Match began, I naturally dashed for the closest null cannon. After I captured two and still there was no opposition, I realised the possibilities. So I went on to take a 3rd objective, and with a strong 3/0 out of 5 null cannons, I decided there was no better opportunity to work on my DS flying. It was awesome. I'm finally understanding that concept that Skihids mentioned in his guide about dropships being 'a brick balanced on thrust'. Whilst this meant I managed to finally land my craft, twice, it didn't stop me from being so overjoyed I flew straight into a building because I wasn't watching where I was going. Inertia dampeners, I love you. I feel like a boss when I activate them and smash the ground like the Hulk. The flaming dropship wreckage that crashes into the ground behind me adds to that feeling of power. My wallet, however, cries. My early experience with DUST, I now recall, was spent dying until one Scrote Schroder decided to lend me a hand. I'd just like to thank him/her, whereever he/she may be, because the advice was invaluable. Okay, here's what he (yes, or she) told me: Use KBM for infantry control and the DS3 controller for vehicles. It worked wonders. Before I go on, I've read a couple of threads on KBM (for some reason I typed KGB before I realised that definitely wasn't what I was reading up on) and the majority of content was focused on the request for a player to have the ability to remap the controls and a conflict, based around the apparent advantage KBM players have, between KBM and DS3. My opinion on this stands as per the advice given to me by Schroder. KBM makes me play infantry much more smoothly, whether it be deploying nanohives or getting a headshot at 200m with my sniper. It's slightly cumbersome to select spawn points, turn a distance greater than the width of your mousepad and assign squad leader commands, but besides that, the KBM makes life so, so much easier. However, when it comes to vehicles, DS3 controller all the way. The analog sticks gives you all of 360 degrees which you don't get on the keyboard, making dropship maneuverability, especially, much more accurate. And whilst some may say I'm weak for choosing the easy infantry option, hey. My 0.47 KDR needs some massaging. Besides, I spend more time repping and jabbing than aiming down my sights. Okay, I snipe, and it's easy with my mouse. Fineeee. Jeez. -
Sanchez4 Better Hide R Die 4	Posted - 2012.12.28 16:59:00 - [6] - Quote I had a similar experiance to you getting into a match with no enemies. I had a full squad of on my sid with no opposition for half the match. We couldnt capture much because it was an ambush game. It was still funny though
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 155	Posted - 2012.12.29 11:20:00 - [7] - Quote 29.12.12 2013 approaches rapidly. Almost as rapid as, lets say, my logibro suit. Compared to a heavy. I nimbly dash around a tiny stack of seemingly impenetrable boxes, frustrating a heavy for what seems to last for eternity but probably only lasted a minute or so. I'm proud to say, without needing the added agility of a scout suit, I managed to stump a heavy completely. We danced, he shot, I hid, he tried to second guess, I second guessed his second guess, he just stood still and waited for me to wander around, I could see his red arrow giving away his trap, I throw grenade, we dance once more. Finally though, I assumed I had him confuzzled enough to dash away. I was wrong. As soon as I ended up in the open I was shredded. Lost that 2v1. A heavy and an assault against me in my trusty logi gear. Whilst that was not the smartest move, I still managed to take their MCC shields down before mine blew up. Now I know you're thinking, why not play a scout or assault loadout? Because I'm stubborn. Personally, that experience was invaluable. I had the knowledge, acquired with much gratitude from these forums, that heavies are cumbersome and slow, and also UNABLE TO JUMP. With just that stack of boxes I managed to evade certain death for a minute when usually, at that distance of <5m, 1v1 CQC, a heavy should be death with a beer gut. I realise now I could've even pulled out a nanohive which I could use to replenish my nades and eventually wear him down that way, since my AR accuracy is sorely lacking, even with KBM. Also, today I joined Bojo's School of the Trades! Fun times await as a student at this prestiged educational corporation. I don't expect complete funding but the knowledge that like-minded people (hopefully) will probably join and we'd end up being some big happy family before we leave and go our seperate ways makes me smile. Corporations are a must for newbies. For the record, I'm attempting to go down the sniper logibro path. Yes, it has been rejected as impossible and redundant and stupid and foolish and useless and redundant and redundant and foolish... etc. But maybe, just maybe. A sniper logibro pilot. Yes... And maybe, once I'm filled to the brim with knowledge from Bojo's school, and even perhaps after I've imparted some of this vast knowledge to other fresh minds, I will leave and forge my own path. A sniper logibro lone wolf pilot. Has a ring to it. -
Wako 75 SVER True Blood Unclaimed. 76	Posted - 2012.12.29 11:28:00 - [8] - Quote 12.29.12 hit sp cap (they really need to extend just a bit) im trying to lvl ar proficiency to 5 but no sp lol. every day there seems to ble less tanks please if you see me on other team just call in everything. badfurry was gg but bring yo tank out the redline so i could kill with proto. umm there really isnt that much more. wait umm making alot of money killing people haveing fun.
Wako 75 SVER True Blood Unclaimed. 76	Posted - 2012.12.29 11:32:00 - [9] - Quote also sniper logi bro sounds to me like the dumbest idea ive heard so far. umm please explain how are you going to get me ammo while you are sitting behind a rock sniping in corner of map. but if it works then good for you also get a mic
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 155	Posted - 2012.12.30 14:05:00 - [10] - Quote 31.12.12 I've resolved to spend the countdown to 2013 flying more dropships. I'll probably need the practice. Recently, in a spate of 1v1 or 2v1 skirmishes, I've basically had the whole map to myself. The enemies, usually, don't try to shoot down my dropships and I can practice basic maneuvers to my heart's content. So far I think I've got turning down. Accelerating, check. Decelerating, not so much. This I have to work on. Throughout though, and I think I've mentioned this before, I'm keeping Skihid's phrase in my head: a dropship is 'a brick balanced on thrust'. That single line is what I find,by far, the most helpful. That image just works. I also decided, in one of these empty ghost-town-like games, splash out and buy a Gallente... uh, I forgot the name, (220k one... my wallet wishes to express its great disproval) dropship, fitted with basic blaster turrets and some armor. Many prefer the Caldari and I can see why; shield modules don't reduce speed. I'm actually slightly regretting my choice to spec. for Gallente DS' now. But only slightly. Armor means I can land and repair most of any damage with my trusty repper gun, as well as have my shields regenerate while I do so. That's how I reason to myself for not going down the Caldari skill line, anyway. However, when I tried to land to do just that, out of nowhere I spy what seems to be a lamppost which, due to its diminutive size, I totally overlooked while finding a nice clear landing zone, and notice I'm sliding right towards it. Hoping my speed would be low enough by the time I hit it, I did not try avoid and reattempt the landing. Boom. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS MADNESS FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- A lamppost, ladies and gentlemen. Like the one in Narnia. Comparing its stature against my majestic dropship, it was positively puny. BUT NO. It must've been made out of titanium. Diamonds. Shielded by the force of a thousands minds willing it to remain rooted to the ground when a half-fitted Gallente dropship, weight even greater due to its armor plating, hits it with considerable force (my inner pilot is ashamed to admit I miscalculated that) it does not budge. Instead, suddenly all the armor drains out of the dropship and I am forced to hop out and feel the heat wave of the explosion sear my backside and turn around with my repper to watch helplessly as my dropship disintegrates. Eventually, all that was left to light my tear-stained helmet was the glow of my repper, my finger still holding the trigger into the air, hoping against hope that since the law of conservation of mass didn't hold true for destroying atoms, since I see no pile of ash on the ground where my beloved dropship just was, nor dust blown away in the wind, that perhaps the creation of atoms would be viable and my repper would spawn a DS out of thin air. Didn't happen. I should've died with my ship like a true captain. -

Forlorn Destrier ZionTCD Legacy Rising 914	Posted - 2012.12.30 16:02:00 - [11] - Quote Wako 75 wrote: also sniper logi bro sounds to me like the dumbest idea ive heard so far. umm please explain how are you going to get me ammo while you are sitting behind a rock sniping in corner of map. but if it works then good for you also get a mic Logi is not just about the drugs... er needle. Logi sniper pilot would have uplinks, hive, and repair tool (for the DS. )
Forlorn Destrier ZionTCD Legacy Rising 914	Posted - 2012.12.30 16:05:00 - [12] - Quote Vyzion Eyri wrote: 31.12.12 I've resolved to spend the countdown to 2013 flying more dropships. I'll probably need the practice. Recently, in a spate of 1v1 or 2v1 skirmishes, I've basically had the whole map to myself. The enemies, usually, don't try to shoot down my dropships and I can practice basic maneuvers to my heart's content. So far I think I've got turning down. Accelerating, check. Decelerating, not so much. This I have to work on. Throughout though, and I think I've mentioned this before, I'm keeping Skihid's phrase in my head: a dropship is 'a brick balanced on thrust'. That single line is what I find,by far, the most helpful. That image just works. I also decided, in one of these empty ghost-town-like games, splash out and buy a Gallente... uh, I forgot the name, (220k one... my wallet wishes to express its great disproval) dropship, fitted with basic blaster turrets and some armor. Many prefer the Caldari and I can see why; shield modules don't reduce speed. I'm actually slightly regretting my choice to spec. for Gallente DS' now. But only slightly. Armor means I can land and repair most of any damage with my trusty repper gun, as well as have my shields regenerate while I do so. That's how I reason to myself for not going down the Caldari skill line, anyway. However, when I tried to land to do just that, out of nowhere I spy what seems to be a lamppost which, due to its diminutive size, I totally overlooked while finding a nice clear landing zone, and notice I'm sliding right towards it. Hoping my speed would be low enough by the time I hit it, I did not try avoid and reattempt the landing. Boom. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS MADNESS FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- A lamppost, ladies and gentlemen. Like the one in Narnia. Comparing its stature against my majestic dropship, it was positively puny. BUT NO. It must've been made out of titanium. Diamonds. Shielded by the force of a thousands minds willing it to remain rooted to the ground when a half-fitted Gallente dropship, weight even greater due to its armor plating, hits it with considerable force (my inner pilot is ashamed to admit I miscalculated that) it does not budge. Instead, suddenly all the armor drains out of the dropship and I am forced to hop out and feel the heat wave of the explosion sear my backside and turn around with my repper to watch helplessly as my dropship disintegrates. Eventually, all that was left to light my tear-stained helmet was the glow of my repper, my finger still holding the trigger into the air, hoping against hope that since the law of conservation of mass didn't hold true for destroying atoms, since I see no pile of ash on the ground where my beloved dropship just was, nor dust blown away in the wind, that perhaps the creation of atoms would be viable and my repper would spawn a DS out of thin air. Didn't happen. I should've died with my ship like a true captain. Lamp posts have been deadly for several builds. Most were removed after countless LAV explosions but a couple still remain.
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 155	Posted - 2013.01.04 12:47:00 - [13] - Quote 4.1.13 I flew with gunners. I FLEW WITH GUNNERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. They got kills. I was ecstatic. I held a dropship steady enough for a gunner to get kills. MULTIPLE KILLS! YESSS! My curious secondary gunner however, couldn't resist trying out piloting my beautiful bird himself. I was dubious at first, and quite annoyed as well because I was trying to repair it after some swarm damage (haven't got the hang of dodging them completely, rather I outrun if I see 'em) but listening to my other gunner telling the guy to land the damn thing, chasing him as he chased the DS around the map, and watching the guy who hijacked my ship attempt some crazy s**t trying to land because he had no clue how to was, in short, breathtakingly funny. I was, despite the knowledge that that hunk of metal going into a nose dive cost me 330k (yea I'm cheap), laughing my arse off. He pulled some amazing acrobatics considering all the help my other gunner on the ground could give was to 'stop accelerating'. Still brings a smile to my face. I don't know whether it was because I finally had someone to share my piloting experience with or because he reminded me of my first time in a dropship but that moment was gold. Next game he hijacked and flew and crashed again. I'll admit it wasn't so amusing the second time 'round, but I dealt with it. Now you may ask, how do you deal with a 700k loss without going ballistic at the guy who crashed both the dropships? Because I gave up on snipers as a viable weapon for logibros. Now, by 'gave up' I mean 'put on hold'. I still believe there will be a day when it works for me. Just not now. I returned to good old ARs, and bought some GEKs, which I must say is one overpowered piece of weaponry. 400k from one skirmish, playing in my logi suit against a heavy/logi combo with an assault backing them up, with only a hacker on my team. Probably a once in a lifetime game. Until the wipe comes along and I use the headstart to my advantage! I for one am having quite some enjoyable moments on DUST, even in this jagged and juddery stage. Next I seek to acquire a USB hub and headset (eyeing Turtle Beach P11s currently), and then I forsee a whole new world of possibilities and lolz will open up. -
Bojo The Mighty Bojo's School of the Trades 428	Posted - 2013.01.05 00:05:00 - [14] - Quote That's my boy! BTW, you get that money? Sorry that we are rarely on together. Bhor Derri wrote: I don't know why but message me in game I would teach you the ropes of playing dust :D Step off he's mine!
rebecca watson Universal Allies Inc. 41	Posted - 2013.01.05 04:51:00 - [15] - Quote I use a $20 logitec usb wired headset, works great. Good choice on going back to the AR, have you used the burst, which has the old scope? Not as powerful as the regular, but super effective at range. After the patch, I've been using Mass Driver with this (logi) character, and in my experience, it's not as effective in getting kills as the AR, but It's very effective at causing damage and panic on the opposing side. It's working well as a compliment to my squads. In my opinion, the best logi weapons in order: 1. AR 2. MD 3. LR 4. SMG (A.) Flux grenades. (edit: maybe MD and LR are equal alternatives....when you start playing with the same people in a squad, it's best to pick a weapon that the others don't have. ) Oh, and as for the dropship, the way i got comfortable flying them was calling them in in the last few minutes of a game where my team had a comfortable lead in the game (so i didnt sacrifice the team win). Grab a gunner or two, and head into the heat of the battle, the timer will save you usually if things get hairy, it's a totally different ballgame when manuvering under enemy fire. Just make sure the turrets are hacked/friendly =)
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 155	Posted - 2013.01.16 11:55:00 - [16] - Quote 16.01.13 Playing after the wipe, late at night, when the AU servers are jam packed with blood thirsty, beer guzzling, kangaroo killing, crocodile wrestling heavies. I had a bad time. Until I ended up on the team of the heavies. Victory after victory. I'll be conceited and say my logibro skills saves the day more than once. Okay it wasn't my logibro skills it was my sneaky hacking behind enemy lines skills. No flying recently, been saving up ISK and SP to skill into Caldari dropships. They seem to be more inclined towards shield tanking, which seems preferable to armour tanking as there is no speed loss. However, my repair stick doesn't work on shields; it's going to be interesting to see how I go. I associate shield tanking on dropships with confident pilots, so yea. Is going to be exciting once I get one up in the air. Meanwhile, I'm really getting the itch to fly, might fit out a militia DS half arsededly for the lawlz. Also, ordered a USB/headset adapter, or whatever you call it. I figured if it doesn't work I'll grab a true USB headset, but being a cheap kitten and all, I go for this option first. If it works, I can finally tell the blueberries to get out of the dropship before it blows; i swear, the amount of times I bail onto to see them crash to their deaths along with my expensive as kitten turrets. Not to mention telling people to stop sprinting away while I heal. And telling people who've died in a safe corner not to bleed out while I jab them hopelessly. And telling people that I'm not the enemy so stop wasting ammo. And telling people that hacking objectives is the priority in skirmish, not camping back at our spawn area waiting for victims that'll never come. And the list goes on. Finally, despite all the great advice, I've decided, rather stubbornly ill admit, to continue my pursuit of the sniper logibro build. Now, this endeavour would've been given up if I hadn't been top of the leader board today, quick scoping and reviving and hacking my way to the top. Some of those shots would've made those little cod kiddies, with what I assume to be 3 additional hands who perform 500 actions at once before killing a victim in midair with four of their hands and leaving the last to jerk themselves off into orgasmic cries of ecstasy as they watch the killcam, proud. /end blatant generalisation. But I digress. Sniper logibro is still viable. I repeat, still viable. Just need a decent team and a drunk opposition. Not hard when playing against Aussies but when the drunk blokes are on my side, then we get more blueberry pie than cranberry juice. -
Ner'Zul Nexhawk Talos Incorporated 153	Posted - 2013.01.16 13:09:00 - [17] - Quote I can actually see a logi sniper working quite well, never tried to be one myself though. Since you can equip nano hives, that means you will always have enough ammo. Moreover, if you sit down next to other snipers, you can also give them some ammo, as well as revive and repair their armor if they get shot by enemy snipers. A suggestion on taking out enemy snipers - if you can't snipe them yourself, but they aren't behind the redline, then there surely is a way to get behind them and deprive them of the ability to shoot blueberries from that spot for a period of time. Or just call a dropship, fly there and land on their heads. I bet they'll never see through the scopes what's coming.
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 155	Posted - 2013.01.17 14:08:00 - [18] - Quote 17.01.13 Got hit by a railgun installation in my Viper. Viper did a sideways roll. 540 degrees. Then exploded. Beyond cool. My gunner, though, was less than amused. I could only imagine his screen as we went through that roll. Tears of laughter were shed. Also, downloaded EVE, going to create a character tomorrow and attempt to make the most out of the extended trial. I doubt I'll continue further than the trial's duration, as depressing as that may be. My studies, yeah I'm young, must take precedence, for now. Perhaps my EVE career will begin in the second generation, when all the grizzled vets of today are only remembered in the dusty tomes of compiled knowledge, stored and lost in the library of the Internet and found with the eager librarian, google. -
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 160	Posted - 2013.02.27 10:19:00 - [19] - Quote 27.2.13 I don't know what I'm doing, reviving my accounts. I actually contemplated keeping a diary in real life. Never got past the first day. Today was a fun day. Lost a good two million on dropships. After reading my previous entries, I realise exactly how far I've come. From smashing vipers into lampposts, to smashing Grimsnes' into lampposts, to finally getting kills with my gunners, to now. Now, I'm battling militia tanks in my 540k Myron, camping letters and crus in the air, strafing snipers, dodging swarms and towers, surviving more than one forge blast, using cover. This growth in skill has gone by mostly unnoticed, realised occasionally by the rare approval from a gunner, but never appreciated so fully as when I went searching for this thread today, and I remembered. Amazing. Obviously though, I have grown what some might call "cocky" but I would prefer "adventurous". Today I led two gunners (sorry Bojo and Manti5) out to take on a railgun and blaster turret. I thought I could destroy both before they destroyed me. Never have I been so wrong. 540k, gone. Next game, we made sure the railguns were gone before I called my beautiful dropship (exclusive release here to readers: I named my fit "The Prancing Goat". Reasons undetermined.). Unfortunately for me, there was an enemy who also wanted the railguns gone for his own reasons. That was, a railgun tank. He made short work of my shields, and when I peeked back out of cover, nailed me. I thought it was a forge gun. Never have I been so wrong. 540k, gone. I stuck to the ground game after that, me and my trusty friends tearing up the battlefield with our combined teamwork, witty banter over the microphones and chat box, and a large dose of camaraderie. I've noticed a definite improvement in my infantry role, too. My exile and advanced repair tool, nanite jabber and hives are simply divine. Points pour in from everywhere. 6m hive radius means I catch those buggers who've used one bullet, and 10 points to me. The advanced repair tool means I can heal more people between firefights, which I now realise, even at the cost, I cannot live without. Not to mention the 50% armour jabber. I can take risky revives knowing they'll be stronger than the average jabber will have them up at, and they'll be at 70% armour once they start moving thanks to the tool. Beautiful. The cycle of dropship, crash, logibro is so harmonious I pee my pants a little when I think about it. Speaking of which, it is about time I replenished my wallet. My next dropship I called in after I realised my team was going to put a stranglehold on the enemy base, which meant free time to just soar the skies. Some swarms were fired after me, but I was the king, and such matters were trivial to the Prancing Goat. However, suddenly my shields were completely drained, so fast I had no time to register it and hit the boosters. Following that, my armour depleted. Boom. As I fell, I scanned for hostile blasters; those were the only things that drained my shields like that. Not one in sight. Strange. I felt sad as I realised I could not pinpoint the cause of my demise; I wanted to understand my weaknesses, and play to my strengths. Nevertheless, today was a day of great teamwork. To work in tandem with your squad, whether it be one corp buddy or three randoms, is the greatest feeling ever. To turn four bodies into a fluid, cohesive whole. And I don't mean orgies, although the ecstatic joy garnered from such an experience is certainly comparable. The cap is reset tonight. My next grind will bring me in reach of the A series logistics dropsuit. The potential is endless. The possibilities are... Infinite. Synonyms are related. Lol I should stop now.
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 178	Posted - 2013.03.01 14:05:00 - [20] - Quote 01.03.13 I've realised I seem to be missing out on something in game, because I really cannot find anything to complain about. The bouts of hilarious fun and intense action totally outweigh any negatives. I am having the time of my life playing DUST. I don't know whether it's because I've joined so many channels that I always find myself in a squad, or because I've finally crossed some invisible boundary where I can mentally grasp the true scale of the game I'm playing. If CCP are willing to take the time to work on this game, I'm willing to wait. I don't even need to be patient: there's nothing boring about the wait. Right now, DUST is my sole source of entertainment, besides reading fiction and attempting to write it, and I'm having a ballin' time. Take today, for example. Those gentlemen or ladies trying DUST out in Singapore for their game show were introduced to my free LAV's bonnet. They didn't like it one bit; one could even think they were flat out angry. Me and three squad mates played bumper cars with the occasional merc. road kill, and by God is was fun. Flying of course, was part of the days activities. To this day, I will remain forever indebted to Skihids for his guide. I'll admit, I didn't read the full thing. But it was his work, his passion, that made me see that dropships may be bricks balanced on thrust, but they were still beautiful. I didnt do too badly off my dropship, either. I may have simply been lucky today, however. I used mostly my militia gear, and even with weaponry at a measly level 2, I was doing well. Perhaps the influx of new berries. I refuse to believe my ground game is improving. What is improving, though, is my flying. I think, or at least hope, I am reaching the point where actions do not require conscious thought. When to yaw, thrust, spin, flip, stop, rise, fall, nudge, crush, hover.... I'm slowly, slowly moving away from switching between actions and instead, letting one action guide me to the next. This is how I feel, but I have a grave suspicion that if I were to record myself flying, from the gunners perspective, it would look like the pilot was blind, had 3 fingers on one hand and no hand at all on the other arm, and drunk. But I can hope. Whatever the cause of my successive victories today, I would like to say one thing. I was having fun. This game is fun. Fun! So today's diary entry ends with a plea. Whatever you do to DUST, CCP, don't take away the fun. Enjoy building the game, and I assure you, the players will enjoy playing it.

Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 239	Posted - 2013.03.03 10:08:00 - [21] - Quote 03.03.13 Fate has guided me. You see all those threes in the date today? Well, today I decided to explore the concept of a Combat Engineer, a logistics suit not entirely focused on the medic role, and angled more towards, well, combat. Two minutes later, I decided I needed remote explosives. One word: wow. To all you remote explosive users out there who haven't posted a thing about how awesome these things are so you keep users down to an exclusive niche, I'm sorry but my inner keyboard warrior cannot resist. Remote explosives are AMAZING! Now,to you all who scoff at me, saying a simple once over or a grenade foils my explosive schemes, you're probably running prototype gear in pub matches. Anyway, back to threes. One game, I was doing exceptionally well, practically defending two letters with my explosives and another with my gun, without running out of stamina. The moment arrived when I was at B (this was the map with the giant bloody table in the middle), replacing a remote explosive. A began blinking. I saw things in slow motion. For some reason, I knew this detonation would be special. My finger moves towards the touch trigger... Beep... TRIPLE KILL INEWILFNERIGHERAUOGNERGINGEIRGNRNIGEGOEIGNNGRIS. The best thing was, the explosive I just planted at B didn't go off because it wasn't linked to the detonator or whatever. I will undoubtedly receive my comeuppance in the form of remote explosives too, but for now, I will bask in the glory of that triple kill on the third of the third of the thirteenth. - I'm also getting really ticked off by turret installations. They are the sole cause of my headaches nowadays relating to dropship flying. Those damn things are everywhere! The options when it comes to destroying them are limiting, to say the least. Forge gun, or swarm launchers. Forge guns I have no spare SP to specialise into, and as for swarms, I need the enemy to take the turret, which is bothersome in itself. However, I do have a plan up my sleeve... Yes... Today is a devious day, filled with cunning. Remote explosives, and installation destruction. The rise of the dropship is upon us.... Soon^tm.
Vyzion Eyri The Southern Legion 239	Posted - 2013.03.09 13:14:00 - [22] - Quote 09.03.13 I'm facing a dilemma. Today I've managed to blow 1.5 million ISK on flying dropships. In 2 consecutive games. Previously in my entries, I state with some confidence that 'my actions do not require conscious thought'. At the time, I thought this meant I was finally understanding, getting a feel for the handling of the dropship. Never have I been so wrong. Today, I look back, read that comment and say to myself: "Mate, you're stupid.". The more I think I know about flying, the more I realise I don't know anything. What do I do if there's a turret facing me? A forge gunner charging up a round at me? Swarms chasing me? My armour is burning and I'm hundreds of meters away from a safe landing zone? My modules are on cool down? My gunners are shot out? People are shooting at me? I'm flying too high? I'm flying too low? These questions, and about a hundred thousand more, I have not answered. Why? Because I assumed I was so connected with the environment that I would instantly know what to do. Palm to the face. I don't. So I try to answer one question at a time. I start with forge gunners. A forge gunner has me in his sights and is about to unleash, what do I do? Previously to today, I would have answered: evasive manoeuvres. Weave left and right, bob up and down, be unpredictable. But what if there are more than one AV suits looking for me? I begin to answer this, then: How about that building? Could I turn around and hide behind it? And then I realise of course, that's it. Just hide, but then: What if there's a swarm launcher behind that building? What if I settle down and I can't move fast enough when danger arrives? Then I shove all this out of my mind and think: I should be dropping people and flying off to hide until the next drop, not thinking like a gunship pilot. But then I think: if my gunners sit around watching me fly all day, they're gonna get bored. I don't want bored gunners. And this vicious cycle, this flurry of questions and not enough answers, has forced me to realise that in almost everything we do, there are thousands of ways to do it. Thousands. And I've realised that this is replicated in dropship flying, and I think this is why I yearn to fly all day, even though at this rate, if each ISK was the size of a small coin, my wallet would still fit in my back pocket. It is this complexity, this challenge, that keeps things interesting. Or is it? I mentioned a dilemma previously. Let me expand on this. You see, I am not such a bad player. My kill to death ratio is a respectable 1.23 ( not kidding, pretty cool ey), I kick butt alone and kick more butt with corpses. My A series logistics suit MD/Flux fit strikes terror to those who travel in packs. My combat engineer fit is so versatile I can defend three objectives at once and still get kills and revive teammates. In full games, 90% of the time my generic face is visible on the scoreboard without having to scroll down. The thing is, I enjoy playing on the ground. I love flying. But I do better with both feet in the dirt, breathing in the metallic scent of blood and armour, hearing the fizzle of shields taking damage. So I'm thinking, with growing trepidation, that perhaps I was never meant to be a pilot. Perhaps I was destined to be an infantry grunt, logibroing my way to glory instead of soaring the skies. This is my dilemma. An identity crisis. Who am I? -


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