Ah, thanks!

Gonna spend the next couple days getting to know some peeps in the game....find a decent group of folks to hang with. No one I know from previous games (clan mates, etc.) are playing this game, so it's going to take some socializing on my part....no prob!

[quote=Luther Mandrix][quote=Major Assitch][quote=Beld Errmon]

Gear --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> skill in 8 out of 10 times

There's that whole 'Skill' thing again...I'm still on the fence as to whether quick reflexes and good hand-eye coordination are things that can be considered 'skills'. Being an 'old man' such as I am, I've come to find that my gaming 'skills' fade with time. An actual skill is something that improves over time as it's practiced and honed. Chess is a game of skill....kids are much more likely to be 'skilled' video game players than grown adults.

I'm a skilled father, HVAC tech, Automobile mechanic, webmaster, lover, husband, painter, woodworker...and yes...gamer. Of all these things, my 'skills' in video gaming are the only ones that have decreased with age...everything else has improved over time.

Like I said....I'm just not sure how comfortable I am with attaching the term 'skill' to something that fades with age and time rather than increases. And with a game like this where there's so much option for advancement, gear can go a long way toward leveling the playing field.

Besides....what good is a skill (whether perceived or real) that benefits nothing but a meaningless, useless and worthless player score? Not so sure where video game 'skills' fall in the great scheme of life.

I've been trying for months to get into this game. I'll play a few days and then get irritated and hang it up for a month or so and then try again. I'm just not quite understanding it for some reason. I mean, I get the basic gist of it's purpose and storyline, I just don't quite get the game-play.

Looks like it's rapidly evolving into a 'Pay-To-Win' kinda game...am I wrong?

The tiny bit of 'Help' files I've read told me that I should retreat against enemy players who outmatch me...EVERYONE seems to outmatch me! I spawn in, shoot, get shot, die....that's about the full explanation of my game time in Dust. I know there must be more to it than that.

I see it's quite a complex program and there's a whole lot of intricacies and dynamics to the game and I'll get all of that eventually. Right now I would like to just know how to last longer than 3 seconds before dying. If I could just stay alive long enough to get some kills or accomplish some kind of objectives I might find some interest in this game. Right now though it's just frustrating, irritating and boring.

Anyone have any tips? Is it possible to be an effective player without buying a bunch of crap in the marketplace?

I got a tip go play (insert any other fps here) and you'll have instant fun instead of frustration you meet in dust.

To do well you have to invest large amounts of time

Gear --------------------------------> skill

And those that say different are just kidding themselves

I dont see pay to win in this game i can beast anyone in my assualt a series armor and a exo mass driver heck even with a geck ar, all i use is alot of shield extenders and basic light damage modifier , there is no pay to win here

feel free to join our public channel "subdreddit". Bunch of friendly dudes who specialize in logistics and team play. We're by no means elite players, but we hold our own. Also, depending on how you see it, there's an interesting quirk to subdreddit: we don't recruit in-game, we get our playerbase... elsewhere. So, there's no pressure to join our corp when hanging out in our public channel, because we wouldn't accept you anyway. :)

I have no trouble killing VK suits with my type II suit. Guess I'm kidding myself.

I'm actually very good at FPS games. I'm quite experienced at them and do very well. However, this is not a FPS like any I've ever played before. Can't tell whenn I'm being shot, not much indicator of how much damage I'm doing to an enemy I'm shooting, Seems like 2 bullets kill me but 2 full clips don't do any damage to enemies...etc., etc.

And no...spraying bullets is not my MO. In fact, down-sight aiming is something I do as a reflex, it's something I do so often it becomes a fault at times. If you're looking for a decent FPS player for your squad/team/clan/etc. you could do a lot worse than recruiting me. The problem here isn't FPS skills, it's the uneven matching of weapons/armor/etc.

LOL...a 'Google search of how to play FPS' is quite comical...maybe someone with quite a bit less experience with such things could benefit...I probably have well over 10,000 hours experience at FPS games. I have plenty of knowledge about FPS games and I've played nearly every one of them available on both PS3 and PC for hundreds (1,000s in some cases) of hours. I have nearly 2,000 hours into my favorite one alone. Believe me, knowledge of how to play FPS games is not the problem with DUST for me....I'm definitely steering more toward the equipment side of things at this point.

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BTW...I know exactly what I'm doing wrong! I'm dying too easily!

I'll go toe to toe with anyone in any straight up gunfight on any FPS on the market. When I'm dying in a 1 on 1 duel against a guy who can kill me with 2 bullets but who isn't harmed by 2 clips of my bullets...well...let's just say that this is something new to me, and will take some time adjusting.

If you're just starting out, run with the pack and play medic. That's the best way to get SP until you can afford to do something better.

This game is just all about SP and the way to get it and that is what appealing to RPG players so much but really rejecting FPS players.

Nothing works till its Lvl 5, the battlefield experience has been under done for markets and a bad gear concept.

In fact people were only getting disconnected and dropped from games because game connection wasn't Lvl 5 ha ha .Thank god I invested in Sp in that skill early on ha ha.

Everyone always screams corp it up but really a game that has terrible public matches never really succeeds. Your trying to hook a player in one or two games, how do you do that with a spreadsheet opening and non corp experience on a bland battlefield.