I am doing something similar to you, but I will soon likely start saving SP for the Assault B-Series.

Putting points into vehicles, the great SP sink :P

hey, type II saves you a lot of ISK and SP but it has its limitations. It can only support double complex shield extenders and double armor plating only if you sacrifice grenades, a secondary weapon slot, and your equipment slot. Oh and until your A series your stuck with a standard assault rifle. Type II dose'nt support a GEK-38 and 602 total HP

I'm pouring everything I got into vehicles, but right now I'm still simply trying to get access to the vehicles. The starter artificer fitting is more than sufficient for now.

what is with everyone and vehicle skilling???? 8o

Because tanks make 600 hp go *pop*.

Same way I did when I started EVE.

Tons of fittings skills, then t2 weaponry, then advanced hulls, or i guess in this case, suits.

I will say tho, I might skill up to get a repping nanohive. Mmmm, placeable reps.

if im afk maybe or running through an open field maybe, most times i can atleast scare a tank away though

whats a good eve reference....... trying to fit battleship grade shield extenders on a battlecruiser??? thats pretty much what im trying to do in a way..... i have a b-series fit and proto fit planned out too and the proto fit is just amazing....... almost 800 health with a proto laser and proto smg, im SUPER excited to unlock that sucker

Your poor sig radius :P

well mate good luck with your plan. I hope you enjoy your type II and dont end up begging for a SP reset . 2 million SP to reach proto if u have A series

im i the only one who is skilling in everything even thought it may take seven years?

I'm also tooling up type-ii before moving on to b-series. I did it last build, I have never Trained a proto suit despite being here since june.

I already have shield control 4, shield regen skill whatever it's called 4, shield enhancement 4, mechanics 4, weaponry 5, circuitry 4, I have excess power grid at engineering 2 so haven't upgraded yet.

I don't think I'll need the advance suits till I have nano circuitry 4 repair nanohives and have started training the weapon proficiency skills unlocked by operation lv5. End of February/early March I'll get the b-series, proto may be almost summer till I outgrow the advanced. Last build the high support skills adv did well vs proto without supporting skills.

I have already trained circuitry(more cpu), shield enhancements(less cpu needed by shield mods), nano...(reduces cpu of nanohive and injector), Light weapon upgrades(less cpu for light weapons), sidearm weapon upgrades(less cpu for sidearms), and cpu upgrades.
So at least 5 skills help with cpu, sensor upgrades makes 6 if you fit any sensors, and cpu upgrades could be 7 if you count it.

Early on you hit cpu as limit, but with fewer skills to lower needs eventually powergrid is limiting in long run.

At moment I have ar/smg/2*complex damage/grenade/nanohive/standard armour/cpu upgrade. Complex shield mods need less cpu, so would free up cpu I am also using some bpo items, standard have same stats but lower cpu/grid. So I need to upgrade my gear to use up cpu I have now, then train to use less cpu on those items.

I hit 30million skill points without proto armour last summer, I won't wait that long before proto again. But with 10million sp last build I still saw places to improve b-series before training proto. So, probably a little after 10 million sp I start training proto suit.

ahhh but you see thats where your wrong. My suit will be able to fit my standard laser rifle, Toxin SMG, nanohive, AND AV grenades, while also have 595 health, WITH an armor rep on it too, now ill admit that the suit does have its limitations, but with the correct skills ill be able to go further with them then i think anyone else has so far

btw i just checked and the suit im fitting could also handle a GEK as well (while maintaing 595 HP).

Instead of just trying to get higher level suits ive decided to make the type II suit as powerful as i can possibly make it, ive done the math and its possible to make it so that my type II suit can have almost 600 total health with my laser rifle, smg, av grenades, and nanohive if i get certain skills high enough. I like to call this horizontal skilling, where as just trying to get better suits would be vertical skilling. What are you guys doing with your SP? i figure that a type II with 600 health isn't all that bad ;)

Type II is to low to do that, get to advanced and then start moving that way.

im i the only one who is skilling in everything even thought it may take seven years?

saving for sharpshooter lvl 5 4tw.

I don't know about you guys... But I'd hold off on putting SP into dropsuits for the next little while. >:)

I'm focusing on passive skills and the SMG, while waiting on the next build to make that final decision on Scout or Assault. (We'll see what cloaking brings.)

At some point I'm basically going to be starting a character from scratch, only with a huge base of passive skills.

my av nades gonna kill your vehicle

I don't know about you guys... But I'd hold off on putting SP into dropsuits for the next little while. >:)

Type II is to low to do that, get to advanced and then start moving that way.

That's a good plan with the type two but there are too many advantages to an advanced suit that out weigh the standard dropsuit's potential.

I have a character putting all his skill points into scanning right now, type-i scout suit and adv shotgun. Shoot him and he dies, period, but he will be able to scan you down from something like 92 meters... Your proto suit or super skills will still go down to point blank shotgun fire to teh back.

there will not be any wipe. this is it .

That's a good plan with the type two but there are too many advantages to an advanced suit that out weigh the standard dropsuit's potential.

and exactly what is it too low to do??? I gaurantee you that everything ive mentioned is true, with the right skills its possible to have a Type II suit with 600 health, 595 to be exact but thats just because nobody likes skilling into shield control lvl 5 (waste of time in my opinion), so 595 it is, so 600 health, with my standard laser rifle and smg. The only thing people are going to have up on me are assault rifles. It'll be difficult for me to beat a duvolle user with my standard smg up close, but tbh that would have been the same in the b-series suit as well. no, i think im going to make strong foundations for my future suits, rather then just try to jump strate to them with crap support skills

I'm doing what I consider "Flat lining."

Got Type-II, level 1 HMG, and Weaponry V for mods. And nothing else is needed. Nothing.

Just going to hoard this SP until next build. Then enjoy the tears as everyone goes, "HOW DID YOU GET A PROTO CRUSADER SUIT SO FAST?!"

Or one of the many toys I'm expecting :)

I'm skilling into my DS right now. Just got to where I can use the top level shield extender. Going to bump my PG so I can fit 2 power diagnostic units (rather than powergrid upgrades), which will on their own give a boost to shields. Basically it's all about bumping the tank right now, swarms and rails are tearing me up out there. Got the tank to about 3600 last night. The thing costs 450,000 ISK. It'd better make it a few matches.

Nobody seems to like dropships right now, but when we get bigger maps I will be ready. I will carry you into battle.

Makes me think what could be done with a Scout.

I'm going to look into this and try make my Scout a walking tank.

I tried this approach the last two builds as I didn't want to go proto. I found the CPU is not the challenge as much as the PG is, as there are 4 types of ways to get CPU lower but 1 type to get better PG. That is the issue you will run into.

Also I am going for Logi A series for 3 high and 3 low with my 3 Equipment slots, plus 55 PG over 39 and 273 CP over the 193 (from memory so numbers could be off). With this I can have options, I can do 3 damage mods for my MD or 3 shield extenders for Combat medic style. Also I can add shield regulators, hacking modules, armor rep, armor. With my current type II and my PG maxed out, I find I can't put most of what I need on my suit.

But by the time I get home I will have the SP to get the A series and work towards MD 5 and then Prof 3.

now your talkin! i get what your saying, it might be hard to fit everything you want on the logi-type II so its understandable that you wanna get the a-series as i think its better in every way isn't it? Im content with just having a type II for the next three weeks, things are lookin bright in my eyes, im excited for the day when i hit my proto suit and realize i can fit almost any combination i want, as for PG, that is the only limit to my current idea but its something i can deal with for the time being.

Make sure you fit some blasters on your bird, they seem to be all I can get kills with when up in the air.

I have a character putting all his skill points into scanning right now, type-i scout suit and adv shotgun. Shoot him and he dies, period, but he will be able to scan you down from something like 92 meters... Your proto suit or super skills will still go down to point blank shotgun fire to teh back.

Instead of just trying to get higher level suits ive decided to make the type II suit as powerful as i can possibly make it, ive done the math and its possible to make it so that my type II suit can have almost 600 total health with my laser rifle, smg, av grenades, and nanohive if i get certain skills high enough. I like to call this horizontal skilling, where as just trying to get better suits would be vertical skilling. What are you guys doing with your SP? i figure that a type II with 600 health isn't all that bad ;)

I don't think you understand that the higher tier suits have more PG/CPU so you can have more powerful modules.

Scout, type A, shield enhqancement 4 , sharpshooter profencie 2, shotgun 3, now focusing on radar

do you think its worth it??? upgrading things like radar ect???

Focus on your global passives. Lots of new weapons suits modules and vehicles are in the works. New mechanics as well. As such you might want to switch your skill focus later. So it might be good to focus on buying things that improve you overall regardless of what style you end up with. At least that's what I'm doing.

Make sure you fit some blasters on your bird, they seem to be all I can get kills with when up in the air.

For scout shotgun i guess yes, fora laser rifle.... Really not marston