DUST Search - n00b Tip: Lurk Only? Suggestions?

chili-con carnage wrote:

I just signed up tonight -- spent my $20 on the Merc Kit, took about an hour going through the menus and tuts.
Got outfitted, held off on spending my skill points, expected to get killed a few times.

Get into battle -- Hey, I'm a Artificer, what do I do? Seems Artificer skills are useless.
It's like playing a wanna-be COD, but with no feel or thrill.

Get killed. OK, that's fine by me. That's to be expected.

Get killed some more -- still see no reason why the skill class "Artificer" should even exist.
No one calls for help, don't know who to heal, and repair what exactly?
Honestly, I thought I'd be more like an engineer from Team Fortress or maybe even the Mechromancer from Bordlerlands.

OK, let's spend all my Skill Points, invest it all in Weapons skills, because DAMN, I shot some people up, and it didn't do a damned thing, but they could just turn right around and KILL ME. Lesson learned.

OK, let's spend some of these credits I have on weapons.
Get me a stockpile of GEK Assualt Rifles to equip to my default Assualt - Frontline Drop Suit.
Can't upgrade shield mods -- sucks

OK, so let's get to battle. See RED Dude running, follow him, find him with his back to me in corridor.
EASY KILL! Start unloading clip at POINT BLANK RANGE. He's not dead, have to retreat and reload.
Meanwhile, he finally saw where I was after turning around, and fires a quick burst of rounds. I AM DEAD.

RAGE QUIT!!!

Alright -- so I get it. I just joined, many players have been on here for months.
But, the game said they would be matching me with people of my level (which is NO LEVEL)
And I feel that I am a warzone armed with a squirt gun and football pads for body armor.

The only thing I can think of to continue playing is to join battles and NOT FIGHT, BUT HIDE in order to some day get the skill points I needs to be able to upgrade into stronger suits and acquire guns that I can actually kill something with.

Another less woosie strategy I have thought of is to go for HAVs, but I haven't quite mastered the formula for when I'm capable of getting a vehicle. But at my n00b level and seeing how badly outclassed I am, it seems even a Tank might not be enough to make it playable.

Am I wrong? Is there something else I can do?
Is there something I overlooked?

Because as it stands, this game seems damned near unplayable due to the fact that I am hopelessly outclassed in every battle I have joined so far and the limited upgrading I have done has done nothing to making it more playable. I don't mind getting killed, but damn -- getting the drop, emptying clips and dying when the guy so much as looks at you is just too much to take.


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Saigo Mora Doomheim 0	Posted - 2013.02.01 14:43:00 - [1] - Quote chili-con carnage wrote: I just signed up tonight -- spent my $20 on the Merc Kit, took about an hour going through the menus and tuts. Got outfitted, held off on spending my skill points, expected to get killed a few times. Get into battle -- Hey, I'm a Artificer, what do I do? Seems Artificer skills are useless. It's like playing a wanna-be COD, but with no feel or thrill. Get killed. OK, that's fine by me. That's to be expected. Get killed some more -- still see no reason why the skill class "Artificer" should even exist. No one calls for help, don't know who to heal, and repair what exactly? Honestly, I thought I'd be more like an engineer from Team Fortress or maybe even the Mechromancer from Bordlerlands. OK, let's spend all my Skill Points, invest it all in Weapons skills, because DAMN, I shot some people up, and it didn't do a damned thing, but they could just turn right around and KILL ME. Lesson learned. OK, let's spend some of these credits I have on weapons. Get me a stockpile of GEK Assualt Rifles to equip to my default Assualt - Frontline Drop Suit. Can't upgrade shield mods -- sucks OK, so let's get to battle. See RED Dude running, follow him, find him with his back to me in corridor. EASY KILL! Start unloading clip at POINT BLANK RANGE. He's not dead, have to retreat and reload. Meanwhile, he finally saw where I was after turning around, and fires a quick burst of rounds. I AM DEAD. RAGE QUIT!!! Alright -- so I get it. I just joined, many players have been on here for months. But, the game said they would be matching me with people of my level (which is NO LEVEL) And I feel that I am a warzone armed with a squirt gun and football pads for body armor. The only thing I can think of to continue playing is to join battles and NOT FIGHT, BUT HIDE in order to some day get the skill points I needs to be able to upgrade into stronger suits and acquire guns that I can actually kill something with. Another less woosie strategy I have thought of is to go for HAVs, but I haven't quite mastered the formula for when I'm capable of getting a vehicle. But at my n00b level and seeing how badly outclassed I am, it seems even a Tank might not be enough to make it playable. Am I wrong? Is there something else I can do? Is there something I overlooked? Because as it stands, this game seems damned near unplayable due to the fact that I am hopelessly outclassed in every battle I have joined so far and the limited upgrading I have done has done nothing to making it more playable. I don't mind getting killed, but damn -- getting the drop, emptying clips and dying when the guy so much as looks at you is just too much to take. I ran into the same problems as you as an beginning artificer so here are my thoughts. Logistics is the Swiss Army Knife of the battlefield not the killing machine you might want to be. You could put some points into explosives and/or grenadier and lay down AV mines and carry AV grenades in addition to carrying any combination of repair tool nanohive or nanite injector. You could put some points into hacking or uplink drops too. basically doing the stuff that wins the match not just killing. I've only got a 2:3 kill ratio but do what it takes to win the match and keep people alive and fighting.