DUST Search - The Lone Wolf

Slightly Askew wrote:

Hey everyone. Hope your day is going great. Tuesday sucks, but it's that much closer to the weekend at least. Don't forget Valentine's is Thursday! (heads up for your significant others out there). Thanks for all the responses on my Raven vs Neo scout suit thread. I appreciate how nice the community is here. I've got another question this time, to kind of head off in a different direction.

I play by myself in Dust 514. A lot. Moreso than I play with other people. My wife and I will squad up some times, but I let her do her own thing and I do mine, otherwise I tend to get frustrated when she does stupid stuff, and she gets frustrated when I can't keep everyone around her dead when she goes headfirst in to 9 people. So, we kind of do our own deal. Now, running around with blueberries isn't bad all the time, but there's sometimes you just get into some crummy teams, and you think you're better off hoofing it alone. I fully realize this game isn't for solo play but is very much for teamwork. But bad teamwork is the antithesis of staying alive most of the time. In that vein, my question being offered up to you, dear reader is this:

What dropsuit fitting would best allow me to be the lonewolf?

Would it be grabbing a scout and trying to back-cap and sneak around to people?
Would it be grabbing my assault suit and AR and trying to take CRUs and Supply depots when they are being guarded by 1-2 people?
Would it be throwing on a logistics suit and run around like Florence Nightengale trying to rez the world?
Would it be throwing on the fat suit and finding a point to defend, and taking on all comers?

What is best suited for the solo player in this game?

Now, before you say "well, it's not suited for solo play, find someone to squad with in local, or find a good corp to join there's plenty of them!", you would be correct. However, I made a promise to myself that I would not handcuff myself, or a corp by joining one before I could consistently go 2.5 on my K/D. Meaningless to some, but it would allow me to be more confident that I am indeed contributing.

Thanks.

TL;DR:
Which dropsuit/skillset should a person pick-up to solo in a team-oriented game?


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Fox Gaden DUST University Ivy League 163	Posted - 2013.02.13 15:50:00 - [1] - Quote Slightly Askew wrote: Hey everyone. Hope your day is going great. Tuesday sucks, but it's that much closer to the weekend at least. Don't forget Valentine's is Thursday! (heads up for your significant others out there). Thanks for all the responses on my Raven vs Neo scout suit thread. I appreciate how nice the community is here. I've got another question this time, to kind of head off in a different direction. I play by myself in Dust 514. A lot. Moreso than I play with other people. My wife and I will squad up some times, but I let her do her own thing and I do mine, otherwise I tend to get frustrated when she does stupid stuff, and she gets frustrated when I can't keep everyone around her dead when she goes headfirst in to 9 people. So, we kind of do our own deal. Now, running around with blueberries isn't bad all the time, but there's sometimes you just get into some crummy teams, and you think you're better off hoofing it alone. I fully realize this game isn't for solo play but is very much for teamwork. But bad teamwork is the antithesis of staying alive most of the time. In that vein, my question being offered up to you, dear reader is this: What dropsuit fitting would best allow me to be the lonewolf? Would it be grabbing a scout and trying to back-cap and sneak around to people? Would it be grabbing my assault suit and AR and trying to take CRUs and Supply depots when they are being guarded by 1-2 people? Would it be throwing on a logistics suit and run around like Florence Nightengale trying to rez the world? Would it be throwing on the fat suit and finding a point to defend, and taking on all comers? What is best suited for the solo player in this game? Now, before you say "well, it's not suited for solo play, find someone to squad with in local, or find a good corp to join there's plenty of them!", you would be correct. However, I made a promise to myself that I would not handcuff myself, or a corp by joining one before I could consistently go 2.5 on my K/D. Meaningless to some, but it would allow me to be more confident that I am indeed contributing. Thanks. TL;DR: Which dropsuit/skillset should a person pick-up to solo in a team-oriented game? - Your description of playing with your wife seems very familiar, although in my case my wife is usually more skilled than I am in most games. Lone Wolf Suits: - I would say Scout suit is very well suited to solo play. - Assault suit will do well too, although you might want to skill Dropsuit Command and Profile Dampening to make sneaking around easier. - I would not go Logi unless you are focussing on remot explosives and mines. - Heavies need support if they are going up against even semi competent players. Corp: I understand you not wanting to join a corp until you are reasonably competent and feel you can contribute. You might want to consider joining DUST University. It is a training corp where the goal is to practice and learn together. When you get good you can either join the DUST University 101st, GÇÿThe Screaming LeporidsGÇ¥ which is a team within the Corp of our more competitive and competent members, or you can join another Corp having more experience as a team player than you would if you stayed in the NPC Corp until you felt you were good enough. As I said, DUST University is a training Corp. It is expected that people will GÇ£GraduateGÇ¥ and move on to other corps. If you enjoy the atmosphere at DUST University and decide to stay after you get good, then you can become GÇ£FacultyGÇ¥ and help train the next generation. (Currently we are all sort of new, so we are all learning together. In the future there will be skilled instructors to help.) [Edit: I agree with everything Free Healing said.]