Has anyone else noticed that a lot of people went straight to Prototype level gear but have minimal core skills/HP Module skills or something because I've killed quite a few Protos today, quite a few for just a few plays.

My question is why? Core skills are much more expensive, so why did some of you Prototype Suit/Gear people get right into the Proto suits when you have no beef? Some do have boosters and have plenty of SP to go around so I'm not talking at you.

I'm very curious on the mode of thought that brings a level of gear to higher priority than a stronger lesser suit.

Logis don't have much choice if they want to stay logis.

basically, they think the proto gear will make up for any lack of their skill.

Plus, they think that only proto weapon is enough to kill everyone :D it is hilarious. I am mowing them down with my assault HMG haha.

Logis don't have much choice if they want to stay logis.

Jokes on you, I dumped all my points into Knife Skills

I only went for proto basic. Don't have enough sp for specialization. That said, i have no shield skills. But all armor skills. Gallente scout ftw.
Also complex kinetic

I have Basic Level one, all shield, armor, engineering, and circuitry skills (all that give the + x%) with enough for some basic extenders and then some. Threw a little into level 4 light weapon so I can fit a Gek comfortably among all the militia substitutes.

Yeah Scout is going to be one grind to get to, and even then it's only a marginally better suit than the light basic.

But why did you just leave shield skills out? Regardless of race you would want to beef them both, one before the other though depending. As a Scout ( I guess I should start saying "Light Frame") user, you need to milk benefits to the last drop because nothing is worse numerically speaking than being the weakest.

Shield skills would help further protect your Proto investments, although armor would do better so it should come first, but still.

Lots of players just assumed they could use same suits/weapons and have their support skils just like last build. After all ccp said they would.

last build you could do okay at 2.4 mill sp and be just subproto level at about 4.8. This build you really need about 10 mill sp to compete. The added cpu/pg cost of modules has made any and all support skills primary skills this build. In reality last build i could specialize in 7.5 mill sp will take me about 18 mill sp this build.

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of people went straight to Prototype level gear but have minimal core skills/HP Module skills or something because I've killed quite a few Protos today, quite a few for just a few plays.

My question is why? Core skills are much more expensive, so why did some of you Prototype Suit/Gear people get right into the Proto suits when you have no beef? Some do have boosters and have plenty of SP to go around so I'm not talking at you.

I'm very curious on the mode of thought that brings a level of gear to higher priority than a stronger lesser suit.

Very good post indeed! The reason would take a bit of honesty from the people that did this. I can only speculate as to why. I know there was a youtuber that did this and seemed to be humble after the fact that a bad choice was made. Hopefully bad guidance was not given to others through a video or pep talk as to why it would be a good idea actually encouraging others to do this vs. actually saving their SP and playing a few days to get adjusted to the game.

I see the same GOOD players this build do the same thing that has been done in past builds....Go straight for proto and use it as a crutch first than work on core skills. Difference between than and now, is it does not seem to work anymore. I have always told people that core skills is the way to go, and I must admit, going straight for caldari logi was very tempting, but core skills have always worked for me.

Not everyone uses it as a crutch. I'm just vain, and my girlfriend enjoys watching me run in my bumblebee yellow/black suit. Logistics/Support players like myself are restricted to single-slot equipment unless we go straight for the specializations. That's a 2m SP commitment, minimum.

I play DUST to be a team player. While I do enjoy that CCP has given some love to the Logistics class, I do feel that they should have a "low-end" Logistics variant with more equipment slots. The SP commitment for the specialized roles is staggering. I am a Logi. I equal three people on the field with my proto repair tools. As long as I keep my squad and my team alive, I am doing my job. This means providing the full suite of Triple-R equipment. Rep, Revive, and Resupply.

Still though. DUST is part of EVE. In EVE, you adapt, or you die. In DUST, we Fight Hard, or we Die Trying.