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Lilith Reinhart Ninth Rim 2	Posted - 2013.05.29 18:54:00 - [1] - Quote This is the alt I blew right into the assault 1 / Caldari with. My plan with my original character is most likely going to be a Gallente logi. As it stands - I did the suit, and AR up to 1 to get the extra ammo vs the militia gear. Did the shields and armor to level 1 to get out of the militia. She's a real Jill of all trades. I have a class set up with each kind of equipment. Nano hives, uplinks, repair tools, and nanite inj. The next step was to try some things. I've had good luck running in groups or shadowing a heavy. I have however - been utterly destroyed by anyone in a proto suit. I get absolutely violated by anyone with an exile / TAC / or insert any assault rifle that is above the GEK. I mean totally pooped on. EVEN if I have the drop on them. EVEN if I am SHOOTING THEM IN THE HEAD while they are engaged with my other team mates. So what's a newbie to do? Grenades. Just popping that slot open to level 1 gets you into AV, legit Locus grenades (x3) and the ones that destroy shields. This means I can fit up those many classes I built to do even more. And yeah. If you come running up with that proto suit - I'm not fighting you. I will put a cooked grenade on you, in between you and me and I will hold the last one if I have to. But you're coming with me. My suit is maaaaybe 14k. How much ISK do you want to waste... In the matches where there is only one obj - I will drop uplinks in every corner I can. Switch to nano-hive and stand on it flooding the enemies approaches with cooked locus grenades. If I have a heavy to dote on. I use the shield stripping grenades and a repair tool. And I become his personal assistant. While he becomes your very own personal satan... That said, not spec'ing into a weapon makes you very supportive in nature. It's ok in matches where people are using tier 1, militia, or maybe tier 3 weapons. But when you run into a proto suit - a tier 1 assault rifle becomes a BB gun. So figure out what gun you like. And start going if you ever want to have a chance of putting up a fight. The grenades that strip the shield will make most in proto gear think twice, especially if they are getting hit - and those health bars are dropping fast. They will usually break off to heal a bit and try to come at you again. Or... they will kill you as fast as they can so they don't die. IME it's been 50/50. If you have team mates also involved they almost always try to disengage and heal. It's when I rush and don't care if I die. My $12k ISK to your 1m ISK drop suit. Works for me... even if there's a good chance I'll still die. So yeah, I did what you are planning to do. But without some kind of weapon choice in the near future in that build. Prepare to do little more than annoy those in serious gear.
Lilith Reinhart Ninth Rim 3	Posted - 2013.05.31 18:58:00 - [2] - Quote drensia wrote: Prioritize/config: * Enhanced shield extenders * Basic armor plate * AR/SR * Militia repr * Grenade 1 I would skip shield recharge/regulator for now but the decision is clearly dependent upon your fighting style. This list is devoid of the "basic" armor repair and the "basic" shield rechargers. It should be. The militia to basic move in these categories ONLY saves CPU/PG and does not actually increase the rate in which the shields / armor recharge. The militia gear is the same stats except for being more hoggy CPU/PG wise. At low level - skip it for now. As the 'raw' increase from a basic shield extender or armor plate vastly outweigh the benefits of ZERO increase in recovery from the milita gear to the basic. (On the recharger / repair) I forewent the side arm on this build in nearly every fit I built to use an equipment instead. (Keep in mind she is an assault suit. Not a logi.) But you darn bet I'm going to double duty as a logi any way and every way I can until I can get into some better suits and guns. There's a lot of points to be had doing it. And at low levels I'm at a severe disadvantage firepower wise. I need to get her into a GEK / AR and she should be able to throw down against anything but the most fitted out proto stuff. Anyway. I thought it was worth doubling this ^^^ guys point. As it is a move that will save you maybe 20-30k SP that you SHOULD be putting into a weapon instead at like level 1 type stuff.

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