Matticus Monk
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Posted - 2013.07.05 07:44:00 -
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Phazoid wrote:Michael Arck wrote:Cure me of my ignorance. Is a Scout's life really that terrible in New Eden? I ask because I considered becoming one myself. well, its not terrible, just very hard and frustrating, but the scou life increases your skills, hahaha, well serious now, its pretty hard and we are underpowered in every sense, but there is a reason why scouts are the best players on dust, and no other class has a code, if you meet another scout on the battlefield and both have nova knifes, a duel is upon you, and death or victory are the only way to end the duel, you need to be dedicated and have love for sneaking and stealth, if you dont, dont bother, you will be dissapointed
Exactly. If you like being very tactical in terms of where you can move, what you can do, then it's fun. If you like needing to really choose your fights and opponents, it's fun. If you like dying a lot... wait, let me try again: if you like managing a small number of hitpoints and fighting at a disadvantage, it's fun. If you like running fast as hell and getting behind enemy lines for some guerilla warfare, it's fun.
If you like having a good KDR, not fun. If you like running head-on into engagements, not fun. If you like being a brutish fighter, not fun.
Fun or not, is it terrible? Well, it's hard. Craptastically hard.... and frustrating. And be prepared to die, a lot, and probably not get very many revives. |
Matticus Monk
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Posted - 2013.07.05 11:16:00 -
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Michael Arck wrote:LOL!! After reading this post, I'm actually interested. Sounds like it would fit my playstyle
Haha! Well, good show... it is always nice to have another scout!
My suggestion, to really try it out, is to give it a go with either a Gallente Militia light suit, or a Minmatar militia light suit.
You will be down 1 low module for the Gallente (you will have 1H/1L) relative to the standard suit, and down 1 high for the Minnie (you will have 0H/2L) but as a scout that extra module isn't going to really make much difference in giving you a taste of what the life is like as a scout. I typically (75% of the time) run Militia Minmatar light suits, and maybe 25% of the time a Standard Gallente.
Plenty of good scout threads out there; Shotty's is a good place to start:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=90055&find=unread |