DUST Search - Everyone is in prototype gear..so how are we supposed to skill up?

pseudosnipre wrote:

0. Always run in a squad and learn to squad properly. 9 out of 10 elite players forego actual squad tactics due to over-reliance on their own prowess. Once the average player can field proto, expect to see a changing of the guard from beta pubstompers to newbs who were driven to learn squad tactics coming up in militia gear and who now pc-stomp bc of it.
1. Become familiar with the top corps. After joining, but prior to deploying, identify all top corp players to your squad members. When you see them on radar, LOS, killboard, etc become hyper aware and decide, as a squad, to either avoid them or attempt to take them down en masse.
2. Become familiar with the 1-2 punch that is cooked flux followed by cooked locus grenades. Understand how shield recharge works (4 sec for scout, 8 sec for others) and then commit to finishing them off before their shields come back. Most players that go 15+/0 do so by strategically retreating when they get hit...not by avoiding all damage together.
3. Use your injectors religiously. Pick up every squad mate that doesnt go down to blaster, rail, or explosive. And learn the proper priority in finishing off your enemy and only then attending to the fallen.
4. Understand that only orbitals and LAVs are 100% effective solutions to prototype enemies.
5. Tactics, tactics, tactics: finish them off while they are reloading, calling in orbitals, changing out gear, defending against your flanker, etc. Keep squad chatter to a minimum and focus.

Good luck


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Mattt Wayne Ultramarine Corp 0	Posted - 2013.06.01 21:09:00 - [1] - Quote More and more I'm finding not only in instant battle matches, but also in mercenary battles, people are always using prototype gear. Being a logistics healer, I'm starting to wonder how in the world lower skilled players will even be able to get skill points if they cannot even survive through a match full of prototype characters. I'm hoping CCP addresses this soon..Frankly, I think that if proptype suits keep being used by the more skilled members, the newer members aren't even going to want to keep playing the game from being dropped so quickly.
Mattt Wayne Ultramarine Corp 0	Posted - 2013.06.01 21:22:00 - [2] - Quote reason why I'm glad I went for the elite pack. I'm running a free blueprint militia suit. I think what I'm going to do is save up the skill points for this whole month, then spec it into either my drop suits or my dropsuit upgrades skill. I just hope they put in the pve content soon. it would help the lower levels be able to skill up a bit better.
Mattt Wayne Ultramarine Corp 0	Posted - 2013.06.01 21:39:00 - [3] - Quote well, before the respec, my skills were literally all over the place, so what I did was when the optional respec initiated on my account, I dropped them into dropsuit upgrades, and right now, most of my skills are in the shield/armor/cpu&PG upgrades. I'm working on dropsuit engineering at the moment.
Mattt Wayne Ultramarine Corp 1	Posted - 2013.06.02 01:29:00 - [4] - Quote pseudosnipre wrote: 0. Always run in a squad and learn to squad properly. 9 out of 10 elite players forego actual squad tactics due to over-reliance on their own prowess. Once the average player can field proto, expect to see a changing of the guard from beta pubstompers to newbs who were driven to learn squad tactics coming up in militia gear and who now pc-stomp bc of it. 1. Become familiar with the top corps. After joining, but prior to deploying, identify all top corp players to your squad members. When you see them on radar, LOS, killboard, etc become hyper aware and decide, as a squad, to either avoid them or attempt to take them down en masse. 2. Become familiar with the 1-2 punch that is cooked flux followed by cooked locus grenades. Understand how shield recharge works (4 sec for scout, 8 sec for others) and then commit to finishing them off before their shields come back. Most players that go 15+/0 do so by strategically retreating when they get hit...not by avoiding all damage together. 3. Use your injectors religiously. Pick up every squad mate that doesnt go down to blaster, rail, or explosive. And learn the proper priority in finishing off your enemy and only then attending to the fallen. 4. Understand that only orbitals and LAVs are 100% effective solutions to prototype enemies. 5. Tactics, tactics, tactics: finish them off while they are reloading, calling in orbitals, changing out gear, defending against your flanker, etc. Keep squad chatter to a minimum and focus. Good luck My corperation is actually pretty good. we are pretty organized, even though we are low in numbers.