Matticus Monk
Ordus Trismegistus
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Posted - 2013.06.06 10:03:00 -
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Asmodeus Reinhart wrote:Dustwaffle saves thread.
You mentioned survivability being more important than perhaps being effective in a fire fight. Could one presume that initially armor and shield upgrades should take precedence over say spec'ing into real assault suits? Or really laying into a weapon tier?
I primarily play scout, however I have had many assault fits in the last few builds. My preference is to always make my assault suits as survivable and fast as possible (which provides me greater effectiveness in fire-fights). This extends my time on the field. Some do go for max damage output weapon and a good suit but forgo base stats. They hope that they can stay alive in their good suits (but less than good modules) and their proto weapons by doing a ton of damage and deterring people from getting close enough to threaten them. Overall, this is a risker way to do business because:
1.) it relies on you hitting your target to stay alive
2.) when you die you are loosing more expensive equipment
My preference is to always buff my base skills (Sheild upgrades, sheild extension, armor upgrades, biotic upgrades) and leave the suits and weapons for later. These upgrades make your core suit armor/sheilds higher, and the make your shield modules give higher shield values than what is listed (and you can use better shield modules). the biotic upgrades make you faster. you will be more effective in a militia or standard suit (and less expensive) with these skills at L3 or L4, and good shield extension modules (enhanced or complex) than an advanced suit w/ all standard/militia fittings and no core skills.
Asmodeus Reinhart wrote:
I'm around 1.2M SP at this point and were it not for my idiotic purchasing into the light frame / scout class - which is both expensive and made of tissue paper. I think I would have spec'd hard into (armor) if I stayed gallente and guns. The hard part is that I like a lot of them. And there's still some I would like to try before my respec lands. I am trying to be frugal to get the most out of what I have. But I would happily have scrambler, assault rifle and shotgun classes ready to go at the push of a button. This is the infuriating part of dust to me. I haven't even tried the laser rifle yet or the mass driver. And I wanna.
Yeah, this sucks. Definltey use the militia scramber, AR and shotgun instead of putting points into them if you can help it. You may want to plop down a few AUR to try the scram rifle, flaylock, mass driver since there are no militia versions.
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