DUST Search - Why do you wear proto suits in instant battles?

Sephirian Fair wrote:

Jaqen Morghalis wrote:

Meh, people earned they're Protosuits, they can wear'em to do laundry for all I care. It's their perogative if they want to risk the potential ISK loss if someone like me manages to take them out with nothing but Militia gear. Even if I go 1-20 against the Proto in the process, it's nice to know that my one kill cost them a bunch of ISK, whereas my 20 deaths cost me nothing.

I've got news for you, though: it's only a game, and it's not real money. Instant Battle, PC, or whatever, NONE of it actually matters. Blink

This is a perspective that really isn't true. I run proto 100% of the time and I pull a hefty profit 9 out of 10 battles. You say my one death really hurts me, but if I go 20-1 and am top of my leaderboards, I am going to still walk away with 200K ISK in profit, usually more if I am facing gear that is ADV+. Hell, my rig needs usually 4 deaths before I'm in the red. If I'm facing Team Militia, that's a 1 in 1000 matches.

Too many people DON'T use any gear. It is painful to see how many people are constantly running militia gear. The difference between militia and just standard is incredible, much less having to deal with advanced or prototype gear. To choose to ignore that for the sake of a few thousand ISK, a currency whose only worth is to BUY GEAR, is mind-blowing.

You say that none of it actually matters... Then why not burn through your isk? Why save it? It has no purpose in Dust save for buying gear to use.


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Spkr4theDead Namtar Elite Gallente Federation 192	Posted - 2013.06.22 01:29:00 - [1] - Quote Because they need a crutch such as over 600 total HP to kill people that just got out of the battle academy.
Spkr4theDead Namtar Elite Gallente Federation 192	Posted - 2013.06.22 01:34:00 - [2] - Quote Sephirian Fair wrote: Jaqen Morghalis wrote: Meh, people earned they're Protosuits, they can wear'em to do laundry for all I care. It's their perogative if they want to risk the potential ISK loss if someone like me manages to take them out with nothing but Militia gear. Even if I go 1-20 against the Proto in the process, it's nice to know that my one kill cost them a bunch of ISK, whereas my 20 deaths cost me nothing. I've got news for you, though: it's only a game, and it's not real money. Instant Battle, PC, or whatever, NONE of it actually matters. This is a perspective that really isn't true. I run proto 100% of the time and I pull a hefty profit 9 out of 10 battles. You say my one death really hurts me, but if I go 20-1 and am top of my leaderboards, I am going to still walk away with 200K ISK in profit, usually more if I am facing gear that is ADV+. Hell, my rig needs usually 4 deaths before I'm in the red. If I'm facing Team Militia, that's a 1 in 1000 matches. Too many people DON'T use any gear. It is painful to see how many people are constantly running militia gear. The difference between militia and just standard is incredible, much less having to deal with advanced or prototype gear. To choose to ignore that for the sake of a few thousand ISK, a currency whose only worth is to BUY GEAR, is mind-blowing. You say that none of it actually matters... Then why not burn through your isk? Why save it? It has no purpose in Dust save for buying gear to use. That's all you earn? You need to learn to hold circle.
Spkr4theDead Namtar Elite Gallente Federation 192	Posted - 2013.06.22 01:37:00 - [3] - Quote Eriknaught wrote: I'll save a percentage of my ISK earnings into proto-gear until I hit the Cap per week. Makes the remaining couple days of the week a little less boring. As far as the OUTRAGEOUS cost of a 80-100k suit, who cares when you have Millions worth of gear that you'll just replace in a week? Ahh, the grind that is Dust514, I love it. That is all. Eriknaught out. END TRANSMISSION. You consider a 100,000 ISK suit outrageous? LOL! The hull for my Charybdis alone is 80,000 ISK. Fully fitted is almost 400,000 ISK. None of my tanks are less than 1,000,000 ISK. What the hell are you complaining about? You have it pathetically easy LOL
Spkr4theDead Namtar Elite Gallente Federation 192	Posted - 2013.06.22 01:41:00 - [4] - Quote Onesimus Tarsus wrote: Like I've always said (well, this is the first time, but hey): Remove sniping, tanks, LAVs, dropships, heavies and scouts from this game, and you'd really have something. Why, tanks are too difficult for you to destroy?