Oso Peresoso
RisingSuns
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Posted - 2013.07.08 15:34:00 -
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Spectral Clone wrote:Created a build and fitting for guys starting out with the game. It is a shield tanking assault rifle assault which costs 565950 SP:
Fitting
1x Militia Minmatar Medium Suit OR 1x Militia Caldari Medium Suit
2x Enhanced Shield Extenders
1x Basic Armor Plate
1x GEK Assault rifle
1x Militia Grenade
1x Militia Nanohive
Skills
Dropsuit Upgrades 2
Dropsuit Armor Upgrades 1
Armor Plating 1
Dropsuit Core Upgrades 1
Dropsuit Electronics 1
Dropsuit Engineering 1
Dropsuit Shield Upgrades 1
Shield Extension 3
Weaponry 3
Light Weapon Operation 1
Assault Rifle Operation 3
This should give you:
- Good speed (even though you have an armor plate).
- Good tank (461 EHP for militia caldari medium, 416 with militia minmatar medium).
- Good gank with level 3 in AR.
- Some basic resupply with nanohive.
- Grenades to start practicing cooking.
You can then continue to build on this toward caldari/minmatar assault or logistics suit if you so prefer.
You must be an Eve player. I can tell because you've made mostly non-r*tarded skill choices (and you referred to your GEK as 'gank'). Congratulations on that. You look like you're already in a good place to get some kills and make some isk. I also agree with most of Terra's critiques minus the one about the STD med suit (they're expensive garbage, use militia medium or a basic assault).
This may be a bit controversial, but if you like the game, I would encourage buying one of the mercenary, veteran, or elite packs (particularly if you're an Eve player and used to giving money to CCP). http://dust514.com/news/2013/05/merc-vet-elite-packs/ Firstly, skill boosters are key and you'll want both of them. The rate of progression is a tad slow without. Secondly the bonus items like BPOs and such, as well as Aurum BPOs, are quite useful, but their usefulness is heavily skewed towards newer players (old players can still use them to farm isk if they want). Performance-wise, the caldari assault BPOs are identical to the standard caldari assault suit, they don't require any SP investment to use, and they're free/infinite/whatever. The Dren and Toxin AR's in the Merc and Elite packs are also the only way to get BPO ARs that are equal to the standard AR. The covenant sniper rifle is slightly less useful. The other Dren suit BPOs are kinda nice, and the other 3 dren weapons are no-skill versions that perform on par with their basic counterparts but with the fittings cost of the militia weapons (shotgun and swarm are useful BPOs as they have high SP requirements and bigger clips, the scrambler pistol not so much).
Regarding the GEK, it strains your wallet and your fittings, so there are two approaches. One is to put it on your militia suit, which has the same CPU as the basic caldari med frame or assault C-1, but one less lowslot. Being a slot down makes up for the fittings of the GEK, and you can use basic/militia gear to minimize cost. The other option is to save the GEK for a few tryhard setups that are more expensive and more survivable (ie basic assault suit + enhanced shield extenders + basic stuff). Then just be sure to switch out of your tryhard suit when you're getting proto-pub-stomped.
However, I would not use the GEK all the time. The basic version is quite good (and free with a BPO version!), and is improved by the lvl 3 AR operation for less kick. Also the basic version leaves more fitting for other stuff. This is important because more fitting means you can fit better equipment, sidearms, and enhanced modules for more survivability. You can also use more fittings to change basic stuff to militia versions to save on money when it won't impact the module performance. I would also check out the GLU tactical assault rifle. Paired with a good sidearm, its a very versatile and powerful weapon. It costs an extra 7k but uses the same fittings as the gek, so play around with it a few times.
Skillpoint wise, I would unlock the basic equipment (nanocircuitry 1, drop uplinks 1, maybe repair tool 1), I would unlock grenadier to get AV grenades (easy to use, reliable source of warpoints), and I would definitely unlock sidearms and the SMG (smg BPO is one of the better things to spend aurum on) and scrambler pistol. I would also unlock shield regulators as they are a core part of many shield builds. Finally, if you plan to do any AV or Sniping, I would think about handheld weapon upgrades (for other situations you'll be relying on shield extenders instead). When you need to sink some points into advanced levels, shield upgrades for more HP, electronics for more CPU, and caldari/minmatar medium for access to assault/logi suits should all be your first choices.
Lastly, I love drop uplinks. They get you a ton of points and are critical to winning any game mode (not having uplinks in ambush is bad). However, they are a complete b*tch to fit on a basic assault suit, particularly if you're sporting enhanced modules or advanced weapons. For that reason its nice to get them at lvl 2 for the "stable" version of them, but I would not advise getting them to level 3 unless you're running any kind of logi suit or running some advanced suit.
* modules where the militia version performs similarly to basic version = damage enhancers, armor repairers, shield regulators, shield extenders, sensor stuff, nanite injector, repair tool, scrambler pistol |