I've been trying out the Nova Knives and I absolutely suck. Any advice? If I'm trying to fully charge my blades before a strike, am I doing it wrong?

@ Void

If you insist on parting with your BPOs, I'll be glad to hold onto them for you until you come back.

I will not be coming back. My daughter has told me she wants my ps3 to play games with her friends that don't have a ps4. I am moving to PC for Star Citizen.

Roger. o7

Are you in touch with Mollerz off-site?

Radar and Doubletap ran AR+NKs. If Nova Knives interest you, I'd recommend experimenting with damps + reds in your lows and shields + precision in your highs. The closer you intend to operate, the more lows you'll need to commit to damps. If you're content to engage from range, drop the biotics and go for 1 damp + reactives or ferroscale.

I'd run something like ...

Scout G/1 (42k)
HS: Cmp Precision, Cmp Shield
LS: Enh + Bsc Damp (19dB), Complex KinCat
PW: Assault Rifle
SW: Ishukone NKs
GR: Flux
EQ: Std Cloak, Std Remote

Added a loadout to my post above. NKs are weapons of opportunity; you can't force 'em or you'll fail every time. They're tougher to learn than other weapons, but with time you'll come to love them. I can't think of anything more fun in the entire game.

Approaches on charged strikes may vary, but I find the trick is to either (1) beat your opponent's inner ring precision and catch him off-guard and alone from behind or (2) bait and lure the ogre around a corner or through a doorway, or (3) go all-in with a raptor strike.

I probably land 1/3 raptor strikes. The idea is to sprint in the direction of your target, jump, charge while airborne and slice on your descent. Fun? Yes. Reliable? No. The best knifers in the game don't do it. They'll tell you that jumping consumes stamina, and you'll need stamina to get away after takedown.

That's my two cents; I'm sure the guys have more to offer (there are way better knifers here than me).

@Shotty
So when bpo trading comes in I don't want to have to play the selling/trading game. I want to be able to log in and just send them all to one person. You can sell them give them away for no reason or as prizes I don't care but that will be my gift to Nos Nothi. If you do not want this then I will pick someone else I think would use them for the good of Nos Nothi.

List of my BPO's (updated all listed)
Apex Hawk Scout
Apex Serpent Scout

Dren Scout G-I
Dragonfly Scout G-I
Valor Scout G-I
Raven Scout G-I
Sever Scout G-I

Dren Assault C-I
Dragonfly Assault C-I
Covenant Assault C-I
Raven Assault C-I

Quafe Assault G-I

Dren Logistics M-I
Sever Logistics M-I

Dren Sentinel A-I

Dren Assault Rifle
Dren Shotgun
Dren Swarm Launcher
Dren Scrambler Pistol
Toxin Assault Rifle
Toxin Submachine Gun
Exile Assault Rifle
Covenant Sniper Rifle
Syndicate Submachine Gun
Quafe Mass Driver
Quafe Nova Knives

Drin's Lex -71 Damage Modifier > For some noob that missed it.

Militia Ion Pistol
Militia Magsec SMG
Militia Rail Rifle
Militia shotgun
Militia Sniper Rifle
Militia Bolt Pistol
Militia Combat Rifle
Militia Nova Knife
Militia Plasma Cannon
Militia Scrambler Pistol
Militia Heavy Machine Gun
Militia Locus Grenade
Militia Flux Grenade
Militia Submachine Gun

Militia Drop Uplink
Militia Nanite Injector
Militia Nanohive
Militia Repair Tool

Militia Armor Plates
Militia Armor Repairer
Militia CPU Upgrade
Militia Cardiac Regulator
Militia Codebreaker
Militia Kinetic Catalyzer
Militia Light Damage Modifier
Militia PG Upgrade
Militia precision Enhancer
Militia Profile Dampener
Militia Range Amplifier
Militia Shield Extender
Militia Shield Recharger
Militia Sidearm Damage Modifier

Blood Raiders Saga
Ishukone Watch Saga
Quafe Saga

Militia CPU Upgrade Unit
Militia Light Shield Booster
Militia Powergrid Upgrade

@ Void

If you insist on parting with your BPOs, I'll be glad to hold onto them for you until you come back.

I've been trying out the Nova Knives and I absolutely suck. Any advice? If I'm trying to fully charge my blades before a strike, am I doing it wrong?

Question. What would be better for a minja. The regular CR or the ACR? And any recommended fits with a gal scout?

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Gonna start using a mouse for Dust, since I only have a game-stop ps3 controller full of dead zones.

note #1: whichever weapon you find works best for YOU.

note #2: I hear PS4 controllers work with PS3 as long as you keep em wired.
might want to go that way instead. That way it can be worth your while to buy a "new" proper controller.

Nice theory.

Now let's pair it with observable facts.

Most important, most relevant fact:

CCP have shown themselves to be *completely incompetant* at match making.
For years.


The logical thing to assume is that this is going to remain the same, rather than wishful thinking that it will suddenly be all better.

If you start with that basis, then hopefully you can see that 4 man squads will still regularly be dominating matches, aka stomping.

I've been trying out the Nova Knives and I absolutely suck. Any advice? If I'm trying to fully charge my blades before a strike, am I doing it wrong?

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- Charge the knives when undetected and just before you get into range
- Charged knives can be heard
- You don't always need to charge to OHK lesser HP targets, but you might miss a swipe so charge when you can
- Knives have a headshot bonus - aim for the head when you can
- Charge for heavies: you won't OHK all heavies even when landing two charged swipes with a Minja and maxed skills
- Be prepared for your prey to move at the last moment, and try to anticipate which direction he might move in so you aren't as surprised
- Have an escape route and / or available cover
- If detected, two choices: disengage or fight. Disengage if you can if you want to live to fight another day. I would suggest at first you fight every single time to help figure things out.
- If detected and fighting, stay as close as you can to your target. I mean literally in his face.
- You will likely run a longer range main weapon - do not expect to win rifle engagements because you are at a severe HP disadvantage in your scout suit and you've lost all of your advantages against a non-scout. You can however use these engagements to bait your prey or cause a squad to break up - be aware of your advantages at all times.
- Be a sneaky bastard - this doesn't have to mean EWAR-based sneaky but that is absolutely part of it

- Practice practice practice: knives once you're used to them have a certain "flow" to them.
You have two swipes, you can land one, or other, or both. You can move whilst swiping, and you can land blows that you would otherwise miss if you move with your opponent. You can strafe swipe, you can rotate-swipe, you can jump-swipe. Practice them, with time you'll get a feel for them and pull off some moves that make you feel good inside. These moves will also help you survive when under fire from other mercs whilst killing.

- Persevere. Using knives can be very difficult, especially at first, and frustrating. Some battles you will find just aren't suited for knife work. It will happen. For every frustrating game, there are moments in others that make it worth while

Try things out at first, don't try to follow everything here all at once if at all. Let it come naturally, based on your own experiences. First step is just to get a feel for it. That means engaging a lot, even when you are likely to die. You will learn from this.

I would ask others to give their take on whether or not knifing is a viable style in planetary conquest. I have invested in a Gal scout because if I want to PC, I don't think it will work as a Minja.

Rat suit needs a name. Balac ar kubo plasma.

So personally I always use complex damps whenever I use them. Why are you preferring 1enh and 1 basic?

I'm looking for some advice as to how to fit a rifle-wielding Gallente scout. I have little interest in shotgunning and want to know how the rifle scouts pull it off. I prefer using the plasma rifle.

I will not be coming back. My daughter has told me she wants my ps3 to play games with her friends that don't have a ps4. I am moving to PC for Star Citizen.

I will not be coming back. My daughter has told me she wants my ps3 to play games with her friends that don't have a ps4. I am moving to PC for Star Citizen.

I double damp my knifing fits due to falloff inner rings + medframe mobility / myofibs and shared passives. The majority of units I try to stab are medrames; unenhanced medframe inner rings are 20dB (just below GalLogi 21dB scans). If the target I've flanked, stalked and singled out picks me up on TacNet, my odds of a successful shank and escape decline sharply. So I aim to beat 20dB and cross my fingers that the medframe I'm stalking isn't running a precision enhancer.

GalScout + 1 Cmp Damp = 20dB (not enough)
GalScout + 1 Cmp Damp + 1 Cmp Damp = 16dB (too much)
GalScout + 1 Cmp Damp + 1 Bsc Damp = 17dB (too much)
GalScout + 1 Bsc Damp + 1 Bsc Damp = 20dB (not enough)
GalScout + 1 Enh Damp + 1 Bsc Damp = 19dB (just right)

Enh+Bsc frees up enough CPU for me to run a better shield extender or precision enhancer on my G/1 or Dragonfly. When I run gk.0, I'll often go with two complex damps (16dB) despite the fact that there aren't many hunter/hunted scenarios between 19dB and 16dB. If the MedFrame I'm trying to stab is running just one precision enhancer, I'll have needed a 3rd damp on my Gal. In a nutshell, when it comes to stabbing medframes, there's little added utility between a profile of 19dB and 16dB.

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Everything above relates to knifing in a GalScout. A MinScout knifer doesn't even have the option to stab a medframe+1cPE without being painted to TacNet.

Yo so uh, Mouse and Keyboard are pretty much universally worse than a controller in Dust right? Apart from spin scanning? I was always under the impression that M&K was terrible in Dust but I keep seeing people saying that it's way better than the controller. Am I mistaken or are they just crazy?