Very, very simply: I don't have fun playing DUST anymore. All I ever do is rage.

Depends.

Frost and I used to queue in the mornings together. Just us.

The carnage was unbelievable. We normally managed to clone about 60-85 Clones by ourselves, with an orbital every match (Post change).

MOST people can't stomp SoloQ. Frost isn't like most people, and I can easily kill things if they're all focused on him

- Backpeddle speed
In Warlords 1.1, backpeddle speed was brought down to 85%. Is it possible that this has been reverted with Hotifx Echo Tweaks? This is difficult to test in game and a couple of threads have cropped up asking the question, without response.

Didn't want to cause a riot, but I am more and more failing to catch backpeddling medium frames. It's so hard to say for sure, since we're splitting hairs, and I know OEK and others made posts about it before. Just hoping a dev can simply "look under the hood" and make sure it's still where it should be after the recent hotfix.

Gotcha :-) Yes, I suspect some who'd otherwise stomp in proto gear would set out to stomp in lesser gear. The option to make significant ISK would motivate changes in behavior, especially if there were something worthwhile to "save up" for.

Very, very simply: I don't have fun playing DUST anymore.

All I ever do is rage.

Ai Dreis - turn your hand to logis pilots and heavies. Do things to view the battlefield from a different angle. Or you just need a total break from it

ggs Shotty, rest of squad

went testing new portals and ended up doing half armor to full mcc on the other side comebacks to win

really good playing out there o7

Stealth? EWAR? MS Nova Knives damage? Though ATM i still think speedtanking is more viable then stealth cause of the stupid inner ring. If only scrubs would STFU.

Holy **** that's me with a rifle.

I have a long weekend and am seriously considering hooking up the PS3 to my PC keyboard and mouse and seeing if I can't shoot straight with a Gal Assault and actually be useful......though it will feel dirty if it works.

Didn't want to cause a riot, but I am more and more failing to catch backpeddling medium frames. It's so hard to say for sure, since we're splitting hairs, and I know OEK and others made posts about it before. Just hoping a dev can simply "look under the hood" and make sure it's still where it should be after the recent hotfix.

Actually 15% wasn't that much to begin with. Second thing - myo. Right now someone that hears decloacking/sees you in inner ring can just jump up, and turn around mid air, now he's ready to blow you to pieces.

I stabbed Frost Kitty today.

That's funny: I sent two hatemails to redline Thales' Snipers yesterday...

i was on your squad i think... i left cause i got angry at myself for being scrub...

was talking about all light frames, but anyways:
- Ewar is broken,
- stealth only if someone is using a focus scanner (min ass can get to 18.94, while min scout 15.85),
- nova knifes damage? only on min scout, but you actually have more fitting space on a minnie assault to grab a meta-level better ones

I agree that for full dampening, and slightly better ewar a light frame is better, but those 2 without speed/hp or anything else to compliment it means really nothing. You can use your advantages to hide in a corner and cry..

was talking about all light frames, but anyways:
- Ewar is broken,
- stealth only if someone is using a focus scanner (min ass can get to 18.94, while min scout 15.85),
- nova knifes damage? only on min scout, but you actually have more fitting space on a minnie assault to grab a meta-level better ones

I agree that for full dampening, and slightly better ewar a light frame is better, but those 2 without speed/hp or anything else to compliment it means really nothing. You can use your advantages to hide in a corner and cry..

Been playing a little mechwarrior online (as I finally have a working computer again)... Holy crap their faction warfare is everything I wish dust fw would be.

So upon clicking 'faction warfare' for the first time you're given a selection of the ~10 factions available, after selecting one you can sign up for a 7day, 14day, 28day or permanent contract (it's possible to break all of these, even the permanent one). The 7day gives +0% extra loyalty points, the 14day is IIRC +20% loyalty, the 28 +30%, and the permanent +50%. From there you're given a selection of planets (along with a list of attackers and defenders fighting for / queuing in the same planet). When you choose a planet you can then choose to attack it either solo, or with your squad (4ppl) or any number up to a 12man deployment which puts you into a lobby up until there's a full group. Once a full group of attackers is formed the opposition is given a "X PLANET IS UNDER ATTACK JOIN TO DEFEND IT!" warning and 10 mins to assemble a group.

From there it goes to a 'protect the area' style match, where the defenders can win by timing the match out or killing all their attackers (each players gets a drop deck of 4 mechs ranging from 160t to 240t total... essentially it's like being given a set number of clones per individual player, let's say 16 clones once you're out you cant spawn in anymore). The attackers win by destroying what amounts to the 'MCC' of the area.

If the attackers win, the next battle on the district is a 'counter attack', where the objective is basically an ambush style match - kill more of your opponents than they kill of you.

After a certain amount of time passes (there's certain allowed attack / defense / cease fire phases that cycle every hour or so) if the attackers hold more districts on a planet, they flip it to their control. If the defenders hold more, they retain control of it. If you control a planet, you can attack the planets adjacent to it.

It's such an awesome system and I think with some work, something resembling it could be implemented in dust.

It's also possible to form up for 'defense' matches too, which gives a ping to people going 'come attack this place' and just being signed up to a faction causes you to recieve constant pings about what planets need defenders / attackers. It also tosses you into a 'militia' channel where you can organize things (for example we had ~250 people attacking/defending a single planet earlier). Oh and I forgot to mention - If you go to attack a place and an enemy team doesn't form up to counter you within 10 minutes, you get deployed without any opposition, allowing you to rapidly take territory if there's no opposition.

Your LP/isk (equivalent) gains have a set payout for winning a match, and an additional payout based on your in-match performance.

stabbed arirana twice, 1v1'd Extacy in a gal logi and a min scout

he ran amarr assault and gallente assault as usual

edit: http://imgur.com/4uOSnr4

Maybe I have anger issues...

Didn't want to cause a riot, but I am more and more failing to catch backpeddling medium frames. It's so hard to say for sure, since we're splitting hairs, and I know OEK and others made posts about it before. Just hoping a dev can simply "look under the hood" and make sure it's still where it should be after the recent hotfix.

Been playing a little mechwarrior online (as I finally have a working computer again)... Holy crap their faction warfare is everything I wish dust fw would be.

So upon clicking 'faction warfare' for the first time you're given a selection of the ~10 factions available, after selecting one you can sign up for a 7day, 14day, 28day or permanent contract (it's possible to break all of these, even the permanent one). The 7day gives +0% extra loyalty points, the 14day is IIRC +20% loyalty, the 28 +30%, and the permanent +50%. From there you're given a selection of planets (along with a list of attackers and defenders fighting for / queuing in the same planet). When you choose a planet you can then choose to attack it either solo, or with your squad (4ppl) or any number up to a 12man deployment which puts you into a lobby up until there's a full group. Once a full group of attackers is formed the opposition is given a "X PLANET IS UNDER ATTACK JOIN TO DEFEND IT!" warning and 10 mins to assemble a group.

From there it goes to a 'protect the area' style match, where the defenders can win by timing the match out or killing all their attackers (each players gets a drop deck of 4 mechs ranging from 160t to 240t total... essentially it's like being given a set number of clones per individual player, let's say 16 clones once you're out you cant spawn in anymore). The attackers win by destroying what amounts to the 'MCC' of the area.

If the attackers win, the next battle on the district is a 'counter attack', where the objective is basically an ambush style match - kill more of your opponents than they kill of you.

After a certain amount of time passes (there's certain allowed attack / defense / cease fire phases that cycle every hour or so) if the attackers hold more districts on a planet, they flip it to their control. If the defenders hold more, they retain control of it. If you control a planet, you can attack the planets adjacent to it.

It's such an awesome system and I think with some work, something resembling it could be implemented in dust.

It's also possible to form up for 'defense' matches too, which gives a ping to people going 'come attack this place' and just being signed up to a faction causes you to recieve constant pings about what planets need defenders / attackers. It also tosses you into a 'militia' channel where you can organize things (for example we had ~250 people attacking/defending a single planet earlier). Oh and I forgot to mention - If you go to attack a place and an enemy team doesn't form up to counter you within 10 minutes, you get deployed without any opposition, allowing you to rapidly take territory if there's no opposition.

Your LP/isk (equivalent) gains have a set payout for winning a match, and an additional payout based on your in-match performance.

It's a game with [...] no princess to save [...]

Saving Princess Charlie

I may have just wasted precious coffee reading this

Llast...it's ok. There will always be more coffee. Always. Coffee will forever be obtainable at any time. And should the day ever come when there is no more coffee to be had...then the entire human race must kill themselves as sacrifice to the coffee gods.

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Hmmm this is what I have become since marrying an American.