Iron Wolf Saber wrote:/me rolls alt, AFKs though BA, still can achieve top score in militia gear and low sp.
The point is that you have to start playing smarter in more than one ways.
First of which is most important is soldier growth. You. Your character, and the equipment you use.
You have to play, you have to learn, and you must learn the hard way. There is no short cut on getting good. Yes you may get ROFLstomped but a 'vet' can get just as steamrolled as easily by superior tactics or unfamiliar opponents.
So in order to do this you have to first observe yourself. Ask the big question," What am I doing wrong?" If you answer low SP and low Gear those are the entirely wrong answer. A militia rifle if used right can down illy prepared heavies in a single reload. Even the best HAV can still fall victim to a militia swarm launcher when used at the opportune time. Maybe you got caught out in the open, maybe you got flanked, maybe you didn't use the right weapon at the right range. Maybe you have the wrong type of modules equipped. There are dozens of things you can constantly improve upon yourself as a soldier and unless you play you won't ever find out your own flaws and which flaws you are most willing to live with.
From there you then need to train up your sense of battlefielding. Amongst which includes the all important ability to observe and be aware. Know what the enemy is up to, what they have deployed, and tactics they're using, why is all of those combined very effective? More chances or not had you put those same guys that rofl stomped you into the ground you would still been roflstomped had they been in militia gear. Practice what they do see how it works for yourself.
As for the earlier comment about grouping people by SP, I am what you call an Omni-solider, I have specced into just about everything at once, so overall where most people would have gotten 1 or 2 prototype fits fully loaded I have 0 Advanced grade fits across the board. But I have quite a few fits nonetheless and hold my ground well against prototype players. The game should be shifting matchmaking sooner to hopefully more skill base and stray away from random encounters as it is now.
I call BS on this.
I created an alt just to try the BA. My time in the battle academy on my alt was spent completely solo. I never squaded (not for lack of trying). I played how I would normally play running solo. I was playing in a Caldari Medium Basic Frame using a full BPO fit (Dragonfly/Toxin AR/Toxin SMG/MLT BPO Modules).
I left the academy with a KDR of about 2.25. In my last academy match I went 25/4.
After spending one day out of the academy my kd/r dropped to 1.30. I gave up on my alt after a match against some top corps. (DiosX and some Dust Uni Vets). In this match I went 4/18. I was running in a squad, but I just simply could not compete against the full protos while in MLT Gear with less than 1 mil SP. Even if the other team had been using the same Meta Gear as I, I would have not stood a chance. The passive bonuses that many of the skills grant you create such a disparity between new players and vets that the new players do not stand a chance.
So, IWS I call BS on you. I want you to prove to me that you can get top scores with an alt fresh out of the Academy in a battle against full proto squads.
If you can I will come back here and retract my statement and offer my apologies to you in front of all of these people. I will admit that you are right and a much better player than I could ever aspire to be!