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Dr. Glasscock posted:How are maps determined by the way? With all those planets, surely there is just a handfull of maps, right? Yeah, right now there's only a few (3 or 4?) layouts, and the actual boundaries of the map are determined by the game mode. Skirmish matches usually include the whole layout, while other modes like Ambush take place in a small portion of one layout. Planetary Conquest matches are Skirmish matches and they take place in the same old layouts as far as I know.
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Speaking of maps, some of them feel like a serious rat maze. I wish I could vault over some of those railings. I routinely go the wrong way around structures and have to wind back around to get the heck out.
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May 17, 2013 21:18
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MrLonghair posted:How much better are you at surviving something like an assault rifle or Scrambler than an assault suit? Speed be damned when survivability goes up decently, though it hurts to lose an equipment slot. EHP, using advanced or proto, boosts and plates? I run a basic fit with 1150 HP using a single complex armor plate I run 1012 HP with nothing but reps. Survivability and durability have increased against everything EXCEPT the duvolle tac and the duvolle AR. they still melt you down in nothing flat. everything else better engage at range or they're dead meat. The HMG is viable and violently satisfying now.
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May 17, 2013 21:18
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I'd been playing as a Heavy/HMG/FORGE from last May till the January reset when I switched to Assault AR/SWARM. I'd always enjoyed it but was frustrated by the ISK and SP multipliers that made it prohibitive compared to the AR route. It seems we're light in that dept at the moment so I'm going to request a skill respec and point my 10 million SP towards that suppression/av role.
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May 17, 2013 21:22
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oh for those of you who are curious about the plan for causing screaming? Pay attention to the forums tonight. I expect that the next day or so will be hilarious. Be prepared for full-on nerdrage. If it doesn't happen we'll taunt the poo poo out of our victims till they start screaming. If they don't nerdrage publically then they will have failed to warn our next bracket of poor victims. This  is truly something no one will be prepared for.
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May 17, 2013 21:35
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If it's really going to be that spectacular, I hope someone involved has the ability to capture video.
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May 17, 2013 21:40
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applied to Goonfeet as Mu Opioid. How do you afford all the skill books to train the 500,000sp worth of skills in the intro post? I have an old PC EVE account, can I just send all my isk from that chump to this one?
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May 17, 2013 21:51
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Opioid posted:How do you afford all the skill books to train the 500,000sp worth of skills in the intro post? I have an old PC EVE account, can I just send all my isk from that chump to this one? You're going to have to play a few matches if you want to buy all of the skill books. At this point you cannot transfer ISK from an EVE account to your DUST character.
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May 17, 2013 21:56
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Run a few matches with the free fits, the Instant Battle Academy is filled with fools that do nothing but hack turrets. A few games in and you should be able to afford the skill books you want. Call in a free LAV and run people over. No one has AV in noob mode, just watch for turrets.
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May 17, 2013 21:58
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Wikipedia Brown posted:If it's really going to be that spectacular, I hope someone involved has the ability to capture video. At least one or two, besides me do it. I just need to quit having achy muscles and play more. I forgot to post new bee VS old bee: 
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May 17, 2013 22:05
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LostInTheSauce posted:oh for those of you who are curious about the plan for causing screaming? Well Shiiiiit! You have me very excited for this! I'll be away from the forums for a few days, so this will hopefully be a nice gift to come back to on tuesday!
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May 17, 2013 22:16
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Really excited to try this out tonight, hopefully I can get some time. I'm trying to find pictures to see what each of the quarters looks like, any idea where I can find? Been Googling and haven't found anything.
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May 17, 2013 22:22
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LostInTheSauce posted:oh for those of you who are curious about the plan for causing screaming? Hell yes. This is going to be awesome. 
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May 17, 2013 22:53
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oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...
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We don't have a spreadsheet of good / overpowered load outs yet do we? Currently running around with starter poo poo generally having a swell time 
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May 17, 2013 22:53
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The newbie skillplan is helpful, but is there any advice on what poo poo to buy from the market as a newbie? I've only spent isk on skills so far (granted, I'm only a few academy battles in...) e;fb
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May 17, 2013 22:55
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Applied as King Hotpants.
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May 17, 2013 22:58
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Daft chunK posted:We don't have a spreadsheet of good / overpowered load outs yet do we? Currently running around with starter poo poo generally having a swell time I've got two teams of "Top Men" working on it. If they don't stop arguing and have something for me in a few days I'm going to throw a knife and a gun with a single shot in the room and lock the door.
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May 17, 2013 22:59
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crazypenguin posted:The newbie skillplan is helpful, but is there any advice on what poo poo to buy from the market as a newbie? The first thing I'd suggest is getting your main weapon (probably assault rifle) to standard grade. The difference between militia and standard is huge, both in performance and fitting. Militia gear, while free, is a huge hog on your CPU and PGU compared to standard.
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May 17, 2013 23:12
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Samahiel posted:I've got two teams of "Top Men" working on it. If they don't stop arguing and have something for me in a few days I'm going to throw a knife and a gun with a single shot in the room and lock the door. Fantastic, you'll find the gun unfired and the knife unused as the new topic of whether a gun with one shot or a knife is better. Because seriously for a game about shooting people in the face, doing that wrist hacky thing and symbols every bloody where its far too complicated. Roll on the Dust version of the Rifter Tackler 
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May 17, 2013 23:34
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Applied as Ishbahming Mish. I have absolutely no idea whatI am doing in this game weapon or skill wise. You need a guy on the team like that right?
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May 17, 2013 23:52
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We could probably form a whole platoon of goons with absolutely no idea what we're doing at this point. It's a shame we can't have larger battles than 32 players, I'd happily join a suicide squad while more skilled goons did their thing amidst the confusion. Totally unrelated but typing that made me think of the glory days of timesplitters 2, covering someone with remote mines and then sending them into the enemy's base  . More games need that.
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May 18, 2013 00:29
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Anthrovore posted:We could probably form a whole platoon of goons with absolutely no idea what we're doing at this point. It's a shame we can't have larger battles than 32 players, I'd happily join a suicide squad while more skilled goons did their thing amidst the confusion. Now this really makes me wish they took a page out of the MAG playbook and had 256 player maps
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May 18, 2013 00:34
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Sammus posted:Since teamkilling in general matches has been removed, Breaking Stuff and myself have settled on a new way to be the most rage inducing corp in the game. And we really think we can pull it off with this. We expect that we'll have people absolutely screaming at us both in game and on the forums in no time at all. Join us on IRC or in game to find out how you can help, and how we intend to milk tears from the pubbie masses for our enjoyment! Super down for this. For  of course!
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May 18, 2013 00:43
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Wamdoodle posted:Now this really makes me wish they took a page out of the MAG playbook and had 256 player maps Lol 16v16 barely works correctly as it is, though it would be cool. I'm proud of our squad of newbie alts today. We taught the newberrys some valuable lessons. It warmed my heart when my fellow blues followed my alt Crystal Methana's lead and started their own jeep squad.
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May 18, 2013 01:30
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Fnord posted:Applied as Ishbahming Mish. I have absolutely no idea whatI am doing in this game weapon or skill wise. You need a guy on the team like that right? Never hurts to skill into Assault Rifles. They're a bread-and-butter weapon to have. After that, it's up to you what you want to do. Like getting up close and personal to Raspberries? Try the Shotgun. Hate tanks and turret installations? Try Swarm Launchers. Fan of the Heavy Weapons Guy from TF2? Try a Heavy suit and a HMG. Like to sit back and plink at dudes from a distance and generally be useless? Try the Sniper Rifle. Enjoy explosions? Try the Mass Driver.
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May 18, 2013 01:39
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Assault rifles and shotguns for me please! Also, I was wrecking guys left and right when I was down to the SMG with no skills specced into it. Then again, pubbies :/
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May 18, 2013 02:08
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I realize that it's somewhat down to personal choice/ proficiency, but what kind of weapons should I be looking at using with light armor? I'm in love with the aesthetic design of the minmatar light armor. It's space eighties as gently caress and has a chestputer.
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Anthrovore posted:I realize that it's somewhat down to personal choice/ proficiency, but what kind of weapons should I be looking at using with light armor? I'm in love with the aesthetic design of the minmatar light armor. It's space eighties as gently caress and has a chestputer. Light armor's only real advantages are its low scan profile and it's relative fast speed, as the armor has all the durability of wet toilet paper and graham crackers. So if I were you, I'd either devote a light armor to a Sniper role or something with hit-and-run advantages, like an SMG or Shotgun. Sneak in, shoot, and get the gently caress outta there.
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May 18, 2013 02:57
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Dunno about this build, but in Chromosome and earlier builds the scout suit was a poor choice for sniper due to its high probability of being killed in a single body shot with sniper rifles. They were too easily counter-sniped. This build, I'm not sure. Charge rifle isn't standard tier anymore, and maybe the skills/mods are different such that it's harder to stack damage buffs? In any case, give it a try I guess, but I always found medium suits to be more suitable for sniping. The one caveat to this is that, if you want to be a "front line" sort of sniper then scout suits can be decent. However, that was in part due to the terrible hit detection of the previous and earlier builds. If scout suits don't magically avoid damage anymore, then they would be less useful still for sniping. But yeah, shotgun scouts have always been pretty dangerous. Shotguns at least used to be able to one-shot a lot of suits at close range. Sneak up behind people and drop them. Or run around in more built up areas and be quicker on the draw than the other guy.
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Lassitude posted:Dunno about this build, but in Chromosome and earlier builds the scout suit was a poor choice for sniper due to its high probability of being killed in a single body shot with sniper rifles. They were too easily counter-sniped. True, but to be fair you can one-shot nearly everyone with a headshot from a Sniper Rifle.
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May 18, 2013 03:31
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Applied in-game, my char is "Max Packer," I have no mic and no idea what I'm doing
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May 18, 2013 03:45
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IronSaber posted:True, but to be fair you can one-shot nearly everyone with a headshot from a Sniper Rifle. Unless you're using Thale or have complex damage mods on an Ishukone, this is only true about half the time.
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May 18, 2013 03:56
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I've got 2 characters, one under my SA name which I'm trying to usurp my friend's corp under, and Andrea Tetons who will probably be applying for Goonfeet soon.
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May 18, 2013 04:01
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I downloaded it and started playing some last weekend, it's pretty drat fun. Gonna see if I can stick with a sniper roll, as I'm usually horrible at these types of game. Definitely a nice companion to my regular EVE playing.
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May 18, 2013 04:03
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Whenever Manus Peak comes up I usually spend part of the game sniping with a standard sniper rifle or the level two tactical sniper on my medium frame. To make myself feel useful I like to stick to countersniping, and keeping my squadmates updated on the movements of the enemies around the Manus triangle of objectives. From a hill you can usually see all three points, and help soften up the enemy as your team approaches an objective. After 1-2 deaths as a sniper I usually stop, as the enemy is probably wise to your positions.
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May 18, 2013 04:16
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applied as Rosa Marxe, I play EVE in GoonWaffe too and figured may as well be in the DUST corp for when I've got access to my ps3
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May 18, 2013 04:32
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Just started as MisterCrow. Just played a game, seems awesome. Can I get an invite?
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Sorry about all the disconnects last night guys. My isp sucks buttes.  Good times though!  
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Is there a go-to source for basic info on early strategy? I've played a few matches and I've been spending all my cash on skill upgrades, based on the chart in the OP (I've almost got enough cash for grenadier). I haven't bought any equipment yet, and I'm sucking pretty hard so far. Should I spend some cash on gear before continuing to skillup, or is it a waste at this point? Ideally, I'd like to be able to do more damage at medium range, like 30-50 paces or so. Also, is there a way to upgrade the gear on starter classes?
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For the lamentations of pubbies, stealing dropships with the owner and his squad inside still works by then ramming it into the enemy MCC. So far no mail for my efforts on the latest heist, but team chat was priceless. Tanks aren't too hard to swipe either, though most good tanks are called in by people smart enough to not have random blues standing around.
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