Dust 514: Dropsuit Command

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Dropsuit Command

In this branch of The Skill Tree, we have the skills that give access to the various Dropsuits available to a Mercenary in Dust 514. They can be broken down into subcategories known as Frame Sizes. As development of the game progresses each Frame size will get a Racial variant for each of the four races in the game. As with the Weaponry of Dust 514 they come in Standard, Advanced and Compact versions with greater capabilities as a player skills up into them.

First shown at Dust 514 Keynote at the 2013 Fanfest, the full Racial Dropsuit lineup for Light, Medium and Heavy suit types.

Light Frame

The Light Frames have less CPU and PG as well as minimal armour and shielding. They make up for that with speed and agility on the battlefield.

Medium Frame

The Medium Frames have more CPU and PG than the Light Frames with the corresponding increase in Shields and Armour. They are slower and less nimble in the war zone than the Lights but are the mainstay of a corporation's offensive capabilities.

Heavy Frame

The tank of the Dropsuits. They have the largest amount of Armour and Shields and are the only Frame size capable of powering the heaviest weapons available to Mercenaries, The HMG and Forge gun. They are the slowest of the frame sizes and their turning ability is reduced by the extra armour they carry. They excel at point defence and suppression fire.

Basic Suit Types and Specialisation

Each of the Frame Sizes can also be further split into two categories, Basic and Specialised.

Basic

Easier to skill into because of their lower Training Cost Modifier and are less expensive to buy, but they have no bonuses per level given to them. However, at Level III of the skill giving access to them, you can then train into a Specialisation for that Frame size.

Specialisation

Each of the Frame Sizes can be split into two different Specialisations. Not all of these are yet available in the game but they are included here with a brief explanation of their planned role on the battlefield.

Light Frame-Pilot

Coming Soon TM. This role will provide bonuses to vehicle use for both ground based and flying types.

Light Frame-Scout

Scouts make for great infiltration and assassination as they are granted a bonus of 15% reduction to PG/CPU cost of cloak field per level. As of Uprising 1.8, they now have 2 equipment slots. Scan Profile bonuses allow for scouts to get underneath scans, while Amarr now specialize in detecting (as of 1.8 Charlie hotfix). Minmatar specialize in Nova Knives as well as hacking, enabling them to be the quickest objective and installation hackers in the game.

Medium Frame-Logistics

Logistics suits can have the largest number of Equipment slots in the game. They provide support to your team by reviving, repairing, resupplying, reinforcing your team, creating rally points, and giving valuable enemy locations. They provide a bonus of 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of equipment per level across all racial variants with a race specific bonus as well. Amarr focuses on Drop Uplinks, Caldari has focus on Nanohives, Gallente is well equipped for Active Scanner usage, and Minmatar makes the best use out of Repair Tools.

Medium Frame-Assault

Meant for being a versatile frontline fighter, these suits provide a bonus of 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of light/sidearm weapons and grenades per level across all races with the usual racial bonus as well. Each race provides bonuses to that race's weaponry: Amarr uses Laser weaponry, Caldari uses Hybrid-Railgun tech, Gallente uses Hybrid-Blaster, Minmatar uses Projectile.

Heavy Frame-Commando

With the introduction of Uprising 1.2, these Heavy suits can carry two light weapons instead of just one, giving them a lot more flexibility to change roles as needed during the course of a battle. As an example carrying an Assault Rifle for normal operations can carry a swarm launcher to destroy or suppress the sudden deployment of a vehicle by an enemy. Likely to do this at the expense of Armour and Shield.

Heavy Frame-Sentinel

The only class of suit capable of powering the heaviest Infantry weapons in the game. Gives a +5% damage resistance to splash damage per level across all races. Depending on the race, the Racial Bonus grants various shield and armor resistances per level.

Skills

Skill	Unlocks	Bonus	Rank	SkillBook ISK	Prerequisites
Amarr Assault Dropsuits	Assault Dropsuits	Assault Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of light/sidearm weapons and grenades per level Amarr Assault Bonus: 5% reduction to laser weaponry heat build-up per level	x8	787000	Amarr Medium Dropsuits III
Amarr Commando Dropsuits	Commando Dropsuits	Commando Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to reload speed of light/sidearm weapons per level Amarr Commando Bonus: +2% damage to light laser weapons per level	x8	787000	Amarr Heavy Dropsuits III
Amarr Heavy Dropsuits	Heavy Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command III
Amarr Light Dropsuits	Light Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command II
Amarr Logistics Dropsuits	Logistics Dropsuits	Logistics Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of equipment per level Amarr Logistics Bonus: 10% reduction to drop uplink spawn time and +2 to maximum spawn count per level	x8	787000	Amarr Medium Dropsuits III
Amarr Medium Dropsuits	Medium Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command I
Amarr Scout Dropsuits	Scout Dropsuits	Scout Suit Bonus: +15% reduction to PG/CPU cost of cloak field per level Amarr Scout Bonus: 5% reduction to dropsuit scan precision and +5% bonus to stamina regen and maximum stamina per level	x8	787000	Amarr Light Dropsuits III
Amarr Sentinel Dropsuits	Sentinel Dropsuits	Sentinel Suit Bonus: +5% damage resistance to splash damage per level Amarr Sentinel Bonus: 3% armor resistance to projectile weapons, 2% shield resistance to hybrid - railgun weapons per level	x8	787000	Amarr Heavy Dropsuits III
Caldari Assault Dropsuit	Assault Dropsuits	Assault Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of light/sidearm weapons and grenades per level Caldari Assault Bonus: +5% to reload speed of hybrid railgun light/sidearm weapons per level. (5% reduction to railgun kick per level.)	x8	787000	Caldari Medium Dropsuits III
Caldari Commando Dropsuits	Commando Dropsuits	Commando Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to reload speed of light/sidearm weapons per level Caldari Commando Bonus: +2% damage to light hybrid – railgun weapons per level. (+2% damage to Swarm Launcher missiles per level.)	x8	787000	Caldari Heavy Dropsuits III
Caldari Heavy Dropsuits	Heavy Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command III
Caldari Light Dropsuits	Light Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command II
Caldari Logistics Dropsuit	Logistics Dropsuits	Logistics Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of equipment per level Caldari Logistics Bonus: +10% to nanohive maximum nanites and +5% to supply rate and repair amount per level	x8	787000	Caldari Medium Dropsuits III
Caldari Medium Dropsuits	Medium Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command I
Caldari Scout Dropsuits	Scout Dropsuits	Scout Suit Bonus: +15% reduction to PG/CPU cost of cloak field per level Caldari Scout Bonus: +10% to dropsuit scan radius and 3% reduction to scan profile per level	x8	787000	Caldari Light Dropsuits III
Caldari Sentinel Dropsuits	Sentinel Dropsuits	Sentinel Suit Bonus: +5% damage resistance to splash damage per level Caldari Sentinel Bonus: 3% shield resistance to hybrid - blaster weapons, 2% shield resistance to laser weapons per level	x8	787000	Caldari Heavy Dropsuits III
Dropsuit Command	Dropsuits		x1	48000
Gallente Assault Dropsuits	Assault Dropsuits	Assault Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of light/sidearm weapons and grenades per level Gallente Assault Bonus: 5% reduction to hybrid - blaster light/sidearm hip-fire dispersion and kick per level. (3% increase to Rate of Fire per level.)	x8	787000	Gallente Medium Dropsuits III
Gallente Commando Dropsuits	Commando Dropsuits	Commando Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to reload speed of light/sidearm weapons per level Gallente Commando Bonus: +2% damage to light hybrid – blaster weapons per level	x8	787000	Gallente Heavy Dropsuits III
Gallente Heavy Dropsuits	Heavy Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command III
Gallente Light Dropsuits	Light Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command II
Gallente Logistics Dropsuits	Logistics Dropsuits	Logistics Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of equipment per level Gallente Logistics Bonus: +10% to active scanner visibility duration and +5% to active scanner precision per level	x8	787000	Gallente Medium Dropsuits III
Gallente Medium Dropsuits	Medium Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command I
Gallente Scout Dropsuits	Scout Dropsuits	Scout Suit Bonus: +15% reduction to PG/CPU cost of cloak field per level Gallente Scout Bonus: 2% reduction to dropsuit scan precision and 3% reduction to scan profile per level	x8	787000	Gallente Light Dropsuits III
Gallente Sentinel Dropsuits	Sentinel Dropsuits	Sentinel Suit Bonus: +5% damage resistance to splash damage per level Gallente Sentinel Bonus: 3% armor resistance to hybrid - railgun weapons, 2% armor resistance to projectile weapons per level	x8	787000	Gallente Heavy Dropsuits III
Minmatar Assault Dropsuits	Assault Dropsuits	Assault Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of light/sidearm weapons and grenades per level Minmatar Assault Bonus: +5% to projectile light/sidearm clip size per level	x8	787000	Minmatar Medium Dropsuits III
Minmatar Commando Dropsuits	Commando Dropsuits	Commando Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to reload speed of light/sidearm weapons per level Minmatar Commando Bonus: +2% damage to light projectile and explosive weapons per level (This no longer affects Swarm Launchers.)	x8	787000	Minmatar Heavy Dropsuits III
Minmatar Heavy Dropsuits	Heavy Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command III
Minmatar Light Dropsuits	Light Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command II
Minmatar Logistics Dropsuits	Logistics Dropsuits	Logistics Suit Bonus: 5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of equipment per level Minmatar Logistics Bonus: +10% to repair tool range and 5% to repair amount per level	x8	787000	Minmatar Medium Dropsuits III
Minmatar Medium Dropsuits	Medium Dropsuits		x4	229000	Dropsuit Command I
Minmatar Scout Dropsuits	Scout Dropsuits	Scout Suit Bonus: +15% reduction to PG/CPU cost of cloak field per level Minmatar Scout Bonus: 5% bonus to hacking speed and Nova Knife damage per level	x8	787000	Minmatar Light Dropsuits III
Minmatar Sentinel Dropsuits	Sentinel Dropsuits	Sentinel Suit Bonus: +5% damage resistance to splash damage per level Minmatar Sentinel Bonus: 3% shield resistance to laser weapons, 2% armor resistance to hybrid - blaster weapons per level	x8	787000	Minmatar Heavy Dropsuits III

• Note: Skill descriptions in italics are bonuses given that are unlisted in the Dust 514 client.