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 sub categories known as Frame Sizes. As development on 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 Prototype 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 corporations offensive capabilities.
Heavy Frame
The tank of the Dropsuits. They have the largest amount of Armour and Shield's 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 further split into two categories, Basic and Specialised.
Basic
Easier to skill into because of their lower Training Cost Modifier but more expensive to buy and 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
Provides 5% reduction to the scan profile of the suit per level, making it harder to detect on an opponents scanner. They also provide a second bonus based on the Racial variant. For example, the Gallente Scout dropsuit gives a 10% increase in the scan radius of the suit per level making it a good choice for Snipers. The Minmatar Scout dropsuit however gives a bonus of+5% to melee and nova knife damage per level, making it the choice of those players that like their kills up close and personal.
Medium Frame-Logistics
Have a larger number of Equipment slots with the Prototype version giving you three. These provide support to the other frames with repair, rearming and reviving downed team members. They provide a bonus of +1 HP to dropsuit armour repair rate per level across all racial variants with a race specific bonus as well. Gallente gives you a 5% reduction to equipment PG/CPU usage per level, while the Caldari version gives +5% to efficacy of shield extender modules per level.
Medium Frame-Assault
Meant for frontline fighting duties, these suits provide a bonus of +5% to dropsuit shield recharge rate per level across all races with the usual racial bonus as well. The Amarr provides a 5% reduction to laser weaponry heat build-up per level and the Caldari a +2% to hybrid weapon reload speed per level.
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 but can carry a swarm launcher to destroy or suppress 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
