Dust 514: Dropsuit Upgrades
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Dropsuit Upgrade Skills
In this branch of the Skill Tree you will find all the skills that will increase the abilities of your suits and add new ones. The effects that these skills have will effect any suit that you purchase and use, regardless of the Racial variant or specialisation of Dropsuit you are using.
This makes the skills in this branch very important and a good base to build your career in Dust 514.
The first of the skills is Dropsuit Upgrades itself. It costs 48,000 ISK and it has a 1x Training Cost Multiplier. This skill does not give any bonus to your suit in of itself but allows you unlock the following skills at a different level.
Dropsuit Core Upgrades
Unlocked at Level I of Dropsuit Upgrades.
Cost 66,000 ISK
Bonus: +1% to dropsuit PG and CPU per level
An important Fitting Skill as at Level V it will produce an extra 5% of the base output of CPU and PG from your Dropsuit
Unlocks:
Level I Dropsuit Electronics & Dropsuit Engineering
Level II Active Scanner Operation, Drop Uplink Deployment, Nanocircuitry & Repair Tool Operation
Level IV Systems Hacking
Dropsuit Armour Upgrades
Unlocked at Level II of Dropsuits Upgrades
Cost 66,000 ISK
Bonus: +5% to dropsuit armor per level
An important Fitting Skill as at Level V it increases the base armour of your Dropsuit by 25%, with no hit to your speed.
Unlocks:
Level I Armour Plating & Armour Repair Systems
Dropsuit Shield Upgrades
Unlocked at Level II of Dropsuits Upgrades
Cost 66,000 ISK
Bonus: +5% to dropsuit shield per level
An important Fitting Skill as it increases the base shields of your Dropsuit by 25% at Level V
Unlocks
Level I Shield Extension, Shield Recharging & Shield Regulation
Dropsuit Biotic Upgrades
Unlocked at Level IV of Dropsuits Upgrades
Cost 66,000 ISK
Bonus: +1% to sprint speed, maximum stamina and stamina recovery per level
A Support Skill. Not really needed at the start of your Mercenary career but once you start to skill up into specialized roles, such as scout, can increase your speed and stamina reserves
Unlocks:
Level I Cardiac Regulation
Level III Hand to Hand Combat
Level V Kinetic Catalyzation
Dropsuit Electronics
Cost 567,000 ISK
Bonus: +5% to dropsuit CPU per level
An important Fitting Skill because it increases the base CPU output of your Dropsuit by 25% at Level V
Unlocks:
Level I Precision Enhancement, Profile Dampening, Range Amplification
Dropsuit Engineering
Cost 567,000 ISK
An important Fitting Skill at it increases the base output of your Dropsuit by 25% at Level V
Bonus: +5% to dropsuit PG per level
Active Scanner Operation
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Active Scanner Equipment. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Drop Uplink Deployment
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Drop Uplinks Equipment. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Nanocircuitry
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Nanohive Equipment. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Unlisted bonus: 5% reduction in CPU usage of Nanite Injectors and Nanohives.
Repair Tool Operation
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Repair Tools Equipment. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Systems Hacking
Cost 567,000 ISK
Unlocks Codebreaker Suit Modules. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Bonus: +5% bonus to hacking speed per level
Armour Plating
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Armour Plate Modules. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
A Support Skill. At Level V unlocks the Prototype Armour plates but also adds 10% to the Hit Points of the Armour module itself (it doesn't add any to the base Armour points of your suit)
Bonus: +2% to armor plates module efficacy per level
Armour Repair Systems
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Armour Repair Modules. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
A Support Skill. At Level V increases the amount of HP repair from the repair model by 25% per second.
Bonus: +5% to armor repairer module efficacy per level
Shield Extension
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Shield Extenders. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
A Support Skill. Like the Armour Plates this skill increases the HP of your Shield Extender module by 10% at Level V. (Does not effect the base Shield Hit Points of your Suit)
Bonus: +2% to shield extender module efficacy per level
Shield Recharging
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Shield Rechargers. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Bonus: +3% to shield recharger module efficacy per level
Shield Regulation
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Shield Regulators. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Bonus: +2% to shield regulator module efficacy per level
Cardiac Regulation
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Cardiac Regulators. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Bonus: +2% to cardiac regulators module efficacy per level
Hand to Hand Combat
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Myofibril Stimulants. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Bonus: +10% to myofibril stimulant module efficacy per level
Kinetic Catalyzation
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Kinetic Catalysers. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Bonus: +1% to kinetic catalyzer module efficacy per level
Precision Enhancement
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Precision Enhancers. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Bonus: 2% bonus to dropsuit scan precision per level
Profile Dampening
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Profile Dampeners. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Bonus: 2% reduction to dropsuit scan profile per level
Range Amplification
Cost 149,000 ISK
Unlocks Range Amplifiers. Standard Level I, Advanced Level III & Prototype Level V
Bonus: +10% to dropsuit scan range per level