25-09-2014, 06:09 PM
^^This is some good advice^^. When leveling it is much better (usually) to pump xp into melee as the conversion from assist to melee is much more favorable (0.5 instead of 0.4 ranged or 0.2 gold). Also, as Gazma pointed out, as a low level it is much easier to get kills sitting behind the cades throwing at bots. This gives you direct ranged xp and tends to keep you alive longer leading to more assist xp as well.
If you want to be a strong asset to the team then 100% focus on support class. Generally speaking a higher number of engineers are needed in servers over medics. Normal barricades are very inexpensive for how helpful they are. I sell them for ~10-12k and know many veteran players who are willing to pretty much give them away for free just so that newer players will actually bring something helpful to the team. If you can't manage to get your hands on a barricade, the small ammo box is very inexpensive (I think you actually get them for free from a quest) and is very helpful on certain maps. If you decide to go medic make sure to get a medic box (not the simple medic box, they are.. not the best). Medics are amazing to have on a team especially when the person bringing them actually uses them (please don't just drop them in spawn ;P ).
Back to the gear. Don't get frustrated with how crap most things are going to be. Stick with the best marketplace stuff until t4. Once you've reached that point you'll have a much better idea of what equipment you want to focus on getting first.
If you want to be a strong asset to the team then 100% focus on support class. Generally speaking a higher number of engineers are needed in servers over medics. Normal barricades are very inexpensive for how helpful they are. I sell them for ~10-12k and know many veteran players who are willing to pretty much give them away for free just so that newer players will actually bring something helpful to the team. If you can't manage to get your hands on a barricade, the small ammo box is very inexpensive (I think you actually get them for free from a quest) and is very helpful on certain maps. If you decide to go medic make sure to get a medic box (not the simple medic box, they are.. not the best). Medics are amazing to have on a team especially when the person bringing them actually uses them (please don't just drop them in spawn ;P ).
Back to the gear. Don't get frustrated with how crap most things are going to be. Stick with the best marketplace stuff until t4. Once you've reached that point you'll have a much better idea of what equipment you want to focus on getting first.