Want to finish missions? Don’t play Vassili unless you’re a good sniper. Not good at killing people and can’t make 9k combat XP before the next mission rotation? Cancel the mission and get one you can complete. Need support or game mode XP? Don’t play Vassili. Need total XP? Don’t play Vassili. Basically if you want XP, don’t play Vassili.
Credits too hard to gain
LifeupOmega
(LifeupOmega)
#22
I’d honestly recommend learning the MOA over the PDP if you choose to stick to Vas, and if you actually want to get exp and credits fast play other mercs cause I can almost guarantee that you’re not a super hotshot sniper. I didn’t even touch sniping until level 20 or so because I knew that I could do more as other mercs.
DMaster2
(DMaster2)
#24
[quote=“formidableWhorl;91975”]Well I guess I will just stop playing then. Apparently I am the only one who thinks this progression of credits is demoralizing, glitched and possibly broken.
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Dude if that’s what you think you should just stop not only playing Dirty Bomb but f2p shooters in general. Dirty Bomb is one of the most f2p out there, so that’s that.
You just started, yes it can be frustrating but you have to accept you have to learn and be patient. If not you should indeed stop playing. Also, try to play on lv5 max servers if veterans are a problem for you.
neverplayseriou
(neverplayseriou)
#25
First of all mission refresh every 3 not 2 hours.
Second of all look at what sort of xp you should be getting.
Backuplight
(Backuplight)
#27
I feel like after only 4 days of playing it’s a bit too soon to judge how fast the credit gain is. You “only” got 600 combat XP in a 20 minute game likely because you’re new to the game. A lot of people struggle early on whilst they adapt to the pace, mercs, maps and other such things.
At the end of the day, if you’re having fun using the free rotation and base mercs, just keep playing - don’t torture yourself worrying how fast you’re earning credits. You’ll get them eventually and you can buy new mercs when you do.
N8o
(N8o)
#28
If you have 200 credits after 4 days of playing, that math doesn’t add up.
That means you would have 1 credit/5 sec, which means you played for 1,000 seconds over 4 days or 250 seconds a day.
You play 4 minutes and 10 seconds everyday (ingame time).
What the hell are you doing?!
iPod
(iPod_)
#29
I think you may be doing it wrong if you are getting only 200 credits after 4 days, that doesnt make alot of sense if you think about it.
You can just play at least one match of Stopwatch/Objective and win at least once and do all of this and you get 1500 credits. Repeat this for a bit while doing the missions daily and you should get that dream merc you want.
I see nothing wrong with this at all.
formidableWhorl
(formidableWhorl)
#30
As I said I made some bad decisions while learning how to play. I traded in all my autosniper cards because I found the recoil too hard to control, but only afterwards found the option to change the scoped-in sensitivity. Since then I have gotten about 6 bolt action cards in a row while trying to get back an autosniper.
Anyway, I mentioned earlier that fireworks explained the missions more clearly.
You guys can all post what you want about me being bad at the game but in my opinion the mission system is not very clear unless you have played these mission type games before… I think I’ve played a game with these confusing type missions once before but I can’t remember the game or when I played it… could have been years ago. Also you get two 15k bonuses early on then you start earning 300 credits per game… it’s a bit of a sudden drop off.
And also the more I struggle as a noob, the less likely I am to pay for a game, because I am not going to pay just so I can have an advantage over other noobs. I would instead just go buy a balanced game, so that when I get a lot of kills, I know its because I am going well at the game.
formidableWhorl
(formidableWhorl)
#31
And yes the math does add up, I have 200 credits or so after 20 hours of playing. I have about 5 or 6 bronze cards that I don’t want to use and no way of selling them.
It makes perfect sense when you think about it. If you make the same bad choices I did and cant figure out how the missions work or keep getting hard missions, you end up with a merc you wish you didn’t buy, zero loadouts you want to or can use, and zero credits
formidableWhorl
(formidableWhorl)
#32
and in my opinion this game should be more about the shooting and action, not figuring out how daily missions work and researching forums, then logging on and killing others who haven’t worked out the daily missions yet
AIS
(AIS)
#33
Personally I bought the small booster and just do all my missions here and there; no problems on my end, and for reference I tend to main Sawbonez or Kira.
SereneFlight1
(SereneFlight)
#34
I haven’t really touches games that have mission thingy but yet it was a crystal clear.
Do missions, get paid and wait couple hours for next set of missions.
I am not going to pay just so I can have an advantage over other noobs. I would instead just go buy a balanced game, so that when I get a lot of kills, I know its because I am going well at the game.
You’re not really getting an advantage. All you got is a merc with different shenanigans in his/her back pocket.
RyePanda
(RyePanda)
#35
Ummm… What’s confusing about the missions? You get them every three hours, or at least you should. They tell you to get certain kinds of XP, perhaps with a certain character.
What does it matter if you kill someone who somehow doesn’t realize how missions work?
Also, you gain 12 credits for each minute in a game. Or 120 credits per ten minutes.
gg2ez
(gg2ez)
#36
Mate, we’re not saying you’re bad, we’re just telling you that it doesn’t seem correct especially since most of us earn at least 5k a day.
Just complete the missions, play the game, and have fun with it. It makes it seem a whole lot easier to get credits if you’re enjoying the process of getting them 
OmaGretel
(OmaGretel)
#37
I see so many new players buying Vasilli as their first merc, probably because they played CoD or the like before. But Vasilli is actually one of the harder mercs to play and won’t gain you much XP if you are not really good. Also a bad Vasilli is completely useless for your team.
Play some easier merc like Nader, Phantom, Skyhammer or the like and you should be fine with credits. Or play a support role and help your team. That can be a major help for your team, even if your aim is not yet the best. It does take time to get used to aiming in dirty bomb, even if you have played other shooters before, that doesn’t necessarily mean you are a noob. I have often seen some level 3 or 4 guy being the number 1 on the scoreboard in a high level match, simply because they played Aura and had healing stations in the right places. That can be really rewarding and help your team winning.
FireWorks
(FireWorks)
#38
Maybe some more info about the merc system:
You get Aura and Skyhammer per default and permantly. Skyhammer being the best overall XP machine in the game as I described in my earlier post. Combat, Support and Game mode. He is still in my default squad and I am currently lv39.
Additional to these 2 permanent default mercs you get 3 more mercs to try for 2 weeks in rotation. Currently Arty, Phantom and Fletcher.
Why the heck are you insisting on playing Vassili instead of exploring the game a bit more? Chances are high you will not like Vassili even you get your PDP you are hoping for now. Why not get to know the rest of the game instead?
And I have trouble with your argumentation if you say you spend all your earned credits and then say you only earned what is left after you spent them. In economies, this is called fraud. I dont think you have to do this, to make your point clear.
One more thing: You cant fail and screw your account in the sense you describe it. You get always more, there is no downside if you buy a merc you dont like. You still got plenty of other great ones to play. You get a free medic, a free firesupport and also a free engineer from the rotations. Thats more than great for an objective bases game.
If you insist on just playing sniper, you got a very steep road before you. But then I gotta tell you, it is you who made the choice.
K1X455
(K1X455)
#39
[quote=“OmaGretel;92318”]I see so many new players buying Vasilli as their first merc, probably because they played CoD or the like before. But Vasilli is actually one of the harder mercs to play and won’t gain you much XP if you are not really good. Also a bad Vasilli is completely useless for your team.
Play some easier merc like Nader, Phantom, Skyhammer or the like and you should be fine with credits. Or play a support role and help your team. That can be a major help for your team, even if your aim is not yet the best. It does take time to get used to aiming in dirty bomb, even if you have played other shooters before, that doesn’t necessarily mean you are a noob. I have often seen some level 3 or 4 guy being the number 1 on the scoreboard in a high level match, simply because they played Aura and had healing stations in the right places. That can be really rewarding and help your team winning.[/quote]
True. Using only the free mercs on rotation, SkyHammer and Aura, you can quickly fly past level5 before you come to grasp the game. Maybe a good tip for new players is not to spend their credits on TradeUps and Standard Cases.
If you need to gain credits, pay attention to the type of XP you need to gain. If you need to gain Total XP pay attention to what game mode you need to play or what merc you must have in your squad to get it done.
Resine
(Resine)
#40
Guys lets be honest here, getting credits in DB is painful. Why? Simple earned credits cover the same items that your wallet. The less credits you get for a match the higher the chance that you will spend some penny on the game period. I play DB 1-2 hours daily because I am busy with other tasks. I get the bonuses for the first matches and the exp from the missions if they are not damn support XP. Then I get like 100-200 per game, which is 2-4k per day. You need like 60k to buy the merc with the basic bronze card. It’s like 300 days to buy all mercs? Not to mention about higher tier cards.