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2012-05-11, 05:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
Mass Effect 3, thread 6
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Indoctrination in the playground
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This is the sixth thread for discussion of Mass Effect proper, currently on its third and final installment. Here we discuss gameplay, mechanics, multiplayer, and anything at all from Mass Effect 1 &2. Spoilers are still spoilers, for the most part, so please take discussion of the story and the ending to the mass effect Endings discussion thread..
Prior threads:
Thread 1
Thread 2
Thread 3
Thread 4
Thread 5
Playgrounder multiplayer profiles (please use the provided format of
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GITP Name : bladescape
Gaming System : PC
Name on Gaming System : blade_scaper
Preferred Classes: Serious play, Sentinels, soldiers, infiltrators. Semi-Serious(I'm practicing it.) Vanguards. Non-serious: Adepts and Engineers.
GITP Name : Wilhelm Scream
Gaming System : PC
Name on Gaming System : chumsley
Preferred Classes: Salarian engineer/infiltrator, asari adept, krogan vanguard
GITP Name : Ertwin
Gaming System : PC
Name on Gaming System : Ertwin
Preferred Classes :Krogan Soldier, salarian/quarian infiltrator are my most played.
GITP Name : DabblerWizard
Gaming System : PC
Name on Gaming System : DabblerWizard
Preferred Classes : Adept
GITP Name : MonarchAnarch
Gaming System : PC
Name on Gaming System : MonarchAnarch
Preferred Classes : Asari Vanguard, Salarian Infiltrator, or Drell Adept. Still hopelessly searching for a non human engineer. :(*
GITP Name: Drakefall
Gaming System PC
Name on Gaming System: Drakefall_XI
Preferred Classes: Engineer when I'm feeling serious; others as the whim hits me.
GitP Poster: horngeek
Origin Name: horngeek
GITP Name : Sagonene
Gaming System : PC
Name on Gaming System : vinceroix
Preferred Classes : Adept & Engineer
GITP Name : Comrade
Gaming System : PC
Name on Gaming System : NapalmMotorhead (Motorhead was taken, so was Napalm Death. -_-)
Preferred Classes : Soldier
Giantitp Name: Corvus
Platform: PC
Origin Name: Auscorvus
Classed played; Drell Adept & Human Engineer (if serious), Turian Soldier & Krogan Sentinel (for fun on bronze.)
Giantitp name: Chen
Platform: PC
Origin Name: Chen932000
Classes played: Have an Asari Vanguard and Human Sentinel I play most often. Leveling a Drell Adept and Quarian Infiltrator as well.
Giantitp name: Anarion
Platform: PC
Origin Name: jrogers55
Classes played: trying out all of them. Adept favorite.
GitP Name: Khosan
System: PC
Origin Name: Khosan
Preferred Class: Probably Sentinel, though I haven't given all of them a fair shake yet
GITP Name : Dhavaer
Gaming System : PC
Name on Gaming System : Dhavaer
Preferred Classes : Vanguard, Engineer, Sentinel. Adept once I find an asari.
GITP Name: Actana
Gaming System: PC
Name on Gaming System: Miriact
Preferred Classes: Salarian Infiltrator, Human Vanguard, or anything that fits my mood at the time
GianTiTP name: Mikeavelli
Multiplayer ME3 name: Mikeavelli
Vanguard CHARGE! Also have Asari Vanguard unlocked. Not too sure how I feel about it yet.
GitP username : Sholos
Origin: veebeebee
Playing: Engineer/Infiltrator/Soldier/Adept
GITP Name : Darius Macab
Gaming System : PC
Name on Gaming System : DariusMacab
Preferred Classes : All classes 'cept soldier, i just got the game so only humans so far
GitP username: Arbitrarity
Origin ID: Arbitrarity
Classes: Any variety of Engineer/Adept/Infiltrator. Occasionally Turian Sentinel, Soldiers, and rarely Vanguard.
Preferred Difficulty: Silver/Gold
GitP Poster: Aotrs Commander
Origin Name: AotrsCommander*
Playing: Infiltrator
GitP Poster: Gamerlord
Origin Name: Gamerlord2
GitP name: Starsign
Origin name: Sunrust
Prefers: N/A
Name on GITP: Landis963
System: PC
Name on Origin: landis963
Preferred Classes: Anything "caster", although I've been looking to break back into the Vanguard business. *Currently have a lv. 20 Salarian engineer I use for gold farming.
GiTP Name: Morty
Gaming System: PC
Name on gaming system: Morty901
Preferred classes: Anything that's not a Vanguard, really.
X-Box 360:
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GitP user name - Strife Warzeal
- game system(s) - Xbox360
- in-game user name - aafro1109
- frequently used weapons/classes - Generally, all. I've been leaning towards Sentinels and Infiltrators recently, but it varies.
GITP Name : thugthrasher
Gaming System : Xbox 360
Name on Gaming System : thugthrasher
Preferred Classes : Any, really, although I enjoy playing Infiltrator the most and am probably best with Salarian Engineer or Adept (any)
GITP Name: Psyren
Gaming System: Xbawks
XBL ID: Psyren Y
Preferred Classes: Casters
GITP Name : Thanatos 51-50
Gaming System : X-Box 360
Name on Gaming System : Saalaksin
Preferred Classes : Infiltrator (Flex), followed shortly by Vanguard (Human)
GitP Name: SiuiS
XBL name: Starry Notions
MP class: all
GitP: James the Dark
XBox: Jacob Greyson
What I Run: Sentinels. Turian if I'm being serious (No tech armor, just chain overload and warp), krogan (RAAAAWR!) when I'm having a gas.
GitP Poster: Tome
XBL Name: Taejix
Playing: Vanguard/Adept
GiTP name: Polity4life
XBL name: ManofOpposites
MP Class: Pretty much anything but adept and vanguard (I haven't opened non-human options for those)
GitP username: Alaris
Xbox Live Gamertag: Alarikun
Preferred Class: Infiltrator
GitP username: Sanguine
Xbox Gamertag: Kugger
- GitP user name: Wagadodo
- game system(s) : 360
- in-game user name : Wagadodo
- frequently used weapons/classes : I seem to be playing Soldier more than anything right now... But also have Sentintenel, but other than I have to truely find my niche.
Giantitp username: Fawkes
XBL username: Mechafox
Giantitp username: Yana
XBL username: The 1337 Doctor
Classes: Any, but I lean towards the Asari Adept/Quarian Infiltrator/Human Soldier & Engineer
GitP: Wraith
XBL: o IIIusionist o
Playing: Engineer/Sentinel
GitP Poster: thorgrim29
XBL Name: thorgrim29
GitP Poster: Derthric
XBL Name: Derthric
Playing: Salarian Engineer/Infiltrator
GitP poster: Xondure
XBL Name: Royal LP
GitP Poster: thorgrim29
XBL Name: Thorgrim29
Playing: Vanguard
GitP Poster: kamikasei
XBL Name: amanadiel*
GitP Poster: Mr. Blinky
XBL Name: Hells DM
GitP name: Krade
GT: Krade2k20
GITP Name: Edge
Gaming System: Xbox 360
Name on Gaming System: UnbrokenUnbowed
Preferred Classes: Primarily Adept, Engineer and Vanguard, but I can run whatever's needed. Not the best Infiltrator due to only being a mediocre sniper at best.
Playgrounder - Beowulf DW
System - Xbox 360
XBL tag - MechaBeowulf DW
Preferred class(es) - Vanguards, Engineers, and soldiers
GITP Name : Moogleking
Gaming System : Xbox 360
Name on Gaming System : MK8Bit
Preferred Classes : Human Engineer, Quarian Infiltrator and a little bit of dabbling everywhere else!
PS3:
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GitP username: Lycan 01
PS3 ID: Ralix_57
Characters: Quarian Infiltrator lvl 20, Sentinels lvl 17, Soldiers
GITP Name : Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins
Gaming System : PS3
PSN Name : TheFullbladder
PSN Name: Crystal1995
GitP: C-Lam
bioware page archiving useful informationLast edited by SiuiS; 2012-08-22 at 04:44 AM.
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2012-05-11, 05:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
Good job, that pony.
I was just starting to wonder whether I should do it myself, but wasn't quite sure whether we had a Designated Person and didn't want to tread on any toes (seeing we all know what happened the last time...!)
(Also, ponythread nepotism, ain't it a wunnaful thing...!)Last edited by Aotrs Commander; 2012-05-11 at 05:45 AM.
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2012-05-11, 06:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
I did quintuple check just in case, but I figured calling dibs saved me. That, and it involved work of some sort. Who wants to be responsible, when you're just here to talk about how ULM being bugged sucks?
Plus I've been working on making an OP since thread 3, but never got the chance. That Braz snuck one in while I was formatting is a household joke.
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I have a question about the spreadsheets. Would they be more readable if posted as a forum post? I can barely make heads or rails of them, but this is a combination of being on my phone, and just disliking spreadsheets in general.
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2012-05-11, 06:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
Just popping to say I approve of the thread title.
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2012-05-11, 06:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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They're okay if you've got a full screen, actually. There is some scrolling involved when looking across different guns, given the layout, but it's okay.
You could probably compact them a bit with the gun pictures taken out, but I think you'd still struggle to get all the guns of one type on a single page whatever.
(Have you checked your ponythread imagedump yet?)Last edited by Aotrs Commander; 2012-05-11 at 06:05 AM.
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2012-05-11, 07:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-11, 09:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
Classy title there.
The spreadsheet looks fine to me.
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2012-05-11, 10:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
Well, here I am... Not much more to say atm than hello.
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2012-05-11, 11:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
By God, but the Striker assault rifle turned out to be useless. Half the time I'm firing, it doesn't seem to do anything. Well, another supercool weapon I got from a Spectre pack that is worse than the Avenger.
Also, is there any point in giving a Widow the piercing mod?My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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2012-05-11, 11:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
Like the Falcon, host the game if you want to use the Striker. There's some latency/client synch issues with it.
A piercing mod on the window does increase the distance you can pierce I believe. I think with a good piercing mod you can actually shoot through the glass in one of the bases which is pretty OP (you can shoot at people in the landing room without taking return fire)
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2012-05-11, 11:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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You can always try to kill three guardians in one shot. And by that, I mean actually shooting them, none of that namby pamby "third guy had a heart attack" baloney like Garrus.
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2012-05-11, 12:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Love the thread title!
I've got something to spice up your weekend: Mass Effect Cocktails. My favorite so far is Thane's ("The Neck Snap.") Jack's and Wrex's require a better man than I.Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2012-05-11, 12:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-11, 12:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Even if I were to host, the Striker still seems completely impractical.
As for the Widow, I have both it and the Piercing mod at first level. I'm honestly not sure what to slap on the Widow and Mantis. The enchanced scope mod is good, but only against Cerberus with those **** smoke grenades.My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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2012-05-11, 12:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm not bad, I just aim that way ~my own comment on my Call of Duty abilities.
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2012-05-11, 12:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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So, playing the main game again, I'm reminded of how much I like the Scorpion. It may not be the most efficient weapon, but damn if riddling my enemies with miniature timed mines isn't fun.
Now why did they have to go and make it an ultra-rare in multiplayer?
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2012-05-11, 01:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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It's fun, but not reliable on Gold. I've got it to level 3 and with the clip mod you get a total of 29 shots. I like it for goofing around on Bronze, but it just can't hold up on Gold. Kind of like the Falcon in that regard. Super awesome and fun on Bronze (if you're host, at least), crumby on Gold.
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2012-05-11, 01:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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You missed me on the PC list.
Name on GITP: Landis963
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Name on Origin: landis963
Preferred Classes: Anything "caster", although I've been looking to break back into the Vanguard business. Currently have a lv. 20 Salarian engineer I use for gold farming.
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2012-05-11, 01:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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That's fine - I don't do much gold anyway, and the class I do it with, my Asari Adept, I've been using my Tempest with anyway. I mostly play on silver, so as long as it works fine there, I'd be good. And ammo isn't so much a concern considering I'd be using it on casters.
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I can see it being a lot of fun, and quite thematic, on Engineers - who rely on guns more between casts than other casters anyway.
How does it stack up vs. the Arc Pistol? In SP I can't bring myself to not use my trusty Phalanx (though I miss the targeting laser a great deal.)Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2012-05-11, 02:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Okay, so my experience on Insanity has showed me that both Nemesis and Phantoms can't destroy my shields in one shot, unlike Gold. (then again I have a total of 70% damage protection so that might have a factor in something. This kills my cooldowns to 3-4 seconds for Warp and Overload but I never rely fully on powers anyway )
Now for those who have done Insanity, any advice for taking care of Banshees? I've got the Ardat-Yakshi Monastery available now and my main group I bring along is Ashley and Javik. My best plan is to spam Dark Channel -> Warp combos, Ashley's Concussive Shot/Inferno Grenades, and Particle Rifle spam with Ashley's Squad Disruptor Ammo in play.
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I am posting to get the tick on the main board and to say if anyone's interested I've got quite a few more Mass Effect videos on my youtube channel (link in sig).
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2012-05-11, 02:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
On that now. I've been avoiding ponythread because it keeps timing out on me and eating my quotes. I'm going back in once all mother obligations are clear though. Have to PbPs to finish char-gen for.
Given what happened during the first event, when I braved silver (after about four or five failed attempts to even get past about wave five), I'm disinclined to make the attempt. (As it would have to rely on the other three players to be good enough to manage with my drag.) Though I suppose I do have my Turian sentinel (though he's probably of only moderate use, specced as he is for Geth mangling on Bronze, with area effect Overload.) And my (much lower level) Geth engineer isn't well specced for gold, either, being all offense turret, when my understanding is healing is better at those levels. Not even gonna attempt my Krogan Battlemaster, as I've found I got frequently killed tackling Reapers even on bronze.
(And my weapons suck. I've got about a Mantis VII or something, and everything else I've got is I or IIs.)
Wait, the squad goal is verses any enemy? Hmm... Maybe against Geth or something...
Actually, I guess I'll just see what I end up doing this weekend.
As an infiltrator, try to pack a strong sniper rifle and maybe a back up. Or if you've got a really good HP, bring that. As a sentinel, try to get into fire base white, geth. Avenger and overload will give you enough firepower to feel useful, especially if you add an ammo capacity upgrade. Against puris and primes, the avenger isn't so hot, but the ability dump constant dakka, interrupted by overload (or warp, of you have the one that boosts damage and weakens armor) feels good. And tech armor lets you live long enough outside of cover to make it work.
No, there have been a couple times, or at least one, where you used ME 2 mechanics as the basis of an argument about multiplayer build priorities.
Maybe for you; not for me. I could never keep up with some of the threads I participate in if I tried to read everything in detail (especially ponythread).
Um, no, N7 rank is completely useless. It's nothing but a sum of your character levels, plus 10 per promotion. At most a very high one means you've played a lot, but that still does not guarantee skill. An extremely low one (sub-20) indicates a truly new player, but that also does not guarantee a lack of skill, thanks to the single-player aspect of the game. Anything in between tells you nothing. My own hasn't budged in ages due to my not promoting characters, but that doesn't mean I stopped playing or am stuck at a low skill level.
Zevoxlevelexperience; in fact it takes less experience to increase n7 rank from 350 to 351, than to go from level 18 to level 19. Promoting boosts it, but it is not just a sum of class levels. Otherwise mine would have hit 500 a while ago.
Interesting. I think I'll give single player a go as well. I can drop into campaign with a free 30 levels worth of points. I think it would be easier to test on a non-optimized Shep (+50% of 8 seconds being much easier to calibrate).
On an unrelated note, playing as a Sentinel I find myself baffled by the design of Tech Armor in ME3. Why take it from full holographic armor in 2 to covering only the front of your character in 3? It doesn't make sense from any in-universe perspective I can think of, and from an out-of-universe one it just looks stupid by comparison, at least in my opinion.
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Alright. I'll put these two on the list, of y'all don't mind?
The quad kick looks... Nice.
Seriously though, Psychotic Biotic isn't hardcore, it's Tacky. Tastes like crap, and can cause minor chemical damage? Why?
The striker straddles the border between sidearm and mainline gun. It's remarkably useful on a stun and gun caster, like salarian engineer. Strap on cryo ammo (or disruptor or warp, for bursts), drop a power on a target, and then unload a bunch of explosives at their feet up to their head. With armor piercing mod, you're able to freeze enemies around corners and through cover. Damage isn't bad, and RoF gets pretty fun.
As for the Widow, I have both it and the Piercing mod at first level. I'm honestly not sure what to slap on the Widow and Mantis. The enchanced scope mod is good, but only against Cerberus with those **** smoke grenades.
Try not to use the AP mod on the widow. It increases the distance of penetration but severely decreases damage. The AP mod overwrites the Gina's basic stats.
Sorry, it was 4 am and I just did a copy/paste. I'll rectify.
EDIT: names added. Considering making a formatting project out of those lists. Such a mess!Last edited by SiuiS; 2012-05-11 at 02:21 PM.
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2012-05-11, 02:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
Nope, it's based on aggregate level-ups; every time you gain a level in any class, your N7 rank goes up by 1, and any time you promote a character it goes up by 10. It's easier to go from N7 350 to N7 351 than level 18 to 19 because all you have to do is whip out a level 1 guy and level him up once, which takes far less experience. If you were to fully level each of your classes and never promote them, then your max N7 rank is 120, but if you then promote a class you get an automatic +10 and now have another 20 levels of that class to go through, each one raising your N7 rank by 1. I've got 455 because I've promoted a lot of classes in the past and then leveled them back up to 20 or near it, but I could be at a much higher rank if I ever promoted my Engineers and Infiltrators that I've kept at max-level for weeks now so I can use them on Gold.
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2012-05-11, 02:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
Maybe. Mine fluctuate depending on what's currently active, but I always have at least few here in the video games section, plus a few more in the media section, including ponythread. Occasionally I stop by the OotS section as well.
That's simply not the case. Here, I can give you a precise breakdown of my own:
Total N7 Rank: 143
Math:
Adept 20
Engineer 20
Sentinel 20
Vanguard 40 (Promoted once.)
Infiltrator 20*
Soldier 13*
Promotion 10
(20*4) + 40 + 13 +10 = 143, a perfect match. And it has stayed there for some time now, so I'm absolutely certain that my playing level 20s is not raising it one bit.
*Since I know those two will raise some eyebrows given my stated opinions on the classes, a quick explanation. I deployed my Turian Soldier back during our discussion of class shield/hp values, to check what it had, so that gets added to my score. The Infiltrator was a Human, who I deployed back when trying to play solo to build Galactic Readiness, because I'd seen people here saying that cloak makes solo play much easier. It didn't work out for me, but her level gets added to my score now anyway. All actual levels in both classes come from cards from boosters. (I've gotten a lot of Human Infiltrator cards, and a pretty good number of Geth ones as well. Again, more reasons for me to hate the booster system.)
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2012-05-11, 02:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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SiuS, Zevox is right about N7 - it's sum of class levels + 10 per promotion, nothing more nothing less.
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2012-05-11, 04:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Phew. Just managed it. Level 41, and with a bit of judicious reloading on salvaging drones, and a bit of luck with a Hard weapons locker, I've got my requisite four Tungsten and Shredder VIIs.
(So the answer is, SiuiS, if you're struggling to get 'em on weapons drops, your best bet is drone salvage (between levels 37 and 42, obviously).)
Right. Nest stop, Pinnicle Station so I can get the apartment and thus the good weapons!
Edit: I am a dirty cheating bugger.
After several tries pratting about on the hunt, I thought, "bugger this for a game of soldiers" and set it to Casual, so as to not spend hours pratting about on mindless combat. I felt guilty for a moment, then realised that having Kaiden hack the system and quietly turn the difficulty down to rub the Turian guys nose in it was exactly the kind of jerkass thing Evil Idiot Shepard was do! (Ironically making the Turian's accusations accurate...!)
(I did it normal the first time around, so I'm no longer going to feel guilty about splattering it on casual for the sake of playing not-fun missions...)Last edited by Aotrs Commander; 2012-05-11 at 06:11 PM.
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2012-05-11, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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2012-05-11, 10:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Try using one of the medium to heavy but very strong guns on a power-using character. Adepts not so much, but engineers or sentinals can get pretty good mileage out of having one really nice gun. Their powers stun anyway, so you can often stun and then kill rather than having to use the powers twice with a worse gun. Plus guns are (imo) easier to aim at extreme long range compared to several powers.
Now, pardon me while I rage a moment.
Rage
SpoilerSo, for some reason my Internet has decided to misbehave. Not random d/cs or such, which I can deal with, no, it's just continual sluggishness. I move my mouse up and down, the character on screen moves up and then down about 0.2-0.5 seconds later. 0.2-0.5 seconds is a REALLY long time and it's utterly ruining me. It screws up power targeting because I'll fire when the red reticule comes up, but then lose it and the power won't home. It screws up accurate headshots because I'll fire right before the geth do their stupid bunny hop and the shot won't go off until after the hop. I'll see an enemy right in front of me, hit melee and then get meleed myself and die before it goes off. I think it's getting to the point where I simply can't play the game. I can still get some kills and assist a party, but it's the MOST FRUSTRATING THING EVER. I just utterly do not see how to play this game with any amount of lag. Argh!!
Oh and lest I forget, banshees. Just banshees. Today I've been pulled through a crate and DOWN A LADDER!!! by banshees that on my screen were several yards distant.
Ah, much better.
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2012-05-11, 11:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?
I got me a Geth Engineer and GPS!
...Now to decide how to build him. Equipping a GPS will mess up his cooldown time for Overload, which I prefer to use a lot. (I'm a power-heavy guy) My Geth Turret is set for Defensive rather than Offensive, and I am definitely not bothering with melee. My basic question would be, what should I go with?
A) Ignore Overload altogether and bring the Geth Plasma Shotgun.
B) Forsake the Geth Plasma Shotgun and focus on Overload and low cooldowns.
C) A different plan that anyone could tell me about.
Also I dunno whether to use Hunter Mode or not, though I keep thinking that I REALLY should for the Power bonuses.