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    Default Mass Effect 3.6: Are you engaging in reproductive behavior with this thread?

    Mass Effect 3, thread 6
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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..


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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
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    Preferred Classes :Krogan Soldier, salarian/quarian infiltrator are my most played.

    GITP Name : DabblerWizard
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    Preferred Classes : Adept


    GITP Name : MonarchAnarch
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    Preferred Classes : Asari Vanguard, Salarian Infiltrator, or Drell Adept. Still hopelessly searching for a non human engineer. :(*

    GITP Name: Drakefall
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    Preferred Classes: Engineer when I'm feeling serious; others as the whim hits me.

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    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
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    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
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    Classes played: trying out all of them. Adept favorite.

    GitP Name: Khosan
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    Preferred Class: Probably Sentinel, though I haven't given all of them a fair shake yet

    GITP Name : Dhavaer
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    Preferred Classes : Vanguard, Engineer, Sentinel. Adept once I find an asari.

    GITP Name: Actana
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    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
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    GITP Name : Darius Macab
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    Preferred Classes : All classes 'cept soldier, i just got the game so only humans so far

    GitP username: Arbitrarity
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    Classes: Any variety of Engineer/Adept/Infiltrator. Occasionally Turian Sentinel, Soldiers, and rarely Vanguard.
    Preferred Difficulty: Silver/Gold

    GitP Poster: Aotrs Commander
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    GitP Poster: Gamerlord
    Origin Name: Gamerlord2

    GitP name: Starsign
    Origin name: Sunrust
    Prefers: N/A

    Name on GITP: Landis963
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    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
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    Preferred classes: Anything that's not a Vanguard, really.


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    GitP user name - Strife Warzeal
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    - 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
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    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
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    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!


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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



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    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...!)
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    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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    Just popping to say I approve of the thread title.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SiuiS View Post
    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.
    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.



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    Just popping to say I approve of the thread title.
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    Classy title there.

    The spreadsheet looks fine to me.
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    Well, here I am... Not much more to say atm than hello.

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    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?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morty View Post
    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?
    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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    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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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Psyren View Post
    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.
    Ooh, has there been a cocktail for Ashley yet? I missed out on the first few ones that were revealed.

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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.
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    I think my sig can explain why it took me about 30 minutes to get past Marauder Shields.

    Also I found this link by ME on facebook. I will make and try each and every one. However I will make sure not to do it in a single night......maybe....
    This one should include the drinks for everyone, at least it had when last I checked. And my favorite is Grunt's, its so childlike but I could see him drinking it like how Worf drank Prune Juice. "Ah, a Warrior's drink!"
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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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    Quote Originally Posted by Zevox View Post
    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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    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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    You missed me on the PC list.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krade View Post
    It's fun, but not reliable on Gold.
    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.)
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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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    Quote Originally Posted by Aotrs Commander View Post
    Fair enough.

    (If you haven't seen it already, you should note that there is a Special Aotrs Inept Attempt To Cheer Up SiuiS Marginally Edition image dump in ponythread.)
    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.
    Actually, gold with an okay team is much easier than silver, if heavier on the bullets. Teams have to work together.

    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.

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    I don't see how that works. I'm not assuming that people know how I played in ME2, I mention what the play style I'm referring to is when I say that (which is particularly easy since it's always either caster-style for Adept/Engineer/Sentinel or charge/shotgun style for Vanguard, the only things I play).
    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).
    That's odd. Only ponythread could really present a problem, but maybe you frequent more threads than I do.

    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.

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    Your N7 rank must be broken then. It continues to rise based on levelexperience; 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.

    Quote Originally Posted by Zevox View Post
    @ SiuiS - A while ago you were asking me to test how cooldown effects from Tech Armor and its knock-offs compared to effects from weapon encumbrance. I'm currently playing through the main campaign with my Sentinel Shep, and it occurred to me that I could test this easily there, since I can check the numbers in my power screen. Results:

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    I recorded the numbers for three powers with different cooldowns, to give a decent sample size. Also, all numbers have an additional 30% cooldown decrease from armor (Inferno set) and 10% from upgrades at Liara's console, but since those apply to them all (except the base numbers from the Normandy, I assume) it shouldn't matter. Tech Armor I have maxed out with the upgrade to reduce cooldown effect, which in single-player still only brings it to 50%. (Aside: I really wish they'd apply balance changes to single-player as well as multiplayer and do not understand why they don't.)

    Cooldowns as they appear on the Normandy (base, should be no modifiers outside of power upgrades applied I think, all have the rank 2 25% upgrade and no others in that regard):

    Throw: 2.96 seconds
    Warp: 5.93 seconds
    Cryo Blast: 4.44 seconds

    200% cooldown weight, no Tech Armor:

    Throw: 1.1 seconds
    Warp: 2.19 seconds
    Cryo Blast: 1.64 seconds

    200% cooldown, with Tech Armor:

    Throw: 1.27 seconds
    Warp: 2.54 seconds
    Cryo Blast: 1.9 seconds

    147% cooldown, no Tech Armor:

    Throw: 1.28 seconds
    Warp: 2.57 seconds
    Cryo Blast: 1.93 seconds

    147% cooldown, with Tech Armor:

    Throw: 1.53 seconds
    Warp: 3.06 seconds
    Cryo Blast: 2.29 seconds

    So as you can see, the numbers for 200% cooldown plus Tech Armor are extremely similar to the numbers for 147% cooldown without Tech Armor, so you may well be correct that Tech Armor's effects are applied in the same manner as the weapon encumbrance effects.
    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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    I think it's a small matter, but I did note how weird it was. But tech armor is omnipresent; the visual effect is separate from the actual protectionist affords.

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    Even if I were to host, the Striker still seems completely impractical.
    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.
    The sniper mod should let you see through anything you can shoot through, right? This means you can scope enemies behind thin cover.

    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.

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    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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    Your N7 rank must be broken then. It continues to rise based on levelexperience; 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.
    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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    That's odd. Only ponythread could really present a problem, but maybe you frequent more threads than I do.
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by SiuiS View Post
    Your N7 rank must be broken then. It continues to rise based on levelexperience; 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.
    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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    SiuS, Zevox is right about N7 - it's sum of class levels + 10 per promotion, nothing more nothing less.
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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...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by SiuiS View Post
    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.
    It seems a wee bit too heavy for me to give to a power-using character.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morty View Post
    It seems a wee bit too heavy for me to give to a power-using character.
    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.

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    So, 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.


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    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.

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