Psychoward
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Yeah, probably.
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Yeah, probably.
Photolysis
Banned
Yeah, recruit packs offer the best amount of equipment per credit:
Recruit: 1x equipment, will probably get multiple kinds, costs 5K
Premium: 3x equipment, might get 1-2 kinds, costs 20K
Premium Vet: 3x equipment, will probably only get 1, costs 33K
Spectre: 5x Equipment, might get 1-2 kinds, costs 60K
Kind of a bad decision if you ask me. The higher value packs should give more value for money than they do at present. Premium vet packs give you the least equipment for your money.
CrazedArabMan
Member
Human soldier with tempest (magazine+scope) is pretty much amazing if you know how to use it, so I have to say I disagree completely with this statement.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Spectre packs give you higher level mods. I never use them, but still, for people who care about using warp ammo or whatever, it might matter.
Also You buy the expensive packs to get a chance of getting two or more rares/uncommons anyway.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It works on both. They just become resistant after the first hit and it becomes diminishing returns.
Yeah, on one side i want the rares/uncommons from the premium veteran pack, but on the other, skipping the recruit ones where i could get 1 medigel earlier could save a whole match if teammates fail to revive me.
Geth Plasma Shotgun is bad for Human Vanguards. You can make it work if you have a high-level version and spec for Half Nova, but it really impacts your survivability on higher difficulties. If you have to use a shotgun, use the lightest one you can. A leveled up Disciple will allow you to get +200% cooldowns, and a level X Scimitar/Katana/Eviscerator/Wraith will get you +190% if you spec for weapon weight. As a bonus, speccing for weapon weight makes the Predator X weightless, giving you a solid backup ranged weapon.
Psychoward
Banned
I'd rather fight Reapers. They're harder but at least they're more interesting.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The equipment pack last week or whenever was good because you could get 5 of each for 20k. It's too bad it was time-limited though, since it was the only way to guarantee that you'd get something.
Well, with human vanguard, you're going charge/nova spam anyway. lol
I usually bring the Wraith with me, which is essentially a higher damage Eviscerator. I'm not really sacrificing much weight and I have the satisfaction of bringing a shotgun with me.
Photolysis
Banned
Really? I find Cerberus the most interesting to fight myself.
Reapers have a mixture of units, but mostly revolve around pure numbers. Banshees and Ravagers can be very irritating.
Geth are probably the least interesting to fight, as well as the most irritating. But YMMV.
Psychoward
Banned
Nah, Banshees just get really monotonous while Cerberus has the best variety.
Dreamer RD
Member
So, Reapers are fastest way to farm credits on Gold? Saw 17min vid with adepts. Not sure how to make those biotic explosions.
Would like that. Would also like a "Merc" faction to play against.
I could see an all-faction gametype being interesting - either mixed waves or alternating waves of different factions.
Yup. After playing ME3 MP, it's really opened my eyes to what I've been missing in SP this whole time w/ playing only Soldier.
Wave 10 Silver on White vs Reapers. Only one beacon has been activated. Everyone is dead. Except several Ravagers, a whole lot more Marauders, two respawning Banshees and one Rambo Sentinel. It takes every piece of equipment to light the third beacon. Drag all the enemies to one side of the map and then hope you have enough time to activate the beacon when you run back. With 2 seconds left, success! Credits Achieved.
Then a Marauder kills me when I trip over cover like an ass :\
I hope people keep asking for Rifle/SMG buffs. My Turian Soldier is going to be OP as hell for about a week before they nerf it again. Tempest on Glacier is a turkey shoot.
So far I have been able to use every class/weapon type to carry silver. I haven't been as experimental on gold. I'd rather pick something that can reliably carry to wave 7.
Then a Marauder kills me when I trip over cover like an ass :\
I hope people keep asking for Rifle/SMG buffs. My Turian Soldier is going to be OP as hell for about a week before they nerf it again. Tempest on Glacier is a turkey shoot.
So far I have been able to use every class/weapon type to carry silver. I haven't been as experimental on gold. I'd rather pick something that can reliably carry to wave 7.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Reapers are probably more interesting than Geth... but with Geth, you are guaranteed to win unless you have someone screw up. Especially if you do Firebase White/Giant.
Photolysis
Banned
Eh, I find Soldier more fun in single player. You get the time dilation from adrenaline rush which makes certain tactics more viable (such as shooting a Phantom's sword). And you can use bonus powers to mix it up a bit.
It is quite poor in multiplayer though. You get concussive shot which is basically a non-biotic throw. Adrenaline rush which isn't even that good a damage increase (Infiltrator cloak gives a much higher one, plus, you know allows you to cloak). Grenades are quite limited. You can't carry more weapons.
In short, you don't really get anything and get nothing to compensate for that.
Never been a soldier in SP and I was always sad when that's the class that everyone was. I mean, how boring. :|
Once I get this to level 20, not touching it again.
Anything that leaves a lasting biotic effect (Warp, Reave, Stasis, lifting effects) primes the explosion, and any Biotic ability that does damage (Warp, Reave, Shockwave, Throw, biotic grenades) detonates. The same spell can't be used as the first and second ability, though I'm not sure if Shockwave (with the lifting evolution) -> Shockwave will work. My instinct says it should, but I've never tested.
Soldiers deserve to deal overpowered damage, since they offer no group utility whatsoever.
That's why I love MP. It allows me finally break free and have fun using everything I've been missing.
CrazedArabMan
Member
Not at all, soldier is really fun to play as and what I have done during all of my playthroughs, love it, sometimes all out firepower is the way to go.
I feel the same.
Got called stupid and elitest.
Same here. My friend finally caved and now plays Infiltrator in ME3.
He complained to me that ME2 combat sucked balls, and that it was just a shooter blah blah...I told him dude YOU PLAY SOLDIER... c'mon son!
2 things that are killing my MP playtime right now:
Random packs that give me the same shit over and over again.
Lack of friends to play Gold with.
Psychoward
Banned
I played Soldier my first time in all three games and don't regret it, I got a good feel of what weapons I liked/didn't like, I had quite a few options when approaching combat, and it was just good to get used to it.
Escape Goat
Member
Why would you fault somebody for exploring all the content in the game? lol soldier.
Dork Knight
Member
All of you complaining about the Soldier class OBVIOUSLY haven't touched the Krogan Solider. Goddamn do I love this class! Maxed out Carnage is a super powerful crowd control spam and smacking shit around is so satisfying.
Outside of the Krogan Soldier (and to a lesser degree, the Turian Soldier), yes, the human Soldier kinda sucks. I'll give y'all that!
Outside of the Krogan Soldier (and to a lesser degree, the Turian Soldier), yes, the human Soldier kinda sucks. I'll give y'all that!
Not talking about multiplayer. Krogans are badass no matter which class. I mean in general, the experience is too generic for Shepard as a Soldier.
Dork Knight
Member
Ah! Then, yes, I totally agree with that. Playing ME (single or multi) without using a power-heavy class is missing out on a LOT of the fun.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Krogan Infiltrator is amazing. You wouldn't think a giant screaming brawler could blend in so well into the background.
Yeah, it's fun for a while but it gets boring way too quick. There's just not enough content to keep people playing. If they do DLC, they better add new factions, maps and gametypes.
Instead of a wave by wave, they could have a survival gametype. Enemies just keep coming and coming and you see how long you can survive.
It's their first go at a multiplayer/co-op experience so I'm not too hard on them. A few issues could be fixed with DLC to add more variety though. Other than that, the only thing that keeps me playing is being a maxed out Krogan on Bronze. I just heavy melee everything.
If only Krogans could be infiltrators
Female Krogan infiltrator coming in the next DLC pack.
Unlikely because females dont do the fighting in krogan society and cause bioware is lazy. I'd like to see quarian males though, they already have a model. And geth and batarians. And doing female models for turians should be easy if they stick to the comics, where there isnt much sexual dimorphism.
Collectors are all dead and the merc factions should be on your side. I'd love to fight eclipse.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hanar vanguard coming soon. You biotic charge onto their heads and jellyfish them to death.