On gold its way more than 5
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On gold its way more than 5
Major Williams
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I'd say there are 8-10 Phantoms per Gold match, and that's a low estimate. I've seen single waves with 6! I'm a bit rusty on my algebra, so please help me out here if I'm wrong.
10 per game x X games = 1,000,000 Phantoms
X = 100,000 games need to be played this weekend
Now we have to find the amount of games that need to be played during the weekend per hour, by the entire community base:
100,000 games / 72 hours = 1388.9 games per hour
Figuring 4 persons per gold match, we need 5,555.6 people to play these 1388.9 games per hour to hit the 1,000,000 goal.
If you figure the average player will play 4 gold games this weekend, let's do the math (entirely hypothetical at this point)
(5,555.6 people per hour x 72 hours) = 400,003.2 individual gamers needed (if everyone only played 1 game)
Divide that by 4, and you only need 100,000 folks to play 4 gold Cerberus games this weekend to get the goal.
Totally feasible, and will probably overshoot it by quite abit in my estimation. I've got to believe on PC and Xbox alone there are over 100,000 people a night playing multiplayer.
Dork Knight
Member
If case you guys forgot, the first N7 challenge was to kill a million Brutes and the community ended up killing THREE MILLION.
I don't think we need to worry about hitting that million mark!
I don't think we need to worry about hitting that million mark!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The community has to be getting smaller and smaller though. Then again, I guess no one cares about The Witcher. lol
Major Williams
Member
Crazy to think it only came out 6 weeks ago. I'm still loving every minute, and haven't finished campaign yet because I'm so busy with multiplayer.
Neither Bronze nor Silver have Phantoms during wave 11.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Depending on how much trouble people have with Gold, the community goal may not be reached if everyone spends their time trying to beat a match on Gold (as opposed to playing Cerberus all the time).
I guess I need to get my Salarian Engineer to 20 and try out Gold farming. I wish I had a Carnifex (only have a Phalanx).
I guess I need to get my Salarian Engineer to 20 and try out Gold farming. I wish I had a Carnifex (only have a Phalanx).
I don't have any experience playing as a Human Adept (I assume this is for HA), so I can't answer the first question. However, reach increases the distance the shockwave can go.
Bornstellar
Member
Really loving the Turian sentinal right now. Dude is a tank and chain overload is fantastic. Going to try engineer next - should I go Salarian or Geth?
geth is better though the salarian is no slouch. decoy is a great ability, especially on hacking rounds.
Thanks!
Both are good. I prefer Reach, but if you don't find the Shockwave's range a problem go for Detonate.
Whatever you do, don't take Radius at rank 4.
One can hope that the stats they continue to collect are used to come up with the challenge's kill threshold. I have no idea if they collect the data daily or if they've narrowed things down to just weekends (to cut down on cost and network traffic).
Game freezes on me move than any game in recent memory. More than a Bethesda title.
Bornstellar
Member
Gold has so many cursed phantoms. *whew*
But yeah, Geth Engineer is pretty fun, but I put some points in hunter mode rather than fitness since he already seems pretty tough (especially with my turret recharging shields). Worth it?
But yeah, Geth Engineer is pretty fun, but I put some points in hunter mode rather than fitness since he already seems pretty tough (especially with my turret recharging shields). Worth it?
toastyToast
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Depends if the turret is being used for offence or support. Hunter mode is more useful for the infiltrator imo since it has cloak.
If you have the your turret relatively close Hunter mode buffing isn't a bad idea. What I've been doing to moderate success is throwing out the turret w/ flame thrower into the middle of traffic and using chain overload then spraying with my Geth SMG/Phaeston
If you have the your turret relatively close Hunter mode buffing isn't a bad idea. What I've been doing to moderate success is throwing out the turret w/ flame thrower into the middle of traffic and using chain overload then spraying with my Geth SMG/Phaeston
I noticed this before. If you looked at the stats listed for Reave, it was clear that it wasn't receiving the bonus. Honestly though, the fact that the Justicar even has an option for power damage at rank 5 seems like an oversight; all the other bonuses in the tree are for power duration, not damage.
On top of that, even without the damage bonuses, Justicar Reave does more damage than the Drell Reave. It has a base damage of 100, compared to 70 for the Drell. Drell Reave maxes out at 115.5 damage per second with every damage bonus available; Asari Reave maxes out at 130 damage per second with nothing but the rank 6 bonus. And since the Justicar gets all those passive power duration bonuses, her Reave ends up being even better yet.
astroturfing
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had the BEST team ever last night, and also the worst lol.
in a silver match on Firebase Giant, me as an Asari Adept with two Drell Adepts and Krogan Vanguard, all level 20. we just WRECKED everything, i don't think anyone ever went down, i know i never revived anyone and i didn't go down myself. it was so awesome, just biotic explosions all over the place. usually i struggle to survive on Silver so it was really fun just feeling overpowered for once. thanks team!
and then i played bronze... i literally had to revive all of the other players 2-3 times just in the first 3 waves. i couldn't believe it, i didn't even have time to fight the enemies because i had to constantly run to revive people. then they'd go down again in 10 seconds and i have to run back. constantly. WTF? and ALL of the 3 other players were like this, like they didn't know how to play at all. it was kinda hilarious. don't they know the game has a cover system?? and that you can RUN away from enemies if they're about to overwhelm you? especially on bronze it's not that hard to stay alive..
in a silver match on Firebase Giant, me as an Asari Adept with two Drell Adepts and Krogan Vanguard, all level 20. we just WRECKED everything, i don't think anyone ever went down, i know i never revived anyone and i didn't go down myself. it was so awesome, just biotic explosions all over the place. usually i struggle to survive on Silver so it was really fun just feeling overpowered for once. thanks team!
and then i played bronze... i literally had to revive all of the other players 2-3 times just in the first 3 waves. i couldn't believe it, i didn't even have time to fight the enemies because i had to constantly run to revive people. then they'd go down again in 10 seconds and i have to run back. constantly. WTF? and ALL of the 3 other players were like this, like they didn't know how to play at all. it was kinda hilarious. don't they know the game has a cover system?? and that you can RUN away from enemies if they're about to overwhelm you? especially on bronze it's not that hard to stay alive..
Doesn't sap away health from synthetics.
If I remember correctly, you can't even detonate it!
Yeah... its the power damage/headshot thing. The power damage thing never made sense at all imo. Would've made Reave ridiculous...
"Effective against *Armor!"
I just waltzed into a silver match expecting to renovate faces when I noticed a sudden severe lack of blue and irritating noises. :|Doesn't sap away health from synthetics.
If I remember correctly, you can't even detonate it!
"Effective against *Armor!"
Shockwave is great for easy biotic explosions if you're working together with someone. My Drell Adept reaves a group, vanguard friend shockwaves it, BOOM. Biotic Explosions for everyone.
Doesn't sap away health from synthetics.
If I remember correctly, you can't even detonate it!
Huh? No. If you've ever experienced something like that, it was a bug. Reave does full damage against synthetics; exactly the same amount that it does against organics. It can also be used to prime biotic explosions without issue.
My Justicar's Reave does 1170 damage over the course of the duration. Against a Silver Geth Trooper (1238 health), a single Reave and nothing else will leave them with a tiny sliver of health, as you'd expect.
Phat Michael
Banned
carnifex +4 now. Finally, i really want to get this to +10 and ill be happy.
Also = Reave + Cluster Grenade or whatever the drell has is REALLY good for taking out brutes/phantoms.
Also = Reave + Cluster Grenade or whatever the drell has is REALLY good for taking out brutes/phantoms.
toastyToast
Member
Damn, Spectre packs are giving me nothing but Claymore/Revenant upgrades. Hate this randomized shit, at least spread it around before giving out the same cards 4 times in a row.
I would kill for some Claymore upgrades.
abuse that shit. I got 3 carnifex upgrades in a row.
I'm still with a freaking Carnifex I, a Widow I and not a single Geth class. Spectre packs hates me.
Dork Knight
Member
Whaaaaaaaaa. I wish I was that lucky. I got a goddamn KROGAN SENTINEL last night...even though I've already maxed him out...2-3 times already. Ugh.
toastyToast
Member
Mine went Revenant, Claymore, Revenant, Claymore, Claymore
I've been trying to get a Carnifex/Widow.
Never satisfied. This game is evil
I wish I got more Widow and Carnifex upgrades...
Jerks.
Jerks.
Seriously? Dunno what was up with my Justicar then. Probably a bug, like you suggested.
The weapon mods are useful when judging.
If their GPS has a Smart Choke or Shredder that's a bad sign.
If they're using Clip and Barrel it can go either way.
If they have the Blade Attachment: "Watch out, we got a badass over here."
My Batarian Sentinel uses a Kishok. I call him, Ahab. It's an underwhelming combination, but for some reason I can't stop using it.
Theoretically, the Kishock is easily the most powerful sniper rifle.* In reality, very few people can hit with the thing. Kudos to your friend for being one of the few.
*Except against Atlases.
Take Barrier, ignore Carnage completely. Take any sort of points that improve health, shield and damage reduction(especially since the Rage points are broken).
Be an invincible tank in Silver!
Somebody may be able to respond with more authority, but I went with six in everything except carnage and carried around a GPS following this build.
Murder Train:
Biotic Charge: Force and Damage (4), Melee Synergy (5), Barrier (6)
Carnage: N/A
Barrier: Barrier Strength (4), Shield Recharge (5), Barrier Strength (6)
Krogan Battlemaster: Damage and Capacity (4), Power Damage (5), Weapon Damage (6)
Rage: Melee Damage (4), Martial Artist (5), Fitness Expert (6)
Basically, your goal is to play conservatively and get your rage on. Then, heavy melee into everything. Keep barrier up forever and if your shield drops, biotic charge to refill it. As long as you don't jump right into a group of people, you'll do well.
Unfortunately, and this really sucks because it's how Krogan are pretty much based around (i do pretty much the same thing with my Sentinel and it rocks), Rage is broken on the Battlemaster.
I don't recommend putting points into carnage as an armor boost, depending on enemy type, and melee is going to output way more damage than you would using those points to boost carnage. In addition, you'll want your cooldown up for for Charge so you can restore your barrier.
well, he lives in the same city and I'm hosting usually so he doesn't suffer from lag a lot.