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[Gui_PT]

That's great advice thanks.

I tried a few gold games with random players (myself included!) and we got trashed in about wave 3. Any particular classes / combinations that work well for Gold games?

I suppose my only problem is really finding the time to play, 20mins a game means I can only really fit in about 3 or 4 games a week!

Well there is a grinding method if you just want credits

Geth Gold on Firebase White. Everyone just hang on in the room at the bottom of the level
I roll with an asary adapt, warp and then throw is just ridiculously strong


If you don't want to roll with only 1 class. Try mixing up infiltrators with engineers

Here's a link to the method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTqT7Ag7DYk

 

[SamRambles]

When you promote a character/class, everyone in that class goes back to level 0 with their stats reset.

What this does is raise your readiness for the campaign and raise your N7 rating (by 10 points) in multiplayer

As for leveling up, i usually start with a couple of bronze challenges, move up to silver for a couple more and them obviously gold without spending any credits

In gold challenges, you get about 75k credits which is more than enough for a spectre pack. Once you're on a high level, just stick to gold challenges and every match will earn you enough to buy a good pack and get rare weapons/characters

Well there is a grinding method if you just want credits

Geth Gold on Firebase White. Everyone just hang on in the room at the bottom of the level
I roll with an asary adapt, warp and then throw is just ridiculously strong


If you don't want to roll with only 1 class. Try mixing up infiltrators with engineers

Here's a link to the method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTqT7Ag7DYk

I have no idea who you are, but rest assured if I saw you right now I would kiss you. Inappropriately.

Cheers man!

 

[Gui_PT]

R u a gurl?

If yes, PM me

 

[Gazzawa]

Got a bored of grinding last night.
I really hope the multiplayer is expanded with new modes. Im not saying versus. But even tower defence elements rolled in there would be nice. i know thats what Gears did but there is nothing wrong with copying games so long as they are good games.

 

[subversus]

I hope the next DLC pack is free. I don't want to buy it and find that nobody plays it.

 

[DY_nasty]

I still love this game.

Finding niche classes and making them work just brightens my day. Nothing quite like feeling the hate when you're knocking off more heads than the snipers with nothing but a Claymore and a dream.

 

[Phat Michael]

Well there is a grinding method if you just want credits

Geth Gold on Firebase White. Everyone just hang on in the room at the bottom of the level
I roll with an asary adapt, warp and then throw is just ridiculously strong

BTW - for those asking, you dont NEED to stay in that one room. Its perfectly acceptable to play the game normally and you can still finish Firebase White and Dagger on Gold without TOO much difficulty.

You will however need to use missiles, med gels and consumables to do it.

Asari Adepts are fantastic for taking out atlus's. YOu might as well just protect them and let them kill the big guys with biotic explosions.

 

[Phat Michael]

I still love this game.

Finding niche classes and making them work just brightens my day. Nothing quite like feeling the hate when you're knocking off more heads than the snipers with nothing but a Claymore and a dream.

i make LOADS Of heads pop with just a carnifex easily. Seriously, the thing might as well be a sniper rifle.

 

[DY_nasty]

i make LOADS Of heads pop with just a carnifex easily. Seriously, the thing might as well be a sniper rifle.

So far, my troll weapons of choice are the Hurricane and Talon

But people still hate on the Striker, Falcon, and Claymore.

Its like if you aren't a sniper in some lobbies, you must be doing it wrong or something...

 

[SamRambles]

R u a gurl?

If yes, PM me

Sorry mate i'm all man. Although i've been told I have very soft lips.

Anyway on topic. Last time I played I switched between the geth assault rifle and the bog-standard one, only level 2 for them I think.

Got the Arc pistol in my last game / pack, any good?

 

[DY_nasty]

Got the Arc pistol in my last game / pack, any good?

It may be slightly better than the Predator, but I can't stand it. The charge feature is nice, but much overblown. You can't sit in cover it, the damage from the charge doesn't beat out good old rapid fire, and its... well, its not a GREAT gun.

 

[SamRambles]

It may be slightly better than the Predator, but I can't stand it. The charge feature is nice, but much overblown. You can't sit in cover it, the damage from the charge doesn't beat out good old rapid fire, and its... well, its not a GREAT gun.

A glowing review if ever I've heard one!

Not to worry, I feel as if im only just scratching the surface of this one.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Packs should be up at 5 Pacific time right ?

 

[Divvy]

Can't tell if the game is still busted or there are just no games being hosted.

EDIT: Nope definitely busted, can't host anymore.

EDIT2!: What a weird bug. I can connect/join a game, but i get lagged out for some reason after about two minutes. Then I can't connect anymore to anything until i restart the game.

 

[Chocobro]

I tried to play ME3 a few minutes ago and got a message from my friend, thought I'd share it:

M2AF: I just got off the phone with EA and they said ME3 will be back up at 5 oclock CST today. Maintenance.

I'd assume it's 5pm CST. Guess this explains why a few of us can't play?

 

[Gui_PT]

I just played like 2 hours ago

What problem are you guys getting?

 

[Chocobro]

I just played like 2 hours ago

What problem are you guys getting?

I would have some sort of network error when trying to make a game, which then also means I can't find a game and look at the leaderboards. I can reboot ME3 but it would happen again in about 2 minutes. Pretty much locked out of MP lol

 

[Bisnic]

I tried to play ME3 a few minutes ago and got a message from my friend, thought I'd share it:



I'd assume it's 5pm CST. Guess this explains why a few of us can't play?

They've been doing maintenance since the issues i had at 11pm EST yesterday?

Maybe they should have announced it somewhere ingame like when they do their weekend events, is that so hard to do?

 

[DY_nasty]

I've been playing for hours. Haven't any issues at all. :x

 

[Chocobro]

They've been doing maintenance since the issues i had at 11pm EST yesterday?

Maybe they should have announced it somewhere ingame like when they do their weekend events, is that so hard to do?

No clue, but they should tell us what's going on.

I could also see rozay's thought to be true...or be a coincidence lol. All of my friends (myself included) redeemed the victory pack and bought a few PSPacks before they were taken down; we were unable to play soon after that. (IT WAS A TRAP! :<)

 

[DY_nasty]

Maybe I'm missing something...

but why do so many people roll with two weapons?

 

[kaioshade]

This shit is frustrating as hell.

No, i do not have a insanely high N7 Level

No, i am not an expert at this yet.

No, you do not need to kick me out of every single fucking lobby because you feel i am not completely GOD at it. A bit hard to actually get BETTER if im being kicked left and right.

 

[Bisnic]

Maybe I'm missing something...

but why do so many people roll with two weapons?

Don't you know? More guns mean more powerful! Even if im an asari adept with a Black Widow and a Claymore.

 

[Dreamer RD]

Due to the recent troubles with MP, decided to record Geth Inf solo on Gold. Got 3 hacking missions during objectives, what a joke. Could have been faster, made some silly mistakes.

 

[toastyToast]

This shit is frustrating as hell.

No, i do not have a insanely high N7 Level

No, i am not an expert at this yet.

No, you do not need to kick me out of every single fucking lobby because you feel i am not completely GOD at it. A bit hard to actually get BETTER if im being kicked left and right.

What difficulty are you playing on? I only start kicking people on Gold if they're not close to level 20, have low level starter weapons equipped, ill equiped for their class like a heavy Asari OR if they're playing as a Krogan

I'll kick the shit out of a Krogan. 9 times out of 10 they're a liability.

 

[Divvy]

I don't kick anything unless they're too low levelled for gold. Don't mind giving people a chance.

 

[DY_nasty]

This shit is frustrating as hell.

No, i do not have a insanely high N7 Level

No, i am not an expert at this yet.

No, you do not need to kick me out of every single fucking lobby because you feel i am not completely GOD at it. A bit hard to actually get BETTER if im being kicked left and right.

Just start a Bronze lobby.

I'm not gonna lie - if I see anyone lower than 80 in a gold lobby they're getting kicked without remorse.

 

[Bisnic]

I only play silver these days, but i never ever see people getting kicked on PC, even when their rating is below 50. Unless its like someone who is a lvl 1 with a N7 rating of 1, but that's so rare it doesnt matter.

 

[Bazza]

Only time i vote to kick a player is if they are not readying up and everyone else is good to go.

 

[computers putin']

Still locked out of the game......

 

[Woo-Fu]

Maybe I'm missing something...

but why do so many people roll with two weapons?

Because they can.

I usually carry a tempest X along with whatever my main weapon is. It has its uses.

 

[kaioshade]

Just start a Bronze lobby.

I'm not gonna lie - if I see anyone lower than 80 in a gold lobby they're getting kicked without remorse.

That is pretty messed up. What happened to the whole "N7 is not an indicator of skill" everyone else was saying earlier?

 

[the chris]

Maybe I'm missing something...

but why do so many people roll with two weapons?

I usually carry a Predator pistol along with a Widow when using an Infiltrator just in case things get hairy.

That is pretty messed up. What happened to the whole "N7 is not an indicator of skill" everyone else was saying earlier?

But the number is so low, they can't be actually good at the game if their N7 rank isn't above a 200.

 

[Cat Party]

That is pretty messed up. What happened to the whole "N7 is not an indicator of skill" everyone else was saying earlier?

In this case, it's about experience more than skill. An N7 below 80 suggests you haven't been playing very long. Just messing around with each class will get you up past 80 rather quickly.

 

[DY_nasty]

That is pretty messed up. What happened to the whole "N7 is not an indicator of skill" everyone else was saying earlier?

I didn't say that at all.

I get fucking tired of reviving guys that want to melee Guardians that most of the time happen to be low on the N7 scale. The problem is that there isn't any other real indicator of how much playing time that someone has put into MP so until something better comes along, I'll be kicking anyone under 80 out of a Gold lobby without a second thought.

Also, a LOT of new players don't change their search settings from Unknown/Unknown/Unknown and they just happen to find their way into a Gold lobby without knowing. Play Bronze and Silver - learn the game and the character. Start your own lobby - host is godlike anyways.

Some people will kick any character that isn't a high enough level out too. Just my guestimate from experiences so far, but 1 and up is Bronze, 12 and up is generally what people call "reasonable" for Silver, and anything lower than 17 or 18 can justifiably get you kicked from Gold too.

 

[kaioshade]

In this case, it's about experience more than skill. An N7 below 80 suggests you haven't been playing very long. Just messing around with each class will get you up past 80 rather quickly.

That is reasonable. However;
How the hell am i supposed to get that experience if a: i get kicked (even from bronze sometimes) or b: people up and leave the second i enter a lobby.

And for the record, i was about 200 on ps3 version before i sold my ps3. I am only about 30 on 360 version. Only started 2 days ago.

 

[Divvy]

That is reasonable. However;
How the hell am i supposed to get that experience if a: i get kicked (even from bronze sometimes) or b: people up and leave the second i enter a lobby.

And for the record, i was about 200 on ps3 version before i sold my ps3. I am only about 30 on 360 version. Only started 2 days ago.

That rule really only applies to gold where one person messing up can throw the entire game. I don't kick anyone out of bronze or silver. People who kick in bronze matches are assholes.

 

[DY_nasty]

That rule really only applies to gold where one person messing up can throw the entire game. I don't kick anyone out of bronze or silver. People who kick in bronze matches are assholes.

Pretty much.

 

[Cat Party]

That is reasonable. However;
How the hell am i supposed to get that experience if a: i get kicked (even from bronze sometimes) or b: people up and leave the second i enter a lobby.

And for the record, i was about 200 on ps3 version before i sold my ps3. I am only about 30 on 360 version. Only started 2 days ago.

I'm only talking about gold. No one should ever be kicked from bronze for having a low N7.

 

[kaioshade]

It took me entirely too long to even get to N7 30 because of that. I start a new character and specifically select bronze, everything else random.

Enter a lobby - "you have been kicked from the session"

try again

Enter a lobby - Suddenly everyone bails.

Repeat for literally 15 minutes. So i start a lobby. People enter, start a match, immediate disconnects.

Repeat ad nauseum.

Maybe the problem is class. Started human engineer. Obviously i dont have the special super awesome effective classes yet, so im running with what i can.

 

[DY_nasty]

It took me entirely too long to even get to N7 30 because of that. I start a new character and specifically select bronze, everything else random.

Enter a lobby - "you have been kicked from the session"

try again

Enter a lobby - Suddenly everyone bails.

Repeat for literally 15 minutes. So i start a lobby. People enter, start a match, immediate disconnects.

Repeat ad nauseum.

Maybe the problem is class. Started human engineer. Obviously i dont have the special super awesome effective classes yet, so im running with what i can.

That's most likely an unrelated problem.

Bioware sucks at fixing idling and things of that nature. People get tired of waiting for a go from everyone and its like... fuck it.

 

[Bisnic]

Sometimes, you might enter a lobby that was created right after a match ended with the guys who participated in it. And most of the time, people will leave after one match, especially if it was a bad one.

 

[EekTheKat]

One thing I do hate about the matchmaking is getting paired with with random players from a country halfway across the globe.

The lag for me is crippling - nothing quite like shooting something and seeing no health go down for 3-5 seconds. Most of the time they're also yelling in a language I don't understand.

A regional or world filter for matchmaking would have gone a long way here.

 

[rozay]

It took me entirely too long to even get to N7 30 because of that. I start a new character and specifically select bronze, everything else random.

Enter a lobby - "you have been kicked from the session"

try again

Enter a lobby - Suddenly everyone bails.

Repeat for literally 15 minutes. So i start a lobby. People enter, start a match, immediate disconnects.

Repeat ad nauseum.

Maybe the problem is class. Started human engineer. Obviously i dont have the special super awesome effective classes yet, so im running with what i can.

The human classes are all effective (adept only with skilled players/a buddy to biotic combo with) so that's not the problem. I would recommend getting overload maxed ASAP with the chain and neural shock evolutions, it'll be your friend along with whatever gun you roll with on bronze.

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

I'm willing to give Bioware a pass on the multiplayer. It's pretty good as an add-on and they've already released free DLC. I guess they could've spent the time fixing bugs and adding other features like idling, reconnecting, text chat, etc. but I think those are a lot more resource-intensive.

Tried out the Kishock yesterday on my low-level Infiltrator. I like the charging function, but there's barely any feedback (I can hardly even see the bullet impact) and I kind of miss the little "kick" I get from the Mantis.

 

[Gui_PT]

Due to the recent troubles with MP, decided to record Geth Inf solo on Gold. Got 3 hacking missions during objectives, what a joke. Could have been faster, made some silly mistakes.

How did you choose the powers for that baby?

 

[EekTheKat]

One thing to consider when playing a Human Engineer (or any other class built for Chain Overload) - Overload overwrites the primer/setup for Biotic Explosions.

You might be able to use it if there's only 1 adept/biotic user in the group, but if you're paired with multiple biotic power users using light weapons then it's usually better to pick something that complements them.

 

[Cat Party]

I'm willing to give Bioware a pass on the multiplayer. It's pretty good as an add-on and they've already released free DLC. I guess they could've spent the time fixing bugs and adding other features like idling, reconnecting, text chat, etc. but I think those are a lot more resource-intensive.

Seriously. I've gotten tons of play time out of it. Couldn't really ask for more given I bought the game solely for the single player. I hope there is a follow up to it that is more fully fleshed out. It's just a great co-op game.

 

[Kenaras]

One thing to consider when playing a Human Engineer (or any other class built for Chain Overload) - Overload overwrites the primer/setup for Biotic Explosions.

You might be able to use it if there's only 1 adept/biotic user in the group, but if you're paired with multiple biotic power users using light weapons then it's usually better to pick something that complements them.

It doesn't overwrite the primer, it stacks on top of it. When a detonator hits, it detonates the last primer used; using another detonator will detonate the next primer underneath. So if you're using Warp->Throw and there's an Engineer on the team, you should watch your Throws to see if they're triggering biotic explosions and adjust to use Warp->Throw->Throw as necessary.

Overload spam used to drive me insane when I was playing an Adept, but these days it doesn't bother me in the slightest. Tech bursts combined with biotic explosions will outdamage biotic explosions alone.

That said, your point about trying to choose a class which complements the rest of the team is sound advice.

 

[Nori Chan]

Maybe I'm missing something...

but why do so many people roll with two weapons?

cause soldiers are bad asses

i always wanted to roll with a smg but i have still yet to unlock the lightweight material :\