Bornstellar
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Explosive ballistic blades are great.
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Explosive ballistic blades are great.
No, they're not. Every body shot my targets before they exploded, so essentially i wasted an evolution. Enchanced bleed damage would be better, i think. Shoot strong enemies with them and you'll do damage over time while shooting and throwing 'nades.
You got some auto-censoring system?
Explosive blades are great because on higher difficulties the explosion staggers enemies like phantoms and hunters, which is a really big deal. While they aren't moving, they're getting head shotted, not dealing damage to you or the team, and they're not staggering you with craziness either. Bleed doesn't do anything that guns won't do and they don't even lead to a tech explosion or anything.
Damage is easy to come by for all classes (except turians lol) but effects outside of that are what make you beneficial to the team. If you can consistently stun lock/immobilize enemies, then you're an asset.
I don't even know where they'd start... its got so many issues.
yankeehater
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I just signed on and all the stuff I have unlocked since the latest DLC came out is gone. I am redownloading the pack now, man I hope it works.
Woorlog, I agree about the mods. Kind of the last nail in the coffin for me for ME weapons, adding crap like that just ruins the aesthetics and design of futuristic guns that should have them integrated. I understand what they were going for, but it's not something I really like. Both the N7 guns from the earth DLC have really stupid design characteristics (heat sinks ejecting from the typhoon like bullet casings and the giant tumor on top of the piranha which makes no sense when guns have ammo blocks inside) and probably the worst thing in my opinion was removing the integrated scopes from the assault rifles. The vindicator now has a giant hole on the left side where the scope was.
Well, at least there's the particle rifle I guess!
Well, at least there's the particle rifle I guess!
Phat Michael
Banned
just got n7 shadow. any tips on build/weapon loadout? really happy with the fury so far, great for gold runs
Phat Michael
Banned
god u dont even need a gun with the shadow. guess im using a geth smg x then...
I recommend a Pistol, with the Melee Stunner Mod.
Phat Michael
Banned
yep
also, you'll want to still be using your gun +incendiary rounds every once in a while so you can set off fire explosions with electric slash
Phat Michael
Banned
fury is fantastic. I love running into a group of troopers and watching the tendrils of electricity hit them then BOOM, throw and watch the explosions. its great to also get into cover and it still hits them.
im torn between the fury and the shadow however. the shadow is great but terrible for taking out the big guys like brutes, geth primes etc
Orochinagis
Member
I still have GC at lvl 1 and Warfighter in lvl 3.
I get mad when I cant cast anything in front of the enemies even grenades at close encounters.
Being a Demolisher with Grenade Capacity III in Geth Gold White with another Demolisher, with both pylons right next to each other in THAT room... i can spam grenades on those Geths and never have to move.
Two Demolishers really demolish everything. I haven't played with all 4 Demolishers yet, but I assume it would be incredible.
And I just froze on Platinum Wave 9. Unbelievable. I haven't froze in months. Oh well.
they do give gear cards but uncommon gear is completely all over the place. I have rare gear maxed out and uncommon gear still at lvl 2 or 3, and I buy way more veteran pack than spectre/premium spectre packs. Last but not the least, most of my uncommon gear got unlocked from uncommon cards I've found in premium spectre packs. WTF!
I once joined a game on Platinum Glacier that had 3 Demolishers using Harriers. Naturally I switched to the same (even though I hate carrying that much weight.) It was a room camp so it was effective, but in that situation so is everything else. To maximize the effectiveness of this group two of the Demolishers should probably anti-spec their grenades. Use Homing for shields and Arc for armor. This ensures maximum tech bursts.
My new favorite Demolisher loadout:
Scorpion with ULM + Barrel
Hurricane with ULM + HV
ULM works when you have a pistol using ULM. TMYK.
I had to fix a certain something after a certain something started crashing my home network. I couldn't fix it, but I found a satisfactory work around. Played a few Platinums just to be sure it was working... I know I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth, but it seems to be bringing me pretty good luck.
More packs with no Gear but 2 URs.
Scorpion IX (Now my Demolisher can carry it.)
Indra IX (Neat I guess.)
29 URs to go. Still no Typhoon. The Typhoon now accounts for more than 1/3 of my missing URs.
I just had the weirdest glitch ever to happen to me... not sure if its a London glitch...
My game literally froze suddenly, but at the same time it wasn't. My screen was frozen, the sound was gone, i couldnt use my guns or abilities... But i could still see kills happen in the lower right, i could still get killed/revived, see my shield and health going down, and i could see the messages when people were down. And after Alt+Tab and coming back, the screen was black... except for the HUD. And prior to that weird freezing glitch, my character was running very fast at the start of the wave. Like if i was using a 100x running hack.
My game literally froze suddenly, but at the same time it wasn't. My screen was frozen, the sound was gone, i couldnt use my guns or abilities... But i could still see kills happen in the lower right, i could still get killed/revived, see my shield and health going down, and i could see the messages when people were down. And after Alt+Tab and coming back, the screen was black... except for the HUD. And prior to that weird freezing glitch, my character was running very fast at the start of the wave. Like if i was using a 100x running hack.
Why are you concerned with weight for Demolishers? The only recharging skill they have is the support pylon.
Also, you can set up two pylons in any doorway alongside another demolisher and hold that choke point until the return of the king.
Orochinagis
Member
if you reach minus bonus she deploys the pylons more slower than usual so it will put you in real danger. if you use pistol she deploys the pylons almost instantly.
You want to place pylons while you're being shot at?
Phat Michael
Banned
I swear when i get a demolisher im using my black widow 2 and my harrier. going to camp and clusterfuck everything.
Orochinagis
Member
Destroyers dont use cover so I have to follow them
I don't follow anyone with my demolisher unless there's an objective wave. There's no point at all with her and it really goes against the best qualities of that particular class. You don't have the durability to follow people into firefights.
Destroyers will be just fine on their own.
My GI's Hunter Mode is specc'ed for Power Recharge & Power Damage .. I suppose because at the time (2 months ago) it was best for Proximity Mine?
Now, it seems with the Piranha and the Typhoon and other auto-guns that have been buffed it would make sense for me to spec into Weapon Accuracy and Rate Of Fire .. correct?
Now, it seems with the Piranha and the Typhoon and other auto-guns that have been buffed it would make sense for me to spec into Weapon Accuracy and Rate Of Fire .. correct?
Orochinagis
Member
That's sad to read that.
I think that's how the class is supposed to play.
Why? Would you expect a Justicar to follow around a destroyer with a personal bubble when they could be spamming reave for the biotic users to take advantage of? It doesn't make sense to put your ass in the fire for a bullet magnet like a destroyer when you can be helping out the team in much, much better ways - mainly behind the lines setting off bursts and explosions, holding down backdoors/locking down spawns, and encouraging snipers to stay where they need to be.
Just a matter of knowing where you belong in the fight and when roles overlap. A demolisher going all search & destroy just to tag along is a waste of a lot of great opportunities.
the ammo drop isn't sufficient for a two players in transit either. at least not on gold
I do it all the time in Platinum.
You can redeploy the Pylon slightly faster than it makes grenades or at the exact same time the first pylon finishes making grenades. With all the throwing I'm doing I don't end up shooting very often.
What's your recharge rate for this?
I'm somewhere between 190 and 200 cooldown.
*When I hop back on I'll get the numbers.
*I can recast the pylon ever ~9 seconds. The pylon itself generates grenades every ~14 seconds. The animation itself probably takes around a second. That would put the sweetspot minimum somewhere around 13 seconds per cast if it's always re-cast exactly when it's ready. This way it would be possible to grab 2 grenades from the dying pylon as soon as the new pylon drops.
Scorpion X
I'll think about incorporating the scorpion, but i love my never ending harrier as my primary.
There aren't too many classes that can truly ignore the recharge rate completely and succeed though.
I need friends to play this on PC. I mostly ignored the MP when the game first released, but suddenly got into MP about a month ago. I have mostly been playing with randoms and it would be cool to play with people that actually know what they're doing most of the time. My username is burgerdog if anybody wants to add me.
Sure, i'll add you, the more the better.
Yeah, accuracy+rate of fire on hunter make the Piranha which was already ridiculous into straight up broken territory.
StUnNeR H2K
Member
This may be a huge Troll... New Hanar Shotgun?
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/13376843
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/13376843
Field gets larger.
Completely fake, the font isn't correct for the "New Shotgun" and description on the card:http://i.imgur.com/KOtOW.jpg
PinkCrayon
Member
It pains me to see someone with a Typhoon II and a Piranha I equipped while i have a Piranha X and a Typhoon 0. Haven't gotten an ultra rare since the dlc dropped...
i know that feel bro
Is the N7 rating / ultra-rare drop thing confirmed as a lie yet?
Orochinagis
Member
Cast another one, then cast again, dont use your weapon let the others grabs the ammo and grenades, thats how you use the Demo. Not to just camp and use the pylon for yourself like the 90% of the demos online.
That's like saying that snipers shouldn't cloak
all the defensive and offensive boosts of the pylon can't be taken advantage of when you're not actually holed up inside its radius. also, almost every smart demo build will have all of the n7/passive points put into power damage and force - meaning that weapon damage is hard to come by. unless you plan to do literally nothing other than throw grenades, you'll be taking advantage of the pylon's all-purpose team oriented buff of +15% weapon damage inside the support pylon's radius. otherwise, you're only good for one thing - throwing arc jr. grenades and the meh-tastic homing grenades.
you simply don't crank out enough ammo to supply an entire team in transit (especially not a "good" destroyer) you barely have enough ammo for yourself... you can however lockdown a spawn indefinitely and keep your team from getting flanked and wiped by being smart, sealing a chokepoint, and seeing the field. places like dagger, london, ghost, and jade particularly.