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Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer |OT| Rich, deep online role playing
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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Just tried human engineer for the first time since the tech explosion tweaks.
Good god.
Good god.
Phat Michael
Banned
Im not that fussed on the challenges - i actually havent even read any yet. to me, im playing the game trying to get the weapons etc and if they pop up they pop up.
Phat Michael
Banned
What build did you do? i just did the same thing. I put like 0/6/6/6/6 i believe (0 on combat drone) - i use a mattock X with incindiary rounds as well.
Incinerate (Range, 50% damage over 8s, 50% damage to armour) then overload (1 extra target, neural shock, chain overload) can usually clear out a room. Then the mattock to tidy up any loose ends.
I wish i could use the Harrier II i have but it only leaves me with 111% cooldown, the Mattock with 191% and you need it to be high so you can keep using overload.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
5/6/6/6/3.
Drone: Detonate, Shields & Damage.
Incinerate: Radius, Recharge, Armour.
Overload: Chain, Recharge, Chain.
Alliance Training: Damage/Capacity, Power Damage, Weapon Weight.
Spec'd mostly for speed versus damage, such as recharge for both incinerate and overload, to get as many tech explosions going in the shortest period of time. Same goes for alliance training, which I focused on weight decreasing and power damage.
Couldn't decide between drone and fitness. The buff of fitness is small, but helps, and I really don't use drone very often. If you get a good rhythm going the fast drone recharge speed makes it viable to slot in between incinerate and overload, so I'm trying to do that. Detonate helps it deal some damage when it dies due to the wind blowing.
I've been using the Raptor X with either cryo or incinerate mods. Raptor X keeps you at 100% cool down, but I might switch to the Mattock like you as I prefer it.
EDIT: That's a full 200% cool down with the Raptor X, not 100%.
EDIT2: Ever since the last patch and the Retaliation DLC I've had more ME3 crashes and server disconnects than the entire time I've owned the fucking game.
Phat Michael
Banned
i know some ppl like the drone.but it.goes down so quickly in gold. id rather have more health and carry more weight with me and just use my other tech powers..
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
So I heard in order to get the best results from psp, its best to max out the common items, then uncommon items. Has any one does this?
It doesn't really matter, you always get the same amount of common and uncommon items from PSP. If you do have every uncommon characters and weapons unlocked, you'll just get consumables of rank III instead.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I've ranted about this numerous times before, but this multiplayer mode is far and away the worst netcode/lag multi I've had in any game in my entire life. BioWare's tremendous idiocy in excluding regional filtering and/or server browsing almost kills the game. No, it does kill the game, if I'm not hosting.
Literally. If I'm not hosting, I'm not playing. Because maybe 1/100 games at best I join won't have game ruining lag. I have to host. I have to sit in a fucking cunting lobby waiting/hoping people join, or start the match and hope it fills quickly. And you'd think it would, right? Wrong. That is just another gable. I've sat in open lobbies for ~15 minutes and not have a single person join. I've started rounds and had them become a solo survival fight.
It might be fine for other people around the world in busier countries where the odds of being connected to a local, decent performing match are quite good. But in Australia? Yeah, piss off BioWare. Peer-to-peer gaming is the worst shit to happen to multiplayer and I abhor it. Worst of all, not only are you peer-to-peer multiplaying, but also connecting to EA's shitful servers for dumbass authentication. Unbelievable.
Yes, I mad.
Literally. If I'm not hosting, I'm not playing. Because maybe 1/100 games at best I join won't have game ruining lag. I have to host. I have to sit in a fucking cunting lobby waiting/hoping people join, or start the match and hope it fills quickly. And you'd think it would, right? Wrong. That is just another gable. I've sat in open lobbies for ~15 minutes and not have a single person join. I've started rounds and had them become a solo survival fight.
It might be fine for other people around the world in busier countries where the odds of being connected to a local, decent performing match are quite good. But in Australia? Yeah, piss off BioWare. Peer-to-peer gaming is the worst shit to happen to multiplayer and I abhor it. Worst of all, not only are you peer-to-peer multiplaying, but also connecting to EA's shitful servers for dumbass authentication. Unbelievable.
Yes, I mad.
Yeah, when it lags in this game... it lags bad, and in the strangest ways. It's not just a delay in shooting bullets or powers, you can't even climb ladders, take cover or you see your screen going left and right sideways for no reason, even when you don't walk at all.
Thankfully, i always play with people on my friend list, and when these guys make lobbies, there is never any lag.
The first time i tried it at rank I, i hated it. It's now at V for me, and when put with a strong class who can take a few hits and with magazine(for a 200 clip) + bullet piercing mods, it's pretty powerful. And with the Turian Infiltrator Tactical Cloak specced for 20% extra Assault rifle damage for 10 secs, it's even better. Just make sure you stop using it before the clip goes down to 0. I'd rather let it recharge quickly than waiting for the reload animation which takes forever.
I'm not 100% sure, but when the Particle Rifle beam grows bigger, it might be doing more damage, but for that to happen, you have to let the beam goes for a few secs without interrupts, so this gun is best used when multiple enemies aren't focusing fire on you.
But firing a huge green laser on a Banshee's head or that big circle on the Ravager's head is priceless. I imagine them going "Oh god it burnssss!" :lol
I actually haven't even used it yet. I am going for shotgun and pistol challenges first, but I'll test it tonight with my Turian Ghost and Demolisher for unlimited ammo.
So the two best mods are extended magazine and armor penetration? Good to know. Hopefully I get it soon. I do have the Collector Sniper Rifle at X which is similar I think. I tried it and it seems very powerful as well. Not sure how it compares to the PPR.
I actually haven't even used it yet. I am going for shotgun and pistol challenges first, but I'll test it tonight with my Turian Ghost and Demolisher for unlimited ammo.
So the two best mods are extended magazine and armor penetration? Good to know. Hopefully I get it soon. I do have the Collector Sniper Rifle at X which is similar I think. I tried it and it seems very powerful as well. Not sure how it compares to the PPR.
The magazine mod pratically double its thermal clip, so you can keep burning targets for a longer time before letting it recharge. And i feel the armor pen mod is better than damage one since the damage mod barely makes the Damage bar moves in the stats window.
The magazine mod pratically double its thermal clip, so you can keep burning targets for a longer time before letting it recharge. And i feel the armor pen mod is better than damage one since the damage mod barely makes the Damage bar moves in the stats window.
If I have to choose between the two I always choose AP as well. More valuable to take down bosses. Also, the new AP high velocity barrel might be worth looking into for this gun too. Adds weight, but bypasses even more armor than any other weapon. There was a big thread on BSN about it too, and most people think the AP high velocity barrel is useless EXCEPT on the PPR, haha.
The Particle Rifle is already pretty heavy anyway. And i dont like using powers while im in the middle of burning targets with my huge green laser. It feels like i'm actually doing less damage if i do. I guess that's why weight doesn't matter much with this gun...
Phat Michael
Banned
ah bioware! another NEW amazing.glitch! thanks so much for.making me waste my level 4 GOLD consumables! this time, i have invisible glitching enemies who you cant see and who.kill you instantly! cheers!
Ooh~ A Salarian Shotgun. Wonder what race that Executioner Pistol's from.
I hope the Typhoon's at it's pre-nerf power. Shepard's gonna tear through everything with it.
I hope the Typhoon's at it's pre-nerf power. Shepard's gonna tear through everything with it.
Phat Michael
Banned
this is too late. i would have bought it 6 months ago. shame this is for single player only...
Ooh~ A Salarian Shotgun. Wonder what race that Executioner Pistol's from.
I hope the Typhoon's at it's pre-nerf power. Shepard's gonna tear through everything with it.
How do you know it's a Salarian shotgun?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Saved a quick demo vid of the Venom Shotgun and Executioner Pistol here: http://youtu.be/scF1k_9VgRU
Phat Michael
Banned
they sound cool but a one shot pistol seems pretty useless.
It's ok but it doesn't really shine until at least 5 imo
just make sure you put thermal clip and piercing mod. all the other mods are unnecessary.
The design, and symbol are both like the Scorpion's.
Lolwut. It seems my Volus Adept somehow glitched and gave me tons of xp points to spend which I didn't have at lv 14 (even more than the max you can get at lv 20 as you can see). A true biotic god indeed.
I am never, ever gonna promote my adept now.
Yeah, it's a glitch going around for some reason. I don't blame you
What are the new hazard maps? I want a snow storm on White.
Melchiah
Member
Whaaat?! How come the match includes all the enemy factions?
Lolwut. It seems my Volus Adept somehow glitched and gave me tons of xp points to spend which I didn't have at lv 14 (even more than the max you can get at lv 20 as you can see). A true biotic god indeed.
I am never, ever gonna promote my adept now.
I had the same glitch once. The character stats had been reset, and the extra points were gone, when I launched the game the next day.
As the Mastery goals are now harder to achieve, I hope they will be stripped from those who got them the easy way, until they reach the new limit like the rest of us.
Have you tried playing Platinum?
Shaman specced explosions can be very deadly. Outscored my entire team combined my first time out with the shammy.
It's a tank-ish front line adept that makes stuff explode.
Haven't played a shockwave character since launch though, but from testing I think I need Radius to set off explosions more reliably. There were a few instances where I Thought it would hit but it missed instead.
It's a tank-ish front line adept that makes stuff explode.
Haven't played a shockwave character since launch though, but from testing I think I need Radius to set off explosions more reliably. There were a few instances where I Thought it would hit but it missed instead.
Melchiah
Member
No, I haven't. I had no idea it includes all the enemies.
I haven't played since they added Collectors, so I have no idea how often all four factions co-occur, but all 4 will definitely appear once, with each other.
Melchiah
Member
I think I'll stay clear away from Platinum, as Gold is already too hard for me.
Yeah, I don't even want to think what a game with Praetorians, Banshees, Primes and Phantoms looks like.
Mr.LightMan
Member
There was an easy way to get them? I would be pretty mad if they take away the Geth one. Was so close to getting the reaper one too.
I don't think the new enemy faction specific challenges are too much of a problem. What they changed is that now you have to completely fill out the smaller challenges within the larger ones, which involves equally contributing across all the enemies.
For example, if you were an infantry killer and avoided bosses, then you shouldn't get the banner for that specific faction.
For example, if you were an infantry killer and avoided bosses, then you shouldn't get the banner for that specific faction.
Melchiah
Member
If I understood the change list correctly, the goal posts were raised, so they're harder to achieve from now on.
Mr.LightMan
Member
Have to get 450,000 point on the third challenges now right? or is that still the old one? Just 100,000 to go to finish the the mastery then.
Melchiah
Member
I have no idea, as I haven't played the game since the last thursday.
I do like the new rain mechanic though, it seems to stop shields(and health?) from regenerating if you're standing underneath it.
I had the strangest first impression on those maps though, the first thing I found myself looking for is rain clipping indoors (lots of games with rain does this), and to my surprise it's been pretty clean so far.
Areas where there's an object or a roof overhead have the rain blocked properly from the looks of it.
I had the strangest first impression on those maps though, the first thing I found myself looking for is rain clipping indoors (lots of games with rain does this), and to my surprise it's been pretty clean so far.
Areas where there's an object or a roof overhead have the rain blocked properly from the looks of it.
astroturfing
Member
nah man, you'd do fine on Gold. you outscored me many/most times when we played, and i've cleared countless Gold matches... maybe you've been in really shitty teams when you've tried Gold?
cool. i hate seeing rain clip indoors.. a pet peeve of mine
breaks immersion like nothing else.all 4 enemies don't appear.