There's a really awkward, claustrophobic farming technique on Rio involving three Volus and a Paladin.
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There's a really awkward, claustrophobic farming technique on Rio involving three Volus and a Paladin.
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Melchiah
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I've always thought London is the hardest due to the lack of shelter. Jade was relatively easy on solo/Bronze (EDIT: Kroguard/Geth), when the weekend mission was to not use any consumables. Then again, I don't play on Gold.
Melchiah
Member
I can imagine that, as you're an easy target when you're at the bottom of the map.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
London is real tough, for those reasons. Objectives make such a difference. Hacking in the middle or anything like that is a nightmare.
The issue I have with Jade mostly comes down to the starting bridge. The entire map is so small yet so open that it's very, very easy for enemies to take a shot at you from a multitude of close by spawn points. Hacking on the bridge chokepoints your team and leaves you a sitting duck to attacks from all angles.
And yeah, mainly Collectors totally fuck your shit there. 90% of the time I'm playing on Silver. A good team on Jade is fine, but fuck that bridge so hard.
Melchiah
Member
When I play on Silver and get London, I always think this is going to be hard.
The hacking missions on solo/Jade made me running in circles trying to lure the enemy away from the objectives. I tried Hydra on solo after you mentioned it, and it was far easier, although after the addition of Bombers it proved to be too much for me on solo/Silver/Geth. I still do like Jade when playing with a team on Silver though.
You can probably imagine how my Bronze solo run with Volus Adept on Jade against the Collectors went. =D
The center courtyard is actually much easier to hold than staying up top. The only reason to stay there is for spawn control.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjQq1zRvIL8
*On Gold/Platinum.
Agreed on the hacks Whoever made those really hates players.
Jade is my 2nd favorite map behind Glacier. Just have to be sure at least one player is at the back of the top blocking spawns. Grenade classes can have a field day.
The faction challenges must be balanced for Bronze or Silver. I have more Phantom Points than Centurion, Guardian and Nemesis Points combined.
Reegar or Piranha
Thanks. Reegar is lighter so that's what I've been rollin with
Melchiah
Member
I meant the devices/escort missions on Jade, when you're at the bottom of the map. I usually stay on the center when playing on London. The top offers a limited amount of places where to safely shoot from, as I've noticed during the hacking missions.
My faves would be Hydra, Jade, Glacier, White (although I'm a bit fed up with it, eventhough I haven't farmed on it), Dagger is good as well. Among London I somewhat dislike Thessia and Reactor, and to some extent Condor.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Reactor I find is a bit too big and doesn't flow very well. Something about it feels dull and drawn out to me.
Originally I thought Thessia/Goddess was kinda shitty, but I've grown to like it a lot. It's a small, tight map and I like where the spawns are set up. Kind of like Glacier. A nice challenge without the pain of Jade.
Hyrda and Ghost are probably my favourite. Both are large but flow really well. Nice mix of open areas, high ground advantages, and a few points of cover and bottlenecks. Quite like Vancouver for similar reasons.
Originally I thought Thessia/Goddess was kinda shitty, but I've grown to like it a lot. It's a small, tight map and I like where the spawns are set up. Kind of like Glacier. A nice challenge without the pain of Jade.
Hyrda and Ghost are probably my favourite. Both are large but flow really well. Nice mix of open areas, high ground advantages, and a few points of cover and bottlenecks. Quite like Vancouver for similar reasons.
I could have sworn that the Piranha is lighter ..
It is, at least when both are rank X.
Melchiah
Member
I forgot Giant, which is also one of my faves, although it can be hard on Silver against Collectors/Reapers, and the post-DLC Geth, depending on your team of course.
I still haven't had the chance to try out the new White, as I play on random. Are the environmetal hazards circulated among different maps during every week by the way? As for Glacier, I didn't even notice the change. What exactly was changed?
Thessia/Goddess is sometimes ok, but it can get troublesome during the last waves on Silver. I wonder why no-one uses the back of the central area with the pools as their camping point? Seems to me it could be a good place to hold your ground, if all of your team chose to do so.
i haven't seen anyone use a javelin since the month the game came out. saw 2 GIs using a Javelin yesterday and a bunch of other infiltrators using the Widow
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
White's changes are fantastic, and in my opinion make for an objectively better flowing map. Love the additions. Glacier has had that little dead end room walled off, and an ammo crate has shifted from the lower indoor area to closer to the ramp.
Hazards are currently on a two-per-week cycle by the looks of things. Last week was Dagger (love that map) and Reactor. This week is Ghost and Giant. If you haven't played them yet, Ghost has on-and-off acid rain cycles that, if you're caught in, will eat away at your shields. Super tough. Giant is supposed to be night, illuminated by more frequent cannon fire, but it's still too light to be of any significant change. Looks pretty, but that's about it.
BioWare did say they were just testing out this method of hazard maps releases and if it doesn't work try something else. I think it would be better to just have them in bulk with a little option to tick if you want the hazard variation of a map. Same for unknown: tick a box if you want hazards to be included in the pool.
I find Male Quarian Infiltrator works pretty damn well with a Black/Widow now. Cloak is the only ability you need a frequent cool down for, and as long as you're getting the shot off after activation it's super fast. Scanner gives you a great buff against targets you can lay into with the rifle, and grenades are grenades.
Melchiah
Member
Ah, I only used that Glacier room seldomly, when I needed cover. As for the hazards, I experienced both of them last week, but haven't experienced the new ones yet. I didn't think the Dagger & Reactor hazards were that extraordinary, but I guess they brought some variety to the old maps.
It'll be interesting to see what other hazards will be implemented. Neither of the last week's hazards were that problematic, as far as I'm concerned.
Damnit! I wish it was the other way around. The QFE is a beast now. The GE can be really good too. Usually I take incendiary ammo with a Falcon and plus support with the GE and the healing turret.
That reminds me -- does squad healing rack up points for the challenges or just kills?
okay, the collector rifle... got it at x, and it does stupid damage if you can hit a weakspot. i think i can make it work, it just needs a lot of tweaks
lol
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Ah, my mistake.
I'm trying to think of what maps I don't like and the only one was White. The changes work for me.
That is absurd.
Black Widow can get it done on Gold again.
Found out that the biotic/tech mastery banners are really easy to unlock. One solo of Bronze will pretty much complete a challenge. Like an idiot I thought Annihilation Field would take forever. I forgot it does damage when you detonate it.
Run Into a Bronze Spawn -> Detonate -> Dead Spawn
Phat Michael
Banned
finally cleared gold against the collectors. that was not easy.
i have a sabre 3 now is.this gun any good? it seemed to be more of a sniper rifle than an assault rifle.
i have a sabre 3 now is.this gun any good? it seemed to be more of a sniper rifle than an assault rifle.
Yeah, it's amazin'. Should have built-in cover/armor penetration though.
Give it the scope 'n piercing mods, and get those headshots.
Phat Michael
Banned
I think hes saying it would be better if it had piercing mods but it currently doesnt.
I don't think they will differ much from the past. At best, i guess the personal goal will be something like "Complete 1 challenge" and the community goal will be something like "Complete 100k challenges.
The challenges will be weekly from now on, right?
Get those N7 weapons up to X twice as fast!
[EDIT] - Which reminds me: Who was it that got a Hurricane VII last time? h8 u!
Get those N7 weapons up to X twice as fast!
[EDIT] - Which reminds me: Who was it that got a Hurricane VII last time? h8 u!
Basically. I'm saying it should be like the Widow, or Typhoon, in that it should possess cover/armor penetration by default, without any mods.
Orochinagis
Member
Wait, there is a infiltrator volus? I never noticed that class until yesterday and I recently unlocked the Shaman Krogan too, BW locked classes or some sort of weekly unlocks?
?... No. I think there's going to be a Volus Vanguard, and Sentinel in addition to the two we currently have.
If you're talking about a Volus using Tactical Cloak, all of the Volus kits can do that—it's their melee.
... Which reminds me. I wish the Asari/Fury's heavy melee could detonate biotic explosions.
Yeah, they'll be making the rest of them available like that, along with the weekly balance updates.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I can set a match to public and make my way through an entire game, solo, before anybody joins
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Melchiah
Member
Good thing I just respec'ed my Krogan Soldier for maximum melee damage yesterday.
Time for a quick solo Bronze game.
Time to take the trusted Kroguard back to action. I think I'm going to solo some other map than before, perhaps Giant or Ghost.
yeah there's some weird glitch with lobbies. I was solo'ing gold yesterday and some guy randomly joins on wave 10.
also that challenge is ridiculously easy. you don't even need to extract from the sound of things.
can you even get that medal from bronze? I don't even think there's 50 enemies total
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Question: Is there any benefit to using the Widow over the Black Widow? I know the Widow does more damage, but it does that damage outweigh the increased DPS of the Black Widow?
I can set a match to public and make my way through an entire game, solo, before anybody joins
lol
xbox master race doe
Orochinagis
Member
Objectives have unlimited enemies until you finish the requirements so...
Boombloxer
Member
Harrier II, no Typhoon.
But it's ok, because it turns everything to mush. I don't even want to imagine this at V.
Phat Michael
Banned
i dont.think there has ever.been a clear objective.from bioware where i didnt have followup questions. they should at least explain how to get.a gold medal rather than assuming everyone knows.