Phat Michael
Banned
dude while your rank may be higher, your manifest is not that impressive compared to what he has. the weapons are so much more important than a ranking.
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dude while your rank may be higher, your manifest is not that impressive compared to what he has. the weapons are so much more important than a ranking.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Stopped promoting at 360.
I rarely play with randoms and if they boot me based on a number id rather not play with them anyway.
I rarely play with randoms and if they boot me based on a number id rather not play with them anyway.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
I've been promoting recently because i messed up the builds of the new characters and im out of respec cards. 
Like the Geth Juggernaut, i build his Shield ability for max defense, but i think i might have to promote to respec the shield to add some extra damage to it... having a defense build shield is pretty pointless against melee enemies like Brutes or Banshees.
Like the Geth Juggernaut, i build his Shield ability for max defense, but i think i might have to promote to respec the shield to add some extra damage to it... having a defense build shield is pretty pointless against melee enemies like Brutes or Banshees.yankeehater
Member
I am just promoting until I finish that challenge.
Dark Sphere's DoT is kinda negligible, and it goes away shortly after detonating the sphere. It's a decent primer for Seeker Swarm, though.
Besides, the whole point of using DC is that it doesn't add any cool down when used in tandem with Dark Sphere. I'm telling you, the best combo with the Collector is Dark Sphere -> Dark Channel -> Detonate Sphere -> Hit any enemies still kicking with Seeker Swarm for the BE -> Use your weapon.
couldn't make geth on plat. Fuuu--.
I should have bit my tongue and stayed in Rio matches.
Bioware HAS to close those damn containers.
I rarely see any kicking going on lately (xbox here). Very rarely.
The only reason is usually a random joining a private room or un-cooperative people getting kicked at the end of a match. Me, I do kick people (on gold/plat) when all these criteria are met:
- low n7
- low challenge points
- no consumables
- lvl 1 UR
- character below what I consider appropriate level. Like, any infiltrator above 10 usually does fine, but a human engi below 15? NEVAH.
Granted, if I see someone with a Lone wolf banner and 30k worth of challenge point sporting a lvl 1 fury I'll keep him anyway.
I should have bit my tongue and stayed in Rio matches.
Bioware HAS to close those damn containers.
I rarely see any kicking going on lately (xbox here). Very rarely.
The only reason is usually a random joining a private room or un-cooperative people getting kicked at the end of a match. Me, I do kick people (on gold/plat) when all these criteria are met:
- low n7
- low challenge points
- no consumables
- lvl 1 UR
- character below what I consider appropriate level. Like, any infiltrator above 10 usually does fine, but a human engi below 15? NEVAH.
Granted, if I see someone with a Lone wolf banner and 30k worth of challenge point sporting a lvl 1 fury I'll keep him anyway.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Now that the challenges end, N7 weapons and classes are unattainable?
Why would you say that? N7 classes were never part of the Weekend Operatons and I'm sure there is going to be more Operations in the next weeks/months to allow people to max all their N7 weapons eventually.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I think they are over.
I would have to see a source of this because its the first time i hear about it.
What makes you think that?
I use a Harrier I and consistently get top score.
yankeehater
Member
I am sure there will be a huge deal made about the final operation. No way was this it.
Oblivionmancer
Member
I think people are deriving this assumption by the Hackett text tied to the last op, "finish it." There has been no official word of any kind, to my knowledge. I feel like the timing would be really bizarre, turning off all 'active' support for the game 2 weeks after their dlc release, so I'd expect to see at least a few more operations, and I'd further expect (though this is pure speculation) that they'll just add the promo weapons to the ultra-rare pool whenever they do stop running operations.
Yep, which sucks. You can see that there's no variety between those three Salarians
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Yeah, I probably misinterpreted something. A bit too over thinking it, ya know since I just got into this.
Been doing gold and a few plats just for kicks but I'm totally not platinum material lol.
My crappy manifest: http://social.bioware.com/n7hq/home/inventory/?name=Lorrac ESP&platform=xbox
HalfBakedProphet
Member
I want that Geth banner
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Krogan is best followed by salarian
Bornstellar
Member
It's too bad we're done with DLC since they really should have added a Salarian Sentinel seeing as how they existed in ME2.
Turian is best just for the name
Bioware just put up the Citadel DLC soundtrack for free on their site: http://social.bioware.com/me3citadelsoundtrack.php
StUnNeR H2K
Member
What?! They have different skin colors! This is important!
Also no way Operations are done. I'm sure we will continue to get them for months to come.
I usually top the board with my Shaman in gold. I did a platinum with him too, but he wasn't as effective, but kept up.
Oblivionmancer
Member
My biggest problem with him is that he's just boring (to me). Probably the biggest reason is shockwave, I just hate the way that power feels.
It's a strange criteria. All of your other reasons are not only easily explainable but are also all standalone reasons to doubt the player's ability:
- low n7: lack of experience
- low challenge points: haven't played much since Retaliation, probably rusty
- no consumables: haven't played long enough to accumulate them (lack of experience) OR reckless player that burns through survival packs and medi-gel rapidly
- character below what I consider appropriate level. Like, any infiltrator above 10 usually does fine, but a human engi below 15? NEVAH: Power are seriously underlevelled and a low-level caster is a useless caster.
But the one that I pointed out? The one that you're so quick to leap at my throat for?
- lvl 1 UR: Limited by lack of luck with the RNG.
Seriously, all of your other points address a visible lack of experience EXCEPT this one. I have an almost maxed out manifest, but the highest UR I have is at level IV. If we accept that time spent playing the game is positively correlated with player skill and experience, then a low level UR is NOT an indicator of lack of skill - I have over 300 hours of game time. I have seen people with a quarter of the time I've spent playing running around with a Harrier V - but you can bet your ass I'm outscoring them with my Harrier I.
It'd make more sense if you mentioned it as a level I rare, but you didn't.
At first I did too. He's def not a biotic god like some of the others, but I rarely see others using a Shaman. Slap a BPP on him and he's pretty fly for a lizard guy.
I see what you did there
Ok, I get where you come from but the reason I put the UR lvl 1 in there stems from the fact that there's plenty of rare weapons (and some uncommons) which blatantly outclass most URs at low level. This is a valid point that Dy nasty made a while ago and no one disputed, so I thought it was pretty much the opinion everyone had.
I'm sure a competent, experienced player can do with a wraith I what an uninitiated can't do with an eviscerator X, but if I see a low N7 PLUS low challenge points PLUS no consumables PLUS a lvl 1 UR, my way of looking at a loadout like that equals: either this guy is mimicking a build he saw online and just wants to outscore other players, or he doesn't understand how the weapon works and got baited by the UR classification into thinking he can deploy a PPR I, a CSMG I or LANCER I and rock with it.
I'm sure there's plenty of people who just have a gun or a rifle that just clicks with them, so they stick to it even when there's something with better stats, but the whole discussion was about making a snap judgement about players who join a gold/plat room.
I'm about to cut through my 1'000 hours clocked on this game, and if I'd get a free PSP for every time some guy featuring ONLY COD/MW games in his profile joined with a Destroyer/GI/SI/Geth Soldier/Fury/Valkyrie, trying to missile glitch, shooting only at targets with one slot of health/armour left, or last but not the least hiding in a corner and sniping during an objective wave, by now I would have a maxed out manifest.
I'd rather join a group of "noobs" who come equipped with consumables and high level characters even if we get wiped at the 6th wave, than stick to a bunch of Turian infiltrators with Harriers who will also get wiped at the 6th wave because hey, who needs to use missiles and medigels.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
I just got kicked from a game after we bombed out on Wave 6 (Gold).
I was really wanting to discover an effective way to play my Asarii Vanguard and a Batarian Gauntlet. Turns out she sucks.
I probably deserved to get booted.
I was really wanting to discover an effective way to play my Asarii Vanguard and a Batarian Gauntlet. Turns out she sucks.
I probably deserved to get booted.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Krogan Warlord, Cerberus Gold, Firebase Glacier Hazard.
Lagged like shit, yet still the easiest gold match I've ever had. Phantoms are fucking nothing, moreso if you've got a biotic on the team setting shit up for biotic hammer explosions.
In fact there were only two real threats: engineer turrets, because hammering them with lag was a pain in the arse (I've always found turrets are rough to deal with when lagging). And mechs, but only because they can instant kill.
Everything else was pretty much *hammer, hammer, charge biotics, hammer, hammer, charge biotics, etc*. You'd cut through groups of phantoms and dragoons without even knowing what's going on. Nothing but purple explosions.
Lagged like shit, yet still the easiest gold match I've ever had. Phantoms are fucking nothing, moreso if you've got a biotic on the team setting shit up for biotic hammer explosions.
In fact there were only two real threats: engineer turrets, because hammering them with lag was a pain in the arse (I've always found turrets are rough to deal with when lagging). And mechs, but only because they can instant kill.
Everything else was pretty much *hammer, hammer, charge biotics, hammer, hammer, charge biotics, etc*. You'd cut through groups of phantoms and dragoons without even knowing what's going on. Nothing but purple explosions.
I see what you did there
Ok, I get where you come from but the reason I put the UR lvl 1 in there stems from the fact that there's plenty of rare weapons (and some uncommons) which blatantly outclass most URs at low level. This is a valid point that Dy nasty made a while ago and no one disputed, so I thought it was pretty much the opinion everyone had.
I'm sure a competent, experienced player can do with a wraith I what an uninitiated can't do with an eviscerator X, but if I see a low N7 PLUS low challenge points PLUS no consumables PLUS a lvl 1 UR, my way of looking at a loadout like that equals: either this guy is mimicking a build he saw online and just wants to outscore other players, or he doesn't understand how the weapon works and got baited by the UR classification into thinking he can deploy a PPR I, a CSMG I or LANCER I and rock with it.
I'm sure there's plenty of people who just have a gun or a rifle that just clicks with them, so they stick to it even when there's something with better stats, but the whole discussion was about making a snap judgement about players who join a gold/plat room.
I'm about to cut through my 1'000 hours clocked on this game, and if I'd get a free PSP for every time some guy featuring ONLY COD/MW games in his profile joined with a Destroyer/GI/SI/Geth Soldier/Fury/Valkyrie, trying to missile glitch, shooting only at targets with one slot of health/armour left, or last but not the least hiding in a corner and sniping during an objective wave, by now I would have a maxed out manifest.
I'd rather join a group of "noobs" who come equipped with consumables and high level characters even if we get wiped at the 6th wave, than stick to a bunch of Turian infiltrators with Harriers who will also get wiped at the 6th wave because hey, who needs to use missiles and medigels.
Yeah, I never considered that someone might be imitating a cool build they saw on someone else, which would probably be bad.
StUnNeR H2K
Member
Balance changes... lots of them.
Phat Michael
Banned
man that repair matrix got hit hard. the merc looks nicer now. hope the AIU is still playable.
Phat Michael
Banned
also they need to increase drop rates for URs. after the recent new kits the drop rate has fallen back to utter shit. level iv consumables all day.
I don't mind the Matrix nerfs much since i mostly use that power for a free revive, but the melee nerfs sucks. I just promoted Infiltrators just so i can make a build around melee dammit. Guess i'll use my new respec card to change that...
Also, i guess Operations are really over if the N7 weapons are now ultra-rares.
Also, i guess Operations are really over if the N7 weapons are now ultra-rares.
StUnNeR H2K
Member
Doubt it, but I'm sure it will end eventually since they can't support it forever. Want to give everyone a chance to get to X, but probably won't be possible if they stop challenges in a couple months.
Considering my shitty luck with URs, i'd probably have a better chance at getting rank X with all my remaining N7 weapons through operations than from 99k credits packs.
StUnNeR H2K
Member
I think the end of the challenges is near, but I don't think they are done.
Hopefully they have a few more challenges like this last weekend, and maybe offer multiple packs. Who knows maybe they are throwing all the UR's into the mix now. A pack with any UR would be nice.
Phat Michael
Banned
I wish the arsenal packs actually did what they claim - provide a higher chance at weapons. seriously, its SUCH bullshit. if PSP's give a 1/10 chance, these should be 1/5 for UR weapons.
I hate spending 500K on Arsenal packs and only end up with Level IV consumables.
I got everything maxed out except UR's and the collector character.
I hate spending 500K on Arsenal packs and only end up with Level IV consumables.
I got everything maxed out except UR's and the collector character.
I feel like, since they patched the system to include automatic weekend operations, after a certain point the challenges will become generic, like Halo Weekly/Daily challenges.
I went to the N7 Page and I found that there's only been 35 challenges so, with Lodestar's additional gift pack, a person who's done all of the challenges cannot even max out the original 4 Promotional Weapons, let alone all 5.
I'm super happy about this. I've been running a 6/0/6/6/6 build for the Merc (or whatever it is to spec out of Concussion Arrows) so I don't need to respec him at all to enjoy the perks of the buffs.
