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Mass Effect: Andromeda |OT| Ryders on the Storm
- Thread starter Blue Ninja
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Vanguard is actually good on insanity in ME2 once you have every biotic cooldown upgrade / item you can get your hands on (and a sniper or assault rifle to deal with ranged enemies) - just like in ME3, a full shield heal on a short cooldown is really strong. It's a bit rough in the early game, though.
It's my favorite class to play on that setting, actually, as it's powerful and satisfying without being totally broken like it is in ME3. You can't just charge into a group of enemies without getting mowed down, but you can zip around the edges of the battlefield erasing them (you still stagger them even through armor or shields, which is enough to kill nearly everything with a shotgun + melee - and then you can charge someone else to heal the damage you've taken).
DeadlyParasite
Member
Not much longer. 2 or 3 main missions if I remember correctly. It'll tell you when the point of no-return is.
Related question: I haven't done that mission yet, but I'd vaguely prefer to do it before visiting my last settlement world - will it make sense, narratively, to do that planet after
"Hunting the Archon."
Freeman76
Member
They did one and didnt make any waves about the shit performance.
It doesn't matter because the last missions don't take place on that world. Past this point the colonization story line becomes separated from the kett storyline.
Thanks! I actually ran into the Bio Converter glitch. Was swearing up and down at my console wondering where the hell the augment was until I looked it up and found the shield sensor fix. That was slightly infuriating.
Durrzerker
Banned
For sure! And oh, don't forget the Kett Carfalon sword to suck up the health you lose with the bio-converter.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Do you get anything specific for getting a colony to 100%?
you get something for getting all of them to 100. it's not great, but pretty funny
Your gif was awesome. Using the Vanguard profile for this?
Durrzerker
Banned
Thanks! And yes. I was just showing off the gun there so I didn't use my abilities, but I run charge/nova/annihilation in the Vanguard profile.
OK, definitely didn't expect the thing that happens at the end of the Making an Impression quest on Eos.
Holy shit that was intense. Took me several attempts on Hardcore. Also it's kind of hilarious how the woman who you report to afterwards is just like "oh ok cool. Hey, at least you killed it so we don't need to worry. Ok thx bye." 
OK, definitely didn't expect the thing that happens at the end of the Making an Impression quest on Eos.Holy shit that was intense. Took me several attempts on Hardcore. Also it's kind of hilarious how the woman who you report to afterwards is just like "oh ok cool. Hey, at least you killed it so we don't need to worry. Ok thx bye."
it was a fun surprise on Eos. Then they went and put it everywhere
edgefusion
Member
About that:
It actually made me a little fuzzy inside, to have a planet called Ryder-1....then I backed out to the map to find it was still called Habitat-7. >.> GG Bioware.
Shadow Broker
Banned
Sigh.... yesterday I posted about me having to erase all my progress and start over because of crashing. I just got to the part on Eos where I'm supposed to scan 2 gliphs and interact with the console and it's not letting my interact with the console.
I'm restarting my PS4 now.
I'm restarting my PS4 now.
How exactly does annihilation work? You just turn it on and go about your business of charging/nova bombing while annihilation works passively in the background? Just wondering exactly how this loadout functions.
Durrzerker
Banned
Something like that. Basically, annihilation applies damage over time to everyone around you while making your power cooldowns 60% longer. The damage is minimal, but it's not the point.
By leveling it up you can make the cooldowns only 20% longer; with Nova, you're gonna take the option to spend shields instead of have a cooldown, so that's fine, and Biotic Charge's 75% cooldown talent makes it so fast you can charge-spam despite Annihilation being up.
So what's the point if the damage on Annihilation sucks? By talenting it, you get:
30% of your shields back on every kill (stacking with 25% from melee in vanguard profile, etc, other bonuses)
40% bonus to your shields in combat (from one of the biotic passive trees, I forget which, that gives you 40% more shields if enemies are under an 'active effect')
40% more damage to enemies (20% from Annihilation, 20% in Offensive Biotics as a bonus effect to having a biotic effect applied)
And finally, it's a primer for biotic combos, which can be triggered with, you guessed it, charge! So you can belly-bump anyone close to you for a biotic combo.
It's amazing. Here's a link to my full build, sorry for the weird image order but on my phone and it's hard to edit. All the necessary talents are here though: http://imgur.com/a/nadAC
When you activate Annihilation, it plops out a circle where enemies are affected by it and gives you a skill CD penalty. But you don't care about CD penalties when normal enemies can get oneshotted under Annihilation.
Kevin Shields
Member
Same for me but I read you can't do that unless you do the main quest first. It may not be bugged for you
yeah, that was some bullshit
they don't even update the description to mention the terraforming project
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Youlre at the wrong monolith. Go to the one next to the landing site first,
Durrzerker
Banned
It works for me, but the enemy has to be within annihilation's field of effect, which takes a second or two to apply.
brandonh83
Banned
This game gets so much better after Habitat 7 goddamn
I mean still problems just mostly on the technical side that I can sorta overlook but I'm digging the story and things going on. It's pretty low-key and not some epic heroes versus villains thing (yet) which I kinda like.
I mean still problems just mostly on the technical side that I can sorta overlook but I'm digging the story and things going on. It's pretty low-key and not some epic heroes versus villains thing (yet) which I kinda like.
Shadow Broker
Banned
Yeah, I was at the wrong one. Lol.. I felt like a dumbass when I realized it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I'm finally done with filling out passives. If I min maxed I'd put much more points into combat but I wanna mess around with profiles. So far set up 2 where I switch between backlash and singularity and planning to set up a 2nd tech ability after energy drain.
No need to feel like that it's Bioware's fault. Peebee should have triggered at the first one you arrive no matter which one it is. As much as SAM likes to talk he has doesn't give you a hint you're wrong either.
Yeah that's what I'm doing, I'm even waiting until the enemies turn purplish, yet nothing so far...
Durrzerker
Banned
Huh, weird. I wonder if I was mistaking it for applying to something else.
JeffG
Member
Thanks for the explaination. I have been using all wrong.
TheMan
Member
Ok, trying to solve a monolith on eos, having some trouble. I'm at the monolith near the kett base where you meet
the lone krogan after clearing all the bad guys and powering down the shields.
I've scanned both glyphs, but the console in the center remains inactive, "like all the others." Do I need to solve the other monolith towers before this one will work or am I missing something?
Just opened up the rest of Aya. Think I made the wrong decision on the previous mission, or it was at least balanced enough that either decision was going to have a downside.
Two things have surprised me so far:
- I'm actually enjoying the Angara. A worthy addition to the universe.
- Drack fills the shoes of Wrex and Grunt. As a group, and the level of interaction taken into account, the Tempest crew > Normandy crew....but the individuals of the Normandy can never be replaced. I obviously haven't played out all their arcs yet, and obviously the Normandy was across three games, so people like Joker, Chakwas, Adams et al stand out a bit more. The Tempest feels more like a collective, rather than a merry band of individuals.
I've come across a few nods to the OG games, but nothing regarding Shepard. Is it easily missed?
Two things have surprised me so far:
- I'm actually enjoying the Angara. A worthy addition to the universe.
- Drack fills the shoes of Wrex and Grunt. As a group, and the level of interaction taken into account, the Tempest crew > Normandy crew....but the individuals of the Normandy can never be replaced. I obviously haven't played out all their arcs yet, and obviously the Normandy was across three games, so people like Joker, Chakwas, Adams et al stand out a bit more. The Tempest feels more like a collective, rather than a merry band of individuals.
I've come across a few nods to the OG games, but nothing regarding Shepard. Is it easily missed?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
You need to go to the monolith nearest the landing site. Once you finished it the other monoliths will work, there's a reason but it's stupid and BW should feel bad about it.
TheMan
Member
thanks! I wasted a lot of time here...
I'm thinking it might have something to do with me choosing the Vortex talent that come with this skill which make people float... could be causing Charge to not produce combos for some reason, even though Lance works just fine. But i really don't want to respec again just to check lol.
digoutyoursoul
Member
The galaxy map is just a jarring experience for me and I loved it in the original trilogy, going from cluster to cluster, even planet to planet is monotonous in my opinion. Even the music, I can barely hear it at times, does it fade in and out for anyone else?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Anyone messed around with SMGs? With slow firing AR and Sniper I'm looking to replace my pistol with an SMG.
Awesome thanks. Been bored of my sniper building and yours looks fun as hell.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
I just saw this video
https://youtu.be/XB1vBEaDisI
And even though I am enjoying the game I can't deny that's it's absolutely crazy how things are this bad. It's shocking how much better it actually truly is in the previous games. Who the fuck at BioWare actually saw Sarah Ryder, Anderson with the huge eyes and overall just dead looking face and thought.... "yeah This looks fine"? Has it been confirmed that a different team at BioWare made this? Because it sure would explain some stuff. It's a shame though.
https://youtu.be/XB1vBEaDisI
And even though I am enjoying the game I can't deny that's it's absolutely crazy how things are this bad. It's shocking how much better it actually truly is in the previous games. Who the fuck at BioWare actually saw Sarah Ryder, Anderson with the huge eyes and overall just dead looking face and thought.... "yeah This looks fine"? Has it been confirmed that a different team at BioWare made this? Because it sure would explain some stuff. It's a shame though.
Awesome, thanks!
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
It was Bioware Montreal but from what I can tell the further into development it got the more Edmonton pitched in.
Even if it was a B Team you can be shore someone from Edmonton signed off on all of it. It's a Bioware game full fledged.
Even if it was a B Team you can be shore someone from Edmonton signed off on all of it. It's a Bioware game full fledged.