Mass Effect 3

Meesared · 10-04-2012 1:25pm

Me a bit actually, but i do actually have valid reasons for it

AnCapaillMor · 10-04-2012 1:37pm

Was playig it last night and some dude must've had the headset on his 2 year old daughter, it was hilarious for the first 5 minutes.

SeantheMan · 10-04-2012 1:48pm

Meesared wrote: »

Me a bit actually, but i do actually have valid reasons for it

Fair enough, I understand that people may have bad english, or speech impediments. But most people on here, especially if you find a good community won't be bothered with it as such.
And once you can get over your initial "fear" or hesitation, gaming with friends and others whilst communicating is a much more enjoyable experience.

Meesared · 10-04-2012 2:01pm

I'm happy enough to play with friends who know and are cool with it, but i don't normally talk in the public chat.

Zillah · 10-04-2012 5:17pm

FutureGuy wrote: »

When I see a vanguard on Silver/Gold, I kick. Kick hard.

Gold, sure, but a competant Vanguard can be very effective in Silver.

Jilm · 10-04-2012 6:11pm

The Resurgence DLC is available for download :pac:

degrassinoel · 10-04-2012 6:16pm

Zillah wrote: »

Gold, sure, but a competant Vanguard can be very effective in Silver.

i hate playing alongside a vanguard on gold... most of them are just terribad!
That said, i did come across one who played defensively, using biotic charge when his shield dropped and nova to stun, while he legged back into cover to fire his weapon. He did pretty well in score too.

Patser · 10-04-2012 7:02pm

FutureGuy wrote: »

When I see a vanguard on Silver/Gold, I kick. Kick hard.

Ohhh! Bugger! Still fairly new to Multiplayer and was having great fun with my Vanguard - no wonder when I stepped up to Silver I kept getting kicked.

To be fair I made the same mistake you're all giving out about - biotic charge + nova a bunch of enemies then realise they're all still standing and laughing at me. But I did learn quickly to hang back with my team, fire a good few shots into the enemies and only go for a biotic when they're isolated, very weakened or to get the hell away from something big that's chasing me. Nothing gets you away from a brute better then biotic charging a husk half a map away:P

Kiith · 10-04-2012 7:19pm

Just played an excellent game of Silver on Firebase Hydra. Really enjoyable map, and one i definitely see myself playing more of.

Gbear · 10-04-2012 7:44pm

Just downloading the DLC now.

I think a model whereby games have lots of free DLC only available to people who have authentic non-pirated versions of the game could be the way forward. Rather than punishing everyone for the piracy it incentivises honesty.

Read an interesting article in Scientific American recently talking about "friction" in modern society. Things like needing a credit card to buy "From Ashes" are friction that prevent the likes of me buying it. There was hardly any friction at all to me getting this DLC. That it's free isn't really relevant to me.

If you could just text them or buy it using your smart phone (which I don't have) it'd be 5 quid, as opposed to 5 quid + hassle.

danthefan · 10-04-2012 8:27pm

What is the DLC, just downloaded it too.

Zillah · 10-04-2012 9:36pm

Patser wrote: »

Ohhh! Bugger! Still fairly new to Multiplayer and was having great fun with my Vanguard - no wonder when I stepped up to Silver I kept getting kicked.

To be fair I made the same mistake you're all giving out about - biotic charge + nova a bunch of enemies then realise they're all still standing and laughing at me. But I did learn quickly to hang back with my team, fire a good few shots into the enemies and only go for a biotic when they're isolated, very weakened or to get the hell away from something big that's chasing me. Nothing gets you away from a brute better then biotic charging a husk half a map away:P

Bah. Cowards. If it can't kill you with an instant animation then you should be hitting it with your face. Half-nova so you don't lose all your shields, +200% recharge and you just charge/nova/charge/nova all the live long day. Granted most people just die horribly trying this, and you need a good connection for it to work properly, as even a small delay on the charge will get you killed, but it's glorious when it works. Perfectly doable on silver, and I've been told that really really good Vanguard can do it on Gold.

If you're getting kicked as a Vanguard it might be because they see you kitting out wrong. If you have anything that will drag your recharge below +150% it is dumb. I just use a phalanx pistol, and rarely fire it at that. If you want to fire from cover, pick a different class.

EDIT: Batarian Soldier is hilarious. I just killed a Brute by letting it hit me.

ShiverinEskimo · 10-04-2012 10:30pm

After waiting over a week for the update and scouring my local gaming outlets for Mass Effect 2 to no avail I just started playing the game fresh.

Farewell my old Shephard, we had some good times. Sniff.

Burning Eclipse · 11-04-2012 1:00pm

FutureGuy wrote: »

When I see a vanguard on Silver/Gold, I kick. Kick hard.

Absolutely killing Geth Gold with my brother, fellow boarsie Burning Eclipse and any fourth player that has an idea of what we need to do. It's a bit boring at times as you are almost never in danger, but 75000 gold for 30 minutes ain't bad at all!

Indeed. Myself and Jim had a great session last night. We 3 man'd gold all the way to level 10 (but failed)... Stupid 4th man just gave up and leeched off us.

I'd also like to step in here and say not all vanguards are bad, just Human ones

For farming credits, I use my Salarian Engineer, but for fun, I use my Asari Vanguard all day long. Stasis bubble is the best power in all of multiplayer (imo). I don't use lift grenades unless it's for the lulz and I only charge if my shields go down. I'm spec'd to do as much damage as possible from headshots, and my Stasis bubble + Carnifex make that happen.

I should say, if I had an Asari Adept, that would obviously be first choice... Stasis, Warp and Throw... What a brilliant combination.

Actually, question for you all, if you could spec any class pick 3 powers what would they be?

Gbear · 11-04-2012 1:16pm

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

Actually, question for you all, if you could spec any class pick 3 powers what would they be?

Marksman
Energy Drain
Tech Armour

Add a Revenant X and you'd be a nigh indestructable, infinitely accurate space monster.

noodler · 11-04-2012 1:18pm

Gbear wrote: »

Marksman
Energy Drain
Tech Armour

Add a Revenant X and you'd be a nigh indestructable, infinitely accurate space monster.

I am level 18 and a Quarian Infiltrator.

I assume my powers will never chnage until I pick another class?

Burning Eclipse · 11-04-2012 2:15pm

Gbear wrote: »

Marksman
Energy Drain
Tech Armour

Add a Revenant X and you'd be a nigh indestructable, infinitely accurate space monster.

Nice, I'm also a big fan of Energy Drain... Saved my ass so many times on Gold.

noodler wrote: »

I am level 18 and a Quarian Infiltrator.

I assume my powers will never chnage until I pick another class?

Nope, you'll have to change class to get different powers...

noodler · 11-04-2012 2:16pm

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

Nope, you'll have to change class to get different powers...

Second question, my shotgun is too weak. At what stage (in my current class) will I ever get a new one (only have one atm) or a mod to increase damage?

Burning Eclipse · 11-04-2012 2:26pm

noodler wrote: »

Second question, my shotgun is too weak. At what stage (in my current class) will I ever get a new one (only have one atm) or a mod to increase damage?

You'll have to hope to get them from the packs you can buy in the store. If you want really good guns, you'll need to save hard (or play on gold) for the spectre packs which cost 60,000 credits.

Kiith · 11-04-2012 2:34pm

Going to play a ton of games later if anyone is on. Want to get myself a Geth character.

AnCapaillMor · 11-04-2012 2:45pm

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

You'll have to hope to get them from the packs you can buy in the store. If you want really good guns, you'll need to save hard (or play on gold) for the spectre packs which cost 60,000 credits.

Yeah i'm going to have to stop buying the crap ass packs and hold off and pick up spectre packs instead, got the avenger X and katana IX but no other weapons about 30 odd cobra launchers and 50 odd ammo kits. Really want that geth shotgun, everyone seems to have it and does well with it.

Burning Eclipse · 11-04-2012 2:49pm

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Yeah i'm going to have to stop buying the crap ass packs and hold off and pick up spectre packs instead, got the avenger X and katana IX but no other weapons about 30 odd cobra launchers and 50 odd ammo kits. Really want that geth shotgun, everyone seems to have it and does well with it.

Indeed I have the Geth Plasma Shotgun II myself, it's pretty beastly. I don't use it with anyone other than my Salarian Engineer though.

Think the next class I get to 20 will be the Turian Soldier. I've got an M-98 Widow and the Striker Assault Rifle – a Krogan rifle with explosive rounds

Sorted for most situations!

Zillah · 11-04-2012 2:52pm

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

I'd also like to step in here and say not all vanguards are bad, just Human ones

The exact opposite of this is true.

Kiith · 11-04-2012 2:53pm

I've been waiting for the Geth Pulse rifle for flippin ages now. Really annoying to constantly get pistols in my packs, when i almost never use them.

Burning Eclipse · 11-04-2012 3:00pm

Zillah wrote: »

The exact opposite of this is true.

I was being a little facetious there, but I'll not hear a bad word against Asari Vanguards... Any class with Stasis is a winner

Gbear · 11-04-2012 3:06pm

Kiith wrote: »

I've been waiting for the Geth Pulse rifle for flippin ages now. Really annoying to constantly get pistols in my packs, when i almost never use them.

I find them really boring. I've got a GPR 2 and it does very little damage indeed. You really need cryo or fire rounds.

Pity there's no explosive rounds like in ME.
I was doing a quick run through with my first ever Femshep (paragade) so I can import her to ME2 and eventually ME3.

One thing I don't like about the series is that there's not much nuance with Renegade or Paragon. Renegade might be shooting some fella in the face you're going to have to kill anyway - not really all that bad - but also, you're a "renegade" if you act like a total asshole to everyone and kill innocents.
There's "renegade" and there's "evil".

Shiminay · 11-04-2012 3:15pm

Anyone looking for a bitta multiplayer - feel free to befriend me - Shiminay is my Origin nick. I like the new DLC, I really like the multiplayer over all for this.

In terms of the single player, I'm close to the end and am just moshing my way through

London

now.

Zillah · 11-04-2012 4:40pm

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

I was being a little facetious there, but I'll not hear a bad word against Asari Vanguards... Any class with Stasis is a winner

I'm not saying they're no fun, but without nova the other vanguards simply lack the killing power. The Drell has paper shields and dies at the drop of a hat, and the Asari only has stasis going for her, in which case you should go for the Asari Adept and remain useful.

There are always comedy builds and gimic setups of course, Asari Adept sniper is one of my favourites for silver.

noodler · 11-04-2012 4:53pm

Does race matter?

All I have is Quarian and human!

FutureGuy · 11-04-2012 4:59pm

Team Burning Eclipse Destraudo Futureguy* is now accepting applications for the positions of Junior Salarian Engineer and Assistant Quarian Infiltrator. These positions are required for the Synthetic Midas Agricultural project.

Applicants must possess excellent spacial awareness, strong communication skills (personal mic a necessity) and a keen ability to use their powers while in a high pressure environment.

Candidates must have at least 3 weeks of Silver level Geth experience. Melee skills are an advantage.

An excellent renumeration package is on offer to the successful applicants. An initial salary of 60,000 gold per round is offered, increasing to 75,000 gold per round based on performance.

All applications can be sent via e-mail to Krang, Krogan Battlemaster and head of Human Resources.

*Team Burning Eclipse Destraudo Futureguy is a Forbes 500 company and an equal opportunity employer (except humans, turians, geth, batarian, asari, drell and krogan).

Kiith · 11-04-2012 4:59pm

noodler wrote: »

Does race matter?

All I have is Quarian and human!

Different races have different powers for the classes. You can unlock different race/class combo's with the packs. Usually from Spectre packs.

noodler · 11-04-2012 5:01pm

Kiith wrote: »

Different races have different powers for the classes. You can unlock different race/class combo's with the packs. Usually from Spectre packs.

I kind of dislike the way nothing is permanent!

I have no idea whether or not it is worth continuing to level up my human/quarian or move onto a new class!

Zillah · 11-04-2012 5:37pm

noodler wrote: »

I kind of dislike the way nothing is permanent!

I have no idea whether or not it is worth continuing to level up my human/quarian or move onto a new class!

In what way is nothing permanent?

noodler · 11-04-2012 5:59pm

Zillah wrote: »

In what way is nothing permanent?

The stuff in the packs seem to be the only way I can boost my character's ability (obviously I am missing something) and they are only temporary - or for one battle.

Burning Eclipse · 11-04-2012 6:21pm

Zillah wrote: »

I'm not saying they're no fun, but without nova the other vanguards simply lack the killing power. The Drell has paper shields and dies at the drop of a hat, and the Asari only has stasis going for her, in which case you should go for the Asari Adept and remain useful.

There are always comedy builds and gimic setups of course, Asari Adept sniper is one of my favourites for silver.

Oh for sure, I'm only using the AV because I don't have the AA.

Was thinking I'd try out a Stasis Sniper build, could be fun. If only I had a Black Widow/Javelin... Am using a regular Widow at the moment.

@Tony... brilliant stuff

I reckon we could bring in a level 5 who was competent and we'd get the job done. No hyperbole!

Shiminay · 11-04-2012 6:58pm

I've got a Salarian Engineer (lvl 15 I think) that might fit the bill gentlemen...

Kiith · 11-04-2012 7:31pm

Got an Asari Justicar there. The defense field thing is pretty damn handy, but the other powers arent the best. Pull is only effective against unshielded targets, which is grand for a few rounds. Reave doesnt seem to affect Geth at all either, so i was pretty useless in my last 2 rounds. Fun overall though.

noodler wrote: »

The stuff in the packs seem to be the only way I can boost my character's ability (obviously I am missing something) and they are only temporary - or for one battle.

Yeah, the equipment packs are a one round bonus (Warp Ammo, faster run speed etc...) but your main abilities are your Powers. They'll be your bread and butter for most rounds.

Dave_The_Sheep · 11-04-2012 7:38pm

Is there a Boards.ie Origin group or anything? Wouldn't mind getting into a few games with ye, since ye seem to know more what you're doing than the randomers one tends to get lumped in with online.

Zillah · 11-04-2012 9:45pm

This is my Batarian Soldier:

I hope you like him. He likes you.

Zillah · 11-04-2012 9:47pm

Kiith wrote: »

Reave doesnt seem to affect Geth at all either

You need to buddy up with another biotic. Reave/Warp/Reave/Warp, for example, will result in an endless explosion pain train. Take turns going first if people care about score (the one going first gets the explosion kills).

Kiith · 11-04-2012 10:26pm

Zillah wrote: »

You need to buddy up with another biotic. Reave/Warp/Reave/Warp, for example, will result in an endless explosion pain train. Take turns going first if people care about score (the one going first gets the explosion kills).

Yeah, had a bit of a team up there for a silver. Was pretty damn good, except for the stupid Soldier that was with us who was convinced he was a Vanguard. Literally died at the very start of every single round. Was bloody annoying.

Enjoying the Justicar though. Not for kills or points, but they do seem to be great for support.

noodler · 11-04-2012 10:41pm

Gbear wrote: »

Just downloading the DLC now.

I think a model whereby games have lots of free DLC only available to people who have authentic non-pirated versions of the game could be the way forward. Rather than punishing everyone for the piracy it incentivises honesty.

Read an interesting article in Scientific American recently talking about "friction" in modern society. Things like needing a credit card to buy "From Ashes" are friction that prevent the likes of me buying it. There was hardly any friction at all to me getting this DLC. That it's free isn't really relevant to me.

If you could just text them or buy it using your smart phone (which I don't have) it'd be 5 quid, as opposed to 5 quid + hassle.

To be honest I only think this is free because they charged for From Ashes!

Its not a bad model for Multiplayer though - its nice having everybody with the same maps.

Played three games tonight but did quickmatch on Unknown map so didn't get to try the new maps.

I have been using a Quarian Infiltrator for a while, frag grenades on left, sabotage on right and cloak. Doing well.

Do new character (races) only become available as you level up? I am level 19 but theres only the humans an quarians to choose from - need a new character to keep it fresh.

BY THE WAY (BACK IN THE MAIN GAME)

Thessia just fell - Sad Face!

Getting a bit PO'd with the illusive man storyline - him being indoctoronated (if thats what it turns out to be) is so predictable.

Kiith · 12-04-2012 8:53am

noodler wrote: »

Do new character (races) only become available as you level up? I am level 19 but theres only the humans an quarians to choose from - need a new character to keep it fresh.

You need to unlock the races with the packs as well. Got an Asari Justicar in one yesterday.

Kirby · 12-04-2012 9:13am

I'm obviously the only person using a Sentinel round here so.:p

With 200% cooldown, you can just warp and throw combination yourself and don't have to rely on team mates for the explosions. Fast kills. This helps when playing with retards. I play with alot of retards.

maximoose · 12-04-2012 9:20am

Kirby wrote: »

This helps when playing with retards. I play with alot of retards.

I played about five games lastnight and gave up as I found myself playing with nothing but retards. Muppets ignoring the objective waves completely, trying to kill everything in sight and end up constantly needing reviving cuz they suck ass :mad:

Kiith · 12-04-2012 9:40am

I think the crazies were definitely out last night. Was really frustrating. Although saying that, i had a game where i just kept dying as well. Was playing as a Soldier, and wasn't doing anything crazy, but just seemed to die anytime i came under fire. Killed loads of enemies, but must have been annoying to constantly res me :P

Zillah · 12-04-2012 10:44am

noodler wrote: »

The stuff in the packs seem to be the only way I can boost my character's ability (obviously I am missing something) and they are only temporary - or for one battle.

Just in case you managed to miss something incredibly important:
You know you have a whole range of powers that need to be levelled up, right? And that you can select from loads of different weapons?

Burning Eclipse · 12-04-2012 10:52am

Kirby wrote: »

I'm obviously the only person using a Sentinel round here so.:p

With 200% cooldown, you can just warp and throw combination yourself and don't have to rely on team mates for the explosions. Fast kills. This helps when playing with retards. I play with alot of retards.

My first character was a Human Sentinel, found tech armor to be useless though but Warp/Throw is really great, and as of last night I've unlocked an Asari Adept, so I can add Stasis to that mix.

Did another few gold runs again last night. AA was my last unlock

maximoose · 12-04-2012 10:53am

Will be on tonight if anyone wants a few games, gamertag maxi ni

noodler · 12-04-2012 11:26am

Zillah wrote: »

Just in case you managed to miss something incredibly important:
You know you have a whole range of powers that need to be levelled up, right? And that you can select from loads of different weapons?

Ah I do!

I think its just that I have barely been getting any additional classes in my packs - are new classes only possible to get in the more expensive packs?

Mass Effect 3

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