Mass Effect 3

Clover · 09-10-2012 10:13pm

foxerv1 wrote: »

Any trouble with the download? I keep getting an error around 98% saying it can't be downloaded

No trouble with the Mass Effect dlc but I did have trouble tonight downloading the Forza and Xcom demos from the Marketplace.

Kiith · 09-10-2012 11:11pm

Typical...i spend 100k credits on a chest and get 3 characters, none of which are from the last 2 dlc's

J. Marston · 09-10-2012 11:12pm

Volus's?! I might have to go give this another go.

FutureGuy · 10-10-2012 10:12am

Multiplayer 2.0

That's how I'm summing it up. An incredible (and still free) revision of the multiplayer system. They have injected months of life into the game. They fixed the bugs, added challenges and titles, created very clever new character classes and added 2 enemies which are designed to rethink their strategies. The geth bomber was badly needed.

No more farming on firebase white is a welcome addition. As someone that frequently farmed there, it detracted from the rest of the game and I simply got bored of it unless there were operations on during the weekend.

3 packs opened...got a Volus Adept AND a Volus Engineer

The Volus are Ultra Rares.

My brother and myself were wrecking Gold last night with 2 x Krogan Vanguards and a Volus Adept

FOR TUCHANKA!!!!

ibFoxer · 10-10-2012 10:20am

FutureGuy wrote: »

Multiplayer 2.0

That's how I'm summing it up. An incredible (and still free) revision of the multiplayer system. They have injected months of life into the game. They fixed the bugs, added challenges and titles, created very clever new character classes and added 2 enemies which are designed to rethink their strategies. The geth bomber was badly needed.

No more farming on firebase white is a welcome addition. As someone that frequently farmed there, it detracted from the rest of the game and I simply got bored of it unless there were operations on during the weekend.

3 packs opened...got a Volus Adept AND a Volus Engineer The Volus are Ultra Rares.

My brother and myself were wrecking Gold last night with 2 x Krogan Vanguards and a Volus Adept

FOR TUCHANKA!!!!

Definitely agree with that, I think this is going to being a lot of people back in who felt it got stale and samey. I can see this becoming an online staple for myself and my mates.

FutureGuy · 10-10-2012 10:31am

foxerv1 wrote: »

Definitely agree with that, I think this is going to being a lot of people back in who felt it got stale and samey. I can see this becoming an online staple for myself and my mates.

The one thing we noticed yesterday was that people were playing more like a team than before.

Regarding the Volus...(spoilering in case people want to discover for themselves)

The Volus are a pure support class. They cannot hide behind cover at all and so need to literally place themselves well whereever they are.

Their light melee is a cloak and their heavy melee is a shield bubble lol.

Just 150 health and 500 shields so if you get caught in a firefight you are goosed. But that's the point...the Volus are not fighters...they are not meant to be thrown in 1 vs 1 against enemies. They have guns as a last resort really. I'm using an Avenger X with them and nothing more.

I played the Volus Engineer last night for 3 games. The cloak allows you to be a battlefield medic without using one of your regular power slots. The Regen Shields is a lifesaver for all your squadmates, allowing them to stay longer in a fight. Finally, their Recon Mine is one of the coolest powers in the game. You plant it as recon tech and blow it up when you really need it!

Gunmonkey · 10-10-2012 10:36am

Opened 2 packs...2 Volus Engineers :rolleyes: . How many classes were added since there seems to be no new characters after the N7's in Sentinel and Vanguard?

ibFoxer · 10-10-2012 10:45am

FutureGuy wrote: »

foxerv1 wrote: »

Definitely agree with that, I think this is going to being a lot of people back in who felt it got stale and samey. I can see this becoming an online staple for myself and my mates.

The one thing we noticed yesterday was that people were playing more like a team than before

I only played two games, 1 silver, 1 gold, and I definitely noticed that although it was against the collectors both times so it might be necessitated by force, they are IMHO by far the toughest enemy.

degrassinoel · 10-10-2012 2:41pm

I gave up doing golds after a few collector runs, firebase dagger with the duststorm and collector hordes..

Those scions and the Starship Trooper Deaths are just NASTY! But they do look awesome

Managed to get the grenade challenges completed with my N7 engineer (and her 9 arc grenades)

Clover · 10-10-2012 3:46pm

The new dlc is now up on the PS3 store ( 385 meg download ).

Mr. K · 10-10-2012 4:42pm

Quite looking forward to getting back into ME3 after I finish RE6. It'd be cool if Bioware released some single player DLC about the Collectors. Have they confirmed any DLC beyond Omega?

Gunmonkey · 10-10-2012 4:58pm

No word, but was an odd reference in the Retaliation DLC announcements: "The Black Arks have arrived" or such signalling the Collectors, dont remember any mention of that phrase from ME2 so could be something. Would explain what happened to the Collectors during ME3

doubt the Reapers turned a billion strong galaxy spanning race into only 1 stations worth of Collectors, gotta eb more knocking round the galaxy somewhere.

GetInTheHole! · 10-10-2012 9:41pm

Folks..

I've just picked up ME3 on Xbox (having completed ME1 and 2).

Having put the purchase on the long finger for months - I've tried to avoid this thread because of spoliers etc.

I have heard though that there was issues with the original ending and there may have been DLC to correct it? Is this true?

Also is there much DLC that I should get at the very start?
Or does it make any difference when I download it?

(Really only interested in single player for now).

thanks

Gbear · 10-10-2012 9:47pm

GetInTheHole! wrote: »

Folks..

I've just picked up ME3 on Xbox (having completed ME1 and 2).

Having put the purchase on the long finger for months - I've tried to avoid this thread because of spoliers etc.

I have heard though that there was issues with the original ending and there may have been DLC to correct it? Is this true?

Also is there much DLC that I should get at the very start?
Or does it make any difference when I download it?

(Really only interested in single player for now).

thanks

The ending is still pretty **** but the multiplayer absolutely makes up for it. I held off playing online for a while but it's like crack once you start playing it.

The singleplayer game is also excellent over all - even if the dialogue is a bit **** on occasion the power and poignancy of the story is breathtaking at times.

Definitely get all the free DLC at the start - most of it is multiplayer but it's better to have it. I haven't gotten the paid DLC so I can't comment on how good they are but if they bundle them at some point I will.

FutureGuy · 11-10-2012 11:05am

GetInTheHole! wrote: »

Folks..

I've just picked up ME3 on Xbox (having completed ME1 and 2).

Having put the purchase on the long finger for months - I've tried to avoid this thread because of spoliers etc.

I have heard though that there was issues with the original ending and there may have been DLC to correct it? Is this true?

Also is there much DLC that I should get at the very start?
Or does it make any difference when I download it?

(Really only interested in single player for now).

thanks

The original ending was ok but lacked explanation. The new ending explains it better. I see the entirety of ME3 as the ending, not the last ten minutes.

Get the single player DLC From the Ashes from the start.

FutureGuy · 11-10-2012 11:07am

Anyhow, played another 3 hours of Gold with my brother. We both play Krogan Vanguards and were joined by a third Kroguard.

There is something very funny about 3 Krogan meleeing a Geth prime to death.

degrassinoel · 11-10-2012 11:19am

silly question, but does anyone know if there is a screenshot feature for me3 pc with origin, ye know like the one on steam?

Kiith · 11-10-2012 11:25am

Nope, no in built screenshot feature iirc. You can launch the game through Steam apparently, and use the Steam feature though.

degrassinoel · 11-10-2012 12:23pm

awesome, that'll work

degrassinoel · 11-10-2012 7:12pm

well, thats 345 hours i'll never get back..

kind of ashamed to be in the top 1% on the N7 leaderboard

http://social.bioware.com/n7hq/index.php?name=sprucelee76&platform=pc

Gbear · 11-10-2012 7:28pm

degrassinoel wrote: »

well, thats 345 hours i'll never get back..

kind of ashamed to be in the top 1% on the N7 leaderboard

http://social.bioware.com/n7hq/index.php?name=sprucelee76&platform=pc

Awesome. Top 8% me.

Kinda surprised. Obviously I'm still on the thick end of the bell curve there.

Only 65 hours played.:)

Has the latest patch fixed the vanguard bugs?

Cuz they're so fun to play but its a right pain in the arse when you have to leave 1/4 of games.

degrassinoel · 11-10-2012 7:31pm

giz a look at your profile Gbear. Not sure on the vanguards, tbh i just played two matches today and got one slightly different bug than i'm used to.

Charged a possessed abomination - it exploded in the massive boom - ME3 sound stopped for the entire duration of the match. Maybe it just deafened my vanguard lol

Kiith · 11-10-2012 11:03pm

Bought 3 premium chests tonight....and not a single new character.

This is bull****.

degrassinoel · 11-10-2012 11:08pm

the volus are ultra rare, good chance of getting them if you have most or all of the weapons already, otherwise you could be ages waiting to get one.

What packs are you buying? premium spectres?

Kiith · 11-10-2012 11:29pm

Yeah, premium spectre packs. I wouldnt mind if it was just a Volus character i was looking for, but i've no Geth, no N7, no Vorcha etc...so i should have at least gotten one of them.

degrassinoel · 11-10-2012 11:38pm

ye can get those from the 20k veteran packs too, and the 5k credits packs give you weapon & gear mods sometimes(non-consumable). Spectres and Premiums usually always give a rare, but it can an incredibly crap one like a consumable weapon mod instead of a weapon or character.

try getting a few veteran packs, they should pop the characters for you, they just have a really low chance for ultra rares.

Kiith · 11-10-2012 11:52pm

Bought 4 veteran packs there, but still none of the newer characters. I keep getting xp boosts for characters i already have, and weapons i don't like. Got the Harpoon gun earlier from a premium chest, and thought it would be brilliant. Boy oh boy was i wrong. I embarrassed myself in that round :P

Still though, really enjoying it again so i'm happy to wait it out.

degrassinoel · 11-10-2012 11:56pm

The Kishock harpoon gun, havent used it much myself but i didnt like it much either, it's an awkward weapon to use.

I tend to use the valiant sniper rifle, or the saber assault rifle when i'm sniping, that AR is insane! does almost as much damage as the widow with the right mods, and fires a lot faster

Gbear · 12-10-2012 3:52am

http://social.bioware.com/n7hq/home/overview/?name=Grogleberry&platform=pc

Nothing to write home about. I had most of the characters before the latest DLC - missing about 3 or 4 of the N7 ones and a few of the others from the previous DLC.

I spent loads of money on new PC bits so now I have nothing to buy new games with.

That's grand. Starcraft 2 and ME3 reward playing lots.:)

Kiith wrote: »

Bought 4 veteran packs there, but still none of the newer characters. I keep getting xp boosts for characters i already have, and weapons i don't like. Got the Harpoon gun earlier from a premium chest, and thought it would be brilliant. Boy oh boy was i wrong. I embarrassed myself in that round :P

Still though, really enjoying it again so i'm happy to wait it out.

The harpoon gun is a funny one. It's dead hard to use but it's super satisfying when you aim slightly above an enemy halfway across the map and get the head shot.
I think it's possibly the most powerful gun in the game when charged.

On balance it's pretty crap though. I don't really enjoy only using snipers anymore. The best one I have is a Viper 7 and that's alright because the big clip and rate of fire.

Kiith · 12-10-2012 8:44am

Gbear wrote: »

The harpoon gun is a funny one. It's dead hard to use but it's super satisfying when you aim slightly above an enemy halfway across the map and get the head shot.
I think it's possibly the most powerful gun in the game when charged.

On balance it's pretty crap though. I don't really enjoy only using snipers anymore. The best one I have is a Viper 7 and that's alright because the big clip and rate of fire.

Yeah, there were a couple of times when i got good shots and it was pretty satisfying, but overall i hated it. It's probably brilliant if you get good with it though. Sting with the N7 (Valiant?) sniper for now, and occasionally use the Widow.

Still playing as my Human Adept the most, with only a pistol. Constant biotic powers is great fun. Looking forward to trying some of the other characters though.

And god damn it, i want a Geth!! :P

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