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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 18, 2016 10:11:31 GMT
Nothing wrong with that. Others need a difficulty to test their builds, others want to relax with an easy Gold game. For me, it's the challenge that keeps me going, so I can't live without Platinum's bustle.
To each his own.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 17, 2016 2:10:06 GMT
Thank you. And do not worry at all. Life's harsh, video games are not. Constructive criticism is a way to move forward. Now, Adrenaline Rush is a defensive mechanism for higher difficulties and the Avenger is there mostly for nostalgic reasons, plus I love it's sound. It's Dps sucks, but all I need is a fast, light and accurate spray and pray weapon. Lancer is a reliable choice, but I'm not using an Acolyte, Reegar (oh dear God) or the annoying Adas for that matter, I need to push CC to it's limits. I did a Platinum duo with I_Never_Extract long ago. We were both using Avengers and Cryo ammo, but because we believe mixing things up gives us better results, I was using the Damage+Shatter+Hammer evolutions on CC. I skipped the Dot therefore I did not stack it, but the damage I was dealing especially vs Barriers with Cryo ammo was extraordinary. I have used the build on another occasion, Platinum again. There was this strange team (I have met them twice) hosting a Sanctum match. A Paladin, a Shadow and a Juggernaut. You get the idea. Best weapon present was my Avenger, I assure you. We successfully defended the small room on the upper level, a different and funny game with pugs - that does not happen very often. Of course it will lag in terms of raw damage, keep in mind it's Concussive shot we're talking about. All in all, it's an alternative way to play the Hsol. Plus a pretty solid way for new players to start the game. I wish I had more CC spammers as teammates than dead ones using the Reegar. Make your adjustments if you want - it's not a one-way road - and definitely up the difficulty.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 15, 2016 17:23:35 GMT
Easy. Instead of weapons, you deal all the damage through Concussive Shot. It actually works, but it can be quite tricky on Platinum. The CC build can be specced in many ways, you'll hear many opinions, all of them are good. Here's my line of thought with the HSol: I NEVER, EVER, ever spec out of Adrenaline Rush. Period. Choose Hardening, because you'll be getting a lot more exposure, always Short Duration and the Shields evolution. This will keep you in the game if you accidentally get shot by DOT missiles. Use Rush to cancel the bees out. Never leave your house without your keys and your Frags. In this particular build, I like to stack the Dot so I go for Bleed damage. Armor or Shields, it up to you. Both really useful. For the Concussive shot I choose Damage (though Radius has to be paired with the "Hammer" evo for maximum effective zone), and Shredder will get you a pretty fine DOT vs Organics. Always remember to specc into "Shatter". The idea is to equip Disruptor or Cryo, and with a light rapid fire weapon spread the ammo effect to your enemies. Then quickly spam CC. Throw a Frag to add more Dot to the party. Disruptor guarantees a million Tech Bursts, while Cryo doubles the damage of Concussive Shot (Shatter). I'm in fond of Incendiary rounds for CC. Here's an example: buildTurians are also welcome. Give it a try with friends, it's super fun.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 15, 2016 0:23:03 GMT
Lets wait for Mission_Scrubbed to report here. Oh, you. We do need to grab more games together. If I wanted to be tanky I'd play a turian, krogan or batarian. They can keep their DR up 24/7, HSol can't. Lol, I have murdered lots of these kits you mentioned - anyone who I didn't like, actually. I just blocked their pathway with my body, they got panicked , tried to run through the Banshees, big red letters on the scoreboard. Loltanks they said. Anyway, the only Turian I can respect is the TSol. But he's got a damn fat ass and that's not very sexy when you are alone with a tall rabid lady and you need the moves. Quarian has Marksman too, but he lacks a stagger power - a major plus on any kit - so he's down for the count. You can't even kill a Phantom on host without a stagger power. Let alone Marksman is not designed for close-range encounters. The point is, Hardening of course is not Tech Armor, noone says it is, it is just an add-to-cart helpful feature. Along with instant reload, damage, shields, or free skill (BF3). There's not another power in the whole game like Adrenaline Rush. Pair it with a dependable stagger power like Concussive shot and awesome staggerthefuckoutofgoons Frags, and HSol has it all. Interesting question. I only play this kit as a level one, it is too OP after that. Hardening on Male due to Concussive Shot build and Damage to Female due to weapons build. Both have shield boost. Exactly my builds. @ BinaryHelix On my weapons build I go for damage, because I can easily manage with 4 people in-game. Also, I like HSol Javelin a lot, so I don't really take huge amounts of damage. On the BF3 HSol I have decided to repress my self-preservation instinct and sacrifice every single bit of defense, but the results are terrifying. Here's Damage AR vs a full Possessed Platinum Scion: In conclusion: Adrenaline will be nothing more of an extension to your own gameplay. If you want to be a topscoring oldie-but-Goldie serial killer or a Teamplayer and survivor, it's just a click away.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 12, 2016 21:15:55 GMT
Besides rage-gels, there are shame-gels and reloadcancel-gels. What's the protocol on those?
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 12, 2016 20:56:54 GMT
Cain mines were intended to be used as booby traps that would gib any mook that tripped them and are currently functional in that role. Yes. Instead they are not gibbing only mooks, they are nuking entire Platinum spawns. Like a fcking Rocket launcher. And they replenish. Like, this was a good idea. Stickies could absolutely act as booby traps. Simply buff 100% the radius evolution and the timer to about a minute (not 15 lolseconds) on 6B. And we already had it. Anyway, this is a good thread and we should not waste it trying to find a "role" for every crap Biovar has stuffed in this game. If we're arguing about how useful the Reegar, Acolyte and Cain Mines are after witnessing ourselves how they altered this game's character, I don't know what else to say.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 12, 2016 10:11:05 GMT
I think Cain mines would like to have a word with you regarding that Anyways, powers like "lol Iwin cloak" are obviously designed for pro-mode : lolSP, but were not properly balanced for MP. The Cain Mine problem is easy to solve, just Krysae the damage and everything is set. But Cloak is a mess. I wonder who's the genius that thought the huge damage buff should extend to all sources, windows, FREE powers and minimum cool-downs. Gimme a break. Also I disagree with you about the weapons.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 11, 2016 21:52:56 GMT
Netcode and balancing are top priorities. I'd like to see classes play a different role other than killing stuff. Say, Engineers can strip shields and disable a device at half the time any other class would. Fix "Biotic Charge and die" bug. Remove already the Cloak's huge ass damage bonus and make Infiltrators stealthy and efficient operators. Make it so in a public game, all classes would be needed.
I'd change a lot. I hope ME:A gets it better.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 11, 2016 21:19:43 GMT
Harrier is fine on Platinum. But still not fine on something like TGI. +1. Harrier can not hide it's ammo deficiency on Platinum. Tactical cloak is the root of all evil and it is by far the worst designed power, Reegar on the other hand is the reason RPG is dead in this game. If there's something similar in ME:A, they can shove it where the sun don't shine.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 10, 2016 19:40:42 GMT
Uh, you don't know what you are missing. Good scenery, lots of tough battles, panic, chaos, rocket fcking laucher during second winds, awesome music, nagging sniper rifles, humor and cool characters. 4 player difficulty mod (a must) + a good teammate + Hyperion Circle of Slaughter + headphones on full blast = lifetime gaming experience. The third one, minus Athena, was horrible. Same thing over and over.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 10, 2016 9:31:51 GMT
TheeScrub (good, our numbers are growing).
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 10, 2016 9:05:02 GMT
All I know is what I have learned the past 4 years. When ME3mp needed a refresh after the successful Earth Dlc, instead of new maps and mechanics everyone was asking for, they decided to drown the game with their stupidity wrong decisions. In the end the game was left totally unbalanced -much like EAware. Just yesterday I landed in a beginner's lobby, but I stayed for a while, for science. Ten people joined and left, nine of them had a fucking Reegar. Can you believe it? I mean, why bother creating a whole game and then piss on it.
Biovar likes to follow the same patterns. And without BSN, they will sure lack the pressure they had from the community. That concerns me the most. My impression is that ME:A is going to start out great, then it will be reduced to a boring Reegar-like shit, repetitive chore.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 8, 2016 3:18:02 GMT
just never use the reegar thing and you should be fine This. So much this. I've seen some of them sporting Sniper and Assault rifles, much more interesting to say the least.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 8, 2016 2:16:45 GMT
The issue here is how the equipment is balanced, they all go the lazy 10,20,30% routine -which does not apply everywhere. 30% off the Revenant's (or Incisor's) kick is not even noticable, Targeting VIs are poor man's amps and all the mentioned above won't help you in tough situations.
Unless full fitness Drells or a similar runners, Cyclonics IV are a riotch biotch's priviledge.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 7, 2016 17:34:19 GMT
I must say I like the new boards, lots of options and I'm sure new faces will join when Andromeda hits the selves. I also have faith in the moderators, we all know them and most importantly, they are gamers like the rest of us.
Speaking for myself, the best thing is I don't have to suffer Prime's mods poor attempts at proper moderation.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 6, 2016 23:18:29 GMT
loluncommons. I joined a Gold lobby about 2 weeks ago, two of them were doing a Katana cosplay. "Ok" I said, "why not" and changed my weapon to Katana too. I can say it was fun until a Reegar chimpanzee appeared and ruined the entire game. Of course I do not blame the monkey, it has no brain and it will take whatever it is given. I want to use other weapons than the Claymore in my games, but I can't.
Your pug experience may be different from mine, but this game is too fcked up to be enjoyable.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 5, 2016 21:35:03 GMT
My last game was weird. I mean, when you see a N7 9 pug hosting a Collectors Platinum game, what do you do? You leave the lobby of course, and keep your sanity intact. Well, this time me and some other pugs (I've never met them before) decide to take on the challenge. The team was a Claymore HSol (duh), a Claymore EDI, a Typhoon TSol (with cryo ammo, MM and Concussive) and our host, an Avenger HSol. I believed the host would drop out after kicking the bucket a couple of times, but to my surprise he didn't. I even saw him throw a Frag once. A true action movie with lots of explosions, Frags, running, gunning and rescuing the new guy. And the best thing is we all made it home. Good game, team.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 5, 2016 20:43:54 GMT
Spend 1 point on any grenade (in SP they suck anyway) --> Map the button --> throw the nade --> Profit.
Reload-canceling the Claymore + Adrenaline's time dilation was pure dope. Mind that Claymore was 50% stronger over the most powerful Sniper Rifle (that would be the Widow).
...Why SP though? Want to relive the magic ME3 was?
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 2, 2016 0:38:55 GMT
Met a lot of good people today. I joined srgtcolon's lobby along with QuantizedN7. Thank the Gods for that heatsink on the Javelin, it was a last second move, I was thinking "What if we get Hazard Dagger?" In-game, the team was very potent and we destroyed everything - guns and powers only. Later on I joined Darth Volus in a Platinum Geth game. He's a totally cool guy, and we did send the toasters back to the Terminus systems where they belong. Do we know anything about aaenuel? He meleed back and most importantly, he had specced out of Lamer (instant like) and he carried Piranha and Javelin, a very deadly close range-long range combination. Kudos, sir.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Sept 2, 2016 0:04:39 GMT
My wraith laughs at your High Lord! I bet mine's bigger. By the way, "OhShit!" moment #1.984.327
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Aug 31, 2016 23:49:16 GMT
Awesome pics. On the first game (the GI run) I'm sure it wasn't Medigel Transmitter, because we got buried under Brutes and Atlases and I was half on my medical supplies. SalMasRace is right though, thanks for reviving my @ss numerous times. Great games. edit: Zero Medigels? Jesus man, I thought not getting up on the exctraction wave was you being stubborn. edit 2: The gear was Thermal Clip Storage if I'm not mistaken. Did I win?
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Aug 31, 2016 23:23:02 GMT
Met another bro today. Too bad you were lagging, that sucked. Say, nice colours on your HSol.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Aug 31, 2016 22:05:15 GMT
Origin pls. Got invitation from Sihmm to play an all Saber game and Mission_Scrubbed was there and stupid Origin crapped itself out 20 seconds in Sihmm had talent and he plays the Fury without the lolcolyte, which I can only respect. Collectors are boring, confirmed. Dammit, we need to do this Saber thing again sometime.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Aug 30, 2016 22:22:55 GMT
A relaxing and enjoyable game indeed. Sorry I hogged all the grenades. Dzejkob, SenTurians don't need gunz to shine. Met filippopotame in Pugland too.
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Aug 30, 2016 1:00:50 GMT
Ok, I'm finishing Neon Genesis Evangelion and I still don't know if this was a mistake or not. However, women voices own in this anime.
My best to 3 anime would be:
1) Psycho Pass season 1 (Social and crowd control - I'm a sucker for those scenarios) 2) Planetes (really high quality anime) 3) Black Lagoon season 1(action, lovable characters)
Honorable mention to Code Geass, Boku dake ga Inai Machi and the 80's Appleseed.
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