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Post by leonbrass on May 28, 2017 20:35:50 GMT
Anyone try a pistols only load out in either single or multi-player?
I was thinking about this and came up with this untested build that might work:
Vanguard style play, with concussive shot, lift, charge
profiles: soldier, vanguard, or sentinal
armor customized - pathfinder "Deadeye" helmet (already built this, with 2 mod slots filled with the movement accuracy increase mods[cant remember the name])
-n7 chest piece: biotic power and reduced cool down; -angaran arms: accuracy mods; -kett legs: melee boost and incinerate option on aerial melee attack
maxed Pistol passive
maxed Combat Fitness
and the weapons:
Asari Sword
Carnifex - buffed for max damage (or Ushior)
Scorpion - scoped (because Explosions!)
Charger - because of high rate of fire
?? - the Talon shotty pistol, or the remnant Equalizer with electrical conduit
What do you think?
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Post by colfoley on May 28, 2017 20:37:29 GMT
I ran a mostly sentinel build with the hornet and carni in the game. Carni was scoped with a VHS.
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Post by leonbrass on May 28, 2017 20:47:11 GMT
Yeah, I love the Carnifex, scoped it once and used it as a "sniper" for a while myself. Once I discovered the accuracy improvement mods when moving, and with jump jets, I dumped the scope and even quit using aim - just run and gun. lol
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Post by ProbeAway on May 28, 2017 20:59:44 GMT
Get rid of the charger and use the hurricane. Same thing, but better.
Also I'd consider using the hornet as your 'all-purpose' gun.
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Post by leonbrass on May 28, 2017 21:13:00 GMT
ProbeAway Interesting idea. My concern after more thought is "architect! - oh s***" Now how would this work out against that beast.
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Post by ProbeAway on May 28, 2017 22:06:42 GMT
ProbeAway Interesting idea. My concern after more thought is "architect! - oh s***" Now how would this work out against that beast. The hornet is surprisingly accurate and is still useful against architects. However the ushior, the sidewinder or the carnifex would be a handy backup for boss enemies if you wanted a bit more punch. You can mod the ushior to have two shots per clip. |
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Post by lynx7386 on May 28, 2017 22:33:23 GMT
I might try something similar on my next play through. I've been wanting to build a character around alien weaponry- namely the angaran pistol/sniper and salarian pistol/shotgun. Not exactly sure how to go about it though.
Problem is I love playing from cover, and blind firing from cover, and that tends to work better with automatic weapons
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Post by plasmasnack on May 28, 2017 23:01:10 GMT
I might try something similar on my next play through. I've been wanting to build a character around alien weaponry- namely the angaran pistol/sniper and salarian pistol/shotgun. Not exactly sure how to go about it though. Problem is I love playing from cover, and blind firing from cover, and that tends to work better with automatic weapons I'd suggest the Eagle, Hurricane, or Equalizer. They are essentially submachine guns and fit your preferences. |
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Post by NRieh on May 28, 2017 23:02:12 GMT
Had Carniflex as the main weapon for my bio-tech\sentinel Ryder (single, normal). Not as good as ME3 Paladin, but still good enough and better than most pistols. Yet to see it on my MP (fuck the RNG!  ). |
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Post by kino on May 28, 2017 23:26:58 GMT
I ran a build that used the Eagle, Ushior and Hornet for a while that worked really, really well except for the ammo management part. I eventually crafted an Eagle with a vintage heat sink mod to get past that bottleneck.
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Post by Wulfram on May 28, 2017 23:30:08 GMT
ProbeAway Interesting idea. My concern after more thought is "architect! - oh s***" Now how would this work out against that beast. The hornet is surprisingly accurate and is still useful against architects. However the ushior, the sidewinder or the carnifex would be a handy backup for boss enemies if you wanted a bit more punch. You can mod the ushior to have two shots per clip. I ended up with 4 shots per clip for the Ushior. A pocket black widow was pretty handy. Eagle seemed pretty handy too. Though to be honest I didn't actually shoot all that much with my build. Mostly just the occasional snipe or shot to finish them off. |
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Post by ozzie on May 28, 2017 23:36:50 GMT
For me, nothing says Mass Effect quite like the Carnifex, my quintessential weapon of choice. Right from the moment Dr Spec-Op's uses it to gun down those idiots threatening his clinic on Omega in ME:2, it was my go-to weapon and pretty much remained until I got myself a Graal Spike Thrower in ME:3. In ME:A put a scope on that thing, it IS.. not is like, it IS a sniper rifle. Super long range, accurate, high powered, and it looks bad-ass, what's not to like?
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Post by lynx7386 on May 29, 2017 0:26:13 GMT
The hornet is surprisingly accurate and is still useful against architects. However the ushior, the sidewinder or the carnifex would be a handy backup for boss enemies if you wanted a bit more punch. You can mod the ushior to have two shots per clip. I ended up with 4 shots per clip for the Ushior. A pocket black widow was pretty handy. Eagle seemed pretty handy too. Though to be honest I didn't actually shoot all that much with my build. Mostly just the occasional snipe or shot to finish them off. How do you get so many extra shots for the ushior? Isnt it a one shot standard? |
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Post by ProbeAway on May 29, 2017 6:52:57 GMT
I ended up with 4 shots per clip for the Ushior. A pocket black widow was pretty handy. Eagle seemed pretty handy too. Though to be honest I didn't actually shoot all that much with my build. Mostly just the occasional snipe or shot to finish them off. How do you get so many extra shots for the ushior? Isnt it a one shot standard? I dunno about 4, but if you max the soldier profile then you can get the following clip size bonuses: 20% - pistols passive 20% - combat fitness passive 35% - soldier profile rank 6 96% (don't quote me on that) - magazine mod 100% - turbocharge rank 6b evolution That would get you a 271%/171% bonus with/without turbocharge. Depending on how the mechanics work, it might round up to four/three shots total. If you don't use the soldier passive or turbocharge then two shots is probably your max. |
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Post by Wulfram on May 29, 2017 9:39:34 GMT
I ended up with 4 shots per clip for the Ushior. A pocket black widow was pretty handy. Eagle seemed pretty handy too. Though to be honest I didn't actually shoot all that much with my build. Mostly just the occasional snipe or shot to finish them off. How do you get so many extra shots for the ushior? Isnt it a one shot standard? It seems to be two shots for me. Seems like it was a buff for MP, I guess it carried over into SP? |
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Post by leonbrass on May 29, 2017 15:58:37 GMT
Great Info gang. I have decided I will test out the build, substituting Hurricane for Charger, keeping the buffed Carnifex for slot 4 as a sniper, then do some testing with Ushior and the Remnant shotgun (name?) buffed with 25% shield restore when magazine empties - I saw this on UTube a while ago although it is not a pistol; the shield restore mod might work the same way on the Ushior too. May use the hornet or the N7 Eagle in slot one. Probably will go with a sentinal profile due to tech shield.
boy do I love options! And we haven't even mentioned powers yet.
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Post by rolenka on May 29, 2017 19:35:39 GMT
ProbeAway Interesting idea. My concern after more thought is "architect! - oh s***" Now how would this work out against that beast. The hornet is surprisingly accurate and is still useful against architects. However the ushior, the sidewinder or the carnifex would be a handy backup for boss enemies if you wanted a bit more punch. You can mod the ushior to have two shots per clip. They added a shot in the balance update, so it's 2 base now. You can actually get it up to 4 with the magazine mod and combat skill passive. Even more with the Soldier profile. So I bring one (with a scope) and a Hurricane for big targets. Carnifex is excellent in the middle and satisfying to use. But really on normal difficulty, you can lol through without any weapons at all. |
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Post by Sentinel2010 on May 29, 2017 19:35:46 GMT
Next game should allow us to dual wield pistols.
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Post by ProbeAway on May 29, 2017 20:57:36 GMT
The hornet is surprisingly accurate and is still useful against architects. However the ushior, the sidewinder or the carnifex would be a handy backup for boss enemies if you wanted a bit more punch. You can mod the ushior to have two shots per clip. They added a shot in the balance update, so it's 2 base now. You can actually get it up to 4 with the magazine mod and combat skill passive. Even more with the Soldier profile. So I bring one (with a scope) and a Hurricane for big targets. Carnifex is excellent in the middle and satisfying to use. But really on normal difficulty, you can lol through without any weapons at all. Well that's good to know! I haven't used it post 1.07. Kinda seems a bit OP now... |
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Post by rolenka on May 29, 2017 22:15:59 GMT
They added a shot in the balance update, so it's 2 base now. You can actually get it up to 4 with the magazine mod and combat skill passive. Even more with the Soldier profile. So I bring one (with a scope) and a Hurricane for big targets. Carnifex is excellent in the middle and satisfying to use. But really on normal difficulty, you can lol through without any weapons at all. Well that's good to know! I haven't used it post 1.07. Kinda seems a bit OP now... I think it had more to do with the large number of enemies in multiplayer. |
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Post by nastrodamus on May 30, 2017 6:08:19 GMT
Weird but using a talon with enough to get a 4 shot talon on a vintage heat sink is fun. It's also saved me a few times when ammo ran out. I've really started to like that vhs. I put it on bw and x5 ghost to amazing results. The never ending talon though by itself is especially evil with a pure infiltrator. Give it a shot if you haven't yet.
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Post by Kappa Neko on May 30, 2017 11:05:19 GMT
Since I've been rolling biotic god in every game and like pistols most anyway, I rarely use anything but a single pistol...
In ME3MP I used to go with the Talon on the N7 Fury, and I did the same in MEA for a while. It's nice enough. But the Disciple is better for my vanguard (on the adept profile). But really, with the charge/annihilation/lance build the weapon does not really matter. I can play completely without firing shots using melee to finish off enemies should I be out of shields and unable to use lance.
I haven't tried out many guns though, I admit. Enemies die so fast now at level 40 on Hardcore on patch 1.05 still (1-4 seconds except for fiends and the orb asshole), I put zero thought into which pistol to use. Picked Talon and Disciple out of nostalgia.
Tried the Ushior, but it fires so slowly it's useless for my playstyle. It's like a sniper rifle as a pistol. Don't really see the point of it.
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