Adrenaline Rush: Hardening vs Damage

Well, duration cloak is also useful for devices, doesn't mean you pick it up 

You spend enough time playing as a Geth Infiltrator with Hunter Mode fully cranked 24/7, and you find it hard to care about damage protection with anyone.

So, uh... Damage. Damage all the way.

You mean play enough hiding behind Tactical Cloak and Geth Scanner and you don't need damage protection anymore?

Geth Trooper says:  "Burn."

Oh, you. We do need to grab more games together.

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.



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.

I prefer Hardening, considering I always have to do the objectives or the rule of the one button, or the enemy cheating at every opportunity...

Anyway, Mission_Scrubbed sure didn't disappoint. My jaw is still on the floor.

Love me sum BF3.

LOL Pirahna

It means it doesn't work VS synthetics : Geth, Atlases and turrets.

I like to go Damage/Shield Boost/no Concussive Shot on my Claymore Male Human Soldier: Claymore Human Soldier

I do however have a Concussive Shot/no AR build on my Female Human Soldier, works great with Lancer or Revenant and plays somewhat similar to my offensive Juggernaut build, keeping CS on cooldown while bridging the gap with shots from my gun: Concussive Shot Human Soldier

The BF3-Soldier I do play as a grenade power character without AR. Prime the enemy for Tech Bursts with Disruptor Ammo on the Scorpion, detonate the Burst with Carnage which will prime them for a fire explosion, detonate the FE with a Frag Grenade. Squishy stuff, but surprisingly effective: BF3 Grenade Build

If it can be made into a creepy xenophillic innuendo, I probably remember it.

More embarrassing than impressive but w/e

Like many things here, and that is good. Nothing beats diversity and personal styles of playing