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Post by Kenny Bania on Jul 8, 2017 11:44:36 GMT
So i guess it's still not worth picking up ME:A? I'm almost through persona 5 I wouldn't bother. They took some giant strides forward with 1.06 and 1.08, but this has undone all that.
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Post by RonnieBlastoff on Jul 8, 2017 12:38:50 GMT
You're absolutely right... two days later, during the weekend and it's deader than a dodo while gold is heaving. It's pretty unbearable without tactical cloak. I reckon 9/10s of the core audience tried it once and thought fuck that. This is why I want it to stay the way it is, and not change at all. Because the "core" audience belongs in BRONZE.
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Post by jadedragonmtr on Jul 8, 2017 13:43:36 GMT
I don't think Platinum Hack or Upload are possible solo (aside from Stealth Grid use, perhaps). But BeeDubs doesn't care about that. After seeing the ME3 ending RGB weapon variants and all the supposed "new" content, I believe they do care... they care to hate us!
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Post by aakko on Jul 8, 2017 18:50:58 GMT
Platinum is piss easy. Hacking objective is a minor annoyance.
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Post by guanxi on Jul 8, 2017 19:01:37 GMT
Platinum is piss easy. Hacking objective is a minor annoyance. A minor annoyance? Perhaps against outlaws, certainly not remnant and kett. There's also a huge difference between wave 2-4 hacks and wave 6 hacks. If you get remnant or kett wave six hacks you're screwed unless you get exceptionally lucky. Sandstorm hacks on the roof are the easiest, aqua, magma and derelict are the hardest imo. Hacking remnant on magma has got to be the hardest objective I've ever played. If you get the hack at the bottom during wave 6 oh my gawd. Super Destroyers, Blaze Hydras, and purple krogans for days constantly respawning right on top of the hack faster than you can kill them and there's literally no chance of passing that with 4 high level infiltrators unless your vegas flash or something. It's pure blind luck how difficult your hack is - there's no consistency at all. It's clear you haven't had one yet but sooner or later you're going to get a brutally punishing one like the rest of us until they fix it with a patch, until then it's just a matter of time.
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Post by dm5k on Jul 8, 2017 19:44:44 GMT
Just tried platinum a couple times and WOW it's hard. First pug group was meh but the 2nd was organized. We didn't make it past wave 2 with either group. Going from gold to platinum is like going from casually easy to insanely difficult. I don't know how any of you say it's easy unless you're using tactical cloak constantly. Oh and hack is still very broken.
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Post by zeph on Jul 8, 2017 19:56:19 GMT
Platinum is harder, but not impossible... aside from hacks and to a certain extent uploads. Once the hack gets fixed, it will alleviate the biggest issue. Otherwise guns are still killing low level units fairly easily. The problem was the implementation of Bioware's "platinum level gear". They honestly don't do much, and I wouldn't be surprised if they are currently broken when the stat nerds start looking at the numbers of what they do. Siphon guns bring back a cunthair of health. I have to kill 4-5 enemies to bring back the health from just 1 ascendant bubble shot. +1 like for "cunthair". It's a great measuring unit
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Post by zeph on Jul 8, 2017 20:07:10 GMT
You're absolutely right... two days later, during the weekend and it's deader than a dodo while gold is heaving. It's pretty unbearable without tactical cloak. I reckon 9/10s of the core audience tried it once and thought fuck that. Good. More players that are not shy to use a microphone to coordinate in platinum PUG matches. It's amazing how much of a game changer that is. I've been extracting majority of my platinum PUG matches just by utilizing it and they listen. Teamwork makes the dream work I don't care about max manifest, but this is the kind of coordinated fun I've been looking for. Platinum: separates the men from the boys
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Post by zeph on Jul 8, 2017 20:11:38 GMT
Platinum is piss easy. Hacking objective is a minor annoyance. A minor annoyance? Perhaps against outlaws, certainly not remnant and kett. There's also a huge difference between wave 2-4 hacks and wave 6 hacks. If you get remnant or kett wave six hacks you're screwed unless you get exceptionally lucky. Sandstorm hacks on the roof are the easiest, aqua, magma and derelict are the hardest imo. Hacking remnant on magma has got to be the hardest objective I've ever played. If you get the hack at the bottom during wave 6 oh my gawd. Super Destroyers, Blaze Hydras, and purple krogans for days constantly respawning right on top of the hack faster than you can kill them and there's literally no chance of passing that with 4 high level infiltrators unless your vegas flash or something. It's pure blind luck how difficult your hack is - there's no consistency at all. It's clear you haven't had one yet but sooner or later you're going to get a brutally punishing one like the rest of us until they fix it with a patch, until then it's just a matter of time. Had a wave 6 hack zone in aqua. Everyone ran to it and I told them to back away and let one stealther cap while we distracted or else they would get swarmed. Sure enough they got swarmed and backed away towards me while the stealther capped. Successful extract afterwards. So, aakko is right, hacking objective is a minor annoyance. Just takes coordination with team that's all.
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Post by guanxi on Jul 8, 2017 20:15:22 GMT
You're absolutely right... two days later, during the weekend and it's deader than a dodo while gold is heaving. It's pretty unbearable without tactical cloak. I reckon 9/10s of the core audience tried it once and thought fuck that. This is why I want it to stay the way it is, and not change at all. Because the "core" audience belongs in BRONZE. It's been picking up a bit. Still barely any decent players outside of my friends-list but 've been extracting but it's taking forever to put together games. The bronze horde have been invading my lobby all weekend like with their adorably shit dahn i's and equalizer v's. I'm almost tired of kicking. My triangle button is warn out.
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Post by zeph on Jul 8, 2017 20:22:58 GMT
Platinum is more shoot, move, and communicate(if there's any). You can't set up a tent and pick off enemies any more. You gotta stay mobile to survive and so doe the squad mates. I normally play human sentinel b/c of the barricade ability of dropping cover at any time and priming enemies that surround me. With so many boss enemies plowing through I've had to change character and that, my friend is the Turian Agent. High passive weapon damage, flamethrower with ability to do more damage to armor, cloak with fast recharge and ability to regen health/shields, and support system that allows shields to regenerate immediately when a tech power is used (cloak/flamethrower) although recon visor is listed as a tech power, it does not apply. Shotguns with the cloak have been a great combination. I for one, have been enjoying the challenge of platinum. I'm under the impression that those that have been struggling are afraid of change, you know, creature comforts, breaking old habits, too scared to leave the familiarity, that sort of thing. It's no longer about how many points you get but how you survive as a team. So far, I've yet to come across those "biotic gods" that are constantly detonating. That shit ain't happening in platinum Dang brah, you just had to get all beautiful and shyt. Hahahahaha thanks, gotta get the point across. All the bitching, moaning, and complaining just reminds me of life scenarios that I see often. Always making excuses/blaming others and never admitting to fault and changing habits to improve one's self.
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Post by Scathane on Jul 8, 2017 20:32:47 GMT
After reading about Platinum experiences, I was somewhat apprehensive of trying but after attempting 6 pug matches (no mic), I must say that my experiences weren't all that bad. I played with HF Soldier 20XX with a Charger S X and a Disciple Siphon 1; Both had additional ammo and standard barrel mod. L IV Shields and Disruptor ammo to top it off.
It wasn't all success. I quit 2 games - one for lag and the other because the host had already started alone - failed 2 games and we won 2. Of the two we won, the first had neither hack nor upload and the second had both.
In the match with hack and upload, I was the only one to really leave the circles in both events to try and draw aggro, the other players did leave when forced to by baddies invading the circles but they always kited back in. There was one Avenger, who did make a difference. Rezzing was common among all, so was using revive packs.
The Disciple Siphon I is nice, imho. Quite a few times, I was able to Switch to the shotgun, have a few shots at mooks and it was full again (not that I didn't die or anything). I don't have to kill anything to achieve that, I think, but I'll check to make sure.
Anyway, all in all, not too bad. #justmytwocents
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Post by guanxi on Jul 8, 2017 20:45:17 GMT
A minor annoyance? Perhaps against outlaws, certainly not remnant and kett. There's also a huge difference between wave 2-4 hacks and wave 6 hacks. If you get remnant or kett wave six hacks you're screwed unless you get exceptionally lucky. Sandstorm hacks on the roof are the easiest, aqua, magma and derelict are the hardest imo. Hacking remnant on magma has got to be the hardest objective I've ever played. If you get the hack at the bottom during wave 6 oh my gawd. Super Destroyers, Blaze Hydras, and purple krogans for days constantly respawning right on top of the hack faster than you can kill them and there's literally no chance of passing that with 4 high level infiltrators unless your vegas flash or something. It's pure blind luck how difficult your hack is - there's no consistency at all. It's clear you haven't had one yet but sooner or later you're going to get a brutally punishing one like the rest of us until they fix it with a patch, until then it's just a matter of time. Had a wave 6 hack zone in aqua. Everyone ran to it and I told them to back away and let one stealther cap while we distracted or else they would get swarmed. Sure enough they got swarmed and backed away towards me while the stealther capped. Successful extract afterwards. So, aakko is right, hacking objective is a minor annoyance. Just takes coordination with team that's all. Even with a good team with an infi and some organised distraction it's all down to the spawn. If you suddenly get boss swarm out of nowhere as the lone infiltrator in the middle of the hack with no support (which has happened to me twice) then what?
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Post by RonnieBlastoff on Jul 8, 2017 20:58:12 GMT
After reading about Platinum experiences, I was somewhat apprehensive of trying but after attempting 6 pug matches (no mic), I must say that my experiences weren't all that bad. I played with HF Soldier 20XX with a Charger S X and a Disciple Siphon 1; Both had additional ammo and standard barrel mod. L IV Shields and Disruptor ammo to top it off. It wasn't all success. I quit 2 games - one for lag and the other because the host had already started alone - failed 2 games and we won 2. Of the two we won, the first had neither hack nor upload and the second had both. In the match with hack and upload, I was the only one to really leave the circles in both events to try and draw aggro, the other players did leave when forced to by baddies invading the circles but they always kited back in. There was one Avenger, who did make a difference. Rezzing was common among all, so was using revive packs. The Disciple Siphon I is nice, imho. Quite a few times, I was able to Switch to the shotgun, have a few shots at mooks and it was full again (not that I didn't die or anything). I don't have to kill anything to achieve that, I think, but I'll check to make sure. Anyway, all in all, not too bad. #justmytwocents This is how platinum is, all the complaints I see are from either people who are trying to do platinum without boosters and a level 8 sidewinder main, or as stated above people who can't change and think for themselves and are expecting a dam handout. Platinum is harder, but its not the overwhelming impossible task that some are crying it is. Or maybe it is, I guess I would think its impossible with an Avenger S III and no boosters on a level 1 gladiator.
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Post by jmac1424 on Jul 8, 2017 21:00:31 GMT
Elites everywhere
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Post by RonnieBlastoff on Jul 8, 2017 21:10:40 GMT
What does that even mean? :yara:
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Post by jmac1424 on Jul 8, 2017 21:25:43 GMT
It's a play on words from ME1. I substituted "elites" for "enemies." The reason being there is so much "elitenezz" in this thread, my real life dong (never mind my edong) has shrunk to George Costanza "in the pool" levels.
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Post by zeph on Jul 8, 2017 21:26:09 GMT
Had a wave 6 hack zone in aqua. Everyone ran to it and I told them to back away and let one stealther cap while we distracted or else they would get swarmed. Sure enough they got swarmed and backed away towards me while the stealther capped. Successful extract afterwards. So, aakko is right, hacking objective is a minor annoyance. Just takes coordination with team that's all. Even with a good team with an infi and some organised distraction it's all down to the spawn. If you suddenly get boss swarm out of nowhere as the lone infiltrator in the middle of the hack with no support (which has happened to me twice) then what? Well don't stay and get rofl-stomped. Move away. You have time, draw them away and once they are clear, cloak back in. Granted, there will be scenarios in which the AI refuses to move. Happened on a wave 6 as well. Very frustrating loss. But hey, we got 75k so not a bad pay out. Scenarios will vary but you do the best you can to adapt to the situation. Looking back, I probably should've used a rocket to try to get it to move
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Post by guanxi on Jul 8, 2017 22:37:51 GMT
Even with a good team with an infi and some organised distraction it's all down to the spawn. If you suddenly get boss swarm out of nowhere as the lone infiltrator in the middle of the hack with no support (which has happened to me twice) then what? Well don't stay and get rofl-stomped. Move away. You have time, draw them away and once they are clear, cloak back in. Granted, there will be scenarios in which the AI refuses to move. Happened on a wave 6 as well. Very frustrating loss. But hey, we got 75k so not a bad pay out. Scenarios will vary but you do the best you can to adapt to the situation. Looking back, I probably should've used a rocket to try to get it to move Definitely takes practice to know when to flee and when to fight. I think fleeing is only a viable option if you get majorly rumbled early on in the first minute. If you're half way through the hack and you've past the < 2 minutes mark and you're getting flooded with boss units the only real option at that point is for the entire team to kirrahe the shit out of the line if you've got any hope of salvaging it.
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Post by zeph on Jul 8, 2017 23:48:28 GMT
Well don't stay and get rofl-stomped. Move away. You have time, draw them away and once they are clear, cloak back in. Granted, there will be scenarios in which the AI refuses to move. Happened on a wave 6 as well. Very frustrating loss. But hey, we got 75k so not a bad pay out. Scenarios will vary but you do the best you can to adapt to the situation. Looking back, I probably should've used a rocket to try to get it to move Definitely takes practice to know when to flee and when to fight. I think fleeing is only a viable option if you get majorly rumbled early on in the first minute. If you're half way through the hack and you've past the < 2 minutes mark and you're getting flooded with boss units the only real option at that point is for the entire team to kirrahe the shit out of the line if you've got any hope of salvaging it. So we came across this same scenario. Close to capping and swarms keep coming in with less than 30 seconds left. I say to the team, "don't be stingy, use your rockets" spammed rockets to clear out mob and successfully capped with 2 seconds left. The perspiration was real
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Post by treoir on Jul 9, 2017 5:54:54 GMT
Platinum becomes easier once you get your characters and gear ranked up.
Not entirely trivial, despite what some masochists would have you believe, but very doable.
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Post by N7Mith on Jul 9, 2017 6:53:58 GMT
It's tough, but do-able. My crutches so far are the Agent with 80% debuff, and Asent. We ran consistently with 1 TC, 1 SG and 2 others. Had a winstreak of 6, also with w6 hacks and uploads, until w2 hack was swarmed with enemies that wouldn't leave our huntress.
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Post by mrfuddyduddy on Jul 9, 2017 6:58:51 GMT
After reading about Platinum experiences, I was somewhat apprehensive of trying but after attempting 6 pug matches (no mic), I must say that my experiences weren't all that bad. I played with HF Soldier 20XX with a Charger S X and a Disciple Siphon 1; Both had additional ammo and standard barrel mod. L IV Shields and Disruptor ammo to top it off. It wasn't all success. I quit 2 games - one for lag and the other because the host had already started alone - failed 2 games and we won 2. Of the two we won, the first had neither hack nor upload and the second had both. In the match with hack and upload, I was the only one to really leave the circles in both events to try and draw aggro, the other players did leave when forced to by baddies invading the circles but they always kited back in. There was one Avenger, who did make a difference. Rezzing was common among all, so was using revive packs. The Disciple Siphon I is nice, imho. Quite a few times, I was able to Switch to the shotgun, have a few shots at mooks and it was full again (not that I didn't die or anything). I don't have to kill anything to achieve that, I think, but I'll check to make sure. Anyway, all in all, not too bad. #justmytwocents This is how platinum is, all the complaints I see are from either people who are trying to do platinum without boosters and a level 8 sidewinder main, or as stated above people who can't change and think for themselves and are expecting a dam handout. Platinum is harder, but its not the overwhelming impossible task that some are crying it is. Or maybe it is, I guess I would think its impossible with an Avenger S III and no boosters on a level 1 gladiator. Lol what nonsense are you spewing, Wave 6 Hacks are basically impossible. Have played with coordinated teams with multiple Infi's that rotate while the rest of the team draws agro and still fail 100% of the time. Sh** will spawn 10 feet from the hack go there despite 1 or both infi's on it being cloaked with no way to burst them down quick enough for them to then now be over ran leading to more sh** sitting on the objective. Cobra's deal no f***ing damage and it takes 5 or more of them to kill any of the boss tier enemies, and no combination of classes has the DPS to kill any of these enemies quick enough for it to matter. Hack starts, infi's cloak get to Hack, random enemy decides it wants to sit on hack as well. Infi's rotate out, enemies agro for like 2 seconds but decide hey I'm going to continue to sit on this f***ing hack, infi's kill those enemies and recloak but in the process agro something else that is now on its way to sit on the f***ing hack again. Rinse repeat until the timer runs out and everyone is so frustrated they say f*** this game and play something else. Its one thing to just not acknowledge poor game design, its another to be so blinded by elitism that you just assume its suppose to be borderline impossible and that anyone complaining is a casual. Majority of the complaints are primarily due to the changes made to the Hack Objective, personally I don't find Platinum any harder than Gold but when Hack shows up on Wave 4 or 6 I'm ready to just wipe because I don't feel like wasting my f***ing time when I know there is a like 95% chance of failure.
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Post by dustin1280 on Jul 9, 2017 12:27:56 GMT
A minor annoyance? Perhaps against outlaws, certainly not remnant and kett. There's also a huge difference between wave 2-4 hacks and wave 6 hacks. If you get remnant or kett wave six hacks you're screwed unless you get exceptionally lucky. Sandstorm hacks on the roof are the easiest, aqua, magma and derelict are the hardest imo. Hacking remnant on magma has got to be the hardest objective I've ever played. If you get the hack at the bottom during wave 6 oh my gawd. Super Destroyers, Blaze Hydras, and purple krogans for days constantly respawning right on top of the hack faster than you can kill them and there's literally no chance of passing that with 4 high level infiltrators unless your vegas flash or something. It's pure blind luck how difficult your hack is - there's no consistency at all. It's clear you haven't had one yet but sooner or later you're going to get a brutally punishing one like the rest of us until they fix it with a patch, until then it's just a matter of time. Had a wave 6 hack zone in aqua. Everyone ran to it and I told them to back away and let one stealther cap while we distracted or else they would get swarmed. Sure enough they got swarmed and backed away towards me while the stealther capped. Successful extract afterwards. So, aakko is right, hacking objective is a minor annoyance. Just takes coordination with team that's all. Funny, I played a similar game. I suggested the same thing and they booted me xD. Mind you I was at the top of the charts and playing the Avenger, but still...
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Post by RonnieBlastoff on Jul 9, 2017 14:00:00 GMT
This is how platinum is, all the complaints I see are from either people who are trying to do platinum without boosters and a level 8 sidewinder main, or as stated above people who can't change and think for themselves and are expecting a dam handout. Platinum is harder, but its not the overwhelming impossible task that some are crying it is. Or maybe it is, I guess I would think its impossible with an Avenger S III and no boosters on a level 1 gladiator. Lol what nonsense are you spewing, Wave 6 Hacks are basically impossible. Have played with coordinated teams with multiple Infi's that rotate while the rest of the team draws agro and still fail 100% of the time. Sh** will spawn 10 feet from the hack go there despite 1 or both infi's on it being cloaked with no way to burst them down quick enough for them to then now be over ran leading to more sh** sitting on the objective. Cobra's deal no f***ing damage and it takes 5 or more of them to kill any of the boss tier enemies, and no combination of classes has the DPS to kill any of these enemies quick enough for it to matter. Hack starts, infi's cloak get to Hack, random enemy decides it wants to sit on hack as well. Infi's rotate out, enemies agro for like 2 seconds but decide hey I'm going to continue to sit on this f***ing hack, infi's kill those enemies and recloak but in the process agro something else that is now on its way to sit on the f***ing hack again. Rinse repeat until the timer runs out and everyone is so frustrated they say f*** this game and play something else. Its one thing to just not acknowledge poor game design, its another to be so blinded by elitism that you just assume its suppose to be borderline impossible and that anyone complaining is a casual. Majority of the complaints are primarily due to the changes made to the Hack Objective, personally I don't find Platinum any harder than Gold but when Hack shows up on Wave 4 or 6 I'm ready to just wipe because I don't feel like wasting my f***ing time when I know there is a like 95% chance of failure. So before I point out how "elitist" I am. I have a few questions. How many players were infiltrators on your team? How many games have you played with infiltrators? What in your mind, is happening when you and your allys popped cloak around the game? (infiltrators usually have a me,me,me thing about them, so i'm curious how you see the world playing out around you in a game.) You do know that infiltrators TC simply drops immediate aggro and enemies retarget another visable player, or as you put it, just sit around... (even across the map, say on the hack)? Infiltrators provide 0 support and their main ability puts THE REST OF THE ENEMY BURDEN ON THE VISABLE TEAM.
Its literally like people think using infiltrators is the solve all for platinum. Well guess what, instead of thinking that LOOK AT WTF is going on when you play with an infiltrator. Ever notice how the solo's in MEAMP are using infiltrators? There is a reason they work so well...and its not because they do insane damage...i'm curious on what you think is going on in those situations as well.... Forgive me but I honestly don't see anything in your post that says your ready for platinum. Relying on infilitrators, and relying on cobras, in mass effect is in reality, "I don't want to get shot so let me go invisable and drop the aggro on me (even if it hurts the REST OF MY SQUAD...)," and "I need a big boom to drop all my problems when I get overwhelmed." Anyone who says anything different are not playing mass effect andromeda in the real world. Infiltrators are GREAT for some money waves, i'm not disputing that at all, but even as you pointed out, clearly they are not great in dealing out enough damage to secure a foothold facing a horde of enemies where redbars are bronze bosses. A krogan mercenary/vanguard with melee out the ass will drop 10 enemies clustered on a hack as fast as any infiltrator, and you know, they don't say fuck you to the rest of their team while they do it....TC last for a short duration after you fire your weapon and get the damage bonus. After that there is a LONG recharge to do it again. And whats the upside?.... THEY DROP THE BURDEN OF AGGRO TO THE REST OF THE TEAM?? That is a good thing? Like really my dude? Cobra's are a bain to bioware, they make the "impossible" task as you put it to easily possible by instantly dropping boss units and weaker. They want your money from packs. You getting gold from easy games doesn't get them money. Cobra's are fine they way they are now, they do widespread damage and heavy damage, they still drop alot of total lifebar if you pop one on a crowd of enemies. This game is poorly designed, I knew that before the game even came out it would be riddled with issues, lol like come on man I played ME3..... But you know what, I adapted, and overcame, and so do some other people who play MEAMP platinum, even with a hack. They don't rely solely on infiltrators or cobras, because no one has to, and you know what else .......they seem to be really good at making that 5% (100%-95%...for those... ) seem a bit bigger than you make it out to be. No dude... you aren't ready for platinum. Call me an elitist if that makes you feel better.
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