Just re-installed ME3 to have a quick blast on the old MP

I played and died on Wave 1 and was like...

I wouldn't doubt that!  When I do find a MEA Gold lobby, there's a good chance that it'll be a lag filled game.  I'll see you all in the Milky Way!

Avoid off-host vanguards though. That's the one thing that's better in mea.

Can confirm. First game back was a Gold duo on Condor/Collector.

It was very difficult getting used to all the buttons doing different things, not having a left/right hand weapon swap. Powers are on the same cooldown. Cover not activating automatically (which I think is better than automatic) also having the Ops pack & Thermal Clip pack swapping places as well.

However, the enemies are significantly easier to predict and can be funneled and taken care of much easier. Everything has a much slower pace in ME3MP, but has things like reload canceling, weapon swap canceling and dodging actually works. The actions to do things are much more responsive and quick whereas in MEA it's the opposite. The actions to do things like swap weapons/use a power doesn't always respond at times and everything is a little bit glitchy, reload canceling is gone, you can't run with a charge weapon, no weapon swap canceling either.

It's like MEA was trying to be a faster paced game with the shorter waves and fancy jet packs, but failed to deliver on the player response to in-game actions. Also, if a teammate went down in ME3 you'd know. If you're reviving them you'd know. and if you're interacting with a device you'd know. It isn't always clear in MEA.

am I ranting? I think I'm ranting.

Not at all for me. The only thing that ever felt sluggish was batarian brutalizer (Adept) after playing Warframe.

Can confirm, PC seems more active than PS3, though with the caveat that both of them basically die for several hours every day when basically nobody is around. Too lazy to convert to other people time, but it's during the middle of the day Eurotime. Guess the Europeans are at work and the Muricans are sleeping or something?

Outside of that, PC seems to have more lobbies, and more varied playerbase.

If I ever get my hands on the steambox MrK built, I'll be buying ME3 just for the mp.

Atm he is hogging it trying to L2P shooters with his workmates 😕

If you have played ME1 and ME2, then you must try ME3 SP.  Just remember to quit when you meet Marauder Shields.

That's true, but ME3 for me was a good game too...it felt a bit rushed in the way the game made you gain resources/galactic readiness...etc...but i thought the story was strong enough and it did a good job of transitioning characters from the ME2 suicide mission....those Mordin and Legion scenes along with Samarah's small tale was some of the most heart-wrenching the series has seen....  

I just reinstalled the game this morning.I'm rusty as fuck,but having a blast!

I can recommend playing ME1 and DLC at some point - best ME game of all time in my opinion