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Post by DoctorFox on Oct 9, 2017 21:32:00 GMT
Now... you've probably seen idiots stand in the hack circle during a wave 6 platinum hack with weak guns and no ammo mods. Happens all the time - noobs with eyes wider than their pockets high rollin' for credits with nothing to back up their daring aspirations. What's worse is when said noobs open fire on the enemy when you've used Stealth Grid on them. You use another cell up and Stealth them again but still they kept wasting it and drawing aggro towards the circle. Stop.
Walk out of the circle and get on the mic and ask your team mates to do the same. If they don't listen, let those retards die. Run off into the distance and fire some shots at the enemy so they try to rush you. Hopefully by this time all 3 allies are dead or have left the circle. If they're not dead they soon will be. But, as soon as they are, don't revive them. Stealth up, jump back into the circle and when you're Stealth is about to run out, step out of the circle, Stealth up again and jump back in. This way the enemy will sit outside the circle (usually firing on your last known position). Keep this up until the hack is complete then kill the remaining enemies.
Hopefully this will be enough to get you through to extraction.
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Post by RonnieBlastoff on Oct 9, 2017 22:37:13 GMT
Or, you could not use stealth characters and actually have enough firepower to kill things even when they have weak guns.
Stealth, is for people who don't want to take responsiblity, and are willing to burden others!
Prove me wrong!
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Post by lecorsob on Oct 10, 2017 7:09:39 GMT
I'm no platinum expert, but the games I've played where most if not all players were using stealth characters were "incredibly" long, like 20+ minutes. On the other hand, as soon as you have at least 2 dps characters (granted, willing to use proper boosters), I could broke the 20m duration.
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Post by DoctorFox on Oct 10, 2017 13:16:58 GMT
I'm no platinum expert, but the games I've played where most if not all players were using stealth characters were "incredibly" long, like 20+ minutes. On the other hand, as soon as you have at least 2 dps characters (granted, willing to use proper boosters), I could broke the 20m duration. Best team composition for platinum i find, is Angaran Avenger, Asari Huntress, Salarian Operator, Juggernaut. With those 4 you can complete hacks/uploads and take bosses down quickly with the double debuffs. |
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Post by pitka17 on Oct 10, 2017 17:58:02 GMT
Most stealth classes have great dps if specced for grenades (armor) or flamethrower (armor). The exception is the huntress.
I'm going to agree with "Angaran Avenger, Asari Huntress, Salarian Operator, Juggernaut", except I'm going to drop the Huntress for a Human Infiltrator (no points in incinerate). The huntress does bring a second stealth grid, but the human inf can be the back up rez while bring the combat cloak enhanced grenades+gun burst without the risk messing up the Jugg debuffs.
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Post by Beerfish on Oct 10, 2017 18:38:24 GMT
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Post by Pounce de León on Oct 11, 2017 12:03:46 GMT
Platinum sucks and is boring and is merely a credit grindfest. There I said it.  Just like in 3MEMP. At least one thing they kept. |
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Post by Terminator Force on Oct 11, 2017 19:24:44 GMT
Platinum sucks and is boring and is merely a credit grindfest. There I said it. Just like in 3MEMP. At least one thing they kept. Platinum is the only way to play ME3mp unless really drunk. |
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Post by modusmoriendi on Oct 12, 2017 20:52:44 GMT
Just like in 3MEMP. At least one thing they kept. Platinum is the only way to play ME3mp when really drunk. FTFY |
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Post by Pounce de León on Oct 14, 2017 0:46:22 GMT
Platinum is the only way to play ME3mp when really drunk. FTFY Ye, then it can be actually funny. |
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Post by Thebunzz on Oct 14, 2017 5:42:26 GMT
Git gud then ya have 3 retards to claim on you tax return.
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Post by seductivewizard on Oct 17, 2017 15:37:32 GMT
Or, you could not use stealth characters and actually have enough firepower to kill things even when they have weak guns. Stealth, is for people who don't want to take responsiblity, and are willing to burden others! Prove me wrong! You could make water flow from a rock easier than trying to make DoctorFox's whinyscrubness use a non stealth character on plat. It would be great fun though to watch him tear his hair out and break his monitor, as he gets tossed around (churned like butter). |
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Post by DoctorFox on Oct 17, 2017 20:21:08 GMT
Or, you could not use stealth characters and actually have enough firepower to kill things even when they have weak guns. Stealth, is for people who don't want to take responsiblity, and are willing to burden others! Prove me wrong! You could make water flow from a rock easier than trying to make DoctorFox's whinyscrubness use a non stealth character on plat. It would be great fun though to watch him tear his hair out and break his monitor, as he gets tossed around (churned like butter). I mostly roll with Juggernaut in Platinum but today i've been grinding with the Angara Exemplar to complete the Prestige Tech Damage challenge. If i get several games with clowns though, i tend to switch the Angara Avenger coz well, she's chief babysitter. |
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Post by seductivewizard on Oct 19, 2017 14:47:44 GMT
Platinum sucks and is boring and is merely a credit grindfest. There I said it.  Platinum is probably boring to dudes who only use the same stealth kit over and over. There's a dude on my friend list who's been bringing the same stealth kit (human infiltrator) for 4 months now. His life's boring, i bet. Bring a human engineer, kineticist, etc and get tossed around like a pinata. Its so much fun. You'll never know if you're too timid to try. |
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Post by Beerfish on Oct 19, 2017 14:59:04 GMT
Platinum sucks and is boring and is merely a credit grindfest. There I said it. Platinum is probably boring to dudes who only use the same stealth kit over and over. There's a dude on my friend list who's been bringing the same stealth kit (human infiltrator) for 4 months now. His life's boring, i bet. Bring a human engineer, kineticist, etc and get tossed around like a pinata. Its so much fun. You'll never know if you're too timid to try. Well the last plat game I ended up in, by accident, i was playing ponytail, there was a krogan of some sort and two stealth kits. I got blasted into oblivion all match of course. If fun is spending all game either timidly hiding from action or being rezed 20 times by the cloackers then wonderful. As I've said before if playing with friends and with a plan its probably okay, pugging its not fun at all for me. |
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Post by seductivewizard on Oct 19, 2017 15:31:15 GMT
Platinum is probably boring to dudes who only use the same stealth kit over and over. There's a dude on my friend list who's been bringing the same stealth kit (human infiltrator) for 4 months now. His life's boring, i bet. Bring a human engineer, kineticist, etc and get tossed around like a pinata. Its so much fun. You'll never know if you're too timid to try. Well the last plat game I ended up in, by accident, i was playing ponytail, there was a krogan of some sort and two stealth kits. I got blasted into oblivion all match of course. If fun is spending all game either timidly hiding from action or being rezed 20 times by the cloackers then wonderful. As I've said before if playing with friends and with a plan its probably okay, pugging its not fun at all for me. Cloak kits can initially make it miserable for a non-cloak kit. When i first started taking my human engineer with 3 other pugs and their stealth kits (Angara Avenger! Huntress!), i got smashed and thrown around from corner to corner for sure. I did some thinking, started improvising a bit, etc and my skill level has gone up drastically over the past few months. I can now top the scoreboard with weakling Hengineer when there are 3 cloak kits around. A wise man once said, "What doesn't break you makes you stronger". Bringing a stealth kit eternally can guarantee boredom and stagnation. There are many non-stealth kits that offer some very interesting game play on plat (once you figure it out). |
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Post by vanelsa on Oct 19, 2017 18:00:17 GMT
Well the last plat game I ended up in, by accident, i was playing ponytail, there was a krogan of some sort and two stealth kits. I got blasted into oblivion all match of course. If fun is spending all game either timidly hiding from action or being rezed 20 times by the cloackers then wonderful. As I've said before if playing with friends and with a plan its probably okay, pugging its not fun at all for me. Cloak kits can initially make it miserable for a non-cloak kit. When i first started taking my human engineer with 3 other pugs and their stealth kits (Angara Avenger! Huntress!), i got smashed and thrown around from corner to corner for sure. I did some thinking, started improvising a bit, etc and my skill level has gone up drastically over the past few months. I can now top the scoreboard with weakling Hengineer when there are 3 cloak kits around. A wise man once said, "What doesn't break you makes you stronger". Bringing a stealth kit eternally can guarantee boredom and stagnation. There are many non-stealth kits that offer some very interesting game play on plat (once you figure it out). Can you survive on the One Life to Live APEX missions with a non-stealth character? That's the only mission where I absolutely choose my Angara Avenger. For all other Platinum missions, I look at what the other PUGs are doing and choose accordingly to maximum our team's chance for victory. No stealth means I'll choose the Avenger or Huntress for revives and objectives. No debuffer on the team? Operator, Artificer, Juggernaut or Scrapper. DPS and Crowd Control? Turian Havoc Trooper As much as I like the Kineticist and Gladiator on Gold, I have not found them to be terribly useful on Platinum (Paradox or Sandstorm farming aside with the Gladiator). Would like to know what you do with the Engineer to survive on Platinum. I find that myself getting down so quickly when I play them. |
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Post by seductivewizard on Oct 19, 2017 18:55:24 GMT
Cloak kits can initially make it miserable for a non-cloak kit. When i first started taking my human engineer with 3 other pugs and their stealth kits (Angara Avenger! Huntress!), i got smashed and thrown around from corner to corner for sure. I did some thinking, started improvising a bit, etc and my skill level has gone up drastically over the past few months. I can now top the scoreboard with weakling Hengineer when there are 3 cloak kits around. A wise man once said, "What doesn't break you makes you stronger". Bringing a stealth kit eternally can guarantee boredom and stagnation. There are many non-stealth kits that offer some very interesting game play on plat (once you figure it out). Can you survive on the One Life to Live APEX missions with a non-stealth character? That's the only mission where I absolutely choose my Angara Avenger. For all other Platinum missions, I look at what the other PUGs are doing and choose accordingly to maximum our team's chance for victory. No stealth means I'll choose the Avenger or Huntress for revives and objectives. No debuffer on the team? Operator, Artificer, Juggernaut or Scrapper. DPS and Crowd Control? Turian Havoc Trooper As much as I like the Kineticist and Gladiator on Gold, I have not found them to be terribly useful on Platinum (Paradox or Sandstorm farming aside with the Gladiator). Would like to know what you do with the Engineer to survive on Platinum. I find that myself getting down so quickly when I play them. - Yes, i have taken the Krogan Merc and human sentinel on the one life to live missions. Have not taken the juggernaut yet, but, i don't see why he would fail miserably on 'one life to live'. - Heavy reliance on a fully specd cryoturret, cryotrap and elemental tech for the Hengineer. Will post a video of the Hengineer's plat gameplay. - The kineticist can get a tad bit boring on plat because all you can do is ammo prime and detonate with lance/throw rinse repeat. She can lose ascension easily and consequently lose damage output. But, this can be rectified by efficient ascension (6b), multicapacitor, firing from longer ranges and being extra cautious with enemies who can 1 shot strip your shields. - The gladiator is a great support kit on plat. I run shield powered nova and spec for shield return with AF. 40% weapon boost from field and expose comes in handy. You can't melee excessively as you would on gold, of course. When all other squad members are stealth kits, life can be rough for the gladiator however. She is forced into higher risk gameplay than the kineticist or Hengineer because of having to fight close range. Use disruptor ammo for stun, i frames from nova to sneak in some heavy melees on armored targets. Pull/melee on any shielded target when shields are down. Some enemies like anointeds, beserkers, etc are less lethal at melee ranges. Their melees are easier to dodge and not as powerful as their weapons/flaks/etc. |
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Post by vanelsa on Oct 19, 2017 19:30:38 GMT
- Yes, i have taken the Krogan Merc and human sentinel on the one life to live missions. Have not taken the juggernaut yet, but, i don't see why he would fail miserably on 'one life to live'. - Heavy reliance on a fully specd cryoturret, cryotrap and elemental tech for the Hengineer. Will post a video of the Hengineer's plat gameplay. - The kineticist can get a tad bit boring on plat because all you can do is ammo prime and detonate with lance/throw rinse repeat. She can lose ascension easily and consequently lose damage output. But, this can be rectified by efficient ascension (6b), multicapacitor, firing from longer ranges and being extra cautious with enemies who can 1 shot strip your shields. - The gladiator is a great support kit on plat. I run shield powered nova and spec for shield return with AF. 40% weapon boost from field and expose comes in handy. You can't melee excessively as you would on gold, of course. When all other squad members are stealth kits, life can be rough for the gladiator however. She is forced into higher risk gameplay than the kineticist or Hengineer because of having to fight close range. Use disruptor ammo for stun, i frames from nova to sneak in some heavy melees on armored targets. Pull/melee on any shielded target when shields are down. Some enemies like anointeds, beserkers, etc are less lethal at melee ranges. Their melees are easier to dodge and not as powerful as their weapons/flaks/etc. Looking forward to your video. In general, what do you do when a PUG teammate goes down when playing one of these characters and they are not close to you? Do you risk your life (regular Platinum) trying to save them? Or let one of the other characters (i.e. the stealth) pick them up? And on hack/upload objectives. Are you drawing aggro while the stealth characters are in the circle? Or have you found a way to tank it with those characters? |
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Post by seductivewizard on Oct 19, 2017 20:30:19 GMT
- Yes, i have taken the Krogan Merc and human sentinel on the one life to live missions. Have not taken the juggernaut yet, but, i don't see why he would fail miserably on 'one life to live'. - Heavy reliance on a fully specd cryoturret, cryotrap and elemental tech for the Hengineer. Will post a video of the Hengineer's plat gameplay. - The kineticist can get a tad bit boring on plat because all you can do is ammo prime and detonate with lance/throw rinse repeat. She can lose ascension easily and consequently lose damage output. But, this can be rectified by efficient ascension (6b), multicapacitor, firing from longer ranges and being extra cautious with enemies who can 1 shot strip your shields. - The gladiator is a great support kit on plat. I run shield powered nova and spec for shield return with AF. 40% weapon boost from field and expose comes in handy. You can't melee excessively as you would on gold, of course. When all other squad members are stealth kits, life can be rough for the gladiator however. She is forced into higher risk gameplay than the kineticist or Hengineer because of having to fight close range. Use disruptor ammo for stun, i frames from nova to sneak in some heavy melees on armored targets. Pull/melee on any shielded target when shields are down. Some enemies like anointeds, beserkers, etc are less lethal at melee ranges. Their melees are easier to dodge and not as powerful as their weapons/flaks/etc. Looking forward to your video. In general, what do you do when a PUG teammate goes down when playing one of these characters and they are not close to you? Do you risk your life (regular Platinum) trying to save them? Or let one of the other characters (i.e. the stealth) pick them up? And on hack/upload objectives. Are you drawing aggro while the stealth characters are in the circle? Or have you found a way to tank it with those characters? Out of the 3 'weaker' kits, the Hengineer, kineticist and gladiator, i can probably play the Hengineer the best. I have been trying to post a platinum solo with the Hengineer, but, keep getting slapped with wave 4 and wave 6 hacks. - There is no issue for all the kits with barricade to pick up a fallen pug. - Kits with assault turret (Hengineer, Krogineer and Insurgent) can toss the turret right in front of a fallen squadmate (between the squadmate and the enemy firing at you) and buy just enough time to do a revive. I would not attempt a revive without strategically tossing a turret. The Krogineer has the added benefit of being in rage. The insurgent has the added benefit of shield boost while attempting the revive. The Hengineer has to rely on strategic turret placement alone. - Most DR kits can do revives in the short time span they gain bonus DR (Rage, charge, etc). Jugg can take a lot of pain, safe enough to do a revive. Even a Kineticist can attempt a revive if she's ascended (130 DR from efficient ascnension). You can also buy time through stuns (disruptor ammo), cryofreeze, etc. Of course, there are instances when someone's dead in the middle of a complete shitstorm, and you can't do anything about it. - If all squad members are cloak kits, i draw aggro from a strategic spot. I don't hang out on the other end of the map (that is of no use). I sit on the path taken by enemies to the hack circle and distract/draw aggro. If they don't take the bait, i move my position till they take the bait. - If its a barricade kit, you can block pathways to the hack circle with barricade and sit behind it without having to look for cover. - If all squad members are non-cloak kits (planned missions with guys on my friend list), 2 of us sit in the hack circle. 2 of us draw aggro on paths taken by enemies preferably on opposite sides of the hack circle. We get some cover fire (some defense) from the guys inside the hack circle. Most hack circles only have enemies taking 2 paths into the hack circle. Sitting on the other end of the map (far away from the hack circle) DOES NOT HELP. The 2 guys drawing aggro need to be close enough to the hack circle to serve as bait. There is one nasty hack circle on Vertigo, which requires 3 guys serving as bait from three different directions outside the hack circle so one person can hack. But, all other hack spots are way easier than that one spot in Vertigo. - I do a 4 KroMerc squad at times (planned mission). 4 Krogans with inspirational on rage tr (additive squad DR), 4 flame throwers and copious amounts of flak. We just kill everything that attempts to break our hack, no gimmicks/baits necessary. It also works with 3 Kromercs and 1 Krogineer. Krogaurd is useless for this tribe attack charging out of range and breaking the inspirational DR boost. 2 Kromercs, 1 Krogineer and 1 Gladiator can work too (if the Gladiator is really good). |
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