Any point in starting fresh?

Rainmakers and Space Wizards can help you with your manifest and on the PC there are lobbies of all types.

Sorry you left xbox, player base there is still alive somewhat. As for starting over...Nobody on PC does that.

I totally recommend a re-start, if you are up for it. I am maxed on xbox and I had been for quite sometime...then came along a chance to start fresh on the PS3 and you know what...It really has made the game fun again. Imagine starting with nothing but you maintain all of the knowledge you have gained while building up your other manifest. Sure, it is another grind..but trust me..it really breathes some fresh life into the game...and if you are switching platforms...you will also have fun playing the same game you love with a different interface.

Sorry, have to do it, since we are talking about rules. Hope mod02 or 03 don't get me

I crossed over from 360 to PS3 due to wanting to play the single player campaign again. I had also shelved my 360 since most of my games were on PS3 and PS4. It was fun to start over and unlock some classes. My experience from 360 made it a bit easier to start over and win over some new friends as well.

Player base is pretty active on PC, if you do a quick match you'll usually find a game within a few seconds no matter the difficulty.

I just recently convinced someone to try out ME3MP and he's really into it now, even though he only has a handful of uncommon weapons unlocked and zero gear. Unlocking stuff still motivates me, too - so go for it!

Of course you could "modify" certain aspects of the game to speed up the process, but I personally will votekick people or leave lobbies if I see someone with N7 20 and CP 120 running around with a Black-Widow X. Just goes against the spirit of the game as far as I am concerned...but that's just my personal opinion of course.

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Looks like my primary concern of finding a dead game are at least put to bed. I'll try starting clean and see where it takes me. Expecting to play super casually anyway, and if I want to have all the shinies once in a while, I can always reconnect the 360 and buy a month of Live, I suppose.

I'd say you're maybe being a little harsh at this stage of the game's life - spare a thought for any ascending console scrubs who've already had to grind out manifests by legitimate means. I know if I ever make the leap, hacking my manifest will feel like some kind of payback for the frankly ridiculous 1690 hours it took on PS3.

I restarted from 360 to PC years ago. Still don't have either manifest maxxed yet. On 360 I'm close to being a 1% er..on PC I'm in the ghetto.

I personally like all of my upgraded weapons and stockpiles of equipment lol.Im already scrubby as it is! No need to intensely it using a Mantis I on silver on PC lol.

YMMV.