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Post by michaeln7 on Jun 11, 2018 22:44:31 GMT
As the question suggests, what do you find your approach is to a combat situation?
This isn't a question of biotics or tech or what-have-you, but more of what you do the most in a fight; reload or cooldown?
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Jun 11, 2018 23:47:52 GMT
This is really dependent on the game. ME1: Use power(s) > shoot with guns ME2: alternate between powers and guns. ME3: (a) Use powers, or (  Use power (A-Rush or Cloak), shoot with guns, or (c) alternate between charge and shoot |
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Post by sgtreed24 on Jun 12, 2018 0:39:08 GMT
I play engineer so...
bypassing ME1 in which I play soldier,
I shoot, shoot, shoot and then randomly remember I have useful powers and then overload someone and then...
shoot, shoot, shoot til their dead. haha
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Post by KrrKs on Jun 14, 2018 18:58:25 GMT
"This isn't about strategy or tactics..."  My main engineer is using a pretty even split, using slightly more weapons in ME2 and slightly more powers in ME3. Tough for some reason my dice seemed to favour gun heavy builds for the last 4 or so trilogy playthroughs.I still have to try a melee centric build in ME3, already did so in MEA.
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Post by AnDromedary on Jun 14, 2018 19:48:29 GMT
Really depends on the class I play. With an adept, it's powers all the way. With most other classes it's intermittent. My favorite class is infiltrator mostly because it has the best interaction between powers and guns IMO. Cloak + shoot, use incinerate to explode combos, energy drain (bonus power) for healing and against shields and synthetics or the occasional hacking of the robots. Great and fun combination IMO.  Though I don't use the hacking too much because it annoys me when everyone else is already dealt with but you have that one hacked geth still standing around, looking dumb. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 6:02:14 GMT
I'm all for fast cooldowns and lots of crazy biotic powers.
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Post by boxofscreaming on Jun 15, 2018 18:40:59 GMT
Adept here. It's all about powers.
ME1: powers as much as possible, sometimes need to shoot at enemies while they're floating in my Lift or Singularity.
ME2: unfortunately I have to use guns more in this game.
ME3: I barely use my gun at all.
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Post by melbella on Jun 16, 2018 3:53:00 GMT
I usually start with powers and finish 'em off with guns. Or a punch to the face when Vanguarding.  |
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Post by dmc1001 on Jun 16, 2018 8:37:31 GMT
My canon is a Vanguard, followed by Soldier. I sort of feel like a Vanguard is a super-charged Soldier. Slam into things and then shoot whatever's still standing. Biotic Charge is the power I use most and I think guns complement in nicely.
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Post by gothpunkboy89 on Jun 25, 2018 1:26:22 GMT
If I'm not playing a biotic then guns, guns and more guns with powers when useful.
If I'm playing as a biotic then powers, power and more powers with guns when needed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2018 19:53:13 GMT
"This isn't about strategy or tactics..." My main engineer is using a pretty even split, using slightly more weapons in ME2 and slightly more powers in ME3. Tough for some reason my dice seemed to favour gun heavy builds for the last 4 or so trilogy playthroughs.I still have to try a melee centric build in ME3, already did so in MEA. Pretty much this, even though my most common build is usually an infiltrator who uses a lot of tactical cloak and squad powers so things seem to wind up pretty evenly split. |
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Post by obbie1984 on Jun 26, 2018 23:16:05 GMT
Shoot the other guy and don't die. Always worked for me.
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Post by Ascend on Jul 4, 2018 12:47:37 GMT
Powers all the way...
How I finished ME1;
Spam dem powers, only shoot when there are no powers left
How I finished ME2 on insanity;
Squad mate overload/incinerate
Shepard singularity
Squad mate/shepard warp
How I finished ME3 on Insanity;
Squad mate overload/incinerate
Squad mate warp
Shepard throw/shockwave/another detonator
Or some sort of variant depending on enemies.
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Post by jros83 on Jul 13, 2018 1:24:24 GMT
ME1: Biotics, Incinerate, Spectre Shotgun with Frictionless X
ME2: Sniper (Widow)
ME3: Sniper
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Post by opuspace on Jul 13, 2018 3:56:41 GMT
Consumables are hoarded like crazy. Everything else is prioritized by application. In ME1, that meant non stop shooting if possible since powers would take too long to cooldown. ME2 was...iffy depending on class. Bullets were a precious resource even with regenerating clips so powers were spammed a lot to avoid wasting a shot. ME3 broke the rules with cooldowns reaching absurd levels, which helped keep a crazy fast pace. Bullets were still a precious resource for stronger, more stubborn enemies and certain weapons made target practice all the sweeter. Despite not having any issues using grenades, I find myself loathing any dependency on something that's so limited in quantity.
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