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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 7:17:24 GMT
@bestvolussupportau Just tried out that spec and it's hella fun, fire explosions for days! One thing I noticed with NZ latency is you need to wait for about half a second before throwing the orb or you won't get the fire explosion. Just top scored a Gold Pug with that build, to be fair the other players were pretty average as I'm not an exception player by any means. It's a really strong build, honestly I don't know why I've never ever thought of playing the VA this way when I first picked him up. I did make some alterations with the build like trying out different gear besides geth scanner, the way I looked at it you can try structural ergonomics for faster power recharge, pistol amp for more damage on arc pistol or adaptive war amp for stronger biotic orbs. I've been contemplating for biotic orbs on rank 5 deciding whether the recharge speed is worth it at least for other orbs you have left or maybe it wouldn't matter because you'd probably maybe not all the time but usually throwing all 3 orbs at once I'm also curious if the biotic orbs when you have the expose debuff does each orb reset the debuff duration or does each separate orb have it's own debuff duration?
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Post by Sectiplave on May 19, 2017 10:03:12 GMT
I'm also curious if the biotic orbs when you have the expose debuff does each orb reset the debuff duration or does each separate orb have it's own debuff duration? Yeah it's mechanics like this that are hard to find the answer to, I wondered the same thing! If you ever find out let me know as I imagine if this skill does any thing similar would be the same.
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Post by inert on May 19, 2017 13:54:12 GMT
@bestvolussupportau Just tried out that spec and it's hella fun, fire explosions for days! One thing I noticed with NZ latency is you need to wait for about half a second before throwing the orb or you won't get the fire explosion. Just top scored a Gold Pug with that build, to be fair the other players were pretty average as I'm not an exception player by any means. It's a really strong build, honestly I don't know why I've never ever thought of playing the VA this way when I first picked him up. I did make some alterations with the build like trying out different gear besides geth scanner, the way I looked at it you can try structural ergonomics for faster power recharge, pistol amp for more damage on arc pistol or adaptive war amp for stronger biotic orbs. I've been contemplating for biotic orbs on rank 5 deciding whether the recharge speed is worth it at least for other orbs you have left or maybe it wouldn't matter because you'd probably maybe not all the time but usually throwing all 3 orbs at once I'm also curious if the biotic orbs when you have the expose debuff does each orb reset the debuff duration or does each separate orb have it's own debuff duration? I take debuff instead of recharge speed and usually take the Commando Package, Pistol+Biotics If you're shieldboosting enough that recharge speed is a problem, then you're playing wrong, amirite? Also, I don't typically try to solo as the VA, so team debuff is a little nicer, I find. It feels like each orb resets the debuff counter - but I haven't actually timed/tested it.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 18:37:33 GMT
It's a really strong build, honestly I don't know why I've never ever thought of playing the VA this way when I first picked him up. I did make some alterations with the build like trying out different gear besides geth scanner, the way I looked at it you can try structural ergonomics for faster power recharge, pistol amp for more damage on arc pistol or adaptive war amp for stronger biotic orbs. I've been contemplating for biotic orbs on rank 5 deciding whether the recharge speed is worth it at least for other orbs you have left or maybe it wouldn't matter because you'd probably maybe not all the time but usually throwing all 3 orbs at once I'm also curious if the biotic orbs when you have the expose debuff does each orb reset the debuff duration or does each separate orb have it's own debuff duration? I take debuff instead of recharge speed and usually take the Commando Package, Pistol+Biotics If you're shieldboosting enough that recharge speed is a problem, then you're playing wrong, amirite? Also, I don't typically try to solo as the VA, so team debuff is a little nicer, I find. It feels like each orb resets the debuff counter - but I haven't actually timed/tested it. Isn't the debuff on rank 6 I was talking about whether the extra recharge speed is better than the extra damage you do with biotic orbs on rank 5.
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Post by inert on May 19, 2017 18:49:06 GMT
I take debuff instead of recharge speed and usually take the Commando Package, Pistol+Biotics If you're shieldboosting enough that recharge speed is a problem, then you're playing wrong, amirite? Also, I don't typically try to solo as the VA, so team debuff is a little nicer, I find. It feels like each orb resets the debuff counter - but I haven't actually timed/tested it. Isn't the debuff on rank 6 I was talking about whether the extra recharge speed is better than the extra damage you do with biotic orbs on rank 5. Ah, that's right. I take damage over recharge speed for the same reason and of course Expose over the extra orb. I shield boost only when required, so added recharge speed is not really needed. There can be tense moments when you're on cooldown from the orbs and a shield boost or stasis would come in handy, but that's the fun of it, really.
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Post by DoomsdayDevice on May 19, 2017 18:55:12 GMT
Low: So, today my buddy came to reclaim his Xbone. He'd parked it at my place during his vacation, so I could play some ME:A. So as soon as he was gone I fired up the old 360, and saw my buddy Mike was in game, and decided to join his game in progress. My god, too much ME:A. I just couldn't beat my own muscle memory. I kept trying to jetpack with A, evade with B, run by pressing down the left stick, etc. To make matters worse, my buddy was playing a gold match with PUGs (I had no idea, he mostly pugs silver) and I joined with nothing but a commando package. It was wave 10, Cerberus Glacier Hazard. I died and medigelled 4 times within a span of 2 minutes, and somehow managed to extract by cowering into a corner and just spamming warp and emptying my Talon. Ye gods. Man, I have to relearn everything. It's probably back to bronze for a while, because it was so terrible that I don't even feel confident enough to play lolsilver. High: I WISH!
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Post by Arkhne on May 19, 2017 21:23:50 GMT
Low: So, today my buddy came to reclaim his Xbone. He'd parked it at my place during his vacation, so I could play some ME:A. So as soon as he was gone I fired up the old 360, and saw my buddy Mike was in game, and decided to join his game in progress. My god, too much ME:A. I just couldn't beat my own muscle memory. I kept trying to jetpack with A, evade with B, run by pressing down the left stick, etc. To make matters worse, my buddy was playing a gold match with PUGs (I had no idea, he mostly pugs silver) and I joined with nothing but a commando package. It was wave 10, Cerberus Glacier Hazard. I died and medigelled 4 times within a span of 2 minutes, and somehow managed to extract by cowering into a corner and just spamming warp and emptying my Talon. Ye gods. Man, I have to relearn everything. It's probably back to bronze for a while, because it was so terrible that I don't even feel confident enough to play lolsilver. High: I WISH! To quote our ME:A friend when we drag him back to PS3, "I'm pushing the wrong buttons AGAAAIN!" - Happens several times a wave, is kinda funny, don't take it so seriously, afterall, it's just a game. If you start taking this game too seriously, it becomes frustrating instead of fun. And most especially don't take yourself seriously, that's a one way ticket to hating yourself.
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Post by DoomsdayDevice on May 19, 2017 23:12:29 GMT
Well sure, I can laugh about it, but I really didn't think it would be THIS bad! It's been what... I think five weeks. Five weeks since I played ME3, and nothing but ME:A in the meantime. DistigousForest messaged me for an invite, but I only had time for one game, I had friends coming over for dinner. It's going to take some practise before I'll be able to join you on gold again. Also, playing on my old 360 again made me realize how bad my old controller is. My left stick doesn't auto-centre any more, it always leans in a certain direction. This causes me to constantly slide along cover, and move across the floor while disabling devices, etc. Sometimes I move so far the thing gets cancelled. I really need a new controller. My D pad was always terrible. You know, you need an ops-pack but the thing summons a cobra, so you die. I can't even tell you how many times that happened. I've been looking for a new 360 controller, but they don't sell them in stores any more. I'll have to look online, I guess.
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Post by Sonashii on May 20, 2017 20:29:00 GMT
High: A very nice afternoon session with Vastator, MrGoldarmy and my friend Lonnegan. It was a good change from doing crazy challenges Thank you guys. Although one thing is still concerning me. muahmuah didn't you say that I have 2 days free of your terror? So what were you doing here? You can't stop terrorizing me, can you? I found your secret alt account! Highest: Finished on a high note - embraced eternity with my smexy Reaper Asari
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Post by muahmuah on May 20, 2017 20:49:43 GMT
High: A very nice afternoon session with Vastator, MrGoldarmy and my friend Lonnegan. It was a good change from doing crazy challenges Thank you guys. Although one thing is still concerning me. muahmuah didn't you say that I have 2 days free of your terror? So what were you doing here? You can't stop terrorizing me, can you? I found your secret alt account! Highest: Finished on a high note - embraced eternity with my smexy Reaper Asari Haha,but obviously it's not me.That guy is sucking the ground,which is not typically for me. . Don't worry,you will have 1 more day,but after that the terror is coming for you.You can run,but you can't hide.The terror will be better than ever.
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Post by DistigousForest on May 21, 2017 11:07:02 GMT
High: Got some more Plat runs, with what little time I had on my long weekend, to get some of my consumables up for more solos. I've burned quite a few on several Plat solo attempts that seem to fail somewhere around wave 9. Venom is finally at X, only a few more UR to max out.
Low: Not a lot of time lately to play so Clyde keep bugging me and I'll eventually get to do some more N7. I'll probably just post them all once I finish them.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 13:11:33 GMT
If you start taking this game too seriously, it becomes frustrating instead of fun. And most especially don't take yourself seriously, that's a one way ticket to hating yourself. I just wanna emphasise that point what he said, it's so true, after coming back I feel like lately I've just been getting flustered recently just because I feel like I just wasn't playing the game for "Fun" more than half the time, instead I was playing to get better and getting frustrated with myself without for once just playing the game as it is and not feel frustrated. I'm pretty much the type of ME3MP player that's like the perfectionist type and it shows esp when I play the VMS, I know how to play the little guy down to a science. But sometimes it wouldn't hurt to just let go of the "perfectionist" mentality and have actual fun and not feel bad at all.
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Post by DoomsdayDevice on May 21, 2017 19:46:04 GMT
Nah, I don't play to be the best player in the lobby or to achieve a super score anyway, I really only play for fun, to try out new builds, etc. It's just that when you keep pressing the wrong buttons, and all you're doing is dying, it's simply no fun.
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Post by nastrodamus on May 23, 2017 3:48:07 GMT
Using a Jug and having a 230k gold/reapers game is pretty satisfying.
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Post by Sectiplave on May 23, 2017 7:05:09 GMT
Using a Jug and having a 230k gold/reapers game is pretty satisfying. I need to respec my Jugger, hiding behind a shield and spamming melee bores me to death! I ran him with disruptor rounds + projectile weapon and used siege pulse to set off explosions and did pretty well, but actually need to change his spec to match this setup. I'm yet to PUG with a Jugger who wasn't a melee tank, I want someone to show me the potential.
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on May 23, 2017 9:06:34 GMT
Two quick games with OrbitalCatStrike, fun and easy. Your host is good, although it got a little wonky the second half of the second match. Thanks for the games!
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on May 23, 2017 9:08:23 GMT
Using a Jug and having a 230k gold/reapers game is pretty satisfying. I need to respec my Jugger, hiding behind a shield and spamming melee bores me to death! I ran him with disruptor rounds + projectile weapon and used siege pulse to set off explosions and did pretty well, but actually need to change his spec to match this setup. I'm yet to PUG with a Jugger who wasn't a melee tank, I want someone to show me the potential. Equip Hurricane, use Incendiary rounds, and Max out Siege Pulse. Shoot everything, spam Siege Pulse like a boss, and watch the FE's kill all the things.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 9:28:46 GMT
High: Took like 3 days break to cool my head from playing ME3 MP and then I decided to play some good ole VMS and had a fun time.
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Post by DistigousForest on May 23, 2017 10:22:35 GMT
I need to respec my Jugger, hiding behind a shield and spamming melee bores me to death! I ran him with disruptor rounds + projectile weapon and used siege pulse to set off explosions and did pretty well, but actually need to change his spec to match this setup. I'm yet to PUG with a Jugger who wasn't a melee tank, I want someone to show me the potential. Equip Hurricane, use Incendiary rounds, and Max out Siege Pulse. Shoot everything, spam Siege Pulse like a boss, and watch the FE's kill all the things. Hurricane is a very odd way to spell Venom
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Post by Arktinen on May 23, 2017 11:05:19 GMT
And no bigarse shields! The most commonly seen melee PUGgernaut seems to always also have the Shield From HellTM that covers everything in sight.
Sure, the heavy melee animation is somewhat amusing for the first few games, but I'll never understand the obsession of them slowly electro-strangulating every enemy with very little effectiveness. Except Phantoms. Those bitches deserve every last bit of the loud torture and excruciating pain of life slowly being drained from their distorted, quivering bodies by juggernaut handholding.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 11:35:30 GMT
I remember one time I used to play with this one guy on my friends list, and he was playing the melee juggernaut and I was playing the siege pulse juggernaut. Melee jug: Ok I've never tried using that build before, but I play for the team I'm a support juggernaut to tank for the team. He said something similar to that, I don't think he plays anymore but fuck playing melee juggernaut. If someone ever told me in my entire life of playing ME3MP on PS3, and they messaged me "Um would you be so kind and play the geth juggernaut to tank for the team and melee everything", this is gonna be me below what I look like the entire time when I play a melee oriented juggernaut. Edit: This one is also good.
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Post by RoystonVasey63 on May 23, 2017 12:24:16 GMT
High: Starting W10 of an U/U/G PUG (on Vancouver against Geth) with more than double the score (100k+) of the 2nd-placed player. Finishing the hack and then: Low: Getting disconnected at the last knockings. What can you do? . Such is life.
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High: Starting W10 of an U/U/G PUG (on Vancouver against Geth) with more than double the score (100k+) of the 2nd-placed player. Finishing the hack and then: Low: Getting disconnected at the last knockings. What can you do? . Such is life. Hold on, I'm a bit rusty still. Ahhhhh! Here we go... Working as Intended™
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Post by Sectiplave on May 24, 2017 0:28:19 GMT
Equip Hurricane, use Incendiary rounds, and Max out Siege Pulse. Shoot everything, spam Siege Pulse like a boss, and watch the FE's kill all the things. Mmmmm! this sounds great! I'm still waiting for the store to hook me up with a sweet sweet Hurricane, it's one of the guns I really miss from my X360 Manifest was having a Hurricane X from all the event weekends. I use projectile weapons as from memory I thought they have a higher than normal rate chance of applying ammo debuffs? Is this correct or is it actually based on the weapon type? @bestvolussupportau hahahaha! Yes those pictures are perfect, that is how I feel playing the Meleenaut tank. Sadly they do help carry a bad PUG through Gold, but it's just too damned boring!
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Post by Clyde on May 24, 2017 2:45:53 GMT
Played on ps3 with Arkhne and Arktinen. I hadn't logged into ps3 in like a month but got the urge today and who better to ease me into action than these two? We also had rossini along for a few platinum games later on in the day which were all super easy and fun, though I got a headache near the end of the last game (Ghost/Reapers) that was the only downside. Totally normal side effect after so much activity though, right? :amirite:
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