Basic Classes in Terms of Difficulty?

Uhm, don't argue, good folks? 

I actually like Sentinel more than Adept, and did better on it. There are tricks to Adepts, I suppose, that i am just not seeing vs Engineers. I did better on the Human Eng/Human Sent than on a Human Adept, and I also am doing better on the Sala Eng/Turian Sent than on the Drell Adept.  Vanguard I think is a better Biotic to start on than the Adept. 

Don't worry domi, at least on my part. Nothing I ever post should be considered part of an 'argument' - I don't do arguments, I do discussions and debates, always in good nature, which I always hope is obvious from the use of emoticons such as  , and I assume the same from kpeter, although comparing me to Hillary Clinton might be the lowest blow I've received in my time on either version of BSN!

The Vanguard is the better Biotic to learn with, on-host anyway, at Bronze level. Once you know what you're doing, the Adept becomes better than the Vanguard for learning Gold, off-host anyway. At the moment it seems you're benefiting from the damage reduction offered by Tech Armour or Energy Drain, along with the distraction created by drones or decoys. This is normal. Tanky characters, or ones which can replenish their shields are very useful when learning the basics. You may not go on to love the Drell or Asari, but if that turns out to be the case you will have my absolute sympathy, because they are amazing fun to play.

Now, as for my argument discussion with kpeter, for someone who didn't want me to 'mess things up' by correctly quoting q5 rather than misrepresenting him as you did, it's strange to bring other games into a debate in such a way as to contradict all the head knowledge we experienced players have accrued. You're advocating   as an approach early on, irrespective of experience in other games, which is utterly irrelevant to this debate, as it is about helping new players learn to play this game. Bioware may have failed in the explanations of how combos work, but no more than they failed by allowing piercing mods or mag extenders on weapons which can't make use of them, for example. We know that the common weapons pretty much suck, and we know that new players only have access to low level common weapons. Conversely, after a few games, even new players have access to the same powers as those of us with many thousands of hours experience.

In short, learning to use powers effectively is an option which becomes available in this game many many hours before the option of using weapons effectively rears its head, unless, as I specified earlier, you get very lucky early on with the RNG store. No references to Hillary Clinton will make that any less of a fact. 

What i said about you and Hillary:





About the rest, you are correct, Bioware also didnt document well the Armor Damage reduction, neither the shieldgate mechanic. But there are not as many armored opponents on bronze, and the armor dr value is much lower on bronze, then on gold/plat. Same for the shielded enemies, there are fewer and with much less hitpoints. I think this is quite bad game design, that important information regarding of the fundemantal core gameplay cannot be found anywhere but on a forum, that is about to be closed within a few days.  These stuff should be available in gameplay tutorials at least.

Ah, my experience with games has been that you play it a little, then you go and search the net for a fan-made guide, watch a few vids, then you go and ask questions on the most active forum you can find. I'm yet to see a game that teaches you to 'know your class'. Tbh, even with my short gaming history is that I see a lot of pushback against anything that makes easier to learn or play, like highlighting the buttons when they are proc'd etc.

Drell have a steeper learning curve than some other kits, mostly due to their tiny health/barrier totals, but once you get the hang of them they're some of the funnest and most powerful kits in the game. One hint: max Fitness for speed and use an Adrenaline Mod, and move side to side alot. You're so fast you'll literally sidestep bullets! (and so an Adrenaline Mod is actually preferable to a Cyclonic in terms of increased survivability... the increased speed is much more beneficial than a shield bonus that gets calculated from your puny base shield total)

And since ME3MP has more framerate issues and screenshake than other shooters, and much more than would be minimally required of a shooter in general, its not ideal for guns or pure weapons classes. But given that "not ideal" only means sub-optimal and not impossible or bad, they can be highly successful nevertheless. Glad we're on the same page.

No, no, I like the Turian Sentinel, it is just an almost complete opposite to my Drell, and I will be playing it back to back. I am picking between this three kits as my main once I advance all of them to level 20. So, by no means I feel negative about my Turian Sentinel.

I did build my Drell Adept with 3 points in Pull because I want a bit of a mob control as I am starting and cannot rely on agility quite as much. I will advance fitness all the way to 6, and keep the Drell Assassin at 5. I don't feel like I am winning tons for that 6th point in the Assassin regardless & that Fitness point will be fun to see in action.

I am trying to let go, but it's not like I get a new gun every day... I have two golden weapons cards, and both are of no use to me, Adas and Geth Plasma. And, in mods, out of 4 silver/gold ones I have unlocked, 3 (!) are for Sniper Rifles. The fourth one is a super-heavy attachment on an Assault Rifle (high-velocity barrel). Heh. Sure thing, that's just what I need, seeing how I am practically Zaytzev reborn. Oh, well, at least I finally have 13/13 of the blue mods unlocked, if not maxed out yet. And, yes, of course, RNG makes progression meaningful. Any more meaningful, and I might reach the state of Enlightenment there.

It loses weight as it levels up? Cool! I did not realize that. Thank you for the tip.

It's actually my least favorite game design decision.  Weapon effectiveness and spare ammunition would have been just fine if they just ended it there.  Why make lower-ranked players with new guns incur an encumbrance and power cooldown penalty on top of that?