Kasumi's mission [was] super hard - Adept tips for ME2 Insanity

Now I'm recuriting Arcangel. I'm stuck in closing off the walls. There are just too many of them. I bought along Modrin this time for his incinerate - not sure what was good... help!

I am resisting downgradingto Hardcore. I dont remember Insanity/Adept so difficult!

I don't like playing as an adept that much except in ME3. However the adept will actually be good against the collectors since you have warp which is good against armor and barriers. I recommend having a bonus power be warp ammo. I would strongly recommend garrus since he has strong combat abilities as well as overload which is good against shields and adepts have nothing against shields.

When getting to the part fighting Hock at the end, stay behind the barrier. It's the best spot. When you run low on ammo, there's respawning ammo that appears a few steps in front. When things have calmed down for a moment, that would be the best time to run forward to get that ammo, then get back behind the barrier.

Thanks guys I will keep trying. I had been drinking a bit last night, I'm sure that impacted things .

Any tips for mission order? So I've done: Firewalker, Normandy Crash site, a medium amount of scanning, Mordin's Recruitment, Kasumi and I'm in the middle of Arcangel. Wasn't sure if I should focus on biotic upgrades or what.

Also, in general, running with Miranda and Garrus is the best right? Miranda a no-brainer for Overload and Warp combos and her lead, and Garrus for a second Overload and his sniping? For some reason I was thinking Mordin might be good with his incinerate but I guess if Miranda and I both have Warp, it's not as useful.

I think I'm level 7 now, maxxed Singularity to heavy and was going to focus on passive next, unless beefing up Warp is a good idea? I gave Miranda Area Overload (seemed better than heavy) - not sure where to invest in her next.

P.S. Why is Adept on Insanity in ME3 a lot easier than in ME2?

Note: I tweaked your quoted post so I could number your questions. It should make it easier to follow your questions and my attempted answers.



1. As an Adept, I prefer to do this recruitment mission order pre-Horizon

Mission 1: Mordin, to unlock the research station.
Mission 2. Archangel, to get the SMG Damage upgrade. With the SMG Damage upgrade from a Citadel shop, I can the unlock the SMG Shield Piercing upgrade (+50% damage versus shields.)
Mission 3. Jack, to get the damage protection upgrade.
Mission 4. Warlord, because it is the only mission left.

With regards to upgrades, there is Biotic Damage upgrade on Firewalker, however, you cannot get any more Biotic Damage upgrades until Horizon. That means you cannot research the Biotic Duration upgrade (for getting two Biotic Damage upgrade) until after Horizon. A third Biotic Damage upgrade is in an Illium shop, which will unlock the Biotic Cooldown upgrade.

After Horizon, I like to do these missions:
Mission 1: The three main Firewalker missions to get the Biotic Damage upgrade, if I have not done these missions yet.
Mission 2: N7:Anomalous Weather (requires Star Charts from Illium), for the damage protection upgrade. This would be Damage Protection #3, which unlocks the Hard Shields upgrade. I cannot remember where this mission is offhand. I think it is in the Pylos Nebula.
Mission 3: N7:Blood Pack Base (requires Star Charts from Illium) in the Shrike Abyssal. It is on Zada Ben.
Mission 4: (If I still need missions to unlock the Disabled Collector Ship) There are a few non-combat N7 missions I can do, or try to save all 20 crates.

After that, the Disabled Collector Ship unlocks and I can go get my bonus weapon. Then I go help Liara with Lair of the Shadow Broker to get the squadmate power-reset terminal.

2. (Squadmates). Adept works best with Warp-bombers. Miranda and Thane are awesome with the Adept. Since you cannot get Thane until after Horizon, you will probably make better use with a defense-stripper as your second squadmate. Garrus for shields (Overload) and Mordin for armor (Incinerate) are your best defense strippers. Miranda and Thane are pretty interchangeable, so you can go with either one for loyalty missions.

Remember: Mordin's Incinerate starts with a small radius, but can be evolved to have a 3m radius with Area Incinerate. This means his Incinerate can hit multiple enemies. Warp is always a single-target power. Squadmates with Warp are great so they can detonate warp bombs that you prime with Pull and Singularity.

For squadmates, evolve their Warp to Unstable Warp since its base cooldown drops from 12s to 9s with that evolution.

3. For a basic Adept that is imported at level 50-59, you start at level 3. After completing Lazarus Station and talking with the Illusive Man, you reach level 4. At level 4, the basic Adept will look like this:
2 - Warp
1 - Throw
2 - Singularity
1 - Pull
0 - Biotic Mastery
1 - Bonus power

From there, I would level it like this:
A. Max Biotic Mastery to Bastion (for cooldown and duration bonuses)
B. Max Singularity to Heavy Singularity.
C and D. Max Warp to Heavy Warp and Pull to Pull Field. Either max Warp first then Pull, or Pull first then Warp. Up to you.
E. Max Throw to Heavy throw.

Best bonus power for the Adept is 1-point Stasis. You can also make some use of Warp Ammo. If you want to max Warp Ammo, then max it Heavy Warp Ammo. Warp Ammo is best used for its extra damage to lifted enemies, so then I would recommend maxing Pull before Warp. Warp Ammo deals 2x its listed health/armor/barrier damage to lifted targets; that means Heavy Warp deals +50% base weapon damage to health/armor/barrier, but +100% health damage to lifted targets.

4. Adept is easier on ME3 Insanity than ME2 Insanity, because ME3 Insanity is much easier than ME2 Insanity. In ME3, few enemies have a defense layer, and you can both prime and detonate power combos on enemy defenses. Plus a whole host of other reasons why ME3 Insanity is easier.

1. While Singularity could be better, you are selling Singularity too short. Singularity can hold most protected enemies in place, while draining their protections. This gives you time to take out some other goons.

I cast out Singularity, then focus on defense-stripping another guy, Pull the other enemy and have Miranda/Thane warp-bomb him. Then I can go back to the guy still caught in Singularity, or continue to focus on other enemies. (Enemies caught in the warp-bomb blast are staggered and have some of their defenses shot off. While they are staggered and not shooting me, I can shoot the rest of their defenses off and Warp-bomb them; or shoot the defenses off the guy caught in Singularity and then Warp-bomb him.

2. I would not say Kasumi's loyalty mission is a must. The Locust is good since it more accurate at longer ranges, but I do not think it is flat-out the best SMG. Most players use it because they like its accuracy. I can use all SMGs. I actually have not used the Locust all that much in a long time, meaning I actually find it hard to use now since I am so used to the Shuriken and Tempest.

3. Not sure why you think assault rifles are so important for Tali's recruit mission. Pistol + SMG is just fine. I agree that the CAIN is good for knocking down the Colossus armor.

4. Pistols = +50% to +100% damage versus armor.
SMGs = +50% to +100% damage versus shields (Locust deals less shield damage than the Shuriken and Tempest but has a small damage bonus to armor)
Between Pistol and SMG, my Adept rarely uses the bonus weapon. If I take an assault rifle on my Adept, I end up using it as backup to the SMG and Pistol.

ME2 has detonations, but only if you use Warp on a lifted enemy (Enemy lifted by Singularity, Pull, or Slam). ME3's power combo system is much broader, which makes the game much easier.

Hey Red, Garrus, Up and Mike thank you for the extra info. I've beaten ME2 on console with Adept - not sure why this feels a lot harder than last time on PC. I guess I had more xp due to playing the game multiple times. I think I may have done Engineer on my last ME2 Insanity playthrough. I'm going to try to stick with Insanity and not chicken out and go down to Hardcore.  I kind of feel like a wimp so far and not powerful.

Question: which classes would you say are easiest on Insanity in ME2, verses hardest?

I find soldier to be the best class on insanity. I'm able to bulldoze my way through the trilogy at a very quick pace without too much problem. Adept would be a good class if the player doesn't want to use weapons. I know, I've done it.

If someone were to playthrough ME2 as quickly as possible, I would suggest completing firewalker dlc after completing Horizon. It's quick and has enough missions to activated the collector ship mission. Then go get the IFF. Once done, you will have to complete 2 missions to activate the collectors taking the crew. I would suggest those two missions be loyalty missions. One can be Jack's since it only takes a few minutes to complete and the other can be whoever you want. If you plan on using this Shepard in ME3, I suggest having the two characters that are loyal with Shepard when fighting 3-eyes.

The other thing depends on when doing her loyalty mission. I usually complete it between Horizon and collector ship missions. I put most points in overload and whatever is left in one of her other powers. When facing the biotic foes, stay behind cover. If hit with warp it will stagger Shepard for a moment leaving him/her to additional damage from the other enemies. When facing Ymir's, just stay behind cover. They will only get so close to Shepard before backing off.

If you like to be courageous, just run past everyone. The part where you have to use the cannon to blow a hole in the wall, just run to it as quickly as possible to avoid the enemies.

I think infiltrator and sentinel are the easiest. I prefer vanguard but you have to do it just right. 

Wait what do you mean the biotic\adept argument? I love the vanguard class in ME2 and ME3 and I like the adept it ME3. I like it in ME2 as well but not as much as the other class's..except soldier I don't like that class