Suggestions for next class for an Insanity run...

Okay thanks. I haven't posted here in a while. I've kinda moved to the ME Reddit. I'm going Sentinel I think for ME1 - might go Sent, Sent then Eng for ME3. Or I'll go full Sent we'll see. ty for your input!

Yeah I've not played them on Inasnity but I have played al;l 6 classesin the originals and I think it largely depensd on your playstyle but I think all 6 ae rplayable even Sentine land Vanguard as although I do find Sentine la bit too degfensiv and Vanguard a bit too aggressiv the ycan still work and be fun to play. Yeah my second playthroug hof the LE was an Engineer and it didn't really feel tha tdifferent from the originals.

I usually do it right before Virmire as well (and I do Virmire as the last available mission, unless I recruit Liara last).

For LE, I finished every game as a soldier on insanity and it was pretty smooth with >90% of combat deaths basically only occuring due to the fact that leaving/entering cover and sprint are all on the same hotkey and the resulting input delay. In ME 1 at the latest during Noveria you'll get a somewhat accurate and powerful assault rifle and with the according skills you'll be roasting everything in mere seconds with unholy amounts of continuous fire. ME2+3 make things even easier with adrenalin rush. In ME 2 the Mattock allows you to down multiple enemies on any range John Wick style during a single use of adrenalin rush and in ME 3 you can escalate even further with weapons like the Typhoon or Cerberus Harrier(since now adrenalin rush instantly reloads your weapon and restores a part of your shields). So I can only recommend.

Thanks Red.  Yeah I'll probably opt for Liara, Wrex then.  Wrex bugged me when he got pissed after I left the Rachni Queen go (i'd never brought him on that mission - was kinda cool he got so pissed.)  Yeah biotics OP in ME1.  I'm now at a point where I've got most relevant skills maxxed and nothing is too hard.  I've got rank 7 Spectre weapons on all my team members. 

The only really 2 challenging parts for me on Insanity in ME1 are: all the rachni in the room after initiating the neutron purge in Noveria - also on the rooftop/landlines (have to stay in the hallway or other room to make those work) - and sometimes being careful with all the thorian creepers on Feros.  Unless I'm forgetting something, those 3 are the only tough-ish fights in ME1 on Insanity.

Okay yeah I like Garrus's sniping - but his other tech abils I dont need or use.  Wrex more versatile for sure with some biotics, as is Kaidan.  I might think of using Kaidan - I just figured he was not needed since we're both sents (p.s. he will be in LI in ME3 but i dont usually run with him in ME1.)

On Feros now, got charm maxxed.  Honestly saving Jeong sure doesnt seem worth it--that charm check should have been lower imo.  Especially if it has no consequences in ME2/ME3 - you would think a max charm check would...

As always, this compilation thread should help.

Specifically for the Adept:
1. Adepting through Insanity, by Average Gatsby
helped me immensely when I first started playing the Adept on Insanity.

2. I eventually created my own video guide for the Adept on Insanity. Playlist here.

3. Mass Effect 2: The Power of the Adept, by Bozorgmehr has some good information about the Adept.

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Basics:
1. Cast Singularity on an enemy to hold it in place while you focus on taking out protections. I like to cast Singularity on one enemy, then focus on shooting protections off other enemies in the meantime.

2. Warp bombs are good for damaging or killing groups of enemies. I find using a squadmate's Warp to detonate better than your own since you can focus on disabling enemies with your own weapons and powers (your powers have a quicker cooldown).

3. Adept is a biotic combo specialist. Pull + Throw is your quickest combo for taking out enemies on outdoor maps (about 50% of maps).

4. Adept is probably the class most reliant on other squadmates to get the most out of the class. That does not mean it is bad, it just means it is different.

5. While most other classes kill enemies in consistent intervals, Adept tends to have a ramping kill rate. Most encounters start with holding an enemy in place with Singularity, then working on removing protections. Then you start using biotic combos to weaken and kill enemies in increasing numbers. This makes the Adept seem slow or bad/useless at first. Again, it just plays differently. (This is what I like about ME2 so much: all classes play so differently).

Shockwave can be useful on the Reaper IFF if I recall; it has been a while since I used Shockwave on an Adept. I have some videos of a Shockwave Adept on the Reaper IFF mission here if you want to see how it can work:
Part 1.
Part 2.

Generally I do not use Shockwave on the Adept since I prefer Pull and Throw a lot more. I typically just use Singularity and Warp (mostly for the Scions) on that mission.

Throw Field is good regardless of mission, although I generally prefer Heavy Throw; I prefer Pull Field for groups of enemies, and use Heavy Throw to try and send a single enemy off the map. Throw Field can be weird with Pull Field as it can send enemies behind you. That being said, Throw Field is really good on its own for knocking down multiple enemies.

I would use Pull Field instead of Throw Field, so if the games bugs out (and it will at times), enemies will still be affected by Pull's damage increase even if they are not lifted. When Throw bugs out it just sucks that the enemies will remain standing.


More on Shockwave:

Shockwave has a longer base cooldown (6 seconds) than most of the Adept's other native powers. It will hit everything in its path (which is good) and since it travels along the ground, will hit enemies out of cover. It can hit a bunch of enemies that are (sort of) lined up in a row in front of you, which rarely happens.

You really need max cooldowns (in passive and from the Biotic Cooldown upgrade) to get the most out of it. But at that point you probably just end spamming Shockwave. An easily-spammable tactic.

The biggest issue with Shockwave is that the Adept has access to both Pull and Throw which are better for most situations. Shockwave can hit enemies where Pull or Throw would fail -- which is good -- but most times you do not really care about those enemies anyway.

I have done an entire Shockwave Adept playthrough (thread here) if you are interested.


To unlock Horizon, you need to recruit Mordin, Archangel/Garrus, Jack, and Okeer/Grunt.

To unlock the Disabled Collector Ship (after Horizon), you need five (5) mission complete screens, plus a minimum 8 squadmates.

If you really like the Locust, then I recommend getting it sooner rather than later. I prefer doing Kasumi's mission after recruiting Archangel/Garrus, since the Archangel Recruitment mission has an SMG Damage upgrade. You can buy another SMG Damage upgrade from a Citadel store. Getting two SMG Damage upgrades will unlock the SMG Shield Piercing upgrade, which increases SMG damages versus shields and barriers from +50% to +100%.

Personally I like the Shuriken, but a lot of players do not. Understandable really, as the Shuriken is kind of a harder SMG to use effectively. Locust is really easy to use as it has really good damage and accuracy. Almost all the DLC guns have some balance issues. I still think the Locust is somewhat balanced although I think it could use a nerf to its damage and/or accuracy.

I rarely use Heavy Weapons, but I really like the Avalanche. Avalanche is good for the first platforms section on the Disabled Collector Ship. It has low damage, but high defense multipliers so it can strip defenses easily and then freeze enemies in a few shots.

Arc Projector is good for reaching multiple enemies spread farther apart, but it tends to have too low ammo count for my liking.

I use the Cain ("Nuke Launcher") for very specific things. For example, I will sometimes take it to the Derelict Reaper (Reaper IFF) mission to take out the Reaper Drive Core in one shot, although that means I cannot use the Avalanche would come in handier for most of the mission. Cain is good for missions where you want to deal a lot of damage to specific enemies that may give you trouble in some areas, like YMIR mechs.

i use the Grenade Launcher to take out the gunship when recruiting Archangel/Garrus but I do not use it beyond that.

Missile Launcher is good for cheesing the "Save 20 crates" mission. I will usually carry on the Adept for the times I pull+throw an enemy and they get stuck somewhere unreachable.

I find the FlameThrower and Prothean Particle Beam kind of trash. The Singularity Projector is kind of new to me; I have used it once as a novelty but I do not think it is that great.

Yeah, it is mostly about positioning and placing Singularity where you can hold as many husks as possible. Try to put the Singularity at a choke point -- like at the top or bottom of stairs -- where husks have no choice but to run into it. Also note that Scions will not shoot you if they cannot see you. So try to stay out of their line of sight. It is okay to back up if you feel overwhelmed. in the final area, you can just run around and not worry about squadmates too much if they go down.

Pull Field is also good when Singularity is already out and you want to stagger or pull other groups of husks. And if Pull bugs out against a Health-only enemy, you can Warp-bomb them if the "Pull" is still active. Husks die immediately when their feet leave the ground.

singularity can hold a Scion in place for a short time, but they destroy it pretty quickly; you can put it on a Scion, and it usually is destroyed rght about the time the cooldown is done (on Insanity).

Mordin (Incineration Blast) and Samara (Area Reave) are really good squadmates for the Reaper IFF mission. Only real time I care about squadmates stripping defenses. It is all armor. Your own Warp is good for Scion armor while you shoot at it with a pistol.


That last section is tough for pretty much all classes. Try to focus on the husks first so they do not knock you out of cover. Use the Avalanche (if you have it), Singularity, and Pull/Throw to deal with them. Harbinger can also knock you out of cover, but you can hold him in place with Singularity for as long as it lasts. Harbinger can keep taking control of other Collectors, so it is up to you if you want to keep fighting Harbinger, or leave him until last or until you are forced to deal with him.

There is no one real good place to be to deal with everything. Maybe near the back (opposite end from where you enter), because I don't think anyone spawns in that area otherwise? I know Collectors can fly in on top of you if take cover in the trucks near the entrance (I have had that happen before). That walkway towards the left side of the entrance is okay, but husks will spawn there in a group in one of the waves, but if you know it is coming you can deal with it . That walkway does have good cover so you can juke Harbinger's biotic ball pretty easily.

I think Grunt is the worst squadmate in ME2. As an Adept, I typically bring Miranda so she can detonate warp-bombs. The other squadmate is usually Jack, but Jacob can be good too (he also has Incendiary Ammo, although I prioritize his Pull first). Mordin can help with the husks.

Kasumi's Flashbang grenade can stop Harbinger from using his biotic death ball. And of course Flashbang can also stop enemies from firing at you for short time.

So any two of Jack, Jacob, Miranda, or Kasumi is good for Horizon.

Avalanche would be good for the final part to deal with the husks quickly. No point with the Cain on the Praetorian. The Cain would make that fight quicker, but that means forgoing the Avalanche which would be more useful at dealing with the more difficult fights earlier.

I wish I could provide better tactical advice, but basically anything I have suggested before, keep doing. Singularity on enemies you want to lock down (protections or not), including Harbinger. Up to you if you want to save Harbinger until last, or focus on him first and fight him multiple times as he takes control of others after you kill him each time.

I will say that Pull + Throw can instant-kill on the map, but I have had several occasions where they survive outside of where you can reach them, preventing the next phase from starting. Not even the missile launcher can help at that point. So keep that in mind.