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Post by Psychevore on Jul 28, 2021 12:46:34 GMT
I start on normal for ME games but other games sometimes casual just to figure out how it works. Funny this cam up above because for this PT of MELE I played Veteran in ME1 and 2 but that disappears for ME3 so I decided to give Hardcore a try and I am not much liking it. It's not dying which has happened twice on Mars once a one hit from grenades and the other for being a bit too bold it's just the chore of bullet sponge enemies and the extra time that involves. That and the fact and I know I have complained about this previously but the lack of ammo dropping is ridiculous. Yesterday I was like hooray look at all that ammo to pick up and I killed the last enemy and it all just bloody disappeared. Had to do the next part in the office after doing the dodging the big gun tutorial at the door with just my SMG and abilities. I didn't die but it wasn't much fun. I don't think you should be shooting all that much in ME3, given that everything explodes. Fire, electricity, freeze, biotics, it all explodes when hit with a throw.
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Post by sentinel87 on Jul 28, 2021 13:20:07 GMT
For my second playthrough of the LE I'm currently working on my renegade Shepard.
Finished Noveria a few days ago but decided to go back for a visit out of curiosity. I left Anoleis in charge by selling the evidence back to him. When I talked to him he wanted to know what happened off the record at Peak 15 and I offered to tell him, for a price. Told him that monsters got loose and they are now dead. He seemed very interested in the possibly of biological weapons and mentions sending hazmat teams to recover samples.
Don't think I've ever had that conversation with him before, I typically remove Anoleis during playthroughs and when you leave Rift Station after dealing with the Rachni queen it kicks you back to the Normandy and there is usually little reason I find to go back to Noveria. Nice little touch Bioware added there.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Jul 28, 2021 13:24:58 GMT
Okay I have not started my second playthrough of ME3. But I wondering are there any N7 missions I don't know about. I only had one N7 mission is about locating a Cerberus operative who had damning information about Cerberus. I spoke to each crewmember after the SM and Thane, Samara, and Legion still had more to say. Thane told me about his wife, Samara told me that whenever I needed her she would be there, and Legion spoke about all of his programs, he also played a 300 year old file of when the Geth first started asking the Quarians if it had a soul. Do these three have more to say and are there anymore N7 quests so I can unlock more conversations from these three. Legion has at least one more conversation. N7 missions can be found throughout the galaxy. You may have to travel out of system and scan planets to find them. (When accessing a planet, EDI will mention "Anomaly detected" if there is a mission you can scan to unlock.) If you bought the start charts on Illium, each of those clusters has at least one N7 mission in a system. You can probably find a list of N7 missions somewhere on the Internet if you search.
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Post by talyn82 on Jul 28, 2021 17:08:19 GMT
Okay I have not started my second playthrough of ME3. But I wondering are there any N7 missions I don't know about. I only had one N7 mission is about locating a Cerberus operative who had damning information about Cerberus. I spoke to each crewmember after the SM and Thane, Samara, and Legion still had more to say. Thane told me about his wife, Samara told me that whenever I needed her she would be there, and Legion spoke about all of his programs, he also played a 300 year old file of when the Geth first started asking the Quarians if it had a soul. Do these three have more to say and are there anymore N7 quests so I can unlock more conversations from these three. Legion has at least one more conversation. N7 missions can be found throughout the galaxy. You may have to travel out of system and scan planets to find them. (When accessing a planet, EDI will mention "Anomaly detected" if there is a mission you can scan to unlock.) If you bought the start charts on Illium, each of those clusters has at least one N7 mission in a system. You can probably find a list of N7 missions somewhere on the Internet if you search. I'll go to Illium then. I looked at the wiki but there weren't any N7 missions listed.
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Post by Sundance31us on Jul 28, 2021 19:37:32 GMT
ME1LE:- Side Note: I did not press the Consort for a more substantial payment (wink wink nudge nudge)...
- Did a few UNC missions to shakedown the squad..wish Ash/Kaidan would stop running into my line of fire.
- Spoke to Ash about aliens...she's clearly hiding something, I didn't press the matter. Think she's trying to flirt, remaining aloof.
- Gave Wrex his family armor; he said he was starting to like me, but that he'd still kill me. He's a better flirt.
- Prevented an asteroid from crashing into Terra Nova and ended the careers of a gang of batarian slavers.
- Popped over to Feros and helped them take care of their Geth/Thorian problem. Rescued an asari named Shiala and let her share a cipher to help understand beacon's vision. She did some sort of "eternity" thing that melded our minds, it probably wasn't a good idea to let her do that...she probably knows my pin number now.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 28, 2021 19:48:17 GMT
I start on normal for ME games but other games sometimes casual just to figure out how it works. Funny this cam up above because for this PT of MELE I played Veteran in ME1 and 2 but that disappears for ME3 so I decided to give Hardcore a try and I am not much liking it. It's not dying which has happened twice on Mars once a one hit from grenades and the other for being a bit too bold it's just the chore of bullet sponge enemies and the extra time that involves. That and the fact and I know I have complained about this previously but the lack of ammo dropping is ridiculous. Yesterday I was like hooray look at all that ammo to pick up and I killed the last enemy and it all just bloody disappeared. Had to do the next part in the office after doing the dodging the big gun tutorial at the door with just my SMG and abilities. I didn't die but it wasn't much fun. I don't want to sound preachy, so just tell me to buzz off if it sounds that way. Now, that said... Enemies only feel like bullet sponges because you're likely ignoring some of your tools. Are you in Adrenaline Rush 90% of combat, getting something like a 70% damage boost? Also, with time dilation, most bullets are hitting weak points like the head. That means way fewer shots to deal way more damage. Every class has a toolbox that allows it to keep up with the power curve. Soldier and Infiltrator have their damage boosters. Casters (including Infiltrator) can pump out insane damage via power combos. Essentially, you can stay afloat on Normal while ignoring these; but I'm not surprised to read that higher difficulties become a slog without them. Try adding Incendiary Burst Ammo, whether via Shepard or James, and Amplified Concussive Shot. That will give you nice Fire Explosions and whet your appetite for more. 🙂 You can use this same tactic during Adrenaline Rush by choosing the correct tier 6 option. _____ In a not entirely dissimilar vein, I got Kaidan aboard and love Kaidan + Javik + Vanguard. Kaidan can prime Tech simultaneously with Javik priming biotic. Then, Charge detonates one and Nova the other. It's so good. Plus, they spare me Liara's annoying voice and prattle. 😆 I just took that pair to the monastery on Lesuss. It was a blast (or rather lots of them), and I didn't have to suffer Liara's sudden shock at Reaper cruelty.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 28, 2021 19:53:16 GMT
I finished the Genophage Arc, sabotaging the genophage with Mordin's cooperation. Wreav was a looming menace, sure to finish what the Reapers started. After consecutive playthroughs, I think I'm finished with Wreav for a while. Time to welcome Wrex back to the crew next playthrough. I think I will also save the Council next time, but we'll see. I kind of like Irissa, Isheel and Quintius; and I think parts of the story make more sense if the Council dies in ME1. Still, I really miss my favorite salesman on the Citadel, the Turian at Rodam Expeditions. His dramatically changed demeanor stings worse than any untrusting councilors. 😆 Anyway, I'm still Vanguarding through the Reapers. There really isn't a gameplay reason to take anyone but Javik and Liara into combat. You certainly can mix it up and be fine; but the biotic trio are unstoppable together. I'm looking forward to Nyreen and Aria on Omega. (I still have the Coup, possibly my favorite mission, plus other stuff before Omega.) They won't be the insane pairing that Liara and Javik are, but the combos should be fun. Lash and Flare can detonate Reave, as can Nyreen's grenades. I like using Aria's Flare as a big ass grenade attack against out of reach pylons and the like. Of course, very little is out of reach for a Vanguard. I look forward to the team up, as always. Before that, we have the Coup. I really love taking Garrus on that mission, no matter Shepard's class. I really enjoy taking James, too, but I should probably take Liara or Javik.I maxed out Squad Cryo Ammo while on Tuchanka. I had it activated on my squaddies, but I didn't see much point. They were definitely freezing and shattering targets, but I still feel like Squad Incendiary Burst is significantly better. I'll likely only ever use Squad Cryo again against Geth, since they don't panic from burning. Next, I'll finally max Fitness. Shepard's comparatively modest health and resistance hasn't been an issue, but I'll still gladly take the upgrades. After that, I'll max Double Pull, and then throw the leftovers at Shockwave. It sounds like I'm talking about far off stuff, but I'll be hitting 60 during Omega, so it's not far off. Ooooh, I just remembered the clone battle. With MELE, I've started doing that after the Coup to get the Lancer. That will speed leveling even faster. I'll go ahead and get the Cerberus Spirit Armor, too, since it takes forever to get all the power-user armor pieces that I want. I've been using the Inferno Armor nearly all game, thus far. Yeah I tend to use Garrus and Liara fo rthe coup mission. That's the pair I took this time. I feel like it must really give Kaidan pause. "Shit, they're both still with him? Where has my head been?"
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Post by colfoley on Jul 28, 2021 20:34:56 GMT
Speaking of the Citadel Coup. Garrus and James tends to be my normal selection. Of course pre Citadel Coup no one really goes out and strikes me as 'A' team worthy. Speaking of which had a bit of a fun adventure last night. After running the coup and doing Thane's death scene I went right to do Leviathan instead and was like 'well I wonder what will happen I forgot to get Ashley'. I was fairly confident after doing something similar last playthrough that it would be fine and well then the weirdness happened because it played the Anderson Hacket convo instead, so I had to go back to the Citadel, turn right around, the Ashley cutscene triggered...but then I got an e-mail from her saying she is having fun settling in with Hacket. Don't worry she is still on the squad though. From the Personal Logs of Commander Abigail Shepard, May 12th, 2186Councilor Escheel's warning about Udina proved to be accurate. By the time I went to our scheduled meeting Cerberus was launching a coup against the Citadel Council trying to overthrow them...on Udina's behalf. Or at least he was coordinating the entire thing. *a spasm of anger and pain crosses her face* You know what sucks about this whole thing? Cerberus. The Council. The Alliance. There really is no difference between any of them. They are all engaging in a mad scramble of power, of controlling people and things for their ideology. None of them really serves the best interests of the people they claim to represent, all they are interested in is enforcing their own agendas on the universe. And anything outside their experience...they just ignore, looking for convenient explanations rather then ever facing reality. Maybe to the point where its already too late and they have doomed us all. *she sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose* I may wear the uniform *she picks up the tunic next to her* but I am tired of serving corrupt organizaations. So I may wear the uniform. I may be a Spectre above and beyond the call of duty. But I serve humanity. I serve life. My alleigances are no longer to corrupt beurocracies and governments but to actual people. At least I did not have to put Ashley down during all this. Which is also funny because as she was pointing her gun at me I finally understood Udina's game. Yes, she is a hell of a soldier, but it was an attempt to secure her loyalty. To give her a promotion. I can't say I'm not a little...bitter...about her continued mistrust in me...but we were friends once and I do know what she is capable of in the field. May 13thYou know I am sure that someone will say its a bad habit I'm picking up, right after every tragedy not even taking a moment and burying myself in more work...but of course I hardly have time to see a shrink now in the midst of all this. And well I cannot stop moving because I can't let Thane's death...or Mordin's...be in vein. To that end I finally went to go visit Dr. Bryson and follow up on his lead. Looks like he is investigating some kind of Reaper Killer....investigating the myths of the Leviathan of Dis and the rumors to look for something that can stop the Reapers. Even more intriguingly he supposes that this could be the origins of the Reapers. Investigating their history, how they began, finding a weakness...or an ally. As tempting as it sounded my skepticism was also well engaged at the whole series of information he was giving us. It sounded like one of those conspiratorial radio programs I used to listen to in the barracks during basic...but it did add a lot of credence when his aid came in and shot him dead out of nowhere...and then promptly went through some kind of mood swings which does seem like some of our experiences with indoctrination. Right now we are tracking down another one of his research assistance, Dr. Garneu, he claims to have found something in an asteroid field....if this lead is as promising as this sphere thing in his lab, we just might be onto something.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 28, 2021 21:01:29 GMT
Unless I'm going for something specific, Garrus and James is always an option. They're deadly with some good guns and tech, fire (and even Cryo, if Shep brings them) explosions. Plus, I just love those guys. They're probably my two favorites personalities of the entire trilogy.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 28, 2021 22:02:37 GMT
Unless I'm going for something specific, Garrus and James is always an option. They're deadly with some good guns and tech, fire (and even Cryo, if Shep brings them) explosions. Plus, I just love those guys. They're probably my two favorites personalities of the entire trilogy. About time Vega gets some more love out there from someone other than me.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 28, 2021 23:07:42 GMT
Unless I'm going for something specific, Garrus and James is always an option. They're deadly with some good guns and tech, fire (and even Cryo, if Shep brings them) explosions. Plus, I just love those guys. They're probably my two favorites personalities of the entire trilogy. About time Vega gets some more love out there from someone other than me. I love James. The only thing wrong with him is that I wish I could've had him sooner. Great character. Great writing. Great acting. James isn't a "Kewl A-Lee-N", and some will always get bored by human companions. He and Garrus are right at the top for me. After them, I guess Javik, Kaidan and Zaeed? I like everyone in every game, but James is a standout. _____ I got pulled away for several hours today. It was exhausting and cost me valuable ME playtime. I am in the midst of the Rannoch arc. Seeing as Geth aren't troubled by fire, I've been running Squad Cryo. (No Ash this playthrough.) It's always a fun power. Even elites get chilled and slowed, while anything lesser gets frozen and shattered. I did the Dreadnought with Tali and Garrus. I rescued Zal'Kooris with Tali and Kaidan. (Since Shep is a Vanguard, he really did it all alone.) I had fun zipping across huge distances on the wide battlefields of Rannoch. I've had a ton of issues targeting Charge against Geth. Both aboard the dreadnought and on Rannoch, Charge has been iffy. It's not bad enough to derail the fun, but it's definitely an issue.
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Post by phoray on Jul 29, 2021 0:27:15 GMT
Going after Dr. Kenson. This is new to me stuff I'm pretty sure 🤔 OMG, as a primarily sniper user who uses her squadmates as a distraction/bait this was a very frustrating experience. There was a modicum of satisfaction when we "peeled out" burning the baddies in the exhaust. I laughed and was like, ya. Take that. my Renegade Shep is looking like her eyes are burning out. I seriously thought indoctrination as soon as Kenson mentioned a reaper artifact showed her something. Let's see how this goes, I'm super expecting another double cross like we got at the Blue Sun Prison that Jack was at
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Post by colfoley on Jul 29, 2021 0:35:04 GMT
About time Vega gets some more love out there from someone other than me. I love James. The only thing wrong with him is that I wish I could've had him sooner. Great character. Great writing. Great acting. James isn't a "Kewl A-Lee-N", and some will always get bored by human companions. He and Garrus are right at the top for me. After them, I guess Javik, Kaidan and Zaeed? I like everyone in every game, but James is a standout. _____ I got pulled away for several hours today. It was exhausting and cost me valuable ME playtime. I am in the midst of the Rannoch arc. Seeing as Geth aren't troubled by fire, I've been running Squad Cryo. (No Ash this playthrough.) It's always a fun power. Even elites get chilled and slowed, while anything lesser gets frozen and shattered. I did the Dreadnought with Tali and Garrus. I rescued Zal'Kooris with Tali and Kaidan. (Since Shep is a Vanguard, he really did it all alone.) I had fun zipping across huge distances on the wide battlefields of Rannoch. I've had a ton of issues targeting Charge against Geth. Both aboard the dreadnought and on Rannoch, Charge has been iffy. It's not bad enough to derail the fun, but it's definitely an issue. Yeah. To be fair that was my first complaint about Vega back in the day. I thought it was very stupid of Bio to include a brand new companion charater in the final chapter of the series given that one would have any connection to the guy so no one would take him out anywhere. But BioWare did the rather brilliant thing of kind of forcing him on your squad early for the first missions, or at least in the order that I did it in the first playthrough he was basically one of my only characters that I had for a bit and the connection between him and my Shepard was rather instantaneous the whole 'James make him explode' thing...which I realized I do not think I have referenced in any of these logs...oops. But yeah Vega is my second favorite FPJ role of all time.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Jul 29, 2021 1:18:52 GMT
My quick thoughts on James (since we seem to be discussing him): I think he is okay as a character. As a combat companion though, I tend to sideline him very quickly for more useful or complimentary squadmates. He is not ME2 Grunt levels of suck, maybe more like Jacob: Good, but other squadmates are a little better.
But enough about that. On with the rest of the post!
From the journal of Mark Shepard: So that Prothean artifact on Eden Prime turned out to be an actual Prothean! Like the dead Protheans we discovered on Ilos, this Prothean was in a stasis pod, but it actually had power. We managed to wake him up and he's joined our crew. He's not the friendliest guy, but he wants to beat the Reapers. Here's hoping we win this war so he doesn't have to lose two in a row.
I wanted to call him Prothy the Prothean, but he insists his name is Javik. He's no fun at all.
From the journal of Mark Shepard: I ran into Kelly on the Citadel. She refused to come aboard the Normandy. Too many bad memories about her abduction by the Collectors, plus she is doing good work with the refugees. She also managed to save my fish. She always was nice.
And Ashley accepted the Spectre offer from Udina. Good for her! She mentioned she would love to join the Normandy again, but has other assignments first. Too bad, I really miss her. The reality is, the galaxy would be better off if we went our separate ways. But screw the galaxy; I really want her back on the Normandy, hopefully sooner rather than later.
From the journal of Mark Shepard: Cerberus was abducting students from Grissom Academy. Some data pads we found indicated they were turning some of them into deep-cover operatives or putting them into some other initiatives or experiments. I don't even know. But Jack was there -- somehow as a teacher for biotic students -- and kicking all sorts of Cerberus ass. So glad we got there in time to help her evacuate the people that were left. She's now leading the students into the war in a support role, per her recommendation.
From the journal of Mark Shepard: We hit a Cerberus lab and recovered some Reaper tech. Hopefully they're properly shielded to avoid indoctrinating people. I would hate for sudden "accidents" to occur on the Crucible project if they aren't.
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Post by dazk on Jul 29, 2021 1:37:58 GMT
I start on normal for ME games but other games sometimes casual just to figure out how it works. Funny this cam up above because for this PT of MELE I played Veteran in ME1 and 2 but that disappears for ME3 so I decided to give Hardcore a try and I am not much liking it. It's not dying which has happened twice on Mars once a one hit from grenades and the other for being a bit too bold it's just the chore of bullet sponge enemies and the extra time that involves. That and the fact and I know I have complained about this previously but the lack of ammo dropping is ridiculous. Yesterday I was like hooray look at all that ammo to pick up and I killed the last enemy and it all just bloody disappeared. Had to do the next part in the office after doing the dodging the big gun tutorial at the door with just my SMG and abilities. I didn't die but it wasn't much fun. I don't want to sound preachy, so just tell me to buzz off if it sounds that way. Now, that said... Enemies only feel like bullet sponges because you're likely ignoring some of your tools. Are you in Adrenaline Rush 90% of combat, getting something like a 70% damage boost? Also, with time dilation, most bullets are hitting weak points like the head. That means way fewer shots to deal way more damage. Every class has a toolbox that allows it to keep up with the power curve. Soldier and Infiltrator have their damage boosters. Casters (including Infiltrator) can pump out insane damage via power combos. Essentially, you can stay afloat on Normal while ignoring these; but I'm not surprised to read that higher difficulties become a slog without them. Try adding Incendiary Burst Ammo, whether via Shepard or James, and Amplified Concussive Shot. That will give you nice Fire Explosions and whet your appetite for more. 🙂 You can use this same tactic during Adrenaline Rush by choosing the correct tier 6 option. _____ In a not entirely dissimilar vein, I got Kaidan aboard and love Kaidan + Javik + Vanguard. Kaidan can prime Tech simultaneously with Javik priming biotic. Then, Charge detonates one and Nova the other. It's so good. Plus, they spare me Liara's annoying voice and prattle. 😆 I just took that pair to the monastery on Lesuss. It was a blast (or rather lots of them), and I didn't have to suffer Liara's sudden shock at Reaper cruelty. It was early on (Mars) when I commented before but I am getting the hang of using AR more often than I have and yes I have James with me using incendiary ammo and a battle that normally tests me is Grissom Academy's fight on the tiered part with the lake/water feature and this time I handled it relatively easily this time even on the higher difficulty. I had Liara with me as well and her Singularity really helps but god she died a lot yesterday, does she have "Lift" as an option as Psychevore suggests using as it as I rarely get many explosions and don't remember it being an option. In ME 2 I tried a lot to get more explosions but it rarely happened, the main ones I got was using two biotic powers together. I use Amplified Concussive Shot fairly regularly and with James using Incendiary Ammo I was probably getting explosions but attributing them to Turrets Exploding. EDIT: Element Zero I am using Warp Ammo is that a good choice or should I choose something elese?
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Post by phoray on Jul 29, 2021 2:00:15 GMT
😯 how was this DLC left out of the main game? NOW I understand why Shepard was arrested. Still angry at the Alliance but I get it.
But also, that was a heavy "side mission" damn. I thought I was signing up for a quick solo rescue mission and got that.
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Post by talyn82 on Jul 29, 2021 2:11:31 GMT
😯 how was this DLC left out of the main game? NOW I understand why Shepard was arrested. Still angry at the Alliance but I get it. But also, that was a heavy "side mission" damn. I thought I was signing up for a quick solo rescue mission and got that. Yeah I had started another thread speaking about incompetence of the Alliance and Council, and how they rewarded Shepard for saving the human colonies by arresting him. I had completely forgot this dlc. At the end of the dlc when speaking to Admiral Hackett, Shepard says that after they are done with Collectors they will turn themselves in.
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Post by dazk on Jul 29, 2021 2:13:46 GMT
So last two days did Mars and retrieved Dr, Eva Core's robot body but Ashley ended up in Hospital, headed to the Citadel ran around and visited comatose Ash then the Council. . Then did the Cerberus Station to retrieve the Reaper tech, went to Grissom Academy, visited Palaven and retrieved the new Primarch then headed back to the Citadel again. Did some shopping, completed the Kasumi's indoctrinated Hanar mission, got my fish back and had Kelly change her ID, started Aria's motley crew mission, spoke to Kahlisa, handed over the Hanar Medi-Gel and the Biotic implants. Heard more of Hilary's story, spoke to Ash again and committed to the relationship. Probably other stuff can't remember. Pic's
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 29, 2021 4:57:48 GMT
It was early on (Mars) when I commented before but I am getting the hang of using AR more often than I have and yes I have James with me using incendiary ammo and a battle that normally tests me is Grissom Academy's fight on the tiered part with the lake/water feature and this time I handled it relatively easily this time even on the higher difficulty. I had Liara with me as well and her Singularity really helps but god she died a lot yesterday, does she have "Lift" as an option as Psychevore suggests using as it as I rarely get many explosions and don't remember it being an option. In ME 2 I tried a lot to get more explosions but it rarely happened, the main ones I got was using two biotic powers together. I use Amplified Concussive Shot fairly regularly and with James using Incendiary Ammo I was probably getting explosions but attributing them to Turrets Exploding. EDIT: Element Zero I am using Warp Ammo is that a good choice or should I choose something elese? Mechanics-talk that might not interest everyone. EDIT: dazk, I'm tagging you because I suspect you missed this reply. The following applies to ME3. In ME2, explosions play a much smaller role for non-biotics. Only the Adept actually relies on them much at all. In ME3, the game assumes ubiquitous combo detonations across all classes. Soldiers already have the best ammo powers in the game with Incendiary and Disruptor; and Cryo is situationally awesome. Warp Ammo is less universally useful in ME3. Any extra ammo power is wasted on a Soldier. Personally, I love Fortification. It adds durability and gives bonus damage to powers, including your much used and loved Incendiary Ammo. And it does all this passively. Turn it on and forget it. __ To get explosions, you need to understand the primer/detonator dynamic. I'll use Soldiers to lay out a few examples. Soldiers have a good detonator in Concussive Shot. (If you wisely select Amplified Concussive Shot, it's even better.) Soldiers also have a few good primers. Incendiary Ammo is a fire explosion primer. Disruptor Ammo is a tech burst primer. Cryo Ammo is a cryo explosion primer. Amplified Concussive Shot is also a primer, applying the effect of your active ammo power. Getting started is pretty basic. Let's say you have Squad Incendiary Burst Ammo activated. This means you and all your squaddies are constantly setting people alight. If you see a guy burning, it's time to hit him with your Concussive Shot. He will explode like a fire bomb, hurting all enemies in his area. Disruptor and Cryo work the same, just with Tech Burst and Cryo Explosion, respectively. So, an easy gameplay loop for a very fun and effective Soldier is: * Equip Ammo Power (you always have one equipped, defaulting to fire against organics and armor) * Adrenaline Rush: shoot one or more dudes, priming them * Amplified Concussive Shot: use this on a primed dude and he explodes That's just the Soldier working alone. You could prime with Garrus' Overload, EDI's Incinerate, James' Carnage, etc... and detonate with your Concussive Shot. Biotic Combos can only be detonated by biotic detonators, such as Throw, Warp, Reave, Charge, Nova, etc... Warp Ammo does not prime, just as Armor Piercing Ammo does not prime. They just give your rounds a circumstantial boost. Only elemental ammos prime. Every class and every squadmate has multiple ways to participate in combos. I don't want to overload you with information, so I'm not going into it too far. I'll just provide one example in Ashley. What makes Ash so good is that she can chain together combos all on her own (under player control, of course). Since her ammo and grenades have no cooldown, it's quick and reliable. It goes as follows: Disruptor Ammo primes Tech Burst Inferno Grenade detonates Tech Burst AND Primes Fire Explosion Amplified Concussive Shot detonates Fire Explosion AND Primes Tech Burst (because of her active Disruptor Ammo) So, it's all about using powers strategically, combining squadmates' talents to create as many of these explosions as possible. They do tons of damage, do it over a large area, and look and sound awesome.
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Post by dragontartare on Jul 29, 2021 5:20:39 GMT
Unless I'm going for something specific, Garrus and James is always an option. They're deadly with some good guns and tech, fire (and even Cryo, if Shep brings them) explosions. Plus, I just love those guys. They're probably my two favorites personalities of the entire trilogy. About time Vega gets some more love out there from someone other than me. I like Vega a lot. Which is not to say I don't enjoy giving him a hard time at the beginning of ME3, but he's a likable guy once he calms down a bit. I don't even mind his flirting since that's just the way he is and he does it with everyone.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 29, 2021 5:36:17 GMT
😯 how was this DLC left out of the main game? NOW I understand why Shepard was arrested. Still angry at the Alliance but I get it. But also, that was a heavy "side mission" damn. I thought I was signing up for a quick solo rescue mission and got that. In this case, I don't think it was left out. Rather, this DLC was added once they decided on how to begin ME3. Arrival gives a workable explanation as to why Shepard sat idle long enough for the Reapers to attack in the opening scene of ME3. Personally, I wouldn't have started ME3 the way they did, but whatever. That ship sailed almost a decade ago. _____ dazk, I had two more thoughts that I didn't share above. First, the best way to keep Liara alive on higher difficulties is to have her stick to pistols. If her SMG is equipped, her AI will tell her stay out of cover long enough to "empty a magazine". She's not built for the frontlines, as Aethyta might say, so that's bad. If given a pistol (I'm partial to the Blood Pack Executioner for squaddies), she will spend less time out of cover. Secondly, Liara doesn't have Pull. She has Singularity, Stasis, Warp, and Warp Ammo. She's not bad at all on Grissom. She can remove ceramic shields with Singularity. She can use Warp to detonate the enemies you've primed via ammo powers. She can use Stasis on sneaky Engineers or advancing Centurions. She's at her best, though, with a Biotic crew who can detonate foes affected by her powers. (For an easy demonstration, try this the next time you have her paired with Kaidan. Hit some unshielded foes with Singularity, and then hit the suspended foes with Kaidan's Reave. BOOM! Alternatively, have Javik Pull or Dark Channel and Liara follow up with Warp, or Kaidan with Reave. BOOM!) For a Soldier Shep on Grissom, EDI would be more powerful, since you can detonate her Overload and Incinerate with your Concussive Shot.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 29, 2021 7:06:35 GMT
My quick thoughts on James (since we seem to be discussing him): I think he is okay as a character. As a combat companion though, I tend to sideline him very quickly for more useful or complimentary squadmates. He is not ME2 Grunt levels of suck, maybe more like Jacob: Good, but other squadmates are a little better. But enough about that. On with the rest of the post! From the journal of Mark Shepard: So that Prothean artifact on Eden Prime turned out to be an actual Prothean! Like the dead Protheans we discovered on Ilos, this Prothean was in a stasis pod, but it actually had power. We managed to wake him up and he's joined our crew. He's not the friendliest guy, but he wants to beat the Reapers. Here's hoping we win this war so he doesn't have to lose two in a row. I wanted to call him Prothy the Prothean, but he insists his name is Javik. He's no fun at all. From the journal of Mark Shepard: I ran into Kelly on the Citadel. She refused to come aboard the Normandy. Too many bad memories about her abduction by the Collectors, plus she is doing good work with the refugees. She also managed to save my fish. She always was nice. And Ashley accepted the Spectre offer from Udina. Good for her! She mentioned she would love to join the Normandy again, but has other assignments first. Too bad, I really miss her. The reality is, the galaxy would be better off if we went our separate ways. But screw the galaxy; I really want her back on the Normandy, hopefully sooner rather than later. From the journal of Mark Shepard: Cerberus was abducting students from Grissom Academy. Some data pads we found indicated they were turning some of them into deep-cover operatives or putting them into some other initiatives or experiments. I don't even know. But Jack was there -- somehow as a teacher for biotic students -- and kicking all sorts of Cerberus ass. So glad we got there in time to help her evacuate the people that were left. She's now leading the students into the war in a support role, per her recommendation. From the journal of Mark Shepard: We hit a Cerberus lab and recovered some Reaper tech. Hopefully they're properly shielded to avoid indoctrinating people. I would hate for sudden "accidents" to occur on the Crucible project if they aren't. I can get that pretty much because he doesen't really have too many good abilities for stripping anything but armor...but damn if he isn't fun to set up and set off explosions with. About time Vega gets some more love out there from someone other than me. I like Vega a lot. Which is not to say I don't enjoy giving him a hard time at the beginning of ME3, but he's a likable guy once he calms down a bit. I don't even mind his flirting since that's just the way he is and he does it with everyone. Yeah. As much as I/ Abby likes Vega 'stuff it lieutenant' every time. Also him getting tattoos and his N7 tatoo thing he does is probably the sole reason he isn't my favorite character.
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Post by Psychevore on Jul 29, 2021 8:18:12 GMT
dazk
You should probably read that.
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Post by Psychevore on Jul 29, 2021 8:22:14 GMT
Cassandra beamed herself up to the Citadel after taking quite the beating. Some boring nonsense with Anderson and TIM took place. She met the Catalyst, wholeheartedly agreed agreed a full symbiosis of organic and synthetic life was the ultimate stage of life and showered the galaxy in a sea of green. Time for a DudeShep who might end up refusing
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 29, 2021 12:45:07 GMT
My quick thoughts on James (since we seem to be discussing him): I think he is okay as a character. As a combat companion though, I tend to sideline him very quickly for more useful or complimentary squadmates. He is not ME2 Grunt levels of suck, maybe more like Jacob: Good, but other squadmates are a little better. I can get that pretty much because he doesen't really have too many good abilities for stripping anything but armor...but damn if he isn't fun to set up and set off explosions with. I like Vega a lot. Which is not to say I don't enjoy giving him a hard time at the beginning of ME3, but he's a likable guy once he calms down a bit. I don't even mind his flirting since that's just the way he is and he does it with everyone. Yeah. As much as I/ Abby likes Vega 'stuff it lieutenant' every time. Also him getting tattoos and his N7 tatoo thing he does is probably the sole reason he isn't my favorite character. More mechanics stuff that might not interest everyone. I'll start enclosing long mechanics posts in blocks. Incendiary Ammo on a Typhoon is a pretty good plan for armor. 😁 He can even detonate that Brute, Banshee or Ravager with Carnage afterward. I'm guessing RedCaesar97 prefers characters with more varied toolboxes. * Liara has crowd control, biotic primers and detonators, and virtually no cooldown * Garrus is a Soldier-type but has Overload and Concussive Shot (much quicker cooldown than Carnage) and Proximity Mines (creates vulnerability). * EDI has Overload and Incinerate. Enough said. * Javik is another Soldier-type, but has crowd control, a unique biotic primer, and a biotic detonator/grenade * Kaidan, another Soldier-light, can participate in chained combos with his skills. * Ash is a Soldier and can chain combos with no help from anyone. She's awesome. * Tali, whom I almost never use, can actually do a lot. She has crowd control, extra damage and AoE with her drones. Using Sabotage, she can create allies of synthetics, or disable and expose organics to additional damage. (Maybe I shouldn't ignore her so much as I do, but I just prefer others mechanically and character-wise.) I only use her during the Rannoch arc because of the story implications and Geth. Compared to the above, Vega's a bit limited. He's tough. He can give Squad Incendiary if Shep doesn't have access. I like Carnage more than most, since it's his only real cooldown power. Frag Grenades are simple, not too bad against shields; but only if evolved to tier 6. (Okay, they're pretty meh. Definitely my least favorite grenades.) I mostly just like James for his personality, his Incendiary Ammo, and his Typhoon (once I buy it). He's not going to combo much, other than the occassional fire explosion; but he will never be a weak link either. He will kill stuff with guns, prime with ammo, aid with the occasional Carnage, etc... All useful stuff.
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