I finished my insanity playthrough! Thank you for the encouragement and advice of everyone here, especially Element Zero for his advice on power combos.
I don't remember what class I used for ME 1 insanity, I just remember it being a chore because so many enemies have Immunity. For ME2 I tried it first as Engineer but couldn't get past the Collector Ship, finished that game on lower difficulty, then re-played as Soldier to get the achievement. Years later I went back and replayed ME2 on insanity as Engineer class, just to prove I could do it. I was much more familiar with the game by that point, which also helped tremendously.
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I finished my insanity playthrough! Thank you for the encouragement and advice of everyone here, especially Element Zero for his advice on power combos.
I don't remember what class I used for ME 1 insanity, I just remember it being a chore because so many enemies have Immunity. For ME2 I tried it first as Engineer but couldn't get past the Collector Ship, finished that game on lower difficulty, then re-played as Soldier to get the achievement. Years later I went back and replayed ME2 on insanity as Engineer class, just to prove I could do it. I was much more familiar with the game by that point, which also helped tremendously.
Good luck!
Thanks! I love engineer and have played it several times, but usually on veteran/hardcore (except for part of ME3 where I did switch to insanity). The extra experience I've had could make it a good choice for insanity, though.
Soldier and sentinel are the two classes I haven't tried yet. I'll pick soldier for the bad decisions playthrough I'm about to start, then probably ending up trying engineer or sentinel on insanity.
You don't have a grenade launcher, lady. Get lost.
@dragontarte congratulations on the Insanity trophy/achievement, I already got all three and I used a soldier on the saves. If you want to see me assaulting Cerberus HQ (and the aftermath) then by all means do so in this Cronos Station (Ashley (LI) and EDI), at the 10:40 seconds mark you will see how Cerberus got so many troopers and when we go to do another playthrough in ME2 she is 100% right to be pissed seeing us and Garrus working for that organization and at the 23:22 mark her reaction to the Proto Human Reaper and how she wished to have been there but she kind of is, the Reapers would have likely moved Cronos Station beyond the Omega 4 Relay and be the next cycle Collectors:
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@dragontarte congratulations on the Insanity trophy/achievement, I already got all three and I used a soldier on the saves. If you want to see me assaulting Cerberus HQ (and the aftermath) then by all means do so in this Cronos Station (Ashley (LI) and EDI), at the 10:40 seconds mark you will see how Cerberus got so many troopers and when we go to do another playthrough in ME2 she is 100% right to be pissed seeing us and Garrus working for that organization and at the 23:22 mark her reaction to the Proto Human Reaper and how she wished to have been there but she kind of is, the Reapers would have likely moved Cronos Station beyond the Omega 4 Relay and be the next cycle Collectors:
You've got a good looking Shepard there. What did you think of the Ashley romance overall? I was disappointed by the lack of content she got in ME3.
I, too, like to get into those atlas mechs and shoot random stuff in the hangar bay
------------------------------------------ Today, in my terrible decisions playthrough, Karen** Shepard sassed Dr. Chakwas (and got sassed back x1000), shamed a dockworker for not fighting the geth with his bare fists, and was unnecessarily rude to Ashley (and to everyone else, to be honest). I'm sure she'll get into some specist...species-ist?...crap with Ash and Pressley soon.
**I'm unoriginal.
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You don't have a grenade launcher, lady. Get lost.
Today, in my terrible decisions playthrough, Karen** Shepard sassed Dr. Chackwas (and got sassed back x1000), shamed a dockworker for not fighting the geth with his bare fists, and was unnecessarily rude to Ashley (and to everyone else, to be honest). I'm sure she'll get into some specist...species-ist?...crap with Ash and Pressley soon.
The first time I went full Paragon in ME, then in subsequent playthroughs I chose more Renegade choices (realistic) and mixed them with a Paragon character.
You've got a good looking Shepard there. What did you think of the Ashley romance overall? I was disappointed by the lack of content she got in ME3.
My Shepard thanks you, I was disappointed not with how the Virmire Survivor was handled in ME3 (specifically Ashley but I'll get to that), but how ME2 relegated them to a cameo appearance yet gave Wreav more content than both of them combined in ME2 & ME3, and his survival rate is abysmal. The initial meeting in ME2 was harsh but refreshing yet needed another meeting aside from the email Shepard gets only if they are the LI while the one in Mars on ME3 was still suffering for the lack of bonding (for better or worse) and they witness Cerberus executing Alliance personnel in the outside of the facility which lead them to suspect of the only Cerberus tie they knew off and when Shepard responds with: "Ash" she quickly goes to: "Look, don't Ash me (look, don't try to use our past even though it hurts as an escape), did you have any contact with Cerberus that allowed them to breach this place?"
That warranted a better response other than the two options we got as she clearly states her mind and starts going through the possibility that Shepard felt he owned them a big favor after bringing him back and giving him a ship and funds, that wasn't being unreasonable, she was being professional in her line of thinking. Another moment is also on Mars when she finds that Cerberus Centurion and expresses disgust and admits that is what she thinks Cerberus did to Shepard and ask him if he doesn't know if a control chip in his brain (which Miranda almost does place it).
Then both A/K gets knocked out for 1/3 of the game and we get their partly welcoming scene which, in reality they kept the composure as they had a job to guard the Council (mission over personal feelings) which would have been better had A/K noticed how one of Shepard squadmates was moving to shoot them and state the words: "I have a job to do protecting these three idiots, so tell me honestly why during a Coup attempt you aren't a threat" the player should have responded with both their past talks and the fate of the Salarian Councilor which Than, someone who was with them on the hospital, sacrificed to save.
Ashley Williams has a lot of bugged content regarding her dialog lines (Liara and Ashley in the Normandy, extra lines of dialog with her sister, extra lines of dialog during the Citadel date and I suspect more) which the modders are working to restore, not Bioware who had a second chance here. Bioware had great material to work with Williams specially since they established that TIM and her grandfather worked together at Shanxi so they had enough background rhetoric with both of them (Kaidan had history with his Eezo exposure) yet were more focused at finishing the game.
She does have a wonderful banter with Tali post Tuchanka Bomb which I recommend you to experience in one playthrough, you have to do the Turian Patrol (Garrus and Williams) and Turian Bomb (Tali and Ashley) after Rannoch:
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melbella, I'm not sure how much you've followed the MELE, but there is some good news. Immunity was completely reworked. It no longer makes Insanity a PitA with enemies spamming it. A lot of other stuff was improved, too; but none made me happier than their fixing Immunity.
melbella , I'm not sure how much you've followed the MELE, but there is some good news. Immunity was completely reworked. It no longer makes Insanity a PitA with enemies spamming it. A lot of other stuff was improved, too; but none made me happier than their fixing Immunity.
With the side effect of making Soldier/Infiltrator Shepard's Immunity completely pointless.
(Whispers) Enemy Immunity in original ME1 was not as bad as people make it out to be.
Jane Shepard: 1. Jane Shepard is a Vanguard masquerading as an Adept (Vanguard with Singularity bonus power). Jane Shepard was my first Adept in the original trilogy, and was mostly/pure paragon. I used a mostly-default appearance for her, then switched to the new default in ME3. Since the Legendary Edition now has the 'new' default FemShep appearance throughout all three games, I decided to recreate her in the legendary edition, but as a Vanguard. I have been meaning to do a 3-playthrough level 60 Vanguard build for a long time, and several starts and stops, I finally settled on a final build to work toward.
2. I loaded an old Jane Shepard save in ME1 (from my most recent start-and-stop in the legendary edition). The most recent save had points spent into pistols, but the final build will not put any points into weapon talents. Luckily I had an older save so I do not have to start a new game from scratch.
3. Became a Spectre. NOTE: the old save was just pre-Spectre so I could work around the Spectre weapons bug that has since been fixed in a patch.
4. Rescued Liara from Therum.
5. Went to Feros. Stopped a Geth attack. Cleared out Geth in the tunnels, along with some Krogan and Varren. The colonists are acting kind of strange.
6. Went to Exogeni headquarters across the Feros skyway. Met some more people.
7. Went back to the Normandy to go take care of a little problem on Luna. Took the Shock Trooper specialization. Went back to Exogeni building on Feros.
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@dragontarte congratulations on the Insanity trophy/achievement, I already got all three and I used a soldier on the saves. If you want to see me assaulting Cerberus HQ (and the aftermath) then by all means do so in this Cronos Station (Ashley (LI) and EDI), at the 10:40 seconds mark you will see how Cerberus got so many troopers and when we go to do another playthrough in ME2 she is 100% right to be pissed seeing us and Garrus working for that organization and at the 23:22 mark her reaction to the Proto Human Reaper and how she wished to have been there but she kind of is, the Reapers would have likely moved Cronos Station beyond the Omega 4 Relay and be the next cycle Collectors:
You've got a good looking Shepard there. What did you think of the Ashley romance overall? I was disappointed by the lack of content she got in ME3.
I, too, like to get into those atlas mechs and shoot random stuff in the hangar bay
------------------------------------------ Today, in my terrible decisions playthrough, Karen** Shepard sassed Dr. Chakwas (and got sassed back x1000), shamed a dockworker for not fighting the geth with his bare fists, and was unnecessarily rude to Ashley (and to everyone else, to be honest). I'm sure she'll get into some specist...species-ist?...crap with Ash and Pressley soon.
**I'm unoriginal.
Oh I dunno you'r Sheplooks kind of cute reminsd me of my Honey my firs tShepI played on the LE. Think Honey was a little moer friendly though.
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You've got a good looking Shepard there. What did you think of the Ashley romance overall? I was disappointed by the lack of content she got in ME3.
I, too, like to get into those atlas mechs and shoot random stuff in the hangar bay
------------------------------------------ Today, in my terrible decisions playthrough, Karen** Shepard sassed Dr. Chakwas (and got sassed back x1000), shamed a dockworker for not fighting the geth with his bare fists, and was unnecessarily rude to Ashley (and to everyone else, to be honest). I'm sure she'll get into some specist...species-ist?...crap with Ash and Pressley soon.
**I'm unoriginal.
Oh I dunno you'r Sheplooks kind of cute reminsd me of my Honey my firs tShepI played on the LE. Think Honey was a little moer friendly though.
Honey didn't look all frowny like Karen does
You don't have a grenade launcher, lady. Get lost.
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PT for fun as there is nothing new here for me, just pretty funny run around with SG ramming enemies and spamming AA. In 2-3 missions will visit the CC to get SG. Simple build with Assault Armor and heavy throw (plus passive). The rest is not so important, but suspect Warp/OL and Stasis as PB.
ME3
Morinth-build -PT.
Started ages ago, finally finished. Became just boring in comparison with ME2 Morinth-build-PT which had long ago. In the end was more interested in shooting all over the place.
Weapon training: AR (used Mattock till got Saber) + SMG (used once or twice). Build: double throw/double pull/dominate (evolution for more DoT).
Team: used save with VS Kaidan to make my own double throw useful at least. Thus took Kaidan asap for reave. Used Javik as someone with biotic powers + someone else (Garrus/EDI were fine).
If not for ME2 Morinth-build-PT, probably could have liked ME3 version more.
Conclusion: first was interesting as it was something new (ME2 import level 30 - use editor to reset to level 1 in ME3). Alive PT, running, jumping, shooting, using heavy melee often - that's all. Last several missions saved Saber which liked a lot - in the end adept turned into soldier I wanted to replay anyway.
Doubt will use this build for replay unlike other builds.
Jane Shepard (Vanguard, playthrough 1/3): 1. Knocked a Geth ship off of a building, survived a horde of mutant zombies, chopped down a giant plant.
2. Helped Garrus track down Dr. Saleon.
3. Helped Wrex recover his family armor.
4. Stopped a Krogan from bothering Dr. Michel. Planted a bug for Emily Wong. Convinced the Alliance to return Narali Bahtia's body to Samesh Bahtia.
5. Went to Noveria. Traded in smuggled goods for a garage pass. Survived harsh weather conditions (and Geth, I guess) and made it to Peak 15. Made a cure and secured a pass to the Maintenance area. Found, fought, and killed Benezia and a bunch of her cronies; got the location of the Mu Relay. Killed all the bugs in the Hot Labs.
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Now I'm curious about something. Do most of you convince the Alliance to release Nirali Bhatia's body to Samesh?
I always convinced Samesh that Nirali would want to be part of the study in order to save more lives.
I figure I'm in the minority, but I've always wondered how much so.
I do not have a preferred option for that small quest. I believe it takes the same amount of charm and intimidate to convince either party. I probably have chosen to convince the Alliance to release the body more often, if only because trying to convince Samesh is more emotionally painful to do. Personally, I would prefer the Alliance keep the body for tests and actually tell Samesh what they are doing with the body instead of keeping him hanging.
Jane Shepard (Vanguard, playthrough 1 of 3): 1. Went to Virmire, met the Salarians. 2. Sent Ashley with the Salarians. 3. Infiltrated the base (while helping the Salarians at every opportunity). 4. Talked with Sovereign. 5. Beat Saren. Game glitched. 6. Reloaded save. Beat Saren again. Game glitched again. 7. Closed the game in frustration. R 8. Restarted the game. 9. Lost to Saren. 10. Lost to Saren again. 11. Beat Saren. Cutscenes played normally and I made it back on to the Normandy. 12. Saved game. 13. Started messing with inventory. Game hung. Logged out of Windows. 14. Logged back into Windows. Started Origin again. Started the game again. Loaded the save. 15. Messed with inventory again. Game hung again. 16. Quit the game in frustration again.
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Now I'm curious about something. Do most of you convince the Alliance to release Nirali Bhatia's body to Samesh?
I always convinced Samesh that Nirali would want to be part of the study in order to save more lives.
I figure I'm in the minority, but I've always wondered how much so.
If you are gonna do that quest take Ashley with you, she was her NCO in the unit, and she can help you if you are seeking to convince Samesh to let the Alliance keep the body and run tests (what I do even as a Paragon) so as to prevent other people from suffering like him, but we don't get a War Asset in relation to that in ME3 now do we?
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Jane Shepard (Vanguard, playthrough 1 of 3): 1. Went to Virmire, met the Salarians. 2. Sent Ashley with the Salarians. 3. Infiltrated the base (while helping the Salarians at every opportunity). 4. Talked with Sovereign. 5. Beat Saren. Game glitched. 6. Reloaded save. Beat Saren again. Game glitched again. 7. Closed the game in frustration. R 8. Restarted the game. 9. Lost to Saren. 10. Lost to Saren again. 11. Beat Saren. Cutscenes played normally and I made it back on to the Normandy. 12. Saved game. 13. Started messing with inventory. Game hung. Logged out of Windows. 14. Logged back into Windows. Started Origin again. Started the game again. Loaded the save. 15. Messed with inventory again. Game hung again. 16. Quit the game in frustration again.
Do you play using Origin? I had issues last PT as well and a repair to the files fixed it.
Do you play using Origin? I had issues last PT as well and a repair to the files fixed it.
Yes, I play using Origin.
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Jane Shepard (Vanguard, playthrough 1 of 3): 1. Met with the council and ambassador Udina, but they were not willing to send Shepard to Ilos. Udina locked down the Normandy. 2. Met with Anderson. Anderson used Udina's computer to unlock the Normandy and Shepard took off for Ilos. 3. Kaidan stopped by Shepard's cabin for drinks and a chat (that's what happens, right?) 4. Chased Saren's ass on Ilos. Met with Vigil and got a data file. Used the Conduit to get back to the Citadel. 5. Chased Saren's ass to the Citadel Tower. 6. Fought and killed Saren on his stupid hoverboard. 7. Used the data file to regain control of the station. Told the Alliance fleet to save the Destiny Ascension. Opened the Citadel arms so the fleet could attack Sovereign. 8. Sovereign turned Saren's body into a pure robotic construct. 9. Turned what was left of Saren into dust. Vanguard Shepard + Liara + Kaidan = 3 Lifts = No chance for Saren/Sovereign to win 10. Humanity gained a seat on the Citadel Council. Shepard recommended Anderson for the human councillor position.
Do you play using Origin? I had issues last PT as well and a repair to the files fixed it.
Yes, I play using Origin.
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Jane Shepard (Vanguard, playthrough 1 of 3): 1. Met with the council and ambassador Udina, but they were not willing to send Shepard to Ilos. Udina locked down the Normandy. 2. Met with Anderson. Anderson used Udina's computer to unlock the Normandy and Shepard took off for Ilos. 3. Kaidan stopped by Shepard's cabin for drinks and a chat (that's what happens, right?) 4. Chased Saren's ass on Ilos. Met with Vigil and got a data file. Used the Conduit to get back to the Citadel. 5. Chased Saren's ass to the Citadel Tower. 6. Fought and killed Saren on his stupid hoverboard. 7. Used the data file to regain control of the station. Told the Alliance fleet to save the Destiny Ascension. Opened the Citadel arms so the fleet could attack Sovereign. 8. Sovereign turned Saren's body into a pure robotic construct. 9. Turned what was left of Saren into dust. Vanguard Shepard + Liara + Kaidan = 3 Lifts = No chance for Saren/Sovereign to win 10. Humanity gained a seat on the Citadel Council. Shepard recommended Anderson for the human councillor position.
Biotics were so OP in the first game, it isn't fun when you play on Insanity and the computer exploits this as well.