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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 16:50:10 GMT
I play bronze only. I still haven't found a good strategy to get past that one bronze banshee that shows up on w7 without getting my fat turian sync killed, lol. once I do then maybe I'll be ready for silver Wait there's a banshee? This game still surprises me yet. |
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Post by patrickbateman on Jan 20, 2017 16:52:53 GMT
Gold. Even if I get 3 useless PUGs I can usually manage to play the game "solo with decoys" just fine. Also platinum is for the most part just boss unit after boss unit. They had to make it that way because of the crappy consoles who can't handle more enemies due to memory limitations and stuff. Platinum could be much more fun if you had much more small and medium class enemies on the battlefield at the same time... Not true. Lots of phantoms, un-wave capped dragoons and such to focus on instead for winding down that wave budget more quickly. So not that hard to avoid most bosses. I know I don't always have a good enough setup to melt Platinum bosses fast enough before some pyro comes from the rear. So it's usually best to just run around picking off smaller quicker to kill targets in pugs. Though pugs usually complicate things by wanting to hold their grounds more and focus on bosses with their Avenger 2.0. So you have the extra challenge of killing that pyro that burnt their bum before they get pyro stomped. Yeah, many platinum waves are mainly mook units, like one Banshee+7 mooks or 1 Atlas + 1 Banshee + 6 mooks etc.
Don't really get it when people claim that Platinum is just "boss spam", makes you wonder if they even really tried it.
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Post by PawsPause on Jan 20, 2017 17:16:05 GMT
The thing that ruins Gold for me are too many overpowered pug setups for that difficulty. Where as this isn't as much of a problem with Platinum difficulty. Started this topic because I'm making some rounds on PS3, and game lobbies/quick searches don't seem to be working so well for this difficulty on this console. Don't see much if anyone in AHF chat either, and when I do, I'm not sure anyone enjoys Platinum. Ditto for folks on friends list. Why I started this thread to see if Gold to Platinum preferences changed much. And if anyone on PS3 is in the mood for Platinum, don't be shy to send invites. When you say overpowered for gold, like what set ups would you consider op? |
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Post by Terminator Force on Jan 20, 2017 17:27:29 GMT
The thing that ruins Gold for me are too many overpowered pug setups for that difficulty. Where as this isn't as much of a problem with Platinum difficulty. Started this topic because I'm making some rounds on PS3, and game lobbies/quick searches don't seem to be working so well for this difficulty on this console. Don't see much if anyone in AHF chat either, and when I do, I'm not sure anyone enjoys Platinum. Ditto for folks on friends list. Why I started this thread to see if Gold to Platinum preferences changed much. And if anyone on PS3 is in the mood for Platinum, don't be shy to send invites. When you say overpowered for gold, like what set ups would you consider op? Harrier on anything outside of maybe a Volus (not including Engineer) is too OP. For Gold I used to love things like Geth Pulse Rifle GE and Locust FQE/TSol. I also preferred playing Gold with much less skilled players or just starting pugs to keep it challenging/interesting enough. But on Platinum, I can finally play with the Harrier on more kits. And when I see Harrier TGIs on Platinum, I don't care anymore. Though I still don't care to play as something like Harrier TGI outside of solo environment. |
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Jan 20, 2017 17:35:31 GMT
Yeah, many platinum waves are mainly mook units, like one Banshee+7 mooks or 1 Atlas + 1 Banshee + 6 mooks etc. Not to mention wave 7, 8 and 11 - Cerberus rocks. To enjoy Gold you have to take me back 5 years. Occasionally I may land there, mostly when there are some certain types of players and people on Platinum I try to avoid. |
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Post by Ernie on Jan 20, 2017 17:55:16 GMT
Yeah, many platinum waves are mainly mook units, like one Banshee+7 mooks or 1 Atlas + 1 Banshee + 6 mooks etc.
Don't really get it when people claim that Platinum is just "boss spam", makes you wonder if they even really tried it.
For me it is not the "boss spam", it is the PUGs mostly. Carrying can often be trickier than soloing especially if none of other players have the slightest idea what they are doing. Furthermore, Platinum can be annoying because of the lack of variety in the lobbies. Reegar AIU, Lamer Trooper, Melee Juggy... I have nothing against other players going OP, I am guilty of that fair amount of times. Nor do I have something against raping my eyes and ears with the lamer, well I hate it but it counts for nothing. It is just that I would like to see more variety with the kits that PUG play. I don't recall when was the last time I landed in a lobby and saw setups that made me change my kit in order to synergize with the team. I am a weapons player/fan, but I have nothing against changing a kit to pump a bit of joy in a match. |
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Post by XCPTNL on Jan 20, 2017 18:15:06 GMT
When I say I think platinum should have less boss unit after boss unit and more small and medium type of enemies I mean something like having 50 of them at the same time for example. But they couldn't do this because console can't handle it. Especially PS3 it seems because I remember they butchered one of my favorites games as well: Ninja Gaiden 2. On X360 you were swarmed by enemies at times and when they did Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 on PS3 they had to reduce the amount of enemies and instead they buffed their health and did some other changes. It became a totally different game in so many ways and it really sucked compared to the X360 version that had more enemies at the same time. So ME3MP platinum always feels like "increased difficulty done the wrong way" to me. Would have loved to fight off 30 Husks and 15 Marauders at the same time with some Brutes and Ravagers mixed in for example.
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Post by Terminator Force on Jan 20, 2017 18:32:47 GMT
Yeah, many platinum waves are mainly mook units, like one Banshee+7 mooks or 1 Atlas + 1 Banshee + 6 mooks etc. Not to mention wave 7, 8 and 11 - Cerberus rocks. To enjoy Gold you have to take me back 5 years. Occasionally I may land there, mostly when there are some certain types of players and people on Platinum I try to avoid. Exactly. It's really hard to enjoy Gold anymore these days for me too. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 18:34:52 GMT
I like Gold the most. I'll do plat in non pug groups, or with at least 1 friend who I know can handle it.
IMO The best mode: Gold duo's with another competent player
To add: On the rare occasion I feel like playing a Plat match, I try to quick search, or even start a match solo, but on the PS3, it seems like there is almost never anyone in the player base actually playing Platinum
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Post by Pearl on Jan 20, 2017 18:46:20 GMT
gold is the only fun difficulty
anyone who says otherwise is either bad or so far up their own e-peen they wouldn't know the truth if it kicked them in the balls
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Post by Terminator Force on Jan 20, 2017 18:49:23 GMT
I like Gold the most. I'll do plat in non pug groups, or with at least 1 friend who I know can handle it. IMO The best mode: Gold duo's with another competent player Too add: On the rare occasion I feel like playing a Plat match, I try to quick search, or even start a match solo, but on the PS3, it seems like there is almost never anyone in the player base actually playing PlatinumExactly why more BSNers should be playing more Platinum on PS3. Especially now that I'm making the rounds through PS3 Platinum lands. So next time you're on, send me an invite to Platinum (I prefer others host, but I can host if needed). |
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Post by patrickbateman on Jan 20, 2017 18:55:39 GMT
Yeah, many platinum waves are mainly mook units, like one Banshee+7 mooks or 1 Atlas + 1 Banshee + 6 mooks etc.
Don't really get it when people claim that Platinum is just "boss spam", makes you wonder if they even really tried it.
For me it is not the "boss spam", it is the PUGs mostly. Carrying can often be trickier than soloing especially if none of other players have the slightest idea what they are doing. Furthermore, Platinum can be annoying because of the lack of variety in the lobbies. Reegar AIU, Lamer Trooper, Melee Juggy... I have nothing against other players going OP, I am guilty of that fair amount of times. Nor do I have something against raping my eyes and ears with the lamer, well I hate it but it counts for nothing. It is just that I would like to see more variety with the kits that PUG play. I don't recall when was the last time I landed in a lobby and saw setups that made me change my kit in order to synergize with the team. I am a weapons player/fan, but I have nothing against changing a kit to pump a bit of joy in a match. Platinum pugs are indeed not much fun these days, it's either TGI/Harriers, Reegar/AIUs or GI/BWs (and most of them are really really bad) or leeches.
A couple of years ago on PC it was much different, there were then a large player base of skilled players using other things than the most OP stuff over and over playing frequently, when most of them finally quit I started to spend most of my gaming time on soloing instead. I can only hope ME:A will be able to give us a similar experience, but tbh I'm not really that hopefull that Biovar will pull it off again, but maybe this time around they will surprise us.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 18:56:11 GMT
@ Sinful
^ I will.
You may be the only person who doesn't like hosting .. sure is easier to 'git gud' when hosting ..
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Post by Terminator Force on Jan 20, 2017 19:05:38 GMT
@ Sinful ^ I will. You may be the only person who doesn't like hosting .. sure is easier to 'git gud' when hosting .. On PS3 the frames are a nudge better when not hosting. But it also means I don't have to worry about an anti-phantom setup either. Collectors on Platinum are the only faction with one wave of Phantoms (so I never worry about anti on host phantom setups with them), one reason why Collectors rock on Platinum pugs. But presetting Collectors on a PS3 is an unfortunate no no. So those are two good reasons to prefer off host on PS3. But so far my best luck with the pugs I end up with on PS3 have been when I was hosting, so far. Usually because there's lobbies and GIP games I'm avoiding, forcing me to host, which actually usually leads to better pugs. Though I do try to avoid sniping if playing off host because it sucks so much. |
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Post by stephenw32768 on Jan 20, 2017 19:37:50 GMT
About 50-50 between Silver and Gold. Voted Silver 'cos it's awesome.
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Post by muahmuah on Jan 20, 2017 19:56:03 GMT
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Post by Mission_Scrubbed on Jan 20, 2017 20:13:20 GMT
I can only hope ME:A will be able to give us a similar experience, but tbh I'm not really that hopefull that Biovar will pull it off again, but maybe this time around they will surprise us.
in a positive way. I just finished Doom 4 - which by the way, is the best fps I have played for a long time. Nightmare difficulty was really hardcore. "Get gud or break a nail" approach. Games, good games are challenging. Biovar's "logic" is to provide all the stupid op stuff to make the last fun difficulty a repetitive chore. Because that's what they like, they drown the precious balance in their sh1t. Who's to blame here? Maybe EA. Maybe Fagnan. Or maybe, I don't care. I'm sure all their customers will be lucky if they don't end up rubber-banding fighting Reegar equipped Geth. |
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Post by bauzabauza on Jan 20, 2017 20:32:07 GMT
Space Magic  Gold ñ_ñ |
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Post by patrickbateman on Jan 20, 2017 22:09:31 GMT
I can only hope ME:A will be able to give us a similar experience, but tbh I'm not really that hopefull that Biovar will pull it off again, but maybe this time around they will surprise us.
in a positive way. I just finished Doom 4 - which by the way, is the best fps I have played for a long time. Nightmare difficulty was really hardcore. "Get gud or break a nail" approach. Games, good games are challenging. Biovar's "logic" is to provide all the stupid op stuff to make the last fun difficulty a repetitive chore. Because that's what they like, they drown the precious balance in their sh1t. Who's to blame here? Maybe EA. Maybe Fagnan. Or maybe, I don't care. I'm sure all their customers will be lucky if they don't end up rubber-banding fighting Reegar equipped Geth. I've heard Doom 4 is awsome, if I had a better PC I would have gotten it, but I'll only invest into that if ME:A MP turns out to be as amazing as ME3 were (lord knows I've spent far to much of my time on ME3 as it is). |
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Post by Voluptuous Volus on Jan 21, 2017 1:19:25 GMT
Gold. It's the OG difficulty. Most balanced, most fun. No kit or playstyle is useless on Gold. While on Platinum - melee is significantly diminished to the point of being tott garbage. Some weapons are just too tedious to use on Plat, while workable on Gold.
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Post by Clyde on Jan 21, 2017 1:59:29 GMT
No shame in that. I used to be in that exact same position. Played with the PS3 AHF group from the BSN. Got better to the point I can handle gold by myself. And speaking of that group, the newer AHF members (If they're still recruiting, idk) probably don't know this, but back in the days there used to be this trial type deal, where you have to play with the experienced players of the group to get access, to the gold chatroom where all the gold players hang out. Classic memories. Thank you  Well I play with the guys from ahf and have access to the chat room (gold / plat players) and I got in by getting invited by one of really good players. It's not exclusive to gold players lol. We all play different levels there, it is however not that easy to get invited I've experienced. Who? Doesn't even matter, they're all scrubs. |
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Post by Terminator Force on Jan 21, 2017 2:15:46 GMT
Gold. It's the OG difficulty. Most balanced, most fun. No kit or playstyle is useless on Gold. While on Platinum - melee is significantly diminished to the point of being tott garbage. Some weapons are just too tedious to use on Plat, while workable on Gold. Not with Shaman and Warlord, since I actually play them as melee on Platinum from time to time. In fact, played a Platinum match with each of them today. Wasn't sync killed either. With Warlord, playing pure melee is not a problem. While with Shaman, he's flexible enough that requires knowing when not to charge in and relying on some biotic detonations too. It's a nice dynamic to balance that's also a lot of fun. Pity you don't ever see anyone play melee Shaman. I find him a much more viable Platinum melee kit then KroGuard. |
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Post by Voluptuous Volus on Jan 21, 2017 2:18:33 GMT
Gold. It's the OG difficulty. Most balanced, most fun. No kit or playstyle is useless on Gold. While on Platinum - melee is significantly diminished to the point of being tott garbage. Some weapons are just too tedious to use on Plat, while workable on Gold. Not with Shaman and Warlord, since I actually play them as melee on Platinum from time to time. In fact, played a Platinum match with each of them today. Wasn't sync killed either. With Warlord, playing pure melee is not a problem. While with Shaman, he's flexible enough that requires knowing when not to charge in and relying on some biotic detonations too. It's a nice dynamic to balance that's also a lot of fun. Pity you don't ever see anyone play melee Shaman. I find him a much more viable Platinum melee kit then KroGuard. Yeah. Well, Warlord can't vault cover. So if he's stuck on some low piece of cover - he's effing dead. Shaman is rather boring kit for me at least. He's like a gimped Human Adept with higher cooldowns, less BE's and no dodge. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 2:21:19 GMT
Not with Shaman and Warlord, since I actually play them as melee on Platinum from time to time. In fact, played a Platinum match with each of them today. Wasn't sync killed either. With Warlord, playing pure melee is not a problem. While with Shaman, he's flexible enough that requires knowing when not to charge in and relying on some biotic detonations too. It's a nice dynamic to balance that's also a lot of fun. Pity you don't ever see anyone play melee Shaman. I find him a much more viable Platinum melee kit then KroGuard. Yeah. Well, Warlord can't vault cover. So if he's stuck on some low piece of cover - he's effing dead. Shaman is rather boring kit for me at least. He's like a gimped Human Adept with higher cooldowns, less BE's and no dodge. Shaman's survivability do wonders off-host though, |
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Post by Voluptuous Volus on Jan 21, 2017 2:25:10 GMT
Yeah. Well, Warlord can't vault cover. So if he's stuck on some low piece of cover - he's effing dead. Shaman is rather boring kit for me at least. He's like a gimped Human Adept with higher cooldowns, less BE's and no dodge. Shaman's survivability do wonders off-host though, Once he starts taking damage - he will continue to take damage and you can't do anything about it. Just run and hope you'll reach some soft cover, before dying. But anyway. We're off topic. |
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