Objective: finish the N7 challenges!

N6 - The Scope of Perspective

I. Garrus' Calibrations Part 2 - Archangel (Hardcore)

98:50 -DocSteely (10WS)

Devices - Retrieval - Escort

I probably will redo this, because I love too much the TSol. I used the Krysae, as you probably guessed... God, that's one bad weapon.

You did yourself a disservice by not taking the Widow for this one, love. However, as you completed it and got 10 WS, I can't argue too much. Good on ya Doc

Yeah it got a pretty big nerf. I wasn't around then, but I've read many a thread about it getting a big nerf.

I found it a bullshit on the best soldier kit in the game and indeed the RoF is the main problem, even with Marksman on.

Considering that I seem to remember docsteely was one of those who encouraged me to try out the Wraith on the Geth Engineer, so that I could finally develop some affection for it, I just wanted to chip in with the fact that I've had a reasonable amount of fun combining the Krysae and my favourite Toaster, with Incendiary ammo obviously preferable. No wall-hacking, but otherwise pretty effective, and I wouldn't think of it as painful. Nothing gets close. I mean physically nothing gets close - there are still better options, and I admit I never used the Krysae pre-nerf, so my tolerance may be higher than those who did.

Chipping in to agree with GruntKitterhand's GE suggestion  The RoF increase might be modest compared to the TSol's, but it does not lock you out of your other powers, so you can keep priming-detonating, deploying the turret, using overload to buy you time when caught reloading under pressure; the TSol has to rely almost solely on the gun for dps, which I found lackluster when I had to use this combo for the "Shadow of a Kabalim" duo. That said, I think Reapers are the worst faction for the Krysae, because so many units are unaffected by its stagger. It shines against Cerberus, and does quite well with the other two factions as well though!

Congrats docsteely on the 10WS! I personally like Vancouver, esp with sniper rifles - good lines of sight, and many objectives are relatively easy on this map, so I do encourage you to try this one again with the mighty Widow

N7 Challenge Series: SITREP

So I said earlier, in Challenge Thread, that I put my series run on hold, mostly because my shitty controllers. Welp, I managed to finish another two.

N5 - Omega Forces
​I. Bray-Fist (Batarian Vanguard with Raider)
32:30 - Sonashii (271 537 pts) | 10 WS

That one was, the easiest, more fun (for me) challenge so far Yes, there's a noticeable lack of falcon punching those toasters, but I don't regret it. Actually at one point I started to be a little bit cocky

II. Kill Them! (Vorcha Hunter Engineer with Executioner Pistol and BP Punisher)
50:16 - Sonashii (262 897 pts)

I wasn't looking forward to this, to be blantly honest. It took me a couple of tries, as you might imagine there was a lot of cursing and all that funky stuff I tried different builds and equipment. Faster shields reload wasn't working for me as I hoped. So I ended up with dem cyclonic IV. Yes, you're not hallucinating - cyclonic IV + Responder Loadout. Well it made a difference, as I could survive a couple more hits from mooks, and my shields weren't down. Also RL was in my way during this run, so I had to alt-tab a couple of times, to see if important e-mail showed up. So I didn't record bugged phantoms on wave 10 coz I forgot to turn back on the recording That almost costed my run, but due to some miracle they probably fell off the map or something. Don't care, I'm not redoing it. If not that I would finish this run in like 48-49 mins I believe.

Anyways, with that bull out of my way, it's time to took my Cabal for a spin... one day

*shrugs* told ya, should have gone explosive. btw, did you know it actually works with penetration too? i somehow ended up running a PuG Raptor Shadow the other days trying to kinda get a feel for one of the challenges and it made for few giggles here and there.

well at least i think it does... work. the explosive penetration that is. uhmm... could have an onset of delirium i sppose. will need to recheck.

N4 - Vital Signs

II. Morning War (Hardcore)

45:47 -DocSteely


Devices - Retrieval - Targets

But first I should post this (that happened in the game before):



Fail with 25s to go: was out of all consumables, sneaky Pyro plus Drone ...
I thought about calling it a day, but decided to give it one more try and you can see the result. I hate the map-enemy combo and just thinking about what this challenge would be on platinum (W2 anyone?) fills me with admiration for those who managed it...

Ash is a pain in my damn ass with those randomly flanking Assault Troopers. Wave 4 can go right to hell too.

So glad I'm done with Ash...thinking about it and the missed 5 WS on wave 5 gives me nightmares.