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Post by MPApr2012 on Dec 22, 2019 21:37:27 GMT
closing down on 2k, origin says 2.9 k, not sure how 1/3 rd of my gaming time is ingame but not ingame ah you know sp,menus, and shits... n7hq only accounts for lobby/match time iirc
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Post by DistigousForest on Jan 5, 2020 13:01:16 GMT
I haven't played in about what seems like a month, but:
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total time: 5197h
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Post by Arktinen on Jan 6, 2020 3:08:23 GMT
All hours from MP.
On PC: Hours: 879 Games: 2743
PS3: Hours: 518 Games: 1496 + plenty of hours on hubby's account when I first tried out the game on the lowest levels
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Post by Alfonsedode on Jan 6, 2020 9:01:26 GMT
total time: 5197h games played: 13842 to be continued... is that the one account ,)?
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Post by eng59land on Jan 7, 2020 4:51:47 GMT
total time: 5197h games played: 13842 to be continued... is that the one account ,)? jep, this one - but not the only one
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Post by Alfonsedode on Jan 7, 2020 11:58:26 GMT
is that the one account ,)? jep, this one - but not the only one I dont remember where we were talking admiring your (amazing) Challenge points, but i would be interested in your strategies for challenge points, if you have some, cause it looks like you were pretty efficient. If u have (or somebody else), that could start an interesting new thread ! (well not sure we would be a lot there, but i would ) I just recently started to pay more attention to challenge points, as its a fun way to cycle the mp options, but i havent yet noticed any faster forward options.
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Post by eng59land on Jan 8, 2020 8:11:45 GMT
jep, this one - but not the only one I dont remember where we were talking admiring your (amazing) Challenge points, but i would be interested in your strategies for challenge points, if you have some, cause it looks like you were pretty efficient. If u have (or somebody else), that could start an interesting new thread ! (well not sure we would be a lot there, but i would ) I just recently started to pay more attention to challenge points, as its a fun way to cycle the mp options, but i havent yet noticed any faster forward options.
I think the secret behind more than 700.000 CPs is playing this amazing game since 2012. Of course I have a closer eye on certain challenges (292 Tech Masteries, 225 Biotic M, 275 Solo M and I think Geth is the best faction to collect CPs). There are kits which "count" double, cause they are part of two challenges so as certain weapons - but that's nothing new and I change chars, weapons etc. veeery often due to specific challenges.
...and of course you feel like the slave of your own statistics during you "have" to do Silver and Bronze Solos to finish a Solo Mastery...
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Post by larsdt on Jan 9, 2020 10:22:27 GMT
jep, this one - but not the only one I dont remember where we were talking admiring your (amazing) Challenge points, but i would be interested in your strategies for challenge points, if you have some, cause it looks like you were pretty efficient. If u have (or somebody else), that could start an interesting new thread ! (well not sure we would be a lot there, but i would ) I just recently started to pay more attention to challenge points, as its a fun way to cycle the mp options, but i havent yet noticed any faster forward options.
I've been playing a lot more plat this last year and it significantly speeds up the map mastery challenge which is a great boost to CP. It is a double edged sword though since it slows down the enemy challenges, i.e. fewer mooks on plat; getting the CP for Geth troopers and cannibals etc. are allways the last ones to fill up. IMHO soloing is a great way to earn CP. A plat solo and a handful of gold's and you're done. The plat solo alone gives 100 CP. Weapon challenges depend on dps. The Reegar fills up fast while low tier guns like the Katana/Scimitar takes a lot longer. I.e. I've restarted the Predator challenge and I have a feeling it's going to be a looong grind Just some food for thought
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Post by muahmuah on Jan 9, 2020 15:51:23 GMT
According to N7HQ i have. Time played: 4587H 29M 26S Games played: 19630 Current Credits: 1,416,575,604
I thought that my in game time is more.
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Post by NinjaSuperiority on Jan 9, 2020 16:04:11 GMT
According to N7HQ i have. Time played: 4587H 29M 26S Games played: 19630 Current Credits: 1,416,575,604
I thought that my in game time is more.
I've never been able to see your N7HQ page when looking for ideas on some builds The profile you are trying to view is not currently available.
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Post by muahmuah on Jan 9, 2020 16:27:57 GMT
According to N7HQ i have. Time played: 4587H 29M 26S Games played: 19630 Current Credits: 1,416,575,604
I thought that my in game time is more.
I've never been able to see your N7HQ page when looking for ideas on some builds The profile you are trying to view is not currently available. It's visible only for me.
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Post by Alfonsedode on Jan 9, 2020 19:48:30 GMT
I've never been able to see your N7HQ page when looking for ideas on some builds The profile you are trying to view is not currently available. It's visible only for me. u filthy cheater I've been playing a lot more ... and it significantly speeds up the map mastery challenge humm ;p ok, i get your point with mooks now. Less mooks but higher points per mooks afaik (i m no even sure anymore). But yeah, all factions but collectors stay blocked for mooks points in the end. I m unsure about solos, cause doing 5 plat solos is a bit long to close/reset the solo challenge. Moreover waves are going slower. and playing silver solo cant be that productive. eng59land do silver and bronze solos, so i guess its quite efficient in practice
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Post by muahmuah on Jan 9, 2020 20:56:42 GMT
It's visible only for me. u filthy cheater I've been playing a lot more ... and it significantly speeds up the map mastery challenge humm ;p ok, i get your point with mooks now. Less mooks but higher points per mooks afaik (i m no even sure anymore). But yeah, all factions but collectors stay blocked for mooks points in the end. I m unsure about solos, cause doing 5 plat solos is a bit long to close/reset the solo challenge. Moreover waves are going slower. and playing silver solo cant be that productive. eng59land do silver and bronze solos, so i guess its quite efficient in practice My CP points are 336K and probably 50-60% are from solo mastery. So if you want everything is possible.
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Post by larsdt on Jan 9, 2020 22:12:56 GMT
It's visible only for me. u filthy cheater I've been playing a lot more ... and it significantly speeds up the map mastery challenge humm ;p ok, i get your point with mooks now. Less mooks but higher points per mooks afaik (i m no even sure anymore). But yeah, all factions but collectors stay blocked for mooks points in the end. I m unsure about solos, cause doing 5 plat solos is a bit long to close/reset the solo challenge. Moreover waves are going slower. and playing silver solo cant be that productive. eng59land do silver and bronze solos, so i guess its quite efficient in practice True, enemy points scale up when you increase difficulty. I don't know which diff would be most efficient. If you play bronze exclusively, mook points would probably fill up before bosses. Then again, you will probably have to play a lot of bronze games since you don't accumulate that many enemy points. As said, I haven't analysed this in any respect. I just notice enemy challenges stay at 99% for a long time because that tier 3 of a certain mook doesn't fill up that fast. I probably get enough points from Primes to do that challenge 4-5 times over before I get those last trooper points. Some of these challenges are not well balanced, like combining melee, headshots, grenade dmg and grabs. Nade dmg (and I suspect headshots if you're not a scrub like me ) fill up long before melee. Depends somewhat of your playstyle ofc, but it applies even to someone like me who uses Krogan melee chars a lot. You only need that one plat solo. Then you can do solos on lower diff which generally should be faster. I just went with gold in my example since I don't find any challenge/entertainment value in soloing silver and bronze. As muahmuah stated, I have noticed a large portion of my CP are from solos, so I guess it's pretty efficient.
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Post by MPApr2012 on Jan 10, 2020 4:00:47 GMT
jep, this one - but not the only one I dont remember where we were talking admiring your (amazing) Challenge points, but i would be interested in your strategies for challenge points, if you have some, cause it looks like you were pretty efficient. If u have (or somebody else), that could start an interesting new thread ! (well not sure we would be a lot there, but i would ) I just recently started to pay more attention to challenge points, as its a fun way to cycle the mp options, but i havent yet noticed any faster forward options.
i'm obviously nowhere near eng59land's score but i do enjoy an occasional challenge points binge now and then... here's my 2 cents the key thing is the n7hq is your good friend, the ingame one is not as helpful, so spend some time planning ahead
- check the upcoming challenges, gold stars there are _normally_ easy pickings or at least would give you some general idea what to focus on
- then have a look through the goldstar challenges tab by tab and identify those with most progress, even on those not yet in the upcoming reel.
- from there drilldown and pick those where you can progress more than in one go by picking a specific combo. think here multiple powers on the same char, char and weapon in the same challenge from the aliens tab
- pick the enemy and weapon combo (both) and again check the progress to determine that. take a note of what class of enemies are nearing completion also look for any silly things like one weapon short of the weapons challenge to be completed
- go through the map mastery. are you over 2/3rd overall? if so then time to forget the unknown option and start the tidy up. you're interested in the maps closest to the finish line obv
all of that should give you enough to be able to preset the scenario for the next (few) runs. once in the match, prioritise and focus on tthe goals thatt determined you mission setup. limit use of powers/weapons that you're not interested in (remember the selection process), chase those types of enemies you still need and kite/ignore the rest since they're irrelevant and a waste of precious waves' budgets.
to me there's no real difference whether it's a solo or public match really and depends on the mood purely. i don't go lower difficulties to chase the points just really takes away all the fun, they feel so ...empty. however if i'm alone (solo or noone joined) i'm likely to forego the match and wipe on purpose once i got the star(s) i'm after. esepcially if that's earlier on, id rather pick the next objetive to work on if i'm not in the mood to tank through latter waves
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Post by Alfonsedode on Jan 10, 2020 9:38:16 GMT
the key thing is the n7hq is your good friend well, no % stuff in the n7hq, kinda PITA to see where u at at first sight to me there's no real difference whether it's a solo or public match really and depends on the mood purely. i don't go lower difficulties to chase the points just really takes away all the fun, they feel so ...empty. I landed in a bronze GiP without noticing at first sight, god, was a bit embarassing, but still fun. I m with you on this anyway go through the map mastery. are you over 2/3rd overall? if so then time to forget the unknown option and start the tidy up. you're interested in the maps closest to the finish line obv Thats a good one, and i think thats where i lost a lot of time, that, and grinding tough solos. all of that should give you enough to be able to preset the scenario for the next (few) runs. once in the match, prioritise and focus on tthe goals thatt determined you mission setup. limit use of powers/weapons that you're not interested in (remember the selection process), chase those types of enemies you still need and kite/ignore the rest since they're irrelevant and a waste of precious waves' budgets. well put stuff, that s more or less what i m inclined and starting to do (while that s a pretty VERY dumb idea to start goinf for that) but a bit more improvised. But, that s pretty 1st order stuff, and passive reactive instead of proactive. That s also quite cool to cycle mp shits !! and largely sufficient. Nonetheless, if they were some cool rules/strategies and "shortcuts", that nice to know, like a list of char whose wave or extraction dont count (vanilla humans afaik), ones whose wave and extrac count (i suspect on of them has even extract counted twice), which couple of char are very efficient for powers completion in Biotic masteries and Tech ... Well it s all there to be noted, i m a bit lazy i guess My 2 cents tips as for now would be : -focus on collectors, it s the only balanced faction with abos winning great points -char in challenge with 6 completions needed -shotguns, cause the n shotgun needed are all beasts -listing of char with 2 limiting power (the ones who are slower to get done) in Tech or Biotic mastery (to be looked at)
I have a few questions still, but no more time to recall. Just if u guys have an idea of how some have cheated their way to more than millions ?
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Post by Boatinhovic111 on Jan 11, 2020 16:11:10 GMT
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Post by DistigousForest on Jan 12, 2020 13:44:43 GMT
I run gold for fun and challenges and plat for OP stuff that I never use in gold. However, if I can't find plat and want to run the OP kits for challenges I'll put shittier weapons on them. But for the shitty weapons the TSol is god if you want the points quickly (SMG challenges blow). That said gold/plat suck for the most basic of trash mobs like Husks or Geth Troopers; Guardian points always seems to take forever too for some reason. Other tips I can think of would be to mix up kits/weapons not only for variety's sake, but it keeps most challenges moving without much thought. which couple of char are very efficient for powers completion in Biotic masteries and Tech Things like the Paladin can get you up to 4 Tech Mastery completions at once since Snap Freeze counts toward Snap Freeze points and Cryo Blast so it can get you a ton of points if you time everything right. If you do it right you could get Tech Mastery, Earth Mastery, and a Weapon Mastery (there's potential for more, but that would require great timing). The GE's turret counts toward Geth Turret and Sentry Turret kills if you take the Flamethrower Evo. I also try to time the weapon challenge points (140k) with the 200k points so I can get them in the same match. -focus on collectors, it s the only balanced faction with abos winning great points Plus the Trolls have less enemies so you can complete that challenge faster than the other enemy masteries. however if i'm alone (solo or noone joined) i'm likely to forego the match and wipe on purpose once i got the star(s) i'm after I do this a lot and can make for more efficient completions. I'll start a bronze solo if I know I can get a weapon specific challenge by wave 1 or 2 and then I'll bleed out once I get it. N7 solos helped me with grabs (easy enough with PUGs though too) and character/weapon challenges since many of them took more than one try and rotated through the factions nicely.
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Post by Alfonsedode on Jan 12, 2020 14:03:43 GMT
Snap Freeze points and Cryo Blast I thought i had bugged when i saw that last week ! The GE's turret counts toward Geth Turret and Sentry Turret kills nice stuff. Looking at tech mastery, u need a few shitty powa to close it, i btw surprised it works quite naturally. Maybe i should play them pets a bit more as they look like they score points... Cryo blast and armors, i wonder how they score points ! I'll start a bronze solo if I know I can get a weapon specific challenge by wave 1 or 2 Why wont you just start on gold and get it over by w1 ?
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Post by DistigousForest on Jan 12, 2020 14:20:52 GMT
Why wont you just start on gold and get it over by w1 ? Because Bronze is easier u need a few shitty powa to close it Drone, Tech Armor, or Turret(s) would be the 13th and Tech Armor doesn't take too long escpecially if you use Power Amps and a Glorious Fat Turian
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Post by larsdt on Jan 12, 2020 15:51:00 GMT
Snap Freeze points and Cryo Blast I thought i had bugged when i saw that last week ! The GE's turret counts toward Geth Turret and Sentry Turret kills nice stuff. Looking at tech mastery, u need a few shitty powa to close it, i btw surprised it works quite naturally. Maybe i should play them pets a bit more as they look like they score points... Cryo blast and armors, i wonder how they score points ! I'll start a bronze solo if I know I can get a weapon specific challenge by wave 1 or 2 Why wont you just start on gold and get it over by w1 ? Nice stuff guys !
I use one of the vanilla sentinel kits spec'd to maximize Tech Armor dmg, both for the giggles and to complete that challenge. That way I can still have one vanilla kit and the other sentinels spec'd to suit my style of play. You can consider Tech Armor a "shitty power" but it's one of the better balanced challenges since it only requires half the dmg points to complete. This goes for Barrier in the biotic challenges as well. In general, I will say don't force challenges that take a long time to complete if you don't need them all. Things like Pull and Hex Shield come to mind. I think Pull has only been completed every 3 or 4 times I've done the biotic challenge. Ofc CP hunting should never take fun out of the game either but that's a subjective matter. I absolutely loathe the Cain mine spammer so I never get those CPs, even though you get CP for both extractions and waves. If I go for weapon challenges specifically, I usually go with the soldier class or an infiltrator where your main dmg comes from the weapon and not powers. Soldiers have the best dmg passives and infils have cloak bonus. Depends on my mood and weapon. As DistigousForest said, some weapons fit well with certain chars like the Tsol. Low tier weapon challenges like the Tempest and Eagle are a breeze to get when paired with Marksman. Btw, wasn't there something about weapon challenges could be completed faster when paired with Sabotage>Backfire? Maybe it's just my imagination but I think I saw it in a YT vid or someone posted about it on BSN Prime...
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Post by Alfonsedode on Jan 13, 2020 9:04:42 GMT
I use one of the vanilla sentinel kits spec'd to maximize Tech Armor dmg, both for the giggles and to complete that challenge indeed, i wonder why i havent tech armor for such a long time !
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Post by antsu on Jan 13, 2020 12:05:48 GMT
Time played: 3337h Games played: 9173 CP: 302k
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Usual BSN-scrub plays 1 game in around 20min while muahmuah-scrub plays it in 14min. Seems to me that latter plays mainly bronze games.
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Post by muahmuah on Jan 13, 2020 13:20:46 GMT
Time played: 3337h Games played: 9173 CP: 302k
Solo mastery: 308
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Usual BSN-scrub plays 1 game in around 20min while muahmuah-scrub plays it in 14min. Seems to me that latter plays mainly bronze games. That says it all.A true master rocks plat in 14 min while the scrubs need 20 and more. #truestory. On a more serious note,since i am mostly a soloer i quit very often in the middle of the run when i am not satisfied with the time. Sometimes i quit after a wave or two.According to N7HQ my solo mastery completion is 485. IDK if it's accurate though.
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