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Post by BoogieMan on Mar 23, 2017 18:31:38 GMT
10+ rounds to get one premium pack on bronze? Wasn't it like 4-6 in ME3?
Progression is feeling like a slog through the mud, the low end guns from the cheaper packs are just garbage.
Gear progress was slow in slow in ME3, and in Dragon Age Inquisition it felt even worse. Even after a lot of playing I only ever got 2 good purple weapons, and neither for the class types I wanted to play the most. Never got a purple quality staff for mage types above level 9-12. Getting shafted by a blind RNG system kinda sucks and since the loot progress feels slow and erratic like it did in DA:I it makes me wary. I wanted to play more MP in DA:I but with junky weapons I couldn't do the higher difficulty levels unless I was on a 2h weapon or bow class.
Since this feels like it is following more from the progression system on Inquisition instead of ME3 it's making me worry the same problem will occur again. Burnout since I only had gear for a handful of classes. In ME3 the low and mid tier boxes weren't that useful since you'd usually get screwed by a bunch of consumables or redundant character unlocks. Are the mid tier boxes in Andromeda any better?
So far they seem just as bad, but admittedly our sample size atm is a bit low. For those further along, which box do you think bronze tiered players should go for?
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Post by s0ulbearer on Mar 23, 2017 18:56:58 GMT
Maybe, just maybe, they don't expect/want you to farm bronze matches for a chance at the highest end gear in the game, from the most expensive pack in the game, and plan on you playing on higher difficulties to earn that gear.
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Post by xhal on Mar 23, 2017 18:58:32 GMT
Start playing higher than bronze?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 19:06:54 GMT
L2p boogieman
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Post by BoogieMan on Mar 23, 2017 19:09:25 GMT
edit, see first post.
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Post by Wolfwhistler on Mar 23, 2017 19:18:55 GMT
Think time rather than games and it makes more sense. Remember, it's only 7 rounds with 2 objective waves.
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Post by Kenny Bania on Mar 23, 2017 19:52:35 GMT
Dafuq??? Impostors I tell ya...
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Post by Ghostknife72 on Mar 23, 2017 19:53:37 GMT
Dafuq??? Impostors I tell ya... I was waiting for this. :smh: It would be perfect if it was really Illegal Algebra as well.
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Post by Kenny Bania on Mar 23, 2017 19:55:16 GMT
Dafuq??? Impostors I tell ya... I was waiting for this. :smh: It would be perfect if it was really Illegal Algebra as well. Loooooooool.
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Post by itsalbynoryno on Mar 23, 2017 19:56:02 GMT
Ya the RNG gods can be cruel but in daimp purples rained down all the time. How many hours did you put into the mp? The game hasn't been out long enough for you to complain that it's too slow.
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Post by P51Mus7ang on Mar 23, 2017 20:10:02 GMT
Saw this a lot in ME3, we are all new here at this time but many have progressed to silver and gold, I know from experience many will help you out and carry you a few games to get your equipment/kits etc leveled up, show you a few tricks they have learned. Back in the day a few posters that are not here took my team through Platinum, something at my age I never thought possibl, it turned out to not be that bad, we started doing the same. Not sure what platform you are on but if it's xb, I would be happy to help you in silver, not good enough yet for gold although I have played it.
After playing the 10 hour trial I decided to just buy 30 packs and lucked out with a kit I really enjoy and a half decent AR but not everyone is going to do that and it's all good, we are here to help each other and I think you might be surprised if you raise your hand.
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Post by I'm Not Dead Just Yet on Mar 23, 2017 20:26:01 GMT
Just wait until platinum playlists come out, then you'll be able to buy a 100k pack and still have some left over after every match.
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Post by Camel on Mar 23, 2017 20:29:19 GMT
Playing gold not bronze helps with getting premium packs. And yes, l2p.
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Post by colonelkungpao on Mar 23, 2017 20:31:19 GMT
Stressing over buying premium packs is just going to take away your enjoyment of the game. Unless there's some new game coming up that you're going to want to play, what's the rush? Have fun leveling your characters and the credits will come.
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Post by Archaengel_X on Mar 23, 2017 20:53:33 GMT
Striving to earn rare/ultra rare weapons immediately is not recommended. It would be best to focus on maxing out your common items first with basic packs. Since you will be playing on Bronze most of the time, you will progress more quickly through your manifest if you make leveling up your common gear through basic packs your top priority. I have noticed as well that when you start maxing out common items, there seems to be a higher chance to obtain uncommon items in the basic packs.
By leveling up your common cards to max level while occasionally obtaining uncommon weapons, you will receive the leveled gear and consumables needed to advance to silver games. You will then start focusing on purchasing advanced packs to level up your uncommon items while getting the occasional rare item. Doing this will maintain a fast momentum for unlocking and leveling up items.
Although I understand the desire to unlock the highest grade weapons as soon as possible, starting from the bottom up will make things easier for you in the long run.
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Post by geth47 on Mar 23, 2017 21:03:45 GMT
Yes, progression is indeed slow. But that is because the great majority of us is restricted to bronze matches.
I did try a few silver matches already but my characters are so weak and my equipment so bad that I was being carried by the team (it was clear that I was the weakest link in the chain). It just doesn't feel ok to be playing this way. I will have to stick with bronze for a few more days prior to moving to silver and even considering gold as a viable possibility. Not anytime soon I guess, unless I menage to find a decent combination of powers and weapons that can do real damage.
The good thing is, on PC its filled with players. The waiting time to fill the 4 people room has been consistently taking less than 10 seconds. On ME3, on the other hand, at least until the big uproar with players returning prior to andromeda, sometimes it could take 10 MINUTES.
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Post by JGDD on Mar 23, 2017 21:07:25 GMT
Smells like microtransactions to me.
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Post by colem on Mar 23, 2017 21:20:03 GMT
I've got to agree. Even on gold, credit gain is a bit low. I know matches are shorter, but there's also quite a bit more to unlock. 1 gold game in ME3 got you what, 80k with an extract? Plus you could run them in 20-25 minutes or less. Running the daily missions repeatedly is a decent way to make a bit extra though, even if it does get boring (I'm not gonna play Remnant/Magma again for while).
That being said, it doesn't take too much to get to the higher difficulties. Buy basic packs until you have a decently ranked up human and some high level common weapons. A decent level class and one of the better commons at rank X and you're set. I think I started gold at 15 or 16 with only a viper X and it's been (relatively)smooth sailing, even with some newer players hopping in underleveled. Seems easier than ME3 gold, at least.
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Post by PATPATPATlol on Mar 23, 2017 21:42:09 GMT
Dafuq??? Impostors I tell ya... I was waiting for this. :smh: It would be perfect if it was really Illegal Algebra as well. Oh god I forgot about that guy. Lol math problems.
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Post by Ghost Of N7_SP3CTR3 on Mar 23, 2017 23:51:37 GMT
Awe snap,there's more than one?
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Post by Ghost Of N7_SP3CTR3 on Mar 23, 2017 23:54:27 GMT
For those further along, which box do you think bronze tiered players should go for? Box of shame?
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Post by zeph on Mar 24, 2017 7:52:48 GMT
I've got to agree. Even on gold, credit gain is a bit low. I know matches are shorter, but there's also quite a bit more to unlock. 1 gold game in ME3 got you what, 80k with an extract? Plus you could run them in 20-25 minutes or less. Running the daily missions repeatedly is a decent way to make a bit extra though, even if it does get boring (I'm not gonna play Remnant/Magma again for while). That being said, it doesn't take too much to get to the higher difficulties. Buy basic packs until you have a decently ranked up human and some high level common weapons. A decent level class and one of the better commons at rank X and you're set. I think I started gold at 15 or 16 with only a viper X and it's been (relatively)smooth sailing, even with some newer players hopping in underleveled. Seems easier than ME3 gold, at least. Gold runs in ME:A garner you 55k. Enough to buy a gold pack after every round, if you extract.
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Post by hobocommand3r on Mar 24, 2017 14:35:15 GMT
Well you did get more credits for doing gold runs in me3. However i'm pretty sure I recall the gold runs taking a lot of time in the beginning (25-30 minutes easily) while my gold runs in this so far have been around 20 min so in that respects they might be closer.
Hopefully they bring back glacier so we can get our farm on soon
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Post by smeckie on Mar 24, 2017 14:40:26 GMT
Dafuq??? Impostors I tell ya... First thought after reading OP was that you made a troll thread 😂
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Post by Kenny Bania on Mar 24, 2017 20:37:24 GMT
OP is right. How many hours have you mufuckas put in to have all that good shit? This Katana I isn't cutting it.
I also don't think I'll be able to sink the amount of time I did for ME3 to unlock all this shit.
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