Tips, Things you should know, Suggestions

WHY AM I READING THIS AS IF I'M SCREAMING IN MY HEAD?!

Press Space to change your colours when customizing your look.

Took me ages to actually notice the legend down bottom of the screen.

Along with the rewards from mission strikes.


Speaking of mission strikes, something else people may have missed is that you can buy equipment with them, not just additional strike teams. When a strike team isnt deployed hit X to go to a "store" to buy equipment (can't recall which tab you have to be on). It's probably smarter to buy them in multiplayer because things are much cheaper.


I figured this would be an obvious one as pretty much every game ive ever played with fast travel uses the double arrow icon on the map and it's decently detailed in the tutorial as well.

At least on PC, you can change the camera angle when talking to people in non-cinematic conversations by clicking and dragging the screen. Useful if you don't want to spend entire conversations staring at the wall instead of the person you're talking to.

You should be able to melee and use biotics/tech powers without first having to aim/fire your gun at the start of a battle.

If you are in the Nomad and press T you go automatically to the Tempest. Best thing I have learn.

Playing the combat as in older ME games will not suffice this time, you need to keep moving and use your dodge and jetpack to position yourself better, as the enemies will flank you if you just stay in the cover. Some enemies like the fiend or the ascendant can outright kill you if they get too close to you, so keep moving.

If youre facing the kett ascendant/prefect(one of the most hated enemies of the game for me, seriously fuck these guys), its advisable to avoid him and clear the room of the other enemies before you concentrate on him. The trick is to shoot the orb down first thats circling him then use ur most powerful attacks and combos on him before he puts the shield up again(u get about 6 seconds of time to do that). Rinse and repeat until he goes down.

Theres no clip or medigel system like in the older ME games. If youre runnign low on ammo, search the field or room for the yellow clip icon box, that reloads your ammunition, if youre low on health, either stay in cover for a while or go near the red icon box which refills ur health to max. Squadmates can only be revived by manually near them.

Blowing up the remnant destroyers turrets makes it a bit easier to deal with.

Dont go looking for Eos sidemissions until you have met with the angara. Let the radiation clouds pass.

Looking for forward station points on new planets is a priority, as they open up fast travel points for you to that give an easy access to distant places and quests later on. You can also use them as places to refill your health, ammo and life support, call the Nomad if you dont have it, or change party members and equipment.

Dont go scanning everything all the time, most of the time theres no objects around or they give you very little points. You will msot of the time be wasting your time and get aggrivated if youre constantly trying to scan. Those that give the most points alert your scanner by their presence and with a button shine/vibration. Also good way to get research points is putting your cryo pod bonuses to use.

Upgrading the Nomad asap is advisable, it makes it faster, able to survive longer on hostile planets and it can climb cliffs more effectively.

Remnant vaults are the most effective way of increasing Viability on the planets, as activating them adds 30-50 percent to your viability and also clear most of the environmental hazards of the said planet.

In the remnant vaults and places, navigate around and use dodge with caution as you may fall into teh liquid that kills you. It can be sometimes hard to spot so keep your eyes open.

On Kadara, avoid the water pools, until youve activated the vault, even while driving the Nomad. They will also kill you fast.

While mining in Nomad, the richer mineral places seem to be on the cliffs or ridges, try to search these while climbing.

When youre in Nomad you can fast travel back into your ship from anywhere. On Ps4 its the triangle button. Dont know about the other versions.

Checking e-mails may sometimes get you new missions or conversation progresses of yourr companions(towards their loyalty missions).

Asari sword melee weapon can be used even if youre not directly next to an enemy, as it does this small biotic charging slice.

If some quests say they are ON HOLD, it means you must progress more in the main story to unlock the continuation. Sometimes doing some other sidequest also unlock them, but its situational.

Conserve your ammo!

If using an assault rifle, especially one with a low heatclip threshold, fire in short, controlled bursts, preferably aiming for the head. There are many places of interest and ambush sites on the map, many of which do not contain ammo crates, and it's very easy to find yourself in the middle of a firefight with only three pistol shots left.

It's better to fast travel back to a forward base and stock up on ammo/health then to go into a fight unprepared. Sure you'll lose time travelling back from the waypoint, but it sure beats fighting a bunch of Kett armed with only an Omnitool.

You don't have to be in the Nomad to fast travel. You can do so on foot, and then send the Nomad to your location at the Forward Base.

Unless you have sniper rifle skill maxed out, you'll likely find the rifles to be very inaccurate, and prone to kickback even when aiming from cover. Using the Incisor or Indra can be very effective, even at only medium skill - aim at the enemy's feed, and fire. The gun muzzle's natural tendency to climb upward will ensure that you always end up hitting the target, and even gaining a headshot.

Pull, or Singularity coupled with Lance is absolutely murderous against unshielded organic targets.

Never sell spare armor or weapons, unless you are desperate for credits. Always break them down for parts - you're likely to need them.

Salvage is largely useless and can be safely sold to merchants.

Look out for Remnant decryption keys. They can save you a whole world of hassle when encountering encryption puzzles.

After activating a vault, it often pays to go back and explore later, once the cleansing field has abated. There are often hidden rooms and containers that can only be entered post-cleansing field. Some of them will certainly contain decryption keys, mods etc.

Take is slow! Save often! Rushing through content is a good way to get yourself killed, and waste a whole load of effort - not to mention you'll end up losing context for many important story elements.

The Nomad actually has headlights. These are activated on the PC by the B key.

For a more 'Classic mass Effect-style' camera view, adjust the Field of View slider in the Game menu.

Scanning dead newly-encountered enemies grants you research points.

You can respec your skills for a fee in the Tempest's medical bay.

Peebee and Jaal's party banter is priceless.

Sorry Sofashina

My point was hey maybe sticky and not that I think my post is more important than other peoples post but I do think my post will serve the community better than most posts because I'm not asking for help to a question that'll only help me, but its a thread that has the potential to help everybody and that everyone can contribute to. I plan to go through the post and info people have contributed and add it to the OP with credit to them if this thread takes off and helps people. My point is just to help people so if a mod needs to take ownership and credit for it to be pinned or whatever if it ever got to that point (not saying that it should be pinned necessarily certainly not now) I prefer being in the background anyway.

I've moderated, admined, (and did QA for some devs), etc some PlayStation sites myself (ps3 ones) havent really did it in a few years since I'm more ps4 focused now.

Thanks for the compliment! Have a good day


EDIT PS: I'm a longtime Bioware fan and remember getting KOTOR when it came out, but am new to the boards here and also joined ea.answers for submitting bug reports

ON NPC DIALOGUE
Characters will sometimes have new things to say under old topics, despite those topics being grayed out. If you're one of those people who wants to hear ALL THE DIALOGUE with your crew, it's occasionally worth it to give those dialogue options you've explored previously another try.

I didn't know that, excellent tip - thank you.

It would be cool to have this thread stickied - don't you think?