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Post by zeph on Apr 4, 2017 0:40:20 GMT
how are consumables in the story work? There doesn't seem to be a button that activates it. I've swapped consumables to no avail. How do you activate/use them?
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Post by Duke Cameron on Apr 4, 2017 0:43:44 GMT
how are consumables in the story work? There doesn't seem to be a button that activates it. I've swapped consumables to no avail. How do you activate/use them? They're in the power wheel.
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Post by zeph on Apr 4, 2017 0:59:36 GMT
so thats where it i thanks
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Post by malanek on Apr 4, 2017 1:02:07 GMT
It's silly. You actually need to pause the game to use them despite having keys in multiplayer that use consumables but do nothing in single player.
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Post by rapscallioness on Apr 4, 2017 1:06:10 GMT
I've actually never used the consumables in SP. I remember one time looking to see where they were, and if/how to use them real quick. But I think I ended up like, "ah, fvck it."
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Post by Pounce de León on Apr 4, 2017 2:27:34 GMT
I used some ammo in the later stages of the game but I could never tell when it ran out or not.
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Post by zeph on Apr 4, 2017 4:09:40 GMT
I used some ammo in the later stages of the game but I could never tell when it ran out or not. says it depletes after 3 magazine reloads
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 4:14:58 GMT
Used the ammo powers when i played on Insanity. They can help with priming enemies for combos. There is also a talent under Tech - Auxiliary systems i believe that helps weapons prime. Think that works with the ammo aswell. Need to do more research on it when i go back to playing the game.
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Post by isaidlunch on Apr 4, 2017 4:22:24 GMT
I've used Shield Capacitors and Incendiary Ammo plenty of times, the kiosk on the Tempest sells them so it's pretty hard to run out.
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 4, 2017 4:26:13 GMT
Used the ammo powers when i played on Insanity. They can help with priming enemies for combos. There is also a talent under Tech - Auxiliary systems i believe that helps weapons prime. Think that works with the ammo aswell. Need to do more research on it when i go back to playing the game. Those Auxiliary Systems evolutions work with expendable ammo exclusively, no? It doesn't simply grant you super-powered ammunition. It enhances your expendables. I find that I still don't use my expendables frequently enough. I'll get very low on Life Support, and think, "This is why you equipped the expendable. Use it next time," or, "That last battle would've been easy had I used Incendiary Rounds". I will likely need to consciously cultivate the habit of using them. It's a good thing they don't occupy inventory space. I have an insane hoard of them.
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Post by ergates on Apr 4, 2017 5:22:07 GMT
When it comes to consumables I have a mindset of "I'll save this for that perfect situation when I really need it" - needless to say they tend to never get used.
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Post by zeph on Apr 4, 2017 20:51:35 GMT
Used the ammo powers when i played on Insanity. They can help with priming enemies for combos. There is also a talent under Tech - Auxiliary systems i believe that helps weapons prime. Think that works with the ammo aswell. Need to do more research on it when i go back to playing the game. Insanity is what I'm playing on. I also just came across augments from Remnants that give ammo a 25% increase with element of choice (cryo/incendiary/disruptor) which I think would be a great alternative to consumable ammo. If the aug ammo can prime, it would be perfect for me concussion shot and incinerate power.
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Post by adelthorne on Apr 4, 2017 20:54:47 GMT
Took me a sometime to find them, but never use them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 20:56:04 GMT
Used the ammo powers when i played on Insanity. They can help with priming enemies for combos. There is also a talent under Tech - Auxiliary systems i believe that helps weapons prime. Think that works with the ammo aswell. Need to do more research on it when i go back to playing the game. Insanity is what I'm playing on. I also just came across augments from Remnants that give ammo a 25% increase with element of choice (cryo/incendiary/disruptor) which I think would be a great alternative to consumable ammo. If the aug ammo can prime, it would be perfect for me concussion shot and incinerate power. Cryo ammo with concussion shot would be sweet as Infiltrator. Does Cryo ammo gain bonuses from the passives in Cryo Beam that help with detonation? It will after all be a Cryo Detonation. These are the things i need to know.
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Post by xrayspex73 on Apr 4, 2017 23:16:22 GMT
There's a power wheel? 70+ hours and I have never even seen it.
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Post by zeph on Apr 4, 2017 23:40:53 GMT
There's a power wheel? 70+ hours and I have never even seen it. This was going to be my original response
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Post by zeph on Apr 4, 2017 23:42:42 GMT
Insanity is what I'm playing on. I also just came across augments from Remnants that give ammo a 25% increase with element of choice (cryo/incendiary/disruptor) which I think would be a great alternative to consumable ammo. If the aug ammo can prime, it would be perfect for me concussion shot and incinerate power. Cryo ammo with concussion shot would be sweet as Infiltrator. Does Cryo ammo gain bonuses from the passives in Cryo Beam that help with detonation? It will after all be a Cryo Detonation. These are the things i need to know. It should be able to prime.
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Post by KLGChaos on Apr 5, 2017 4:26:44 GMT
I'm personally not a fan of the consumable system. The first game you imparted effects through mkds and in subsequent games through skills. Between that and power cells, it feels like Soldier type characters really have to micro-manage more than techies or biotics.
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 5, 2017 4:31:26 GMT
Insanity is what I'm playing on. I also just came across augments from Remnants that give ammo a 25% increase with element of choice (cryo/incendiary/disruptor) which I think would be a great alternative to consumable ammo. If the aug ammo can prime, it would be perfect for me concussion shot and incinerate power. Cryo ammo with concussion shot would be sweet as Infiltrator. Does Cryo ammo gain bonuses from the passives in Cryo Beam that help with detonation? It will after all be a Cryo Detonation. These are the things i need to know. zeph , I don't think that augmentation grants you the elemental effect, but rather enhances the effects of expendables. If you've used it and learned otherwise, let me know. I'll need to add that to my Level X guns ASAP.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Apr 5, 2017 4:38:53 GMT
There's a power wheel? 70+ hours and I have never even seen it. I don't know about XBox or PC, but on the PS4 you touch the touchpad and a wheel will come up showing what guns and what consumables you have.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 4:40:59 GMT
Cryo ammo with concussion shot would be sweet as Infiltrator. Does Cryo ammo gain bonuses from the passives in Cryo Beam that help with detonation? It will after all be a Cryo Detonation. These are the things i need to know. It should be able to prime. Yeah, but in Cryobeam at the last rank there is a talent that gives you a bonus based on cryo detonaters, will that also carry over on the cryo ammo when it is used for detonation.
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Post by Evanoel on Apr 5, 2017 4:45:00 GMT
When it comes to consumables I have a mindset of "I'll save this for that perfect situation when I really need it" - needless to say they tend to never get used. This, I'd love to use them... on hard fights... later on.. maybe bosses... So far I've never used em.
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Post by setecastronomy on Apr 5, 2017 5:01:11 GMT
Consumables (incendiary and disruptor, I am talking to you) saved my ass hundreds of times. Thank the Maker I pulled the consumables team out of cryo.
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Post by Xerxes52 on Apr 5, 2017 5:15:20 GMT
I said I'd use them when necessary, but after about fifteen hours, and not needing a single one, I decided to start selling them for credits (which I promptly used to by shiny models for my room).
For me I feel they're just like DAI's focus powers. Cool on paper, but completely superfluous. I wish I could disable the auto-equip though.
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Post by peabuddie on Apr 5, 2017 5:18:43 GMT
I used some ammo in the later stages of the game but I could never tell when it ran out or not. says it depletes after 3 magazine reloads There is a little icon to the left of your health bar where it displays your equipped gun and ammo. The icon displays just above that for whatever special ammo you are using. When the icon is gone you need to reapply what you want (disrupter, cyro whatever by going to the weapon/consumable wheel.
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