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The day my brother unlocked vorcha sentinel is the day engineer became my most played class.
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The Slithery D posted:So, yeah, I knew the Arc Pistol got a buff, but I'd never really tried it before. Inspired by the latest Xcalizorz video I put in some casters and...yeah, it's really good. Do you mean "apply incendiary to enemy on fire" or "light enemy on fire that had incendiary on it?" The latter is totally a thing but I hadn't heard anything about the former Also, loooooooooooooooooooool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsYuTcSyqDw (Atlases provide the craziest DOT effect here because of the double/triple hits you can set up on them)
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May 12, 2013 16:09
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Another good pairing I just found was the TGI and the Huntress. The TGI takes care of shields and barriers, while the Huntress just melts her way through armor or debuffs it for the the Turian to get to work on it with his AR of choice. I mean yeah, they're both fairly OP (especially the TGI) , but man, those were some really fast Gold waves I just went through.
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May 12, 2013 16:16
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I'm a bit reluctant to base strategy off a video where someone is blatantly using an invulnerability cheat. Still, yeah, Incendiary Ammo + Reegar = Touch of Death even in non-hacked games. I've grown bored of it, just like I got bored of the Piranha long before it got hit with the nerf bat. Glass cannon, combo-centric or stunlocker builds are so much more fun.
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May 12, 2013 17:38
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After three platinum games, I can just say... poo poo just keeps coming.  Good credits though.
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May 12, 2013 18:50
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What I learned today: Make sure that you're on the correct LZ before celebrating a victory
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May 12, 2013 22:29
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Look on the bright side, at least you didn't drag a package half way to the wrong LZ in the middle of a seriously hairy Gold match 
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May 12, 2013 22:34
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loving pubbies. I joined a Geth/Gold/Random today, got all kitted out and ready to rock, and then the host up and changed it to Cerberus/Bronze/Random and I wasted a bunch of good poo poo since I didn't notice until Wave 3. 
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May 12, 2013 23:47
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Lightning Knight posted:loving pubbies. I joined a Geth/Gold/Random today, got all kitted out and ready to rock, and then the host up and changed it to Cerberus/Bronze/Random and I wasted a bunch of good poo poo since I didn't notice until Wave 3. That sucks. On the reverse side of things, I was trying to level a Salarian infiltrator on a silver (he was only level 10), and was rocking no equipment except the sniper rifle amp. Host changed to gold right before launching. That match was stressful, mainly because they were publords and managed to get beaten out be a level 10 Salarian Infiltrator in score. I've also got a mumble server that anyone here can feel free to use to play ME3: Ip is chicago2.mumblevoice.com Port is 64840 No password unless it becomes obvious that we need one.
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May 13, 2013 02:17
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That moment when you finally play the Geth Infilitrator with a Piranha, drill rounds, and every stability/accuracy mod/evolution.  Man, pubbies in Gold lobbies have the most nonsensical load outs ever these days. I've seen more people using the Geth SMG than used the Acolyte during that period it didn't have a charge up.
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May 13, 2013 02:27
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Sigh. Poor Shadow used to be one of the better N7s and then she got utterly eclipsed by the Paladin once the techsplosion change happened. I'm trying to make this kit work but it's just too fragile and the trash-killing focus is far too niche. Cerberus smoke screws up SS targetting, Geth Hunters can't be targeted, and SSing a Ravager is 100% guaranteed suicide by acid.
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May 13, 2013 02:57
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I still find it fun to use occasionally (killing multiple trash enemies at once with it's heavy melee's AOE still feels great) but it's a Bronze/Silver hero and not much more than that.
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May 13, 2013 03:11
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I love my Geth Juggernaut. As long as my team is taking the time to kill the artillery (ravagers, scions, bombers), everything is gravy. I usually just run into the bosses, grab their attention, then shield drain every so often while I kill the mooks with my crusader. Fire a turret once in a while and it's hard to be killed. Great class.
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May 13, 2013 03:48
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gently caress, I'm stupid for not getting into multiplayer sooner. Finally gotten pretty comfortable in Silver, though almost all my play experience has been with random pubbies. I've started reading through some of this thread, picking up on tips and poo poo that I wasn't fortunate to stumble across through trial and error. I added my information to the list (360 version), for Silver games and maybe some goes at Gold, if any goons are feeling patient. 
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May 13, 2013 04:57
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Mr Dog posted:Sigh. Poor Shadow used to be one of the better N7s and then she got utterly eclipsed by the Paladin once the techsplosion change happened. I'm trying to make this kit work but it's just too fragile and the trash-killing focus is far too niche. I've actually seen the N7 Shadow do really well against reapers because she can repeatedly teleport behind the big bads that instagib you when you're in front of them.
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May 13, 2013 05:05
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The Slithery D posted:So, yeah, I knew the Arc Pistol got a buff, but I'd never really tried it before. Inspired by the latest Xcalizorz video I put in some casters and...yeah, it's really good. Arc pistol is actually really, really good now. Any gun that can allow a level 1 Vorcha Soldier with one point in Bloodlust and Flamer to outscore an entire team, and take on and beat 4 Marauders at once is ok in my books.
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May 13, 2013 05:12
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I got this a few weeks back, and I have to admit, I'm loving the Multiplayer more than the single player. My favorite classes are all soldiers, though, oddly enough. Geth Juggernaut with an N7 Crusader with a High Velocity Barrel and a Shredder, love walking around spamming Siege Pulse, or popping enemies long range/behind cover with a shotgun. Armored enemies kinda melt when I'm spamming shotgun blasts and siege pulses at them. Geth Trooper, Flamer on armor, Reegar on shields/barriers. Works really well. Turian Havoc, also use the Reegar on this guy. Havoc Strike, Stimulant Pack, Reegar = Win.
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May 13, 2013 09:48
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BenRGamer posted:Geth Trooper, Flamer on armor, Reegar on shields/barriers. Works really well. The Reegar carbine turns anything into a win. Put incendiary ammo in it and it literally melts everything.
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May 13, 2013 14:32
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Yeah, it's so overpowered that I don't like to use it on anything else than a Krogan Vanguard when farming the Geth for some easy credits.
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May 13, 2013 14:38
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gently caress, fighting the collectors with a pure melee batarian brawler is a nightmare. After a few waves, they just run out of the crap units and suddenly it's you versus tons of scions and praetorians that you can't really melee against (well, you can safely melee scions once), at least without significant sync-kill risk. And let's just say that killing multiple possessed praetorians with an Eviscerator X takes some time.  E: And it looks like I forgot to mention Seeker Clouds. 
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May 13, 2013 16:20
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Ok so I finally maxed everything except the Spitfire and I don't care about that since it is more or less useless. I've gone back to Gold and man it's way more fun to play the factions seperately and on maps that aren't Glacier or Giant.
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May 13, 2013 18:06
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I'm streaming myself trying out some silly/stupid/weird/bad builds for the sake of challenges, if anyone would like to see: http://twitch.tv/deiterbomber
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May 13, 2013 20:48
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BenRGamer posted:Geth Juggernaut with an N7 Crusader with a High Velocity Barrel and a Shredder, love walking around spamming Siege Pulse, or popping enemies long range/behind cover with a shotgun. Armored enemies kinda melt when I'm spamming shotgun blasts and siege pulses at them. FYI, the shredder is largely useless on the Crusader. It has inherent light cover piercing (i.e. it goes through Guardian shields) and like single shot snipers the AP reduction is negligible per shot. You'd be better off with the heavy barrel for increased damage, or the Omni-bayonet if you heavy melee with it much. The accuracy choke is also useless; it has perfect accuracy already. The only reason to use the HVB and shredder on a Crusader is if you're going for wall hack exploits shooting at things you can see through walls with Drill Ammo and some sort of vision enhancer.
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May 13, 2013 23:53
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I finally unlocked a different bloody character! The Krogan Warlord! I love the hell out of it, so much fun just head butting people all over and crushing enemies with my giant warhammer of friendship. I have been trying out shotguns but I only have two. The Katana and some graal nail gun that never hits but the menu swears to me that it does a ton of damage. We tried Silver again and got a lot further but were still crushed at wave 7-8.
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May 14, 2013 06:21
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The Graal shoots actual projectiles with travel time (as opposed to being hit-scan), so you end up needing to lead more and more as your latency increases. If you host, it's pretty powerful.
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May 14, 2013 06:34
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zxqv8 posted:The Graal shoots actual projectiles with travel time (as opposed to being hit-scan), so you end up needing to lead more and more as your latency increases. Ah I was wondering why I could never hit anyone.
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May 14, 2013 06:38
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zxqv8 posted:The Graal shoots actual projectiles with travel time (as opposed to being hit-scan), so you end up needing to lead more and more as your latency increases. Yeah, I wanted to like the Graal, but that travel time is really annoying. It's why I picked the Crusader over it. The Slithery D posted:FYI, the shredder is largely useless on the Crusader. It has inherent light cover piercing (i.e. it goes through Guardian shields) and like single shot snipers the AP reduction is negligible per shot. You'd be better off with the heavy barrel for increased damage, or the Omni-bayonet if you heavy melee with it much. The accuracy choke is also useless; it has perfect accuracy already. To be honest, other than the Heavy Barrel or HVB, I don't really know what else to put on it--the Smart Choke does absolutely nothing to it. Don't both the HVB and Shredder give bonuses against armor?
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May 14, 2013 06:44
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BenRGamer posted:To be honest, other than the Heavy Barrel or HVB, I don't really know what else to put on it--the Smart Choke does absolutely nothing to it. Don't both the HVB and Shredder give bonuses against armor? They reduce your damage loss to armor, but the amount lost is insignificant on high damage single shot weapons like most snipers and the Crusader. Armor piercing is necessary for all other pellet shotguns and weak automatic weapons (SMGs and most assault rifles). For a Juggernaut I'd use a melee mod if you have it and a damage barrel. Otherwise you might as well just use the armor mods for the extra piercing, although without AP or drill ammo it's not likely to add up to enough to shoot through most serious cover.
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May 14, 2013 11:05
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I see I'm getting very comfortable with Silver, I don't need any extra consumables apart from LVL I ammo and a few rockets and medi-gels to manage Silver games on say... the Human Adept or Turian Soldier or N7 Destroyer, my favourites. Classes everyone has anyway. I haven't even tried most of the rest, just playing humans and turians this far. Time to jump on Gold?
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May 14, 2013 17:21
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Ligur posted:I see I'm getting very comfortable with Silver, I don't need any extra consumables apart from LVL I ammo and a few rockets and medi-gels to manage Silver games on say... the Human Adept or Turian Soldier or N7 Destroyer, my favourites. Classes everyone has anyway. I haven't even tried most of the rest, just playing humans and turians this far. Yes, start earning some real credits.
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May 14, 2013 17:56
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Pistol/SMG power amps really make the Vorcha shine. Carnage cooldown is punishing but the Vorcha Sentinel's Cluster Nades are still excellent spawn-killers in conjunction with a quick Flamer burst I'm having quite a lot of fun with the little goblin bastard
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May 14, 2013 17:57
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The Slithery D posted:They reduce your damage loss to armor, but the amount lost is insignificant on high damage single shot weapons like most snipers and the Crusader. Armor piercing is necessary for all other pellet shotguns and weak automatic weapons (SMGs and most assault rifles). I don't melee much--only if my shields are gone or almost gone, or to stun an fast enemy like a phantom so I can line up a shot with the Crusader. Juggernaut melee takes too long to kill things.
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May 14, 2013 18:01
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^^That's the best way to do it. Everything unarmored will flop into a ragdoll after you're done with them, so it's really best to just use heavy melee to get a boss's attention (and to refill the shields they'll drain with their constant melee attacks) or to temporarily disable a mook which can then be shot directly in the crotch for extra giggles.
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May 14, 2013 18:29
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Mr Dog posted:Pistol/SMG power amps really make the Vorcha shine. Carnage cooldown is punishing but the Vorcha Sentinel's Cluster Nades are still excellent spawn-killers in conjunction with a quick Flamer burst Vorcha Sentinel has to be my favorite class right now. So far I've only had problems with Geth (Pyros have flamethrowers too!), and I'm sure if I was better I wouldn't.
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May 14, 2013 19:08
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Welp. Fury with a Typhoon. Now I've seen everything. (it worked about as well as you'd expect)
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May 14, 2013 20:13
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I have been trying to use the Collector SMG for its challenges, but the gun just seems absolutely awful - even in silver matches. The 1.5 damage multiplier seems worthless against armour considering how low its damage is, and without magazine upgrades the thing is almost unusable. Am I just missing something or is it really as awful as it seems?
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May 14, 2013 20:30
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Ess posted:I have been trying to use the Collector SMG for its challenges, but the gun just seems absolutely awful - even in silver matches. The 1.5 damage multiplier seems worthless against armour considering how low its damage is, and without magazine upgrades the thing is almost unusable. Am I just missing something or is it really as awful as it seems?
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May 14, 2013 20:33
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So I unlocked the Turian Cabal last night and I have been having a blast but I can't seem to find the right niche. I went Valkyrie and ran around with blades and plunked everything to death at first, but that didnt seem effective. I am hesitant to go melee because I always get stomped by making bad decisions on when to melee. Poison strike seems pretty useless other than getting out of trouble and the crusader seems okay it's just too heavy. Help me out here I like shooting, I like ARs and shotguns, I tend to shoot and move better than deciding when to melee and I absolutely love blades. Currently I am specced 4/6/6/6/4. Poison for range, blades for extra damage, and class whatever for weapon damage. Thanks (I did read elotana's guide I am just hesitant to go full melee spec).
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May 14, 2013 20:38
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Mr Dog posted:Welp. It works better than a Fury with a PPR.
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