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I hit level 36 or something with my vanguard and I'm just accumulating points. What the gently caress am I supposed to put these into. I already maxed charge, nova, fitness, and training. Should I just save them and wait for a bonus power in NG+? Is there a bonus power worth getting as a VG? I'm playing on insanity and there is nothing I can't kill already
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Chib posted:I'm a femShep engineer. I feel very ... special.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:00
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Synonamess Botch posted:I hit level 36 or something with my vanguard and I'm just accumulating points. What the gently caress am I supposed to put these into. I already maxed charge, nova, fitness, and training. Should I just save them and wait for a bonus power in NG+? Is there a bonus power worth getting as a VG? I'm playing on insanity and there is nothing I can't kill already You probably want to get a bonus power to better deal with armor as the later game's banshees and brutes are kinda tough for Vanguard (at least judging from my VG multiplayer experience). So talk up Garrus or Vega for AP Ammo or Carnage respectively. Energy Drain from Tali's conversations could also be nice for stripping cerberus shields and giving you a second shield restoring ability or maybe one of the fortification abilities to stay alive and A.B.C. errrday. I think I got the bonus power : character matchups correct, but someone feel free to tell me I'm wrong and or stupid.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:09
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Zedd posted:Charge at him and punch him in the face, It will both help with his stupidity and teach him how to play the class. Heavy melee is the best thing. Ever since ME1's Kaiden biotic kicked someone so hard that they died, I've always wanted to play a cinematic style biotic. Jack is a vanguard right guys?
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Mar 18, 2012 02:22
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For the Unwavering achievement which is "Finish all multiplayer maps on Gold or all single-player missions on Insanity." Does that mean I need to finish all the Cerberus missions or what? I really don't feel like doing Grunt's mission with the Rachni queen. I hate those things that shoot out missiles. They cut down my shields with one shot.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:24
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doo doo thief posted:You probably want to get a bonus power to better deal with armor as the later game's banshees and brutes are kinda tough for Vanguard (at least judging from my VG multiplayer experience). So talk up Garrus or Vega for AP Ammo or Carnage respectively. AP ammo ability gives you more damage, and the penetration mod 'for free' for all guns--you can shoot through a meter of cover at high levels! Really useful for sniper and scoped guns, and gently caress guardians.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:26
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ZombyDog posted:My engineer playthrough was a blast, spamming chain overload at everything - I did find the drone & turret really underwhelming though. Yeah, singleplayer Engineer just max Incinerate, Overload and Alliance Training first, then put exactly one point in Drone or Turret until you've also maxed Cryo Blast. Engineer was the best class before, and now they're even better. edit: Yeah, and take AP Ammo for your bonus, at least at first.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:27
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DoYouHasaRabbit posted:For the Unwavering achievement which is "Finish all multiplayer maps on Gold or all single-player missions on Insanity." Does that mean I need to finish all the Cerberus missions or what? I really don't feel like doing Grunt's mission with the Rachni queen. I hate those things that shoot out missiles. They cut down my shields with one shot. Yes it is every mission in the game. Bring Garrus and Liara with you on that mission to strip shields and stasis bubble the annoying enemies.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:27
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DoYouHasaRabbit posted:For the Unwavering achievement which is "Finish all multiplayer maps on Gold or all single-player missions on Insanity." Does that mean I need to finish all the Cerberus missions or what? I really don't feel like doing Grunt's mission with the Rachni queen. I hate those things that shoot out missiles. They cut down my shields with one shot. Ravagers. Shoot their sacs (the fleshy bags) and that keeps their swarmers from spawning. They're a bit tough, but warp, AP/Incendiery ammo, and focus fire take them down fast. Also, if there's a regular enemy (husk, marauder, etc) next to them you can set up a biotic explosion (pull+warp, warp+throw, singularity+warp/throw, etc) and take a huge chunk of health that way. This technique is really a basic crowd-clearing method that's so brutally effective there's even a datapad describing it in game.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:31
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Also remember that when you tell your teammates to attack a specific target they do almost double damage to it compared to letting them shoot whatever they want. Pop out of cover and direct both of your teammates onto a ravager, then use your stringest ability on it. They'll die in about 5-6 seconds on insanity. Directing Garrus and Liara onto the ravager, make garrus use maxed out overload specced to do more damage and double damage to barriers/shields/armor and have liara stasis bubble the ravager. Usually this will catch a swarmer or husk or some poo poo in the bubble too. Pop another biotic ability on that secondary snag while they are in the bubble and the explosion will kill the ravager in one hit.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:35
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OAquinas posted:Ravagers. Shoot their sacs (the fleshy bags) and that keeps their swarmers from spawning. They're a bit tough, but warp, AP/Incendiery ammo, and focus fire take them down fast. I thought it was the other way around. I could have sworn that shooting those sacks was what spawned swarmers. Seems counter intuitive to make the dangerous bits huge and easy to pop. edit: To clarify, making the sacks larger and the thing that spawns swarmers makes sense from a gameplay perspective because it provides a greater challenge to kill a Ravager without hitting its sacks. Ignorant Hick fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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Mar 18, 2012 02:39
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Ignorant Hick posted:I thought it was the other way around. I could have sworn that shooting those sacks was what spawned swarmers. Seems counter intuitive to make the dangerous bits huge and easy to pop. There's two types, ones that explode and others that spawn swarmers.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:44
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Party Plane Jones posted:There's two types, ones that explode and others that spawn swarmers. Any way to tell which does what or is it just a fun surprise?
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Mar 18, 2012 02:46
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Ignorant Hick posted:I thought it was the other way around. I could have sworn that shooting those sacks was what spawned swarmers. Seems counter intuitive to make the dangerous bits huge and easy to pop. Yes and no, the sacs spawn the swarmers but after they die they spawn anyway (sacks explode when they die) so you might as well kill them quicker cause the swarmers will come anyway.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:48
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Ignorant Hick posted:Any way to tell which does what or is it just a fun surprise? I believe the one that spawns swarmers has a black top. They are visually distinct though but I'm not sure if they are ever located near each other. It could very well be that after you start seeing the black ones the exploding ones aren't in new areas.
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Mar 18, 2012 02:52
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The sacks will continuously generate swarmers until they pop, when you pop them a fixed amount release but will stop coming after you kill those ones. Popping all 4 sacks on a ravager will instantly kill it as well. Also if you get up in their face they will purposely pop a swarmer sack and gently caress you up. Edit: Also the green fluid and gas fog poo poo that comes out of popped sacks/dead ravagers is acidic and will destroy you, don't stay in melee range of them after they die/pop a sack. Hentai Tentacle Demon fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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Mar 18, 2012 02:54
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So when I finish the game and it kicks me back to before the penultimate mission, how do I do a NG+? Do I just do new game and then load that last save?
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Mar 18, 2012 02:58
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Hentai Tentacle Demon posted:Also if you get up in their face they will purposely pop a swarmer sack and gently caress you up. Tell that to the pile of dead Ravagers my Krogan Sentinel is sitting atop.
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Mar 18, 2012 03:24
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Haledjian posted:So when I finish the game and it kicks me back to before the penultimate mission, how do I do a NG+? Do I just do new game and then load that last save? Yeah, it creates one autosave per completed game.
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Mar 18, 2012 03:25
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I'm playing through Mass Effect 2 again but I wanted to save Ash instead of Kaiden without playing through ME1, so I got that little interactive DLC comic. I gotta say, I'm really enjoying this stroll through ME1 memory lane as narrated by Jennifer Hale.
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Mar 18, 2012 03:33
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I ended up using Garrus and James on the Rachni mission. I think I started it early and got killed in 2 hits and said gently caress it and came back later in the game. I have 4928 military strength, 54% readiness rating and 2666 effective military strength. So I basically just need to level up in multiplayer to get the synthetic ending?
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Mar 18, 2012 03:40
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Haha god dammit, I'm doing a NG+ and I can't kill Dr. Eva in the little charge thing. I have a shotgun, the sticky bomb pistol, and that really slow semi-automatic rifle, which takes her down to 1 health bar and then doesn't do any damage. I've died like 10 times now, this is terrible. Tried it with the shotgun too, once she's down to one health bar she doesn't lose any more health even from direct hits. Is this a bug?
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Mar 18, 2012 04:03
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Shoot her in the head.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:16
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I've never used the sticky bomb pistol. Is it just that it doesn't do enough damage in time before she reaches you? The first time I went through that sequence I tried to switch from the pistol the scene started me with to my shotgun, but the slow-mo weapon switch took so long that by the time I had the shotgun up Eva had knocked me to the ground and stabbed me in the face.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:20
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Mr. Pumroy posted:I've never used the sticky bomb pistol. Is it just that it doesn't do enough damage in time before she reaches you? The AR and the shotgun can get her down to one health bar and then I have time to get off one last shot, which so far has not gotten rid of that last health bar, and then I die.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:22
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Man I don't know. Any chance you could find an earlier save prior to a time you pick up a weapon so you can change your loadout to a conventional pistol? That's what I'd try doing.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:29
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Even on insanity you only have to shoot her like 3 times with a pistol before the cut scene triggers, not sure what you are doing. Just use whatever gun is in your hands when the scene starts. In my game it forces a pistol into my hands instead of the AR I was using. You don't actually kill her health bar, it just takes like 2-3 bars off and the cut scene kicks in. Again, try shooting her in the head instead of her body. Every time I've done that part 2-3 shots in the head drops her on insanity.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:30
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The Mass Effect wikia is slow as gently caress to update with info about Mass Effect 3, and the FAQs on Gamefaqs are lovely and there's only two of 'em. Is there a better site for information? I want to know where the gently caress these side-missions are sending me, so I don't wander for goddamned hours.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:36
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Hentai Tentacle Demon posted:Even on insanity you only have to shoot her like 3 times with a pistol before the cut scene triggers, not sure what you are doing. Just use whatever gun is in your hands when the scene starts. In my game it forces a pistol into my hands instead of the AR I was using. You don't actually kill her health bar, it just takes like 2-3 bars off and the cut scene kicks in. Again, try shooting her in the head instead of her body. Every time I've done that part 2-3 shots in the head drops her on insanity. The problem is that the pistol people are talking about has a delay before the explosive bullets detonate. The delay is apparently longer than the time you have.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:37
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rotinaj posted:The Mass Effect wikia is slow as gently caress to update with info about Mass Effect 3, and the FAQs on Gamefaqs are lovely and there's only two of 'em. Is there a better site for information? I want to know where the gently caress these side-missions are sending me, so I don't wander for goddamned hours. There's a list of quests and where to go for most things in the OP. 
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Mar 18, 2012 04:37
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ImpAtom posted:The problem is that the pistol people are talking about has a delay before the explosive bullets detonate. The delay is apparently longer than the time you have. It could be worse: if you don't have less than a single pistol clip, the game doesn't give you more and you probably won't be able to kill her before she reaches you.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:43
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I don't see this particular question answered, but how the gently caress do I get to the Hades Nexus? I just did Priority: Citadel II, do I need to do a further mission?
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Mar 18, 2012 04:43
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rotinaj posted:I don't see this particular question answered, but how the gently caress do I get to the Hades Nexus? I just did Priority: Citadel II, do I need to do a further mission? Think so, yeah. The way sidequests and exploration are handled is pretty clunky.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:49
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Holy Calamity! posted:I'm playing through Mass Effect 2 again but I wanted to save Ash instead of Kaiden without playing through ME1, so I got that little interactive DLC comic. I gotta say, I'm really enjoying this stroll through ME1 memory lane as narrated by Jennifer Hale. Go to masseffectsaves.com instead. You get to select every choice, including all the little sidequests.
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Mar 18, 2012 04:58
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natetimm posted:So, I go back and re-do the ending of ME2 so Garrus lives. Jack dies. gently caress. I go back and do it again and everyone lives. Yay. I put in ME3, download the day 1 DLC (gently caress you Bioware) and during the opening segments I accidentally kick my xbox when getting up to take a leak, causing the machine to utterly ruin my disc. Now I have to go back to Best Buy and return it. In a monsoon. It's just like my dad always told me when I was a young boy: "Don't kick your xbox when getting up to take a leak".
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Mar 18, 2012 05:02
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Dear Bioware, Please make the next DLC a multiplayer character pack that includes a Hanar vanguard. Signed, Gordon Shumway
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Mar 18, 2012 05:03
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I don't know if it's the muffling from the helmet or the wide-eyes she has going on behind it, but the 'About what?' Hale's Shepard gives Ashley when she asks for a straight answer about Cerberus on Mars is really, really funny.
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Mar 18, 2012 05:20
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Knowing that all the endings apparently sucked made the final choice pretty easy for me. Because I didn't care. I got... an ending. Not happy, but I enjoyed the rest of the game. I agonized more over which LI to lock in. I felt like the game really wanted FemShep to be with Kaiden (if he lived) in the beginning. But I stuck to my ME2 choice of Garrus and was really pleased with the romantic exchanges. They were really sweet. God, Kaiden is such a tool. Does anyone ever pick the human LI? They're usually so boring. Except for Miranda, I guess. I was pleasantly surprised by Vega and Javik was worth the $10 for his crew interactions alone.
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Mar 18, 2012 05:55
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Hey, I got a question regarding ME1: How is it that Anderson knew that the Saren in Shepard's report is the same as the spectre Saren. Granted he knew that Nihilus was familiar with Saren, but it could still have been someone different. It seems rather reckless to go leveling treason accusation unless you know for sure yourself that it's the same guy. I mean, imagine the egg on everyone's faces if instead of going into villain monologue mode, Saren's response was "Goddamnit, this is the 3rd time this cycle! I'm not the only Saren in the galaxy!"
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precision posted:Every single human in the games is attractive, Did your game bug out and make Allers disappear?
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