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Perfectly Cromulent posted:It's also cannot be used from behind cover despite the conical AOE. This is because batarians are butts and can't do anything right.  The buff is the equivalent to making Drell vanguard's pull doing 10 more damage. It's a pitiful buff and not at all addressing the problems with the class.
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SciFiDownBeat posted:Let me rephrase: now there's no reason not for me to use the BatSol on anything under Platinum (and when I'm hosting). I'm really warming up to him.
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Aug 8, 2012 23:44
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randombattle posted:This is because batarians are butts and can't do anything right. 12.5% buff, remember that that 100 base damage gets multiplied by everything else. Ballistic Blades got buffed just as much as the Piranha got nerfed.
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Aug 8, 2012 23:57
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No Shadow nerf, thankfully. It feels like with a little more practice I could solo waves all day with this class. Stealth Vanguard with a sword and techsmash, god drat. Why the codpiece, though? I mean that just bugs me.
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Aug 9, 2012 00:03
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Mr Dog posted:Valiant is kinda mediocre these days (even post-nerf the Krysae is arguably better because it chain-staggers things), Crusader is completely eclipsed by the Piranha, Harrier feels superior to Hurricane and we all know about the Eagle. Why do I particularly care what I'm going to get in this Commendation pack, again?
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Aug 9, 2012 00:04
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Synonamess Botch posted:You do have the smart choke on it right? Yes  I think I'm just too used to using shotguns that I can hit things with from behind cover halfway across the level. I tried the Vorcha sentinel again today with a Claymore instead and while I still don't have the rhythm down for the regeneration, I could reliably kill things from a distance so that it wasn't required that I rush straight into swarms of things just to get a kill.
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Aug 9, 2012 00:09
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Ravenfood posted:Only if you don't care about weight. The Harrier is heavy. And it has a lot less ammo. The Harrier is unmatched in terms of long range damage (and I've never understood people who claim recoil is ever a problem), but to kill an Atlas by yourself you'll need to hit an ammo box/supply pylon. The Hurricane I only has a real capacity of 130, but the heat sink increases that by 80%.
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Aug 9, 2012 00:40
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Maybe I'm just overly partial to Batarians but I can't complain about the buff to Ballistic Blades. BatSol has always been a solid class, but never overpowered to the point of total oversaturation like Geth Infiltrator or N7 Demolisher.
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Aug 9, 2012 00:51
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CONFIRMED: Batarian Heavy Melee, with Blade armour, and a Bubble, is enough to tip your damage reduction to invulnerability. It is awesome. Atlases can still grab you, though 
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Aug 9, 2012 01:03
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Dilb posted:And it has a lot less ammo. The Harrier is unmatched in terms of long range damage (and I've never understood people who claim recoil is ever a problem), but to kill an Atlas by yourself you'll need to hit an ammo box/supply pylon. The Hurricane I only has a real capacity of 130, but the heat sink increases that by 80%. Also the Harrier can drop a Brute or Ravager in a little over one clip when Marksman is applied. It's great for Reapers.
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Aug 9, 2012 01:04
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Two Finger posted:CONFIRMED: It was cool seeing you lunge at enemies with your invinci-punch. It was both sad and hilarious to see the Atlas break your spine! 
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Aug 9, 2012 01:19
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SciFiDownBeat posted:It was cool seeing you lunge at enemies with your invinci-punch. It was both sad and hilarious to see the Atlas break your spine! It's definitely situational. Has its uses, but is tricky to do and difficult to make useful. At the right time though...
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Aug 9, 2012 01:21
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randombattle posted:This is because batarians are butts and can't do anything right. It's a reasonably large buff for an already good power, as others have already pointed out. Fix the problem with it not working from behind cover and let it trigger tech/fire/cryo detonations and it would be REALLY good. Inferno Grenade + Ballstic Blades is already great at wrecking whole spawns. I'm not sure what problems the class has other than not being overpowered like many of the other FOTM classes.
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Fun idea that might be worth wasting one of the Human Sentinels on: Has anyone tried running a Shotgun-based HS? Narida Class Builder example Basically a Krogan Adeptfiltrator. Spec for defense like a Krogan Sentinel, use Warp (Expose/Pierce) and the racial passive to maximize damage and stagger enemies like an SI uses Energy Drain, and keep a few points in Throw to stagger like an AA. Likely go for defensive gear, since non-N7 Humans are so squishy, but keep in mind they can roll, so that's a benefit over a shotgun KS. I'm particularly hoping Warp and hitscan shotguns have solid synergy against Armored enemies, given Armor has a major effect on them (50 damage reduction x 6-8 pellets, right?), since Expose alone isn't going to remotely compare to Tactical Cloak. If it can handle Banshees and Atlases, I might stick to it for a while. Still, I'm liking the looks of this as reaching Turian Sentinel levels of utility: Do powerful BEs with a fellow adept (you can still get the combo boost in this build), do weaker ones yourself if you must, use Throw to detonate Tech Bursts, and have some serious combat viability by going for the racial passive and having Fitness/Tech Armor. Probably spreads itself a little thin, but what the hell. Will give it a shot tonight. e: Had to promote since I had no respec cards, but I got it up to 13 and was doing pretty swell on Silver. There's a fun little flow where you can start with Warp, then shoot (I tried Eviscerator and Wraith), and Throw is available to let you cancel the reload with a biotic explosion. It's a nice tidy packet of damage, and gives you a lot of wiggle room — set off the BE immediately if there are too many enemies, toss out another Warp to damage an enemy and keep it primed while you wait for shields to regenerate, or just go crazy and Warp minor enemies point blank and follow up with melee. MrDude fucked around with this message at 09:14 on Aug 9, 2012 |
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SciFiDownBeat posted:So if the multiplayer is following the single player chronologically in some way, and the Reapers are increasingly focusing on London, does this mean we're approaching the point where the Citadel is brought to Earth and Shepard fires the Crucible? I'm waiting for the Multiplayer DLC where we get to fight Reaper bosses... No. We're approaching the point where you try to log on, and just get a splash screen saying "Commander Shepard did a thing. Your fight is done, trooper..."
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Aug 9, 2012 02:06
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Frankenstyle posted:No. We're approaching the point where you try to log on, and just get a splash screen saying "Commander Shepard did a thing. Your fight is done, trooper..."
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Aug 9, 2012 04:54
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Helpful tip: Do NOT heavy melee an enemy as a Batarian that has simultaneously been hit with the Lash power.
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Aug 9, 2012 05:03
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thevoiceofdog posted:Helpful tip: Do NOT heavy melee an enemy as a Batarian that has simultaneously been hit with the Lash power. Actually this owns
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thevoiceofdog posted:Helpful tip: Do NOT heavy melee an enemy as a Batarian that has simultaneously been hit with the Lash power. I'm dying from this mental image.
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Aug 9, 2012 05:44
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From what I hear, you go ice-skating after the target, wherever it ended up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eTaCRQNH6g Probably like this, but moreso.
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That reminds me that I did a fun thing this morning;I was the Drell adept and used lift on a Cerberus trooper, and as it was floating at perfect height I heavy melee'd it and punched him far through the air(imagine the scene from The Matrix where Neo kicks the dude's legs out from under him and punches him in the chest). And the Vorcha Sentinal is really fun now that I've started getting the hang of it; I'm loving having such an agile character with such big weapons(claymore and harrier). And he literally hops when you do the forward dodge, he's like a bunny that's just having so much fun killing people  .
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I ran into my first hacked game today. Searching for silver on my Infiltator and something seemed off. I got hit pretty hard after joining but just got knocked down to a sliver of life. I turned a corner and shot a Nemesis and it killed through shields, no gate. Then the wave ended and it said I had survived 3 waves. Next wave, It comes together as I am able to one-hit-kill banshees and this silver game I searched for is actually plat. I just unlocked Shadow today, I hope my account doesn't get destroyed
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Aug 9, 2012 08:05
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Zombie mode looks like so much fun. I just wish it was an actual optional gameplay mode.
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Marquis de Pyro posted:Actually this owns
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thevoiceofdog posted:Helpful tip: Do NOT heavy melee an enemy as a Batarian that has simultaneously been hit with the Lash power. You are wrong. Additionally, if an enemy has just been pulled or singularity'd, Heavy Melee. Provided you score a kill, you will king-hit them into loving space. I wish I had a video of the time I did that.
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A heavy melee from a Batarian is the ONLY way to kill something in the air. Ever. It is insanely satisfying. I also really love it when Ballistic Blades explode as your punch lands, makes you feel like you've punched them so hard they just spontaneously combusted.
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And the servers are down. I'd hoped to level my Krogan Soldier back up today. Plus side I've now got all the Gold weapons, having picked up the Acolyte yesterday, and the Batarian Sentinel.
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Aug 9, 2012 14:29
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This weekend's allied goal seems pretty easy to fail and I'm curious what they're going to do to punish us. "For the next two weeks, all enemies speak with a cockney british accent"
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Aug 9, 2012 16:44
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Aug 9, 2012 16:46
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UnknownMercenary posted:They turn off credit earnings for every map except London. Well, that'd certainly give them time for some proper server maintenance, when 99% of the playerbase disappears for two weeks.
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Aug 9, 2012 16:57
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Ugh, it is as I feared, and maxing out every weapon(except Ultra Rares), every Weapon Mod, and every Character in MP has kind of screwed me over. After blowing 2mil credits on PSPs last night, I estimate that every Gold slot has slightly higher odds of being a Gold Consumable rather than the only other Gold cards I don't have, Gear. I need 18 more Gold Gear cards to max out the entire category, and it'll probably take about 20-30 PSPs to pull off, if I'm lucky. And out of the 20 PSPs I got last night, only 3 Ultra Rares came out too, so it looks like the odds of pulling those haven't improved either, but at least I got a Typhoon I, along with a Javelin V and a Harrier V. 
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Aug 9, 2012 17:24
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I kinda want an Indra and a Saber because those are literally the only two guns I do not have (well and the Collector Rifle obv)
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Mr Dog posted:I kinda want an Indra and a Saber because those are literally the only two guns I do not have (well and the Collector Rifle obv) Kinda really like the Indra actually 
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Aug 9, 2012 17:50
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Just unlocked the Slayer and I'm pretty excited about that. How much does this guy own? What (hopefully unnecessary) gun works well with him?
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The Saber has been buffed so many times it's gone from mediocre to amazing, and the Indra's not too shabby now either. It's a far cry from when it was first released as basically a scoped Avenger.
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Mr Dog posted:I kinda want an Indra and a Saber because those are literally the only two guns I do not have (well and the Collector Rifle obv) The saber is so loving good. Put an extended barrel and piercing mod on it and it basically turns into a railgun. The weight is kind of high, but I just use it on the Destroyer since cooldowns don't mean poo poo with that class.
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Vietnamwees posted:And out of the 20 PSPs I got last night, only 3 Ultra Rares came out too, so it looks like the odds of pulling those haven't improved either, but at least I got a Typhoon I, along with a Javelin V and a Harrier V. 3/40 is 7.5%. It used to be something like 2%. From my own experience I can also say that it's definitely improved, as since Earth dropped I've gotten 5 different URs up to IV, and one of those then up to V, nevermind finally landing the Particle Rifle and Indra. It's still somewhat rare (and kinda should be), but not nearly as rare as it used to be.
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UnknownMercenary posted:They turn off credit earnings for every map except London. Just report them to the LOCOG if you don't like this operation. For the uninitiated, the LOCOG are in charge of promotion for the olympic games and serve a cease and desist on anything that remotely looks, sounds, or smells like it might be to do with the olympics, and the owner hasn't paid for the right to do so. The thread in D&D has some fun examples like them making GBS threads over charity organizations and even their own staff.
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I still don't have any of the N7, Cerberus, Vorcha or any Sentinel classes that aren't Batarian unlocked. Most of my new gun unlocks are hovering around level 1, i just get poo poo on all the time in public lobbies. I really wish I had more time to play this game or my schedule overlapped with whenever the hell people are online.
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