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and you all laughed at me when I was pissed off that Use/Cover/Sprint were the same button on the PC as well as the 360 for no reason when ME2 came around.
i started out bad as vanguard, but now that i'm 20, the build has clicked and is fine in silver.
i use the nova where you do 40% less damage, but it costs 50% less barrier to use. also, with successful charge, i get 50% more barrier. before getting the ability to spam nova twice, i died a lot more. all i do is charge, spam nova twice, repeat as necessary. that works vs all low level mobs. the key is that spamming nova twice stuns the mobs just long enough that my charge cooldown finishes.
vs bigger threats (pyro, turrets, geth prime, atlas, banshee, etc), i have to decide if it's worth it to engage. usually, it's suicidal, so it's a coin flip.
i'm using the hornet (without ultralight materials, since i dont have it yet). the hornet is not the best weapon ever, but it's way lighter than a shotgun, and my key to surviving is being able to spam biotic charge as much as possible
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They've otherwise have been pretty sweet games. Everybody more or less working together. Then the spawn system takes a dump and gives you a virtually unwinnable scenario. How the flying fuck you're supposed to survive and kill that many in that little a time, I have no bloody idea.
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It's very possible to win.
It's nearly impossible to win if your team is made up of idiots or if everyone isn't working together.
Wave 10 can be a real bitch (really all the later waves) on Silver if your team isn't willing to part with Cobra Missiles.
I'm just getting to the point where pug Silvers aren't rage inducingly frustrating but I also have a lot of upgraded weapons/equipment. I can carry 5 missiles into a game and if I'm pugging it rarely do I get out of the mission with any left.
I find killing the weaker enemies first gives you plenty of space to kite, that and Ravagers need to die asap,
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Let me know how that works, I have a level 4 or 5 of it but it's too heavy for my chars.
Ending spoilers.
I would go on, but people have already articulated ( in a better manner than I) why this ending sucks so much.
I do have one last thing to say, Mass Effect 3 is like a submarine sandwich that takes you 50 hours to eat, as each hour goes by you think it can't possibly taste any better... then, you reach your last bite, you think it will be the best bite yet, and you're savoring the moment, because you know that once this bite is gone, that will be it. You take the last bit of the sandwich in your hands, raise it to your mouth, and bite down... right into a jagged shard of glass.
I don't want to throw this thread into turmoil about the ending, but I just had to get that off my chest.
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I'm on 360 as well. My Human Adept and Infiltrator have made it through multiple silver rounds this weekend.
But every tiny little thing helps, whether it's starting wave 11 away from the LZ so you can keep it clear and then bolt over there at the very end or just not having people who rush off to do their own thing every wave. Also, I never use medi-gel unless everybody else is already down or I'm about to die. It saves a lot of hassle. I also recommend doing it on firebase dagger so you have room to run around, or in the science lab so explosions hit fifteen or twenty bad guys at once.
As a vanguard I've been like "FUCK it" and just charge them, melee, smash, charge, melee. Switch melee out with nova if we're alone.
Thats how i dealt with them in SP. Never had any troubles at all with them.
A few tips when dealing with reapers.
#1: Never fight in that one tiny ass map. Just... don't.
#2: For the higher waves you can 'bleed' the enemy ranks of elites. There are only a limited number per wave. So yeah, it might seem like the game is spamming you with neigh-unkillable bullet sponges, but you can kill them FIRST and your odds of victory go much higher.
#3: Focus on Ravagers and Mauraders if you have the space. Kiting Banshees and Brutes is relatively simply, but only if you have room to run without getting torn to pieces.
#4: Again, survival is more important than quickly finishing objectives. Especially for hacking and node missions it's okay to RUN AWAY if they get swarmed. Again, the enemy has a limited number of elites, and you will rarely run out of time unless it is an assassinate objective.
I just do the chargenovachargenova dance until they fall down, standing right in their face. Both charge and nova seem to stagger them long enough that they never get off a shot, and since charge is off cooldown the second the nova animation is done, winsies. Now, mind, this is on bronze.
The swarmers can be troublesome though.
Very next game, we pull off a full extraction silver win.
Still got pretty hairy at times, but that actually went off without a hitch.
Urge to kill... lowering.
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Nah, charge 'em! Once the ravager drops, you nova, which should kill the swarmers, then pop charge at whatever you lined up for your next new friend. If nova didn't get the swarmers, just charge back at the swarmers after.
The authentication for DLC is tied to your EA account, but the files need to be installed manually. Get the files from here: http://social.bioware.com/user_entitlements.php and install them to where ever you installed the games.
I discovered that 3 melees with my krogan sentinel can destroy them (he is really only upgraded for damage protection, not melee as well). I don't recall them shooting at me, really. The rachni blood could be a bit of an issue if you end up stick around after you've pummeled it to death, but who would sit still when there are still things around left to smash?
Also, I don't know about other difficulties, but krogan sentinel is invincible on bronze. Enemy in front of you? Smash it. Enemy next to you? Turn and SMASH! In trouble? drop some lift grenades. About to die anyway even though you're invincble? Pop your tech armor and saunter away.
Ah, I thought they were supposed to show up in Origin, ok thanks.
Though I discovered that it has been tweeted to the @masseffect twitter guys about a billion times already, but I regret nothing sending it to them again.
In other news, when is the N7 weapon for surviving silver being unlocked? And will it be forever stuck at level I because you can't upgrade it from packs (which is something I am wondering about).
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N7 gear just isn't that good.
I haven't tried out the shotgun, so I can't speak for it. The SMG has a lot of kick but spits bullets like nobody's business, I can see it being handy for shield-stripping. The heavy pistol isn't very heavy but it's got a good clip size and can fire really fast, so... eh? The sniper rifle is where it is at. You can't speak ill of it.
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EDIT: I wanted to look at the Social Site's list since I did the Tutorial of Amalur, but never got the Chakram Launcher, I did get the Reckoner Armor though.
idk what to tell you, I haven't done any Silvers and it came up in a spectre pack I bought?
edit: also if you see somebody in your party with a Black Widow, you pretty much know who's going to be in first. that thing is obscene. :o
edit2: Scorpion doesn't have a gold card outline, it has an N7 card outline.
At least until you get the Black Widow.
the geth one, or the disciple?
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I mostly agree with him, though on some points I don't.
By the way, Retake Mass Effect is at 65k.
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The most common issue that I've seen with the Chakram Launcher is that players got to the end of the demo, but did not play for the full 45 minutes. The 45 minutes is what unlocks the rifle. I got to the end of the demo in like 25 minutes, so I spent 20 minutes just killing guards until I unlocked the Launcher.
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I got the N7 shotgun from a specter pack.
Maaaan. Some fun golds today. I'm amazed we pulled off that one full extraction on Noveria that consisted solely of running around screaming.
BSN has the same password as your Origin account.
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The guy's video is well put-together and he keeps it to a professional level of snarkiness, but like a lot of people he's forgetting
(ending spoilers obviously)
As for being stuck at level 1, if the brute challenge is passed everyone also gets another pack which has all four of them, so combined with the one you get for beating a reaper silver match you could have one at level 2. To level them up further you'd have to wait until another weekend where they will reward these again.