Make sure you invest at least one point in pull. Sometimes one enemy will have a commanding position over the battlefield, preventing you from charging properly.
It also makes the collector platform sections and fighting husks a little easier.
to add to that, it's actually better to charge protected enemies, as they won't fly out of optimal shotgun and melee range
the vanguard actually thrives on hardcore and up, in that sense
o_O
Did I just pick the wrong shotgun or something? Should I have picked the kro-gun for my extra weapon proficiency?
for this particular purpose, kind of
the scimitar needs to plug away a bit to do the job--it's good for the big stuff, YMIRs, Harbinger, the colossus but can slow you down when you want to cut through a mook
the eviscerator is a good substitute for the krogun (I actually prefer it), if you have the cerberus network DLC
I'm not sure how the Geth Shotgun fares, not having tried it yet
Enemies with one layer of protection will be taken down to half health on insanity, and OHKOd with a charged shot. It's effective range is on a par with the Avenger or the Revenant.
My only major criticism is that it is noticeably weak against Scions and Harbinger.
EDIT: The spread is much smaller, with only 3 'pellets' versus 8 for the other shotguns. Hitting multiple enemies can be tricky, and at one point I managed to fire all 3 'pellets' through a Collector's legs without hitting it.
The Fourth Estate on
0
OrcaAlso known as EspressosaurusWrexRegistered Userregular
edited September 2010
Under most circumstances, the GPS will pwn faces. I've solo'd the Colossus with it, and that's my test for "is this gun awesome". I remember running into a few problems somewhere while using it, but I can't think of them offhand.
Overall, it kicks ass though. Long ranged, good rate of fire, decent magazine size, and a hard punch.
Like the rest of the paid DLC guns, that sonofabitch is overpowered. Which makes it fun.
Orca on
0
DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
Isn't really overpowered. Just that it fires 3 pellets instead of 8 meaning that it is easier to hit for all the damage.
It is a good weapon though, all things considered.
Cerberus has noble intentions, saving humanity and are willing to get dirty when the Alliance can't or won't, but the methods in which they do them kind of mess up humanity along the way, so I preferred it at least when the Alliance played it safe.
Just about the only thing Cerberus has done that hasn't had any negative repercussions that I can think of and that has been mentioned is Shepard's revival. Everything else has had some kind of bad effect.
I also want to visit Earth, just to see how my alien squad-mates react to it,
"Wow, this place... sucks."
"Hard to believe someone as prominent as humanity came from such a back-water world."
Although to be fair, our world doesn't suck as much as the Krogan homeworld, and is a pretty decent place as long as you aren't in a third-world country which is still stuck in 20th century tech 175 years in the future.
What's all this nonsense I hear about wanting to give the Reaper base to the Council?
You wanna talk evil assholes, lets talk about causing the near extinctions of 2 races, dooming another race to near extinction through inaction, prevents any species without a significant military to have any say in galactic matters, who employ a secret police who clean up their messes and in turn get free reign to commit as much murder as they like as long as it doesn't lead back to them, and who are very likely indoctrinated by their own space station in the first place.
The nice thing about trusting none of the various ME "factions" is you don't ever have to feel bad about just nuking the base
Just about the only thing Cerberus has done that hasn't had any negative repercussions that I can think of and that has been mentioned is Shepard's revival. Everything else has had some kind of bad effect.
I can think of one other Cerberus project that went well...
Shepard,
We recently had an incident involving the geth at one of our outposts in the Skyllian Verge. Don't worry; I'm not sending you off to chase anything down. Our operatives waged a highly successful battle against a geth scouting party and credited their success to a new advanced electrical attack device that we finally let them take out of the lab. Since their unit is being reassigned for some rest and relaxation, I thought you should take custody of the weapon in the meantime.
The weapon is called an arc projector. I sent it to the Normandy's armory so you can examine it for yourself and use it if you deem it worthy. It's gone through plenty of tests that indicate it overloads kinetic barriers and synthetic enemies particularly well, but laboratory demonstrations are a poor substitute for actual field reports. We know it works. Now we want to see what it can do in the right hands. If all goes well, we'll use your tactics to train other operatives.
All Cerberus personnel survived. Shepard doesn't have to intervene. I get my favorite heavy weapon.
Just about the only thing Cerberus has done that hasn't had any negative repercussions that I can think of and that has been mentioned is Shepard's revival. Everything else has had some kind of bad effect.
I can think of one other Cerberus project that went well...
Shepard,
We recently had an incident involving the geth at one of our outposts in the Skyllian Verge. Don't worry; I'm not sending you off to chase anything down. Our operatives waged a highly successful battle against a geth scouting party and credited their success to a new advanced electrical attack device that we finally let them take out of the lab. Since their unit is being reassigned for some rest and relaxation, I thought you should take custody of the weapon in the meantime.
The weapon is called an arc projector. I sent it to the Normandy's armory so you can examine it for yourself and use it if you deem it worthy. It's gone through plenty of tests that indicate it overloads kinetic barriers and synthetic enemies particularly well, but laboratory demonstrations are a poor substitute for actual field reports. We know it works. Now we want to see what it can do in the right hands. If all goes well, we'll use your tactics to train other operatives.
All Cerberus personnel survived. Shepard doesn't have to intervene. I get my favorite heavy weapon.
The problem with crediting Shepard's resurrection to Cerberus is that all they accomplished was washing over their adject failure to keep her alive in the first place, while making her susceptable to control through her new cybernetic implants.
TIM is probably spouting bollocks and all the team actually died. "Er, yeah, they're on... rest and relaxation! Yeah, that's it, and we've sent them to an Asari pleasure planet so they won't be back for a while if you know what I mean! Well, good luck Shepard."
Well seeing as he's the one on the boxart thats what your supposed to think but I heard somewhere that Bioware actually prefers female Shep. Hang on I'll go trawli... I mean investigating and see if I can't dig out some proof.
Well seeing as he's the one on the boxart thats what your supposed to think but I heard somewhere that Bioware actually prefers female Shep. Hang on I'll go trawli... I mean investigating and see if I can't dig out some proof.
Female Shep needs a face-scan model.
I think that would probably make her popular. I mean, seriously, Vanderloo Shep is great.
electricitylikesme on
0
DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
IIRC or so I've been told, the books are very careful to avoid giving a canon sex.
Yeah. The books mention Shepard, but are careful not to go into any of his/her details(race/sex/background/etc). Doesn't even mention any of the decisions that can be made(i.e. Saving the council/letting them die).
Well seeing as he's the one on the boxart thats what your supposed to think but I heard somewhere that Bioware actually prefers female Shep. Hang on I'll go trawli... I mean investigating and see if I can't dig out some proof.
Female Shep needs a face-scan model.
I think that would probably make her popular. I mean, seriously, Vanderloo Shep is great.
he's pretty ok
i always thought milla jovovich would have made a good default femshep
curly haired boy on
Registered just for the Mass Effect threads | Steam: click ^^^ | Origin: curlyhairedboy
0
OrcaAlso known as EspressosaurusWrexRegistered Userregular
The problem with crediting Shepard's resurrection to Cerberus is that all they accomplished was washing over their adject failure to keep her alive in the first place, while making her susceptable to control through her new cybernetic implants.
Smooth.
Side effect of Miranda's control chip. It's a known bug.
Milla Jovovitch would make a good femshep but I'm not sure whether she's badass enough. All her shots in resi evil she seemed more focussed on trying to look as sexy as possible rather than as dangerous as possible.
I suppose some people would be happy with endless eye candy but I believe if they are going to make the femshep canon they have to at least make it believable.
Always-Raining on
0
OrcaAlso known as EspressosaurusWrexRegistered Userregular
edited September 2010
Milla Jovovitch has done a ton of action movies. I think it would have worked.
Facescanning is all well and good, but if they want to improve femshep's model they should give her some 'ceps. Her arms are a little twiggy to be plausible for a career commando (although it's less noticeable with ME2's bigger armor). She's too much this
Shepard's "canon" gender is whatever the hell you want it to be. Just because male Shepard is on the cover and shown in trailers doesn't mean a damn thing to being canonical. They needed to choose one for marketing, so they used the one with the facial scan, not to mention it probably appeals more to their general audience.
Seriously, in an RPG, especially a trilogy where your saves and decisions carry over, what's canon is entirely what you decide. You're all actually confusing my brain by debating what's canon in an RPG. It's not as if Mass Effect 3 is going to reverse a particular decision of yours because they liked the other option better.
Dashui on
Xbox Live, PSN & Origin: Vacorsis 3DS: 2638-0037-166
Posts
It also makes the collector platform sections and fighting husks a little easier.
the scimitar needs to plug away a bit to do the job--it's good for the big stuff, YMIRs, Harbinger, the colossus but can slow you down when you want to cut through a mook
the eviscerator is a good substitute for the krogun (I actually prefer it), if you have the cerberus network DLC
I'm not sure how the Geth Shotgun fares, not having tried it yet
Enemies with one layer of protection will be taken down to half health on insanity, and OHKOd with a charged shot. It's effective range is on a par with the Avenger or the Revenant.
My only major criticism is that it is noticeably weak against Scions and Harbinger.
EDIT: The spread is much smaller, with only 3 'pellets' versus 8 for the other shotguns. Hitting multiple enemies can be tricky, and at one point I managed to fire all 3 'pellets' through a Collector's legs without hitting it.
Overall, it kicks ass though. Long ranged, good rate of fire, decent magazine size, and a hard punch.
Like the rest of the paid DLC guns, that sonofabitch is overpowered. Which makes it fun.
It is a good weapon though, all things considered.
Just about the only thing Cerberus has done that hasn't had any negative repercussions that I can think of and that has been mentioned is Shepard's revival. Everything else has had some kind of bad effect.
I also want to visit Earth, just to see how my alien squad-mates react to it,
"Wow, this place... sucks."
"Hard to believe someone as prominent as humanity came from such a back-water world."
Although to be fair, our world doesn't suck as much as the Krogan homeworld, and is a pretty decent place as long as you aren't in a third-world country which is still stuck in 20th century tech 175 years in the future.
Steam Profile
It's overpowered because it has assault rifle range in a shotgun.
I've found I can use it effectively at virtually any range. Try that with even the Eviscerator.
i don't get it
You don't want to charge?
Oh yea
those times
You wanna talk evil assholes, lets talk about causing the near extinctions of 2 races, dooming another race to near extinction through inaction, prevents any species without a significant military to have any say in galactic matters, who employ a secret police who clean up their messes and in turn get free reign to commit as much murder as they like as long as it doesn't lead back to them, and who are very likely indoctrinated by their own space station in the first place.
I can think of one other Cerberus project that went well...
All Cerberus personnel survived. Shepard doesn't have to intervene. I get my favorite heavy weapon.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
2 for 105. Not bad going Cerberus.
Smooth.
Shepard: "Don't you mean Corpsman?"
TIM: "......sure, let's go with that."
TIM: Then see to it that we don't lose her.
Cut to Normandy.
BOOM!
-
They weren't trying hard. Unless the Lazarus project was their only backup in a universe with body-vaporising weapons.
IIRC or so I've been told, the books are very careful to avoid giving a canon sex.
Female Shep needs a face-scan model.
I think that would probably make her popular. I mean, seriously, Vanderloo Shep is great.
Yeah. The books mention Shepard, but are careful not to go into any of his/her details(race/sex/background/etc). Doesn't even mention any of the decisions that can be made(i.e. Saving the council/letting them die).
he's pretty ok
i always thought milla jovovich would have made a good default femshep
Registered just for the Mass Effect threads | Steam: click ^^^ | Origin: curlyhairedboy
Side effect of Miranda's control chip. It's a known bug.
I suppose some people would be happy with endless eye candy but I believe if they are going to make the femshep canon they have to at least make it believable.
You're not often wrong, Didge, but alas! today you are so wrong.
Correct.
Seriously, in an RPG, especially a trilogy where your saves and decisions carry over, what's canon is entirely what you decide. You're all actually confusing my brain by debating what's canon in an RPG. It's not as if Mass Effect 3 is going to reverse a particular decision of yours because they liked the other option better.
Oh my god
It's so beautiful