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[Mass Effect] OLD THREAD MOVE ALONG

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Spectre Engineer, the Lord High Researcher

    Demolition Turret, Tech Breaker, Sustained Omni-Blades, Rage, Lord High Researcher

    I would play the shit out of that class

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    Spectres are only of the Council Races I believe.

    That being said since Shepard is the only Human Spectre and N7 was all human, if they did a pack based off Spectres I would like to see:

    New Asari Adept
    Salarian Soldier
    Turian Engineer
    Turian Infiltrator
    Salarian Sentinel
    New Asari Vanguard

    Actually, it went Spectre --> Council for humans.

  • Mike DangerMike Danger "Diane..." a place both wonderful and strangeRegistered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    All weapon and power damage, all the time.

    I like accuracy on Devastator Mode. Kill all the things.

    It's the ultimate Soldier class. Does not worry about cooldowns, so carry whatever weapons please you. Heavy ones.

    Fire rate tends to be better than magazine size on most weapons - though for somehting like the Reegar or the Harrier, magazine size might be better. Build your Devastator mode around the weapons you ultimately want to use.

    everything in this post pleases me

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    All weapon and power damage, all the time.

    I like accuracy on Devastator Mode. Kill all the things.

    It's the ultimate Soldier class. Does not worry about cooldowns, so carry whatever weapons please you. Heavy ones.

    Fire rate tends to be better than magazine size on most weapons - though for somehting like the Reegar or the Harrier, magazine size might be better. Build your Devastator mode around the weapons you ultimately want to use.

    everything in this post pleases me

    I will say you should take the grenades, though. They're basically like carpet bombs. You can upgrade it to fire five grenades at once, which can be devastating on small groups of enemies on any difficulty.

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  • Mike DangerMike Danger "Diane..." a place both wonderful and strangeRegistered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    Wyborn wrote: »
    All weapon and power damage, all the time.

    I like accuracy on Devastator Mode. Kill all the things.

    It's the ultimate Soldier class. Does not worry about cooldowns, so carry whatever weapons please you. Heavy ones.

    Fire rate tends to be better than magazine size on most weapons - though for somehting like the Reegar or the Harrier, magazine size might be better. Build your Devastator mode around the weapons you ultimately want to use.

    everything in this post pleases me

    I will say you should take the grenades, though. They're basically like carpet bombs. You can upgrade it to fire five grenades at once, which can be devastating on small groups of enemies on any difficulty.

    This is just what I did!

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    Really...the weapons in the game have been buffed to the point that having a full "Dakka" build is not only viable...but in some cases...very viable.

    I would say as far as straight up DPS goes most of the gun focused classes are superior in that regard.

    But tech/biotic classes are still better at crowd control.

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    In my theorized class, "Tech Breaker" is just the Lord High Researcher grabbing enemies, throwing them on the ground, and stomping the shit out of them

    Or something that deactivates sync kills/breaks weapons in enemy's hands

    You know, whatever.

    Wyborn on
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  • Phoenix138Phoenix138 ArizonaRegistered User regular
    He picks up Phantoms and uses them as melee weapons. One hit kills all the things while in this mode.

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    "BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES"

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    Tricked out weapon characters are definitely better than power characters, at least in terms of raw damage.

    I still think powers are more fun to play with though. Shooting dudes is boring, I'd rather throw fireballs.

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Blasto as a class.

    Special power: LOOSE CANNON mode. This cannot be toggled off.

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    I'd really like a class that has the ability to break out of sync kills if you react quickly to it

    Like stabbing a Banshee in the face with your omni-blade

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  • ArteenArteen Adept ValeRegistered User regular
    Spectres are boring. I want a geth with flamer or a krogan with bloodlust. Or anything with defense matrix.

  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Wyborn wrote: »
    "BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES"


    Waste Rank 6 on things that don't explode.


    Edit: Hey, yeah, that Blood Pack krogan totally did have Bloodlust. Garrus says so.

    PLA on
  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Wyborn wrote: »
    I'd really like a class that has the ability to break out of sync kills if you react quickly to it

    Like stabbing a Banshee in the face with your omni-blade

    That's really what Blade Armor should have done, imo.

    Dragkonias on
  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Maybe not Spectre. Maybe just a Spec Ops thing.

    STG guys, whatever black ops equivalent the turians have, a drell assassin, a straight-up asari commando (an Asari Soldier!), some dude from Aralakh

    The thing about Spectres is that, excepting Shepard, they tend to be lone wolves. Shepard's N7 background is what makes her an effective leader; her Spectre status is just a license to kill.

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    Everybody in this room.

  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    I just like how humans have gone from looking very plain to tendrils of energy and giant guns and whatnot. Hopefully future DLC for other races follows the same appearance.

    Also has bioware mentioned anything about the lobby hacking?

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    A krogan... what? Just a straight-up melee class. Krogan something. Whole deal is that he's viable in melee on any difficulty, even Platinum, if played right.

    Bloodlust (hey, Grunt had it, and so did all krogan in ME1 and ME2), some kind of switch-on omniblade power that imparts different effects to his attacks (like melee attacks that could detonate biotic explosions), Carnage just for the sake of having a power that sucks on the character, Rage, Krogan Berserk.

    Actual class is the Krogan Berserker. He'd need to be huge, Wrex or Grunt huge, and wearing relatively little armor for a krogan.

    For the sake of coolness, give him a sync kill against human-sized enemies. Less efficient than his melee most of the time, but choke-slamming the shit out of Phantoms and Pyros and Engineers would never get old.

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    a straight-up asari commando (an Asari Soldier!)
    Asari Vanguard wut?

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    I want geth adept so much.

    electricity charging an eezo core, do all sorts of crazy shit.

  • Mike DangerMike Danger "Diane..." a place both wonderful and strangeRegistered User regular
    Is anyone on XBOX Live tonight? I am still trying to figure out this whole Destroyer thing, and these rando groups aren't really helping. :(

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  • Phoenix138Phoenix138 ArizonaRegistered User regular
    I also like the idea of a Geth vanguard using rocket boosters to charge.

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    A geth soldier has the potential to be horrifying, though to be honest if you'd shown me the Destroyer's power set without telling me he was N7, I would have assumed he was geth

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    If they ever did any more new characters, wouldn't they just pick some actual characters from the game? Have Mordins jump around and Jacobs standing over in a corner being forgotten about (his special power, hunters and marauders just ignore him)?

  • Lord PalingtonLord Palington he.him.his History-loving pal!Registered User regular
    Nah, I like the special forces idea. I'm sure people have been waiting for a Drell Infiltrator to really roleplay as Thane. Follow that up with a krogan scientist/engineer. All three powers? Explosions.

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  • Snake GandhiSnake Gandhi Des Moines, IARegistered User regular
    Speaking of Asari Vanguards, since the game won't give me new classes I've been screwing around with ones I never use and I'm at a loss on how make the Asari vanguard work.

    Anyone use them enough for some pointers? I was thinking there might be some potential in Stasis bubble -> Area Charge but the cooldown on Stasis makes that not very practical.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    If they make a Drell Infiltrator his spec power should be called "Vent Master".

  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    I'm sure people have been waiting for a Drell Infiltrator to really roleplay as Thane.

    Cloak
    Warp
    Throw
    Vent Specialist
    Kepral's Syndrome

    Edit: Dragkoniaaaaaaaaasss

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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    You could try the Curly method if you've unlocked a Scorpion: max out everything BUT Stasis (0 points in), speccing charge for the usual...except make sure Charge has more biotic damage after a charge. Max out those lift grenades for radius and damage, equip some grenade gear.

    Start things off by firing off most of a clip of Scorpion ammo at a spawn (direct hits will stagger your opponents), then charge, throw a grenade or two, and watch the entire spawn die.

    I'm not all that great with it, but with enough skill (hi Curly!) it's devastating, particularly against Reapers.

  • Snake GandhiSnake Gandhi Des Moines, IARegistered User regular
    Interesting...

    I find Stasis pretty damn useful, but I've never tried the Scorpion before, so it's worth a look.

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  • DracomicronDracomicron Registered User regular
    I still think that the next expansion is going to be all about the mercs. Salarian Soldier, Krogan Adept, Turian Infiltrator, Batarian Engineer, Vocha Vanguard.

    The Batarian Engineer will have a blade turret, which sets up like a Cerberus turret, but shoots exploding knives at people.

    Vorcha Vanguard will play out exactly like it sounds: a spiky ball of regenerating biotic death.

    Turian Infiltrator will have an activatable mode called "Calibrations" that enhance the whole team's weapon damage.

    Krogan Adept has a power like Throw, but has a radius, and if it hits two enemies, it slams them together three times before chucking their corpses away.

    The Salarian Soldier is simply the best, like all the salarian classes.

  • bertinrowbertinrow aka Uberfish. the DustbowlRegistered User regular
    I thought a cool idea for more character's is to introduce some Reaper playable's, I mean we have ex-Cerberus & Geth, why not "
    splinter" Reapers, though compared to the other two, it's a little more far fetched. Just an idea though.

    I floop the pig.

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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Vorcha "vanguard." Uncapped bloodlust, no biotics, but the charge move locks you into an animation where you run screaming at the targeted enemy and gain bonus damage for all damage taken during the maneuver.

    Edit: Husk soldier:

    Flail
    Flail
    Flail
    Zombie Cyborg
    (no fitness skill)

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    Speaking of Asari Vanguards, since the game won't give me new classes I've been screwing around with ones I never use and I'm at a loss on how make the Asari vanguard work.

    Anyone use them enough for some pointers? I was thinking there might be some potential in Stasis bubble -> Area Charge but the cooldown on Stasis makes that not very practical.
    Biotics take a back seat to weapon damage, basically.

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    Krogan Adept has a power like Throw, but has a radius, and if it hits two enemies, it slams them together three times before chucking their corpses away.


    NEED

    I NEED THIS NOW

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    Salarian Sentinel needs to happen

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    The asari Vanguard is a vanguard class with biotic grenades

    There are ways to make that horrific.

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  • DracomicronDracomicron Registered User regular
    Krogan Adept has a power like Throw, but has a radius, and if it hits two enemies, it slams them together three times before chucking their corpses away.


    NEED

    I NEED THIS NOW

    It would actually probably suck for the most part, since I'm sure it wouldn't work on Banshees or Brutes or whatnot.

    But it would be totally satisfying to smash two Geth Troopers into scrap metal, then sprinkle their wreckage liberally across the battlefield.

  • ShimshaiShimshai Flush with Success! Isle of EmeraldRegistered User regular
    Just tried out my first platinum match with a friend, a GWP as an ill-equipped geth infiltrator.

    Holy crap that's a lot of dudes..

    Steam/Origin: Shimshai

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