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[Mass Effect 3] Operation HEARTBREAKER. Feb 15th-17th. Ban(she)e's a maneater.

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  • dporowskidporowski Registered User regular
    so, what's the random task this weekend?

    2 extractions, one with male default human kit, one female default human kit.

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    tried out the hurricane in a couple games

    yes

    yes

    this i can use

    Dac
  • OpposingFarceOpposingFarce Registered User regular
    Hurricane on a TurSol. Ouch. Adding proxy mine is just unfair.

  • Phoenix138Phoenix138 ArizonaRegistered User regular
    So long as they're dodgable and don't remove control from the player I'm ok with enemies having limited forms of biotics.

    Given the precedent set forth by possessed abominations I think they could go so far as to give enemies biotic combos. I can picture the eventual exchange- "dude you're primed get away from the team!"

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    I was surprised that it was still fairly unstable on a turian sentinel with maxed passive

    i then tried it out on the quarian infiltrator with the recoil mod, and it was getting pretty accurate

    now to try turian + recoil mod

    if i can tame this beast...

  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    Phoenix138 wrote: »
    So long as they're dodgable and don't remove control from the player I'm ok with enemies having limited forms of biotics.

    Given the precedent set forth by possessed abominations I think they could go so far as to give enemies biotic combos. I can picture the eventual exchange- "dude you're primed get away from the team!"

    I'd enjoy that. I'm always of the opinion that it is a better game system if you give the enemy better abilities and tactics to make them more challenging, rather than simply upping their damage and HP. That's why I'm not really that big of a fan of platinum. It's an artificial increase in difficulty.

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  • Phoenix138Phoenix138 ArizonaRegistered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    I was surprised that it was still fairly unstable on a turian sentinel with maxed passive

    i then tried it out on the quarian infiltrator with the recoil mod, and it was getting pretty accurate

    now to try turian + recoil mod

    if i can tame this beast...

    Just throw it on your Marksman-spec'ed Turian Soldier and enjoy your new mini-gun.

  • VicktorVicktor Infidel Castro Rancho ChupacabraRegistered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    I was surprised that it was still fairly unstable on a turian sentinel with maxed passive

    i then tried it out on the quarian infiltrator with the recoil mod, and it was getting pretty accurate

    now to try turian + recoil mod

    if i can tame this beast...

    I really like using it on my Turian Sentinel. Remember that when firing from cover you get a big stability bonus. I don't know if that value varies from gun to gun but it's very noticeable with the Hurricane.

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    More than anything, I want to see them add an entirely new enemy type to fight. Some sort of merc group, full of aliens. I want to fight some Vorcha, Batarians, Salarians, Volus, Krogans, etc.

    We also don't have any truly biotic enemies, so a merc group like that would be a great opportunity for them to add some biotic enemies to the mix. Other than barrier, the only biotic ability any enemies have is the Super-Warp of the Banshees.

    I want to fight some grunt level biotics.

    As much as I'd love to fight some grunt level biotics myself, most of biotic abilities tend to apply some kind of CC or DoT to the target. So... I doubt most of the rest of the player
    base would like to see that.

    edit: Biotic balls of energy instead of bullets would be stupid, too.

    more than the CC annoyance, though, would be the enemy callouts:

    I WILL DESTROY YOU

    GO GO GO

    ENEMIES EVERYWHERE

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    I AM A BIOTIC GOD

    I think it'd be interesting. Provided the CC was basically a ranged stagger I don't think it'd be terrible.

    I want to fight bloodpack. Inferno ammo or go home.

  • DacDac Registered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    tried out the hurricane in a couple games

    yes

    yes

    this i can use

    Yeah, the hurricane is just ...

    I don't want to say 'overpowered.' But it's an extremely good gun and very light for the pain it can dish out. I almost always take it on my casters. No other SMG even comes close.

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  • HandfalconHandfalcon Registered User regular
    Valiant III in the comm pack. Not too bad. Shame i haven't been playing sniper infiltrators lately. I've been working towards the AR title.

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    dporowski wrote: »
    so, what's the random task this weekend?

    2 extractions, one with male default human kit, one female default human kit.

    sentinel and... sentinel, I think

    and yeah the hurricane is silly. Its weight was a bit of an issue when it was still low level, but now that mine is up to 7 or 8 or something I find myself thinking "why wouldn't I just carry this on every class?"

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    Dac wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    tried out the hurricane in a couple games

    yes

    yes

    this i can use

    Yeah, the hurricane is just ...

    I don't want to say 'overpowered.' But it's an extremely good gun and very light for the pain it can dish out. I almost always take it on my casters. No other SMG even comes close.

    The fact that its stability/accuracy is bad even as far as SMGs go makes it pretty balanced.

    Actually don't use it as much as I use to because of its accuracy.

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    another paladin

    that's three ultra-rares this week

  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    I haven't gotten any ultra rares this week, haven't even gotten character cards either. It's all III and IV equipment.

    I have so many SMG and Pistol upgrades I could build a Mako out of them.

  • HuddsHudds Fool Just Outside TimeRegistered User regular
    Woo Novaguard! Good times. 'cept I forgot that Brutes had a synch-kill. That was pretty weak. Overall a good weekend challenge to remind me what playing my first class was like.

  • AgusalimAgusalim Registered User regular
    having gotten a valkyrie in the comm pack, i am finally back to having at least one rank in every weapon in the game, woo!

    the valkyrie is only ok, hopefully itll be better once i get some more ranks in it and the weight starts coming down. super accurate which is nice, thought it was meant to have nasty recoil like the argus but the second shot lands pretty much in the same place in the first without any stability modding

    but the most important thing is that there are no more greyed-out squares on my manifest!

  • Phoenix138Phoenix138 ArizonaRegistered User regular
    For me the N7 Valkyrie has replaced the Eagle is the commendation weapon I least want to see. Perhaps I'm missing something but it doesn't seem like it doesn't do anything that another weapon doesn't already do better.

  • ArdolArdol Registered User regular
    So this was in the Lego thread, I thought it was pretty neat.

  • Ad astraAd astra Registered User regular
    Ardol wrote: »
    So this was in the Lego thread, I thought it was pretty neat.

    I would do terrible things for a series of Mass Effect Lego sets.

  • Trajan45Trajan45 Registered User regular
    Hurricane VII woot!

    I tried the Human Solder with a Falcon X and Incendiary ammo 3. I tried all combos of concussion shot and grenade, he didn't really impress me.

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  • DacDac Registered User regular
    Man, you gotta love that feeling how you scrape from the bottom of the scoreboard all the way to the top with your cute Quarian Engie, then the next round one of the players puts a votekick on you and will keep cycling ready/notready until you get kicked. I guess because I played too competently/he didn't like getting outscored.

    Man I fucking love this community of shitlords.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    Phoenix138 wrote: »
    For me the N7 Valkyrie has replaced the Eagle is the commendation weapon I least want to see. Perhaps I'm missing something but it doesn't seem like it doesn't do anything that another weapon doesn't already do better.

    Since I've hit my goal of getting my Hurricane to X, the others don't matter much. What really sealed the deal for that weapon was the AP mod for SMGs! But yeah. Weird how people used to be VALIANT OMGS... and now it's mostly hurricane love. :o

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  • Phoenix138Phoenix138 ArizonaRegistered User regular
    Phoenix138 wrote: »
    For me the N7 Valkyrie has replaced the Eagle is the commendation weapon I least want to see. Perhaps I'm missing something but it doesn't seem like it doesn't do anything that another weapon doesn't already do better.

    Since I've hit my goal of getting my Hurricane to X, the others don't matter much. What really sealed the deal for that weapon was the AP mod for SMGs! But yeah. Weird how people used to be VALIANT OMGS... and now it's mostly hurricane love. :o

    My Hurricane is at 3 still. I've been playing for a very long time. I only just recently unlocked the Black Widow. I could go on about how I'm not the best of terms with the RNG system, but I'm just going to let it go for now.

  • AchireAchire Isn't life disappointing? Yes, it is. Registered User regular
    Hudds wrote: »
    Woo Novaguard! Good times. 'cept I forgot that Brutes had a synch-kill. That was pretty weak. Overall a good weekend challenge to remind me what playing my first class was like.

    That's always embarrassing when it happens. Brutes only sync kill when their eyes glow red (after AOE roar animation). It's just very hard to see if the eyes glow or not. The sync kill is rare enough to make you go "oh wait that's not supposed to happen" when it does occur.

    Did a couple of games with Ardol after a pretty long break. Even Collectors and the random slayer with Harrier and 20k points couldn't hold us back.

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  • HuddsHudds Fool Just Outside TimeRegistered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Achire wrote: »
    Hudds wrote: »
    Woo Novaguard! Good times. 'cept I forgot that Brutes had a synch-kill. That was pretty weak. Overall a good weekend challenge to remind me what playing my first class was like.

    That's always embarrassing when it happens.

    So painfully embarrassing. What's the worst is I was carrying the match and they wiped shortly thereafter.

    Hudds on
  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Phoenix138 wrote: »
    Phoenix138 wrote: »
    For me the N7 Valkyrie has replaced the Eagle is the commendation weapon I least want to see. Perhaps I'm missing something but it doesn't seem like it doesn't do anything that another weapon doesn't already do better.

    Since I've hit my goal of getting my Hurricane to X, the others don't matter much. What really sealed the deal for that weapon was the AP mod for SMGs! But yeah. Weird how people used to be VALIANT OMGS... and now it's mostly hurricane love. :o

    My Hurricane is at 3 still. I've been playing for a very long time. I only just recently unlocked the Black Widow. I could go on about how I'm not the best of terms with the RNG system, but I'm just going to let it go for now.

    Well, I do have an Eagle VI or VIII too? So... there's that. At least until they buff it so it fires with enough force per shot to stagger phantoms or its rounds passively explode or something. :P

    edit: I have seen Turian Soldiers do terrible things with a high level Eagle though.

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    So I got this N7 Crusader thing.

    Then I smart choked it.

    Then I put it on the Destroyer.

    I think, I think I may have a problem.

    What infiltrators can I use this on?

  • Phoenix138Phoenix138 ArizonaRegistered User regular
    Phoenix138 wrote: »
    Phoenix138 wrote: »
    For me the N7 Valkyrie has replaced the Eagle is the commendation weapon I least want to see. Perhaps I'm missing something but it doesn't seem like it doesn't do anything that another weapon doesn't already do better.

    Since I've hit my goal of getting my Hurricane to X, the others don't matter much. What really sealed the deal for that weapon was the AP mod for SMGs! But yeah. Weird how people used to be VALIANT OMGS... and now it's mostly hurricane love. :o

    My Hurricane is at 3 still. I've been playing for a very long time. I only just recently unlocked the Black Widow. I could go on about how I'm not the best of terms with the RNG system, but I'm just going to let it go for now.

    Well, I do have an Eagle VI or VIII too? So... there's that. At least until they buff it so it fires with enough force per shot to stagger phantoms or its rounds passively explode or something. :P

    edit: I have seen Turian Soldiers do terrible things with a high level Eagle though.

    Yeah but give the TurSol any automatic weapon and he'll make it look good. And to be fair my highest rank commendation weapon is the Valiant by a long shot. The me of last year would've been thrilled with that news.

    Albino Bunny- I could be mistaken but I don't believe you gain much benefit by smart choking the Crusader. It already fires a highly accurate slug.

  • HuddsHudds Fool Just Outside TimeRegistered User regular
    So I got this N7 Crusader thing.

    Then I smart choked it.

    Then I put it on the Destroyer.

    I think, I think I may have a problem.

    What infiltrators can I use this on?

    All of them.

  • OpposingFarceOpposingFarce Registered User regular
    You don't need to smart choke the crusader. Stick another mod on there. As for Infiltrators with it? Check the cloack passives, as long as the final evolution for damage isnt weapon specific you should be good.

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Hudds wrote: »
    So I got this N7 Crusader thing.

    Then I smart choked it.

    Then I put it on the Destroyer.

    I think, I think I may have a problem.

    What infiltrators can I use this on?

    All of them.

    So I take all the cloak upgrades except 6 because the sniper boost isn't needed and then take weight reduction over sniper damage at passive 6? I'm guessing.

  • ArteenArteen Adept ValeRegistered User regular
    I tend to use the crusader on the original human infiltrator.

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    You don't need to smart choke the crusader. Stick another mod on there. As for Infiltrators with it? Check the cloack passives, as long as the final evolution for damage isnt weapon specific you should be good.

    I like smart choking because I'm not a shotty fan so having a laser pointer that one shots stuff is highly appealing to me.

  • lilyWhitelilyWhite Dual-class Red Mage/Paladin Registered User regular
    I like smart choking because I'm not a shotty fan so having a laser pointer that one shots stuff is highly appealing to me.
    You don't even need the Smart Choke for that. Unless you're shooting from quite a distance away, the Crusader's accuracy is practically pinpoint.

    OpposingFarce
  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    Crusader is barely a shotgun.

  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    the smart choke tightens the spread on shotgun blasts, but the crusader doesn't have a spread; it fires a slug. The smart choke literally doesn't do anything for it.

    Eat it You Nasty Pig. on
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  • HellboreHellbore A bad, bad man Registered User regular
    Valient II in the commendation pack, Warfighter IV and Grenade IV in the PSP I bought after. Not bad, I think.

  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    PLA wrote: »
    Crusader is barely a shotgun.

    The crusader is pretty much a sniper rifle

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