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[Mass Effect: Andromeda] Sara's out and Scott free; tag your spoilers.

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  • squall99xsquall99x Registered User regular
    Well, finally got my connection issues fixed last night (apparently it was something EA had to "activate" on my account, go figure). Has anyone heard anything about dealing with the issue that they for some reason have the only way you can play with friends is in a custom match (which appears to use a separate pool of people from Quickmatch)where it doesn't actually appear to fill any of the spots if you only have two players? Kinda sucks if that oversight is as huge as it appears to be.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    Strikor wrote: »
    Fun fact: you still lose your consumables on a server disconnect. So much for THAT xp booster.

    Well, it did give you a bonus, just not to the experience you wanted it to be for. :P

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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    I don't see any reason to ever have more than two strike teams, really. Anyone see otherwise?

    What is this I don't even.
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  • DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
    Darkewolfe wrote: »
    I don't see any reason to ever have more than two strike teams, really. Anyone see otherwise?

    I guess maybe in case one of yours gets a some bad negative traits and needs to be replaced? May be nice to have one building in the background on bronze missions. Just a thought.

  • StrikorStrikor Calibrations? Calibrations! Registered User regular
    I have 3 and most of the time I have at least one sitting idle due to complete lack of missions. And that is WITH throwing one of them at golds constantly. So yeah more than that seems like overkill.

  • Trajan45Trajan45 Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    They added a new Krogan unit (gladiator) and Krogan shotgun to the store already. However now I can't access that Apex mission on the special map anymore :(

    EDIT: Gladiator has Pull, Annihilation Field, and Nova.

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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    The mission funds are supposed to be able to buy stuff in the multi shop, but us consoles have that bugged out of the shop at the moment, right?

    What is this I don't even.
  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    Darkewolfe wrote: »
    The mission funds are supposed to be able to buy stuff in the multi shop, but us consoles have that bugged out of the shop at the moment, right?

    I think the update fixed it. I see the stuff in the shop now.

  • NastrondNastrond Registered User regular
    By the way, anyone finding the no recharge Lance on a vanguard with charge kinda silly. It is like a sniper rifle with no recoil and a super high rate of fire. Wrecks shields in like 1 second with offensive bio, then charge.

  • OatsOats Registered User regular
    My skill loadout at this point is Throw/Annihilation/Lance. With the biotic profile and the passive that makes combos detonate again after a second or two, I can clear a room with annihilation up and a single lance.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    I'd use lance if it had tracking like throw or singularity. Not liking it turned out to be a good thing, though. I dropped it after missing too many shots and picked up backlash instead, which is like... the best new biotic power. Love backlash so much!

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  • HamHamJHamHamJ Registered User regular
    Is there anyway to get Sam to stop saying how I can scan for minerals every fing time I open the mineral scanner?

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  • OatsOats Registered User regular
    Yeah I have throw exclusively for boopin' things out of cover.

    I use a sighted pistol to aim Lance if the target is decently far.

  • El MuchoEl Mucho Registered User regular
    I'm using the Asari Adept as my main MP character right now and I am struggling a bit with Lance. Love the annihilation field throw combination though. With the rapid fire Kett shotgun I can quite handily deal with close quarter threats.

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  • metaghostmetaghost An intriguing odor A delicate touchRegistered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    Is there anyway to get Sam to stop saying how I can scan for minerals every fing time I open the mineral scanner?

    I desperately wish you could turn off Sam's alerts for everything. Traversing Voeld (and presumably any region with frequent changes in conditions) is obnoxious as fuck.

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    El Mucho wrote: »
    I'm using the Asari Adept as my main MP character right now and I am struggling a bit with Lance. Love the annihilation field throw combination though. With the rapid fire Kett shotgun I can quite handily deal with close quarter threats.

    That's my MP go to right now and lance is for jerks who get too close, with throw being the work horse.

    At least that's the theory but I default to using RB way more than LB. Which you could swap powers around.

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  • DacDac Registered User regular
    Pull/Annihilation Field/Nova seems like the meanest close quarters kit ever. Use pull to yank a mook into your field, then nova for biotic explosions.

    Or just run into groups of enemies like a crazy person and let AF prime everything for your nova. Big badda boom.

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    honestly the vanguard build seems so powerful it's kind of boring. i don't have to worry about positioning much at all because in two seconds i can teleport like 80 feet across the battlefield.

    i might respect to try something else for a while, since respecs are kind of insanely cheap.

    im at 5.5k per respec

    8(

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  • SaraLunaSaraLuna Registered User regular
    Darkewolfe wrote: »
    3clipse wrote: »
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    3clipse wrote: »
    Man I wish Lexi could be romanced. Her character's really interesting and well written and dat accent tho

    womp womp

    I was under the impression you can romance Lexi, but only with Scott. She's just not into Sara.

    I tried and got the "I don't bone patients" spiel...maybe I can try again later...

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    Actual answer (light spoiler)
    She only dates krogans.
    Once you've gone Drack, you never go back
    ?

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  • drunkenpandarendrunkenpandaren Slapping all the goblin ham In the top laneRegistered User regular
    El Mucho wrote: »
    I'm using the Asari Adept as my main MP character right now and I am struggling a bit with Lance. Love the annihilation field throw combination though. With the rapid fire Kett shotgun I can quite handily deal with close quarter threats.

    That's my MP go to right now and lance is for jerks who get too close, with throw being the work horse.

    At least that's the theory but I default to using RB way more than LB. Which you could swap powers around.

    Could be a problem later if combos work the way they did in ME3. Weaker primer means weaker combo.

    Also I did a Silver on my Angara Insurgent. I did a lot better then I thought I would do since I felt like all I did was run away and throw trip mines everywhere. Kind of wish they did more with support though. A measly +10 support to giving everyone overshield when they're about to die seems like a pittance.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Really digging the music in this game.

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    El Mucho wrote: »
    I'm using the Asari Adept as my main MP character right now and I am struggling a bit with Lance. Love the annihilation field throw combination though. With the rapid fire Kett shotgun I can quite handily deal with close quarter threats.

    That's my MP go to right now and lance is for jerks who get too close, with throw being the work horse.

    At least that's the theory but I default to using RB way more than LB. Which you could swap powers around.

    Could be a problem later if combos work the way they did in ME3. Weaker primer means weaker combo.

    Well the primer is AF which is the highest leveled thing so far. Though I will have to make a choice here soon about which to level up to detonate. Lance's top level upgrade eating shields instead of CD is sexy with AF kills giving shields back.

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  • OatsOats Registered User regular
    El Mucho wrote: »
    I'm using the Asari Adept as my main MP character right now and I am struggling a bit with Lance. Love the annihilation field throw combination though. With the rapid fire Kett shotgun I can quite handily deal with close quarter threats.

    That's my MP go to right now and lance is for jerks who get too close, with throw being the work horse.

    At least that's the theory but I default to using RB way more than LB. Which you could swap powers around.

    Could be a problem later if combos work the way they did in ME3. Weaker primer means weaker combo.

    Well the primer is AF which is the highest leveled thing so far. Though I will have to make a choice here soon about which to level up to detonate. Lance's top level upgrade eating shields instead of CD is sexy with AF kills giving shields back.

    Crafted gear can have that properly too.

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  • dporowskidporowski Registered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    I'd use lance if it had tracking like throw or singularity. Not liking it turned out to be a good thing, though. I dropped it after missing too many shots and picked up backlash instead, which is like... the best new biotic power. Love backlash so much!

    It trades tracking for headshot ability. I'm kind of getting fond of it, not that I can ever hit a weak spot...

  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    These strike teams are weird. My starter team has done the most missions, but has "elite" and nothing else. Meanwhile my second team has three different +10 traits and a -10 trait, despite doing fewer missions. The second team is the one that gets sent on suicide runs.

    What is this I don't even.
  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    im kind of disappointed by the combat in the single player at least

    doesnt feel appreciably deeper than me3 and being unable to hotbar your allies powers and only having 3 skills kinda sux 8(

    the idea of the cross class interactions is cool but kind of pointless because you dont get cool new detonations by mixing the types. i was hoping they would go for a system more like detonator determines combo shape with primer determining type, so you could use overload on a fire prime to get chain fire or whatever, but its relatively limited. the elemental weapons are similarly not super interesting because they dont interact with your powers as you would hope other than damage bonuses

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    I currently run a weakly biotic Infiltrator.
    Incinerate, cloak, lance.

    Incinerate + lance to detonate if a bunch of dudes are too close to deal with and i need some panic aoe bust. Or if a bunch of dudes are behind cover. Hook an incinerate around the corner to prime, then scope lance whatever body part i can get.

    Overload might be more effective for spec focus, but rpwise i love the idea of a sniper who takes the snipey ability as her only biotic.

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  • FuriousJodoFuriousJodo Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I kind of wish I could do missions with my Strike Teams. It's sort of silly and they would probably all be basically identical but I would like the idea of me being able to help out one of my teams and get them leveled or something like that.

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    key point with lance is that you can aim it down scopes and shoot it while still scoped in so very handy with scops on pistols/rifles init

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  • drunkenpandarendrunkenpandaren Slapping all the goblin ham In the top laneRegistered User regular
    im kind of disappointed by the combat in the single player at least

    doesnt feel appreciably deeper than me3 and being unable to hotbar your allies powers and only having 3 skills kinda sux 8(

    the idea of the cross class interactions is cool but kind of pointless because you dont get cool new detonations by mixing the types. i was hoping they would go for a system more like detonator determines combo shape with primer determining type, so you could use overload on a fire prime to get chain fire or whatever, but its relatively limited. the elemental weapons are similarly not super interesting because they dont interact with your powers as you would hope other than damage bonuses

    That would be hella cool, but I'm kind of okay with them keeping the system a bit limited. One thing I didn't care for Dragon Age Inquisition is that there's a ridiculous amount of combo combination and I have no time to react to all of them at once, especially in Multiplayer.

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  • DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
    im kind of disappointed by the combat in the single player at least

    doesnt feel appreciably deeper than me3 and being unable to hotbar your allies powers and only having 3 skills kinda sux 8(

    the idea of the cross class interactions is cool but kind of pointless because you dont get cool new detonations by mixing the types. i was hoping they would go for a system more like detonator determines combo shape with primer determining type, so you could use overload on a fire prime to get chain fire or whatever, but its relatively limited. the elemental weapons are similarly not super interesting because they dont interact with your powers as you would hope other than damage bonuses

    Nahhhh bruh. I don't want to control my squad mates in a game like this. I just want to focus on flinging myself around that battlefield and that works great here.

  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    look man im here for the combos lemme inject them into my VEINS

    also some of the combo effects are profoundly underwhelming

    overload/tech primed combos just produce a little piddly field of lightning which "stuns enemies" but really just makes them flinch a bit
    fire explosions are ok
    default cryo explosions are AWFUL unless you are using rank 6 cryo beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem

    BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM

    ahem

    and biotic splosions are biotic splosions

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    Maybe your fire explosions

    My fire explosions clear rooms

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited March 2017
    im kind of disappointed by the combat in the single player at least

    doesnt feel appreciably deeper than me3 and being unable to hotbar your allies powers and only having 3 skills kinda sux 8(

    the idea of the cross class interactions is cool but kind of pointless because you dont get cool new detonations by mixing the types. i was hoping they would go for a system more like detonator determines combo shape with primer determining type, so you could use overload on a fire prime to get chain fire or whatever, but its relatively limited. the elemental weapons are similarly not super interesting because they dont interact with your powers as you would hope other than damage bonuses

    Nahhhh bruh. I don't want to control my squad mates in a game like this. I just want to focus on flinging myself around that battlefield and that works great here.

    in the older ones you could hotbar specific ally abilities which was great for combos

    it was just like having the ability yourself

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  • Dr. ChaosDr. Chaos Post nuclear nuisance Registered User regular
    Man, I really wish this game had some sort of black emporium option.

    Made the perfect Sara but her neck tattoo is starting to bug me.

    Shut up. It was an option, how could I not choose one?

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    Man, I really wish this game had some sort of black emporium option.

    Made the perfect Sara but her neck tattoo is starting to bug me.

    Shut up. It was an option, how could I not choose one?

    theres a moral here about respecting ur body and not desecrating ur skin with disgusting ink u FIEND

    just fyi my ryder has a tramp stamp the game doesnt let u choose it but i know its there

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  • DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
    im kind of disappointed by the combat in the single player at least

    doesnt feel appreciably deeper than me3 and being unable to hotbar your allies powers and only having 3 skills kinda sux 8(

    the idea of the cross class interactions is cool but kind of pointless because you dont get cool new detonations by mixing the types. i was hoping they would go for a system more like detonator determines combo shape with primer determining type, so you could use overload on a fire prime to get chain fire or whatever, but its relatively limited. the elemental weapons are similarly not super interesting because they dont interact with your powers as you would hope other than damage bonuses

    Nahhhh bruh. I don't want to control my squad mates in a game like this. I just want to focus on flinging myself around that battlefield and that works great here.

    in the older ones you could hotbar specific ally abilities which was great for combos

    it was just like having the ability yourself

    Yea I know. I played those. I never did that. Because it's still them using their powers. I don't care what it's LIKE. I care what it is! I worry about me and they worry about them. Zap pew KAPOW!

  • OatsOats Registered User regular
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    Man, I really wish this game had some sort of black emporium option.

    Made the perfect Sara but her neck tattoo is starting to bug me.

    Shut up. It was an option, how could I not choose one?

    theres a moral here about respecting ur body and not desecrating ur skin with disgusting ink u FIEND

    just fyi my ryder has a tramp stamp the game doesnt let u choose it but i know its there

    RYDE OR DIE

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  • jefe414jefe414 "My Other Drill Hole is a Teleporter" Mechagodzilla is Best GodzillaRegistered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    Maybe your fire explosions

    My fire explosions clear rooms

    Seriously. We were making electro-death pools last night in multiplayer.

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  • GatorGator An alligator in Scotland Registered User regular
    I'm really enjoying this, but I can see how early reactions weren't positive

    Habitat 7 stands with the dalish elf origin story as the worst introductory sequence bioware has ever done

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