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  • Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Huntera can i play gold with you????

    no one will play mass effects with me tonight and I am dying

    e: literally right as I made that post crow was like OKAY I'M READY TO PLAY NOW

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  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    the best way to deal with phantoms is to be krogan

    get one to chase you

    climb up ladder and it'll follow

    play heavy melee baseball

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    I don't ever really stunlock brutes. I just sidestep or just nova to the side just as he's about to charge. Brutes cannot turn in a hurry so once they get into position I just matador to the side, rinse and repeat.

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    my favorite thing about playing a Krogan is that I don't have to give a fuck about Phantoms anymore

    claymore + heavy melee

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    look, I fucking hate vanguards, they are annoying as shit
    they are loud and they ruin all my shots and they spew that blue crap everywhere and they are cocky as hell and I don't like that in my squads

    they tend to top the points chart
    but that's not because they are better
    that's just because they get to everything first

    vanguards that are not moronic will generally do pretty well but I dunno if I'd even put them in the top five of classes I'd want to run with, they are not very good

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    Huntera wrote: »
    Man, just played a Gold game where, with a Falcon, I broke 72k points and was topping the scoreboard.

    heh
    72k
    that's cute

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited April 2012
    almost every time I see a vanguard on silver he/she winds up charging a banshee or a brute or something and getting ohko'd at least once

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  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    man, human vanguard is hardly over powered.

    just really good. if you fuck up as human vanguard you are down.

  • HunteraHuntera Rude Boy Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    Huntera wrote: »
    Man, just played a Gold game where, with a Falcon, I broke 72k points and was topping the scoreboard.

    heh
    72k
    that's cute

    Considering it being my 2nd, maybe 3rd Gold game, and the scores of the people under me.

    I was doing pretty ok.

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    but really they need to fix decoy so it isn't invincible, I'm starting to use it as a crutch

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    I'd just like to mention that it's only human vanguards I regularly see being fools

  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    almost every time I see a vanguard on silver he/she winds up charging a banshee or a brute or something and getting ohko'd at least once

    real things said playing mass effect "oh shit. sorry guys. Charged a banshee. Wait i got away! hurrah I liv-! oh i'm dead. fucking brutes"

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    vanguard is basically as high risk/high reward as it gets

    you're going to do really really well

    except for the times that you don't

    and end up making an ass of yourself

  • Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    Vanguard is pretty great on silver/gold if they know to play with the team and not run off and do their own thing. Then I give them support and we all tear it up.

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  • HunteraHuntera Rude Boy Registered User regular
    Really I just want my Infiltrator class back up to 20 so I can Salarian + Widow all day.

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Melding wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    almost every time I see a vanguard on silver he/she winds up charging a banshee or a brute or something and getting ohko'd at least once

    real things said playing mass effect "oh shit. sorry guys. Charged a banshee. Wait i got away! hurrah I liv-! oh i'm dead. fucking brutes"

    other things: "I'll be fine if I charge this banshee and diveroll away."

  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    I have certainly never stunlocked a brute on silver

    maybe two vanguards working together could

    you need to wait after the charge

    if you blow your Nova load too early it won't cause the Brute to stagger

    it'll still let him take melee attacks against you, but they're super easy to dodge if you have a class with a dodge ability

  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    I'd just like to mention that it's only human vanguards I regularly see being fools

    nova makes you think you're a god.

    Other races dont' have it. pull means the drell doesn't have to worry about guardians, and can cause detonations. asari you have to use heavy melee and stasis to be effective. but humans, voomp boom voomp boom voomp boom. forever.

    With yelling.

    I love you vanguard.

    mostly because dich doesn't

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    I have certainly never stunlocked a brute on silver

    maybe two vanguards working together could

    you need to wait after the charge

    if you blow your Nova load too early it won't cause the Brute to stagger

    it'll still let him take melee attacks against you, but they're super easy to dodge if you have a class with a dodge ability

    but
    if the brute can still attack it isn't stunlocked at all!

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    BugBoy wrote: »
    the best way to deal with phantoms is to be krogan

    get one to chase you

    climb up ladder and it'll follow

    play heavy melee baseball

    but they die after a couple Mattock rounds and a pair of heavy melee attacks

    setting a trap seems like a waste of time when you could just straight kill them no problem

  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    Melding wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    almost every time I see a vanguard on silver he/she winds up charging a banshee or a brute or something and getting ohko'd at least once

    real things said playing mass effect "oh shit. sorry guys. Charged a banshee. Wait i got away! hurrah I liv-! oh i'm dead. fucking brutes"

    other things: "I'll be fine if I charge this banshee and diveroll away."

    i meant that i said. i've actually apologized for charging banshees before. cause it is never a good idea unless you know exactly when to do it, and even then.

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    i used to think charging banshees from behind was always a safe thing to do

    and then one whipped around and ohko'd me

  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    ravagers are straight up hitler

    They can't shoot you if you're within a couple of steps away from them. Just make sure to shoot them in their metal parts, and avoid the death acid. Easy-peasy.

    Weaver on
  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    BugBoy wrote: »
    the best way to deal with phantoms is to be krogan

    get one to chase you

    climb up ladder and it'll follow

    play heavy melee baseball

    but they die after a couple Mattock rounds and a pair of heavy melee attacks

    setting a trap seems like a waste of time when you could just straight kill them no problem

    you underestimate how hilarious it is to have them fly off the ledge and climb right back up to do it again

  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    i used to think charging banshees from behind was always a safe thing to do

    and then one whipped around and ohko'd me

    yeah, i was charging one from behind and i charged into the ohko animation. i was pissed.

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    Speaking of Banshees, I had the biggest laugh earlier on engineer, when I spotted a banshee before it put up its barrier and started chasing us down. I threw a drone at her, and so it was the first thing on her aggro list. So she turns around, and starts teleporting in place, never actually leaving that spot, while my drone just keeps zapping her.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    Melding wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    Melding wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    almost every time I see a vanguard on silver he/she winds up charging a banshee or a brute or something and getting ohko'd at least once

    real things said playing mass effect "oh shit. sorry guys. Charged a banshee. Wait i got away! hurrah I liv-! oh i'm dead. fucking brutes"

    other things: "I'll be fine if I charge this banshee and diveroll away."

    i meant that i said. i've actually apologized for charging banshees before. cause it is never a good idea unless you know exactly when to do it, and even then.

    It's especially dangerous if you have any lag at all. I generally avoid vanguard entirely if I'm not hosting.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    I haven't been able to extensively test it but preliminary research suggests a point-blank disciple shot from cloak possesses enough force to stagger a banshee

    this is potentially a great boon for teammates

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  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I haven't been able to extensively test it but preliminary research suggests a point-blank disciple shot from cloak possesses enough force to stagger a banshee

    this is potentially a great boon for teammates

    i could see it, i'm not sure if it can stagger armour targets but if it can, then it should be able to stagger a banshee. staggering people is what is was designed to do, after all.

  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    also, Ravagers are bitches and I don't see why anyone has trouble crushing them into a finely textured pile of goo

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    Melding wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I haven't been able to extensively test it but preliminary research suggests a point-blank disciple shot from cloak possesses enough force to stagger a banshee

    this is potentially a great boon for teammates

    i could see it, i'm not sure if it can stagger armour targets but if it can, then it should be able to stagger a banshee. staggering people is what is was designed to do, after all.

    well I mean I have staggered banshees with a point-blank disciple shot from cloak before, I just don't know if they had vulnerability debuffs on at the time or etc.

    gotta get those reproducible results

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    also, Ravagers are bitches and I don't see why anyone has trouble crushing them into a finely textured pile of goo

    because not everyone has long-ranged weapons or the ability to safely close the gap?

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    if you blow your Nova load too early

    :winky:

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    also, Ravagers are bitches and I don't see why anyone has trouble crushing them into a finely textured pile of goo

    Ravagers aren't the problem.

    The problem is when you're dealing with anything else when they roll up and shoot the back of your skull.

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  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    the problem is they are quiet and sneak up behind you.

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    Yeah, Brutes and Banshees, etc, all make very obvious screams and you always know when they're around. Not the case with Ravagers.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    also, ravagers are bugs and kill all bugs

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  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    I like two-shotting ravagers with the widow

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    dich...

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    Joolander wrote: »
    Goatmon wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    They actually gave Krogan Vanguard Charge
    I'm surprised

    I was gonna say that there's no reason NOT to get it, but then again Krogan soldiers don't get an equivalent of adrenaline rush, either, so I don't know.

    It seems like Krogans would be more suited to having Nova instead of charge. Naturally, they can't get both, as that would be insane.

    Absolutely hilarious, but completely insane.

    actually yeah nova would make a lot of sense for a krogan, with their insane amount of shileds, a full nova translates to about 12.4 metric fucktons of AOE damage

    Krogans have almost exactly double the max shields of a human.

    Humans top off at 825. Krogans can get it up to 1600. That would be pretty badass nova damage.

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