Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer

They can be useful, they're just really hard to play correctly.

edited 27th Sep '12 11:23:34 AM by Blissey1

I like drells because of the flips.

theoretically a drell vanguard can do a pull->charge for sweet explosions, but they've got too little health to be useful for long

I go kung fu kick with them.

They absolutely dominate against Reapers for the Pull/Reave combo (the highest number of non-shielded enemies for pull and Reave is devastating against armor), but almost all of the Adepts now pale in comparison to the Fury now. But both pull and Reave are weak against shields so they are ill equipped against the Geth, although with an Acolyte that wouldn't be as big a problem.

Although truthfully I haven't used Drells in a while because they are too squishy for Gold, it's funny how some classes have more of an advantage at different difficulties.

I finally completed a Platinum from start to finish. Wow that's a lot of credits

I'm hoping there will be less Atlas spawns for an event. Then I'll try platinum.

Just for fun I respec'd my Drell Adept to maximize everything but grenades, and even with maxed shield stats he was less than 500. For reference a Krogan or Destroyer would be over 1000. They are one of the most nimble characters with a high natural ground speed, making them ideal for package retrieval as the speed reduction isn't as bad (I was almost as fast as the other players sans sprinting). I had a good team so gold was easy but I still struggled with how much damage I could take.

fun fact, a geth in hunter mode with base shields/health is actually slightly squishier than a drell with base shields/health.

That's awfully squishy. I might be able to play a drell then.

EDIT: Well, wasn't too bad on a silver match. The speed helped a lot, but I certainly wouldn't bring it around on gold.

edited 27th Sep '12 5:13:34 PM by Dorkus

Anyone else got opinions on Sentinels? I'm in love with most of these bulky bastards. Especially the turian and batarian ones.

edited 28th Sep '12 12:47:11 PM by Plumbum

I find them mostly to be a good support character but typically don't have any real good combos. Because they are tech/biotic there isn't a lot of synergy with their powers. In comparison Infiltrators use tech powers for weapon damage boosts. Or how a vanguard uses biotics for close range action.

My Turian Sentinel with Assault Rifle Amp III gear, a Mattock, and various modules and amps is my Jack of All Stats for all difficulties. My Human Sentinel is a Glass Cannon extraordinaire with biosplosions and various power increasing gear and modules that I use mainly against the Reapers on Gold.

edited 28th Sep '12 3:45:32 PM by CPFMfan

I use the krogan sentinel. Course, he's all headbutt and defense but you already knew that. He's good to build as almost a soldier though. Give him heavy weapons and go to town.

edited 28th Sep '12 7:19:53 PM by Dorkus

So, about that upcoming patch:

That oughta cut down the popularity of WGG.

It's kind of sad but it does make sense, it's the only armored character you can grab. Although I have been noticing a popularity surge with white Cerberus gold, the general power of the player population has increased, which is why they added Platinum to begin with.

Aww, but I wouldn't just grab Pyro's in White.

Person 3 who grabs the left counter will just have to deal with pyros that get too close then.

I really hate W/G/G but I always end up playing it. I guess I'm a sucker effort/reward optimization. It doesn't hurt that I can literally hide in a corner and not die if I'm not the engineer. Run to the bathroom real quick or switch music playlists and no one even notices your gone.

edited 2nd Oct '12 3:32:15 PM by thatguythere47

Oh for crying out loud. It's like the pistol in halo.

'Oh, it's awesome? Let's remove/nerf the crap out of it.'

That thing was amazing. pistol/plasma pistol combo was so broken.

Halo pistol was pretty damn broken.

Not grabbing pyros isn't that bad.

When did they push out the Raider shotgun?

EDIT: Oh wait, Multiplayer changes besides the other patch changes

AT-12 Raider Shotgun now available as a new Rare weapon

Gear Items - Decreased bonuses from Densified Ammunition to max out at 10% instead of 12% - For the following items, any bonuses that maxed out at 10% now max out at 12% - Berserker Package
- Operative Package
- Commando Package
- Warfighter Package
- Expert Package
- Stronghold Package
- Guerrilla Upgrade
- Combatives Upgrade
- Shock Trooper Upgrade
- Juggernaut Shield
- Martial Biotic Amp
- Omni-Capacitors

Singularity Power - Singularity duration decreased to 8 seconds in preparation for the re-design of the power in the upcoming patch

Shockwave Power - Rank 3 force bonus increased from 20% to 25% (May 9 balance changes missed this)

Wraith Shotgun - Damage increased from [102.3-127.8] to [117.6-147.0]

Crusader Shotgun - Damage increased from [573.4-716.75] to [630.7-788.4]

Argus Assault Rifle - Damage increased from [131.8-164.8] to [164.8-206.0]

Black Widow Sniper Rifle - Damage increased from [514.1-642.6] to [591.2-739.0]

edited 2nd Oct '12 8:10:39 PM by Dorkus

Operation Overdrive.

How quick can you do a Bronze game?

Pretty quick. I've done some randoms under 15 minutes.

Although those games have experienced players running around racing to get the most kills which is surprisingly frustrating.