So whats the best class/build for gold runs?
I just want that trophy.
And well the money. Its all about the money.

>N7 Fury in victory pack

SO MANY BIOTIC EXPLOSIONS HEY REAPERS KABLOOIE TELEPORT MORE KABLOOIE!

Oh and I'm trying to decide between rocket drone or chain lightning drone.

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July 31, 2012
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N7 Typhoon Assault Rifle
- Damage multiplier when fully ramped up decreased from [2.0x] to [1.5x]

N7 Indra Sniper Rifle
- Damage increased from [62.6-78.2] to [72.6-92.2]

Prothean Particle Beam Assault Rifle
- Damage increased from [17.2-21.4] to [19.2-25.8]

Smash Power
- Base cooldown increased from 5 to 8 seconds

Devastator Mode Power
- Base rate of fire bonus decreased from 15% to 10%

Incinerate Power
- Base damage increased from 300 to 330

Carnage Power
- Base damage increased from 315 to 350

Pull
- Impact damage for all kits with pull is now 100 to match Asari Justicar
- Rank 3 duration bonus increased from 40% to 50%
- Evolve 1 duration bonus increased from 50% to 100%
- Evolve 2 radius bonus increased from 2m to 2.5m
- Evolve 3 lifted damage per second increased from 20 to 75
- Evolve 4 extra damage done to targets increased from 25% to 30%
- Evolve 5 biotic combo damage bonus increased from 50% to 75%
- Evolve 6 recharge bonus increased from 60% to 150%

Gold and Platinum Difficulties
- Enemy shield/barrier damage gates on weapon damage reduced from 100% to 90%, which means 10% of the remaining weapon damage after impacting shields/barriers will pass through to health.


>Shield Gate removed in Gold and Platinum
HELLO BONER TOWN!

>>160468
Why not both?
Detonate > health > chain for male
Health > Shock > Rockets for female

I would suggest either something with incredible bulk, or a vorcha soldier. I don't remember what I did with my krogan sentinel, but my batarian solder was specced as:

Blade Armour: damage > return damage > damage
Ballistic Blades: Damage > range > explosion
Batarian enforcer: weight > power damage > weapon damage
Fitness: health > recharge > health

The sheer bulk (1238 health with 30% damage reduction) allows me to shrug off at least two Ravager blasts before my shields break, and you have no idea how many times Blade Armor saved me from a Brute/Banshee/Atlas grab or Phantom stab.

Ballistic Blades, well...Those are kinda finicky, but the first image shows you how it's done well. Point-blank pop, shotgun to face, P-P-P-P-P-PPOWERFIST tends to do the trick, though I've had instances where in the middle of an HM, I'd get stabbed, but eight out of ten times, her health is low enough for her to die from my blade armour, or she explodes just before she can finish killing me.

I'm fairly biased about which weapons I prefer to use. I almost always carry an assault rifle, either an Avenger, Vindicator, Revenant or a fourth one I can't remember, with either a Carnifex or Geth SMG as a side-arm. The odd time I use a shotgun, it'll either be a Katana, Disciple, Claymore, or even the Crusader if someone else is using armor-piercing ammo. I don't touch sniper-rifles; I don't like having no peripheral vision.


When I get the time, I might actually write a bit of a class-analysis thing.

So what good exactly is Warp and Cryo ammo?

And does anyone know what exactly equipment bonus give you? I mean, does a Cyclonic Modulator I [sic] give you plus 10% shields or something?

Do the adrenaline modules even do anything? I don't seem to run any faster even with an AM III.

Also did anyone else get nothing for the victory pack? My friends got a Crusader VI and Hurricane III, but I got nothing.

Hrmm.

Oh right, I'm Dagdammit on Origin. Be happy to play a few rounds of Gold with y'all.

I was really close to dropping the game before I unlocked Vorcha Sentinel. Flamer is a simple-yet-challenging power that feels fresh to use and allows a much more flexible weapon loadout. It's actually the first time I've stuck with using a sniper rifle.

14 characters left to unlock... I don't know how many guns.

I've been playing on and off since launch... Throw me a bone here game, I've earned more characters, STOP GIVING ME COLOR PACKS!

>>160569
"LOL no"
-<3 Bioware

>Been rolling engineer and doing quite well.
>Silver, Hydra, Cerberus
>People rolling level 11's

Okay, I guess you guys know what you're doi-

>Run around the map far from aid if they go down

Oh yes, they do indeed know what they are doi-

>I'm the last man standing at wave 6

>Ops Survival Packs gone, Medigel Gone, No more Missiles, Desperately using drone and chain overload to stun and run

>death by turret guardian sandwich

Oh well thems the brea-

>votes to kick me appear

YOU SONS OF BITCHES.

Guess who just got a Particle Rifle?
Guess who also saw a guy with a Particle Rifle X?

>>160825
congrats I guess?

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/13410250

>>160787

average fucking day with pubs

Holy shit, did that Banshee just turn fucking invisible?!

>>160845
So there was considerable maintenance this week.

Lead to me getting dropped from more games than a vase in a Jackie Chan movie.

Also at least one game where every enemy model was invisible to me.

>>160836
I'm sorry, Pubs?

>>160855
Public servers

OPERATION: OLYMPUS

FUCKING GO SAVE LONDON ALREADY, GEEZE!

http://blog.bioware.com/2012/08/08/operation-olympus/

>>160889
Oh hey something I can finally do. Now to see if I actually have time to set aside for a game this weekend.

>>160889
What's a Kit?

>>160889
>Busy all weekend
>Log onto XBL at 11 PM to try and snag a quick game before bed
>10 minutes to actually find a game with people who know how to hit the RT to set their ready status
>Get in game
>Dropped connection
>Find another game
>Same thing
>Finally join a game in progress on wave 3
>Play through
>Wave 11 starts
>Lost connection to EA servers
>FUCK THIS GAY EARTH DLC
>Restart router in hopes that it helps
>Join game at 11:57
>Finish at 12:24
I had best get those fucking packs.

>>161040
It actually ends at about five in the morning. I think you're good.

So I got Mass Effect (1) free through freecycle. I have the registration code, but haven't tried it yet; is there anything that would stop me from being able to play?

And if I can play, how much of my time is fucked?

>>161042
Pretty much all of it, really

>>161042
Take a good long hard look at the sun because it's going to be a while before you see it again.

THEM TOOLS
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/12853771

http://blog.bioware.com/2012/08/22/operation-alloy/

FUCKING GO AND PROMOTE SOME DUDES!

Bump

>>161703
Fuck, I don't play this game enough any more to easily get back to level 20 again... fuck.
Is it double prize pack again by chance?

Origin ID: NoteMakoti

NOBODY PLAYS THIS ANYMORE.

>>162403
I do.

But on my PS3

>>162403
Its as dead as the original Borderlands. Find something else if you want to play with actual people again.

>>162490
The original Borderlands is about to get a fairly sizable spike in PS3 players, because it's going free to PS+ shotly.

>Batarian Soldier
>Punch mooks to death.
>Punch Phantoms to death.
>Punch Brutes to death.
>Punch Atlases to death.

>Wave 10
>Other three teammates surrounded.
>Two get downed while whittling away husks.
>Last person left panicking with no ammo left.
>Emptying a pistol into a Banshee while she creeps up with FUCK YOU written on her face.

>I show up out of nowhere like Tuxedo motherfucking Mask.
>"WRIST SPIKES FIGGOT."
>Banshee gets hitstunned.
>Dash up, hold "F".
>"TAKE THAT YOU ONE TITTY NO NIPPLE BITCH."
>Jam my fist right up her gullyhole.
>She melts on it.
>The map explodes.
>Everything around us is in shambles.
>Suddenly hear the news that the Reapers are dead, the Alliance is in ruins, and all Asari are now pregnant with Batarian children.
>Khar'Shan is now the capital of the Galaxy.
>"E-mail from Commander Hackett!"
>"Shar’lak Gurek, are you ready to HACK-IT-OUT!?"
>"Yes sir!"
>We start a rock band.
>It's the biggest rock band in history.
>I earn a bazillion credits, spend it all on premium Spectre packs, and still don't get shit worthwhile.

>>162760
That's. . .quite a story there Moe.

Do you only get the squad bonus package at the end of the weekend?

>>162813
Tuesday or later.

Anybody up to play a bit later today?
Gamertag's dcuvek if you don't know

>>162905
Discosopro here.

Message me whenever you need someone to shoot things with. I legitimately have little else to do.

>>162983
Will do
Need to see what's happening after work first
But totally

Huh, looks like the batarian got a slight buff. Total DR from Blade Armor went from 30 to 40, at the cost of Melee boost going from 70 down to 40.

Also, fun fact. When specced right, and given the correct gear, a Krogan can do over four thousand damage per heavy melee. Batarians? 5300.

>>163392
>Melee boost going from 70 down to 40.

That's not a buff. That's not a buff at all.

>>163405
Which is why I said "at the cost of", Moe. If I have to punch someone twice to kill them, being able to shrug off injury long enough to do the deed is personally acceptable. Same reason I prefer the krogan Sentinel instead of the Soldier.

Another couple dumb little facts:

-Phoenix light melee does almost double the damage of a heavy, while the heavy has the range
-If you time it just right, an N7 Paladin's light melee can bitch slap a Banshee's warp, a Ravager's cannons and an Atlas' missile aside, a la Halo 3's Rocket Baseball. Hard as hell, though.

>>163418
I will concede that I should have used "tweaked" instead of "buffed"
I apologize

>>163418
>>163419
Nevermind!

>Blade Armor Power
>Base damage reduction increased from 15% to 25%
>Base encumbrance penalty reduced from 60% to 50%
>Base melee damage return increased from 75% to 100%
>Evolution 4 melee damage return bonus increased from 75% to 150%
>Melee damage return cap increased from 1000 to 2000

I don't see anything about Melee being nerfed.

I have not been able to figure out why Mass Effect won't let you play Commander Shepherd as an alien.

>>163453
Because telling the story from the viewpoint of someone who's an outsider to the galaxy at large is a big part of Mass Effect, especially when the player character has to ask about social mores and things like that.

>>163430
Didn't rank 4 used to be 70% instead of forty?

>>163454
Noted. I hope if there's more games in the same universe, you'll get the option to play as an alien, though.

I get the feeling that Operation PATRIOT was an attempt to get people to stop fucking using Destroyers and Phoenixes.

In other news
>Platinum
>Being forced to be the Demolisher
>Get maybe 15-20k whiles everyone else hits 110k
>Picked up by Banshee while running out of the room for extraction

>>163707
>Friend asks why I did such a bad job
>After demanding I use a Piranha and an Acolyte
>And that I respec and put only three points in Fitness so I can have Arc grenades and Homing grenades
>While being a Phoenix Vanguard
>Doing fuckall but spam Slam through the wall

Mass Effect 3: Retaliation Tra…
OH MY FUCKING GOD
>COLLECTORS
>SCIONS AND FUCKING PRAETORIANS
>COLLECTOR ASSAULT RIFLE, SNIPER RIFLE AND SMG
> JETPACK JESUS CHRIST TURIANS

>>164216
>New enemies
>Chance to upgrade my shit-tier Collector rifle
>More Turians
IT"S ABOUT GODAMN TIME

Looks like I'll have to dust my copy off.

http://blog.bioware.com/tag/mass-effect-3/

The last bit of this... why wasn't this available at launch? I mean holy crap this is an amazing update by the looks of things, but is there even a playerbase left?

>>164219
Tons of people started again after the Labor Day sale. It's small enough for you to notice regulars, but it's easy to find a full game at any hour.

>>164223
I'm talking XBox here.
PC always has a more frequent userbase and the game looks to run very smooth on it. If I didn't have to go through Origin and if it preserved all of my unlocks and data from my 360 I'd probably buy it on the PC.

Also it looks like new characters will be released intermittently which I guess might be cool. I don't even have Earth installed yet. so I guess I'm uninstlling all the other DLCs and installing that one for this weekends op to increase my chances of getting DLC from that expansion.

>>164225
Xbots love the shit out of it, apparently.

http://blog.bioware.com/2012/09/25/operation-patriot-success/

>A host of new characters have joined the war to fight this new threat, including the Turian Havoc Soldier, Turian Ghost Infiltrator, with many more being added on a regular basis.
>Turian with a jetpack
>still probably not female
Jetpacks? JETPACKS?! Sold.

>>164237
HAZZAH! Perhaps I can actually find a game in a decent time to accomplish this weekends challenge. Seeing how it's super easy mode and all.

WHY HALO THAR!

(data-mining the patch has apparently revealed some upcoming treats):
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/14353394

And finally the long awaited patch (massive):
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/324/index/14311106

>>164253
And now the old promo items (including the N7 collector edition weapons they where using as weekend rewards) have been moved onto the regular 'loot tables'. Also the Chakram Launcher might be coming to multiplayer.

And there are SO MANY people throwing little bitch fits over the slim possibility that the Volus might be a playable race at the end of all of this.

>>164260
>And there are SO MANY people throwing little bitch fits over the slim possibility that the Volus might be a playable race at the end of all of this.

I know it can work. They can be glass-cannons adept at drone warfare.

>Volus Adept

I AM A BIOTIC GOD

>>164260
The same people complaining about that would change their tune if they offer a passive increase in credits earned or if they turned out to just be 'placeholders' for Protheans. Hypocritical as fuck.

>>164272
I can't really tell what many of those are due to the small size, but that looks pretty damning considering how images are handled for character cards. Very interesting if true I suppose.

Someone found the trailers background music:
http://soundcloud.com/the-thirteen-brotherhood/triple-dog-dare

Also that update needs to get here so people can datamine if faster so I can see what goodies are in store down the line. I NEED TO KNOW POWERS!

Also I'm kind of hoping a few kits get a power tree rehaul. They won't, but I hope.

http://blog.bioware.com/2012/09/26/mass-effect-trilogy-coming-this-holiday/

Hmm.

>>164292
Eh, I already have all 3 and a fair amount of the DLC so unless it comes with a bunch of exclusive features (which it doesn't look like it will) and all the DLC for all the games plus comes pre-loaded with the patches and is under $40 I'm not interested at all.

N7 Demolisher is my official Platinum Class.

>>164307

as it should be.

>>164315
I was having a shit day yesterday. I played so badly that I was getting washed up in Silver.

I decided to go into a Plat game because my solution to difficult situations is to make them harder. I saw we had one soldier on the team, so I decided to go support by picking the Demolisher. Suddenly, everyone else but one Geth Winfiltrator switched to Demo.

It was Geth on Firebase White. We cleaned the fuck up. It didn't even get hard until Wave 7, and even then it didn't feel out of our hands. Combine the grenade spam with disruptor ammo and we we got was a game where everything was exploding constantly. It was glorious.

>>164328

Its a real good gimmick class, i never tired of playing her

>>164328

Its a real good gimmick class, i never tired of playing her

Hopped back in for the first time in over a month to hit up the weekend challenge.
Level 6 Turrian Soldier V. Geth on Goddess at the Bronze level.
The game just felt awkward as hell to me and holy shit did they buff the Geth again? I was getting my asshole torn open if I so much as left cover.

I now have a grand total of... slightly over 100000 credits saved up. Which is just enough for a single PSP when the update comes. I'll just uninstall all of the other DLCs except for Earth and the new one... and get a Drell Vanguard and Geth Plasma Rifle card as per usual.

I'd probably play this game a lot more if unlocking things wasn't just a tremendous pain. Seriously, if there was a $5 DLC option what would just unlock stage 1 of all weapons and characters I'd buy it. It's killing me not having things I'm excited to try and use nor will ever get thanks to the way items are obtained.

Finally installed the patch. Was kind of pissed to see that they didn't give all of your characters a free respec with all of the changes they made.

>>164337
I can't be the only person who thinks Geth waves are brutal. The one "basic" unit rarely spawns, the rocket troopers are a constant pain, and the hunters and pyros are pretty much mini-atlases.
>>164338
A good deal of my adept builds are uneven now. :/

There really needs to be someone who does commentary for this game like http://www.youtube.com/user/Niichts does...

Adepts (in order shown)
Volus (Stasis, Biotic Orbs, Shield Boost)
Krogan Shaman (Barrier, Shockwave, Warp)
Batarian Slasher (Warp, Cluster Grenade, Lash)

Soldiers
Turian Havoc ( Cryo Blast, Havoc Strike, Stimulant Pack)
Geth Trooper (Hunter Mode, Flamer, Fortification)
Quarian Marksman (Marksman, Tactical Scan, Sabotage)

Engineer
Volus (Proximity Mine, Shield Boost, Recon Mine)
Turian Saboteur (Sabotage, Sentry Turret, Homing Grenade)
Vorcha Hunter (Bloodlust, Incinerate, Submission Net)

Sentinel
Volus Mercenary (Decoy, Combat Drone, Shield Boost)
Asari Valkyrie (Tech Armor, Annihilation Field, Warp)

Infiltrator
Turian Ghost (Overload, Tactical Cloak, Stimulant Pack)
Drell Assasin (Tactical Cloak, Homing Grenade, Recon Mine)
Asary Huntress (Tactical Cloak, Dark Channel, Warp)

Vanguard
Volus Protector (Biotic Charge, Biotic Orbs, Shield Boost)
Batarian Brawler (Biotic Charge, Blade Armor, Lash)


Volus are reportedly ultra rares

>>164419
I saw a guy max two Volus already. The drop rates are reportedly pretty high for them.

>>164420
and exactly how many packs did that take?
Ultra Rare characters is easily one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of for how to improve the game. And yet the Volus wouldn't make sense as anything but.

Hazard details:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/14431852/1#14431929

Turian Infiltrator thread:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/14433211

Volus Engi v. Collectors gameplay:
Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer - Vo…

Drell Dep talk:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/14400407

Human Dep talk:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/14399870

Female Quarian Engi talk:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/14372783

So me and a friend tried out Hazard Reactor. It's a very interesting way to take down enemies, and fortunately for my dumbass friend who got stuck in there, it only broke down his shields. Unfortunately, The two Brutes we lured in there just clipped through the door and grabbed me, which I was somehow lucky enough to survive.

Does anyone know if Volus are immune to grabs? Considering the poor little guys have worse health than the drell, that might be a good thing. Also these new weapon mods are kinda retarded. Increasing your weight by 50% for thermal vision? Jesus Christ.

>>164450
I've seen Volus get grabbed by Banshees and Praetorians.

Story time!

>☣Firebase Reactor☣
>First day of release.
>Nobody knows what the fucking hazard is but me.
>Whenever the core reaches red, some retard rushes to press the button.
>Wave 10 on Collectors.
>We have to escort a drone.
>Me and this other guy are getting our shit packed in trying to hold off the enemies while the other two escort the drone.
>It passes through the reactor.
>Piece of shit teammate actually activates the core ventilation before escorting the drone in.
>They both die.
>Me and the other guy are pinned outside the reactor with no way of escaping.

>>164460
I don't know I've seen people actually survive it. It's pretty godamn intense and I have no idea if that's a bug or not.

Also I feel for you, shit teammates... and the random number system are the bane of this games enjoyment. Did you at least manage to complete the objective if not extract?

>>164466
>Did you at least manage to complete the objective if not extract?

That's the weird part; we did.

Tech Combos: Now 10000% less shit:

Cryo Explosion Power Combo
- Like Biotic Explosion or Tech Burst combos, this combo can now occur without killing the target.
- The target must still be fully frozen to be detonated.
- Damage increased from [50-125] to [75-200]
- Impact radius decreased from [3-5] meters to [2-4] meters

Fire Explosion Power Combo
- Like Biotic Explosion or Tech Burst combos, this combo can now occur without killing the target.
- Impact radius decreased from [3-6] meters to [2-4] meters
- Damage decreased from [150-375] to [100-250]
- Damage-over-time damage decreased from [20-50] to [12.5-31.25]
- Carnage power can now set up Fire Explosion power combos

FINALLY

your lives are now meaningless:
Team AreleX All-Volus Super De…

Hey, when are we gonna have a match, guys?

>Uninstall all previous DLC in the hopes to get sometime new from Earth or Retaliation
>Save up all week
>Buy a PSP
>Krogan Soldier 'level 4' and Arc Pistol level 8
>mfw

Ya, this is why I quit you ME3, you're nothing but fucking horse shit.

>>164581
There is no possible way you have unlocked nothing since the game came out.

I mean, I spent six months getting dicked over trying to buy Miles Edgeworth, but come on.

>>164592
I'm not saying I haven't unlocked anything.
Over the past few DLCs I've gotten a little of everything. Funnily enough, none of the things I wanted, but still.
I also haven't maxed out anything save a few character cards.

>>164593
Then go smaller. Veteran packs so you can max out the blue and silver cards. Why do you keep uninstalling your DLC? Wouldn't that just fuck up your chances even more?

And if worse comes to it, I'd suggest going to Bioware and asking what the fuck.

>>164594
Aside from the Mattock and Eviscerater I couldn't give a crap less about silver cards.
As for damaging my chances by uninstalling DLC, it'll actually up your chances as it has less options to pull from.

As I've said earlier though, I've pretty much quit ME3 due to the way packs are. Playing feels like a chore. Maybe if they give us a way to get specific things for real money or stupid high amounts of credits or something I'll come back.

Default Human Class stuff:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/14494011/
http://narida.pytalhost.com/me3/classes/#30OQPARS0@0EEFLZ4I4@0@0

Paladin confirmed for Tech Combo god:
Energy drain + ice/fire =EB
Ice + energy/fire = IB
Fire + energy/ice = FB

Multiplayer builds, tips, tricks, advice, and guides:
http://www.youtube.com/user/StarduskLP?feature=watch


Also Batarian Sentinel Hatesurfing

>Playing along site 3 Turien Sentinals
>The are all the same teal color.
Woah, trippy~

>>164642
I hear people like to color code particular builds.

>>164618
Thanks for making my new build possible!

Is there a glitch with the krogan Shaman? He seems far too glassy for having the same stats as the battlemaster. On that note, any advice for a build? I'm having trouble setting up combos with shockwaves, and warp doesn't seem to combo with it very well.

Also scions look retarded. ME2's looked better.

>>165026

youre doing it way backwards, warp sets up, shockwave should be used to detonate.

http://www.reddit.com/r/MECoOp/comments/121iek/asari_terrorist_martyr_asari_valkyrie_build/

Shits so fun.

Operation JACKHAMMER
75K points Biotic Charging enemies
In my words just before the start of a Gold: "Money on who dies first, the retard charging the five Brute or the jackass charging the three Banshees?"