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[KKRT00]

First, incinerate can always combo, you just need to use it first for it to be comboed. Second, incinerate does better against armor than other powers, but it only does a little more than 1/10th of an assembler in damage on gold, and with a single combo it won't even kill an assembler on gold.

I know that. I was writing regarding Incinerate not detonating primers normally, which you can spec into.

ME 3 support abilities: the Volus has shield boost. The N7 demolisher has the supply pylon. The protector uses a shield. Sabotage was also more or less a support ability. Drone, turret and decoy were support abilities. I'd also say stasis was a support ability. These were all present in ME3 off the top of my head.

Not to mention there were a lot of abilities that could be specced to increase damage inflicted on enemies when they were used.

Only Volus seems like the only really powerful combination, supply pylon seems like neat idea, but generally at least when i played the supplies were not a problem.

Additionally, I don't see any powerful abilities with long cooldowns in this that weren't stronger in ME3.

Yet, but i also did not play all classes, so maybe there is something. Still it makes them possible, shared cooldowns do not, which automatically make MEA solution better from design standpoint.
Game is not perfect, its faaaaar from perfect, but they established great framework, way better than ME 3.

 

[LogicStep]

I'm kinda glad I never really played ME3 MP. I'm loving this MP. The mobility makes me feel like a badass.

 

[Steel]

I know that. I was writing regarding Incinerate not detonating primers normally, which you can spec into.


Only Volus seems like the only really powerful combination, supply pylon seems like neat idea, but generally at least when i played the supplies were not a problem.


Yet, but i also did not play all classes, so maybe there is something. Still it makes them possible, shared cooldowns do not, which automatically make MEA solution better from design standpoint.
Game is not perfect, its faaaaar from perfect, but they established great framework, way better than ME 3.

The N7 engineer was a great class precisely because the supply pylon allowed people to spam nades and use guns that would normally run out of ammo quickly. Additionally, the supply pylon also could get auras at higher levels to increase max shields and buff damage/powers. Sabotage was great against geth, stasis had debuffs. They were all good. Additionally, I'd say the Asari huntress's group cloak is not that useful seeing as it doesn't cloak her.

Shared cooldowns allow for long cooldowns as well, it just makes the player have to make a choice between using a long cooldown ability or continously use short cooldown abilities, and I've used enough classes to know that the longest cooldown ability is singularity.

And, no, I don't agree that the framework is better than ME 3 in any regard; even from the get-go ME3 had better enemy variety and tech powers weren't as weak as this game's.

 

[Xevren]

This happened to me today. Never seen this happen.

 

[Doomshroom]

This happened to me today. Never seen this happen.

I got caught in diffrent animations aswell all you can do is let someone kill you and get back up. Jumping off the map dosent work.

 

[LogicStep]

I had something weird happen to me as well but I don't have video.

I got caught in an animation and I was supposed to die. I was technically dead but I still had partial control of my character. Enemies would ignore me, I couldn't walk only jump and dash, my shots weren't working or consuming ammo. I only regained full control after my team cleared the wave.

 

[hbkdx12]

Nobody likes buggy games but it's all the more grating to see such egregious bugs in games with microtransactions because you can bet your sweet behind that if there were ever a bug or a glitch that undermined or circumvented the economy of the game, that shit would be patched quick fast and in a hurry

 

[RS4-]

This happened to me today. Never seen this happen.

Yeah, had this happen over the weekend after I got revived, was pretty bad since it was during extraction lol.

 

[hbkdx12]

How does the equipment you get from the item store work?

I bought the thermal clip storage. Is that just a flat upgrade for all my characters?

 

[Steel]

How does the equipment you get from the item store work?

I bought the thermal clip storage. Is that just a flat upgrade for all my characters?

Gotta equip it on each character, but it's a flat upgrade.

 

[hbkdx12]

Gotta equip it on each character, but it's a flat upgrade.

Ah ok. Thanks. I figured it was something you had to equip but i kept blindly overlooking that last loadout slot assuming it was just for a third weapon

 

[Bob Dobalina]

How does the equipment you get from the item store work?

I bought the thermal clip storage. Is that just a flat upgrade for all my characters?

On the screen where you equip guns, it's the rightmost slot. You can equip one per character and it won't disappear after use. Saw on Twitter that they plan to cycle these out every Thursday, so hopefully some power based ones release this week.

 

[Leyasu]

Bad-arse mp. If any uk/eu adults want to add me for this? Xbone.

Van Winkel x

Got to level 9 tonight with my asari adept.

 

[HelloNewman]

I did gold today I really enjoy the new feature where enemies can shoot you through the walls really adds a level of cheap and glitchy I thought was missing from the game.

 

[LogicStep]

I did gold today I really enjoy the new feature where enemies can shoot you through the walls really adds a level of cheap and glitchy I thought was missing from the game.

Are you talking about the robot that puts an energy shield in front of it and starts aiming a light and shooting bullets that go through walls? If so I agree that is some cheap shit. But it's very easy to dodge, just move a tad to either side and he will miss completely.

 

[Xevren]

Are you talking about the robot that puts an energy shield in front of it and starts aiming a light and shooting bullets that go through walls? If so I agree that is some cheap shit. But it's very easy to dodge, just move a tad to either side and he will miss completely.

I've had issues with just normal raiders shooting through walls. Not talking like me crouching and him shooting straight on. Talking firebase zero and just flat out shooting me through a damn wall.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

The on-screen effect for the krogan rage is terrible, that in conjunction with the new melee makes a melee krogan build less fun than it was in 3.

 

[Cynar]

The on-screen effect for the krogan rage is terrible, that in conjunction with the new melee makes a melee krogan build less fun than it was in 3.

Yeah it's pretty awful. 😓 I can't believe this is the same team that did me3 multiplayer.

 

[oneils]

I've been leveling my human vanguards. They are great once you max out charge and get bastion. I use a melee build. Played three games on gold and just spammed charge and melee. I have the juggernaut shield and a pistol melee optimiser. Also have a bonus to melee from charge and barrier. Its insane.

Works even better with an asari adept on the team. If they have annihilation going, you set off biotic explosions everywhere.

 

[Lionheart1827]

Is matchmaking broken or something? Friend and I are waiting for randoms to join our lobby but its just not working

 

[Kard8p3]

Is matchmaking broken or something? Friend and I are waiting for randoms to join our lobby but its just not working

Happens occasionally to my friend and I as well, best bet is to just start it, people will always end up joining mid match for us.


Also, after playing for almost a week, what's everyone's favorite character so far? I usually end up swapping between the vanguard and angara insurgent between matches

 

[Alucrid]

the equalizer is pretty good

 

[Bombless]

The on-screen effect for the krogan rage is terrible, that in conjunction with the new melee makes a melee krogan build less fun than it was in 3.

Yeah, I really couldn't believe it. It looks so damn cheap. One could say it's almost...rage inducing.

 

[HelloNewman]

I've had issues with just normal raiders shooting through walls. Not talking like me crouching and him shooting straight on. Talking firebase zero and just flat out shooting me through a damn wall.

Yeah, it was remnant but it was the entire group shooting through walls I kept getting laser beamed by the flying shield guys through walls. It's really weird how bad this game is considering how good Mass Effect 3 multiplayer was.

 

[Kaelan]

MP is starting to piss me off, crashed twice today. So annoying.

 

[J_Viper]

This seems...sloppy?

The graphics, the insane lag, the map design, everything feels like it was done by interns, especially when compared to ME3's multiplayer. I was thinking the MP would be the one thing that'd be a guaranteed knock out.

I'll try a couple more matches, but something about this is off. Maybe, it's just me.

I do like the shorter matches though. Less is definitely more when it comes to wave based modes.

 

[HelloNewman]

It's not just you MP is terrible. I'm considering just playing Gears of War 4 since I heard that has a good horde mode.

 

[Renekton]

The N7 engineer was a great class precisely because the supply pylon allowed people to spam nades and use guns that would normally run out of ammo quickly. Additionally, the supply pylon also could get auras at higher levels to increase max shields and buff damage/powers. Sabotage was great against geth, stasis had debuffs. They were all good. Additionally, I'd say the Asari huntress's group cloak is not that useful seeing as it doesn't cloak her.

To be fair, the demolisher pretty much uses the pylon 100% for himself because he needs all the nades and ammo to function effectively.

The on-screen effect for the krogan rage is terrible, that in conjunction with the new melee makes a melee krogan build less fun than it was in 3.

It is less warped/sickening than ME3's rage imo. Tho the lightning effect is pretty cheesy haha.

 

[J_Viper]

It's not just you MP is terrible. I'm considering just playing Gears of War 4 since I heard that has a good horde mode.

Well, that's too bad. Maybe they can fix it through patches. At least the SP is better than I expected.

As far as Gears 4 Horde Mode, that has its own problems.

Matches go up to 50 Waves, so people in your group will, understandably, leave before it's done. Problem is, there's no Join-in-Progress for matchmaking, so when someone leaves, the slot is empty for good. This is a problem because the enemies do not scale to player count.

This means, once you're down to three players in a match, you might as well just all leave, because you're not gonna make it past Wave 10 without a full squad.

There are also only two enemy factions, so it gets old quick. ME at least mixes it up with different objective waves.

The coin payout for that game is also complete trash.

Seems like there are no good Horde modes for this gen so far. Sad!

 

[RS4-]

I went through gears horde a hand full of times, it's tedious, it's boring, it's too long.

 

[Xevren]

Got my hands on a vanquisher...it's as ridiculous as people were making it sound. Happy to play an infiltrator again.

 

[Leyasu]

I've had issues with just normal raiders shooting through walls. Not talking like me crouching and him shooting straight on. Talking firebase zero and just flat out shooting me through a damn wall.

Yep, I got killed through a wall earlier. Hopefully they will begin patching this up. I'm just slightly worried that it will be left because of the publisher.

 

[aussiedude08]

that moment playing gold and on wave 6 and the PS4 crashes o the blue screen. costs you 50k coins and the XP.

FUCK YOU.

EDIT: Didnt cost me the coins because i was lucky enough to jump right back into the same lobby.

Does the extraction count for the trophy if you join mid match?

EDIT2: its just crashed again on the 2nd game, wave 2 this time.

 

[Kard8p3]

Anyone got experience with the salarian operator? I could use some tips on how to build him

 

[Steel]

To be fair, the demolisher pretty much uses the pylon 100% for himself because he needs all the nades and ammo to function effectively.

The shield and damage boosts help the team nonetheless, though.

the equalizer is pretty good

It surprisingly is. The maximum range on it hurts it, but it does rip people to shreds fast enough for me to put it on the "good gun" list.

 

[Mindlog]

Got my hands on a vanquisher...it's as ridiculous as people were making it sound. Happy to play an infiltrator again.

That's like the #1 weapon I'm seeing and people are cleaning up with it.

the equalizer is pretty good

Pretty much a carbon copy of the Collector SMG and I like it as much as I did back then for all of my power classes. Great for applying ammo effects and never having to pause at a supply box.

Has anyone here soloed gold?
Trying to get devices without being an Infiltrator is a little frustrating. You can camp on the other side of the map and draw all of the enemies towards you, but half way through getting a device a stupid dog will be on you.

 

[Jblanks]

Anyone having issues finding a match on PS4? Me and a friend can't find 2 others to join..

 

[Boombloxer]

That's like the #1 weapon I'm seeing and people are cleaning up with it.

Pretty much a carbon copy of the Collector SMG and I like it as much as I did back then for all of my power classes. Great for applying ammo effects and never having to pause at a supply box.

Has anyone here soloed gold?
Trying to get devices without being an Infiltrator is a little frustrating. You can camp on the other side of the map and draw all of the enemies towards you, but half way through getting a device a stupid dog will be on you.

I just turn people invisible*, and stand guard.

*May or may not work.

 

[Riptwo]

I have a solid 150/150mb connection, but it feels like I'm constantly joining matches being hosted on McDonalds wi-fi or dialup. Feels like it might be fun if the matches were playable!

 

[Xevren]

I have a solid 150/150mb connection, but it feels like I'm constantly joining matches being hosted on McDonalds wi-fi or dialup. Feels like it might be fun if the matches were playable!

I have google fiber and I run into it sometimes still. Really wish it could just display matches with connection quality. Or you know...let us host games so they could fill up.

 

[Ronabo]

I've kinda figured out if I'm gonna have a bad connection when I join a lobby. If my nameplate and weapon equipped doesn't load quick the connection will be shit.

 

[aussiedude08]

Ok you can get the "Unwavering" trophy by just finishing 5 gold extractions you dont need to play the entire match. i had 2 matches i joined late and 3 i played the full match and the trophy just popped.

 

[GruntOfAction]

Asking for a friend because I don't think he has a Neogaf account and I couldn't find any info on this.

Is anyone else experiencing this weird glitch where once you've put a mod on a weapon you can't remove it? Friend says he tries to remove it, game says communicating with server, and then he's left with the mod still on the weapon...

 

[Ronabo]

Yes I had that glitch. It went away after a few matches. Reloading the game didn't even help. It must be some sort of server bug.

 

[Jamaro85]

that moment playing gold and on wave 6 and the PS4 crashes o the blue screen. costs you 50k coins and the XP.

FUCK YOU.

EDIT: Didnt cost me the coins because i was lucky enough to jump right back into the same lobby.

So on PS4 the game literally completely crashes to dashboard like how on PC it crashes to desktop? LOL, wtf.

 

[aussiedude08]

So on PS4 the game literally completely crashes to dashboard like how on PC it crashes to desktop? LOL, wtf.

Yeah i have had it happen about 10-15 times. using a Pro and a few other bugs. one where i couldnt move forward or backward only side to side, but was fixed when being downed and getting revived and a few stuck mid-animation

 

[DesertFox]

2 seconds remaining on extract - crazy graphics glitch borks the game. 5 minutes later, disconnected from server. Mother fuckin...

 

[Xevren]

edit: ignore this

 

[Pheace]

Who in the WORLD thought it was a good plan to have the freaking buttons for Kick/Mute/(Un)Ready etc in the lobby fly around to different positions all the time? It's infuriating

 

[mikeGFG]

Popped an EXTREMELY rare 100% Bonus XP booster for a 17 min gold run. The game crashes on the 6th wave and I no longer have said booster or any experience points from the match
Cool.