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Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer |OT| Rich, deep online role playing

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Woorloog

Banned
Blue Ninja said:
That sounds kinda bleh. I was hoping you could start creating your character from scratch right away.
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Three male and three female humans are options at start plus that random race-class (which can be locked human...) combo. Not the best way to start really, if you could choose freely one race-class it'd be nice...
I really want the salarian Infiltrator.

EDIT Fuck, my brother bought 3 Recruit packs (5k each) for us (Cred are shared beetween characters) and we got Human Female Sentinel TWICE. Idiotic system... Unlock the new class-race right away, before you buy more packs...
 
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Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
SpacePirate Ridley said:
Cant add you to the friends list, origin says it doesnt exist.
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Might have to wait I just changed my username when I posted that so it mitt take a bit too fully register. Also I don't know if it matters that I haven't actually installed and logged into the origin client just the site when I preordered me3.
 
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Woorloog

Banned
EDIT Fuck, my brother bought 3 Recruit packs (5k each) for us (Cred are shared beetween characters) and we got Human Female Sentinel TWICE. Idiotic system... Unlock the new class-race right away, before you buy more packs...
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Correction to my earlier post, we gained level ups from the packs to Human Female Sentinel, it seems.
EDIT ALL classes share the same level regardless of the race. My turian Sentinel is level 4 and so is the human female Sentinel i haven't played with yet.
 
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Relaxed Muscle

Member
Dynamic3 said:
I may have missed something, but how do I download this on PC (I own BF3)?
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As I understand, people who has activated BF3 online pass on origin can play the multiplayer section of the demo since the 14th, instead of the 17th, either way, we all have to wait until the demo officialy releases (tomorrow).

GAF - Relaxed Muscle

Origin - RelaxedMuscle
 
R

RoboPlato

I'd be in the dick
Anyone have any links to a good quality stream or a Youtube playthrough of the co-op portion of the demo? The stream on the last page has really crappy quality.
 
J

JambiBum

Member
Woorloog said:
Correction to my earlier post, we gained level ups from the packs to Human Female Sentinel, it seems.
EDIT ALL classes share the same level regardless of the race. My turian Sentinel is level 4 and so is the human female Sentinel i haven't played with yet.
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Aren't there two different leveling systems? One for your actual characters and then one for you overall? At least that's how it seems to be.
 
Arjen

Arjen

Member
You do have on overall level, but i'm not sure what it does, i have an Sentinel level 5, and an Infiltrator level 4, so there's a 9 next to my gamertag.
 
W

Woorloog

Banned
Arjen said:
You do have on overall level, but i'm not sure what it does, i have an Sentinel level 5, and an Infiltrator level 4, so there's a 9 next to my gamertag.
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That's the N7 rank, it doesn't affect level or anything, just tells how much you've played.

EDIT Both my Sentinels are level 4 so the class level is shared beetween all Sentinel characters. Camo patterns, secondary colors etc are not. Weapon mods and such are.
 
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Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
Woorloog said:
That's the N7 rank, it doesn't affect level or anything, just tells how much you've played.

EDIT Both my Sentinels are level 4 so the class level is shared beetween all Sentinel characters. Camo patterns, secondary colors etc are not. Weapon mods and such are.
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That's a nice feature and it makes perfect sense. I'm glad they aren't putting unnecessary hurdles in the way of players experiencing all the multiplayer has to offer.
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
So, I'd like to note that the chart in the OP is actually wrong as it seems different races of the same class have different powers.

That or I'm blind and got really confused when selecting things.
 
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Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
Nirolak said:
So, I'd like to note that the chart in the OP is actually wrong as it seems different races of the same class have different powers.

That or I'm blind and got really confused when selecting things.
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Are they completely different or do they each gave a special species only power with the others as the same?
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
Enduin said:
Are they completely different or do they each gave a special species only power with the others as the same?
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Adept:
Human Male: Warp, Singularity, Shockwave
Human Female: Warp, Singularity, Shockwave
Asari: Stasis, Warp, Throw
Drell: Reave, Pull, Cluster Grenade

Soldier:
Human Male: Adrenaline Rush, Concussive Shot, Frag Grenade
Human Female: Adrenaline Rush, Concussive Shot, Frag Grenade
Krogan: Carnage, Fortification, Inferno Grenade
Turian: Marksman, Concussive Shot, Proximity Mine

Engineer:
Human Male: Incinerate, Overload, Combat Drone
Human Female: Incinerate, Overload, Combat Drone
Quarian: Incinerate, Cryo Blast, Sentry Turret
Salarian: Combat Drone, Energy Drain, Decoy

Sentinel:
Human Male: Throw, Warp, Tech Armor
Human Female: Throw, Warp, Tech Armor
Turian: Warp, Overload, Tech Armor
Krogan: Incinerate, Lift Grenade, Tech Armor

Infiltrator:
Human Male: Sticky Grenade, Tactical Cloak, Cryo Blast
Human Female: Sticky Grenade, Tactical Cloak, Cryo Blast
Salarian: Energy Drain, Tactical Cloak, Proximity Mine
Quarian: Sticky Grenade, Tactical Cloak, Sabotage

Vanguard:
Human Male: Biotic Charge, Shockwave, Nova
Human Female: Biotic Charge, Shockwave, Nova
Drell: Biotic Charge, Pull, Cluster Grenade
Asari: Biotic Charge, Stasis, Lift Grenade

There's also stuff like my Asari Adept being able to get Asari Justicar, but I can't see the rest.
 
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Skilotonn

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Man, I was over by the friend of mine who got his code from the worthless Facebook app yesterday when I sent him the link (and I still didn't), and he also has BF3 - he wanted to watch my tactics for playing, so I started it up and noticed right away that the servers actually connected, went to MP, and bam - it worked. This was even before it was posted in this thread that it was up too.

Played it for the six or so hours and got up to N7 rank 17, highest character being the Vanguard at level 6, and it's really, really fun I gotta say! Way too tough solo even on Silver , way hard halfway through with two people if you're not paying attention, but damn it's fun went you finally get a full squad of four people playing. Recharge times are very quick with the Adept I gotta say, that I experimented with, but I love the Infiltrator (didn't even run with the sniper by my friend), Vanguard comboing, and the almost as extra-fun as in SP for me with the Engineer - Combat Drone is perfect for distracting the Atlus (and they never get destroyed on Silver difficulty), and Overloading enemy turrets making them kill the enemy for me.

Finished the full challenge of 11 waves once with a great team and unlocked a ton of XP, got to wave 10 four times and lost because of one particular nasty enemy ever single time (no, not the Atlus mech). If you're not running with a full team, who are good, prepare to eat it every single time because this enemy hurts you BAD. You'll know it when you see it, trust me.

Still haven't beaten a Gold wave 1 in the three times I tried, all because each time I only had one teammate and he sucked, had one time that we almost beat it, but I had to go revive the teammate and then enemy flanked and killed us both. Just trying to beat wave 1.

But man those waves with the full good team, it was great - biotic combos exploding non-stop, and the other great run had two snipers and me and another guy running Engineer - great times, but we got overrun on wave 11 because one guy looked like he was standing still, and the other two guys kept trying to revive him.

Can't wait to play multi with my own character on my own account. Loved the Infiltrator, Vanguard, and Engineer the most, Adept was very fun as well, and I can't wait to try out finally playing as a Krogan and running through people.
 
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EatChildren

Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Special thank you to Nirolak for ruining my graph.
 
H

Havok

Member
This is surprisingly great. Really enjoying the loot mechanics, and Infiltrators are still a blast to play.
 
D

Dany

Banned
I wonder if you can carry over your weapon stuff from SP to the MP, such as current weapon levels and mods.

What are hte upgrades like for a character? Weapon, mods, do you level up characters in a tree, how persistent is it, like, is your human adept different than a human soldior?

I heard that N7 rank is the only thing that caries from the MP to the SP, and 'that' is what determines galactic readiness?
 
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Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
Looks like Turian Sentinel is still my go to class. Warp and overload are the best combo, no one is safe.
 
jediyoshi

jediyoshi

Member
Drell Vanguard is a beautiful thing.
Wish there was a way to be in 4 player only rounds. Teaming up with a random is a coin flip and I just feel like a jerk waiting for other people to join if there's another person waiting.
 
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Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
I am a little peeved they don't have Batarians as a choice for the multi and that we've never had a Batarian squad member. The only logical reason I can think of is that all Batarians sided with the reapers to get back at humanity but that's not very likely so they should be taking part in the galaxy at war.
 
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Psychoward

Banned
the chart is messed up though, every race has different powers

Adept
Human: Warp, Singularity, Shockwave
Asari: Stasis, Warp, Throw
Drell: Reave, Pull, Cluster Grenade

Soldier
Human: Adrenaline Rush, Concussive Shot, Frag Grenade
Krogan: Carnage, Fortification, Inferno Grenade
Turian: Marksman, Conussive Shot, Proximity Mine

Engineer
Human: Incinerate, Overload, Combat Drone
Quarian: Incinerate, Cryo Blast, Sentry Turret
Salarian: Combat Drone, Energy Drain, Decoy

Sentinel
Human: Throw, Warp, Tech Armor
Turian: Warp, Overload, Tech Armor
Krogan: Incinerate, Lift Grenade, Tech Armor

Infiltrator
Human: Sticky Grenade, Tactical Cloak, Cryo Blast
Salarian: Energy Drain, Tactical Cloak, Proximity Mine
Quarian: Sticky Grenade, Tactical Cloak, Sabotage

Vanguard
Human: Biotic Charge, Shockwave, Nova
Drell: Biotic Charge, Pull, Cluster Grenade
Asari: Biotic Charge, Stasis, Lift Grenade


Humans get combat roll
Krogan get "rage", and apparently they can headbutt, no rolling
Turians can't roll or sidestep, but they do have the best accuracy out of the races
Quarians can sidestep and roll forwards/backwards
Asari "biotic dodge", which is basically a sidestep, but in all directions, that uses up part of your barrier
No idea about Drell and Salarian
 
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Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
PsychoWARD23 said:
Humans get combat roll
Krogan get "rage", and apparently they can headbutt, no rolling
Turians can't roll or sidestep, but they do have the best accuracy out of the races
Quarians can sidestep and roll forwards/backwards
Asari "biotic dodge", which is basically a sidestep, but in all directions, that uses up part of your barrier
No idea about Drell and Salarian I
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That's pretty nutty, but kind of cool. Gives each class and race a more unique feel, hopefully it's well balanced and some, like humans, don't have an overwhelming advantage due to rolling out whatever their unique talent is.
 
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CrazyDude

Member
Enduin said:
I am a little peeved they don't have Batarians as a choice for the multi and that we've never had a Batarian squad member. The only logical reason I can think of is that all Batarians sided with the reapers to get back at humanity but that's not very likely so they should be taking part in the galaxy at war.
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I believe I read somewhere that the Batarians were the first to be attacked. Could be that they are either wiped out or severely weakened.
 
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Psychoward

Banned
Enduin said:
That's pretty nutty, but kind of cool. Gives each class and race a more unique feel, hopefully it's well balanced and some, like humans, don't have an overwhelming advantage due to rolling out whatever their unique talent is.
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Oh, Humans definitely have the advantage, better class powers and roll. Really, the only ones that are questionably better are Krogan Soldier and Quarian Engineer.
 
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X-Frame

Member
PsychoWARD23 said:
anything but Humans for Vanguard and Adept is a joke.


No Singularity or Nova


But damn, Human Adepts are so much fun.
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I figure the Lift Grenade and Stasis would be good -- but now that I think about it Stasis likely doesn't have the crazy ragdoll damage multiplier in this game so it's probably not as effective.
 
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Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
CrazyDude said:
I believe I read somewhere that the Batarians were the first to be attacked. Could be that they are either wiped out or severely weakened.
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I figured as much
given the reapers entered Batarian space first in the Arrival DLC.
It's a shame either way.
 
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Psychoward

Banned
X-Frame said:
I figure the Lift Grenade and Stasis would be good -- but now that I think about it Stasis likely doesn't have the crazy ragdoll damage multiplier in this game so it's probably not as effective.
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Enemies can take damage while in Stasis now (kind of like the bastion from me1), only problem is, it is multiplayer, so stasis for a vanguard just doesn't make too much sense. The only single-enemy CC ability you need is Cryo Blast, and if you're charging someone, there's no reason to use stasis when you can just shoot them and kill them then.


And Asari Adepts have nothing to set up Biotic Explosions with, so again, quite a big hit.
 
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REV 09

Member
I am a huge ME fan, but this horde mode feels like a weak Gears to me. It's also a sizable step back in the technical department from the sp portion of the demo. Not impressed with the multi.
 
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abundant

Member
PsychoWARD23 said:
Oh, Humans definitely have the advantage, better class powers and roll. Really, the only ones that are questionably better are Krogan Soldier and Quarian Engineer.
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Turian Sentinels too. They're the only class that has Warp and Overload, plus they also have Tech Armor too. If you're going to be a Sentinel, there's really no other choice, you have to be a Turian.
 
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Psychoward

Banned
abundant said:
Turian Sentinels too. They're the only class that has Warp and Overload, plus they also have Tech Armor too. If you're going to be a Sentinel, there's really no other choice then being a Turian.
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But that's beyond boring.

Engineers can wreck corners with their flamethrower turret, and immobilize enemies with cryo which leads to easy kills

Soldiers can tank an army

Vanguards can get kill counts in the 50s if they know what they're doing

I can't even count the number of times an Infiltrator has saved my ass with a headshot or reviving me after being cloaked. They're also great at flanking and capturing objectives.

Adepts obliterate unprotected groups, and are great in funnels

And Sentinels are just kinda.... there
 
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