yankeehater
Member
I tried the 11 wave mission last night had a great group of randoms we got to wave 8 no problem and then the host got disconnected and then another guy dropped and we had to give up. So fucking annoying.
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The Mass Effect: Andromeda Multiplayer Thread
- Thread starter Garland7G
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I have 125 hours in the game, so I love it. A lot of the early problems have been resolved. It can be annoying not having good weapons/characters, but you'll get them with time or luck.
its still not as good as it was in ME3
I already stopped played for a bit without having a lot of time invested, meanwhile in ME3 I had more than 200 or even 300 hours in it without ever getting bored :/
It's still fun, and they keep making it better every patch. So I still recommend it.
yankeehater
Member
I love the mp n this game. They have done such a great job improving things since launch. I unlocked the kinetist the other day, do people use her, is she a viable class for gold?
I really enjoy where the MP is at right now. I don't play it as much as I did ME3 MP I'll admit. However, for jumping in with a random class for a map or two. Good times.
TuftDog did an extremely thorough breakdown of the Kineticist in the most recent balance state.
*The current Apex mission is +50% pistol damage vs Kett on Zero.
Was farming it faster with randoms then the old Outcast/Zero everyone played. No joke Rozerad and Hurricane felt as powerful as when they had the double ammo exploit
She's great, but compared to every other class she's extremely hard to use. You have to play conservatively and aggressively to keep your shields up.
TuftDog did an extremely thorough breakdown of the Kineticist in the most recent balance state.
*The current Apex mission is +50% pistol damage vs Kett on Zero.
Was farming it faster with randoms then the old Outcast/Zero everyone played. No joke Rozerad and Hurricane felt as powerful as when they had the double ammo exploit
Platinum difficulty coming and
class teased.
https://twitter.com/masseffect/status/882282896492331008
Batarian
https://twitter.com/masseffect/status/882282896492331008
Nollemaster
Member
Out of all the cool alien species (Geth/Quarian/Drell for instance), they chose Batarians??
Why BioWare.
I don't know why, but I assume everything that was on the
Quarian Ark
By the way. These poor souls asking for SP DLC. :'(
moustascheman
Member
I'm pretty excited for the batarian. It'd be cool to see how blade armor would work in andromeda.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
I can't believe people want single-player DLC after playing the powerfully mediocre campaign.
The way I see it, there was about twenty-five to thirty hours of good content in an eighty to ninety hour game.
DLC might actually condense it down to just the good stuff.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
That is a very generous assessment.
Single Player DLC for the Mass Effect series has traditionally been far better than the base game. The only real knock on the list is Pinnacle Station.
The Batarian classes in ME3 MP were great (except the Sentinel.) Definitely prefer them to Geth and Quarians.
Oh shit, nice!
The Batarian classes in ME3 MP were great (except the Sentinel.) Definitely prefer them to Geth and Quarians.
The loyalty missions were pretty strong, however. It seems likely that any single player DLC, particularly with the hints in the story, would be similar to those.
yankeehater
Member
I loved the sp. I would buy sp dlc in a second.
PinkCrayon
Member
960 mission funds to get a random ultra rare weapon or character
I played three games on Gold (not touching Platinum yet) and noticed a couple of changes. Devices now have a separate, shorter, timer per device. Hack now requires you to keep enemies out of the area same as Upload. I didn't get a chance to do a post-patch Upload to see if the rules of Upload and Hack were swapped, but I'm hoping that's what they did.
Got one XI card, a Turian Soldier. The bonus here is 4% to power, combo, and melee damage. I wonder just how high these numbers will go.
Got one XI card, a Turian Soldier. The bonus here is 4% to power, combo, and melee damage. I wonder just how high these numbers will go.
There are a massive number of undocumented changes. Expect Trump to make ban MEAMP soon.
Hack pro tips especially for Platinum.
If someone on your team has cloak and they're in the zone.
A) Get out of the zone.
B) Never fire your weapon while in the zone.
C) Never fight behind the zone thereby pulling enemies through the area.
D) Get out of the zone.
Reddit rumored classes to come. Some of them seem aggressively powerful.
Hack pro tips especially for Platinum.
If someone on your team has cloak and they're in the zone.
A) Get out of the zone.
B) Never fire your weapon while in the zone.
C) Never fight behind the zone thereby pulling enemies through the area.
D) Get out of the zone.
Reddit rumored classes to come. Some of them seem aggressively powerful.
The Siphon weapons are pretty rad, but I wonder how the specials fit in with the older models. I hope they are basically dropped as XI-XX cards for characters as in they fill out later loot draws. While it seems like it increases the slog to pad out the manifest this is actually a great feature to keep players from drawing dry when hunting for URs.
*edit* This is confirmed how it works. While on the surface it looks much harder to get good stuff this is a fantastic setup as it prevents players from getting empty Premium Packs.
Also the weapons are very good.
Documented changes.
Just a reminder to everyone trying Platinum. DO NOT FIGHT FROM UPLOAD HACK zones :] Unless you have overwhelming DPS. In that case do whatever the hell you want.
First time I can ever recall purposely building for CC in a MEA game. I mean Disruptor Conc Soldier is always good, but taking it for the sole reason that it helps the team deal with so many enemies is neat.
*edit* I am a huge fan of Platinum. This is the closest they got to their vision of forcing the map movement issue. We just need more players that know how to draw enemies away from upload and hack zones as it's a little counter-intuitive. If you don't have to be in the zone then stay out and let another player take care of it. Don't stack up if at all possible.
*edit* This is confirmed how it works. While on the surface it looks much harder to get good stuff this is a fantastic setup as it prevents players from getting empty Premium Packs.
Also the weapons are very good.
Documented changes.
Credit where due to the MEAMP team. Rough start, but they're doing some great work.
Just a reminder to everyone trying Platinum. DO NOT FIGHT FROM UPLOAD HACK zones :] Unless you have overwhelming DPS. In that case do whatever the hell you want.
First time I can ever recall purposely building for CC in a MEA game. I mean Disruptor Conc Soldier is always good, but taking it for the sole reason that it helps the team deal with so many enemies is neat.
*edit* I am a huge fan of Platinum. This is the closest they got to their vision of forcing the map movement issue. We just need more players that know how to draw enemies away from upload and hack zones as it's a little counter-intuitive. If you don't have to be in the zone then stay out and let another player take care of it. Don't stack up if at all possible.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Veteran ranks when I've already maxed out the common characters... sigh.
I quite like the idea of these veteran ranks and alt weapons*, but it's a bit of a bummer that they can pop while you're still trying to get all of a rarity's basic forms maxed. Particularly with characters, since they're tied to skill points that have a bigger effect on viability. They'd be better as strictly bonuses for people who've ranked each rarity tier up to improve their stuff for high difficulty runs. But overall, it seems cool and they're taking feedback.
Looking forward to the two new maps coming this month and the obvious addition of even more characters.
*I think the specialty mods can only be received by spending mission funds in the store, so didn't include them.
Right, with this much new stuff to unlock in every tier, I'm starting over with the basic packs and working my way up again. I know I should be annoyed at the extended grind, but right now it feels kinda good to be able to play one game and then immediately buy multiple packs.
And two more maps rumored. I didn't think that would happen.
Well hello there.
And two more maps rumored. I didn't think that would happen.
Well hello there.
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
Man platinum just exacerbates the issues with the shit AI a thousand fold.
Yes game I totally like walking into a room and then having 3 elite observers spawn right behind me.
They are never going to change this cheap ass garbage spawning and single minded AI, so MEA will never reach ME3mp heights for me anymore.
Platinum is also nearly unplayable if you aren't using a stealth class, not because other classes aren't viable, no because everyone is using stealth classes, which means every enemy is going to be targeting you if you don't have cloak. Even from across the map; as soon as your teammates cloak, everyone just aims at you pretty much instantly.
God this AI is so bad.
Yes game I totally like walking into a room and then having 3 elite observers spawn right behind me.
They are never going to change this cheap ass garbage spawning and single minded AI, so MEA will never reach ME3mp heights for me anymore.
Platinum is also nearly unplayable if you aren't using a stealth class, not because other classes aren't viable, no because everyone is using stealth classes, which means every enemy is going to be targeting you if you don't have cloak. Even from across the map; as soon as your teammates cloak, everyone just aims at you pretty much instantly.
God this AI is so bad.
yankeehater
Member
Man I had so many credits saved up from running missions in the app and I just blew them all on equipment and now I see that you can unlock ultra rares with those credits. I am so sad.
Level XX Human Vangaurd gets a ~40% bonus to biotic powers and explosions. The Ruzad has Siphon. Vanguard on Gold feels infinitely better now than during the StrikeSpam days. Feels more biotic god than it ever has really. Constant raining death of multi-explosions.
Good times.
I'm pretty good with where the drops are now. The new late game stuff is very powerful. but if I were Bioware...
Don't forget you can get a free Apex crate from completing a silver mission 'Deeper into the Ruins.' I've been playing this game since the beginning and somewhere I misses that daily challenges were a thing. Go to your challenge tab and you can see what you can win there.
Good times.
I'm pretty good with where the drops are now. The new late game stuff is very powerful. but if I were Bioware...
Double the size of loot boxes or drop their prices in half. Make Apex crates a weekly occurrence. Let players earn en Advanced or Expert Pack daily from missions etc etc. The loot tables are more than large enough to be generous with now.
yankeehater
Member
I did the mission for the apex crate last night. I was awesome I got 3 new characters in one pack. I cant wait to open more.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I got the Black Widow in my elite crate.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Nice! I've been using it the past couple of weeks and was thinking "this might be a little OP."
And then they buffed it.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
These updates sound great, but the game really needs more maps. Im SO sick of playing on the 5 or so we currently have. I just cant be bothered to do so anymore.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
The dilution of the character and weapon pool is unfortunate. I do truly believe it is designed to push players to spend more money, and that likely the developers are being pressured to expand the game in this way.
It's post-end game drops though that make you more powerful.
I have nowhere near a maxxed manifest and there is probably no way I get there. The new drops simply keep you from getting 0 drops in most cases. I remaxxed my bronze classes because I wanted that easy combo damage, but now there's only level 1 bad consumables in that slot as a possibility.
Platinum guide. Worth reiterating.
*I like Platinum so so much.
A Boss Hydra running at full speed is so hilarious and terrifying and I'm not worried about a cheap sync kill, but I am worried about dying and losing aggro while my teammate is in the zone etc etc. So good.
I have nowhere near a maxxed manifest and there is probably no way I get there. The new drops simply keep you from getting 0 drops in most cases. I remaxxed my bronze classes because I wanted that easy combo damage, but now there's only level 1 bad consumables in that slot as a possibility.
Platinum guide. Worth reiterating.
*I like Platinum so so much.
A Boss Hydra running at full speed is so hilarious and terrifying and I'm not worried about a cheap sync kill, but I am worried about dying and losing aggro while my teammate is in the zone etc etc. So good.
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
being able to kick the host is pure shit.
Did my first Gold solo. Now I know why people say Stealth Grid is OP, I never really touched classes with that ability before. I used two revives, but only because I was careless. It's kind of shocking just how easy it was.
Gotta be lucky with the objectives though, solo stealthing Upload and Hack doesn't actually work. As soon as you need to re-apply stealth, every enemy on the map will swarm your last known location. And they don't need to see you to know exactly where you are.
Gotta be lucky with the objectives though, solo stealthing Upload and Hack doesn't actually work. As soon as you need to re-apply stealth, every enemy on the map will swarm your last known location. And they don't need to see you to know exactly where you are.
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
Lol just got a dupe, XV asari sentinel > XV asari sentinel...
Think its just a bug about not displaying XIV properly.
The veteran system would be better if some of these bonuses made more sense. Infil vet bonuses are crap, yea I know they're good as is but if its going to add to the grind then it should be good.
This is correct. It's just a text/image error.
PinkCrayon
Member
Only a single explosion.
But you should honestly stay away from throw as AA. Lance with shield consumption should be your primary detonator.
Is Lance that much stronger than Throw?
With the internal timer for explosions (1 biotic explosion per 4 sec on a target) I feel like Throw is fast enough without the danger of a shield powered lance.
Any particular reason I should be using Lance?