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[Cypher0020]

One thing I hate about starting a new game is how weak the Adept is....I'm only on Omega still, getting Garrus, but I don't know which parts are worth it buy....

that extra ammo pack... or the storm gauntlets?  I threw on the blood armor, and that seems to work best... or is the cerberus armor better and don't bother to buy the parts at all?

I could save a ton of cash if I didn't waste my time buying worthless parts

[ScroguBlitzen]

Do you have the Kestrel armor? That's probably best with the power cooldown reduction helmet.

[Miss Yuna of Atlanta]

Honestly, I just go with what looks cool. Most of the armor pieces either don't work or have negligible bonuses. The Kestrel armor with Strength Boost Pads and a helmet of your choice augments melee damage significantly though.

[Ahglock]

I mix it up quite a bit. I have heard the cooldown reducing piece does not work as intended, but I like that conceptually over power damage. Really power damage for an adept is saying your warp does a bit more damage. Useful sure, but not fantastic. I like shield regen speeds and shield strength more.

[Njorls]

I only wear N7 armor as it looks the best, you start with a 3% power damage chest (I only wear the 5% shield vest on Tuchanka besides that one, the others don't look as nice), there's a 5% power damage gauntlets on Illium. I always wear the 10% health legs no matter what class I play, and either the 5% to shields sentry visor (Dr Pepper DLC) or the headshot visor on Omega.



None of the armor sets are all that great (except maybe the Aegis pack which I don't have as I don't like the looks) so wear what you think looks best.

[Praetor Knight]

Miss Yuna of Atlanta wrote...

Honestly, I just go with what looks cool. Most of the armor pieces either don't work or have negligible bonuses. The Kestrel armor with Strength Boost Pads and a helmet of your choice augments melee damage significantly though.

I second this, only the melee attack seems to get a noticable enough boost from N7 Armor pieces (and looks cool enough) ,

so go with what look you think is best.

Otherwise Dragon Armor for the 15% power boost.

[lazuli]

ScroguBlitzen wrote...

Do you have the Kestrel armor? That's probably best with the power cooldown reduction helmet.

Are you referring to the Archon Visor?  Sinosleep's tests have confirmed that the Archon Visor is broken and doesn't work as intended.

[kstarler]

For male adepts, I like Blood Dragon Armor. However, something about it doesn't look right to me on a FemShep, so I normally just go with N7 armor, prioritizing in pieces by Power Damage > Weapon Damage > Shields.

[Spectre_907]

Blood dragon armor worked best for me before I could get biotic upgrades after Horizon before the Aegis and Firewalker pack. Now, I prefer the Kestral armor with the recon hood since the Hammerhead missions give a biotic damage upgrade before Horizon. Extra shields and biotic and weapon damage.

Modifié par Spectre_907, 04 décembre 2010 - 07:02 .

[Cypher0020]

hmmmmm you guys are right about the armor stats... they change little...



like most of you, the blood dragon armor I think is the best, and maybe adding a chest plate....



so focus on sheilds and w/e upgrades for biotics and weapons? like the smg?

[ScroguBlitzen]

lazuli wrote...

ScroguBlitzen wrote...

Do you have the Kestrel armor? That's probably best with the power cooldown reduction helmet.

Are you referring to the Archon Visor?  Sinosleep's tests have confirmed that the Archon Visor is broken and doesn't work as intended.

Why doesn't Bioware just hire Sinosleep to run their test department since half their stuff doesn't actually work.

[incinerator950]

Blood Dragon Armor



Lacking this:

Umbra Visor/Whatever you want if you don't have or don't like it's look

N7 Chest Plate

Amplifier Plates

Stabilization Gauntlets/Kestrel Gloves

Stimulator Conduits/Kestrel Legs



I still prefer Blood Dragon Armor. I usually use BDA on my Castor classes, Sentinel included. Haven't tried an Engineer. (work on this later) Following this, just mimic everyone else and use Kestrel Armor.

[pcrisipm]

incinerator950 wrote...

Blood Dragon Armor

Lacking this:
Umbra Visor/Whatever you want if you don't have or don't like it's look
N7 Chest Plate
Amplifier Plates
Stabilization Gauntlets/Kestrel Gloves
Stimulator Conduits/Kestrel Legs

I still prefer Blood Dragon Armor. I usually use BDA on my Castor classes, Sentinel included. Haven't tried an Engineer. (work on this later) Following this, just mimic everyone else and use Kestrel Armor.

you got me thinking here: I have the BDA, but rarely use it because of the unremovable helmet (I suffer from the "I want to see the face of my femshep which took so long to create and perfect" syndrome).
but the 15% power damage boost is really outrageous.
have to give it a serious try.

by the way (somewhat off-topic), does the BDA power boost affect the vanguard's charge? or is charge unaffected by that (as by just about anything else)?

[kstarler]

pcrisipm wrote...

you got me thinking here: I have the BDA, but rarely use it because of the unremovable helmet (I suffer from the "I want to see the face of my femshep which took so long to create and perfect" syndrome).
but the 15% power damage boost is really outrageous.
have to give it a serious try.

by the way (somewhat off-topic), does the BDA power boost affect the vanguard's charge? or is charge unaffected by that (as by just about anything else)?

In my experience, power bonuses aren't nearly as helpful for a Vanguard as Shield/Melee/Weapon bonuses, so you'll see better returns using the Kestril set.

[Ahglock]

pcrisipm wrote...

incinerator950 wrote...

Blood Dragon Armor

Lacking this:
Umbra Visor/Whatever you want if you don't have or don't like it's look
N7 Chest Plate
Amplifier Plates
Stabilization Gauntlets/Kestrel Gloves
Stimulator Conduits/Kestrel Legs

I still prefer Blood Dragon Armor. I usually use BDA on my Castor classes, Sentinel included. Haven't tried an Engineer. (work on this later) Following this, just mimic everyone else and use Kestrel Armor.

you got me thinking here: I have the BDA, but rarely use it because of the unremovable helmet (I suffer from the "I want to see the face of my femshep which took so long to create and perfect" syndrome).
but the 15% power damage boost is really outrageous.
have to give it a serious try.

by the way (somewhat off-topic), does the BDA power boost affect the vanguard's charge? or is charge unaffected by that (as by just about anything else)?

I don't find the 15% powerr bonus that amazing on an adept.;  It sounds good, you are a power focussed class.  But at the end of the day which of your powers do you use for damage?  My guess only warp.  Yeah warp bombs might be a big part of your arsenal, but that is one move among many.  I think engineers benefit from it a lot more than adepts do.  Does it help my bread and butter singularity, not in any real way, pull, throw get nothing of notice, bonus powers out of the likely choices it only helps reave. 

[Praetor Knight]

Ahglock wrote...

I don't find the 15% powerr bonus that amazing on an adept.;  It sounds good, you are a power focussed class.  But at the end of the day which of your powers do you use for damage?  My guess only warp.  Yeah warp bombs might be a big part of your arsenal, but that is one move among many.  I think engineers benefit from it a lot more than adepts do.  Does it help my bread and butter singularity, not in any real way, pull, throw get nothing of notice, bonus powers out of the likely choices it only helps reave. 

Come to think of it, the Sentinel might get the most utility out of the Dragon Armor as a Raider with Power Armor, which is like a total of 45% to the Power bonus.

Overload, Warp, Cryo Blast and a damage dealing Bonus Power (like Energy Drain) combine to make one tough cookie.

[kstarler]

Praetor Shepard wrote...

Ahglock wrote...

I don't find the 15% powerr bonus that amazing on an adept.;  It sounds good, you are a power focussed class.  But at the end of the day which of your powers do you use for damage?  My guess only warp.  Yeah warp bombs might be a big part of your arsenal, but that is one move among many.  I think engineers benefit from it a lot more than adepts do.  Does it help my bread and butter singularity, not in any real way, pull, throw get nothing of notice, bonus powers out of the likely choices it only helps reave. 

Come to think of it, the Sentinel might get the most utility out of the Dragon Armor as a Raider with Power Armor, which is like a total of 45% to the Power bonus.

Overload, Warp, Cryo Blast and a damage dealing Bonus Power (like Energy Drain) combine to make one tough cookie.

If you are going Shotgun Sentinel, you'll probably still get more out of weapon/melee damage upgrades if you're meleeing between shots. But if you're going caster sentinel, then BDA is probably a solid choice.

[Ahglock]

Praetor Shepard wrote...



Come to think of it, the Sentinel might get the most utility out of the Dragon Armor as a Raider with Power Armor, which is like a total of 45% to the Power bonus.

Overload, Warp, Cryo Blast and a damage dealing Bonus Power (like Energy Drain) combine to make one tough cookie.

Damn that is quite the package of power bonuses.   I've never played a sentinel so I did not think about that. 

[Praetor Knight]

kstarler wrote...

If you are going Shotgun Sentinel, you'll probably still get more out of weapon/melee damage upgrades if you're meleeing between shots. But if you're going caster sentinel, then BDA is probably a solid choice.

That's a decision I've gotta make soon I'm like two to three missions way from the Collector Vessel.

I'm leaning towards Mattock right now, I love me some Locust! And I'm enjoying casting, just haven't completely made up my mind yet.

But not to keep derailing this thread, are there any armor parts that give a significant benefit to an adept?

Like Ahglock mentioned, power damage is not that necessary for an Adept it seems.

[Ahglock]

Very little is adept specific. If I am going shotgun adept I improve melee damage. Otherwise I focus on looks but I like the piece that reduces shield regen time by 10%.

[Praetor Knight]

Ahglock wrote...

Very little is adept specific. If I am going shotgun adept I improve melee damage. Otherwise I focus on looks but I like the piece that reduces shield regen time by 10%.

If you can stand the look, you could also use the Capacitor Helmet to get a total of 20% for the regen time.

[swk3000]

To me, the only helmets worth using are the N7 Breather Helmet, the Death Mask, and the Recon Hood. All three are close-faced helmets, which means that they stay equipped no matter what. Every other helm is removed and replaced with the N7 Breather Helmet when in a hostile environment (such as a vacuum). Not only do you lose the helmet, you also lose the bonus that the helmet gave you.



Now, the problem for me is that I choose a part because I want to use it. The fact that it gets removed without my consent irks me. Jack can run around a vacuum with nothing more than a face mask, but I have to have a full-face helmet, or I apparently die. Wonderful thinking on BioWare's part.

[Velo]

Power bonus is not that good since some of your powers don't gain any benefit from that, so best choice is Kestrel armor.

[aeetos21]

I ran into the same problem since I have pretty much all of the combat armors but zero in way of biotic ability ones. Really kicking myself for not getting the BDA when I could, especially since I did wind up getting DAO eventually.



The umbra visor would've helped but I used my Dr Pepper points on the recon hood and some wallpaper - go figure.

[Locutus_of_BORG]

That pair of nerd goggles (umbra visor) that give +5% to biotic/tech powers is good, as are the amplifier plates (also +5%).



After that, it depends on what you need according to your playstyle. Kestrel armor part are all solid, in a JoAT kinda way. Survivability = dampening gloves, shield harness, life support legs, etc.

Damage boost = N7 chestplate. Mobility = Stim legs, etc. etc. etc.