1.What should I choose for the whole game? Improved or Area? Im playing on Insane.
2. Just to look at a specific mission: the daratar mission, should I choose Improved or Area to get all the crates?
What is best with Tali, Improved or Area Hacking?
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Peterrrrr
, avril 08 2011 04:20
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Posté 08 avril 2011 - 04:36
Saaziel
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Originally i thought that area AI/Dominate were the way to go. However after a few runs with them its not that beneficial, mind you sometimes i wonder if its really worth putting more than 2 points in each.
Rarely will you encounter a large enough pack to warrant an area cast. Moreover , even if you did it might be the totality of near by enemies and it would defeat the purpose of mind controlling enemies. They would just stand there doing nothing, easy picking for shooting i suppose. An other problem occurs where controlled enemies tend to act as a squad member and they fall back to your position , taking cover. This eats up the control timer, is counter productive to the idea of controlling enemies and can lead you to open your flanks if you don't pay special attention to controlled enemies.
What I've found so far is that rank 2 in either dominate or AI hack is more than enough for most situations. It distracts the enemy long enough for you to take shots. It keep enemy controlled units weak enough so that they die from friendly fire . And the cooldown timer and effect sync up perfectly. Moreover only a handful of units are worth Hacking/dominating, they're not spam friendly powers at all in my opinion.
As for your second question; Someone posted a "How to guide" for the crates a week or so ago. Ill try and try find it. Here it is.
Rarely will you encounter a large enough pack to warrant an area cast. Moreover , even if you did it might be the totality of near by enemies and it would defeat the purpose of mind controlling enemies. They would just stand there doing nothing, easy picking for shooting i suppose. An other problem occurs where controlled enemies tend to act as a squad member and they fall back to your position , taking cover. This eats up the control timer, is counter productive to the idea of controlling enemies and can lead you to open your flanks if you don't pay special attention to controlled enemies.
What I've found so far is that rank 2 in either dominate or AI hack is more than enough for most situations. It distracts the enemy long enough for you to take shots. It keep enemy controlled units weak enough so that they die from friendly fire . And the cooldown timer and effect sync up perfectly. Moreover only a handful of units are worth Hacking/dominating, they're not spam friendly powers at all in my opinion.
As for your second question; Someone posted a "How to guide" for the crates a week or so ago. Ill try and try find it. Here it is.
Modifié par Saaziel, 08 avril 2011 - 05:52 .
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Posté 08 avril 2011 - 04:51
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Saaziel wrote...
Originally i thought that area AI/Dominate were the way to go. However after a few runs with them its not that beneficial, mind you sometimes i wonder if its really worth putting more than 2 points in each.
Rarely will you encounter a large enough pack to warrant an area cast. Moreover , even if you did it might be the totality of near by enemies and it would defeat the purpose of mind controlling enemies. They would just stand there doing nothing, easy picking for shooting i suppose. An other problem occurs where controlled enemies tend to act as a squad member and they fall back to your position , taking cover. This eats up the control timer, is counter productive to the idea of controlling enemies and can lead you to open your flanks if you don't pay special attention to controlled enemies.
What I've found so far is that rank 2 in either dominate or AI hack is more than enough for most situations. It distracts the enemy long enough for you to take shots. It keep enemy controlled units weak enough so that they die from friendly fire . And the cooldown timer and effect sync up perfectly. Moreover only a handful of units are worth Hacking/dominating, they're not spam friendly powers at all in my opinion.
As for your second question someone posted a "How to guide" for the crates a week or so ago. Ill try and try find it. Here it is.
I think I go for only the IA hacking
But which is the best, the Area or the Improved?
Modifié par Peterrrrr, 08 avril 2011 - 04:53 .
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Posté 08 avril 2011 - 05:05
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I'd go with Improved... You don't want to be stuck with a pack of super-buffed synthetics turning on you when the Hacking duration expires.
In my experience, lvl 4 Hacking isn't that necessary as hacked enemies don't need that much survivability to do their job (if they die, there is always someone else). On Tali, it'd be better to fully evolve her Energy Drain instead.
On Daratar, there are several ways to save all crates w/o needing to AI Hack. In any case, 3 Ymirs is hardly a horde, nor are they particularly good targets to herd or hack, given the mission requirements.
In my experience, lvl 4 Hacking isn't that necessary as hacked enemies don't need that much survivability to do their job (if they die, there is always someone else). On Tali, it'd be better to fully evolve her Energy Drain instead.
On Daratar, there are several ways to save all crates w/o needing to AI Hack. In any case, 3 Ymirs is hardly a horde, nor are they particularly good targets to herd or hack, given the mission requirements.
Modifié par Locutus_of_BORG, 08 avril 2011 - 05:08 .
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Posté 08 avril 2011 - 05:06
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Peterrrrr wrote...
Saaziel wrote...
Originally i thought that area AI/Dominate were the way to go. However after a few runs with them its not that beneficial, mind you sometimes i wonder if its really worth putting more than 2 points in each.
Rarely will you encounter a large enough pack to warrant an area cast. Moreover , even if you did it might be the totality of near by enemies and it would defeat the purpose of mind controlling enemies. They would just stand there doing nothing, easy picking for shooting i suppose. An other problem occurs where controlled enemies tend to act as a squad member and they fall back to your position , taking cover. This eats up the control timer, is counter productive to the idea of controlling enemies and can lead you to open your flanks if you don't pay special attention to controlled enemies.
What I've found so far is that rank 2 in either dominate or AI hack is more than enough for most situations. It distracts the enemy long enough for you to take shots. It keep enemy controlled units weak enough so that they die from friendly fire . And the cooldown timer and effect sync up perfectly. Moreover only a handful of units are worth Hacking/dominating, they're not spam friendly powers at all in my opinion.
As for your second question someone posted a "How to guide" for the crates a week or so ago. Ill try and try find it. Here it is.
I think I go for only the IA hacking
Personally I always go Improved for Shep and Squad. As has been said sometimes you'll use Area and it'll control them all and they'll do nothing, I prefer giving one enemy semi-decent Shields and it lasts longer and you use the drones to occupy other enemies. While enemies are distracted they aren't shooting at you and with Improved Hacking and a drone on the field at the same time the enemies are focussing on the Drone while your hacked mech is dealing damage to them.
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Posté 08 avril 2011 - 06:13
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1. Hacking or Dominating multiple enemies will not have them just stand there. Those enemies will not attack Shep (and squad) but everyone else is fair game - they will attack the nearest enemy in sight and it doesn't matter if that enemy is also hacked/dominated.
2. Never use group/area versions. They are pretty useless, all it does is giving a bunch of enemies shield/barrier and they fight each other, but by the time effect wears off, they almost never have got through their (new) defenses and everything will be just like it was before you decided to hack/dominate.
3. To make good use of Hacking/Dominate you need to invest in those skills, duration is everything here especially when you're playing on Insanity - the Improved version is vastly superior.
4. To get an idea how much fun and how insanely powerful these mind-controlling abilities are (hacking is the best CC power in ME2) check AI Hacking Hilarity (there are also a lot of tips and tricks to be found there).
Happy Hacking
2. Never use group/area versions. They are pretty useless, all it does is giving a bunch of enemies shield/barrier and they fight each other, but by the time effect wears off, they almost never have got through their (new) defenses and everything will be just like it was before you decided to hack/dominate.
3. To make good use of Hacking/Dominate you need to invest in those skills, duration is everything here especially when you're playing on Insanity - the Improved version is vastly superior.
4. To get an idea how much fun and how insanely powerful these mind-controlling abilities are (hacking is the best CC power in ME2) check AI Hacking Hilarity (there are also a lot of tips and tricks to be found there).
Happy Hacking
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Posté 08 avril 2011 - 10:06
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Sometimes you may not even want or need the last bump [to 4 points] on the skill. While if the points are free don't turn them down but having a little longer duration and the target having more shields means that the hacked target might not get seriously hurt while hacked. I like for my targets to do damage but not be in a situation where they are too dangerous after the hack wears off. YMMV
