Stardusk78 wrote...
I personally love the Engineer but I have often read that something like only 5% of playerdom plays the Engineer. Why is this? and do you think ME3 will reverse this trend?
zqrahll wrote...
I think part of the reason is that something like 50% of the players use the boring Soldier class. That only leaves 50% for the other 5 combined.
Personally, I like the Engineer but prefer to play the biotic classes. The Vanguard's Charge is the most fun and unique power in the game, Warp Bombing with Adept is a blast, and the Sentinel is so well rounded that it feels almost overpowered. I'd put Engineer next after those classes though, as Infiltrator & especially Soldier tend to involve spamming the same boring power the whole game.
I guess the bigger issue I see is why anyone would play Soldier, with its boring bullet-time power that's only been used in every other shooter game, instead of the classes that actually have something interesting to do in gameplay.
ncknck wrote...
ai hacking, overload, incinerate. All support skills. Truth is, noone cares about them. An Engineer is basically a shotgun soldier without any protection or combat skills.Stardusk78 wrote...
ncknck wrote...
Engineer sucks because it doesnt do direct damage(or any damage). People want to KILL. ^^.
Very few people like playing a support class.
No direct damage? are you crazy?
Jog0907 wrote...
ncknck wrote...
ai hacking, overload, incinerate. All support skills. Truth is, noone cares about them. An Engineer is basically a shotgun soldier without any protection or combat skills.Stardusk78 wrote...
ncknck wrote...
Engineer sucks because it doesnt do direct damage(or any damage). People want to KILL. ^^.
Very few people like playing a support class.
No direct damage? are you crazy?
You couldnt be more wrong, incinerate is one of the most effective dmg skills in the game, add overload against synthetics (being the best dmg skill against them), cryo for inmobilizing and the combat drone for maneuvering (getting enemies out of cover or distracting them) and some proper use of the tempest and you have the class that relies the least on squadmates for insanity. That being my experience with the class.
Engineers are not a support class if anything they are the ones closest to not needing any support from others.
Jog0907 wrote...
ncknck wrote...
ai hacking, overload, incinerate. All support skills. Truth is, noone cares about them. An Engineer is basically a shotgun soldier without any protection or combat skills.Stardusk78 wrote...
ncknck wrote...
Engineer sucks because it doesnt do direct damage(or any damage). People want to KILL. ^^.
Very few people like playing a support class.
No direct damage? are you crazy?
You couldnt be more wrong, incinerate is one of the most effective dmg skills in the game, add overload against synthetics (being the best dmg skill against them), cryo for inmobilizing and the combat drone for maneuvering (getting enemies out of cover or distracting them) and some proper use of the tempest and you have the class that relies the least on squadmates for insanity. That being my experience with the class.
Engineers are not a support class if anything they are the ones closest to not needing any support from others.
Modifié par Arppis, 04 février 2012 - 03:59 .
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Arppis wrote...
It's not "cool" enough. And combat drone seems "weak" from the outside perspective. Who wants to summon some floating balls? Well, ok biotics do that too, but alteast they make people fly across air.
yuncas wrote...
I think people don't like engineers because they have lower survivability and lower damage output. You need a patient and thought out way of playing to succeed at higher difficulties. Maybe the majority of people don't have the patience?
I played an engineer on insanity and had little patience for the dozens of times every hour I was killed. I eventually found Average Gatsby's videos and actually got through after some considerable effort.
Modifié par Jog0907, 04 février 2012 - 04:12 .
Jog0907 wrote...
Agree on the survivability part, you need to use cover and your combat drone effectively if you want to survive on the harder parts.
The damage output I would say can be massive (at least from the caster classes) but you need to coordinate your shooting and power usage well to achieve that.
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Stardusk78 wrote...
I personally love the Engineer but I have often read that something like only 5% of playerdom plays the Engineer. Why is this? and do you think ME3 will reverse this trend?
Modifié par PurebredCorn, 04 février 2012 - 04:22 .
yuncas wrote...
Jog0907 wrote...
Agree on the survivability part, you need to use cover and your combat drone effectively if you want to survive on the harder parts.
The damage output I would say can be massive (at least from the caster classes) but you need to coordinate your shooting and power usage well to achieve that.
Even with using combos with your team they're still not as effective with damage as a soldier or infiltrator.
Arcian wrote...
Engineers in ME sucks because they can't erect dispensers and be useful to the team.
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Modifié par incinerator950, 04 février 2012 - 06:03 .
Shifty-looking Chicken wrote...
The engineer is the worst class because it can't do anything your squadmates can't do. It's essentially Tali and Mordin taped together; and as those squadmates are some of my most-used anyway, playing engineer would be pointlessly redundant.
Compare that to the Vanguard and its ability to charge; nobody on your team can charge, so by playing a Vanguard, you're bringing something unique and different to the battlefield.
Modifié par incinerator950, 04 février 2012 - 06:16 .
incinerator950 wrote...
Actually,
Soldier/Sentinel
Vanguard/Infiltrator
Engineer/Adept
This was basically confirmed a fiew years ago by several boards.
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