Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...
Rifneno wrote...
byne wrote...
So, I kind of hate the volus.
QFT. I honestly lost a lot of hope for IT when they did this. It clearly shows BW has stopped giving half a **** about their own lore. If they're pissing all over lore in MP, why not SP too?
No offense, but just because the species is not adept at combat dosent mean there could not be individuals among them capable of combat, possibly even excelling at it, especially if that Combat is focused around powers and not the gun they are carrying. There is no logical reason a Volus could not be as adept at Biotics as a Asari Commando or as skilled with tech as a Quarian Engineer, it is all a matter of training.
Encapsulate a Volus in the latest of Armor and Shields, train him to use a Gun and Tech and he can and will be an asset on the battlefield.
I know people bring up the problem with suit rupture alot, but Quarians face a similar problem where a suit rupture could give them a deadly infection and put them out of combat. Sure not as fast or lethal as with a Volus, but the Quarians have no problem leaping into the fray despite this problem.
Is there a certain amount of stupidity to be found in this, yes, but in a war such as this one you have to take what is handed to you and if a Volus has the training necesary and the skill he is still better suited on the frontline than twidling his thumbs.
There may not be a lot of Volus like that, but we arent exactly playing standard soldiers either.
Sorry, but just tired of people complaining on Volus. Is it stupid? On a certain level yes. Do Volus usualy dont do this? Yes. But that dosent mean every single one of them is a complete pansy in a firefight.
Agreed. Volus in MP in no way says "The volus as a race are fighting Reapers everywhere". No. Most of them are cowering and hoping the Turians will protect them.
I'm actually impressed by their abilities, as they seem to fit the volus quite well. For adepts, a super-cloak to slip away from fights (coward!), biotic orbs, always in 'cover' but blocked by other players because you're so short haha, and stasis,
And just because the Biotic God was weak in biotics, doesn't mean other volus are NOT. In fact, he may have very well been a biotic god, but he was drunk on drugs and red sand also made his biotics far too unstable

So basically Volus are not the 'charge in' type like Soldiers and Vanguard and such, but their classes make sense.
And honestly, elcor and hanar also make sense.
Make Elcor soldiers, our equivalent of Atlas/Geth Prime/Banshee etc, in that it is more of a walking tank but loses most mobility, and have his special 'melee' be a cannon mounted on his back.
Make Hanar soldiers and adepts that move even faster than drell, and can choke the enemy (hey, they can choke Zaeed after all!), but also can't take cover and dodge.