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[Stinky3377]

Turrible

 

I think I'm going to change my appearance on my characters to brown and orange to represent the flaming bag of dog poo my game play represents lately.

[geezer117]

Interesting bug hit wave 10, off host. My guns stopped firing. They would use up ammo, but no shooting or damage. And I couldn't switch to rockets. Then the other three bled out. Luckily, I was a demolisher, and could keep chucking grenades until only a prime was left. Then the grenades stopped doing damage. I kept running around on one bar of health, wondering how to kill the damn thing, when the grenades starting doing some damage again. About 20 grenades later it finally died, and the others hadn't quit. Turned out OK.  This was my first gold with the demolisher. I think I like her. 

[ABetterNameWasTaken]

Not likely. It could have been that FIOS guy from New York. I frequently get dropped into his lobby and it is horrible. Ping is reasonable but due to lost packets, there is always a lot of teleporting, glitching, and rubberbanding. I'd take DSL from the moon over him any time.

yeah, packet loss is a <female dog>.

I used to play regularly with aguy fro.. either Switzerland or Sweden. One of the S countries over there. (I'm eastern US). Consistent strong connection, with a few moments here and there where the higher ping became apparent.

Same with this guy I know from brazil.

 

But some people.. You swear they're Downloading porn or something while they play.

 

On topic,

Coincidence.

And a funny one at that.

Just got out of a bit of a hectic match with an N7 Shadow named YouSawNothing.

And welp, connection bugged, and I couldn't see him at all. So yeah, I saw nothing.

 

I also may have gotten a silver revive medal, due in part to me accidentally krogan smashing some possessed aboms into squadmates. Well, sometimes accidentally, sometimes IDGAF. I always picked them right back up *innocent whistle*

[canozzie68]

Good.

And good.

 

Ghost Hazard  / Cerberus / Silver. Krolord off host. No lag. Good team. Smashed all the things.

Rio / Geth / Gold. Fat TSent.  Good team. Black widow headshot all the things.

[Zikade]

Tiring

 

Ghost Hazard/Collectrolls/Silver

I start the match with a N7 Slayer, then some pugs join. Oh great, I recognize one of them. It's the dude who plays a Juggernaut who does nothing else except camps in one spot in the map, doesn't help with objectives and doesn't revive anyone, even if they are near him.

 

Knowing the deal with the Jerkgernaut, I stayed away from him and refused to go revive him. (Curiously, it seemed like the other two didn't bother with him either. Maybe they caught on quickly or had previous experience.) The other teammates I try to keep alive... which turned out difficult (got a silver revival medal) and I run out of missiles during wave 10. Everyone except me bleed out, the Jerkgernaut leaves the match and I have a nice game of tag with two Preatorians, Scions and Captains. I did manage to clear it (Wohoo!) though during my soloing, another player left and only one stayed. The last wave starts. I rush to the far side of the map... but the other one of course stays in the extraction area... and goes down. I am so tired at this point that I was like "F*** it!".

 

Was a Lone Survivor... and it turned out the remaining player was lvl 1. Well, enjoy your XP.

[andy_3_913]

GetOuttaThereYaBigGirlsBlouse

 

 

(Resolution has fallen by the wayside recently )

[Cerbe "R" Us]

Decided to revisit the MP in the last week, wasn't disappointed.

On the AltAcc, I mainly played silver, and I may have/have not dragged some unsuspecting newcomer pugs into duoing/trioing silver. Somehow the majority of these players were newcomers, who should have sticked to bronze, but I didn't really mind, I got weapon points/soloing experience with weak weapons, they got the credits, everyone was happy.

Or not.
One Novaguard (not a beginner) didn't really like that he had to be carried (protip: use medigel/don't nova sync-kill bosses/help with objectives so I can revive you instantly), or was simply the jealous kind, I don't know, but constantly meleed me between the waves and tried to kick me out at the end of our game. As the others were normal players (and I wasn't an *******, revived them and helped them out), he was alone and left. I managed to meet a fairly diverse bunch: scorewhoring turians with Carriers, a flipping-around Drelldept, badAssaris, helpful Editbots, lots of Puggernauts, I would play with them again if they drop into my lobby.

The normal profile (Gold matches) was uneventful. Good teammates, a really impressive AIU with an Incisor was one teammate which is worth to be singled out, otherwise decent players.

 

PS

How could I forget? On the AltAcc, I dropped into a silver lobby with two mic-using players, who wanted to try out Gold. One of them was constantly teasing me during the match, but it was the joking kind, not the ******* kind, so I didn't mind. They bumped up the difficulty, I switched to a SalInf with a Mantis and readied up. Glacier. Okay, not the best map, but not Collectors, pls. Pressed start, Collectors.

Spoiler

Well, let's see what happens, if we are lucky we will be wiped before the HardFreeze™. The two friends' enthusiasm (and medigels) were depleted by wave 2-3, one of them turned the TV on so I could listen to some movie while completing the waves. One NovaGuard joined in Wave 3 or 4, but he was a no-gel warrior. Actually, I think if he would have used some gels, we would have made it to W10 and got the sweet money from it, because he wasn't bad, used rockets and played the character sensibly, so I couldn't understand why didn't he use some medigels. But that's jumping forward.

So, it's wave 4, by W6 the two bros started to get the hang of it, not going down instantly, rocketing targets, so they contributed a fair amount as well. The Praetorians/Possessed Scions however, were a deciding factor, took out the teammates (none of them was sync-killed). I was conserving rockets for a possible w10 target objective, ops and only went down twice by W8, one of them was a foolish revive attempt for the NG, so that W10 was nearly in sight. I only have 4 ops and medigels in the AltAcc, so that is why I had to be stingy. W8 was hard, two Praets, two (three? the map is small) PosScions (yeah, it's a pun) made me running around the map a lot and it went slow as hell, but ultimately it didn't matter. I dined in hell a Cerberus base invaded by Collectors, and the food was too heavy. A sneaking Praetorian got me in the basement. I was the only one who got sync-killed. Ironic, huh? I had a dramatic Padmé moment, as the teasing teammate let out a nooooo, but they were happy with the credits they earned. (On the off chance you are reading this, 10/10 I would do that 45 min again. If for nothing else, but the karaoke and witty remarks you had. We wiped, but it was a good team. Still, to the NovaGuard, use medigels pls.)
On the off chance, if Michael Bay is reading this, there were a lot of explosions. Swarmers, Scion shoulders(?), Collector heads. So contact me if you want to make a new Transformers epic tragedy action movie. Starring Kehrl, the Salarian Infiltrator, who went into this death trap without any equipments. (I have only 1 Cyclonic and 1 Sniper Amp, so I am guarding them like treasures Forgot about the Ammo, though.)

[andy_3_913]

My EYES!!!!

 

[Cerbe "R" Us]

Well, at least PsychoHug is true to his name.

[andy_3_913]

Well, at least PsychoHug is true to his name.

 

Can't say I've run into him/her before.

 

I'm sure my eyes would have remembered 

[LightRobot]

Decided to revisit the MP in the last week, wasn't disappointed....

Haha that GIF, I remember the scene vividly 

 

Surprisingly good.

 

My last 4 platinum pug matches were all successful, even got 3 full extractions out of 4. I say surprising because unlike a few days ago where the RNG God was merciful and went easy on us (White Hazard, Giant and Ghost), this time, he seemed angry and decided to spice things up. I played all the matches with the Asari Valkyrie since I want to try and solo with this kit in a not too distant future.

 

First match : Goddess / Geths. In the company of a Drell Assassin and a Jug. A tough match as no fourth player ever joined. Things got a bit dicey on wave 10 devices, especially the last one in the center area. Still managed to painfully get that full extraction, carrying the Jug during the whole game didn't help, he died a lot and it was usually very risky to get the revive. He even bled out at the beginning of wave 7, then went AFK so bled out again right at the beginning of wave 8. To be fair, I don't think he was overreaching going for platinum. I think the "no full party" aspect and tough setup was a bit much for him which is understandable. He did his part on wave 10 to help with devices and he actually provided good support.

 

Second : Condor / Collectors. With a Phoenix Adept, a Phoenix Vangard and an Asari something. Difficult game, as it's often the case with Condor/Collectors. Again, wave 10 devices and we ran out of rockets to clear the LZ. An A-bomb exploded 3 secs before extraction and wiped at least half of the team.  Add some annoying drones stunning us and it became really hard to reach the LZ. No idea who made it in time but we got the Lone Survivor medal. I was extremely close to the extraction area but I'm not sure if I was close enough, nor was I able to see if someone else succeeded. Either way, it was a team effort and thanks to all of us someone managed to get that extraction for the rest of us. It's funny how Condor/Collectors usually forces everybody to put more effort into teamwork and to rely on others. Most of the time, you'll die if you don't, and going for a revive on a far away spot on this map is extremely risky, especially when there are primes and their fricking drones lurking about. So by wave 5, even the regular lone wolves have to stick with the team or they usually perish.

 

Third : Dagger Hazard / Cerberus. With a Vanilla Human Sentinel and a Tsent that constantly disrupted our BEs. Not as difficult as the others but no fourth player and the fact that the Turian was kind of a novice made it a bit challenging. Still, good teamwork allowed us to get a full extraction without too much difficulty.

 

Fourth, Hydra/Collectors. With a Jug, an Asari Huntress and a Krogan Soldier. This one was pretty close since the RNG God decided that wave 10 devices was needed again... Asari and Krogan bleed out after the 3rd device. Jug is on the other side of the map getting destroyed while I'm trying to take care of the last on my own. Now that 2 of my teammates are down, 1 Possessed Preatorian, some mooks, 2 Primes and their drones start to converge towards me. I complete it in time but I'm heavily surrounded by the time I'm done. Had to use my last rocket and a gel to get out of there, leaving me with no ops pack and 1 gel for the rest of the match. Was a bit pissed at my teammates because they stopped focusing on the mission after the second device. No support was provided after that and they died miles away from the last device doing God knows what. Then wave 11 starts and of course, right at the beginning of the wave, at least 3 rockets fired towards that legendary, juicy, kill streaky spawn spot... One or two of those would have been a huge help on wave 1O... 

 

I don't care about wave 11 rockets when the game is relatively smooth. You don't necessarily need to use all your rockets to finish a game or to complete missions, hell , sometimes you don't even need to shoot any. When a game went well, if players still have some rockets and they want to shoot them on wave 11 to get more points or just for the sheer enjoyment of getting a kill streak, then by all means, be my guest. It becomes problematic when those rockets are heavily needed during crucial moments like wave 10 devices, or wave 11 to clear the LZ right before extraction as it was the case here. We got the full extraction but still, people should use their rockets more wisely when going for platinum. Yeah, I know, it's not something new, I'm just ranting...

 

Overall teammwork (for pug) : 8/10

Overall efficiency (for pug) : 7,5/10

Overrall satisfaction (for pug) : 8/10

 

Final Rating :

Spoiler

[Saikyo_McRyu]

Invited AW_FC_1986 to a couple of U/U/G. Got carried. Spent lots of time on back looking at skyscraper sized rippah butt on goddess and looking at purdy blue suhlurrin sky on jade.

Also banshees can synch you on stairs. Or maybe that was just a porch I was standing on.

AW_FC_1986, thanks for the carries and revives.

[Miniditka77]

Adas-tastic

 

So I tried out a 4/6/6/6/4 Turian Saboteur with the Adas and Incendiary Ammo on U/U/G yesterday, and I was pleasantly surprised.  Sabotage the biggest baddie in a group, launch a couple of homing grenades, and open up with the Adas while the grenades are in the air.  Lots of fire explosions and dead things.  It worked pretty well against Reapers, I imagine it would freaking murder Geth.

[Urizen]

rekt

 

Rio/Derperus/Gold

 

Derperus got rekt. Hard!

[MrGoldarm]

Rage, i wondered why my Novaguard died so often and easy in a simple Plat game with very good team mates....I rage quit after i could not rage gel anymore... After the game i realized i always play gold with Novaguard not Plat. (Might see it as a challenge though how do double nova vanguards do in Plat compared to single nova specced ones?)

[geezer117]

Invited AW_FC_1986 to a couple of U/U/G. Got carried. Spent lots of time on back looking at skyscraper sized rippah butt on goddess and looking at purdy blue suhlurrin sky on jade.

Also banshees can synch you on stairs. Or maybe that was just a porch I was standing on.

AW_FC_1986, thanks for the carries and revives.

 

I think the deal is that if the banshee warps to the exact same stair you are on, then she can grab you. At least, since I began to pay attention to that, I haven't been grabbed. 

[Ashevajak]

WellThen

I saw a Volus Adept equip a Geth Plasma SMG with extended mags, heat sink, Thermal Clip storage gear...and a level 3 Pistol amp.

I mean, if you want to simulate the feeling of shooting for forever while doing no damage, I suppose that will do the trick.

[MrGoldarm]

Overkill

I geared up my GI with a Piranha my last Shotgun III AND cyclonic III items and searched for Plat.

I ended up in Glacier in Bronze...... I was pissed about the waste of items and went on a rampage.

[yrael]

Arduous.

 

Came in late for Cerberus/Ghost/Silver. On wave 10, got a device objective. Ran around disabling all the devices while my team got sync-killed one after another by Phantoms. Had to clutch against a few Phantoms, Atlases, and the occasional surprise turret. I was rocking the MQE + Eagle for challenge completion, so I wasn't 100% equipped for the task, but I made it work somehow (with repeated fire explosions, mostly). Half of us made it through extraction, and the host left right as the scores came in. Welp.

[GI3007]

'Splenetic'

"He was not successful, and in a splenetic mood he flung himself upon the ground and whined like a b**ch"

Dropped in to a game on Hydra Reaper Gold. Powerdandy was there and some other pugs.
Next thing I heard over the mic was a distinct American accent yell 'stupid f***ing c**t' several times down the mic. Not sure at who, but probably at me cos I was not playing very well and stuffed up on carrying object back in wave 3. (I was a Quarian male soldier with pirana) "shoot the f***ing ravager you stupid c**t" was next. Then I got synched half way through wave 8 by banshee. Start of wave nine: "f***ing moron".
(I didnt wish them any luck when I left.)
I really hope that whoever he was he just forgot his mic was on. If not...well his language sums up what he is well enough.

[ABetterNameWasTaken]

'Splenetic'

"He was not successful, and in a splenetic mood he flung himself upon the ground and whined like a b**ch"

Dropped in to a game on Hydra Reaper Gold. Powerdandy was there and some other pugs.
Next thing I heard over the mic was a distinct American accent yell 'stupid f***ing c**t' several times down the mic. Not sure at who, but probably at me cos I was not playing very well and stuffed up on carrying object back in wave 3. (I was a Quarian male soldier with pirana) "shoot the f***ing ravager you stupid c**t" was next. Then I got synched half way through wave 8 by banshee. Start of wave nine: "f***ing moron".
(I didnt wish them any luck when I left.)
I really hope that whoever he was he just forgot his mic was on. If not...well his language sums up what he is well enough.

 

No, I really doubt he forgot his mic was on. I've run into Mr. Angry twice now. Unless there is another out there who only ever says on voice things  that involve the words stupid, f--ing, and c**t a lot.

 

I narrowed it down to being one of two people, since the last pug was across the map dealing with some stuff when whoever it was complained about a situation involving primes that I passed while running the pizza. I wasn't sure who so I didn't bother to make note of both players names.

[Lux Caelum]

I am going to stop pugging if my team bleeds out on me on W8 of next platinum game.
Also, I am going to uninstall the game if I fail to clutch that W8 of platinum.

Happened four times in last three days. Once got stamped by pyro imminently after going down, second time boss units pushed me into Marauder death squad, third time Atlas rocket followed me halfway across Rio just to push me in hands of Banshee and yesterday I just went greedy and got myself killed against Collectors.
There is something about soloing a wave in pug match, either you complete first circle around the map or you fail to do it and get yourself killed immediately.

[Miniditka77]

There is something about soloing a wave in pug match, either you complete first circle around the map or you fail to do it and get yourself killed immediately.

 

True - a lot of times, the hardest part is getting yourself in a position where all the enemies are coming from one direction, because the PUGS being all over the map makes enemies spawn all over the place.  Once you can get into a groove, the soloing becomes markedly easier.

[PatrickBateman]

Did a couple of gold pugs today and it's just so lame, bad players with platinum solo speed run load outs spamming missiles, what's the point?

[niniendowarrior]

I had lots of fun with the stun locking geth engineer today! Thanks for the build Lux Caelum!