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[GrumpyBadger117]

hey all,

finally was able to fix some of my account FUBARs and I'm looking forward to becoming part of the community.  My avatar right now, is an angry dwarf.  I play Dragon Age just about as much as I play Mass Effect.  

I've been playing Mass Effect since 2009, and I'm on my 7th (yes seventh) playthrough of ME1.  It's amazing me how I always seem to get the "completionist" achievement, and yet there's still so many other things I've missed.  this playthrough was the first time on the Citadel I sat and looked outside in the Wards for example.  Really let me see the personality of my team, and now I'm stopping every time I hear a "huh."

(spoiler)
I've never had the strategy guides before.  My first Shepherd on ME2 I re-classed her as a soldier from infiltrator because I didn't like the SMGs.  I was a SAW man at one point in time, and it's easy to play a soldier.  In that playthrough, my first in ME2, I only lost one crew-member because of stupidity on my part with the upgrades on the Normandy.
(end spoiler)

so, I'm back to playing an infiltrator.  After seeing some wicked awesome stuff on youtube.  I gotta try it.  I love me some sniper rifles and powerful handguns!

so far, I'm a lvl 23.  I've gotten Liara, but I haven't been to Noveria or Feros yet.  
here's a link to my current build-up
mass-relay.com/me1/talents/calculator

I don't know why it's saying level 25... I'm 23 with 4 points to spare at the moment.  Whatever.  I'm on XBox360, so you can count on it not being hacked.  I'm assuming it's the points in Charm and Intimidate.  As we all know, there are some freebies we get during the game.

and here will be my final build at level 60
mass-relay.com/me1/talents/calculator

I use damping like a grenade so, that's why it's so high.

basically I run with Garrus and Wrex. They're the most entertaining to me, and I love their backgrounds. I also play a female Shepherd, for personal reasons along with, yes, I'm a guy... and in that, if I'm going to be staring at someone's backside for hours, I'd rather have it be female.  That and a female Shepherd just seems so BAMF.

I also play a Renegon.  She usually gets the renegade achievements, but she's a sweetie until you cross her.  
(spoiler)
Even the reporter and her do fine.  She just uses her charm and intellect to make the reporter the fool.  I may deck her in Mass Effect 2 however.
(spoiler)

I run the electronics to make up for shields on my medium armor.  I let Garrus handle the decryption.  Both of us have max stats on Sniper Rifles and me - pistols and him - rifles by the end of the game.  

I also don't know if anyone else does this, but I usually carry quite a few "mods" for my weapons.  That way I have the best mod for the situation.  I swap out the high-explosives on my sniper rifle to take out big guys, then run tungsten/incindiary/shredder the rest of the time.  Same with Garrus and Wrex.  Putting explosives mod on Wrex's shotgun, then hitting the "carnage" is sweet.

but yep.  that's my setup.  I don't play online.  So Mass Effect 3 is a challenge, but a welcome one.  I've played ME1 seven times, ME2 once, and I haven't played ME3 yet.  I don't worry about spoilers though myself.  I know how it all works.  I play a "omnipotent" so I can then pick and choose exactly how I want my character to act and react. 
(spoiler)
aka, I know Mordin is going to go down swinging like a BAMF in ME3 to save Wrex and the Krogans
and I know that I could get more effective "war points" or whatever by NOT doing that.  But Wrex for my female Shepherd is close.  And Garrus is her love interest in ME2-3.

only thing I haven't quite decided is who to make the next human Spectre - Kaiden or Ashley.  
Kaiden, I don't mind him too much actually.  And he's a "good guy" lol.  My hope would be to talk him down during the Citadel FUBAR.
Ashley, on the other hand.  Is a racist punk.  She fits perfectly in with Cerberus' grand schemes and instead of talking her down, I'd just blast her then and there.  (believe it or not, I usually have Ashley die on Vermire, not Kaiden).

beyond that.  I think I have a pretty good grasp on ME1, and to only loose Legion due to stupid errors on my part in ME2, I think I do alright.  I usually play on "hard" or whatever on the first playthrough, then "insane" on my second.  I enjoy the challenge.  
(end spoiler)

so... yep.  I wanted this to be more of a "hi" type of thread, while also just putting in my two cents on almost 5 years of enjoying the game.  The trick is, I never even owned an XBox360 until last year.  And I just got the Mass Effect Trilogy this past Veteran's Day as a gift.  In college, I had friends that owned the game, and XBox360s galore (even the recdecks had 360s!) so I just had a USB thingy at 5gb that I saved my profile on.

if anyone has any further advice, or tips, whatever, I'm more than open to them.  

fair winds and following seas

Modifié par Padroin, 22 décembre 2013 - 02:18 .

[GrumpyBadger117]

hey Dobbysaurus. Nice name lol love the sigs and avatar.

also, if anyone can help out a complete Luddite on "registering" my games... yeah. That would be good. I don't even have my XBox360 hooked up to the internet all the time. But I do know how to do that part.

also if there are any really good DLCs for Mass Effect I really should look into getting, that'd be great. I don't usually do the DLC... thing. I usually just buy the "Game of the Year" editions and go from there

but Mass Effect is worth it. For someone that has been with the 501st, Rebel Legion, MandoMercs, and has his own Jedi group... yeah. For me to say I like Mass Effect even more than Star Wars should say something about how much I enjoy it.

*also
TipsLeFedora - I reported your post.  Dude, seriously? WTF - over.

Modifié par Padroin, 22 décembre 2013 - 02:04 .

[cap and gown]

I used the UPC code on my disc package to register for ME3. Under Profile on the upper left menu pick "register games" and it will give you the option of using the UPC code to register ME3.

As to DLC: a number of the DLC for ME2 are free, so you should get those. Simply have your xbox hooked up to the net before starting ME2 and then start the game. When you get to the main menu select "Downloadable Content" and you get a list of all the available DLC and the price. Download all the free ones.

As to non-free DLC: for ME1 I would recommend Bring Down the Sky. For ME2 Lair of the Shadow Broker and Stolen Memory are almost mandatory. Stolen Memory has an "I win" gun if you are not playing a Soldier (Locust SMG). Plus Kasumi is a cool squad mate. LotSB is an absolute must if you romance Liara on any of your play throughs and plan on staying faithful. Even if you don't romance Liara it is a great DLC. The weapon pack is cheap and has at least two "I win" guns: the Mattock assault rifle for Soldiers and the Geth Plasma Shotgun for anybody who can wield a shotgun. Overlord is a decent value for what you get, but you can live without it. Arrival is kind of meh. I skip that mission on probably half my playthroughs.

For ME3 I personally think all of the story DLC are good. There are differences of opinion there, however, and you should check the ME3 forums for the various threads rating the DLC. Story DLC for ME3 include: From Ashes, Omega, Citadel, and Leviathan. I eventually ended up with all the weapon DLC: BW sure does know how to milk micro-transactions!

Welcome to BSN.

[capn233]

Interesting build. Are you avoiding Fitness / Immunity because you want the challenge? I also personally like to have Decryption / Sabotage on my characters when possible, just to be more flexible in who I take with me for crate unlocking purposes.

You will get some free Charm and Intimidate points through the game from certain events, and from increasing your Paragon / Renegade score. Most people don't invest in those completely, but for story purposes I guess you might as well. You won't be able to get 60 though if this is your first playthrough for that character, expect more like 57.

[NekkidNones]

Hi! Interesting build. No idea what your thinking is, seems like a masochistic build to me....but hey, whatever float's your boat

I agree and understand, about your preference on staring at Shep's backside. Also, I too carried enough mods to sink a ship. Last me1 play through, I was assigning mods to spare weapons and armour slots just to avoid throwing them away. A pain when reissuing mods to equipped gear, but better then losing them.

Modifié par MoonSpot, 23 décembre 2013 - 05:29 .

[GrumpyBadger117]

 cap and gown, 
thanks for the head's up!  I think because I bought the trilogy, that's why it won't register... oh well.  And thanks about the DLCs too.  I'm definitely interested in the Locust for my ME2 onward Shepherd.
as for my build.  To be honest, I'm a veteran, and don't like to get shot at, let alone shot, in general  and I apply that to my characters when I can.  Luckily, Mass Effect, even the first one does an okay job with cover.  It's not great, but it definitely was nicer in ME2 as well.  I especially love how you can direct one squadmate one direction and one to another.

as for my build: 
my basic principle is this for Mass Effect:"I am always outnumbered, but never outmanned."  And I build my Infiltrator and her crew to that.  

ever since my first playthough, I noticed "carnage" and Wrex having biotics and shotguns/assault rifles and health regen.  Garrus being a tech/assault/sniper aka SpecOps type of guy.  Both just seemed perfect for me.  For my fem-Shep infiltrators, it's almost become obligatory to use those two.  They're "my boys!"  And Garrus is maxxed out already (below level 40) in sniper and assault rifles and tactical armor.  Same with Wrex.  So yeah, we pack a wicked punch.

I play and move conservatively when it's needed, aggressive when required, and set up traps, choke-points and other little "tricks" even leap-frogging, to get the better hand.  My shields (thanks to electronics) can take a lot, same with Garrus even since he has SilverbackVI as does Wrex.  Wrex is the only one with health-regen from the get-go.

To be honest, I just played through Noveria, and having Liara built the way I have her.. it was really OP on "normal."  I bumped up the playthrough to the next one up (hard or whatever) to make it more difficult.  For Noveria, I had Liara and Garrus, basically replacing Wrex's amazing firepower with extra biotic powers to Liara, which even at level 25 was already like a Biotic Commando.  Like I said, it was a bit OP and "hacks" with all my enemies flying around or lying prone on the floor.

For Noveria, I went to the Citadel, talked to the doc, did her mission, and then bought the amour mods with added protection, health regen, and toxins.  Spent all my $$ to get it.

Not going to lie, sometimes I go through my medi-gel (right now I have 8) completely on an OP.  

Basically, my team shoots first.  As I come out, Wrex either hits with his throw or carnage.  Me and Garrus hit with overload, damping, and sabotage or whatever they are  I basically hit that wheel and light up the enemy.  
Immediately after tech mods I nail them with Assassination by both me and Garrus.  Followed by Garrus switching to overload and me switching to Marksman.

I also have a wicked hand-eye where head-shots come almost naturally.  Now that I'm getting Ariake tech and Spectre gear... yeah, we're pretty powerful on the firepower.  Needless to say, I have my fem-Shep Infiltrator match Garrus with the eye optics in ME2 onward :ph34r:

but yes, indeed it comes with a cost.  If we get hit, we're down.  But so far, I've had a blast doing it.  When I die (not if) I always assess the situation and try a different approach.

(spoiler)... and like I said, it must work enough.  I played on the difficulty above normal (don't remember what it's called, last time I played ME2 was in 2010) and only lost Legion because of stupidity in not upgrading all the components on the SR2 Normandy.
(end spoiler)

it's difficult.  So yeah, I guess I'm a bit masochistic.  I like the challenge, and I've been doing fairly well so far.  Honestly, I have no idea what "immunity" even does.    I do have tactical armor maxed now that's a "defensive"

as for story
(spoiler)
I love backing Lorik on Noveria.  Basically I "hack" him with his bug glitch.  But after that, I usually use the "Charm" option last.  Then I go to Anoleius (sp) let him know about Parasini and let them kill each other, and pretend to know none the wiser.  I then go back to Lorik, tell him "I guess you don't have to testify anymore" and we're buddy-buddy from there.

does this do anything fun for ME2 or ME3?
(end spoiler)

here's my build at 30-something: mass-relay.com/me1/talents/calculator
it's something like 35-ish.  I took it directly from my screen on my game.  I'm thinking the "extra points" earned in Charm and Intimidate is why it's saying a different level than I am.  I believe I put a total of maybe 8 points in Charm and Intimidate, the rest were from my Paragon and Renegade levels.  I could easily be wrong though.  I know in the beginning of the game, I MAX out Charm and Intimidate right from the start.  It sucks in the firefights, but to me, my "canon" Shepherd is the 2nd playthrough anyway.  From now on, all my points are going into Damping (hate Biotics lol) and Commando.

I now have my Paragon and Renegade maxxed out.  I did the Lorik glitch to about 80% on both.  Talking to the Admiral, the vet, and the Reporter my second time on the Citadel did the rest.  I like to play a paragade... so having that maxxed out so I have better options in ME2 and ME3 is definitley a good thing.  That's about the only "cheat" I'm willing to do, as it definitely helps later on in the subsequent games.

and yes, most of those "Charm" and "intimidate" were from earned events, rather than me putting the points in them.  However, I have no problem investing in them.  Ever since KOTOR, I invest in that where it's an option.

also this is my 7th playthough on ME1.  But my first on this particular fem-Shep.  I'm hoping to break the 50 mark by the end of my first playthrough.  Then I'll play a second to hit 60.

*and mods, thanks for handling that other FUBAR post by TipsleFedora, it's appreciated:D

Modifié par Padroin, 23 décembre 2013 - 02:02 .

[capn233]

Padroin wrote...

 Honestly, I have no idea what "immunity" even does.    I do have tactical armor maxed now that's a "defensive"

Basically in ME1 you have your total HP pool, which is divided between Shields and Health.  Shield Boost and Electronics obviously will buff Shields (as does Barrier).

You may have noticed that Armor has a stat called Damage Protection, and better armor has a higher number.  This is essentially the percentage that the armor will reduce incoming damage by.  There are also some armor modules that increase damage protection, albeit usually by a modest amount.  The best armor for Damage Protection is the Kassa line of Colossus armor.  Other ones that are respectable are the Hahne-Kedar higher level ones, as is the Titan line from Rosenkov.

Immunity boosts damage protection temporarily.  Master Immunity, for instance, is 80%.  With good armor that means you can tank nearly anything the game can throw at you while immunity is active, and also why Soldier and Infiltrator are probably best served building around it and armor that maxes damage protection rather than shields.  Just from a pure efficiency standpoint.  If you stack enough, things that are typically one-shot kills (enemy snipers, rockets) will not kill you outright any longer.  Actually to be completely clear, this does somewhat depend on what level of difficulty you are playing on, since enemy attacks have different values IIRC.

Of course, you can play the game without using Immunity whatsoever.  I have played Soldier once or twice that way.  I don't think I ever played Infiltrator without it, although I think it would be easier to get away with on that character since on the whole you have better weapon damage, and you have good debuffs if you take them (namely Sabotage).

Modifié par capn233, 23 décembre 2013 - 02:17 .

[GrumpyBadger117]

Capn233,

thanks for that explanation. Sounds like "immunity" might not be a bad way to go for a Soldier class. For my infiltrator FemShep I've already gone far enough that I'm happy with what I have.

I also have the high-level (right now it's level 8) Hahne-Kedar Silverback for me, Garrus, and Wrex (my main team). For my character, with the two mods - I have the movement exoskeleton and damage protection. For Garrus I have a high level (8 I think) medical exoskeleton and movement exoskeleton. For Wrex, I have a biotic bonus and that assault mod for advanced melee and such.

I think the mods are what helps me out the most.

I overshield before every big fight as well. Just now, I was on Feros and went into the "decryption room" forgot about the Geth walker that comes up in there I hit it first with overload, sabotage, and Wrex with his warp. Then I boosted the shields on everyone. Then had Wrex hit it with carnage, Garrus with overkill, and I hit it first with assassinate, then switched over and hit it with Marksman.

It was a tough fight. But we made it out of there alive... just one medi-gel lighter

also just wanting to wish everyone a happy New Year, and hope the holidays have been going well!

Modifié par Padroin, 28 décembre 2013 - 12:27 .