Wave 8 I find much harder than wave 9 (Except geth). I seriously think BioWare screwed up their maths when calculating enemy points for Collectors on Wave 8. it's ridiculous. (All comments based on gold and lower.)
True, but they compensate for it by having a ridiculously easy wave 7.
Wave 8 I find much harder than wave 9 (Except geth). I seriously think BioWare screwed up their maths when calculating enemy points for Collectors on Wave 8. it's ridiculous. (All comments based on gold and lower.)
Wave 8 gold rippaz is a twunt ... them Marauders! 
Wave 8 I find much harder than wave 9 (Except geth). I seriously think BioWare screwed up their maths when calculating enemy points for Collectors on Wave 8. it's ridiculous. (All comments based on gold and lower.)
True, but they compensate for it by having a ridiculously easy wave 7.
The reason is that there are no abominations for Wave 8 Collectors Gold. They bleed the wave budget very rapidly when they are in a wave. They are something like 40 points a piece, when a Scion is only 75. A Praetorian is worth 120, so killing 3 Aboms is the same as 1 Praetorian. Troopers and Captains are only worth 25 and 35 respectively.
The reason is that there are no abominations for Wave 8 Collectors Gold. They bleed the wave budget very rapidly when they are in a wave. They are something like 40 points a piece, when a Scion is only 75. A Praetorian is worth 120, so killing 3 Aboms is the same as 1 Praetorian. Troopers and Captains are only worth 25 and 35 respectively.
That's part of it, yeah, but for me it's more of a mooks vs bosses question. Unlike many, I don't mind Collector bosses because they're easy to combat and they're easy to avoid once you've learned their tricks. Collector mooks, on the other hand, have so much firepower that they rival the BS level of the Geth.
Wave 7 has one active Captain and the rest are Scions and Aboms while Wave 8 has 2 of each boss (IIRC) and the rest are mooks. So from my perspective, wave 7 is easier.
I am not arguing that Wave 7 is harder than 8, I am explaining why 8 is the worst wave of Collector Gold, or can feel like it. If it had even 1 Abomination then it would go a lot faster, especially for lower DPS characters/builds and would seem substantially easier.
Whatever. We all know wave 1 is the hardest because getting downed or sync killed wave 1 is just embarrassing - so that added pressure to not get downed/synched wave 1 gets to you and makes you choke. For this reason alone it wouldn't be uncommon to find me with only two ops packs remaining come wave 2...
but that info is on a need to know basis 
I actually kinda like dragoons. It's because I often play femQuarian Engineer or both of vorchas and I love burn-all-the-tnings playstyle. So, dear dragoons, please, do come in
Am I the only one that genuinely enjoys Phantom and Dragoon spam in the late Cerberus waves?
Nope. Anyone who knows the way of VENOM doesn't sweat hordes of phantoms or goons. I always chuckle when I'm using Venom and I'm running towards the pack of phantoms that my teammates are hauling ass away from.
Also, four words- Geth Platinum Wave 2. **** that ****. Seriously.
The reason is that there are no abominations for Wave 8 Collectors Gold. They bleed the wave budget very rapidly when they are in a wave. They are something like 40 points a piece, when a Scion is only 75. A Praetorian is worth 120, so killing 3 Aboms is the same as 1 Praetorian. Troopers and Captains are only worth 25 and 35 respectively.
I see this and still can't believe it because I've had some of those later waves where the aboms keep coming and coming. I swear ive killed 20 or 30 alone so if that is true then its akin to them having 10 praetorians on top of all the regualr praetorians that show up.
And aboms should have a huge budget nuimber as they are the most over powered enemuy in the game for their intent.
Waves 8 & 9 seem to be the most difficult for any faction for me (gold).... i find myself getting sync-killed for the most part on wave 8 for some reason...especially by banshees that seem like they warping around the map at 90 mph!....>_<
I play some Plat matches as well, but every wave in plat matches are nervous for me... 
Am I the only one that genuinely enjoys Phantom and Dragoon spam in the late Cerberus waves?
Nope you're not...who doesn't olove free points. I mean they just run right up to you
Two Platinum matches last night, both Geth.
HOLY SH*T WAVE 2 GETH PLATINUM.
That gets my vote for hardest (or at least most annoying) wave.
Two Platinum matches last night, both Geth.
HOLY SH*T WAVE 2 GETH PLATINUM.
That gets my vote for hardest (or at least most annoying) wave.
Two Platinum matches last night, both Geth.
HOLY SH*T WAVE 2 GETH PLATINUM.
That gets my vote for hardest (or at least most annoying) wave.
I'd rank wave 9 Geth platinum higher in terms on sheer annoyance factor. Atleast wave 2 gets over fast due to smaller wave budget, especially if you spend a nuke on primes (it's easy too since pyros and primes bunch up rather easily). And more importantly, enemies on wave 2 geth don't push you out of cover a lot (unlike phantom and banshee on wave 9).
Wave 9 geth just seems to keep going on and on and on.
Atleast wave 2 gets over fast due to smaller wave budget, especially if you spend a nuke on primes (it's easy too since pyros and primes bunch up rather easily).
"A"nuke? Lol
The only way I'm getting at the end of that wave with any missile left is if everyone starts nuking the crap out of everything and the wave's out before I can finish mine.
That's true if you nuke every single geth in sight. 
If you just focus on getting rid of primes, 1-2 good nukes should wipe out most of the wave budget.
That's true if you nuke every single geth in sight.
If you just focus on getting rid of primes, 1-2 good nukes should wipe out most of the wave budget.
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