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[GruntKitterhand]

Lengthy post incoming, apologies etc....

 

Low:  I took quite an extended break after the Andromeda trailer. I saw it, realised it will take over my life when it arrives, had a minor panic and decided I needed to get away from all things Mass Effect for a while.  I had a blast playing Wolfenstein: The New Order, and some Gears of War, but couldn't find anything much else that grabbed me so back I came.

 

High: Just playing again, the random glory/disaster of pugs (including my own incompetence on occasions), especially against Collectors on Xbox without the fear of freezing. 

 

I've had a couple of experiences which fall into neither the high or low category, or at least I'm not sure how to view them:

 

RNG/Manifest issues - building up a second manifest has been highly amusing, especially as I know as much as anyone about how to do so as (in)efficiently as possible.  The random nature would be extremely frustrating if I wasn't just doing this for fun, but as things stand I've played 180 hours on my Xbox a/c and the items I haven't unlocked are quite noteworthy - while the Claymore was my last Rare gun to drop and I'm still lacking a handful of URs, the Geth Scanner is the only piece of gear which still eludes me. This is quite fantastic in many ways, and I'm not complaining.  What I will kinda complain about is that 5 of the 6 characters I haven't unlocked are members of my beloved Bloodpack.  I've done 2000 waves with the BatSol on my main a/c, but I can't seem to unlock him, or indeed any Vorcha on this account. That does suck.

 

Challenges - I don't take challenges seriously, but I love the fact that they're there as an encouragement to boost variety in gameplay, and I find them genuinely motivational.  The relative absence of Guardians from most non-objective waves means that, having played mostly U/U/G, my Cerberus Mastery is still, in real terms, way down around 65% despite having killed everything except the required Guardians, while I'm close to a third Reapers completion.  Husks and A-bombs might be quite scarce on Gold, but Guardians? Beyond a joke.  I hope the Andromeda MP team keeps that kind of thing in mind - balance changes may be required for more than just guns, characters and powers.

 

I ran a TSent with a Phalanx for a couple of games to finish off Pistol Mastery and doubled the scores of two different GIs with Javelins. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.  I'm only really mentioning it because I saw NuclearTech76's comment in the 'most valuable character' thread, and it's worth emphasising his point that GIs need to be well played to be effective.

 

And lastly, you'll be relieved to hear at this stage, I finally did the Shuriken challenge for the first time on any of my accounts.  There are no words. That leaves only a Platinum Solo - something I've never attempted or even seriously considered - as my only uncompleted challenge.  Now, what was that I was saying about finding challenges genuinely motivational......?!?   

[ClydeInTheShell]

Had to cook? Was your wife broken?

She works late some days, so I show off sometimes by making dinner and spending time with the kids. Haven't burned the house down yet

[Asari Goddess]

Highlights: Helping a new BSNer in need on gold as a duo and we where able to pass it

 

Low: It was geth >.> and i hate geth with their stunning techniques  

[Miniditka77]

And as for cheesing taking 'just over 30 mins' it took nearly an hour, and I was a nervous wreck after. I'm pleased I finally did it, but sod that.

 

Well.... when you can kill a Brute in literally 2 seconds (or a Ravager in about 1 second) by throwing an Inferno Grenade and shooting one Claymore shot, the time goes pretty quickly.  Even Banshees are pretty much trivialized by the ridiculousness of the Inferno Nade / Incendiary Ammo cheese.

[SweatoftheHamster]

High: The N7 Slayer in the Gold Cerberus Hydra game who started using his rockets on everything in wave 9 and 10 because he was being outscored by my human female soldier. And I got a revive medal off him

 

Low: Having a lousy manifest and being pleased about unlocking the Phalanx

[GruntKitterhand]

 

Low: Having a lousy manifest and being pleased about unlocking the Phalanx

 

My alt a/c manifest isn't great either, but it's amazing what a TSent can manage with a Phalanx - spec for headshot bonus (obviously - he's a Turian), Overload, Shoot things in the head, win. 

 

My build is 'wrong' as I only have 4 ranks in Overload but sometimes, depending on your weapon, not having the neural shock evolution is genuinely better.

[SweatoftheHamster]

My alt a/c manifest isn't great either, but it's amazing what a TSent can manage with a Phalanx - spec for headshot bonus (obviously - he's a Turian), Overload, Shoot things in the head, win.

My build is 'wrong' as I only have 4 ranks in Overload but sometimes, depending on your weapon, not having the neural shock evolution is genuinely better.

Thanks for the empathy. That's how I've been running him. Plus, TECH ARMOR!

High: got carried by a strong team on Rio against collectors. Those sweet sweet credits!

Low: the price was them trolling the noob with abombs mercilessly. I ended up saving them the trouble and just blew myself up every time

[stephenw32768]

High: Mordokai asked me to lock him in the reactor

 

(It was for science, he wanted to test his THavoc's stims).

[Mordokai]

High: Mordokai asked me to lock him in the reactor

 

(It was for science, he wanted to test his THavoc's stims).

 

Sanity is overrated anyway.

[GruntKitterhand]

High: Mordokai asked me to lock him in the reactor

 

(It was for science, he wanted to test his THavoc's stims).

 

It says a lot about your very gentlemanly normal playstyle that he even had to ask. 

 

Couple of great games with you guys last night, apart from some typical Condor BS I was experiencing - no ammo, invisible enemies, extreme magnet hands, you get the picture.  I had a hearty chuckle when a solitary kick vote appeared on the Geth Engineer just as our Quarian squad was heading into battle though - no prizes for guessing who might have done it.

 

We should really have tried to lure you away from FF the night before to join in some of the hilarity - QMR, Mordokai and myself managed to bag a total noob Quarian Marksman pug, so we managed an all-Quarian versus Geth match on Dagger.  Stonewall classic: What's that you say? Squad member down? Surely not.  Killed by a Geth Hunter you say?!? Ah, that would be the Geth Hunter that's just been missiled into oblivion, I guess. Playing with QMR is just hilarious sometimes. Still, so is the sight of my Claymore-wielding QFE acting as wingman to QMR's Widow-wielding QFI - it's so wrong but it feels so right. 

 

Low: My Headshot capabilities. Or lack thereof. Two games as QMI with Valiant, two Bronze medals.  What's even worse is that one of those games was a duo. 

[PatrickBateman]

Low : 4 straight wave 10 devices now that I have failed with my Justicar platinum solo.

High : No more solos for a long time now, I'm sick of it.

[SweatoftheHamster]

High: Two truly hard games against Geth, one on Goddess and the other on Hazard Ghost. Both games had epic clutches, clusterfecked objective waves, and masses and masses of stunlock. But both times, we got full extraction.

 

Low: Took my newly unlocked Paladin with my shiny Phaeston VII to a Gold lobby with some players who had CP around 2k to 5k. So I put on my best equipment to show I was willing to put in the effort. Then they kicked me

[Salarian Master Race]

High:  GI host with BPP preset Glacier/Reapers/Gold, ragequit on wave 3 because he was getting beat by my Asari Commando.

 

High:  Reactor/Collectors/Gold, host ragequit halfway through Wave 9 when I stopped midcarry to inform everyone that I needed to reset my background music.

 

High:  Instead of credits, today I am getting paid in QQ.

 

Low:  Ran and completed Solo Challenge 1-1 and realized I do not have the patience to do any more of those.

[Dabal Hayat]

Low: Krolord without tech armor in Gold.

High: He headbutted back between waves.

Medium: crutched 3 waves improvising a thunderdome in the lowest zone of Vancouver. Melee Krentinel vs any cerberus mook who come in. Melee Krentinel won.

Low: teammates with a very low N7 rank + wipe on wave 10.

 

High: scumbag novaguard galore vs Reapers on Giant. It's e-peen stroking, but it's not illegal.

[stephenw32768]

High: chanced a Gold pug, landed in a good team, got Reactor Hazard/Collectors, played really well.

 

Low: hard freeze on wave 10   Biower, plz.

[Quarian Master Race]

I had a hearty chuckle when a solitary kick vote appeared on the Geth Engineer just as our Quarian squad was heading into battle though - no prizes for guessing who might have done it.

Too bad the toaster got the last laugh when ,in an ironic twist, the Creator's jury rigged internet connection failed and resulted in being kicked from lolEA servers in the middle of the same game.

[Asari Goddess]

High:  GI host with BPP preset Glacier/Reapers/Gold, ragequit on wave 3 because he was getting beat by my Asari Commando.

 

High:  Reactor/Collectors/Gold, host ragequit halfway through Wave 9 when I stopped midcarry to inform everyone that I needed to reset my background music.

 

High:  Instead of credits, today I am getting paid in QQ.

 

Low:  Ran and completed Solo Challenge 1-1 and realized I do not have the patience to do any more of those.

 

Oh yeaaaah ugh i think any body will feel bad betting beat by me i mean if i'm on top of you on PC there's a problem

 

and whats that match that i saved the day with rockets that was my favorite even though you carried the whole team. In which i thank you for.

[Salarian Master Race]

Oh yeaaaah ugh i think any body will feel bad betting beat by me i mean if i'm on top of you on PC there's a problem

 

and whats that match that i saved the day with rockets that was my favorite even though you carried the whole team. In which i thank you for.

 

I have no problem with you being on top of me

[Asari Goddess]

I have no problem with you being on top of me

 

That's because i'm good at what I do, Fruit fly

 

and So are you

[stephenw32768]

High: got my first ever level IV consumable.

 

Low: it was Cryo Rounds.

[Tantum Dic Verbo]

High: got my first ever level IV consumable.

Low: it was Cryo Rounds.

Savor the feeling, and prepare to have it repeated over and over again.

[GruntKitterhand]

High: got my first ever level IV consumable.

 

Low: it was Cryo Rounds.

 

I tend to spec most, if not all, my Incinerate characters for additional frozen damage, in the deluded hope that it will make Cryo ammo slightly more effective.  I remember discovering how much fun it was when I first played ME2, and tbh I do still enjoy using it despite the certainty that there are five more effective ammo types.

 

High: Exchanging headbutts with QMR moonlighting as a glorious Krogan Vanguard with Graal. 

 

Low: My partner was streaming a French documentary about Jimi Hendrix at the same time, which was both distracting and lag-inducing to the point that my rusty KroDept with Executioner Pistol was as much use as ****** on a bull. Not much better with a Striker, either. I really can't play Krogans without shotguns Omniblade holders. 

[TheTechnoTurian]

High: did my second gold solo on the PS3 using this loadout , induring the saddest eboob post 

 

low: for readability I have provided a bulleted list of lowpoints

• i guess i lose streetcred for using the lolcolyte 
• when i first loaded in, i did not remember how to run... the only other game I play on a controller is dork souls, and it's a different button
• buttons confuse me... 
• ...I also did not actually know how to shoot or ADS at first either. in my defense it'd about a month since I pstripled
• Targets on w3 wasted two missiles
• devices on w10 
• without a mouse and keyboard I do not know who i am what i'm doing where i'm going or what the purpose of life is 

it'll be a while before i speedrun anything on the PStriple, or never 

 

On an interesting scientific note, i actually kept on using my right hand to fire off an ops pack using the d-pad on the left side of the controller. facepalm.exe. couldn't figure out what the hell was wrong with me until i realized -- i always use my right hand to fire off an ops using one of my mouse thumb buttons

 

it was then i realized that PC has irreparably broken me 

[ark]

High: did my second gold solo on the PS3 using this loadout , induring the saddest eboob post

low: for readability I have provided a bulleted list of lowpoints

• i guess i lose streetcred for using the lolcolyte
• when i first loaded in, i did not remember how to run... the only other game I play on a controller is dork souls, and it's a different button
• buttons confuse me...
• ...I also did not actually know how to shoot or ADS at first either. in my defense it'd about a month since I pstripled
• Targets on w3 wasted two missiles
• devices on w10
• without a mouse and keyboard I do not know who i am what i'm doing where i'm going or what the purpose of life is

it'll be a while before i speedrun anything on the PStriple, or never

On an interesting scientific note, i actually kept on using my right hand to fire off an ops pack using the d-pad on the left side of the controller. facepalm.exe. couldn't figure out what the hell was wrong with me until i realized -- i always use my right hand to fire off an ops using one of my mouse thumb buttons

it was then i realized that PC has irreparably broken me

Peastree solo elite club!

After having watched some solos by pc players, and done quite a few solos myself on the ps3. I have one conclusion and one question:

- speedruning is easier on pc
- How the actual F#"& has KB sub 20 every single flipping kit on ps3?

[Mordokai]

Low: another failed solo attempt. Sure, it was because of phantom/Cerberus BS in general, but I'm slowly getting a little disheartened.