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What is your favorite class archetype in the mass effect series


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tybert7

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http://strawpoll.me/5714330

 

Choose your favorite, if you don't have a favorite... flip a 6 sided die or don't answer.

 

 

This is always an interesting topic to me.  I prefer adepts first, then engineers, then mixes of the two skillsets, I prefer this because I find the soldier to be the most boring and bland POSSIBLE class one could possibly choose, the class closest to the same sort of mundane run and gun soldier you can play in a thousand other shooter games, the muggle of the mass effect world, the sword user over the mage filled with cosmic power.

 

The words above are because of my own internal god complex and greater respect for raw power and intelligence over martial strength or the strength of precision shots, but there it is.  Ignore my anti soldier bigotry though, I know most of you prefer to play with the same thing you can do in real life, play bang bang with a gun vs lifting objects/enemies up with your freaking mind and blasting them to dust in similar fashion.

 

I don't understand why so many have such an uninspired escapist fantasy, but that's because of my own bigotry against the mundane.



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KaiserShep

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Vanguard all day every day. I just love the idea of a frontline biotic specialized in destroying enemies as quickly as possible. 


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I chose soldier since I've played that class the most. I also enjoy playing adept and engineer



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Infiltrator because I'm a proud Combat Pragmatist.
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Vanguard is most fun to play.


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Broganisity

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*Nova-Cancels everyone else's opinion. Yes, even the other vanguards*


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Mcfly616

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Infiltrator. I enjoy having a bit of stealth in my approach to combat. Even if the mechanics are noticeably lackluster. Hoping they put a great deal of work into that for the next installment.



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Remix-General Aetius

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my custom one. Adept mixed with Badass. Flare, Shockwave, Slam, Biotic Grenade, incinerate, Overload & Geth Spitfire.

 

I find archetypes boring & uninspiring & an indication of a lack of creativity.



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Hadeedak

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Melee biotic-- play a superhero!

 

Yeah, Vanguard all day. Not that the others aren't fun, but Vanguard's just better.


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naddaya

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Vanguard >> Infiltrator > everything else

 

My main Shepard is a vanguard, it's the first class I played and still my favourite. There's nothing quite like charging into enemies sending them flying off a cliff, frying the surrounding ones with nova and punching the rest to death. I prefer to stay light playing a vanguard, shotgun only, to maximize recharge times.



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Flaine1996

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vanguard.... nova and biotic charge is just too much fun to surpasss..... but playing as engineer currently and it is actually pretty fun...



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Lady Artifice

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I love the idea of Sentinel best.

 

That said, Vanguards are hands down the most fun to play. 



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Kynare

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Soldier. I just like raw human strength and getting up close and personal with the enemy (same reason I usually choose warriors in MMORPGs).



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I had the most fun as a soldier.



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SardaukarElite

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Infiltrator.

 

Because I like batmaning and sniping.


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my custom one. Adept mixed with Badass. Flare, Shockwave, Slam, Biotic Grenade, incinerate, Overload & Geth Spitfire.

 

I find archetypes boring & uninspiring & an indication of a lack of creativity.

 

Bah! Make-believe builds don't count.



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Adepts > Infiltrator > Sentinel for me.



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Remix-General Aetius

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Bah! Make-believe builds don't count.

 

it's hardly make-believe. that's the one I use when playing ME3.



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KaiserShep

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it's hardly make-believe. that's the one I use when playing ME3.

 

So a mod then? Mods don't count :P Heck that spitfire doesn't even exist beyond bonus stuff laying around in certain missions. 

The most I've been able to do to customize my Vanguard beyond biotic powers was using energy drain as the bonus, which I found particularly useful.



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MissOuJ

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Adept is my favourite, followed by Vanguard as a close second, but I also like Engineer and Sentinel.

 

Playing Adept in ME3 is particularly awesome: Adept + Shield Drain = kill enemies without firing a shot. Plus pretty explosions!



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So a mod then? Mods don't count :P Heck that spitfire doesn't even exist beyond bonus stuff laying around in certain missions. 

The most I've been able to do to customize my Vanguard beyond biotic powers was using energy drain as the bonus, which I found particularly useful.

 

what, you never heard of power modding? mine is pretty simple at that, I gotta reinsert Shockwave & Incinerate after every loading screen but I got tons of points for that. and the Spitfire can exist for as long I want "( Name="A", Command="giveitem self minigun" )" - but never during cutscenes, otherwise my Shep's limbs become elastic like he's a contortionist.

 

so why doesn't your Shep take on MY Shep and see who ends up as Reaper chow in the end, and we're gonna see if it counts. your Shep will be Reaper chow and it'll count plenty.



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Although my main character is a Sentinel, and I love the class and it's hybrid/support/tank nature, I have to cast my vote with Vanguard. The class has always been, overall, the most fun to play, and one of the best to kick complete ass on. I was amazed when I first gave the class a go.



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Let's see, I can be the boring old soldier type, the squishy Adept that cries when their nose bleeds, the techie that hides behind their combat drones...

 

...Or the shotgun-toting badass who zips around the battlefield biotically punching stuff in the face and can take punishment that would fell lesser classes.

 

Choices, choices...



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KaiserShep

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what, you never heard of power modding? mine is pretty simple at that, I gotta reinsert Shockwave & Incinerate after every loading screen but I got tons of points for that. and the Spitfire can exist for as long I want "( Name="A", Command="giveitem self minigun" )" - but never during cutscenes, otherwise my Shep's limbs become elastic like he's a contortionist.

 

so why doesn't your Shep take on MY Shep and see who ends up as Reaper chow in the end, and we're gonna see if it counts. your Shep will be Reaper chow and it'll count plenty.

 

After every loading screen? I probably wouldn't have the patience to constantly fiddle with settings when playing the game, regardless of how quickly it could be done. In any case, PS3 user, so it doesn't matter. 

 

But anyway, on principle, I only consider settings that exist within the actual constraints of the stock game menu as valid. It's the same story for custom Shepard comparisons. I only count the ones made with the stock character creator, never mods. 

 

But, if your Shepard was against my Shepard, they'd both be on PS3 so that fancy power modding would be for naught. So there. 



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Biotics, shotguns, close quarters combat, and the right mix of crazy.  Gotta love the vanguard.