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[Miniditka77]

I don't know.  I feel like any sniper build you could do with the Geth Engineer, you could do better with the (Fat) Turian Sentinel.  Maybe the Indra or Viper would be better on the GE due to the HM firing rate increase, I guess.

 

BTW, try the Turian Sentinel with the Incisor (with stability module III and barrage gear) sometime.  Verdict:  Actually not that bad.  Overload plus a single burst will kill a lot of mooks if you can hit the head OK.  Use Warp Ammo or Cheese Ammo to take down bosses quicker than you'd think also (Incisor is on the high end of weapon DPS). 

 

EDIT:  A bonus of the TSent is that if you are spending too much time in your scope and get flanked, he won't be downed in a single Marauder burst like the GE will.

[TheN7Penguin]

Definitely a Harold.

 

Hmm... Harold... possible. Looks more like a Dave though. You look at the Geth and think "Hi Dave".

[Miniditka77]

Hmm... Harold... possible. Looks more like a Dave though. You look at the Geth and think "Hi Dave".

 

My Geth Engineer (or maybe it's the GI, don't remember) is named Johnny 5 for.... reasons that are evident only to people who are older than they care to admit.

[TheN7Penguin]

My Geth Engineer (or maybe it's the GI, don't remember) is named Johnny 5 for.... reasons that are evident only to people who are older than they care to admit.

 

Short Circuit lol. Awesome film.

[Cerbe "R" Us]

I do not will.

 

Please come up with a better name.

 

 

I have a few ways you could improve this.

 

You could first make the GE a little more QFI, then add a pinch of Lancer. It would improve the build massively.

 

If you are not taking this seriously, get out pls. Also, reported.

 

I tried out the build (on Gold with lvl1 consumables) with a Widow, it works rather well. I changed the EB to HVB, and it was still great cooldown-wise. I'm going to try it on Plat, see how it works, but I have to respec it, because I used the Widow Snipeer (any sniping engineer can be called this, btw) with the BW build. That will only strengthen it, so no problem there.
I started with the BW one, it was a little problematic. It needs more weapon damage, as the BW often didn't oneshot smaller enemies, took out bosses slower, while the widow bodyshotted instantly and took out bosses easier (sometimes even headshots weren't enough, I remember Pyros escaping with a sliver of their armor). That meant more time out in the open, more vulnerability, more death (especially with the geth staggerfest). I am going to change at least the 6A branch of Networked AI. If the cooldown suffers too much, then the Widow it is, until I manage to max my manifest and test it with a way more lighter BW, but that is far away.

(Interesting because I thought it's going to be easier with the BW, and I was considerably worse with it. Maybe the more aggressive GI-BW playstyle also affected how I used the gun on the GE, so L2P can be relevant here, especially with the reload cancel, which is way smoother with the GI.)

[Cerbe "R" Us]

I don't know.  I feel like any sniper build you could do with the Geth Engineer, you could do better with the (Fat) Turian Sentinel.  Maybe the Indra or Viper would be better on the GE due to the HM firing rate increase, I guess.

 

BTW, try the Turian Sentinel with the Incisor (with stability module III and barrage gear) sometime.  Verdict:  Actually not that bad.  Overload plus a single burst will kill a lot of mooks if you can hit the head OK.  Use Warp Ammo or Cheese Ammo to take down bosses quicker than you'd think also (Incisor is on the high end of weapon DPS). 

 

EDIT:  A bonus of the TSent is that if you are spending too much time in your scope and get flanked, he won't be downed in a single Marauder burst like the GE will.

 

In the future I have wanted to try out a sniping Quarksman, a fat no-dodge no jetpack Turian can follow it, why not?

[The_Nightman_Cometh]

Incisor doesn't need stability anything.....mods / amps or gear.  Just fire at the targets chest...ride it's natural kick fur the head shot. It's extremely rare when I don't have the 20 head shot medal by wave 7 with it or the indra.

[Dalakaar]

If you are not taking this seriously, get out pls. Also, reported.

I'm 100% serious. The name "Snipeer" sucks.

[Arkhne]

Well, the Widow IS better than the Black Widow, imho.

And if you are good with headshots, Mantis is even better (Quicker reload, lighter weight). The Valiant and the Viper are also good if you are good at headshots, but the Viper really needs a rate of fire increase to not suck against bosses. Considering the GE has a HM boosted Overload, Shield gate becomes less of a problem, and makes the Valiant insanely OP. Though, I think you said that you don't have that one?

 

If I had to choose a gun for the Geth Snipeer that wasn't the Valiant or the Mantis (both of which are REALLY good on him, though that is mostly because they are great, lightweight guns), I would pick the Widow. On Silver and Gold Geth/Collectors, Viper would be better, however, for Gold Reapers/Cerberus and Platinum, Widow is better.

 

The Viper gets overlooked a lot, which is sad, because it's not really a bad gun, there are just some really good Sniper Rifles.

 

Again, this is all subjective, from the perspective of a PS3 player (that has consistently shown to have unpopular opinions), your experience will ultimately be different.

 

Also, stick with Snipeer, there is nothing wrong with that name. If you like it, who cares what others think?

[TheN7Penguin]

 

If you are not taking this seriously, get out pls. Also, reported.

 

I was being serious. This class needs more QFI+Lancer to be in any way awesome. Now it's just a pitiful attempt to make the least awful Geth stand among anything else other than Volus.

 

 

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[Onewomanarmy]

I don't know what is going on here but I want in!

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[TheN7Penguin]

I don't know what is going on here but I want in!

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It seems you need more caffeine again OWA.

[Onewomanarmy]

It seems you need more caffeine again OWA.

I do, I really do LOL

[TheN7Penguin]

I do, I really do LOL

 

I hear if you drink coffee before you sleep you'll wake up witty.

 

But you know, some are born with wit. Others have it thrust upon them... as a result of coffee.

[Onewomanarmy]

I hear if you drink coffee before you sleep you'll wake up witty.

But you know, some are born with wit. Others have it thrust upon them... as a result of coffee.

I see you must have had some coffee before you slept last night then, cause you're being awfully witty right now xD

[TheN7Penguin]

I see you must have had some coffee before you slept last night then, cause you're being awfully witty right now xD

 

I had a sugary breakfast lol

 

FYI, I'm giving you terrible health advice. Dr Penguin hasn't reached the surgery yet. Ahem. Never drink coffee before you sleep. Always eat vegetables. But not before you sleep.

 

 

 

This advice has been brought to you by Penguin Enterprises, where your amusement is our priority. 

[Cerbe "R" Us]

I will not be able to play until the weekend, so please don't derail the topic. I intend to tweak with some things more and I don't want to see the topic locked, thanks.

[Catastrophy]

I don't really get this thread, but I can tell that drinking coffee before going to sleep has no effect whatsoever on wittyness levels next morning.

[Arkhne]

I will not be able to play until the weekend, so please don't derail the topic. I intend to tweak with some things more and I don't want to see the topic locked, thanks.

 

I do like the idea of a sniping GE, it has a lot to recommend it. I just a lot of fun with him using my BBP IX (My Hurricane is at 3, iirc) and triple Overload, good for detonating Snap Freeze and Incendiary Grenades, and the BBP can really dish out the damage if you are accurate.

 

The Valiant is my favourite, and most used Sniper, it's never a bad choice (It was also my first X UR). I also use the Widow and the Mantis a lot (Shifted more towards Mantis lately). Only Snipers I wish I could use are the Javelin and the Kishock, I love their potential (Especially the Kishock), I just lack consistency with them, and find myself being a sloppy sniper (aiming for bodyshots instead of headshots), which is no fun. Heads must disappear!

 

I find the BW is just too heavy, and too slow. I either kill them in one shot, and reload, or I curse the refire delay against bosses.

 

I also see mention of the Incisor, and the Indra, both of which I would rate at pretty much the worst SRs in the game. Incisor being the better of the two (Yes, I said it. I'd rather have an Incisor than an Indra, any day). With enough stabilization, the Incisor is almost good.

 

If you're playing on Gold, I do recommend trying the Mantis sometime, though without Cloak, you may find the damage a little lacking (Headshots with Phasic Ammo is the only way around it). The overall speed (weight and reload time) are pretty good. The problem is boss DPS, you either have to sacrifice the OSKs vs mooks by using Incendiary Ammo and getting Fire Explosions with Overload, or just kite them and make your teammates kill them. Against mooks of all kinds, the Mantis is pretty rocking.

[Miniditka77]

Incisor doesn't need stability anything.....mods / amps or gear.  Just fire at the targets chest...ride it's natural kick fur the head shot. It's extremely rare when I don't have the 20 head shot medal by wave 7 with it or the indra.

 

Yeah, that works for Infiltrators just fine, but one burst will never take out an enemy if you're not using an Infiltrator, even if the final shot is a headshot.  The TSent can one-burst a lot of enemies on Gold if you get 3 headshots after stripping their shields. 

[Teabaggin Krogan]

I'd mostly prefer the Indra or the collector sniper rifle on a GE. With nacho cheese on top it's fire explosions everywhere! Or you can go the cool ranch flavor and have cryo explosions all day. If you're going for the limited ammo snipers, I'd pick the valient or the widow although the javelin and the BW should work well too. But overall without the cloak bonus here, I would pick a rapid fire sniper if you wanna go that way and both the Indra and the collector sniper have some great dps, even more so with hunter mode.

 

Also as far as I know, coffee has no effect on wittiness the next morning unless you include extra bad breath in your repertoire. But the more pressing concern here, in fact the most important concern, is that if a sniping engineer is a snipeer, is sniping infiltrator called a snipor or a snipeor?

[Arkhne]

Also as far as I know, coffee has no effect on wittiness the next morning unless you include extra bad breath in your repertoire. But the more pressing concern here, in fact the most important concern, is that if a sniping engineer is a snipeer, is sniping infiltrator called a snipor or a snipeor?

 

Or maybe an iniper? snipetor? Infilper? Those really aren't a good combination, I can't think of anything good.

[capn233]

GE, GI and GTS are weapon masters, so you can use any weapon class you want really.

 

The build for a sniping GE is pretty similar to any general GE build:  6 in Overload, Hunter Mode and Networked AI, and then split Turret and Advanced Hardware however you like.

 

Depending on what rifle, you could go Recharge, Power Damage at ranks 4 and 5 of HM, but that makes you a little less flexible with respect to weapon loadouts for a small efficiency gain with a couple weapons.  I just leave HM on Accuracy, Rate of Fire, Speed and Vision to save respecs.  Rank 6 will be Speed and Vision regardless.

 

I've used most all of the SR class on GE, and there really isn't one that doesn't work.  Key is to tune the ammos and your overload use to them.  I don't think I ever ran the Krysae on him though, although it wouldn't be horrible (wouldn't be great either).  Viper is actually pretty interesting on him since it will have very high prime chance with decent level Disruptor Ammo.  It has terrible stat DPS though, so if you want to engage high hp targets you might want a light backup.

[Urizen]

I like using snipers on the demogrill a lot. With this build its less about splosionZ and more about "BOOM! HEADSHOT!", with the added ability of better CC. One can of course still use homing nades, but unless it´s plat, it is pretty much not needed.

[The_Nightman_Cometh]

The only thing I don't like about the collector sniper rifle is it's range limitation......so many juicy head-shots..have gone without having their melons popped because of it...

 

 

also.... " a sniping geth "  ....pffffffftttttttt...... a sniping krogan is where it's at these dayz.... you don't believe me? drop into any of my lobbies any nite.

 

last night I was privileged to have a krolord with a viper.