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The game is finally decent six months later and it sucks it took that long
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It's too bad the teams were separated, getting bonus gear for past Bioware purchases/achievements would be awesome ala Blood Dragon Armor in ME2. Give me something for all these APEX points I have Blizzard.
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Aug 9, 2017 23:29
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You can spend 960 Apex Points for a random UR weapon
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Aug 9, 2017 23:41
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The 960 point UR is a monkey's paw deal It takes two weeks constantly rotating APEX teams to generate those points and you're going to feel bad when it gives you +1 to something you have and don't use instead of something you need
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Aug 10, 2017 00:29
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I just buy uncommon characters when the option shows up. 52 to go 
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Aug 10, 2017 00:33
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I buy the Rare weapon mods
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Aug 10, 2017 00:39
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Aside from the new weapon mods that cost APEX points, ive maxxed all of the bronze and silver characters and weapons. Gold is gonna take awhile though.
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Aug 10, 2017 00:39
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Seemlar posted:The 960 point UR is a monkey's paw deal
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Aug 10, 2017 03:28
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I just spent an evening playing me3 and God it was good. Justicar is insane.
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Aug 10, 2017 11:31
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For those still playing, there's some nice gear on the store at the moment. Tech Damage and Recharge Speed - perfect for the angaran combo machine and the various engineers. And for those flamethrower turian agents?
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Aug 10, 2017 21:20
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Do boosters and gear make it possible to get better than 100% Recharge Speed? I thought they hard capped it at 100% across the board, and I never carry two heavy guns so I have a bunch of boosters saved up
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Aug 11, 2017 00:58
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Well 100% recharge speed would just halve your cooldowns I'm pretty sure.
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Aug 11, 2017 18:04
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Yup.
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Aug 11, 2017 18:54
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DatonKallandor posted:Well 100% recharge speed would just halve your cooldowns I'm pretty sure. Right but what I'm saying is, if I already have 100% cooldown because I'm carrying a Charger, will equipment or boosters actually have any effect?
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Aug 11, 2017 22:01
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precision posted:Right but what I'm saying is, if I already have 100% cooldown because I'm carrying a Charger, will equipment or boosters actually have any effect? I would hope so. I've been using them in those circumstances but I never actually took note of whether it made any difference.
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Aug 11, 2017 22:20
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Two Finger posted:I would hope so. I've been using them in those circumstances but I never actually took note of whether it made any difference. It does, a silver booster has a noticeable effect. I couldnt tell you the numbers though, just that I notice it.
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Aug 11, 2017 22:29
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precision posted:Right but what I'm saying is, if I already have 100% cooldown because I'm carrying a Charger, will equipment or boosters actually have any effect? Yes, just so this is clear, your weight doesn't give you a cooldown boost. There's only penalties for being overweight. Being in the blue means all your cooldowns run at the numbers their stats sheet says they've got. You are running at a 1.0 (100%) multiplier to the cooldown times when you're not overloaded - Boosters, Gear, Proc, etc. comes in after that. Basically, yes, pop your boosters if you want want shorter cooldowns. Unless the world is hosed and Bioware happens I guess.
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Aug 12, 2017 01:22
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Add me to the list of PS4 players, PSN is DrRockso_20
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Aug 13, 2017 02:31
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Hell yeah, just got mostly-carried (17K score to 21-25K score from the other team members) through my first Platinum map. That was profoundly intense, and fun in a way that reminded me of playing ME3 multiplayer (and that Andromeda hadn't quite yet lived up to) I also just got my first Ultra Rare character, the Krogan Gladiator. She seems... not that good? Lots of close-range abilities and not a whole lot to help her survive more than a few hits on higher difficulties
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Aug 13, 2017 18:31
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Ive been generally disappointed in the krogan classes. Im more than willing to chalk it up to me being a bad player, but they feel so much weaker than every other class. Like I get flattened everytime I peek out of cover. Theyre slower than everyone (even without fortify running), which wouldnt be so bad if the game didnt punish you for not constantly moving. I noticed it with the kroguard but figured it was just because I was new, but levelling the merc (which net consensus says is over powered?) was a loving chore and I hated it so much I havent even touched the engineer or gladiator. It really feels like they should bump up the health and shields on those guys.
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Aug 13, 2017 18:59
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The Krogan Vanguard is such a weird design because it's basically taking the well-designed Human Vanguard and then loving up what makes her work for no reason: - As a Human Vanguard, you can Nova to prime, Shockwave to detonate, and Charge to close distance / escape / recharge shields. As a Krogan Vanguard, you don't have Shockwave, so your primary defensive and utility tool has to play awkward double duty as your combo detonator - As a Human Vanguard, you have a decent pool of both health and shields, and your survivability mostly comes from the fact that you can fully recharge your shields, on-demand, on a pretty low cooldown. As a Krogan Vanguard, you get a bunch more resistance and health regeneration, at the cost of a shield pool so tiny that it makes Bastion-Charge recharges negligible Don't get me wrong, Vanguards are still fun as hell to play no matter what, but the Krogan one is just an exercise in "this kit is missing some very obvious things that would let it function properly if they were there"
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Aug 13, 2017 19:07
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Error 404 posted:It really feels like they should bump up the health and shields on those guys. This is really the issue, Korgan Vanguard has 780 (600-180) effective health which is only 30more than a basic Human. Compare this to ME3 where the Battle Master had 2000 (1000/1000) effective health. This is seen again for the ME4 Gladiator's 1025hp (700/325) and ME3's Warlord Sentinel's 2250hp (1000/1250). So now you run/walk slower, have less air-dash, and can't even effectively hide behind cover half the time in exchange for less life. The biggest loss is the Kogran Melee animation from ME3. Once you got used to it, you could just press the button to auto-lock on to your next target 10 feet away and pinball-chain to the rest of them. Now you have to awkwardly walk up to a guy and stand there for a second as a lovely headbutt animation plays.
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Aug 13, 2017 19:43
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Let's be honest, the biggest nerf to Krogans isn't their survivability or the loss of their heavy melee charge, it's the change to their light melee animation. ME3 Krogans didn't move while doing their light headbutt, while MEA Krogans take a step forward. Accordingly, ME3 Krogans could meet up between every wave and do synchronized headbutts until the next wave started, while, MEA Krogans awkwardly bowl past each other while trying to do the same
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Aug 13, 2017 19:46
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Thor-Stryker posted:This is really the issue, Korgan Vanguard has 780 (600-180) effective health which is only 30more than a basic Human. Compare this to ME3 where the Battle Master had 2000 (1000/1000) effective health. This is seen again for the ME4 Gladiator's 1025hp (700/325) and ME3's Warlord Sentinel's 2250hp (1000/1250). And unless I'm very much mistaken, all heavy melee animations in ME3 gave you a burst of DR.
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Aug 13, 2017 20:04
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Goddamn it's so satisfying to Snap Freeze and then get like five Cryo Explosions in a row from punching fools to pieces.
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Aug 13, 2017 20:36
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If MEA still had a developer the fact that holding melee isn't mapped to anything would give me hope because they could just add light/heavy melee attacks in an update. Also since I've been playing him a bit, the Krogan Vanguard does still have one advantage - absolutely batshit crazy high AoE melee damage. Headbutt is one of the strongest melees and it's got a decent AoE (it's not Krogan hammer or asari sword huge, but it's decent). Kroguard damage doesn't come from the charges and the novas, it's from the headbutts. Krogan Engineer is sweet as hell though - being incredibly tanky, good combos, health regen and providing AoE DR.
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Aug 13, 2017 21:28
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gently caress it, make the krogan do less per-shot damage but give them 2-3x the health. They're the super tough species, let me stroll calmly through a firefight and headbutt a hydra or a fiend to death, jesus gently caress.
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Aug 13, 2017 21:32
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Geth gold kroguard solo crew reporting in. I was too terrible to solo most other classes 
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Aug 13, 2017 21:38
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DatonKallandor posted:If MEA still had a developer the fact that holding melee isn't mapped to anything Ascension
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Aug 13, 2017 21:52
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It was weird to solo platinum with a KroGuard because the best thing to do was to spec into shotgun power after charge and hump the stairs with a reegar like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bTMaQt4_DA
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Jenny Angel posted:Let's be honest, the biggest nerf to Krogans isn't their survivability or the loss of their heavy melee charge, it's the change to their light melee animation. ME3 Krogans didn't move while doing their light headbutt, while MEA Krogans take a step forward. Accordingly, ME3 Krogans could meet up between every wave and do synchronized headbutts until the next wave started, while, MEA Krogans awkwardly bowl past each other while trying to do the same I miss the mad cackle after a melee kill. ha-HA!
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Aug 13, 2017 23:00
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Weirdly enough, Krogan Mercenary has been my favorite class so far, Flamethrower is just a really great power
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Aug 14, 2017 19:15
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Krogan Gladiator's also a lot of fun once you start speccing her for crazy AoE damage. Sure, she won't get there as fast as a Vanguard, but she'll do a buttload of damage once she does. I haven't taken her into Gold, but let's be honest, even good Vanguards struggle with Gold or higher. Silly fun is usually reserved for Bronze and Silver.
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Aug 14, 2017 22:26
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WFGuy posted:even good Vanguards struggle with Gold uhhhh nooooo. HuVan and Duelist are two of the easiest classes to run on Gold or Plat. Someone post that "Gentleman's Guide to Vanguarding"
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Yeah Human Vanguards are easily capable of carrying a gold map. Between low-cooldown Charges and Saving Barrier, you have more free shield refills than just about anyone in the game, and enough mobility and built-in combo power to not even rely on the full extent of that sustainability that often
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Aug 15, 2017 01:15
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I do wish there was something on the HUD that let you know when Saving Barrier is capable of triggering, because a lot of times I'll go "oh gently caress better Charge" and realize I wasted my Charge because Saving Barrier had kicked in.
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Aug 15, 2017 01:34
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Isn't there a small shield icon?
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Aug 15, 2017 01:38
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WFGuy posted:Krogan Gladiator's also a lot of fun once you start speccing her for crazy AoE damage. Sure, she won't get there as fast as a Vanguard, but she'll do a buttload of damage once she does. I haven't taken her into Gold, but let's be honest, even good Vanguards struggle with Gold or higher. Silly fun is usually reserved for Bronze and Silver. Yeah she hits really hard. I think her hammer is the strongest melee in the game both in terms of raw damage and AoE size?
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Two Finger posted:Isn't there a small shield icon? The small shield icon that pops on and off in your HUD is to show whether you're in or out of cover
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