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LivewiresXe

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O D I N said:
Yup.

I pulled the N7 Valiant. :awesome: It's pretty sweet. It's like, half way between the Viper and Mantis (I have it in SP, but we all know those stats don't matter). And accurate as all hell. No recoil. :megustaface.jpg

My Victory Pack gave me jack. An SMG heat Sink and the Hornet IV.

...Woo...
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Is it...like a code you get in an e-mail or something? Because I was playing until 1:30 and never saw either packs show up in the store. Hell, a "Premium Veteran's Pack" did though.
 
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More changes to multiplayer:

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March 20, 2012
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Phaeston Assault Rifle
- Damage increased from [29.7-37.2] to [34.7-42.2]

Revenant Assault Rifle
- Damage increased from [52.9-66.2] to [57.9-71.2]

Claymore Shotgun
- Damage increased from [152.8-191.0] to [167.8-206.0]

Falcon Assault Rifle
- Increased refire time on the Falcon to 0.65 seconds
- Decreased rate of fire from 125 to 50
- Decreased max spare ammo from [24-34] to [18-28]

Sentry Turret Power
- Increased base shields from 500 to 1000
- Increased base damage from 25 to 30
- Evolve 5 Rocket upgrade damage increased from 150 to 250
- Evolve 5 Rocket upgrade radius increased from 1.5 meters to 2.0 meters

Combat Drone Power
- Evolve 5 Rocket upgrade damage increased from 150 to 250
- Evolve 5 Rocket upgrade radius increased from 1.5 meters to 2.0 meters

Ops Survival Pack Consumable
- Increased amount of bonus shields given from 1000 to 1500

Atlas
- (Silver) Armor increased from 11250 to 12940
- (Silver) Shields increased from 11250 to 12940
- (Gold) Armor increased from 16875 to 21094
- (Gold) Shields increased from 16875 to 21094
 
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So that Phaeston might actually be worth using now eh?

Also I need to unlock more Javelin stuff.

It needs to be lighter so I can spam powers.

I solo'd Geth and Cerberus on bronze last night.

Just used a Predator and an SMG.

Overload all the things!

Also I'm currently devising a strategy to take down gold reapers.

It involves 2 Krogan Sentinels, an Asari adept and a Salarian infiltrator.

I've found the only problem with Reapers is objectives like Data upload because the Brutes and Banshees just become too much to handle.

Krogans take care of Brutes, Asari deals with the small fry and the Infiltrator can drain anything/somewhat safely ccapture objectives.

I'm gonna make my Krogan sentinel later and try it out with some of you guys if you like.
 
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LivewiresXe said:
Is it...like a code you get in an e-mail or something? Because I was playing until 1:30 and never saw either packs show up in the store. Hell, a "Premium Veteran's Pack" did though.
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:urg:

Akuma said:
So that Phaeston might actually be worth using now eh?

Also I need to unlock more Javelin stuff.

It needs to be lighter so I can spam powers.

I solo'd Geth and Cerberus on bronze last night.

Just used a Predator and an SMG.

Overload all the things!

Also I'm currently devising a strategy to take down gold reapers.

It involves 2 Krogan Sentinels, an Asari adept and a Salarian infiltrator.

I've found the only problem with Reapers is objectives like Data upload because the Brutes and Banshees just become too much to handle.

Krogans take care of Brutes, Asari deals with the small fry and the Infiltrator can drain anything/somewhat safely ccapture objectives.

I'm gonna make my Krogan sentinel later and try it out with some of you guys if you like.
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I'm only missing my preciousssssssssssssssssssssssssss Salarian Infilitrator. I miss it so... :c

The best build I can devise for the S.I. involves ditching Proxy Mine. In the demo, I never had a use for it. I'd rather cloak and run the eff away. Taking the extra power or extra damage is really up to personal preference. And of course I'd take weight reduction for more cooldown.
 
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What the *extended bleep*? You mean I spent all weekend on Silver killing Brutes for no reason, and even though it tripled expectations, we're STILL going to get screwed?
 
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LivewiresXe said:
What the *extended bleep*? You mean I spent all weekend on Silver killing Brutes for no reason, and even though it tripled expectations, we're STILL going to get screwed?
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It was said from the get go.

:c

Your kills didn't count towards the 3 million, if it makes a difference. And they're working on doing something for you.

Also, debunking
the space travel without relay arguement
as established by... DRUMROLL PLEASE.......................................




MASS EFFECT 1!

 
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I like how the blog doesn't allow for comments. It's not like someone will create a thread on the forums regarding his blog, right? lol.
 
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I got my commendation pack, got the N7 Valiant, too good. The victory pack sucked, I got a Viper 6 -_-

@Livewire, just keep checking the multiplayer store, you should get packs. Also, did you have upload gameplay feedback set to on? Go to options and go to online and check if that's on because that setting needed to be on for the event in order to get the rewards.

Edit: also, http://ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1221273p1.html
 
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@ODIN:

The codex is a better source on information than Nihlus. It shows that with FTL travel it'd take 26 years to get from one side of the galaxy to the other, meaning it'd take a few months or years to get to home planets from the Sol system, which isn't bad for the long lived species and even the short lived ones can go into stasis. Plus cloning is possible, so food could be cloned. If you have the Geth all of this will be sped up, and they have plenty of fuel from every fleet in the galaxy and the Reapers.
 
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Pluvia said:
@ODIN:

The codex is a better source on information than Nihlus. It shows that with FTL travel it'd take 26 years to get from one side of the galaxy to the other, meaning it'd take a few months or years to get to home planets from the Sol system, which isn't bad for the long lived species and even the short lived ones can go into stasis. Plus cloning is possible, so food could be cloned. If you have the Geth all of this will be sped up, and they have plenty of fuel from every fleet in the galaxy and the Reapers.
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Even though it's to Odin, it gave me a question.

Which of the 3 endings are you assuming with this being the case, Destroy?
 
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With Destroy you've ruined the Geth so you've basically put your foot in it I think, it is possible with organics just slower and harder without all the Geth's help. Control doesn't actually show the Relays exploding, breaking apart slightly but not exploding like the other 2. Synthesis would probably make everyone immortal, or at least much longer lived.

Huh so I guess it is only the Destroy ending seeing as though time and most other organic hinderences would be nullified.
 
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Pluvia said:
With Destroy you've ruined the Geth so you've basically put your foot in it I think, it is possible with organics just slower and harder without all the Geth's help. Control doesn't actually show the Relays exploding, breaking apart slightly but not exploding like the other 2. Synthesis would probably make everyone immortal, or at least much longer lived.

Huh so I guess it is only the Destroy ending seeing as though time and most other organic hinderences would be nullified.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_HkjgROzS0&feature=player_detailpage#t=191s

It's very quick, but it DOES get destroyed. I'd be willing to chalk it up to lazy editing since through out the blue ending, there's no laser. But even then, you can clearly see it getting destroyed.
 
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Pluvia said:
With Destroy you've ruined the Geth so you've basically put your foot in it I think, it is possible with organics just slower and harder without all the Geth's help. Control doesn't actually show the Relays exploding, breaking apart slightly but not exploding like the other 2. Synthesis would probably make everyone immortal, or at least much longer lived.

Huh so I guess it is only the Destroy ending seeing as though time and most other organic hinderences would be nullified.
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Personally, I always thought Vent Kid was talking out his arse when he said ALL Synthetic life would be destroyed and not just the Reapers. I mean, I do find bits of the Indoctrination theory get supported by the fact he tries to steer you AWAY from Destroy. Plus...the Reapers lied to Saren and TIM to save themselves, no doubt they'd lie about the Geth and EDI getting destroyed. Not to mention, I oddly saw a video of someone picking Destroy AND having EDI step out of the Normandy with Joker. Whether it was hacked because it was the PC version or not, I don't know, but still.
 
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O D I N said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_HkjgROzS0&feature=player_detailpage#t=191s

It's very quick, but it DOES get destroyed. I'd be willing to chalk it up to lazy editing since through out the blue ending, there's no laser. But even then, you can clearly see it getting destroyed.
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That just means it'd be even easier, as Shepard could just get the Reapers to rebuild the relays.

LivewiresXe said:
Personally, I always thought Vent Kid was talking out his arse when he said ALL Synthetic life would be destroyed and not just the Reapers. I mean, I do find bits of the Indoctrination theory get supported by the fact he tries to steer you AWAY from Destroy. Plus...the Reapers lied to Saren and TIM to save themselves, no doubt they'd lie about the Geth and EDI getting destroyed. Not to mention, I oddly saw a video of someone picking Destroy AND having EDI step out of the Normandy with Joker. Whether it was hacked because it was the PC version or not, I don't know, but still.
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Yeah. I don't really know all the variences of the endings (it's hard to find them when a lot of the whiners are claiming they don't exist and you get the same ending regardless) so I can't really say anymore on that than you can.
 
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I think that blog was actually funny. I understand where he's coming from though. It can't be easy for your 'Masterpiece' of art to be **** on ever day by a new disgruntled fan. I guess there is a big disconnect between the writers and the people who do animations and such. Who knows, maybe they didn't know the ending was changed and made all these statements on the assumption that they would have time to complete the original design.

However, I don't buy the artistic story at all. Anyone who has ever done anything artistic or knows someone who is very much into art will tell you that the golden rule is to never rushing your work. It is especially important if this is suppose to be your Masterpiece. The fact that they added a Joker-EDI relationship to the game says they were providing fan service(which is nice). Still, it Also shows willingness to compromise your work and vision(EXTREMELY ironic considering they are now showing unwillingness). Seem like to many contradictions here for the "we are artists" claim imo. In any-case I've already give destructive and constructive criticism. I and many others have created the ending(s) ourselves, I came up with endings and various parts of the game that change depending on the class you choose. If we the fans can think of such things then I have no pity to the "professionals" that are paid a great deal of money to do the same thing.

@LimewireXe's vid

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL I'm so glad that was deleted.
 
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damnit, spectre pack gives me nothing i need, no new guns, no new characters

bummer

i feel like the quarian infiltrator is useless, except against geth obviously but still, i feel like she needs another power
 
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apparently though, what you get in the spectre pack depends on what you already own, which is why there is the added pack

so buy those before you buy the spectre packs
 
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Yeah I got a bunch of sweet stuff in the premium veteran packs last night.

They are well worth it because it upgrader the less rare guns quickly and letsyou get charcater training quickly too.

I got 2 for my Turian Sentinel. :3

I want those lights and skin tone!

Also we found out the Geth have literaly 0% chance against me and Tyler.

With the exeption of those insanely Hunter heavy Waves.

Those 2 waves were incredibly annoying.

Medi gel>instant ****>revived>instant ****.

****ing hunters!
 
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hunters are scary, they're the only guys i fear when playing the geth

but i need weapons, it's literally the only reason why my characters cannot fair well on silver, the only usable weapons i have are the vindicator II, the mantis IV, and the eviscerator III, that's it, everything else i have blows
 
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Akuma said:
Yeah I got a bunch of sweet stuff in the premium veteran packs last night.

They are well worth it because it upgrader the less rare guns quickly and letsyou get charcater training quickly too.

I got 2 for my Turian Sentinel. :3

I want those lights and skin tone!

Also we found out the Geth have literaly 0% chance against me and Tyler.

With the exeption of those insanely Hunter heavy Waves.

Those 2 waves were incredibly annoying.

Medi gel>instant ****>revived>instant ****.

****ing hunters!
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That's why I like the Javelin for Geth.

HELLO Thermal Vision. :awesome:
 
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i have a question about ME1, i'm probably going to buy it (i borrowed it from a friend at first and my bro wouldn't lend me his copy so w/e), i want to do an insanity run through at least ME2 and ME3

is it worth it to try insanity on ME1? i already did a hardcore adept run starting at level 1 and my god was that obnoxious, especially when geth rocket troopers could hit me THROUGH A ROCK WHEN I'M IN COVER THAT WOULD INSTANTLY KILL ME

so...is it worth it to try it or just do it on normal and continue through the series on insanity

*shutters at the thought of fighting benezia*
 
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Akuma said:
Yeah I got a bunch of sweet stuff in the premium veteran packs last night.

They are well worth it because it upgrader the less rare guns quickly and letsyou get charcater training quickly too.

I got 2 for my Turian Sentinel. :3

I want those lights and skin tone!

Also we found out the Geth have literaly 0% chance against me and Tyler.

With the exeption of those insanely Hunter heavy Waves.

Those 2 waves were incredibly annoying.

Medi gel>instant ****>revived>instant ****.

****ing hunters!
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I think this is why we need a Salarian Engineer, for Decoys.

@mood, i'd say no it's not worth it.

:phone:
 
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Benezia is NOT that difficult.

You just have to run the right way pretty much instantly.

So Tyler, 1 Salarian Engineer, 1 Turian Sentinel, 1 Quarian Infiltrator and maybe 1 Salarian Infiltrator?
 
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Akuma said:
Benezia is NOT that difficult.

You just have to run the right way pretty much instantly.

So Tyler, 1 Salarian Engineer, 1 Turian Sentinel, 1 Quarian Infiltrator and maybe 1 Salarian Infiltrator?
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I have the following:

A Salarian Engineer: Specced with Incenerate for Armor stripping and Burn and Decoy (decoy is specced to distract and shock, and explode).

Turian Sentinel is nothing but Warp and Overload. No Tech Armor. Overload is Damage/NeuralShock/ChainLightning. This gives max damage and at least 1 jump to another enemy, and cripples lesser enemies while devestating shields without the need for the 100% shield/barrier destruction buff. Warp is armor debuff I think. I'll have to check.



Quarian Infil is pretty run of the mill.

I don't have my Salarian Infilitrator yet. :c

I also run an Avenger X, so cooldown is at 200%. I can probably run something else on my Turian one day, since I took the Weight capacity/power buffs, and the AR weight reduction. But Avenger is maxed, and still a GREAT gun.
 
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So, I just started messing around with the Drell Adept last night. Holy hell are they fast and crap. Reave is good, Pull is the easiest way to deal with just about any Cerberus unshielded infantry ever, and Cluster Grenades are like...some cross between Frag Grenades, and Lift Grenades...but times THREE. The class has absolute garbage when it comes to shields though. But yeah, I just randomly tried it on Bronze since I haven't touched Adept, and only had 3 points available to the class (so I had 1 point each on Cluster Grenade, Pull, and Reave), and I only ever got knocked down and needed reviving ONCE, and that was wave 10.
 
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