Advertisement

Register for free to remove this ad

Originally Posted by 100xp great news on shockwave and smash, even the saber...i might actually dust that thing off and use it. the rest is reasonable, as it seemed that's all what ppl were using lately. iank...the vanguard's hvy melee is him lashing, his quick melee is a stun tonfa/baton. easily my new favorite class, you dont even need biotic charge. smash is hilarious...is more rewarding than beauty punching. i played w/jelks last night for 1 game, he was all excited..then when i said i had to leave to get dinner and pick up my girl, he got all sad and quiet. haha. i think im the only xbl'er that doesn't disagree with everything his says.

Even better is that lite melee and heavy melee cancel out the animation for Smash, but you still get the effect. It's great if you're about to be surrounded, but awesome overall.

Originally Posted by dualedge2 Even better is that lite melee and heavy melee cancel out the animation for Smash, but you still get the effect. It's great if you're about to be surrounded, but awesome overall.

yeah, one thing i noticed is Biotic Charge and Smash/Lash seem to be on the s
same CD timer which is horrible...the human Vanguard w/BC + Nova is vastly superior in that aspect. However, the X-vanguard's hvy melee animation is just enough time if you have close to 200% recharge to fire off smash or lash after you BC, Hvy Melee, fun biotics.

the upgrade to fling unshielded opponents is pure enjoyment.

cool, thanks for the tip.

I believe they also said Smash and some other move has a few frames of invulnerability. Might be worth looking into.

Originally Posted by dualedge2 I believe they also said Smash and some other move has a few frames of invulnerability. Might be worth looking into.

The Smash animation does not have any invincibility frames what so ever. You are completely exposed for the entire duration unless you're spamming it behind cover (it phases through walls and causes screen shaking earthquakes for your teammates just like Shockwave).

Got two Crusaders and another damned Vorcha Sentinel. His patterns are goofy, but I guess there's not a ton to work with. At any rate, the Eagle is the only promo N7 weapon I don't have a representative of yet, so that's neat.

BIOWAAAAAAAAAAAARE.

Work work work, annnnnd I found me3multiplayer.com where this was mentioned:

1. Use Carnage to reload cancel so that you can continuously rain armor-piercing ice-missiles and fiery blasts at your foe. If Carnage hasn’t cooled down and you’re looking to reload just tap B while in cover and you can easily reload cancel that way.

Anyone know what they're talking about?

I think after you use carnage you reload while behind cover. The animations will cancel the cool down for carnage.

Originally Posted by sendme I think after you use carnage you reload while behind cover. The animations will cancel the cool down for carnage.

...did someone say, new reason to play BF3 skin?

Originally Posted by sendme I think after you use carnage you reload while behind cover. The animations will cancel the cool down for carnage.

I wish. They are simply describing another way to cancel the basic reload animation to increase the possible dps of weapons like the Claymore, Widow, etc. It has nothing to do with mitigating or eliminating cooldown times.

Yeah, it's the same idea as sprinting to cancel a long reload time. Soon as you see the number on your clip fill up, you can do pretty much anything to cancel out of reload animation.

just to get it straight....commendation pack required you, to play as a rebellion character and extract in silver?

or

you extract in silver with other ppl playing as a rebellion class character? (which is what I did)

Originally Posted by IanKazimer Yeah, it's the same idea as sprinting to cancel a long reload time. Soon as you see the number on your clip fill up, you can do pretty much anything to cancel out of reload animation.

...Including tapping on Medi-Gel and tagging on just about any power after breaking TC with an Infiltrator e.g. TacScanning after firing then reloading during the animation.

XP: Neither. Commendations required completing a delivery objective with any Rebellion character in your squad then extraction on Silver or Gold.

Originally Posted by 100xp just to get it straight....commendation pack required you, to play as a rebellion character and extract in silver? or you extract in silver with other ppl playing as a rebellion class character? (which is what I did)

I thought it was either or, but just to be safe I ran Vorcha for the silvers I played this weekend. Yours not popping up?

yeah, no commendation pack for me yet...got the victory pack w/the Eagle and x-vanguard in it. maybe today after work. I played 4 silver matches, 3 of which all had quarian males or vorcha. I've done at least 3 CTF missions w/them successfully as well.

Ahhh, ok thanks guys.

Originally Posted by 100xp just to get it straight....commendation pack required you, to play as a rebellion character and extract in silver? or you extract in silver with other ppl playing as a rebellion class character? (which is what I did)

I had no rebellion characters, played, and received a pack so you should look into that.

Taken from the BSN:

Allied Goal: Complete 100K retrieval missions. Personal Goal: Extraction on Silver difficulty with one squad member of the Rebellion Pack classes: Vorcha, Phoenix Project Defectors, or Quarian Male. To be clear: The Rebellion Pack squad member does NOT have to be the one who extracts. They just have to participate in the mission and at least one squad member has to extract. Operation Mastiff must be completed on Silver OR BETTER. So Gold completions do count.

I got both packs for the weekend event, and I didn't have a Rebellion Pack character until after opening them.

I've unlocked a ton of weapons recently. I've been working with the Krysae with a few rounds. I'm not great with the sniper rifle, so it's not great for me personally, but I can see why others enjoy blowing enemies up with it.

Originally Posted by jd641 I got my victory pack and commendation pack. The victory pack had an Eagle 1 and the commendation pack had an Eagle 2. I would have preferred two upgrades to my Geth Plasma Shotgun but a new N7 weapon is good too.

Pick up that stick on the ground and throw it. It does more damage than the Eagle ever will.

Ended up getting a Vorcha Solder. Out of all the new characters I have to say I like him the best. Seems to bring back some of the fun to the game. I have yet to unlock all of them but out of the ones I have I don't like them that much. The Vorcha Solder seems like it will keep me playing more.