Mass Effect 3 Discussion Thread

My wife invited her sister and family over for dinner tonight. On an N7 weekend? Noooooooo! But I'll be online late and looking for some CAGs to join up with. Chubby, I'll understand if you dive in without me.
 
[quote name='The Ebbtide']If you unlock all of the commons (weapons, mods and characters), but then buy the cheapest pack, are you guaranteed to get uncommons or rares? Can you get a redundant weapon, mod or character that you already have the max level of?[/QUOTE]
Won't get weapons/mods after they are maxed but will always get characters. Character cards don't stop.
 
[quote name='theredworm']Won't get weapons/mods after they are maxed but will always get characters. Character cards don't stop.[/QUOTE]
The character cards have helped me level up several classes I never have even used, which is nice. I was just hoping I could start to force more uncommon or rare guns if I continued to buy the least expensive pack and leveled up all my weapons and mods. I already have the two weapons I like to use, so if I could avoid saving up for the higher level packs it would be ideal.
 
Just popped on, but didn't see anyone playing. I'll check back in a bit; prolly be up for a while.

Also, I appreciate that dude's rendition of Tali, but I always wanted to see the Quarians looking a bit more chitinous/pachydermal. Sharing DNA with the Turians opens up some cool avenues, design-wise. I just get tired of seeing essentially humans under the visor.
 
The facial features come across a little too masculine for my tastes which is weird considering the artist is supposedly female. Regardless damn near any fan inspired work is infinitely better than what BioWare threw up for us in fifteen minutes or less by default.
 
See? That's the problem right there. The face they gave us wasn't bad by any stretch of the word. It was FINE.

But it was also LAZY. And that's the real problem. For something a lot of fans have been looking forward to, they chose to brush it off as something relatively unimportant. I don't hate the face they gave us. But I like the masked face better. And I don't believe that's what they wanted.
 
Well... yeah. Just another example of BioWare's post-ME2 arrogance catching up with them. Sad fact of the matter is they could and would have easily gotten away with it had the ending drama never happened. Everyone simply would have labelled the "complainers" crazed "Talimancers" (God, I hate that word) and went about their business. Same with the crowd rightfully pissed off about the Jacob situation - no one cared.

Now I'm not sure about you, but I've already found solace in the realization that the DA team isn't far behind from repeating history via Dark Ritual. Whatever the result of that nonsense, I know I'll come out thoroughly entertained one way or another regardless of a purchase. You gotta take the victories where and when you can get them man. Even if they happen to be buried neck deep in tragedy.
 
[quote name='IanKazimer']Just popped on, but didn't see anyone playing. I'll check back in a bit; prolly be up for a while.

Also, I appreciate that dude's rendition of Tali, but I always wanted to see the Quarians looking a bit more chitinous/pachydermal. Sharing DNA with the Turians opens up some cool avenues, design-wise. I just get tired of seeing essentially humans under the visor.[/QUOTE]

ill be on in 20 or so
 
I saw the goals for this weekend. When it says "Squad Goal" does that mean I have to promote 3 characters, or the group I'm playing with does?

I would think it would be difficult for the latter to be recognized.
 
i just finished a match with the self proclaimed king of ME3 MP. the guy would not shut up about how his way is the best way to play...sadly the 2 low double digit 1st time gold players were just stroking his ego raw. How bad? He used the word, I carry, clutch, and don't use anything but "insert class/race/power."

That said...3 promotions. I didn't even care anymore, I used all 5 rockets so we could just finish to shut the guy up.
 
[quote name='100xp']i just finished a match with the self proclaimed king of ME3 MP. the guy would not shut up about how his way is the best way to play...sadly the 2 low double digit 1st time gold players were just stroking his ego raw. How bad? He used the word, I carry, clutch, and don't use anything but "insert class/race/power."

That said...3 promotions. I didn't even care anymore, I used all 5 rockets so we could just finish to shut the guy up.[/QUOTE]

LOL. My Geth Infiltrator Sense is tingling. This will also be the last time I promote for any reason unless they seriously make it worth my while. It's too damn time consuming memorizing my customization for three classes full of different characters. Guarantee me a weapon I want or some serious credits... otherwise it won't happen.
 
Has anyone else been getting a "You have lost connection to the EA network..." message this weekend?

I've probably been able to play about 25% of the games I've actually started. It's getting extremely frustrating.
 
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']LOL. My Geth Infiltrator Sense is tingling. This will also be the last time I promote for any reason unless they seriously make it worth my while. It's too damn time consuming memorizing my customization for three classes full of different characters. Guarantee me a weapon I want or some serious credits... otherwise it won't happen.[/QUOTE]

as capable as that guy was, he wouldn't stfu about his world view on all MP. He started with, vanguard is the worst class...then he said, the vanguard is the best solo class cause he gots all d'toolz nahmsayin? I told him by then, let the 2 younglings enjoy their first steps into MP and stop contradicting yourself.

At least engineering is super quick and easy to level up, just play the salarian on FGW...over and over til 20.

If we're in XBL, i'll tell you his GT...but if you ever join his lobby you'll probably just figure it out yourself if you have a mic.
 
OH MY GOD

I keep getting booted because of the craptastic servers.

And I'm one game away from being able to promote a third character.
 
I'm done with this game.

After being able to play maybe 30% of all the games I've tried to play this weekend, I manage to get a complete game done with the hope of promoting my third character. Completed extraction, even got the extraction complete screen.

Then pops up ANOTHER "You have been disconnected from the Mass Effect 3 server." message. I'm not too worried because I've finished the game, so I should get my Experience and Credits, right?

WRONG. Still the same amount of experience for my character. Not promoted to Level 20.

Look, the ending can be argued all we want, but in the end, that was a stylistic decision. But to fail to provide adequate servers to run the multiplayer is a complete lack of quality on Electronic Arts's part.
 
[quote name='100xp']i just finished a match with the self proclaimed king of ME3 MP. the guy would not shut up about how his way is the best way to play...sadly the 2 low double digit 1st time gold players were just stroking his ego raw. How bad? He used the word, I carry, clutch, and don't use anything but "insert class/race/power."

That said...3 promotions. I didn't even care anymore, I used all 5 rockets so we could just finish to shut the guy up.[/QUOTE]

impossibru, im the king of me3 mp
 
Ran into an 1800+ rating who tried to tell everyone how to play their class. And what mods to use. And to GTFO if you had a rating below 200. On Bronze. Started yelling at some people. "Why are you using an Extended Clip with the GPR? It's got enough bullets. Why not use Extended Barrel?" Right. So, we can make the mosquito bite sting a little bit more. Also, you can never have enough bullets, stupid. And why aren't you shutting up? Just amazing.

Really, how many stupid people in the world can there be? Wait...don't answer that.
 
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Yeah, I find that the high N7 rating guys (1000+) tend have big mouths but usually are at best mediocre players. Kicking players off bronze is just laughable and if he's so good, what's he doing wasting his time in a bronze game anyway?

I love the random banshees, I hope they do more of these mixups. Actually a permanent option to have random combinations of enemies would be really fun.
 
I swear you guys have a monopoly on all the entertaining idiots. I'm jealous. All of mine are of the ordinary micless "What does this button do?" Dee Dee kind of stupid.

I think I might change my mind on not boosting and run some Random Gold tomorrow for Rebellion. The thought of getting stuck with only a Phoenix Adept, Male Quarian Engineer and that Reegar Shotgun for a long period of time was incentive enough. Ugh.
 
I sure as hell don't want them. You can have them all Inky. At least carrying idiots on Bronze isn't hard. Listening to idiots with an ego is.
 
[quote name='dualedge2']I sure as hell don't want them. You can have them all Inky. At least carrying idiots on Bronze isn't hard. Listening to idiots with an ego is.[/QUOTE]

Bring them to gold and nothing shuts them up than faster when you snicker at them
 
I think I might have you all beat on the awful experience tales, though mine was on the PSN.

Three guys who were friends of each other were playing Firebase White against the Geth on Gold. I was a random who entered the lobby, and the game started. I had played this setup once before, and was told the best place for defense by two random players from that previous game, and we actually survived to the end.

I had my N7 Crusader Shotgun Lvl II, with upgraded accuracy and piercing mods, my M-99 Saber Lvl I, with the added scope mod, and a few added equipment bonuses, and setup a defensive position in the lower office looking part of the map, where you can do the grab attack if you're behind cover.

For some reason these three other guys insisted upon splitting up, with one guy sniping outside my area, and the other two sort of sticking together, moving around the map. The duo would get downed occasionally, and the sniper would get overwhelmed by the amounts of Geth coming at him, and this is where they proceeded to shout at me for being of no use. Meanwhile, my decoy allowed me to hit Geth at range with my Saber, and when they came closer I used the Crusader, or even grab. Regardless of that, these guys proceeded to go on a racist and homophobic rant about me, adding that I must clearly have my parent buy all my weapons in-game, because I'm not good enough to play, and that I should take my parents money to buy some rope and hang myself with it.

I came in a distant 4th place, as my strategy of defending while the Geth came at us was useless as they just moved around, erratically, getting kills but also getting downed, screaming at each other to get them up, then continuing to yell at me for using a decoy. They wouldn't go for the objectives, claiming that was my problem, as they continued to focus on kills.

Best yet was the end game menu, where they decided they'd teach me a lesson in counting. Warning, offensive racial language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4A8da_DcnA

We got to the last wave and they decided to get killed intentionally, so that they wouldn't "give" me more points for a full extraction, even though I was the only one to survive the final wave.

Watching the video lead me to look up their IDs in google to see if they had similar usernames elsewhere, which they did. One guy belongs to several online dating sites and porn sites, but the best is the guy who lead the rant about me not having skill in his game. This comes up on the first google page if you search for his name;
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/615759-/62866893
 
[quote name='dualedge2']I sure as hell don't want them. You can have them all Inky.[/QUOTE]

Sweet.

At least carrying idiots on Bronze isn't hard. Listening to idiots with an ego is.
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Not for me, but that's what years of competitive multiplayer will do to a human being. I use them as motivation to top the leaderboard for lulz, conversational pieces and teabag them with my characters by purposely cancelling revives. They are way more useful than you guys care to realize.

Anyway... we've finally got a patch confirmed for tomorrow so here are the notes:
Patch 1.03 Notes:

Common to all Platforms:
-Fixed an issue where sometimes facial movement would not match the voice over if a hitch occurred
-Fixed an issue where taking cover in a certain area of Cure the Genophage mission would cause players to become blocked from progress
-Fixed Action mode so it will now respect difficulty if set in the main menu
-Fixed an issue where the player would always be walking forward instead of towards objective in The Return mission
-Fixed the Ultralight Materials SMG weapon mod in multiplayer so it correctly affects weapon recharge
-Fixed a rare case where the reinforcement pack purchases could fail and take currency without giving cards
- Fixed the issue where users logged off/disconnected during multiplayer gameplay would not log back in properly until their game is rebooted
-Fixed the issue that multiplayer Geth sentry turret flamethrower would endlessly repeat audio SFX
-Fixed various multiplay maps where a player could fall through the map during multiplayer gameplay
-Fixed the issue that using an ops survival pack consumable immediately before death could have no effect. It now works as intended
-Fixed the issue so the Falcon weapon in multiplayer no longer sometimes fire blanks
-Fixed the issue where enemies who were detonated with a biotic power while in stasis would become invulnerable
-Fixed the issue where Banshees who got hit with a rocket launcher would not play the correct death animation
-Fixed the issue where joining a match in progress while a Geth prime turret is active leaves the turret there for the remainder of the game. It now disappears.
-Fixed the issue when joining a match in progress while the host is performing a combat roll would play firing animation on the client for the host character, for the duration of the match
-Fixed an issue so Vanguards who are charging as they die are no longer being routed to the ground
-Fixed Host migration that would sometimes cause players to start on an incorrect wave
-Fixed the issue when a client quitting a match during deep bleedout causes muted/ducked audio to persist into next match
-Fixed the issue that when being revived at the same time as being executed would leave players in an T-Pose state
-Fixed the issue that when a Banshee takes enough damage to stop her charge state, her normal state is not immediately returned
-Fixed the issue where a player could enter a state when completing cover interactions near a ladder which could lead them to becoming invulnerable and unable to deal damage
-Fixed game hitching of 1-2 seconds at start of waves
-Fixed clients occasionally seeing nonstop firing visual effects
-Fixed evaded projectiles having an erratic course
-Fixed an issue where selecting resume after death could occasionally cause henchmen to not spawn properly
-Fixed weapon recoil that could become reversed with a Turian when stability mod and passive power present
-Fixed the cover slot in Meet the Diplomats mission would cause a player to become stuck
-Fixed Geth prime and harvesters taking headshot bonus damage when they shouldn’t
-Fixed shooting the atlas in the cockpit with a penetration weapon doing double damage
-Fixed the Kishock Sniper Rifle that would hit head bone (critical hit) on enemies that should not be possible, such as the Brute, Banshee and Ravager
-Fixed and issue where clients in cover cannot do any damage to targets at wide angles relative to the cover
-Fixed an issue where player can glitch their melee combo to only perform cover lean melee animations
-Fixed an issue where while dying in multiplayer, if the player pressed the prolong life button too quickly they could erroneously die
-Fixed an issue so Drell Adept Reave audio plays at full volume for all players
-Fixed an issue that an interrupt could sometimes fail to prevent a Cerberus engineer from building a turret
-Fixed a crash in conversations after Investigate Sanctuary mission
-Fixed an issue to prevent gear items from Rebellion DLC getting cleared between matches
-Fixed an issue so ammo consumables, such as cyro ammo, would not replicated from host to clients
-Fixed the Memory Leak going in and out of Multiplayer Menus
-Added feature to remove AFK players after a set amount of inactivity
-Added a cooldown to Ops Survial consumable
-Made ammo consumables insta-reload and damage bonus

PS3 Only:
-Fixed wrong DLC Text in the Trophy File
-Added Downloadable Content option to PS3 Main Menu

Xbox Only:
- Fixed an issue where Mass Effect 3 soft locks in character screen if user unplugs Ethernet at “Checking downloadable content…” after accepting an invitation from multiplayer menu

PC Only:
-Fixed an issue where the Online Pass Activation screen would appear for users despite PC not having a need for an online pass
-Fixed the Galaxy Map search and rescue asset GUI not appearing when using eyefinity
-Fixed an issue where users could not scan on galaxy map when right-click is rebound
-Fixed an issue where having the PC hud (heads up display) (left shift) up when a player dies in multiplayer and revived would cause player unable to move and the hud to remain active
 
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']They are way more entertaining than you guys care to realize.[/QUOTE]

Fixed that for you.

Btw, while that may be true, it'd be great if they didn't try to rally the others into kicking you. Then MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, you'll get your chance to do exactly what you said. Getting kicked before you embarrass them is kind of counterproductive.
 
[quote name='The Ebbtide']I think I might have you all beat on the awful experience tales, though mine was on the PSN.

Three guys who were friends of each other were playing Firebase White against the Geth on Gold. I was a random who entered the lobby, and the game started. I had played this setup once before, and was told the best place for defense by two random players from that previous game, and we actually survived to the end.

I had my N7 Crusader Shotgun Lvl II, with upgraded accuracy and piercing mods, my M-99 Saber Lvl I, with the added scope mod, and a few added equipment bonuses, and setup a defensive position in the lower office looking part of the map, where you can do the grab attack if you're behind cover.

For some reason these three other guys insisted upon splitting up, with one guy sniping outside my area, and the other two sort of sticking together, moving around the map. The duo would get downed occasionally, and the sniper would get overwhelmed by the amounts of Geth coming at him, and this is where they proceeded to shout at me for being of no use. Meanwhile, my decoy allowed me to hit Geth at range with my Saber, and when they came closer I used the Crusader, or even grab. Regardless of that, these guys proceeded to go on a racist and homophobic rant about me, adding that I must clearly have my parent buy all my weapons in-game, because I'm not good enough to play, and that I should take my parents money to buy some rope and hang myself with it.

I came in a distant 4th place, as my strategy of defending while the Geth came at us was useless as they just moved around, erratically, getting kills but also getting downed, screaming at each other to get them up, then continuing to yell at me for using a decoy. They wouldn't go for the objectives, claiming that was my problem, as they continued to focus on kills.

Best yet was the end game menu, where they decided they'd teach me a lesson in counting. Warning, offensive racial language.

We got to the last wave and they decided to get killed intentionally, so that they wouldn't "give" me more points for a full extraction, even though I was the only one to survive the final wave.

Watching the video lead me to look up their IDs in google to see if they had similar usernames elsewhere, which they did. One guy belongs to several online dating sites and porn sites, but the best is the guy who lead the rant about me not having skill in his game. This comes up on the first google page if you search for his name;
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/615759-/62866893[/QUOTE]

Doesn't sound like a pleasant group, but there's plenty of hate in the community towards decoy and FBWGG. That's probably where the no skill accusations were rooted from.
 
Edge - Easiest solution is to stop searching for random lobbies to join and host your own. Sucks for Gold, but works like a charm for the other difficulties especially if you speed up the process by soloing until people show up.

I understand why people prefer rolling the dice with the normal route as their time is precious, but being at the mercy of a checklist three nerds in a party are only privy to doesn't sound particularly appealing to me. Especially when I'd probably run circles around them all with some of the worst builds I could possibly create if dusted off my tryhard cap.
 
[quote name='gotdott']Doesn't sound like a pleasant group, but there's plenty of hate in the community towards decoy and FBWGG. That's probably where the no skill accusations were rooted from.[/QUOTE]
The odd part is that the guy complaining the loudest was using a decoy, too.

I just don't understand why people act so special, but then he complains on a message board about experiencing it himself.
 
Also, Inky, you keep turning down my requests for teamups! Or ignore me :cry:

In any case, I like to run Silver matches just because they seem to have the right amount of challenge and the least frustration.
 
[quote name='dualedge2']Also, Inky, you keep turning down my requests for teamups! Or ignore me :cry:[/QUOTE]

Sorry. Most of the time it isn't intentional, but if it's late night on the weekends then you can blame that on an extra long day at work. If I did accept those requests I'd probably bite your head off or remain mute the entire time due to mental fatigue then leave abruptly.

Neither of us want that trust me. I can be a pretty moody person.
 
Got my 3 promotions in yesterday. Had to stay up way too late to get my Asari Adept up, but sometimes you do what you gotta do. Now, I just have to wait til Wednesday or Thursday and probably be disappointed in getting an N7 weapon that I don't particularly care for. Mostly kidding. I'm hoping they do what they did with the Resurgence packs and give us a guaranteed new character with a Rebellion pack. I needs that Ex-Cerb Vanguard!
 
Just be careful. The cutoff time was apparently 500AM MDT, Monday. Normally, it's 500PM PDT.

So, all promotion tallies will be taken from data covered from 1700 (5PM) , 25 May 2012 through to 0500 (5AM), 28 May 2012. All times mountain.
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I like the combat drone but I have noticed it is useless much of the time. On bronze I would use it and have the highest score from just assists I would get from it. Gold it does nothing but die early on. I think they should up the health of it but I'm sure they wont.
 
Thank God for CAG. Nice one Sup. I just started wading through the sea of bait threads on BSN looking for the real trailer. It's way too short for me to pick anything discussion worthy out of it. ;(

[quote name='dualedge2']Never knew how much fun the human Engineer is: Flame Explosions and Tech Bursts galore. Worthless combat drone.[/QUOTE]

o_O

Man... you trippin'.
 
what i wondered re: operation kill 5,000,000 banshees is...banshees are probably the rarest form of reaper, how the hell did N7 expect us to kill that many? would there even be that many around? I understand it's a game but considering the way they set up the mission types, they seem very serious about it.

that said, Revenant is finally at X.
 
New info on Rebellion here and MP Manifest are reportedly showing new content. I hope the Vorcha's playstyle isn't too melee oriented. The less overlap the better. I'm going to laugh my ass off though if the Cerb Vanguard is the one with Stasis instead of the Adept.
 
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']New info on Rebellion here and MP Manifest are reportedly showing new content. I hope the Vorcha's playstyle isn't too melee oriented. The less overlap the better. I'm going to laugh my ass off though if the Cerb Vanguard is the one with Stasis instead of the Adept.[/QUOTE]


Looks sick. I love the looks of that Sur'kesh map. I'm on Arkham City DLC tonight, but I'm down for some games this week. I gotta get some space bucks for the new guys.
 
yeah, bioware sure does make a good trailer.

they all look good, overlay or not it's all about variety. we know we kick ass no matter how gimped a class/race is on gold...now we just have more options to do it in style.

the arc grenade looked mighty too...visually.
 
Meh... both Cerbs have Lash and Smash (no Stasis); Both Quarians have Grenades and Scan; Both Vorcha have Flamer and Bloodlust. I hope at least one of the new weapons is fun to use for a while. The Harrier is an ultra rare so the likelihood of me getting one is pretty slim.
 
Lash and Smash sound neat at least. Being able to pull people through shields and cover sounds cool, and I'll probably like the synergy on the Vanguard between Charging and Smashing. I guess it's pretty much just Nova at that point though (still never played as the human vanguard.)
 
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