How do you feel about including someone brand new to multi? If I see you two online when I'm able to play I'll send you a message. I play Vanguard in singleplayer (and have gotten a pretty good feel for the new mechanics in ME3), but I haven't yet touched multi.
Batts, shall we have a nova-off for vanguard? :P You still need to authorize my friend request on origin, Mr. snob :P
Come on, it's not. Especially since the fixes. It's just... not optimal.
I'm actually toying with the idea of seeing if there aren't some interesting charge-less Vanguard builds to develop with respec cards...
Looks like lots of cool stuff. The platinium mode was long due, I was at a point where I could solo gold with one hand if it wasn't for the objectives.
Also, new event (http://blog.bioware.com/2012/07/10/operation-broadside/) this weekend. Can earn a new medigel slot, so that's interesting too.
Looks like lots of cool stuff. The platinium mode was long due, I was at a point where I could solo gold with one hand if it wasn't for the objectives.
Also, new event (http://blog.bioware.com/2012/07/10/operation-broadside/) this weekend. Can earn a new medigel slot, so that's interesting too.
Ahem, bite me! I haven't even unlocked a level 1 Krysae yet, you smarmy Frenchman :P
If you want a challenge, try dragging me through a few Gold matches every so often. =)
That said, I wish they'd do something about the unlock system... a preference setting or something. I keep saving up credits, then unlocking a ****load of random gear that I have no interest in. I have Falcon and Striker assault rifles at level 5, despite having no interest in them, but meanwhile getting a shotgun upgrade is like pulling teeth and I STILL haven't unlocked the Project Phoenix Vanguard. But I've got all the soldiers, infiltrators, and engineers... :rolleyes:
Who is up for trying to survive this Gold objective at some point this weekend?
Who is up for trying to survive this Gold objective at some point this weekend?
Sure. I can get up early and play... 6 AM my time is roughly 1 PM GMT.
Ahem, bite me! I haven't even unlocked a level 1 Krysae yet, you smarmy Frenchman :PHeh, I've managed to get all weapons to X except for ultra rares. Though the fact that I was working from home roughly a month had something to do with that... In any case, Bioware devs have confirmed platinum difficulty and that the new classes are rare, not ultra-rare.
What the heck are those internal testers at Bioware/EA doing for their paycheck?
Matth, a couple others and I managed to beat Platinum, mainly due to Matth stopping them from spawning right behind us.Yup, Those noobs were trying to do the whole thing from the middle of Rio's map. If I hadn't been spending 90% of the game in the back of the map doing a whole lot of nothing aside from preventing the enemies to spawn there, we would have been overrun from both side in the first waves...
Rio is pretty interesting. The other side of the map has plenty of cover and lots of room to maneuver around mooks that manages to get up close and personal. It's on the opposite side of extraction point though, but unless you want the exp, there's no need to get there anyway. The only problem are banshees who can teleport right through whatever if they feel like it.Matth, a couple others and I managed to beat Platinum, mainly due to Matth stopping them from spawning right behind us.Yup, Those noobs were trying to do the whole thing from the middle of Rio's map. If I hadn't been spending 90% of the game in the back of the map doing a whole lot of nothing aside from preventing the enemies to spawn there, we would have been overrun from both side in the first waves...
Ping me on Origin
The fact that cheating like that is at all possible still somewhat baffles me.
The fact that cheating like that is at all possible still somewhat baffles me.Apparently, if you're BioWare, you ignore all multiplayer precedents in the industry and start from scratch... hence the lack of text chat too.
Not sure how the ending is even remotely relevant to multiplayer, but sure, whatever.
Woohoo, I just finished my first solo extraction on silver against reapers on firebase giant. Used my beloved Fury adept. :D
Yup. Nerfed Krysae has been replaced by a shiny new N7 Piranha X on my Geth Infi. Which has the advantage of being hitscan to boot, so not lag-dependent. I'm back to business and ready to rock.
You missed our Platinum run on the weekend by not answering our invite. Silly Fury :PI already had a match going at the time and then other stuff to attend to. I also tend to leave ME3 running in the background while doing something else, so the online status is not really indicative whether I'm actually playing or not.
Very, very nice. Here is mine (http://social.bioware.com/3951814/&v=bw_games&game=masseffect3_pc&pid=431077135&display=multiplayer). Pretty much identical to yours, even the same number of Ultra rare levels (although spread differently), but you seem to have more gear unlocked.Yeah. I managed that by buying recruit packs until I had maxed out my common weapons, mods and gear. Then moving to veteran packs to unlock uncommon weapons, mods and gear. And then finally to premium spectre packs to unlock rare and ultra rare. This method proved to be far more efficient than buying only premium spectre packs or regular spectre packs would have been (tried that too). Of course you need bit more patience because getting and maxing higher tier stuff would take longer. But in the long run it's worth it.
You missed our Platinum run on the weekend by not answering our invite. Silly Fury :PForgot to ask. How was the platinum game?
You missed our Platinum run on the weekend by not answering our invite. Silly Fury :PForgot to ask. How was the platinum game?
Here's hoping they will also release new patch too then. Pwetty pwease?
Just don't vanguard when you don't host. Geth Infi ftw.
ULM on SMG was fixed a few months ago.
ULM on SMG was fixed a few months ago.It wasn't fixed. It works if you equip a pistol with ULM too though. So you can get both SMG and heavy pistol with ULM and both work as intended. Weird stuff.
August 28th is now officially the date when new single-player DLC comes out, called Leviathan.
http://blog.bioware.com/2012/08/15/leviathan-dlc-officially-dated/
Unfortunately GW2 is out on 25th for those who pre-purchased and on 28th for everyone else. Tough competition. And seeing how frustrated MP community is getting over glitches and bugs, they better release that patch too.
Looking forward to the DLC, AND a multiplayer patch.... there'd better be one.No such luck. :(
Looking forward to the DLC, AND a multiplayer patch.... there'd better be one.No such luck. :(
Not sure what to think about this. Part of me wants to play Leviathan. The other part wants to boycot BW by not buying anything until patch is released.
is keviathan any good?
I don't know. ****ing Origin won't let me purchase it because every time I try to get Bioware points for it, it tells me "The service is temporarily unavailable."
Origin only lets you buy BW points with a credit card (for what ever reason) ... use the way through BSN (BSN => DA2 site) to get your 800 points with what ever payment method you want and then use Origin to get the DLC for the 800 points
-Can now headshot Banshees, Geth Primes, and Brutes for an extra 40% weapon damage.Unfortunately, as far as I can see, BioWare has not commented on PC-only bug which makes Shockwave power useless after some time if radius evolution is picked.
-Can now shoot the Atlas’ exhaust port on his back for an extra 40% weapon damage.
O.o. might have to start playing again. new faction worth it.Indeed. I just gotta break my new Dark Souls addiction first...
Also, N7 weapons (Hurricane, Eagle, etc) that were awarded through completing weekend events are now ultra rare instead.Looks like this was nothing more than temporary issue with the manifest. These weapons are promotional once again. :(
useVsync=False
SmoothFramerate=True
MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=30
In case some of the people here still play ME3... There has been a lot of discussion recently concerning issues with high frames per second on PC version of ME3.
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/15711621/10
Note that the main issue concerning AI reaction time and accuracy at above 30 fps has not been proven yet for certain. But there are several other smaller issues which have been confirmed, such as ladder climbing. I've got 120Hz capable display and I've had trouble climbing ladders. So that's one confirmed issue. Some people have reported more reliable game (less or no rubber-banding) in laggy conditions if fps is limited to 30, like console counterparts are.
Fps limit is easy to set.
Open %userprofile%\Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 3\BIOGame\Config\GamerSettings.ini
Add following somewhere under [SystemSettings]Code: [Select]useVsync=False
SmoothFramerate=True
MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=30
After limiting fps to 30, I've been able to climb ladders again. But I have only played one game, so no comment on anything else at this point.
I've never run across any strangeness aside from the usual lag-related shenanigans (like I couldn't climb a ladder on one of the newer maps at one point), but this is wild.Except the ladder climbing bug is also caused by fps.
Except the ladder climbing bug is also caused by fps.Makes sense. A non-scientific and very quick test tells me the problem isn't on my end.
Also, do note issues between 30 and 60 fps. Meaning that if you're joining pugs and hosting player can't keep fps at 60, you're in for an odd ride.