[MatthTheGeek]

Quick heads-up for the few people that used to play ME3 multi around here: a new free multi DLC is out with some very cool stuff in it, so if you feel like coming back into the fray, The E and I are trying to regather the HLP squad this weekend.

Who's up ?

[Ashrak]

i havent played ME series since the ending, took away my apetite knowing the current end is gonna stay.

[JCDNWarrior]

Though I certainly enjoyed playing multi with people here the ending definitely depressed my mood to do anything with ME1, 2 or 3. It's nice to have more DLC ready though, maybe if they truly fix the whole ending thing i'll be more inclined to play again.

[Turambar]

I'll think about it.  I haven't really been in a shooty mood lately.

[MP-Ryan]

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.

[Fury]

Dunno, maybe. What ME3 multi really needs are different game types. Not just the old-old survive 10 waves.

MP-Ryan, take a few practice matches in bronze difficulty. It's worth it to check out each starting class to find the one you find most appealing and then level that one (or those) for silver and gold matches.

[General Battuta]

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.

This might actually get me in, though I'm afraid you'll probably have to ditch Vanguard.

[MatthTheGeek]

No problem, really. We'll play bronze, and it should be quite easy for you with experienced, well-geared and level'd up players covering you.

We'll try to not kill everyone 

Welcome to HLP Squad !

EDIT: Human Vanguards are scary good, but suffer lag. There should be a patch (today actually) fixing some of the Vanguard lag-related bugs. Still it's just safer to play Vanguard as the host (ME3 doesn't have dedicated servers, of course).

[The E]

The patch has been out on PC since Tuesday, actually.

[MatthTheGeek]

Oh, I thought I read/heard thursday. My mistake then.

[MP-Ryan]

Yeah, mine updated yesterday.

You folks are in Europe, so I'm assuming my mornings probably work best for you folks.  I'll have to get a pass from household/fatherly duties from the wife for an hour or two to play, but I don't see that being a major problem.  There's a 7-hour time difference between my timezone and GMT.

Batts, shall we have a nova-off for vanguard?   You still need to authorize my friend request on origin, Mr. snob   I am loving the new cooldown mechanics in ME3 so much... infinite charge-spam is so much fun it should be illegal.  I just made my way through the Brute-gauntlet on Tuchanka activating the hammers last night and I think I had both hammers activated within about 10 seconds flat by charging the various helpfully-positioned Brutes.

And is it just me, or is insanity a hell of a lot easier in ME3 than its precursors?  I'm only dying when I get stuck and can't leap into cover despite there being no obstacle in the way, or when charge won't lock on a baddie standing right in frickin' front of me.  Granted, I started at level 30 but it does feel somewhat easy, especially when I think of all the grief the "Last Stand" achievement in ME2's Arrival DLC gave me on Insanity.

[MatthTheGeek]

Modern games getting easier ? What else is not new ?

[IronBeer]

I'm in. Been wondering where everybody went.

[MatthTheGeek]

Pretty much got bored after overplaying it a bit. After this little rest away from ME3, the DLC is a perfect opportunity to come back and blast some stuff up.

[General Battuta]

Batts, shall we have a nova-off for vanguard?   You still need to authorize my friend request on origin, Mr. snob  

I'd love to do an all-Vanguard team but playing Vanguard off-host is effectively impossible.

[MatthTheGeek]

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...

[General Battuta]

I think the Asari vanguard can do pretty well without charge

[MP-Ryan]

I guess I'd better do some reading on how multiplayer actually works...

[The E]

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...

I think the new Cerberusguard might work quite well with that too.

[MP-Ryan]

So my free recruit pack unlocked.... the Asari Vanguard at level 4    It's like the game knew!

Anyway, any of you guys free this weekend and want to schedule a play session?  I can probably get the wife to go for it if I schedule it and stay off the computer the rest of the weekend... =)