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[So1ar]

Minaku, on 16 February 2012 - 08:16 AM, said:

Story-wise and style-wise, it feels like ME1.  Combat-wise, it feels like an upgraded ME2.  I am really digging this combo.

Thank god. I know you can customize your weapons but will you be able to get different sets of armor?

[Weak With The Dawn]

So1ar, on 16 February 2012 - 11:09 AM, said:

Thank god. I know you can customize your weapons but will you be able to get different sets of armor?

Yes, for both yourself and your squadmates. Each with their own bonuses and stats. I don't think there will be nearly as many there were in ME1. If the demo is any indication, Shepard can still use individual pieces instead of whole sets like in ME2 (you pick up a pair of gloves in the second demo mission).

[Merentha]

Somewhat disappointingly, you can only use two weapons in multiplayer.  I also wish that someone had bothered to explain the weight-restriction thing, since I keep seeing lvl 1 Vanguards with a sniper rifle and assault rifle joining my games and then seemingly wonder how I'm darting around every 3-ish seconds.

edit:  Since that totally isn't explained in the singleplayer aspect either, which makes playing anything but a soldier in the singleplayer pointless.

Edited by Merentha, 16 February 2012 - 06:33 PM.

[viniS]

The Mance, on 15 February 2012 - 03:23 PM, said:

So in doing one last play through of ME 1 & 2 before ME 3's release I encountered a bit of a hitch.  After coming back from Jack's loyalty mission i was unable to settle the standoff between Jack and Miranda without losing one or the others loyalty.

Speaking of loyalty... I'm working on a new career, and I've decided that the only squadmate I care about making sure survives is Garrus. I think it would be perfect if it's just Garrus, Joker, and myself at the end of the day. I'll even send an unloyal team mate with the captured crew, that way it can be a Sheppy-Jokey-Garry Normandy.

No Girls Allowed!

[Weak With The Dawn]

Sivin, on 16 February 2012 - 07:12 PM, said:

Speaking of loyalty... I'm working on a new career, and I've decided that the only squadmate I care about making sure survives is Garrus. I think it would be perfect if it's just Garrus, Joker, and myself at the end of the day. I'll even send an unloyal team mate with the captured crew, that way it can be a Sheppy-Jokey-Garry Normandy.

No Girls Allowed!

You need to have at least two squad mates survive otherwise Shep dies (because you won't have a full squad) for game related purposes. I found that out in one save when I saved Zaheeds loyalty mission for after the Relay, but couldn't leave him to die in the fire because I only had one other surviving crew mate.

Also sending a non loyal squad mate still saves the crew, just not the squad mate. So it would be shep-joker-garrus-randomsquad mate- and surviving crew.

Just kill people off by assigning bad roles, use the priority list from the flow chart I linked earlier to insure the right deaths and don't leave any heavy defenders to hold the line so (Ex: Grunt can survive, by himself, unloyal).

Merentha, on 16 February 2012 - 06:32 PM, said:

Somewhat disappointingly, you can only use two weapons in multiplayer.  I also wish that someone had bothered to explain the weight-restriction thing, since I keep seeing lvl 1 Vanguards with a sniper rifle and assault rifle joining my games and then seemingly wonder how I'm darting around every 3-ish seconds.

edit:  Since that totally isn't explained in the singleplayer aspect either, which makes playing anything but a soldier in the singleplayer pointless.

They did that the  weapon thing to avoid having a command wheel that would take up your screen. They couldn't exactly pause the game for you to pick a new weapon, and  could see having that wheel be A) annoying in live actions getting you shot to death because you couldn't see something, or B )  Being annoying cause they made it too small to avoid A.

Edited by Weak With The Dawn, 16 February 2012 - 08:21 PM.

[arrowfan]

I just hope ME3 will have larger combat missions... ME2 levels were so damn small.  40min of chatting and 10min of combat.  Boooo.  Still, cant wait for ME3.

[Minaku]

I went and played multi last night with my husband and a friend.  Super fun!  Though I played as a Vanguard.  I don't think I can play any other class now.   Team was two Vans and a Sentinel, which made dealing with the Atlas really tough.

[Weak With The Dawn]

Once the vanguards get leveled high enough they can just spam charge an Atlas all day because it regenerates their shield.

I started out as a infiltrator, but Asari Adept is where it's at. Stasis bubbles plus Vanguard charge = me getting credit for all the biotic explosions.  :-)

This multiplayer is definitely addicting, I just wish the other races and weapon upgrades weren't random unlocks. It makes building up your class of choice a bit harder unless you're particularly lucky.

[Minaku]

Been playing ME3 multi every single day for almost two hours.  It's still very engaging and fun even in its neutered state.  My death toll is about 50% them and 50% me as a Vanguard but hey, you gotta spend money to make money right?

I spent time as an Infiltrator and an Adept.  Adept's been fun, same with Infiltrator but both are definitely much slower in playstyle than Van.  I <3 Vanguard.

[viniS]

Just finished my ME 1 playthrough for my new career. Obviously, I've been looking forward to the big day, but fuck-me I'm ready to go save the galaxy!

[Nathanael]

Minaku, on 19 February 2012 - 12:47 AM, said:

Been playing ME3 multi every single day for almost two hours.  It's still very engaging and fun even in its neutered state.  My death toll is about 50% them and 50% me as a Vanguard but hey, you gotta spend money to make money right?

I spent time as an Infiltrator and an Adept.  Adept's been fun, same with Infiltrator but both are definitely much slower in playstyle than Van.  I <3 Vanguard.

Same here. I lucked out and got an Asari Adept in my starter pack, and that's the one I've enjoyed the most so far. Stasis got a major buff for ME3 and makes the really annoying enemies like Nemesis, Combat Engineers, and Phantoms a piece of cake. I've been using the basic assault rifle with a recoil mod as my only weapon and it has provided a good balance between damage and weight. However, I did just get the Locust SMG so I'm considering swapping to that . . .

It's amazing how much fun I'm having despite only having 1 type of forces to face on all of 2 maps. I can only imagine what other groups will be available in the full release (possibly bringing back the merc groups from ME2, and almost certainly a Reaper force of husks, the new Cannibals, and whatnot).

I do wish there was a way to see all of the potential cards you can get, and whether they are common or uncommon.

Edit: Anyone know how extensive the new character is that comes with the Collector's Edition? That's the only thing that's the tipping point for me preordering which edition.

Edited by Nathanael, 19 February 2012 - 05:20 PM.

[Tyrellius]

I was just browsing the DDE on Origin.  It didnt say anything about another character, just all the noob weapon and armour upgrades, a comic, a lithograph, companion gear skins etc.

[viniS]

Nathanael, on 19 February 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

Edit: Anyone know how extensive the new character is that comes with the Collector's Edition? That's the only thing that's the tipping point for me preordering which edition.

Good luck, I don't know if you can find a Collector's Edition at this point. GameStop has been out for months. And if you're forced to go with BestBuy (like me), make sure you're one of the first in line. I've heard some horror stories about people who ordered the 'Skyrim' Collector's Edition and BestBuy didn't have enough to match the orders.

[Minaku]

Nathanael, on 19 February 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

Same here. I lucked out and got an Asari Adept in my starter pack, and that's the one I've enjoyed the most so far. Stasis got a major buff for ME3 and makes the really annoying enemies like Nemesis, Combat Engineers, and Phantoms a piece of cake. I've been using the basic assault rifle with a recoil mod as my only weapon and it has provided a good balance between damage and weight. However, I did just get the Locust SMG so I'm considering swapping to that . . .

It's amazing how much fun I'm having despite only having 1 type of forces to face on all of 2 maps. I can only imagine what other groups will be available in the full release (possibly bringing back the merc groups from ME2, and almost certainly a Reaper force of husks, the new Cannibals, and whatnot).

I do wish there was a way to see all of the potential cards you can get, and whether they are common or uncommon.

Edit: Anyone know how extensive the new character is that comes with the Collector's Edition? That's the only thing that's the tipping point for me preordering which edition.

I bring my pistol with me as an adept and spend my time headshotting or comboing with other players.  Stasis makes that headshot nice and easy.

[Fez]

Nathanael, on 19 February 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

Edit: Anyone know how extensive the new character is that comes with the Collector's Edition? That's the only thing that's the tipping point for me preordering which edition.

No idea.  However there is a day-1 DLC that almost everything agrees is going to be a character and most people assume is going to be the CE character (Its also not confirmed that the CE character is the spoiler character, it might be some 3rd character).  That day-1 DLC is $10, the CE is $20, so if the only thing you're interested in is the character I say just get the DLC. I also say this whole thing is bullshit because either the character is minor and being included makes no sense or the character is major and this is a huge ripoff by EA- Although maybe all new copies of the game will come with a redemption code.  CE's also sold out just about everywhere though, so best hope that either the CE character is not the spoiler character or that he is also the DLC character.

By the by, although the spoiler character is not in the demo, a couple sound files of his were, so if you want to hear what he sounds like, click here.  That link does tell you who the character is though, so don't click if you don't know/want to know.  I love that he has that accent; don't know what people are upset about.

[viniS]

I'm about to download the Kasumi package for my career continuation. Really difficult choice considering my unempolyment/internet situation. But fuck it, ME3 comes out in 16 days and I'm not taking no for an answer. Full speed ahead!

[Kennit]

Is the demo worth the risk of downloading Origin?

[Merentha]

Kennit, on 19 February 2012 - 07:45 PM, said:

Is the demo worth the risk of downloading Origin?

Risk?

[Weak With The Dawn]

Nathanael, on 19 February 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

  Edit: Anyone know how extensive the new character is that comes with the Collector's Edition? That's the only thing that's the tipping point for me preordering which edition.

Well, if you're okay with spoilers, there are two squad mates who have not been officially released

Spoiler

One is EDI, who has been given a mobile body to store herself in, she is most likely just a spoiler character and not the downloadable CE squad member considering everyone already knows who she is.

The other is a prothean. Which will most likely be the same squad member released on day one for purchase to anyone without the CE

To anyone wanting to avoid squad mate spoilers: Do not look at the art book or anything that links pages from it.

Edited by Weak With The Dawn, 20 February 2012 - 01:04 AM.

[Meshakhad]

So I went ahead and named my multiplayer characters as follows:

Male Soldier: Jaime Lannister
Male Engineer: Tywin Lannister
Female Infiltrator: Arya Stark
Salarian Infiltrator: Syrio Forel
Female Vanguard: Asha Greyjoy