Mass Effect 3

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Re: Mass Effect 3

Infiltrator Level 54 (Import)

Disruptor Ammo - 5 (Damage/Headshots)

Cryo Ammo - 5 (Damage/Headshots)

Incinerate - 6 (Damage/Burning Damage/Armor Damage)

Tactical Cloak - 6 (Damage/Recahrge Speed/Damage)

Sticky Grenade - 3 (Meh)

Sabotage - 5 (Duration/Explosive Hack)

Operational Mastery - 6 (Influence & Duration/Weight Capacity/Damage & Duration)

Fitness - 6 (Durability/Shield Recharge/Durability)

Energy Drain - 6 (Damage/Drain/Armor Boost)

Health & Shields - 850 each

Guns - Black Widow/M-3 Predator. Had the N7 Hurricane SMG, but I hated it and dropped it once I got the Black Widow to lower some weight back down. M-3 was only used when I ran out of sniper ammo mostly.


I have a soldier in waiting for ME3, but I'm thinking about starting another ME1 playthrough with one of the other classes before revisiting ME3.

[goh]

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Free with every copy of Mass Effect 3,Call of Duty: Space Edition.
Doing the insanity run now. Nothing but grenades.

Sentinel
Level 30
Throw 0
Warp 2
Lift Grenade 0
Tech Armor max
Overload 1
Cryoblast 0
Offenisve mastery 5
Fitness 0
Defense Matrix max

Lots and lots of waiting.

Engineer
Level 40
Incinerate max
Overload 0
Cryoblast 4
Combat Drone max
Sabotage 0
Turret max
Tech mastery max
Fitness 0
Warp Ammo 2

It's like having 2 extra party members,3 with decoy.

Vanguard
Level 55
Incendiary Ammo max
Cryo Ammo 0
Pull max
Biotic Charge max
Shockwave 4
Nova max
Assault mastery max
Fitness max
Defense Drone max

[Leon]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I just started the game and I'm really loving it. The emotion is heightened, the movement is more fluid and it's all just very pretty. I haven't even done anything yet other than the first two introductory missions and I'm already clocked at 3+ hours played (hardcore mode).

All of the discussion around here regarding the ending and needing to play multiplayer is worrying though. I really don't have any plans to play MP and I hope I don't get screwed in the story with my choice (playing on 360).

Also, thinking about downloading From Ashes. Worth it?

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I just started the game and I'm really loving it. The emotion is heightened, the movement is more fluid and it's all just very pretty. I haven't even done anything yet other than the first two introductory missions and I'm already clocked at 3+ hours played (hardcore mode).

All of the discussion around here regarding the ending and needing to play multiplayer is worrying though. I really don't have any plans to play MP and I hope I don't get screwed in the story with my choice (playing on 360).

Also, thinking about downloading From Ashes. Worth it?

Yes. <p></p>

[trobinson97]

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Spoiler

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[trobinson97]

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Haven't seen many people post their power specs, but here is mine.

Sentinel - Level 55(beat the game with a ME2 import, so started at level 30)

Throw - maxed out. level 4 - Force, level 5 - Detonate, level 6 - Double Throw

I typically use throw on an enemy after using warp on them to create a biotic detonation. If Liara is in my party, and she uses her singularity, I would either use throw or warp to detonate. also useful against the low rank husks and the double throw is really nice.

Warp - maxed out. level 4 - Detonate, level 5 - lasting damage, level 6 - Pierce.

great against Barrier and armor, stops enemies from regen, and explodes nicely.

Lift Grenade - currently 0 points

wasn't really a fan of it so spec'd out of it. other power were more useful to me.

Tech Armor - maxed out. level 4 - Durability, level 5 - Power Damage, level 6 - Power Recharge.

I pretty much leave it on at all times. rarely detonate it unless surrounded.

Overload - maxed out. level 4 - Chain Overload. level 5 - Neural Shock, level 6 - Chain Overload

probably my favorite power in the game to this point. with both chain overloads, it hits the target enemy, then chains off him to the next guy, then the third guy. Neural Shock incapacitates organic enemies. I used this the most in my playthrough. was effective on pretty much every enemy. While the 2nd and third guy hit by the chain lightning only gets 60% of the damage, it does still incapacitate them, so it's useful crowd control. overload recharges pretty fast so I usually can hit them again quickly(or use another power).

Cyro Blast - 10 points. level 4 - Radius

didn't put points into until late into game. while not as useful to me as other powers, I still had fun with it and recharge was quick. rest of my point will likely go into this.

Offensive Mastery - maxed out. level 4 - Force & Damage. level 5 - Weight Capacity, level 6 - Force and Damage

class power. weight capacity was good as it allowed me to use Assault rifles and still have +200% power cooldown bonus. although I didn't use my gun all that much.

Fitness - maxed out. level 4 - Durability. level 5 - Shield Recharge, level 6 - Durability.

went with the health and shield bonuses over melee damage. worked out well.

bonus power, Warp Ammo - maxed out. level 4 - Damage. level 5 - ammo capacity, level 6 - Damage

Sentinel doesn't have an ammo power by default and I already had plenty of powers to use as a sentinel, so I didn't really want another power. chose warp ammo as it's good all-around ammo(compared to AP ammo).

Health and Shield are at 850 each.

used the M-95 Mattock AR and N7 Hurricane SMG at the end of the game. both were upgraded to Level V.

my 2nd playthrough will be with an Infiltrator. looking forward to playing ~99% of the game with him.

Lift grenade would be extremely OP if it didn't have finite uses. I upgraded that for Javik and it was just beastly. Best grenades in the game imo. I would hardly see it lift anything, most of the time things would just explode.

[Candyman5]

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My character spec:

THIS BUILD IS BUILT TOWARDS BIOTIC EXPLOSIONS, 200% RECHARGE SPEED RECOMMENDED.

I hardly ever shoot my gun.

Biotic: Level 60 Heath: 825 Barrier: 850 (Started at level 30) Best character for any and all situations. Makes Insane seem like a glorified babies toy.

Warp: Maxed (4,5,6 - Detonate, Expose, Pierce)

Throw: Maxed (4,5,6 - Force, Detonate, Double Throw)

Sockwave: Rank 4 (4 - Force & Damage)

Singularity: Max (4,5,6 - Duration, Recharge Speed, Detonate)

I know having duration and detonate kind of interferes with each other but heres why I do it. I singularity a group with out shields and focus on shielded enemies. If I dont get take them out before singularity runs out Boom, they get destroyed or get a chunk of health gone.

Pull: Max (4,5,6 - Radius, Expose, Double pull)

Cluster Grenade: Max (4,5,6 - Force & Damage, Max Grenades, Force & Damage)

Barely use these but they are great to throw down narrow spots

Biotic Mastery: Max (4,5,6 - Damage & Force, Damage & Capacity, Combo Mastery)

Fitness: Max (4,5,6 - Durability, Barrier Recharge, Fitness Expert)

Go for shields and recharge time since you rarely ever will melee.

Bonus Power: Stasis: Max (4,5,6 - Stasis Strength, Recharge Speed, Bubble)

I chose Stasis for a couple of reasons: First off the bubble upgrade is extremely powerful. Just lay it over shielded enemies and boom they are frozen and the great thing is any enemy that walks into it also gets froze. Next reason is the Stasis Strength upgrade, enemies receive 150% more damage while they are trapped in Stasis. That makes it very important allowing you to clear rooms and groups of enemies in the matter of seconds.

Some easy Biotic Explosions to use:

Stasis + Throw, pull, warp, shockwave. Easy way to clear out clustered groups.

Pull + Throw works really well as well. Best thing is with double pull and double throw you can do 2 Biotic explosions in 2 different areas. Very usefull.

Warp + Throw is my most used Explosion. Use on shielded and Armored enemies to kill very fast. Use just 2 times on Brutes to kill and 3-4 on atlas's to destroy. Also great against Banshees since it stuns as well.

Tips and suggestions:
1. Anything without shields can be taken out quickly. Throw and Pull works wonders.
2. Husks are annoying so just keep spamming throw on them. Usually just takes one to kill since it knocks them out of the map half the time.
3. Take Liara. Her one power upgraded increases Parties Biotic power. Very Useful. ALos gives you access to double Singularities, Double Stasis, Double Warps. Also you can have her Ammo power help you as well if you prefer. I never shoot so I dont use it.
4. Get Inferno Armor as fast as possible. It increases your Biotics Power and Recharge Speed greatly.
5. Any upgrades got at Glyphs Terminal should be put towards Power for Biotics when given the chance. You wont regret it.
6. Biotic Combo/Explosion anything you can especially with this build. You will keep checking the difficulty thinking its on Casual.

Power Point Placement when starting:
1: Try to get your Biotic Mastery, Warp, Throw up first. Fitness, Pull, Stasis, and Singularity second.
2: Try to get Liara's Stasis and Singularity up first. You can also increase her power thats helps your Biotic up as well.

Hope this helps anyone who wants to try out a Biotic.

[Spongedaddy]

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Do I have to play MP to get one of the "better" endings? Can I build up enough forces and "readiness" in SP? Thank you.

[Solidice]

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Do I have to play MP to get one of the "better" endings? Can I build up enough forces and "readiness" in SP? Thank you.

you can't change readiness in SP. in order to get the "best" ending.

put in spoiler just in case anyone doesn't want to know, not really end of game spoiler

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you need 4,000 EMS(the bottom number) + a certain action at the end(not sure if your there so don't want to spoil that). or 5,000 EMS to guarantee the option.

you can't get that on your first playthrough without multiplayer though, I was about 400-500 points off and I did just about everything possible, and the ones I missed wouldn't have been enough. luckily I'm on PC, I edited the save file to give me an extra 400 EMS points.

I believe on the character's 2nd playthrough, it's possible, though have not tried it. you supposedly get more asset points.

[Spongedaddy]

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thank you for explaining that

[Burns11]

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2. Husks are annoying so just keep spamming throw on them. Usually just takes one to kill since it knocks them out of the map half the time.

Overload is the best thing to use against Husks, one hit kills and also knocks the 2-3 that are around them to the ground and takes half their health. In all the areas that threw a bunch of husks at you meant to overwhelm, they never even got close to me.

[Solidice]

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Overload is the best thing to use against Husks, one hit kills and also knocks the 2-3 that are around them to the ground and takes half their health. In all the areas that threw a bunch of husks at you meant to overwhelm, they never even got close to me.

Overload is the best. I'm going to miss it in my Infiltrator and Vanguard playthroughs.

[fatleg3]

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Well I just I know I will be killing of Specialist Traynor if I have the chance. This trick comes to my room being all friendly like she is ready, then when I try her she tells me she is a lesbian. She did that on purpose you conniving *****

[Candyman5]

Overload is the best. I'm going to miss it in my Infiltrator and Vanguard playthroughs.

Pretty sure you can choose overload as a bonus power.


Sent from me, duh.

[Drewski]

Energy Drain is my favorite Bonus Power.

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