Mass Effect 3

[GoodSarmatian]

Additional cinematic scenes that clarify the ending ?
I guess its's bettert han noting but I'd prefer Shepard to snap out of the indoctrination...

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Does that mean I need to repeat the ending again? Or will it generate the scenes based on the save? I want to know if my trust in the Krogan wasn't misplaced. Among other things.

 

[Maniacal]

It is only going to be free until April 12th, 2014, that is kind of weird.

 

[Arakhor]

That's not weird at all if you consider EA's soulless reputation. They want to avoid a PR disaster by selling a better ending to already infuriated fans, but they don't want to miss out on a single dollar/pound/euro etc. by not getting loads of money for it in the future. Hence the limited-term 100% price reduction.

 

[Dachs]

This is about what they've been saying for awhile via the official Twitter account, so I'm not really surprised.

 

[Truronian]

Finished it last night. I enjoyed it up until the ending (a feeling echoed by a number of people it seems). An ending to the Reaper war which took into account your actions in the game and its predecessors but which ultimately didn't touch the question of why the cycles exist would have been much more satisfying.

Gameplay seemed more solid than 2, though I missed the variety of enemies from that game. I preferred ME2 on the whole though; the structure, characters and story were better.

Spoiler :

I really hated the whole EDI gets a body arc. Utterly stupid IMO.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Anyone playing Multiplayer since the new DLC pack? Opinions on the new characters, weapons, maps? I think the weekend event gives one of the new characters guaranteed as long as you have the DLC and play a game.

The packs are weird in how they give rewards. My brother's been trying to get one of the new Geth characters by buying Premium Spectre Packs en masse to no avail. I got the Geth Engineer by just buying a Veteran Pack. Needless to say, he's rather miffed about that.

 

[Dachs]

Anyone playing Multiplayer since the new DLC pack? Opinions on the new characters, weapons, maps? I think the weekend event gives one of the new characters guaranteed as long as you have the DLC and play a game.

I have.

The batarian Soldier is the only one I've picked up so far, and he's a DPS beast. I think I like him better than the turian Soldier, actually. Pretty solid for Gold purposes unless lag kills your Ballistic Blades.

Haven't got any of the new weapons yet, sadly.

Of the maps, Firebase Hydra is something of a farming map for Gold; it's not as bad as Firebase White, but a halfway skilled team can still set up, hold the line at the same damn place, and rape face, even if they're fighting Reapers. Condor's layout doesn't quite work out like that, but since I haven't managed to find a pub team that doesn't spend all its time wandering around instead of sticking to a position and holding it, it's really hard to say.

The packs are weird in how they give rewards. My brother's been trying to get one of the new Geth characters by buying Premium Spectre Packs en masse to no avail. I got the Geth Engineer by just buying a Veteran Pack. Needless to say, he's rather miffed about that.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the RNG. Fortunately, neither is anybody else.

 

[Arakhor]

I keep getting improvement options for my human vanguards. Needless to say, I got all the appearance options for those two a long time ago and now they're just wasting space in my upgrade packs.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

I, unfortunately, can't play it yet. EA's database is screwy and thinks I don't have the authorization to play the DLCs... and EA hasn't figured out how to fix it.

 

[MajKira]

screwed up ending as one can read, better stories sofar 1 and 2

 

[Dachs]

I keep getting improvement options for my human vanguards. Needless to say, I got all the appearance options for those two a long time ago and now they're just wasting space in my upgrade packs.

What annoys me about this sort of thing is that I keep getting packs for the salariangineer and the turian Soldier, two classes for which I have all the appearance options unlocked and whose character cards are Uncommon, and I still haven't got more than the default appearance customization options for either human Adept, both of which have Common cards.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

The batarian Soldier is the only one I've picked up so far, and he's a DPS beast. I think I like him better than the turian Soldier, actually. Pretty solid for Gold purposes unless lag kills your Ballistic Blades.

Good to know. Getting it would provide some variety to the Soldier class other than Marksman Turian and Carnage Man.

Of the maps, Firebase Hydra is something of a farming map for Gold; it's not as bad as Firebase White, but a halfway skilled team can still set up, hold the line at the same damn place, and rape face, even if they're fighting Reapers. Condor's layout doesn't quite work out like that, but since I haven't managed to find a pub team that doesn't spend all its time wandering around instead of sticking to a position and holding it, it's really hard to say.

Hydra seems to be a good place for snipers. I shudder at the thought of fighting Reapers in the cramped spaces of Condor. And I feel your pain regarding people not holding a line. Then they get downed and have to be revived.

 

[Arakhor]

I opened a premium spectre pack and got a drell adept with 100,000 xp, which is all very nice, except that I already have a drell adept and I'd far rather not swap 100,000 credits for 100,000 xp on one class.

 

[Dachs]

Hydra seems to be a good place for snipers. I shudder at the thought of fighting Reapers in the cramped spaces of Condor. And I feel your pain regarding people not holding a line. Then they get downed and have to be revivided.

Well, every map is a good map for snipers, especially if we include the scoped Carnifex/Paladin users as "snipers", except possibly Glacier, but Glacier is made of fail and AIDS for other reasons.

Haven't actually done a match against Reapers on Gold on Condor. It does seem like it would be kinda nightmarish, although at least the Ravagers wouldn't be as much of a threat.

The two worst things about playing public Gold games are idiots who wander around and endless matches on Firebase White against geth.

 

[TheLastOne36]

I blew a million and a half credits and got no new characters.

Next day I spend 99k on a premium and I get a Geth Infiltrator.

The RNG system is stupid. That is still the only new character I have.

Geth Infiltrator is pretty neat. Large damage bonus whilst sniping, largest in the game I think. Hunter Mode is awesome too except for the graphics which hurts my eyes after a while. I am not a sniper by nature though so I still would like to have other new characters.

 

[Arakhor]

I like my Turians, especially with a scoped Carnifex. A Turian Sentinel is possibly even easier to play than a Human Engineer.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

I don't know, that Combat Drone is pretty handy. Incinerate works better against armor too. I think Human Engineer is the best all-around class, capable of handling anything and with decent health and shields.

 

[shortguy]

I'd say salarian engineer is better. Energy drain's survival benefits are boss.

EDIT: Also, does anyone else find pistol scopes way, way, way better than sniper scopes? I'm basically never at enough range that I want that much zoom.

 

[Dachs]

I don't know, that Combat Drone is pretty handy. Incinerate works better against armor too. I think Human Engineer is the best all-around class, capable of handling anything and with decent health and shields.

Humangineer is my favorite class, but if there's any class that can be regarded as the far-and-away best, it's the salarian Infiltrator. Specifically, a salarian Infiltrator armed with a Black Widow. Cloak by itself, plus Energy Drain, plus high burst damage from Prox Mines? Well then.

I'd say salarian engineer is better. Energy drain's survival benefits are boss.

EDIT: Also, does anyone else find pistol scopes way, way, way better than sniper scopes? I'm basically never at enough range that I want that much zoom.

Meh, Energy Drain doesn't do as much staggering, isn't great against organics, and can't chain. It's not unequivocally better than Overload.

Decoy, however, makes fights against geth trivial. They really need to give the geth a grenade or something.