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Stark wrote:Well the answer is they don't use missiles in the ME universe. You have to ignore the exclusively missile-based combat. Some guy in the codex says so!

Just like how it says that heat mags replace cooldown, and you just throw mags away. Even though... they'd be cool enough to reuse in a few seconds. UH OH.

I especially love how the totally isolated community of that downed ship in Jacob's loyalty mission all have weapons that use Thermal clips, even though they've been stranded for 8 years and thermal clips were only introduced in the past 2 years.

Insanity Rant Addendum:

It would seem that the majority of my issue with Insanity is the enemies over scaling.

I started a new character, and thus far it's VASTLY easier. This could be related to making this one an inflitrator, but it doesn't account for the entirety of the difficulty drop.

Andrew_Fireborn wrote:Insanity Rant Addendum:

It would seem that the majority of my issue with Insanity is the enemies over scaling.

I started a new character, and thus far it's VASTLY easier. This could be related to making this one an inflitrator, but it doesn't account for the entirety of the difficulty drop.

Infiltrators are reportedly the most powerful class in the game. I heard that you can one-hit-kill the Thresher Maw if you have the super sniper rifle + tactical cloak for extra damage, but I haven't confirmed this for myself.

I'll be sure to check that out, as I'm building an Infiltrator to play Insanity with (a replay of my very first Mass Effect 1 character).

Question: I'm doing my second playthrough as an Infiltrator. I didn't pick up the super-sniper on my first playthrough, can I get it this time on the IFF mission, or am I stuck?



Weird off topic question: When I meet Garrus, there is a Renegade interrupt moment that happens when he hands me his rifle to spot over the bridge. Shepard sees LOKI robots and has the interrupt option to pull the trigger and headshot one. Why exactly is this "Renegade"? Because I used a bullet that Garrus paid for?

You don't actually get any renegade points for it. I think it's renegade just because the "fire" button and the renegade button are the same.

Pulp Hero wrote:Question: I'm doing my second playthrough as an Infiltrator. I didn't pick up the super-sniper on my first playthrough, can I get it this time on the IFF mission, or am I stuck?

You're stuck. When you get up to that point again you won't get any choices.

adam_grif wrote:

Pulp Hero wrote:Question: I'm doing my second playthrough as an Infiltrator. I didn't pick up the super-sniper on my first playthrough, can I get it this time on the IFF mission, or am I stuck?

You're stuck. When you get up to that point again you won't get any choices.

Really? That blows. I was hopping to get the assault rifle on my second playthrough. So far, that is the only one that you don't seem to get anywhere else in the game.

Is the "super-sniper" the anti-materiel rifle? Can Shepard use the one you pick up off the ground in that one mission but not the one you can build or something?

Grandmaster Jogurt wrote:Is the "super-sniper" the anti-materiel rifle? Can Shepard use the one you pick up off the ground in that one mission but not the one you can build or something?

Yes and yes. You can build it for Legion but not yourself.

That's pretty dumb. Couldn't they have edited the flavour text so that this version didn't explicitly say that humans would never be able to use it? Was there at least some indication Shepard could use it that I missed? I wanted it but figured a new weapon slot was worth more than getting Legion his gun for free.

Oh well, I think I saved before that mission if I figure it's worth going back for.

Well there is, buried in the upgrades and the opening. They put a lot of robotic bits in Shep when they rebuild him but some of the upgrades (the heavy bone weave and such) are stated to be cybernetic implants that enhance your strength.

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite thread on the Citadel.

Kind of lame how he gives identical endorsements to every shop.

adam_grif wrote:I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite thread on the Citadel.

Kind of lame how he gives identical endorsements to every shop.

Yeah, the renegade discount options are much more fun. Not as much fun as punching reporters in the face, but better than one canned line.

Though it would have been neat if it came back to bite him in the ass.

I have one achievement left; the insanity one. That difficulty level really highlights just how fucking stupid your squadmates are. They regularly break from cover and get gunned down, or stand on top of a box in a firefight. Once Zaeed stood not five feet in front of a heavy mech, blasting away with his rifle and promptly got killed.

I suppose the bright spot is that they don't try and drill holes through walls anymore.

I noticed my squadmates last considerably longer if I put them all on sniper rifle duty, assuming there's not some incoming zombie wave at the moment or something like that. Has anyone tried anything like that on Insanity? I'm curious if it's actually effective or if it's just luck on my part.

A quick note for biotics users: At least on Normal, A maximum level Pull (I chose AoE pull, so this might not be true for both specializations) instantly kills Husks, both the charging and explosion types. This made zerg-rushes much, much easier for me.

I found Shockwave to do the same.

I wonder if any similar skill will do so, or if it's just biotics.

Maxed out heavy shockwave is where it's at for tossing aside a horde of husks that are rushing you.

Shockwaves are just FUN.

Grandmaster Jogurt wrote:I noticed my squadmates last considerably longer if I put them all on sniper rifle duty, assuming there's not some incoming zombie wave at the moment or something like that. Has anyone tried anything like that on Insanity? I'm curious if it's actually effective or if it's just luck on my part.

I haven't, but I will after I grab Garrus.

Fuck's sake, even with near full Renegade, I can't use the Renegade dialog option in the Tali/Legion faceoff. Fucked - only option is to lie to Tali by telling Legion to transmit anyway after she leaves.

A lot of people complain about this. Bug?

Seems that you need something like 80% to resolve it the first time...

and 100% if you can't during the fight...

Vympel wrote:Fuck's sake, even with near full Renegade, I can't use the Renegade dialog option in the Tali/Legion faceoff. Fucked - only option is to lie to Tali by telling Legion to transmit anyway after she leaves.

A lot of people complain about this. Bug?

I noticed the same thing, I was just a hair under maxed out Renegade and couldn't do it...