The Wang-Out: You look adopted.

[brit]

Yeah, I didn't really gel with OS X Firefox when I first got my Macbook, plus Safari has that neat little Downloadhelper-style app built in. Then whenever I used Windows 7 via Bootcamp I couldn't use Firefox or Chrome anymore because I was expecting them to behave like Safari, so had to switch there as well.

I use Chrome in OS X and Windows 7. I thought I would need to ween myself off of Firefox after nearly ten years of using it, but no. It was surprisingly easy. I can't think of one thing I need Firecrotch for.

[TheRealSpiders]

You're playing it all wrong, bro. Alright, look.

Soldier class? Concussive Shot, Disrupt Ammo, Adrenaline Rush. Max those out. Evolve however you want.
You have to actually direct your team members into cover and have them use skills on enemies. Especially shit like Scions and Harbinger.
Ammo is scarce, so ConcShot is your friend for all enemies, even those with armor/shields/barriers. It does damage no matter what with little to no recovery.
Best team (according to the internet) is Loyal Miranda with maxed out Cerberus Officer, and loyal Grunt with maxed out Pure Krogan. Miranda buffs the stats of the squad and Grunt pretty much never dies if you upgraded his health.

Yeah I used Miranda pretty much every mission, her buffs are too good, as for my second character I pretty much just alternated between Zaeed and Garrus depeneding if I was expecting shields or barriers.

[brit]

Collectors - Barriers.
Mercs - Shields AND Barriers.

For any one who using biotics, Shockwave is good for Collector-related missions. One-shots Husks sometimes.

[TheRealSpiders]

Collectors - Barriers.
Mercs - Shields AND Barriers.

For any one who using biotics, Shockwave is good for Collector-related missions. One-shots Husks sometimes.

Depends on which mercs you're dealing with. Eclipse and Blue Suns usually have barriers and shields, Bloodpack usually only have armor (besides the subboss characters).

Now that I think about it, Zaeed is definitely the way to go. He's got concussive shot to deal with barriers, incendiary grenade for armor, and disruptor ammo for shields. Or you could just give him the Geth pulse rifle for shields, his damage output is high enough that it really wont debuff against organics.

[brit]

Depends on which mercs you're dealing with. Eclipse and Blue Suns usually have barriers and shields, Bloodpack usually only have armor (besides the subboss characters).

Now that I think about it, Zaeed is definitely the way to go. He's got concussive shot to deal with barriers, incendiary grenade for armor, and disruptor ammo for shields. Or you could just give him the Geth pulse rifle for shields, his damage output is high enough that it really wont debuff against organics.

Geth Pulse Rifle is fucking tits. Throw a maxed out Shredder-, Warp-, Incendiary-, or AP-ammo on it and it will chew through shields and, very quickly, chew through whatever is under it. Works especially well with Adrenaline Rush. No muzzle climb on an already accurate as fuck weapon. lol.

[TheRealSpiders]

Geth Pulse Rifle is fucking tits. Throw a maxed out Shredder-, Warp-, Incendiary-, or AP-ammo on it and it will chew through shields and, very quickly, chew through whatever is under it. Works especially well with Adrenaline Rush. No muzzle climb on an already accurate as fuck weapon. lol.

Yeah I was torn between taking ARs or the upgrades sniper rifle when I got to the collector ship, just because I wanted to use the pulse rifle. I ended up taking the sniper rifle though I think I would have been fine either way.

[Sprung]

^Has Mafia II

[brit]

Speaking of Shields, I need to try playing Mass Effect 2 as a Sentinel. It's the only class I haven't touched. I started the game initially as an Engineer before I realized within minutes that the class is useless. Combat Drone to force enemies out of cover? THE ENEMIES ARE NEVER IN COVER! Still finished the game, though.

Finished the game last week as a FemShep Soldier.
Finished the game as a BroShep Engineer (and never used Combat Drone).
Finished the game as a BroShep Vanguard. This class is fucking fun. lol.

[TheRealSpiders]

Speaking of Shields, I need to try playing Mass Effect 2 as a Sentinel. It's the only class I haven't touched. I started the game initially as an Engineer before I realized within minutes that the class is useless. Combat Drone to force enemies out of cover? THE ENEMIES ARE NEVER IN COVER! Still finished the game, though.

Finished the game last week as a FemShep Soldier.
Finished the game as a BroShep Engineer (and never used Combat Drone).
Finished the game as a BroShep Vanguard. This class is fucking fun. lol.

That's unfortunate, I wanted to play as an engineer but I stayed away because of that exact reason, the fact that combat drones really don't do anything.

And yeah, Vanguards are pretty great.

[screwed]

[brit]

Sentinel is derp after you get Assault Rifles. Biotics + Engineering + Additional Shields that can be refreshed infinitely and remain effective until you are shot too much? I didn't even want to play through the whole initial mission. I can see how the theory of the class would work.

Shield during non-combat, ammo power (in this case, AP-ammo), run to cover, shoot shoot shoot, shield refresh automatically, shoot shoot shoot, run to next cover, rinse, repeat. What's worse is that if you are low on super-shield, you can manually refresh it for a delay in using other powers, but really, you're not an Adept so how much power usage are you expecting here?

[brit]

Outside of Insanity and maybe Hardcore, you can't die as a Sentinel.

[TheRealSpiders]

Outside of Insanity and maybe Hardcore, you can't die as a Sentinel.

I tried to to play as a Sentinel on Insanity, Mass Effect 2 wouldn't have any of that as snuffed my life out about 1000 times before I gave up.

[Cosmic]

I use Chrome in OS X and Windows 7. I thought I would need to ween myself off of Firefox after nearly ten years of using it, but no. It was surprisingly easy. I can't think of one thing I need Firecrotch for.

I was a total Firefox addict until I started using Safari. Mostly started using Chrome because it took up less screen space on my netbook, but I've not even booted up that computer for months. Planning to sell a bunch of stuff (Macbook Pro included) and get a 13" Air when they refresh the line this year. Or maybe a 15", if the rumours are true...

[Gypsy]

$10.

Love it.