EARTH DLC
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Tue, 07/17/2012 - 12:06
EARTH DLC
Anyone have it yet? What do you think?
Looked at Bioware Social Forums and there are numerous complaints about glitches/bugs already but also a lot of praise.
Trapped at work so won't get to it until later this evening.
Hope I get a few new characters/guns with the 750,000 creds I collected.
I downloaded it first thing this morning and opened 3 PSP and 2 SPs before I unlocked my first Earth DLC content, the N7 Slayer (Vanguard) character. Fitting, I suppose, since Vanguard, along with Adept, are my favorite classes.
I played all 3 maps over lunch. I loved both London and Rio. Vancouver....eh, it's ok, I guess. I didn't like the lack of ammo crates for the most part.
So I left work early, really was not feeling well. Popped the game in and blew my wad (660k)... and did not get a single new Earth DLC character. :-( But I did get alot of new stuff. I went with 1 PSP and 11 SP and came away with 11 new gun slots filled, 3 new characters slots (incuding Vorcha Soldier) and 6 of the Gold weapon mods. Most important of all though is I have 30 medigels ;-)
Played for about 5 mins on Vancouver, it will take some getting used to.
The Shadow is pretty amazing. 66606 build with everyting in sword damage. On silver didn't need to use my weapon once. Tac cloak, shadow strike (still in cloak), shadow strike, melee, melee. OHK on all mobs and phantoms with this build and major damage on other bosses (on silver). And electric slash is like smash but 360 degrees around. I have the new vanguard (slayer). Haven't tried it out yet and another one (Paladin?). Not the Adept though. The maps are pretty nice. The new escort objective is interesting. I guess I got lucky with the store today. ULM for pistols also.
Downloaded last night.
Opened 7 PSP and got 2 new characters and various other gear and weaponmods.
Like the maps. Like the new characters.
Got put into 2 platinumgames despite looking for silver and had missile glitchers in both.
Bummer.
I have to add that the Shadow is very squishy. I think the way I have her built she has 625/625 shields/health. As for her awesomeness I would put her in the same rank and file as the smash guard. One hit killing phantoms never gets old though.
Gong to work on perfecting the FURY as I have read some suggestions that make her look like a great class.
Did not get any new weapons yet. Crap, don't even have the Harrier yet. Of course gotta buy the premium packs.
Got the Destoyer last night but was on my way to bed so no time to play hiim.
Also, not going to be on tonight. Going to eh Alice Cooper/Iron Maiden show in Indianapolis.
That should be a good show.
I got the Adept, Vangaurd and the Soldier.
I have tried to make something work good for the N7 Vangaurd. It does not work good. The Phase Disruptor eats shields and just does not hit hard enough. I never seemed to be able to Combo it either. Tried chaining off differant TECHs and Biotics but no dice. The sword melee is cool but quirky due to all the teleporting. I died a number of times trying to use it effectivly only to get carried past the mobs. The Biotic Slash(or whatever it's called) is divine. It hits hard, has multiple AOE strikes centered on caster and does a ranged strike that goes through walls. It also shakes the screen like shockwave. This job has no defence.
I have not figured out the Adept completly yet. It seems comperable to the other Adapts.
The Soldier is the gem of the group I got. The missle ability is junk. The grenades and devestator mode are divine. Devestaor Mode works like Hunter Mode except there are big boosts to damage, rate of fire, shields and clip capacity. The boost is so large, that with a Harrier 1, you will cut down a silver Atlas in seconds and have the shield to just stand there while it pummels you. I love being able to chuck 5 grenades. It makes me smile.
I'm with you on the Vanguard so far. It can't set up it's own biotic explosions. I'm unimpressed by the Phase Disruptor. I've seen some rumors that it can set off tech bursts, but I'm not seeing it either. The Biotic Slash animation is too long. I too have seen the heavy melee's quirkiness. Combined with the fragility of the Slayer, it's rewards don't seem to outweigh the risks. The teleport dodge has some interesting aspects, but you get nailed during the animation if you're not dodging behind cover as part of the teleport. I'll keep looking at it, but I had hoped that there was some better payoff to its highly technical play style.
With the adpet, at least from what I experienced, dark channel does massive damage overtime against all enemies. My problem with the AJ was that Reave doesn't seem to do anything against geth or mechs. Also annhilation field does damage against anything that gets near and can be detonated with throw. The optimal situation is casting dc from a safe distance while the vanguard biotic slashes from cover. The destroyer is pretty nice. With the rate of fire increase and a saber with stability mod, you can fire almost at the same rate as the mattock. Also, rate of fire increase on the Harrier and the new smg stability mod I was taking down phantoms in one clip. His heavy melee will also knock enemies off their feet.
Got the Demolisher Engineer today...she is amazing. 7 grenades (Arc and Homing). The Arc grenades obliterate the Geth, while the Homing grenades tear through armor as well as provide a great shoot and forget missile. It's beautiful.