Poll: Mass Effect 3 multiplayer : Things that annoy you about parts of the community.

[Marcus Kehoe]

I find the default assault rifle is decent when you need a light weight weapon for powers, Ive had great success with it in sliver with a engineer. Also the saber is a superb weapon.

Vanguard's can suck because they kill steal, which at time's isn't bad, but in the first 2 round's of silver or any bronze it's annoying, then they are semi-useless when later level's come. If you want to vanguard, be nice and let people finish their enemies they are gonna kill.

Also if no one has a mike, turn off your mike. We don't need to hear you yell at your kid's.

 

[Gerishnakov]

Snip

Fine, but if you see something go into stasis, wait a few moments before sniping it. A warp or throw may winging its way towards them.

 

[Timberwolf0924]

Snip

Fine, but if you see something go into stasis, wait a few moments before sniping it. A warp or throw may winging its way towards them.

Granted, but if you use stasis bubble, and 3 are frozen, I will pick one off, I know there's a 33.333^ chance to hit yours, but still, we're here for money.

 

[Terminate421]

I hate how they nerfd the falcon, it's stopping power helped me do much in Gold.

 

[Gerishnakov]

Snip

Fine, but if you see something go into stasis, wait a few moments before sniping it. A warp or throw may winging its way towards them.

Granted, but if you use stasis bubble, and 3 are frozen, I will pick one off, I know there's a 33.333^ chance to hit yours, but still, we're here for money.

*shakes fist* damn you infiltrators!

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Today, I had an Asari adept on my team using the Widow.

As everyone who has a Widow knows, it's weighs about as much as the fucking universe, and severely impedes power cooldown.

I don't want to be 'that guy' and tell everyone how to play, but there's a limit on how much stupid I can take.

An Asari with a widow is the ultimate anti Cerberus. You can use stasis on any unit but Atlas letting you two shot even phantoms with full barriers and cast another before it wares off. It actually makes gold almost trivial.

It annoys me when Vanguards and Infiltrators go off and die alone on the other side of the map, people with grenades don't know they can interrupt a banshee's grab and seeing people below 10 join on silver especially soldiers with terrible weapons.

 

[boag]

Snip

Fine, but if you see something go into stasis, wait a few moments before sniping it. A warp or throw may winging its way towards them.

Granted, but if you use stasis bubble, and 3 are frozen, I will pick one off, I know there's a 33.333^ chance to hit yours, but still, we're here for money.

*shakes fist* damn you infiltrators!

dont worry, in silver and gold this wont fly because it takes more than a sniper shot to take most enemies down.

 

[Gerishnakov]

Snip

Fine, but if you see something go into stasis, wait a few moments before sniping it. A warp or throw may winging its way towards them.

Granted, but if you use stasis bubble, and 3 are frozen, I will pick one off, I know there's a 33.333^ chance to hit yours, but still, we're here for money.

*shakes fist* damn you infiltrators!

dont worry, in silver and gold this wont fly because it takes more than a sniper shot to take most enemies down.

Yeah I'm somewhat ashamed to admit now that I haven't yet played a silver mission. I think I did one during the demo but it went quite badly.

 

[Timberwolf0924]

Snip

Fine, but if you see something go into stasis, wait a few moments before sniping it. A warp or throw may winging its way towards them.

Granted, but if you use stasis bubble, and 3 are frozen, I will pick one off, I know there's a 33.333^ chance to hit yours, but still, we're here for money.

*shakes fist* damn you infiltrators!

dont worry, in silver and gold this wont fly because it takes more than a sniper shot to take most enemies down.

I love you Adepts! Free kills *tactical cloak* *boom head splatter*

 

[Tahaneira]

Cerberus are easiest for me. Reapers aren't bad, so long as the team realizes that F***ING BANSHEES are automatically the biggest threat on the battlefield. That's also the only time I really hate Vanguards, because there's always one (or two) who tries to get into a slapfight with one and loses. Geth are the worst, I've lost to them more times than Reapers and Cerberus put together.

It does irritate me greatly when people quit early, though it has led to a few AWESOME moments where it was just me and another person holding our own against the high-level waves. We usually don't win, but we at least make it to wave 10. No matter how badly I die at that point, it always feels badass.

As for Silver? Forget it. I'm just not that good. I joined a Silver match once by accident and got slaughtered (by CERBERUS) on wave seven. I still made second best in the team, though. I have no idea how.

Also, where the hell is my quarian infiltrator? I have been buying nothing but Veteran packs since I started. What does a guy have to do to earn the right to shout "KEELAH SE'LAI, BASTARD!" during a match?

 

[Puddleknock]

Things that annoy me:

- Lack of class diversity. Bound to happen with any game with classes but that large amount of infiltrators and vanguards make the game a little boring at times. Purposely don't play the classes so there is variation (go Turian sentential).

- No way to mute mics on PSN. I've yet to hear anything that was not just jibberish, if people want to give orders that would be great, but that is not what happens.

- new players in silver/gold lobbies. Not so much of a community problem as it is a design problem but new people who end up in silver or gold lobbies is an issue. I feel bad as we have to kick them as they would just die over and over and that's little fun for anyone. If the default option was to search for bronze rather than 'any difficulty' it wouldn't be so much of an issue.

All that said I was surprised by how much I've enjoyed the multiplayer. I've had much fun with the Paladin hand cannon.

 

[Blind0bserver]

........what? Don't look at me like that. Assault rifles are absolutely worthless in Multiplayer.

I wouldn't say completely. My Turian Soldier carries around an N7 Saber with a scope and fairs pretty damn well as a marksman. Also, when you have it loaded with either cryo or incendiary ammo, the Falcon grenade launcher does amazing crowd control. Almost to the point of being unfair to the enemy.

 

[DustyDrB]

Cerberus are easiest for me. Reapers aren't bad, so long as the team realizes that F***ING BANSHEES are automatically the biggest threat on the battlefield. That's also the only time I really hate Vanguards, because there's always one (or two) who tries to get into a slapfight with one and loses. Geth are the worst, I've lost to them more times than Reapers and Cerberus put together.

It does irritate me greatly when people quit early, though it has led to a few AWESOME moments where it was just me and another person holding our own against the high-level waves. We usually don't win, but we at least make it to wave 10. No matter how badly I die at that point, it always feels badass.

As for Silver? Forget it. I'm just not that good. I joined a Silver match once by accident and got slaughtered (by CERBERUS) on wave seven. I still made second best in the team, though. I have no idea how.

Also, where the hell is my quarian infiltrator? I have been buying nothing but Veteran packs since I started. What does a guy have to do to earn the right to shout "KEELAH SE'LAI, BASTARD!" during a match?

Stick with Silver, you'll get used to it. The scoreboard isn't really indicative of your contribution to the team. It doesn't give points for a lot of supporting moves (mainly distraction, which is invaluable. Every team needs an Engie. It also doesn't really account for crowd-control).

As for Banshees, I actually think the toughest part about them is that they require your attention. It's occasions like this that I wish I had a mic (never thought I'd be playing multiplayer on my Xbox, so I sold my mic literally the same time I bought the console. To fair, this is the first time I have played multiplayer on it). If you have a Banshee's attention, you can easily just chip away at her on your own while backpedaling. You only need to take cover to avoid her Warp, since she won't instakill you while you're backpedaling. But it's the grunt enemies who will probably kill you then. So I really wish my teammates would focus on taking them out while I have the Banshee preoccupied.

For the Reapers, I think you should kill Ravagers first (they die relatively quickly, but can decimate a team from long range), then Banshees, Brutes, and the grunts (Husks, cannibals, Marauders). If the Banshees and Brutes are already distracted, then take out the grunts to clear the battlefield.

 

[anthony87]

In my experience, the Reapers are head and shoulders above every other enemy group. I find it to go Reapers > Geth > Cerberus generally. I suppose you could min/max your squad to take on each particular group but if you don't know what is coming, Reapers are the toughest.
I can't comment on gripes about the community because I only play with friends.

Salarian Engies are built to rape every single faction, its ridiculously awesome how fast an engie take down anything that moves.

I just unlocked a Salarian engine the other day but I've no idea how to go about building him as I'm mostly an Infiltrator/Vanguard/Krogan soldier kinda guy.

Any pointers?

 

[boag]

- Folks, kindly keep your level 20 arses out of my bronze matches. I'm trying to level my poor little engineers here.

You do realise that all experience and credits is shared so the only outcome of this is that it will be easier, right?

Sure. (And I think it's a cool little feature.)

But it's downright boring when there's two level 20 vanguard zipping about and my level 2 engineer might as well stand in a corner twiddling his little salarian thumbs.

your little engineer will soon be mustering the entire destructive might of a platoon of vanguards, seriously, with 200% power regen are monsters, specifically salarians and their wide energy drain LOL I RAPE EVERYTHING skill.

 

[ImmortalDrifter]

In my experience, the Reapers are head and shoulders above every other enemy group. I find it to go Reapers > Geth > Cerberus generally. I suppose you could min/max your squad to take on each particular group but if you don't know what is coming, Reapers are the toughest.
I can't comment on gripes about the community because I only play with friends.

Salarian Engies are built to rape every single faction, its ridiculously awesome how fast an engie take down anything that moves.

I just unlocked a Salarian engine the other day but I've no idea how to go about building him as I'm mostly an Infiltrator/Vanguard/Krogan soldier kinda guy.

Any pointers?

Only upgrade your decoy to level 4, get you energy drain up to 6 as fast as possible, and health doesn't matter much.

 

[boag]

In my experience, the Reapers are head and shoulders above every other enemy group. I find it to go Reapers > Geth > Cerberus generally. I suppose you could min/max your squad to take on each particular group but if you don't know what is coming, Reapers are the toughest.
I can't comment on gripes about the community because I only play with friends.

Salarian Engies are built to rape every single faction, its ridiculously awesome how fast an engie take down anything that moves.

I just unlocked a Salarian engine the other day but I've no idea how to go about building him as I'm mostly an Infiltrator/Vanguard/Krogan soldier kinda guy.

Any pointers?

Only upgrade your decoy to level 4, get you energy drain up to 6 as fast as possible, and health doesn't matter much.

This

Get Wide Energy Drain, and Extra Damage, dont go for faster recharge rates, the Salarian casts it fast already.

Get Decoy, dont go full STG training, you only need either 3 or 5 points in it.

in the end it will come down to wheter you want to max Incinerate or Decoy.

 

[SpaceBat]

-Vanguards that charge into everything, but the second a boss comes up, they leave you to deal with it.

I partially do this. I will wreck anything that moves, but will fall back a bit and start chipping at a boss enemy's health (or start wrecking things elsewhere) and depend on you guys to kill it. What exactly do you expect me to do? Due to my awful luck with getting weapons, I have no viable option against most boss enemies with one-hit kills. My source of power is charge-nova and you can already guess the consequences of charging into one-hit kill enemies.

-Infiltrators with Mantis. Great, you can fire once, then have to reload...you realise you could do more damage by taking advantage of having the damage buff that lingers after coming out of cloak? While you can one shot that Cerberus soldier, I'd much rather you kill the engineer by shooting several times.

I think you misunderstood something about the class. I use a mantis because I can't get my hands on a better weapon, but I can still one-shot anything. The point of infiltrators is to use energy drain to immediately remove any non-boss enemy's shields/barriers and kill them with a single shot from your sniper rifle while they're stunned.

 

[Doc Theta Sigma]

- Krogan for the love of all that is holy, PLEASE DO NOT SHOOT AT THINGS IN MELEE RANGE. I had a krogan soldier that was stood there, shooting at a Cannibal that was right in his face. He didn't use melee the entire match.

- Vanguards, if you charge across the map and die, I'm going to leave you there.

- Yes I'm an Asari Adept. Yes I can shut down most threats on the battlefield. That doesn't mean you can leave me to deal with a Banshee by myself while you run to the other side of the map to kill Husks and Cannibals.

- PS3 users, if you're not going to use your mic to help then just shut it off. I had to spend 20 minutes the other night listening to two Drell Vanguards going "AW YEAH CHECK OUT THESE FLIPS. AWESOME." and then their parents screaming in the background for them to shut up.

- If you're a Drell, help instead of just flipping around the battlefield doing bugger all. I'm not going to save you from that Geth Hunter that's got his shotgun halfway up your backside.

 

[ZeZZZZevy]

4. Invisibility doesn't stop enemies from shooting at you if they saw you turn invisible. Not a problem if you run away fast enough, but it is a problem if you continue standing in the firing line, Mr. Infiltrator.

To be fair, invisibility used to make your enemies forget you exist the moment you used it. Now it doesn't, but it takes some getting used to. Although if you're a high enough level you should know, so there's no excuse at that point.

Although...has anyone else noticed that phantoms seem to have thermal vision? I cloak nowhere near them and then run out to rez someone and they start shooting me. Unfair as crap.

OT:
1. People who go AFK during a match, continuously, for multiple matches in a row. You're a meat sponge for all of 2 seconds, and I don't enjoy you siphoning money. Oh and I can't even kick you because people keep leaving the lobby. I shouldn't have to find a new lobby because you're a terrible person.

2. This is more of the game's fault than anything else, but getting rez'd only to be immediately insta-killed before I get a chance to run away. Infinitely frustrating.

3. People who are not at least level 18 before going into a Gold queue. Yes I know you think you're so good with your level 13 dude but no you're really, really not.

4. People who prioritize the enemies I pull into the air. I'm about to kill them (and kill other enemies nearby) but all I get are assists because you just NEED those extra points.

As for enemy difficulty: Reapers>Cerberus>Geth: Reapers have the most insta-kills, in addition to husks that are really dangerous on small maps (or when you get grab-locked by a group of them, only to be shot by the marauder you were trying to kill). Cerberus has phantoms. Geth have no insta-kills and if your team works together, you shouldn't be easily flanked by hunters and pyros.