Sort of, I don't circle all the way around, the Praetorian generally stayed in the same sort of area for me. I was also an Infiltrator so I did take advantage of my cloak to stop it seeing me, but the tactic should work for all classes in theory...MiracleOfSound said:
There's also a Scion there as I recall, just to make you feel better.MiracleOfSound said:
I'm sentinel, have full Warp and Warp ammo, and Grunt using incendiary ammo.Amnestic said:
Assuming I'm thinking of the right encounter, there should only be two or three husks which you should be able to bring down in no short time if you're focus firing a double Warp from you and Miranda. Even if it doesn't knock them over while they still have armour, Concussive shot should stun them though I haven't played with it enough.MiracleOfSound said:
Fuck... are you sure? cerberus is down on my system today too man. It's generally quite dodgy.Amnestic said:
I sent Zaeed back to the Normandy the first time since he was a soldier type, and he died. What chance does Mordin have? Send Grunt with your crew and take Mordin with you.orannis62 said:
ChipSandwich said:Doing a second insanity playthrough as an Adept, choosing the shotgun specialization. I also did the Collector ship mission using mostly the default SMG, it was pretty fun, probably because I had Grunt and Thane to back me up. Grunt had Incendiary Ammo and concussive blast, Thane has shredders, a sniper and warp and I had AP ammo, so the collectors actually went down pretty easily. Sniper characters are VERY handy. Use them.
In all seriousness though, Adepts and Vanguards get the short end of the stick at the start of the game, and, hell, their powers are pretty terrible on Insanity due to 100% of enemies having damage protection. The Shuriken is bad until you learn how to rapid fire. Press the trigger at the end of each burst instead of just holding it, and you can effectively fire full auto and get about twice as much DPS. The Tempest is still a little better in terms of accuracy and sustainibility though, so get it ASAP. As for vanguards, the Katana is meh, and the DLC Eviscerator is only slightly better. I like the Scimitar, and I've never tried the Claymore. For powers, I just use Pull followed by some other power, it's really only "for the lulz" as they say.
Will probably try it as a soldier next, if only because I want to try the Revenant.
Vanguard looks fine to meUszi said:
It ain't easy, but no class is really easy on insanity.
Meh, I call bullshit.CmdrGoob said:Vanguard looks fine to me
It's a careful balance of being out in the open, charging and hiding in cover, along with the stun from headshots/melee that makes Vanguard survivable on Insanity.Uszi said:
That sucks man.Amnestic said:Yeah, it's been unable to connect (times out) since I installed it on (European) release day.MiracleOfSound said:
And I told you, running around is the way to go.
Just don't run into a Praetorian
I'm not sure... I think it was.Alarien said:
Vanguard is a very fun class, but the trouble on Hardcore/Insanity is that all enemies have at a minimum, armour and/or shields/barriers. Charge won't knockback a target if he has any of these defenses, shockwave only does a little damage and no knockup and pull is ineffective (so no pull/warp combos either). Without the ability to disable some opponents while dealing with others, the vanguard is left up close, surrounded by enemies continually firing. Death comes soon after :\ To make matters harder, the scimitar shotgun isn't available until Samira's mission IIRC, approx 50% of the way thru. You'd enjoy this class much more on veteran or below.Shoes said:
I find such moments are often made far easier with a Combat Drone. Alas, unless you mod in to get Legion early or are playing an Engineer, you're plum out of luck for that one.MiracleOfSound said:
Indeed. I highly recommend Reave as a bonus power for Vanguards as it gives you a little extra *oomph* against big enemies like the Colossus or the Praetorian which aren't really chargeable if you want to survive.Chardan said:
