Anyone else really hyped for Mass Effect 2?

[Retribution]

Biotics like pull and throw are useless.

[evilneko]

I saw a bit of Jack using Pull, I think it was. Seemed kinda like a single-target Lift?

 

In ME1, my biotic was getting one-shotted by anything with a sniper rifle up until I got colossus armor. Once I got that, I was unstoppable. With assault rifles as a bonus talent, lift mastery, and Tali alongside to hack stuff, not even multiple Geth Colossus tanks stood a chance. (heck on Virmire, I swear Tali took a direct hit from one and lived...maybe it was just a near miss) Normal mooks'd get thrown, lifted, sucked into a singularity, and warped if they were still alive by that time.. all while getting shot up by my rifle. :D

 

Course, I wasn't exactly playing on hard. It was bad enough getting one-shotted for most of the game. :P

[Sinophile]

Jacob also makes extensive use of pull, which makes sense since he has a shotgun. I never liked it as it made enemies harder to hit. Throw is useful against light enemies that would be easily dispatched using any other weapon. I am hoping a future patch balances biotics.

[rebalious]

Im an adept on insanity atm, maybe you are playing them wrong?

Dominate mind ftw.

[Sinophile]

I thought so, you have pics or gameplay videos?

[LHammonds]

Biotics like pull and throw are useless.

Not when used at the correct time and place. If enemies are near ledges (places you can fall to your death), a pull or push is EXTREMELY handy because it can mean a single use causes an insta-kill. I enjoyed pulling them over a void and issuing a combo of Slam to send them flying downward to their death very quickly. Loved it.

 

In later levels, enemies come flying in on a hovering platform...a simple issue of a Lift while in motion will be enough to let the platform move out from under them...then they fall to their death...also very funny. If you can lift 3 or 4 doing this...it almost feels too easy. LOL

 

LHammonds

[Retribution]

Biotics like pull and throw are useless.

Not when used at the correct time and place. If enemies are near ledges (places you can fall to your death), a pull or push is EXTREMELY handy because it can mean a single use causes an insta-kill. I enjoyed pulling them over a void and issuing a combo of Slam to send them flying downward to their death very quickly. Loved it.

 

In later levels, enemies come flying in on a hovering platform...a simple issue of a Lift while in motion will be enough to let the platform move out from under them...then they fall to their death...also very funny. If you can lift 3 or 4 doing this...it almost feels too easy. LOL

 

LHammonds

No, I'm saying that since they don't work on enemies with shields/armor/barrier, they're quite useless on the harder difficulties(veteran+)

 

Oh, and this is who Samara's face is modeled after.

http://www.modelmayhem.com/1049977

 

I think I like Samara more.

 

I saw this image, thought it was funny.

 

http://i46.tinypic.com/33nuo0m.jpg

[rebalious]

I thought so, you have pics or gameplay videos?

 

Ha, that would bore people. Just proper use of cover and timing your shots and powers. Not really a lot of advice, sorry.

[Sinophile]

When you start a new game using a character who has already played through once, does their paragon/renegade gauge reset? I wanted to try playing Paragon shepherd. Also, is it just me, or is it hard to get renegade points without racking up paragon as well? My adept has virtually no renegade points, but my infiltrator seems to get 1 paragon for every renegade point.

[Sarya]

Yes, it does reset. What of points... I think it's relatively individual, depending on your manner of playing.