J.T. Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 25 minutes ago, Robert C said: I had ridiculous luck with ultra rare drops last night. I got 4 premium packs, plus the special pack for running that vault mission. The premium packs netted me 4 ultra-rares: Rozerad 1, Kineticist 2 & 3, and a fourth that I can't remember. The vault mission pack apparently netted me 2 Krogan Gladiators, as he went straight from 0 to 2. I am not so much concerned about weapons right now as I am about characters. I'd like to unlock the last two members of the APEX roster and then start accumulating more firearms. It was only logical that my first Disappointment Pack of the night would give me the fucking Kishook Harpoon Gun instead of the Batarian Skirmisher that I want to use that weapon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Some people on Reddit are going back to the old strategy of buying basic and advanced packs to level their commons up to XX. One thing I learned reading last night is that you don't get the variants of the weapons (siphon, etc.) until you have that weapon up to X, and the variant at I has the same stats as the regular weapon at X. So you're not losing any power using the variant at I compared to the regular version at X, just gaining whatever bonus comes with the variant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Yeah - you definitely get the basic characters out of basic packs. Just in buying two I have 4 different XI I would much rather that then my continued march towards barrel hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert C Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I've gone back to basics for now, at least for the characters. Not sure what I'll do about weapons. Bought 5 barrels yesterday with mission funds, but I'm let em build back up for next week, in case a bunch of stuff comes out on Thursday again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 As a side bonus of buying low-level packs, you shouldn't have to worry about buying Supply packs (lots of RPGs, first aids, etc.) and you get all sorts of low-level consumables. Think I'll stick to Basics for now. Edit: An XX character gives you a 39 percent boost to power damage, combo and melee. There's gonna be some common characters that are going to become beasts. I think the Soldiers are really gonna shine after they increased the damage to concussive shot and grenades. I can imagine the uncommon Krogan Vanguard being tough with his charge power and not so difficult to move up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Well this is fun Twice I have tried to do the Deeper into the Ruin APEX and both times as soon as we load the host gets dropped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert C Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 1 minute ago, RIPPA said: Well this is fun Twice I have tried to do the Deeper into the Ruin APEX and both times as soon as we load the host gets dropped The more unique Apex missions seem to have that problem. I had terrible issues with the 11 wave one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert C Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Ran a few golds this afternoon with randoms. They honestly about like silvers after the update. Bought about 50-60 basic packs to build up common characters. I've sort of settled on the human sentinels as my gold characters of the moment. They're both around XV as of now. Got my first character to XX. Of course, it's one I've never used, so he's XX-1. Kroguard is up around XV as well. Also got my first of the new weapons. It's a Raptor syphon. Dunno if I'll ever use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Third time was the charm I got an Ushior out of my APEX pack (along with bumping my Human Female Soldier up to XI) so I am not gonna complain there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 They also definitely fiddled with who comes out of what packs I just pulled the Turian Soldier on two straight basic packs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I got a Zalkin Concussive. If you get a weak point kill on something, it explodes. I got it in a Basic Pack. I still don't have a Kineticist. But I have a Zalkin Concussive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUkered Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Are you shitting me with Platinum??? Died three times in wave 1 and then everybody else did as well. What is this, Dark Souls? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 It don't matter at all what you've played before, Platinum's a brand-new game. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melraz09 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 All the skills in an-drah-mah-dah 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 It does feel like on some levels we are all over powered for Bronze now - except maybe if using a Level 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 Grr... people who change the strike team mission after you join can go screw 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert C Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Got all my commons to XX. 39% extra power and combo damage. Yeah, I'll take that. Kroguard and Krogan engineer are above XV just from basic packs, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 Bought a couple of Advanced packs just to see the difference and it still populated with commons so I learned my lesson to wait again until all my commons are XX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 Someone on Reddit claims they did ask about the single player DLC at the Montreal comic-con Q&A and the answer was just "we can't talk about that" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Was MP down earlier? I tried getting on before work but it wasn't connecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 I've been on and off most of the day. Got booted all the way to the main menu once but no other real issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I only had a half hour so when it wasn't working right away, I didn't bother with it anymore. Will presumably have plenty of time Sunday to fiddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 God Dammit - why are all the sniper rifles so fucking heavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert C Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Looks like they actually managed to fix the power challenges. I completed the combat power mastery one running bronzes solo. Extraction on bronze solo is definitely doable with XX characters, at least with the scenario I had (outlaws, firebase zero, and recovery/devices for waves 3/6). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 Having a daily of combat power damage is a little frustrating when you don't have many good folks unlocked with combat powers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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