Sorry for not including those in the description, my bad, Here's a science daily article on the experiment www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416151931.htm and here's a video ruclips.net/video/OTYgobxrFsI/видео.html It seems I misremembered part of it, it's a ring of plasma not a sphere and in the video I didn't specify that the plasma ring has it's own self sustaining electromagnetic field, that's why it's such a big deal, because it doesn't require huge magnet to keep it stable.
That's an incredible find! Thanks man! Video top notch as always, thanks for offering a more fleshed out perspective of each shotgun than I've seen anyone else do
Yes it's super interesting :) and no worries, glad you enjoy them. If you found that interesting you'll likely enjoy the videos of Austin and his SCIENCE! of video games, this video here ruclips.net/video/XUBEYl1l5E0/видео.html is where I heard of this experiment. He's highly intelligent and very entertaining, he's move to the game theorists channel now. Also where I get that SCIENCE! thing from where I kinda yell it lol.
it's crazy how many successful things have been done and aren't known by everyone, like the fact we've technically done teleportation and time travel, we don't know where the atom went and can only move forward in time but still, very very cool achievements that just aren't talked about. Elon Musk is where it's at, love that guy, he'll get me on Mars before I'm dead I hope :)
Thank you for doing up a speadsheet on the stats, it is quite useful. I've seen some other people compare rate of fire but by calculating single shots. If you do continue this in the future please remember that while fiend are a good test subject for shotguns, weapons like assault rifles and smgs are not designed for armour and it will alter the test results.
Glad its of use and don't worry, I only chose fiend for this because it was Shotguns, ill be switching to insanity for some hopefully accurate other mobs for such like AR's, it's going to be a lot more difficult to test those :( If only there were red bars or shielded folk with huge health pools
I would like to suggest that you find a destroyer for the shields. Also a turret or ascendant for health test. I agree it would be better if there was an enemy that had both but unfortunately that doesn't seem to exist.
+Angarl well hydras have both, the problem is it's bad enough doing these tests when yer just a fast travel and quick drive away from the mobs but when you have to complete a dungeon for every single test it gets a little insane
There is a fast travel point just outside the Eos Kett base which has ascendant, not sure if thats useful. But yeah I understand that running through a vault or Remnant facility just to test a weapon would be a bit much. Scavengers on Eleaden (probably spelt incorrectly) have quite a variety of mob types I know some are shield heavy, and there is a fast travel point near the large exile base there (I forget the name of it.) Unfortunately there does not appear to be a way to use the console commands to spawn enemies. Sorry wish I could be of more help but hopefully I gave you some ideas.
Haha thank you :D, Must admit, would lovem to put me in that 'Tips from the community' section they have on their website but it seems that only has folk they sponsored who gave no shit about the game after a week :(
I can't speak for the entire ME:A player base, but I appreciate the work you put into this. The Dhan is King of Shotguns in Multiplayer, but I absolutely love the Piranha(its only drawback is its weight) as it turns almost anything into hamburger at point blank, and it has a decent range as well. Thank you again for your hard work. Subscribed.
I absolutely love your videos. You put so much time and effort into them and your analysis has helped me make the most of my weapon choices in ME:A. Keep up the good work, broski.
Thanks! I've always had a soft spot for the ME Universe. I can't wait for your analysis of SMGs and ARs. Believe it or not, I actually had a Carnifex with a V.H.S. and it is the absolute WORST gun I've ever used. Sidetrack: I have always thought this, but after watching the FMVs in the final mission, EA REALLY needs to make a Rogue Squadron-like dogfighting game in the Mass Effect universe. Wouldn't even have to be "true" to the original trilogy. Just... side missions that Shepard couldn't be "bothered with", also APEX missions. I should work for Bioware. Minus all the corporate bullshit.
+MrMako aye I mentioned that at the end of the scattershot section, I used a calibrated receiver and light melee to take it to 1, now I think about it, I may have forgot to mention the mods :/
This was awesome! These technical videos are always where I go when I'm looking to branch out, your time and effort is totally appreciated. (until the next patch at least lol)
Piranha is so good, and it's in the Milky Way research (Arguable the easier to obtain due to cryo pods) I'd have never tried it without your suggestion, cheers! Shame about that Thokin though, unsure what to really use now... Ghost is pretty fun!
+Biff Bash Bosh don't count the thokin' out just yet, the patch 1.06 weapon changes don't appear to have been applied to single player, that's why I've unlisted the vid. BioWare fucked up the patch notes big time, wait till I've done the DPS charts before giving up on it :)
Thanks! Was wondering of the new anti-armor rankings, so am likely going to remain with my Piranha - Plasma, as it was a great help in the final battles of the game last campaign. Now to find some Bio-converter augments....
My favorite Build is full Bionic with the Adept Profile. So I use the Scattershot and put Plasma Charge and Shield Oscillator on it. This give me a clip size of one with an additional mod that reduces your clip to one shot. Now I can just spam shoot the Scattershot in the air if I want to and get a constant 25 percent regeneration of my shield. As I kill all enemies mostly with only Bionic skills and combos........the Scattershot combined with charge keeps my shield at full all the time and if the enemy cannot get through your shields then Health is not a concern. I carry the Piranha with bio converter as a backup.........for those one or two enemies in the game that may give you a bit of a problem such as Acendents and the Remnant Tiller Destroyer. As of January 2018 if you are a solo player, the last patch Nerfed Heleus research points to the point that even if you scan all the time it is doubtful you will ever gain enough Heleus points to fully develop the Dhan. It will be late game for sure and in my last play through at level 77 I only had enough Heleus points for a level 6 Dhan. Used to we got many more Heleus points ...........not anymore as the Developers nerfed that and placed it all into mutiplayer grind, grind some more and then grind some more for random loot boxes that may or may not contain Heleus points. Cheers!
+Kit Carson they released a patch 1.11? If it's still at 1.10 which it was before I stopped doing vids on it then while they are tricky to get, they've always been tough to come by, I don't think they ever needed it further unless there a new patch. Also I can't remember off hand with research tree the talon is from, but if it isn't from Heleus then I would recommend at least testing without saving, your current scattershot setup on he talon, the talon is a shotgun but has the classification of a pistol so doesn't have the need for being a shotgun from the plasma charge augment that the other shotguns do, it is epicly powerful with its multiple projectiles per shot
Damn Xaine, you can really see the dedication in how fast you did the video after the patch and also in the new multiple testing screens when presenting each guns. Glad to see you're on the VANGUARD of the Mass Effect Andronemda youtubers. Hahaha see what I did there?
Really nice job on this vid. Results are more in line with khrazegaming test results. Check out his face melt build using piranha. I killed architect on Kadara in just over 4 minutes on insane and recorded it. It's a fun build since you like to test things
Just checked it out and it's similar to my architect build, I have a few more weapons I wanna check with my build but last test I did I just Piranha'd the legs with seeking then Cobrad the face lol. Using tactical cloak and more etc etc. Cheers for the recommendation :)
Xaine, I had this game sitting on my shelf since launch. The initial reviews just turned me off. I have to say though, the depth of study in your videos, with enough sexy gun porn to make a Krogan bust a quad, got me to finally plug this game in and I’m loving it! There is enormous depth the the weapons, combat and crafting system. This game really got a bad turn from the gaming media. Anyways, thanks for your vids; they should’ve gotten a much bigger following than they did.
Aaw thank you, that means a lot, and glad you're enjoying it, it was my first Mass Effect, without it, I may never have played the trilogy after, has a special place in my heart this one
yes, Architect has been a build in progress for a while, nearly there but require a few more research point to do a proper test in my main game, bloody heleus is a bitch to get
+69phoenix thank you and I use Seeking Plasma System, and rest kinetic coils, for mods just barrel and receiver, can change receiver for extra ammo if you'd prefer
I use the highest damage pistol with those lobbing multiexplosion plasma bullets which you can charge for more damage. i have the same gun with just fires straight with great accuracy and range and also hits really hard. a headshot on a regular kett instantly kills them. the stat on the gun says it's just above 1k damage. the clip size on these guns are 2, 3 or 4 so far. the plasma explosion version of the gun can take out multiple enemies in a single shot since one shot explodes 3 times. Shotguns, assault rifles and even sniper rifles are made obsolete with these handguns. the pistols i use are lvl 5 and 6 so far.
+FreeDooMusic I do think they need to have their weakpoint bonuses increased a bit would be more satisfying to use. And tbh the pistol is used point blank whereas the sniper can be shot from safety, I feel the pistol should be more powerful
Using the pistol with the plasma bolts is almost like firing a small barrage of grenades. using it without that it does 1 shot kills on headshots unless barriers and stuf are up. Range is no problem. i can fire the pistol from far away and hit my targets just fine. I tried using grenade ammo on the fastest firing assault rifle. turned out the result was an assault rifle firing noodles. :P Anyway, this weapon customization system is a lot of fun.
I know lol, I did testing on the Ushior sometime ago, you can see it in the Pistols testing video ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=jlF96HdxHJY Though the range is of course a problem as not only does the plasma grenade arc but it has a limit to it's timer, it will explode before the target if far enough away, you can fix this with the plasma seeking but that build lowers the damage.
Does the Katana even have a purpose in the game? Or is it just the throwaway shotgun? I really want to like the gun, as I just want a traditional, hard-hitting shotgun, but I just can't see any advantage to having it around. If Bioware won't buff the Katana in some way, could they at least bring back either the Scimitar, Eviscerator, or Wraith? The Wraith was my all-time favorite gun from ME3 and I'd love to have it back. It was in that ideal sweet spot of high damage, good accuracy, and with an acceptable ammo capacity. I loved it to death in multiplayer, and I loved it even more in the campaign. I miss my shotgun...
Aye, I'm fairly sure its just throw away. The ones you don't have to research usually are, except in this situation there's also the disciple which is actually the 4th best shotgun lol.
It depends on the augment, some go with each other like theres 4 different tiers, there's behaviour, special, extension and stackable, behaviour change the weapons projectile so electrical conduit, sticky grenade, plasma charge, plasma seek etc, some of these can be put with others so like sticky and plasma can be on the same gun and plasma charge and plasma seeking also, but not all can be put with all. Then there's special augments, which are all of the non behaviour that you have to research, so vintage heat sink, bio-converter, shield oscillator, cryo condensor, aerial performance optimizer etc etc, only one of these augments can be put on the same gun. then there's extension, there's only single mod extension and double mod extension, only one of these can be put on each gun, depending on the gun depends whether you even need one. then there's stackables, these are the filler with such one as kinetic coils and tech recharge module tech damage module shield bypass anti-armor module etc etc, these can be put with as many as you can fit, they stack with each other, use them to fill up empty slots when the rest has been sorted. Stackables and extensions can be bought from vendors, general merchant usually, like the one on the nexus. Hope that's cleared things up for you :)
WOW, that was really helpful. I just started playing the campaign two days ago, and all the ins and outs of augmentations are confusing. I find your videos really helpful and appreciate all the hard work you put into them. I think a video on what loadouts you use for different situations would be interesting and helpful.
awesome :), And yes it is all a bit much, took me weeks to get nmy head around everything attacking one thing at a time till I knew it in and out for these guides, and thank you, It's always nice to hear that my work is appreciated :). The loadout video has been in my sights to do for nearly a month, something else keep coming up before I can get it done, these recent patches and hotfixes being the latest distractions, lol.
This is the type of content I wish more people did. I feel like you'd gain more viewers if you turned this type of thorough, math-based analysis toward the multiplayer side. However, if you think this type of single player testing is time consuming, multiplayer is easily 1000 times larger as a time sink. Regardless of whether you eventually look at mp, your approach gained you a subscriber.
Wow, thank you and I'd love to do this for multiplayer but I have yet to come up a valid method for gaining accurate results. From what I hear the tooltips in multiplayer are actually correct so using those I could do it, hmmm. And glad you've joined :)
Honestly, SCIENCE is the reason I watch these videos :) Shame about the crusader, interesting that the hesh is so close to the Dhan. Good to see the Piranha taking the top spot, that thing might as well be called a meat grinder.
Well I'm a big fan of the Piranha too, so I could probably work on that one instead. I just really like the solid slug type of shotguns though. I was a big fan of the Crusader in ME3. Now I'm a bit hesitant with using it. Or not, given the time I spend playing and collecting resources, I could probably craft both in the end. Nonetheless, appreciate all the work you put in your videos. Keep it up. :)
John Fletemeyer The weapon type doesn't effect the shield damage. The electrical conduit does more damage to shields if you need an Augmentation to help with shilded enemies. However, you are better off using an auto rifle like the PAW or X5 Ghost with electrical conduit over a shotgun if you need help with the shields. That being said the Parahna with Seeking plasma does great against everything and is highly recommended.
May as well back up Dark here as aye the P.A.W. with EC is great for shields as its X5 Ghost, equalizer is good if you want a lighter wep all of them requiring the Electrical Conduits to bring to fruition. But as Dark said, the Piranha will still tear them down, I use the Dhan on armoured and shielded in my playthrough and it obliterates all, which considering the Piranha is more powerful youd be fine.
Wait do you have any links for that real life plasma gun?
Sorry for not including those in the description, my bad,
Here's a science daily article on the experiment www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416151931.htm
and here's a video ruclips.net/video/OTYgobxrFsI/видео.html
It seems I misremembered part of it, it's a ring of plasma not a sphere and in the video I didn't specify that the plasma ring has it's own self sustaining electromagnetic field, that's why it's such a big deal, because it doesn't require huge magnet to keep it stable.
That's an incredible find! Thanks man! Video top notch as always, thanks for offering a more fleshed out perspective of each shotgun than I've seen anyone else do
Yes it's super interesting :) and no worries, glad you enjoy them.
If you found that interesting you'll likely enjoy the videos of Austin and his SCIENCE! of video games, this video here ruclips.net/video/XUBEYl1l5E0/видео.html is where I heard of this experiment.
He's highly intelligent and very entertaining, he's move to the game theorists channel now.
Also where I get that SCIENCE! thing from where I kinda yell it lol.
Lol awesome I'll check it out, and I can't believe that plasma experiment was done in 2013 o_o makes me wonder how far along it's gotten now
it's crazy how many successful things have been done and aren't known by everyone, like the fact we've technically done teleportation and time travel, we don't know where the atom went and can only move forward in time but still, very very cool achievements that just aren't talked about.
Elon Musk is where it's at, love that guy, he'll get me on Mars before I'm dead I hope :)
I really appreciate all the hard work you put into this, and keep up the great work
+Masa Mune thank you :) I shall!
I appreciate all the work you put into these. It actually helps... ALOT.
Man! All that work. Definitely appreciate the SCIENCE. And the opinions. Thank you sir.
Happy to be of assistance :)
Your videos are fantastically informative, well done!
+James Wilson thank you very much
Thank you for doing up a speadsheet on the stats, it is quite useful. I've seen some other people compare rate of fire but by calculating single shots.
If you do continue this in the future please remember that while fiend are a good test subject for shotguns, weapons like assault rifles and smgs are not designed for armour and it will alter the test results.
Glad its of use and don't worry, I only chose fiend for this because it was Shotguns, ill be switching to insanity for some hopefully accurate other mobs for such like AR's, it's going to be a lot more difficult to test those :(
If only there were red bars or shielded folk with huge health pools
I would like to suggest that you find a destroyer for the shields. Also a turret or ascendant for health test.
I agree it would be better if there was an enemy that had both but unfortunately that doesn't seem to exist.
+Angarl well hydras have both, the problem is it's bad enough doing these tests when yer just a fast travel and quick drive away from the mobs but when you have to complete a dungeon for every single test it gets a little insane
There is a fast travel point just outside the Eos Kett base which has ascendant, not sure if thats useful. But yeah I understand that running through a vault or Remnant facility just to test a weapon would be a bit much.
Scavengers on Eleaden (probably spelt incorrectly) have quite a variety of mob types I know some are shield heavy, and there is a fast travel point near the large exile base there (I forget the name of it.)
Unfortunately there does not appear to be a way to use the console commands to spawn enemies.
Sorry wish I could be of more help but hopefully I gave you some ideas.
Wow, this was great! Thanks for all your work.
what an awesome comprehensive review, two thumbs up! Bioware should employ you lol, cos they surely don't seem to do any testing!
Haha thank you :D,
Must admit, would lovem to put me in that 'Tips from the community' section they have on their website but it seems that only has folk they sponsored who gave no shit about the game after a week :(
You do an extraordinary job and watch every video. Agree with a lot of your builds and choices. Keep up the great work.
Thank very much! and will do!
Brilliant analyses, mate! I look forward to your other weapon tests! Keep it up! :D
Gotta love the Piranha! Thanks for your work on this!
I can't speak for the entire ME:A player base, but I appreciate the work you put into this. The Dhan is King of Shotguns in Multiplayer, but I absolutely love the Piranha(its only drawback is its weight) as it turns almost anything into hamburger at point blank, and it has a decent range as well. Thank you again for your hard work. Subscribed.
Thanks man :) and awesome! great to have you!
I absolutely love your videos. You put so much time and effort into them and your analysis has helped me make the most of my weapon choices in ME:A. Keep up the good work, broski.
That's amazing to hear :) thank you
Thanks! I've always had a soft spot for the ME Universe. I can't wait for your analysis of SMGs and ARs. Believe it or not, I actually had a Carnifex with a V.H.S. and it is the absolute WORST gun I've ever used.
Sidetrack: I have always thought this, but after watching the FMVs in the final mission, EA REALLY needs to make a Rogue Squadron-like dogfighting game in the Mass Effect universe. Wouldn't even have to be "true" to the original trilogy. Just... side missions that Shepard couldn't be "bothered with", also APEX missions. I should work for Bioware. Minus all the corporate bullshit.
Thanks for all of the hard work. It made a few things clear for me.
+Ezra Shelton very glad to hear it's helped :)
Also Xaine, A calibrated Receiver turns the Scatter shot's mag down to 1.
+MrMako aye I mentioned that at the end of the scattershot section, I used a calibrated receiver and light melee to take it to 1, now I think about it, I may have forgot to mention the mods :/
ok, sorry.
This was awesome! These technical videos are always where I go when I'm looking to branch out, your time and effort is totally appreciated. (until the next patch at least lol)
haha, awesome! glad it helped :)
Wouldn't want to do the science myself, but I'm very grateful that someone else has!
kick ass video brother. As always.
Piranha is so good, and it's in the Milky Way research (Arguable the easier to obtain due to cryo pods) I'd have never tried it without your suggestion, cheers!
Shame about that Thokin though, unsure what to really use now... Ghost is pretty fun!
+Biff Bash Bosh don't count the thokin' out just yet, the patch 1.06 weapon changes don't appear to have been applied to single player, that's why I've unlisted the vid.
BioWare fucked up the patch notes big time, wait till I've done the DPS charts before giving up on it :)
Thanks! Was wondering of the new anti-armor rankings, so am likely going to remain with my Piranha - Plasma, as it was a great help in the final battles of the game last campaign. Now to find some Bio-converter augments....
+Eldon Whisler yeah getting the extra bio-converter is the problem, I have 2 total lol
I like the crusader, isn't the best shotgun but seems so cool and the long range is amazing.
Hats off to you, good sir! You´ve earned a sub!
Why thank you and Excellent to hear my good man :)
My favorite Build is full Bionic with the Adept Profile. So I use the Scattershot and put Plasma Charge and Shield Oscillator on it. This give me a clip size of one with an additional mod that reduces your clip to one shot. Now I can just spam shoot the Scattershot in the air if I want to and get a constant 25 percent regeneration of my shield. As I kill all enemies mostly with only Bionic skills and combos........the Scattershot combined with charge keeps my shield at full all the time and if the enemy cannot get through your shields then Health is not a concern.
I carry the Piranha with bio converter as a backup.........for those one or two enemies in the game that may give you a bit of a problem such as Acendents and the Remnant Tiller Destroyer.
As of January 2018 if you are a solo player, the last patch Nerfed Heleus research points to the point that even if you scan all the time it is doubtful you will ever gain enough Heleus points to fully develop the Dhan. It will be late game for sure and in my last play through at level 77 I only had enough Heleus points for a level 6 Dhan. Used to we got many more Heleus points ...........not anymore as the Developers nerfed that and placed it all into mutiplayer grind, grind some more and then grind some more for random loot boxes that may or may not contain Heleus points.
Cheers!
+Kit Carson they released a patch 1.11? If it's still at 1.10 which it was before I stopped doing vids on it then while they are tricky to get, they've always been tough to come by, I don't think they ever needed it further unless there a new patch.
Also I can't remember off hand with research tree the talon is from, but if it isn't from Heleus then I would recommend at least testing without saving, your current scattershot setup on he talon, the talon is a shotgun but has the classification of a pistol so doesn't have the need for being a shotgun from the plasma charge augment that the other shotguns do, it is epicly powerful with its multiple projectiles per shot
Mad props for the spreadsheet. Next I want to see you bust out R, start making histograms, and use Markov Chain Monte Carlo to analyze the results. 😉
+gnperdue haha, that'd be so over the top, but could be fun, no harm in over engineering fun!
Thank you for the information. it is helpful to me at least.
Great work.
Thank you
Damn Xaine, you can really see the dedication in how fast you did the video after the patch and also in the new multiple testing screens when presenting each guns. Glad to see you're on the VANGUARD of the Mass Effect Andronemda youtubers. Hahaha see what I did there?
Also I'm on xbox if you ever wanna play.
Thank you and dude, lol, love me some dad jokes :D
Nice to see good humor apreciated :D
I almost missed the "Science" at the end hahaha excelent
i like all the matyh stuff i help alot
Great job
Really nice job on this vid. Results are more in line with khrazegaming test results. Check out his face melt build using piranha. I killed architect on Kadara in just over 4 minutes on insane and recorded it. It's a fun build since you like to test things
Just checked it out and it's similar to my architect build, I have a few more weapons I wanna check with my build but last test I did I just Piranha'd the legs with seeking then Cobrad the face lol.
Using tactical cloak and more etc etc.
Cheers for the recommendation :)
Xaine, I had this game sitting on my shelf since launch. The initial reviews just turned me off. I have to say though, the depth of study in your videos, with enough sexy gun porn to make a Krogan bust a quad, got me to finally plug this game in and I’m loving it! There is enormous depth the the weapons, combat and crafting system. This game really got a bad turn from the gaming media. Anyways, thanks for your vids; they should’ve gotten a much bigger following than they did.
Aaw thank you, that means a lot, and glad you're enjoying it, it was my first Mass Effect, without it, I may never have played the trilogy after, has a special place in my heart this one
Good job sir
Love the SCIENCE!
Have you considered an Architect slayer ranking, or any other "Role" specific rankings?
yes, Architect has been a build in progress for a while, nearly there but require a few more research point to do a proper test in my main game, bloody heleus is a bitch to get
XAINE !
SHAWNY BABY!
another really good work. thanks !
could use those on mp. :)
Thank you and unfortunately get controlled tests on mp may not be super possible to accurately work out dps etc.
Kind of weird that a seeking Piranha is still the best DPS weapon in the game. Makes insanity a cake walk, especially combined with Turbocharge
Great video, What mods do you use on your Piranha for Architect killing?
+69phoenix thank you and I use Seeking Plasma System, and rest kinetic coils, for mods just barrel and receiver, can change receiver for extra ammo if you'd prefer
Thank You.
What happens if you put electrical conduit on reegar carbine ?
I have yet to even try but quite possibly it wont let you as it has it built in, but ill be doing AR's next so ill try and see what happens
I use the highest damage pistol with those lobbing multiexplosion plasma bullets which you can charge for more damage. i have the same gun with just fires straight with great accuracy and range and also hits really hard. a headshot on a regular kett instantly kills them. the stat on the gun says it's just above 1k damage. the clip size on these guns are 2, 3 or 4 so far. the plasma explosion version of the gun can take out multiple enemies in a single shot since one shot explodes 3 times. Shotguns, assault rifles and even sniper rifles are made obsolete with these handguns. the pistols i use are lvl 5 and 6 so far.
you're3 on about the ushior, it's expected around the same as the Dhan, testing will be done to confirm a victor
Do the snipers seem weak to you? even the high damage snipers seem to do low damage. in comparison to the pistol
+FreeDooMusic I do think they need to have their weakpoint bonuses increased a bit would be more satisfying to use.
And tbh the pistol is used point blank whereas the sniper can be shot from safety, I feel the pistol should be more powerful
Using the pistol with the plasma bolts is almost like firing a small barrage of grenades. using it without that it does 1 shot kills on headshots unless barriers and stuf are up. Range is no problem. i can fire the pistol from far away and hit my targets just fine. I tried using grenade ammo on the fastest firing assault rifle. turned out the result was an assault rifle firing noodles. :P Anyway, this weapon customization system is a lot of fun.
I know lol, I did testing on the Ushior sometime ago, you can see it in the Pistols testing video ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=jlF96HdxHJY
Though the range is of course a problem as not only does the plasma grenade arc but it has a limit to it's timer, it will explode before the target if far enough away, you can fix this with the plasma seeking but that build lowers the damage.
Does the Katana even have a purpose in the game? Or is it just the throwaway shotgun? I really want to like the gun, as I just want a traditional, hard-hitting shotgun, but I just can't see any advantage to having it around.
If Bioware won't buff the Katana in some way, could they at least bring back either the Scimitar, Eviscerator, or Wraith? The Wraith was my all-time favorite gun from ME3 and I'd love to have it back. It was in that ideal sweet spot of high damage, good accuracy, and with an acceptable ammo capacity. I loved it to death in multiplayer, and I loved it even more in the campaign.
I miss my shotgun...
Aye, I'm fairly sure its just throw away.
The ones you don't have to research usually are, except in this situation there's also the disciple which is actually the 4th best shotgun lol.
How do you put multiples of the same augment on weapons? I'm not able to do that for some reason.
It depends on the augment, some go with each other like theres 4 different tiers, there's behaviour, special, extension and stackable, behaviour change the weapons projectile so electrical conduit, sticky grenade, plasma charge, plasma seek etc, some of these can be put with others so like sticky and plasma can be on the same gun and plasma charge and plasma seeking also, but not all can be put with all.
Then there's special augments, which are all of the non behaviour that you have to research, so vintage heat sink, bio-converter, shield oscillator, cryo condensor, aerial performance optimizer etc etc, only one of these augments can be put on the same gun.
then there's extension, there's only single mod extension and double mod extension, only one of these can be put on each gun, depending on the gun depends whether you even need one.
then there's stackables, these are the filler with such one as kinetic coils and tech recharge module tech damage module shield bypass anti-armor module etc etc, these can be put with as many as you can fit, they stack with each other, use them to fill up empty slots when the rest has been sorted.
Stackables and extensions can be bought from vendors, general merchant usually, like the one on the nexus.
Hope that's cleared things up for you :)
WOW, that was really helpful. I just started playing the campaign two days ago, and all the ins and outs of augmentations are confusing. I find your videos really helpful and appreciate all the hard work you put into them. I think a video on what loadouts you use for different situations would be interesting and helpful.
awesome :),
And yes it is all a bit much, took me weeks to get nmy head around everything attacking one thing at a time till I knew it in and out for these guides,
and thank you, It's always nice to hear that my work is appreciated :).
The loadout video has been in my sights to do for nearly a month, something else keep coming up before I can get it done, these recent patches and hotfixes being the latest distractions, lol.
This is the type of content I wish more people did. I feel like you'd gain more viewers if you turned this type of thorough, math-based analysis toward the multiplayer side. However, if you think this type of single player testing is time consuming, multiplayer is easily 1000 times larger as a time sink.
Regardless of whether you eventually look at mp, your approach gained you a subscriber.
Wow, thank you and I'd love to do this for multiplayer but I have yet to come up a valid method for gaining accurate results.
From what I hear the tooltips in multiplayer are actually correct so using those I could do it, hmmm.
And glad you've joined :)
It's a shame I haven't found someone similar to you but for multiplayer.
When I think of a way to accurately test for DPS in multiplayer ill likely do it :)
I think I missed it but what difficulty were you testing them on?
both tests were on normal,
All others will be normal for the review phase then insanity for the dps rankings for more accurate results.
Solid. Thanks!
Honestly, SCIENCE is the reason I watch these videos :)
Shame about the crusader, interesting that the hesh is so close to the Dhan.
Good to see the Piranha taking the top spot, that thing might as well be called a meat grinder.
awesome! and yes I was surprised also with the hesh, it's great fun to use to, very satisfying.
I'm a little sad that the Crusader lands somewhere in the middle -- performing less effective than the Disciple. :(
same, I was so hopeful for it, it's so satisfying to use, if only it's damage backed that up.
Well I'm a big fan of the Piranha too, so I could probably work on that one instead. I just really like the solid slug type of shotguns though. I was a big fan of the Crusader in ME3. Now I'm a bit hesitant with using it. Or not, given the time I spend playing and collecting resources, I could probably craft both in the end. Nonetheless, appreciate all the work you put in your videos. Keep it up. :)
Which shotguns work best for shields?
John Fletemeyer The weapon type doesn't effect the shield damage. The electrical conduit does more damage to shields if you need an Augmentation to help with shilded enemies. However, you are better off using an auto rifle like the PAW or X5 Ghost with electrical conduit over a shotgun if you need help with the shields. That being said the Parahna with Seeking plasma does great against everything and is highly recommended.
Thanks for the quick reply. I'll try the assault rifles like you said.
May as well back up Dark here as aye the P.A.W. with EC is great for shields as its X5 Ghost, equalizer is good if you want a lighter wep all of them requiring the Electrical Conduits to bring to fruition.
But as Dark said, the Piranha will still tear them down, I use the Dhan on armoured and shielded in my playthrough and it obliterates all, which considering the Piranha is more powerful youd be fine.
Piranha is the best weapon in the game.
1.07 is out did they change weapon damage
Nah, 1.07 was just a hot fix, I put it in the video to attempt to avoid confusion :)