Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Catch-All – Shepards with Jobs

New Challenge, starting today.

Bioware wrote:

Unnerving reports from the front indicate that the Collector reinforcements are more numerous than we feared. At this point, we do not know if our numbers are accurate or if psychological warfare is at work. We need to engage the enemy to assess their true strength.

Halloween Challenge – Complete the three Halloween challenges to earn the Halloween Challenge Banner.

Ghostbuster: Requires 5 extractions on Firebase Ghost or Firebase Ghost Hazard

Zombie Hunter: Requires 7500 points against husks/abominations.

Monster Killer: Requires 10000 points against brutes/scions/praetorians/banshees.

All challenges can be completed on any map at any difficulty.

And Batarian Vanguard is the new kit unlock for the week.

I did the last one with the Crusader on Bronze, solo. Just popping Geth.

Those new challenges are kind of brutal. 5 extractions? That's not a few.

Just finished ME3, and got interested in the multiplayer. I sent a bunch of friend requests to people on Origin. If people are still playing, I'd love to get a few games in.

Did the Halloween challenge last night post-Trick or Treating. Killed my last Husk for the challenge with literally one second left on the clock on the last round.

Also, "Defend the Pumpkin" sounds much better than "Hack".

Anyone liking the new Batarian? I'm not. Smash would've been so much tastier than Lash...

I love me some Lash, but I typically don't like Batarians. Their blade armor holds no interest to me whatsoever. Also they defend slavery as part of their cultural heritage.

Bullion Cube wrote:

Just finished ME3, and got interested in the multiplayer. I sent a bunch of friend requests to people on Origin. If people are still playing, I'd love to get a few games in.

Sure, I'm game. Still need to do the Halloween challenges. I assume that goes through the weekend?

LobsterMobster wrote:

I love me some Lash, but I typically don't like Batarians. Their blade armor holds no interest to me whatsoever. Also they defend slavery as part of their cultural heritage.

I avoid playing as Quarians for the same reason.

Edit: I saw somewhere else that they have extended the challenge for several days because of the hurricane.

LobsterMobster wrote:

I love me some Lash

Shame you already have a tag...

Edit: I saw somewhere else that they have extended the challenge for several days because of the hurricane.

Yeah. The timer says 95 hours left for the challenge.

Another few days is nice--it's an easy challenge, but husks are a precious commodity, what with everyone falling over each other to get them. I didn't realize how few of them actually spawned until I needed them.

Wow, I had the opposite experience that other people here seem to be having. I finished the two points challenges in two matches. Getting the 5 games on Ghost takes a lot longer than getting the points.

CptGlanton wrote:

Wow, I had the opposite experience that other people here seem to be having. I finished the two points challenges in two matches. Getting the 5 games on Ghost takes a lot longer than getting the points.

Did it on Bronze, so fewer and weaker enemies. I'm sure on Silver it would have gone much quicker.

I got the monsters quick, but only got zombies on my last Ghost run. And yeah, I played it safe and did Bronze.

So today is N7 day and it appears that there is a challenge that will get you a special pack.

N7 day huh? Man...I'd never know about these events without this thread.

Rykin wrote:

So today is N7 day and it appears that there is a challenge that will get you a special pack.

I logged in to take a look, but it doesn't appear to be up yet.

Zembonez wrote:

N7 day huh? Man...I'd never know about these events without this thread.

I only know about it because of an article on Kotaku. Full link here.

There's also supposed to be a video teaser of the new single player Omega DLC

Stele wrote:

There's also supposed to be a video teaser of the new single player Omega DLC

They were doing something on TwitchTV earlier but I couldn't get it to load. Figured I would just wait for the real trailer to show up on YouTube.

Sounds like it will be Shepard, Aria, and a female turian (finally) battling to reclaim Omega from Cerberus. No real surprises there, I think this was the most obvious DLC. Don't really care that it was obvious though. I will buy as much meaningful (as in real content not skins or weapon packs) DLC as they are willing to make for this game.

The N7 event for today, via GAF:

"It's also the first N7 Day tomorrow, which means logging into Mass Effect 3 multiplayer between 8am GMT and 7.59am on November 8th, will automatically grant you an ultra-rare weapon and six consumable items as part of the limited edition N7 Day Loyalty Pack. Mass Effect Trilogy is also out today, in case you're wondering"

Edit: BW just tweeted that they are ironing out the kinks and it's about to go live.

looks like its up now. Got a Paladin pistol out of the Loyalty pack.

Coooommmmmmme onnnnnnnn Harrier 3.

Black Widow. Finally.

Black Widow. Finally.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

Black Widow. Finally.

Whoa, how many hours did you put into the game before that happened? Were you just trying to get enough to level it up all the way? I think I was just about the first one out of our group to get one. I was very lucky.

tuffalobuffalo wrote:
MilkmanDanimal wrote:

Black Widow. Finally.

Whoa, how many hours did you put into the game before that happened? Were you just trying to get enough to level it up all the way? I think I was just about the first one out of our group to get one. I was very lucky.

I don't know, there's no way to look at it. At all. In any way.

Spoiler:

Damn you N7 HQ for telling me I've put 215 hours into this game.

I have every older gun now except I think the Saber. Valiant VI, but finally the Black Widow.

Nice! I played multiplayer a ton for a month or two when it came out but haven't gone back to it. I think I just felt like moving on to other games. I forget how many hours I put in.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

I have every older gun now except I think the Saber. Valiant VI, but finally the Black Widow.

Huzzah, enjoy it--I like the Widow more, but the Black Widow is 2nd or 3rd choice.

I noticed a little while back that I still don't have a Viper, one of the basicest SRs there is. Weapon distribution can suck sometimes.

SpacePPoliceman wrote:
MilkmanDanimal wrote:

I have every older gun now except I think the Saber. Valiant VI, but finally the Black Widow.

Huzzah, enjoy it--I like the Widow more, but the Black Widow is 2nd or 3rd choice.

I noticed a little while back that I still don't have a Viper, one of the basicest SRs there is. Weapon distribution can suck sometimes.

I think I have the Avenger IV at this point, because I went to PSPs so quickly I stopped getting basic weapons.

If you haven't played in a while, the new content really freshens things up, particularly those total bastard Collectors. Love the new challenge system as well, it's forcing me to use guns and characters I typically avoided, just so I can earn fake points. OH GOD, IT'S LIKE MINI-ACHIEVEMENTS.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

I think I have the Avenger IV at this point, because I went to PSPs so quickly I stopped getting basic weapons.

If you haven't played in a while, the new content really freshens things up, particularly those total bastard Collectors. Love the new challenge system as well, it's forcing me to use guns and characters I typically avoided, just so I can earn fake points. OH GOD, IT'S LIKE MINI-ACHIEVEMENTS.

That's what I did, too. My intention was to go back and rack up the basics once I'd unlocked all the classes, but they kept adding them and not giving any to me--I'm still hoping for the N7 Soldier and Infiltrator.

I agree, I dig the challenges. They encourage me to use classes and powers I'd written off before, which is how I think achievements are supposed to work. Or I should say I dig them when I decide to use a good gun that simply isn't as good as another I have (good as the BW and Jav are, they're both III, which doesn't rate next to a Widow X), and I dig them much less when I have to use a real dog of a weapon (I don't look forward to 140k with my Incisor).