Current Events > Is Adept really that bad on ME2?

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Never played it, but I've heard it's bad, at least on Hardcore/Insanity.

On insanity many biotic classes fall off, but still perfectly doable. Just got lots more protection to remove first so more reliant on party members/guns to get rid of those first.

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It suffers because EVERYTHING has Armor or Shields, which means Throw/Pull/Singularity won't work until you get through them to Health.

Plus you don't have any skills effective against Shields.

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DrizztLink posted...

It suffers because EVERYTHING has Armor or Shields, which means Throw/Pull/Singularity won't work until you get through them to Health.

Plus you don't have any skills effective against Shields.

This.

However if you've already unlocked Tali's bonus power Adepts are fine.

adepts aren't good after ME1

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I played Adept on my ME2 insanity run. Lets just say I won't be doing it again on the legendary edition.

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Murphiroth posted...

This.

However if you've already unlocked Tali's bonus power Adepts are fine.

That helps.

They also get better in 3 because you don't have to sink three points into some skills to unlock other ones.

I don't remember how Adept works, but Vanguard needs two levels of Shockwave to unlock Pull, and it works in a similar way for Adept.

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Not worth playing ME2 with adept it's the worst class in that game. Cant activate abilities unless you remove protections like shield or armor.

On insanity difficulty it's a nightmare.

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Infiltrator is life.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Infiltrator is life.

For coward baby man

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Adepts were OP in ME1 and Bioware said "never again."

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They are probably the worst class in the game on higher difficulties.

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I'm not really having that rough of a go with it in my current play through. If Adept is bad, playing other classes probably makes ME2 Insanity trivial.

DrizztLink posted...

Plus you don't have any skills effective against Shields.

Yeah, but the Locust kind of makes that not matter.

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Soldier I found was best for my insanity run across all 3 games.

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Jiggy101011 posted...

Soldier I found was best for my insanity run across all 3 games.

Soldier is so broken in ME2. Adrenaline rush is crazy OP.

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ME2 nerfed biotics pretty hard. Most biotic abilities does nothing if an enemy has shielding (which is every enemy on hardcore or insanity) and Adept starts with pistols/smgs which have very weak starting weapons. The only saving grace is biotic combos with singularity can be pulled off without needing to lift targets off the ground which can cause decent amount of damage. But with shared CDs, you need a squadmate with warp to pull it off.

Doesn't help they moved the Phalanx as a purchasable weapon on Tuchanka when it was original freely added as it was DLC.

Locust is a good smg, but requires beating Kasumi's loyalty mission which can be tough as you can't bring another squadmate to help and adepts have bad weapon options and no good power to deal with shields.

Overall, easily the weakest class in ME2. Engineer is slightly better, but pure power classes are just kind of bad in ME2. Sentinel is okay, because Tech Armor and Warp/Overload is a good combo at removing shields/barriers. But you really need a class with an additional weapon. Vanguard/Infilitrator/Solider are pretty much the go-to classes for 2.

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Manguard

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Tmaster148 posted...

Vanguard/Infilitrator/Solider

Solider Snakider

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YellowSUV posted...

Soldier is so broken in ME2. Adrenaline rush is crazy OP.

Not to mention the Revenant Heavy Machine Gun is such a fucking beast of a gun. Tons of ammo, good damage, accurate enough for midrange if you stroke the trigger instead of hold, ridiculous full auto DPS if anything gets close. Combined with Adrenaline Rush you can just pour damage all over everything. You really only need that and that one heavy pistol you can snipe with, even on Insanity NG+.

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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...

adepts aren't good after ME1

This is BS. Adepts are great in ME3 because Biotic Explosions are so punchy-- and they scale with difficulty, so they get better on harder difficulties.

Just beat insanity me2 with adept and had almost no problems. Did all side shit too

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Infiltrator and Vanguard the GOATs.

If you really want shenanigans try a Shotgun Infil.

Or a Shotgun Sentinel. That's how I originally did ME2/3 insanity. Suicide charges with exploding Tech Armor and in ME3 like three defensive abilities stacked. Shit was hilarious.

DeadBankerDream posted...

I played Adept on my ME2 insanity run. Lets just say I won't be doing it again on the legendary edition.

I'd argue vanguard Is even worse for most of the game. Your core playstyles is literally locked until you obtain the only good shotgun later and even then it wont be properly upgraded until near Endgame.

ME3 was almost the same deal.

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Prismsblade posted...

I'd argue vanguard Is even worse for most of the game. Your core playstyles is literally locked until you obtain the only good shotgun later and even then it wont be properly upgraded until near Endgame.

ME3 was almost the same deal.

If you are playing the legendary edition you can get the Eviscerator and Geth Plasma Shotgun very early in the game. Both are really good weapons.

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YellowSUV posted...

If you are playing the legendary edition you can get the Eviscerator and Geth Plasma Shotgun very early in the game. Both are really good weapons.

Yeah, you get those at the very beginning of the game in regular ME2 also. Claymore definitely isn't necessary for the Vanguard to be 'playable.' Hell, I beat it on Insanity without ever taking the Claymore as a Vanguard.

Prismsblade posted...

I'd argue vanguard Is even worse for most of the game. Your core playstyles is literally locked until you obtain the only good shotgun later and even then it wont be properly upgraded until near Endgame.

ME3 was almost the same deal.

I'm playing on insanity difficulty with vanguard the best shot gun is the geth one and I got it pretty early. Kills in one shot most of the time after I charge it and use my ability to teleport.

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Prismsblade posted...

I'd argue vanguard Is even worse for most of the game. Your core playstyles is literally locked until you obtain the only good shotgun later and even then it wont be properly upgraded until near Endgame.

ME3 was almost the same deal.

The Claymore is garbage.

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AR is definitely the better pick for vanguards over the claymore, especially with the dlc weapons

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