Vanguard isn't really any more defensive than anything else in 2 or 3, and even in 1 I'm pretty sure Immunity can/could (LE fucking sucks because you can't get infinite Marksman/Immunity anymore) make you "more immortal" than whatever Vanguard got (was it Barrier?). In 1 you're more or less just an Adept, but with a shotgun (which doesn't really matter because lolsingularity), and in 2/3 you rely more on Charge barrier restore and a 1-2 seconds of damage immunity after your barrier breaks. It's fun as fuck, but there's a couple of things to consider:
It's super effective™, but I never liked that gun. There's also the fact that it has the retarded charge mechanic, so it fires on button release rather than button press, which you'd think doesn't matter but it fucking does. And now I'm getting flashbacks of running a shotgun Infiltrator with this thing. Pretty sure if you started charging it before you cloaked you could fire it without de-cloaking, which made it even more broken. Thanks, Bioware.
ME1 is by far the most RPG of all three games, which is why its the easiest to become a living avatar of death via gear and skill combos. My last run in ME1, both LE and not, was on Insanity with a Soldier specced into Shock Trooper, and by the time I hit Virmire the only thing that worried me was getting nailed by multiple rocket drones at the same time.
it's pretty much known that a shotgun soldier is the real shit rather than vanguard on pretty much all ME's but you don't get to dive at enemies.
Still wild that the new owners are allowing BioWare to go on as they have been for the past 20 years, despite the fact NuEA is neck deep in debt and needs to make as much money as possible.
Na, I ran with an assault rifle. No need for me to carry a shotgun with my boy Wrex around. And with Garrus "Headshot" Vakarian carrying his sniper rifle, no need for that either.
Sir, hips are not a matter of being flat or not, they are a matter of being W I D E or not. You're thinking of asses, in which case the obvious and stereotypical answer would be Miranda.
The abilities and weapon mods were exactly why I had so much fun in Mass Effect. I had a sniper with high explosive rounds slamming ragdolling enemies around the map like they're on roller skates. In ME2 I have... Waiting in cover. On lower difficulties, it's way too easy, and on insanity it's boring for a different reason, because you're forced to spend a lot of time waiting for shields and cooldowns. There's basically no RPG character progression in ME2, you just find a better gun at a certain point. There's really only one gun per weapon type that you should be using, there's no build variety or player expression. There's also no tanking and every class gets access to decent weapons, so soldier is basically a worthless class in ME2 which is depressing. ME3 is a little better, but you still can't have anywhere near as much fun as in Mass Effect. Ironically, Andromeda fixed a lot of the problems that ME2 and 3 had and might have the best combat in the series, it's just a shame the story is raw hotdog water.
ME2 had all sorts of shit like this.
ME2 is barely an RPG. Most of the builds are illusions of choice, there's only one way to go. Bonus power gives you some flexibility but most of the powers are garbage and you're picking Energy Drain or Reave. Of course all the decisions don't amount to anything.
Ever combine HE rounds with a shotgun?
Disagree. Bullet time with a good gun is better than anything any other class can cast. Especially with the Mattock where it just becomes outright broken.
Infiltrator get bullet time when aiming a sniper rifle
Bullet time + Widow = FUCK YOU.
