Lmao this I saw Garrus is OP with weapon when you can just slap the weapon on anyone who can ARs with almost every weapon buff from powers and outfit you can give them of course Garrus and James is best But sometimes on insanity even he sucks cause he is made of glass
No, just no. On Insanity Garrus will spend more time in Cover than actually shooting. The Garrus Godhood by Typhoon Montage is missleading. Tried the Typhoon Build for myself and Garrus barely ever pop off. HE became useless James does more consistent damage because he can spend more time outside of cover.
Seriously, the weight mechanic ONLY applying to Shepard is just such a massive loophole, you just end up giving your squad the most OP weapons in the game, with the only downside being that it ends up with Shepard seeming to be the sidekick.
Wow - I've played through mass effect 3 probably 5 times in the last 10 years and I had no idea. that is soo dumb. Weapon weight is a critical balance mechanic.
On the other hand if you want to take the squadmates you want for specific missions the Typhoon is great at removing a bit of difficulty for a mission. The other thing that I found quite hilarious was bringing both Ashley and Garrus to the final mission and when you get to the point that the Banshees and Brutes spawn endlessly and you can actually just chill watching the carnage. Recommend doing it at least once.
This was a really nice breakdown! I'm always unsure of what weapons to give squadmates; I like to try and have them still do *some* damage without getting as absurd as the typhoon and trivializing the game.
I considered letting her use it, but I was worried that it might skew the results. Squadmates don't always use their powers efficiently and I probably would have forgotten to activate it manually. Plus, at least on the 360 version, Marksman was bugged for Ashley and didn't do anything, I am not sure if it is fixed in the Legendary Edition.
The thing about Ashley having a lower damage output than Garrus is she has marksman, so in theory she should have the highest damage output of any of them while it's active even with weaker guns and giving her level X weapons with level X mag extensions should turn her into a mako. But as you say the friendly AI is.....Great vid.
This was great! I know you you're probably busy with plenty of other stuff to take care of but is there any possible way that you could do one of these for ME 2 and ME 1?
Thank you. I have considered moving onto the other games once I've wrapped up ME3. The updated version of the first game should be interesting since it added new types of weapons, rather than the clones we used to have. Testing the weapons in Mass Effect 2 would have to be a little different due to its rock-paper-scissor approach to weapon effectiveness (Pistols against Armor, SMGs against Shields, etc...). I'm not sure if the tests should all be done on a single mission with multiple enemy types or if the missions should be selected separately for each weapon category to match their strengths.
Cool testing, I've always heard that some mods don't work on squadmates like the mag upgrade, never known if it's fact. Also what difficulty did you do this on?
Protip: PC ME3 multiplayer is STILL functional (non-legendary edition, mind you). Annnnnd since it's such an old title and not monitored by EA + non-pvp MP.... getting credits doesn't have to be the, ungh, insane "grind" it used to be if other various means of acquisition aren't against your morales (bruhs, I did the grind back in the day on 360, not doing it again lmfao) After a hundred million credits spent on PSPs are you'll have a decent starter set of gear / classes and consumables to help your team out with ^_^ Bodycounts to form lobbies is hit n' miss, but found matches up and running a number of times. Wild that peeps still play it to this day (still holds up darn well, too, I might add ^^)
Good video! Can you add timestamps for each section (intro - stages - results overview - conclusion) and images of the guns (in overview) - that'd be really useful! Also, for the conclusion you can include the timings again.
Good idea, I'll add the timestamps as soon as I can. As for the images and times for the conclusion, I'd have to reupload the video. I will probably make a similar series of tests for the Sniper Rifles, so I'll try and add your suggestions there.
The Typhoon is a cool gun, but fuck me is it broken! The fact that you could rely on Garrus with it on Insanity is hilarious, when you add in the easy 'calibrations' joke. "How are we losing to the Reapers when stuff like this exists?" Tell that to the Council.
Give the typhoon to your squadmates and they will assume direct control of the battlefield.
Lmao this I saw Garrus is OP with weapon when you can just slap the weapon on anyone who can ARs with almost every weapon buff from powers and outfit you can give them of course Garrus and James is best
But sometimes on insanity even he sucks cause he is made of glass
"Im assuming direct control"
No, just no. On Insanity Garrus will spend more time in Cover than actually shooting. The Garrus Godhood by Typhoon Montage is missleading.
Tried the Typhoon Build for myself and Garrus barely ever pop off. HE became useless James does more consistent damage because he can spend more time outside of cover.
Seriously, the weight mechanic ONLY applying to Shepard is just such a massive loophole, you just end up giving your squad the most OP weapons in the game, with the only downside being that it ends up with Shepard seeming to be the sidekick.
Could you imagine if weight also affected your squadmates? It would be a nightmare to trigger combo explosions.
@@windwind3170 Not really, I mean who needs combo explosions if you've got squadmates with the typhoon.
Wow - I've played through mass effect 3 probably 5 times in the last 10 years and I had no idea. that is soo dumb. Weapon weight is a critical balance mechanic.
Yeah sometimes squad steamrolling can be boring. It’s a balance
On the other hand if you want to take the squadmates you want for specific missions the Typhoon is great at removing a bit of difficulty for a mission. The other thing that I found quite hilarious was bringing both Ashley and Garrus to the final mission and when you get to the point that the Banshees and Brutes spawn endlessly and you can actually just chill watching the carnage. Recommend doing it at least once.
This was a really nice breakdown! I'm always unsure of what weapons to give squadmates; I like to try and have them still do *some* damage without getting as absurd as the typhoon and trivializing the game.
7:44 I was wrong about the initial mag size for the Geth Pulse Rifle, it isn't 100 but 80.
Fantastic analysis. Thank you!
Did you take into account Ashley's Marksman ability? It increases her fire rate by a lot.
I considered letting her use it, but I was worried that it might skew the results. Squadmates don't always use their powers efficiently and I probably would have forgotten to activate it manually.
Plus, at least on the 360 version, Marksman was bugged for Ashley and didn't do anything, I am not sure if it is fixed in the Legendary Edition.
The Ai really fudges Marksman until you start dealing with revenants and Typhoons.
The thing about Ashley having a lower damage output than Garrus is she has marksman, so in theory she should have the highest damage output of any of them while it's active even with weaker guns and giving her level X weapons with level X mag extensions should turn her into a mako. But as you say the friendly AI is.....Great vid.
You will always be number one for me, Revenant
I notice you didn't include the Collector Assault Rifle. But I'm surprised the Lancer and Avenger made it as high as they did. I'm happy.
That is unfortunately not available on the Legendary Edition where I did the testing on.
@@lesser8531 Ah, so I see. Well, that's stupid.
I finished the trilogy with all the mission done in a single game in insanity and Adas is for yourself a savior and your companion are good with it
I will only let the teammates use typhoon in armax arsenal arena
You can just slap on the Typhoon to Garrus and Ashley/James and just walk around even on insanity and win
16:12 I like how the Typhoon is in a class of its own that's named after itself. XD
This was great! I know you you're probably busy with plenty of other stuff to take care of but is there any possible way that you could do one of these for ME 2 and ME 1?
Thank you. I have considered moving onto the other games once I've wrapped up ME3. The updated version of the first game should be interesting since it added new types of weapons, rather than the clones we used to have.
Testing the weapons in Mass Effect 2 would have to be a little different due to its rock-paper-scissor approach to weapon effectiveness (Pistols against Armor, SMGs against Shields, etc...). I'm not sure if the tests should all be done on a single mission with multiple enemy types or if the missions should be selected separately for each weapon category to match their strengths.
Cool testing, I've always heard that some mods don't work on squadmates like the mag upgrade, never known if it's fact. Also what difficulty did you do this on?
The difficulty was Insanity.
Very nice
Protip: PC ME3 multiplayer is STILL functional (non-legendary edition, mind you). Annnnnd since it's such an old title and not monitored by EA + non-pvp MP.... getting credits doesn't have to be the, ungh, insane "grind" it used to be if other various means of acquisition aren't against your morales (bruhs, I did the grind back in the day on 360, not doing it again lmfao)
After a hundred million credits spent on PSPs are you'll have a decent starter set of gear / classes and consumables to help your team out with ^_^
Bodycounts to form lobbies is hit n' miss, but found matches up and running a number of times. Wild that peeps still play it to this day (still holds up darn well, too, I might add ^^)
Typhoon is best for squadmates. Lancer is best for Shepard.
And my Shepard still does 90% of the work.
Because the Thyphoon is still a shitty weapon on insanity. It only works if nobody is damaging your Squadmates.
Good video! Can you add timestamps for each section (intro - stages - results overview - conclusion) and images of the guns (in overview) - that'd be really useful! Also, for the conclusion you can include the timings again.
Good idea, I'll add the timestamps as soon as I can.
As for the images and times for the conclusion, I'd have to reupload the video. I will probably make a similar series of tests for the Sniper Rifles, so I'll try and add your suggestions there.
@@lesser8531 It was just an idea for the future videos, but yeah if you want reupload it xD
The Typhoon is a cool gun, but fuck me is it broken! The fact that you could rely on Garrus with it on Insanity is hilarious, when you add in the easy 'calibrations' joke.
"How are we losing to the Reapers when stuff like this exists?" Tell that to the Council.
Ashley dead in mynplay through 💀
It’s the Typhoon. I just saved y’all 16.5 min of your life.