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Survive The Gordian Hour
Rage, rage against the dying of the Light.
 
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Noveria is a planet shrouded in mystery and blanketed in a deep, ever-present cold. Ambitious, and often morally ambiguous private labs seek the anonymity and covert nature of dealings with the Noveria Development Corporation to pursue their research on the secretive planet. The days on the barely habitable planet are 52 hours long. Towards the planetary pole however, north of the Skadi Mountains, at one very specific time of year, there is exactly 100 minutes of pure, cold, evil darkness. This 100 minutes has been referred to in popular myth as the Gordian Hour. No species in existence has survived the Gordian Hour. This is therefore the ideal location for the next test...
 
The instructions are simple. The task, most would say, is impossible. You must defy the myth of the Gordian Hour. To survive the Gordian hour, you must complete 5 stages in a cumulative time of less than 100 mins. On insanity, you must complete 3 challenges in a cumulative time of less than 100 mins. Valiant efforts will be remembered.
 
Do not go gentle into the night.
 
Note: This challenge series is to celebrate 100 sub-20 runs in the history of the Themed Challenge thread. Thank you hardcore soloists for all your effort and for your incredible feats! I hope you enjoy the challenge this new mini series brings! Best of luck! For those of you who enjoy the challenge and not necessarily going for time, there is still an achievement for you! Have fun!
 
Achievements:
 
- Lodestar
Survive the Gordian Hour on both Hardcore and Insanity difficulties and hold the cumulative time records. There is only one.
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- Gordian Paradox
Survive the Gordian Hour on both Hardcore and Insanity difficulties (<100 mins for each difficulty).
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- Gordian Anomaly
Complete all Gordian Hour stages on Hardcore difficulty without dying. 10 Waves survived on each run. (Time doesn't matter here.)
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- Gordian Exception
Survive the Gordian Hour on Hardcore or insanity difficulty. (<100 mins on either difficulty)
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- A Noble Gordian Death
Extract from all 5 stages on Hardcore difficulty with a total cumulative time of more than 100 mins. Test failed, but a valiant effort nonetheless!
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- Brave the Gordian Hour
Complete one attempt of the Gordian Hour series. An archive of the brave who entered the Gordian Hour. Outcome unknown.
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The rules:
Gold (5 stages on gold difficulty):
- Survival of the Gordian Hour Hardcore entails completing all 5 stages in <100 mins cumulative time. 
NB. Completing the series with a time >100mins will still earn an achievement :)
- Full Extraction Required
- No Armored Compartments
- Screenshot required, vid for Lodestar required.
 
Platinum (3 stages on platinum difficulty):
Survival of the Gordian Hour Insanity entails completing all 3 stages in <100 mins cumulative time.
- Mission Successful required, not full extraction
- Armored compartments permitted
- Screenshot required, vid for Lodestar required.
 
Survive The Gordian Hour - Hall of Fame (Link)
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The Gordian Hour (Hardcore)
 
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Stage I - Denial
 
Conditions: Full Extraction (gold) on Firebase White Hazard vs Reapers
Character: Asari Vanguard
Weapon: Arc Pistol
 
Stage 2 - Anger
 
Conditions: Full Extraction (gold) on Firebase Glacier Hazard vs Collectors
Character: N7 Destroyer
Weapon: N7 Typhoon
 
Stage 3 - Bargaining
 
Conditions: Full Extraction (gold) on Firebase White Hazard vs Cerberus
Character: Asari Justicar Adept
Weapon: Collector SMG
 
Stage 4 - Depression
 
Conditions: Full Extraction (gold) on Firebase Giant Hazard vs Geth
Character: Geth Infiltrator
Weapon: Black Widow
 
Stage 5 - Acceptance
 
Conditions: Full Extraction (gold) on Firebase Glacier vs Cerberus
Character: Turian Sentinel
Weapon: N7 Valkyrie
 
The Gordian Hour (Insanity)
 
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Stage I - Death
 
Conditions: Mission Successful (Platinum) on Firebase White vs Cerberus
Character: Asari Valkyrie
Weapon: Venom Shotgun
 
Stage 2 - Rebirth
 
Conditions: Mission successful (Platinum) on Firebase Glacier vs Cerberus
Character: N7 Fury
Weapon: Arc Pistol
 
Stage 3 - Burn the Darkness
 
Conditions: Mission successful (Platinum) on Firebase White Hazard vs Reapers
Character: Geth Trooper
Weapon: Acolyte
 
 
 
 
 
AW_FC's “For Tuchanka!”
Krogan Fight For One Thing
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The Krogan are a species of large reptilian bipeds native to the planet Tuchanka, a world known for its harsh environments, scarce resources, and overabundance of vicious predators. The Krogan managed to not only survive on their unforgiving homeworld, but actually thrived in the extreme conditions. Once defeated by the Citadel council, the Krogan became a key element during the Reaper war in 2186. After the Reapers invaded earth, Commander Shepard was forced to look for allies to retake earth. The Turian army also depended on the Krogan to help them defend their homeworld of Palavan against the Reaper onslaught. Regardless of the era, the battle or the opponent, one thing has always fundamentally held true: The Krogan fight for one thing and one thing only. The Krogan fight for Tuchanka!
 
Challenge Rules
 
Team/Trio/Duo Challenges:
- Armored compartments not permitted
- Missiles only permitted on objective waves and extraction*
- Hacking or “clever use of in-game mechanics” like pizza running, and hack glitching not permitted
 
*Note: Missiles permitted on any wave for platinum duos.
 
Solo Challenges:
- Armored Compartments only permitted on Insanity (Platinum)
- Missiles permitted on any wave
- “clever use of in-game mechanics” like pizza running, hack glitching, incendiary glitch permitted
 
Hall of Fame (link)
 
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AW_FC's "For Tuchanka!" The Series
 
Full Team Challenges
 
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I. Aralakh Company
 
Gold objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Rio vs. Collector, 100 weapon kills combined and 10 melee kills each
Platinum objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Rio vs. Collector, 100 weapon kills combined and 10 melee kills each
 
Characters and weapons:
Krogan Soldier (Grunt): M-55 Argus
Krogan Vanilla Sentinel: M-37 Falcon
Krogan Soldier: M-76 Revenant
Krogan Vanilla Sentinel: Striker Assault Rifle
 
 
II. The Blood Pack
 
Gold objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Reactor vs. Reaper, 25 melee kills by Warlord, 20 Headshots by Krogan Soldier, 50 tech kills by Vorcha Sentinel, 50 weapon kills by Vorcha Hunter Engineer
Platnium objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Reactor vs. Reaper, 25 melee kills by Warlord, 20 Headshots by Krogan Soldier, 50 tech kills by Vorcha Sentinel, 50 weapon kills by Vorcha Hunter Engineer
 
Characters and weapons:
Krogan Warlord Sentinel: Graal Spike Thrower
Krogan Soldier: Kishock Harpoon Gun
Vorcha Sentinel: Blood Pack Punisher
Vorcha Hunter Engineer: M-11 Suppressor
 
 
III. Virmire
 
Gold objective: Full extraction on Firebase Jade vs. Geth must not bleed out
Platinum objective: Full extraction on Firebase Jade vs. Geth must not bleed out
 
Characters and weapons:
Male/Female Human Adept (Shepard): M-3 Predator
Quarian Female Engineer (Tali): M-23 Katana
Turian Vanilla Soldier (Garrus): M-8 Avenger
Krogan Battlemaster Vanguard (Urdnot Wrex): M-23 Katana; must not spec into Biotic Charge
 
 
IV. Hammer Task Group
 
Gold and Platinum objectives:
Mission successful on Firebase London vs. Reaper
 
Characters and weapons:
Krogan Vanilla Sentinel: N7 Piranha
Turian Soldier: M-76 Revenant
Asari Huntress Infiltrator: M-98 Widow
Geth Infiltrator: Krysae Sniper Rifle
 
Trio Challenges
 
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I. The Rite of Passage
 
Gold Objective: Full extraction on Firebase Giant Hazard vs. Collectors and 200 weapon kills together
Platinum Objective: Full extraction on Firebase Giant Hazard vs. Collectors and 200 weapon kills combined
 
Characters and weapons:
Vanilla Human Vanguard (Shepard): N7 Hurricane
Krogan Soldier (Grunt): N7 Valkyrie
Drell Adept (Thane): N7 Valiant
 
 
II. Mass Effect: Andromeda
 
Gold Objective: Full extraction on Firebase Dagger vs. Geth and 75 biotic/tech kills combined
Platinum Objective: Full extraction on Firebase Dagger vs. Geth and 100 biotic/tech kills combined
 
Characters and weapons:
Vanilla Human Engineer: M-6 Carnifex
Vanilla Female Human Sentinel: M-55 Argues
Vanilla Krogan Sentinel: Striker Assault Rifle
 
 
III. Family Armor
 
Gold Objective: Full extraction on Firebase Glacier vs. Cerberus and no bleedouts
Platinum Objective: Full extraction on Firebase Clacier vs. Cerberus and no bleedouts
 
Characters and weapons:
Human Vanilla Soldier (Shepard): M-15 Vindicator
Krogan Battlemaster Vanguard (Urdnot Wrex): M-22 Eviscerator; must not spec into Biotic Charge
Turian Vanilla Soldier (Garrus): M-97 Viper
 
 
IV. “So...which one of you wants to disappear?”
 
Gold Objective: Mission Successful on Firebase White vs. Reapers and silver weapon medal each and no bleedouts
Platinum Objective: Mission Successful on Firebase White vs. Reapers, silver weapon medal each and no bleedouts
 
Characters and weapons:
Volus Engineer (Contact): M-4 Shuriken
Korgan Soldier: M-8 Avenger
Krogan Vanilla Sentinel: M-8 Avenger
 
Duo Challenges
 
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I. Blue Rose of Illium – part 2
 
Gold Objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Giant vs. Collectors and 75 biotic kills combined
Platinum Objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Giant vs. Collectors and 75 biotic kills combined
 
Characters and weapons:
Asari Vanguard: M-358 Talon
Krogan Shaman Adept: M-7 Lancer
 
 
II. “Shepard” – “Wrex”
 
Gold Objective: Full extraction on Firebase Hydra vs. Geth with 5 waves survived and 20 headshots each
Platinum Objective: Full extraction on Firebase Hydra vs. Geth with 3 waves survived and 20 headshots each
 
Characters and weapons:
Krogan Battlemaster Vanguard (Urdnot Wrex): N7 Crusader; must not spec into Biotic Charge
Human Vanilla Infiltrator (Shepard): Javelin
 
 
III. “Only one way to settle this”
 
Gold Objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Vancouver vs. Reaper and 25 melee kills each
Platinum Objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Vancouver vs. Reaper and 25 melee kills each
 
Characters and weapons:
Krogan Soldier (Grunt): N7 Typhoon
Krogan Battlemaster Vanguard (Urdnot Wrex): N7 Typhoon; must not spec into Biotic Charge
 
 
IV. Assassination
 
Gold Objective: Joram Talid must extract on Firebase Ghost Hazard vs. Cerberus and no bleedouts
Platinum Objective: Joram Talid must extract on Firebase Ghost Hazard vs. Cerberus and no bleedouts
 
Characters and weapons:
Turian Sentinel (Joram Talid): Acolyte
Krogan Shaman Adept (Blood Pack Bodyguard): Striker Assault Rifle
 
 
Solo Challenges
 
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I. The Patriarch
 
Gold Objective: Full Extraction on Firebase Reactor Hazard vs. Collectors and 5 waves survived
Platinum Objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Reactor Hazard vs. Collectors and 3 waves survives
 
Character and weapon:
Krgoan Shaman Adept (The Patriach): Graal Spike Thrower
 
 
II. "I AM URDNOT WREX, AND THIS IS MY PLANET!"
 
Gold Objective: Full Extraction on Firebase Dagger Hazard vs. Reapers, 75 shotgun kills and 10 waves survived
Platinum Objective: Mission Successful on Firebase Dagger Hazard vs. Reapers, 75 shotgun kills and 5 waves survived
 
Character and weapon:
Krogan Battlemaster Vanguard (Urdnot Wrex): M-300 Claymore; must not spec into Biotic Charge
 
 
III. "My turn!“
 
Gold Objective: Full Extraction or Mission Successful on Firebase Condor vs. Reapers, 75 shotgun kills and 10 waves survived
Platinum Objective: Full Extraction or Mission Successful  on Firebase Condor vs. Reapers, 75 shotgun kills and 5 waves survived
 
Character and weapon:
Krogan Soldier (Grunt): M-11 Wraith
 
 
IV. Warlord Okeer
 
Gold Objective: Full Extraction on Firebase White Hazard vs. Collectors, 50 melee kills and 5 waves survived
Platinum Objective: Mission Successful on Firebase White Hazard vs. Collectors, 50 melee kills and 3 waves survived
 
Character and weapon:
Krogan Warlord Sentiel (Okeer): Reegar Carbine

 

 

 

Looking for a Themed Challenge?

 

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Thank you for your interest in the thread! Pick your poison from the variety of challenge series from this past year and a half. There are quite a few solo, duo, trio and team challenges listed below.

 

Feel free to post submissions for runs in any of the challenge series in this thread or even if you're looking for teammates to run some challenges with. This is a great community of Mass Effect Multiplayer challenge enthusiasts.

 

See how your soloing skills compare to some of the great records set over the past year. Perhaps create some new records of your own! Happy hunting N7. 

 

- Pres

 

Note: Feel free to join the Themed Challenge Group. Also, check out the Themed Duo Challenge Thread for the ongoing Challenge Series 2.

 

 

- Omega On Fire [Still Open] l Hall of Fame

Enter The Heart of Darkness

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- x3lander's Fight For The Lost [Still Open] l Hall of Fame

Me? I'm here to Kill

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- AW_FC's Servant of The People [Still Open] l Hall of Fame

Do you have what it takes to be Geth Master Race?

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- The 7 Tiers of Neufchatel [Still Open] l Hall of Fame

Heavy Emmental Forces Inbound!

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- Weekly Themed Solo's 2.0 [Still Open] l Hall of Fame

The Solo Journey Continues...

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capn's Alliance Troopers [Still Open] l Hall of Fame

Vanilla is the New Black

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- N7 Triune Trials [Trios - Still Open] l Hall of Fame

Earn the N7 Special Ops Title as a Trio of the Galaxy's Finest Soldiers

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Project Blackwatch [Still Open] Blackwatch Hall of Fame

It is Time to Initiate Project Blackwatch

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Outlier Solo Series [Still Open] l Outlier Leaderboard

Be The Stuff of Legend

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The Compact [Still Open] l Drell Historical Archives

You Have Been Summoned

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N7 Challenge Series Archive [Still Open] N7 Hall of Fame

Earn The Coveted N7 Title

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Weekly Solo Challenges [Still Open] Hall of Fame

The Early Beginnings. Your Journey Starts Here.

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Desio's Delta Squad (Full Team-Still Open)

Lock and Load (Star Wars Themed)

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Kirrahe Airlines (Bonus mini series -Still Open)

Your First-Class ticket to the stars! Now Recruiting.

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 Im off work every tuesday...this sparks my interest Im In B) 
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QU33N_ANG3L wrote...

 Im off work every tuesday...this sparks my interest Im In B) 


:) Sounds good!

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Done in 42:41 with no missiles. Yes, that's slow.

Disciple>acolyte.

Edited by landylan, 11 June 2013 - 08:22 PM.


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landylan wrote...

Done in 42:41 with no missiles. Yes, that's slow.

Disciple>acolyte.


Ha Nice! Time honestly doesn't matter for these challenges. It's for fun and more about completing the challenge. Do you have it on Vid or Pics? First to enter HoF?

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If you have no interest in solos and intend to troll, please leave

Fortunately that says "and" instead of or, so I can stay in this thread.

All Asari themed solo should have something to do with being a stripper.

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capn233 wrote...

If you have no interest in solos and intend to troll, please leave

Fortunately that says "and" instead of or, so I can stay in this thread.

All Asari themed solo should have something to do with being a stripper.


Touche, OP updated :P

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Interdasting.

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Ziegrif wrote...

Interdasting.


You're pretty much a solo expert Ziegrif, I thought you might be interested!

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Will take me a while though.
Been playing other games and doing other IRL stuff.
Still I have a week so I'll see what I can do.
Should be fun. I rather like the Disciple.
Asari Justicar, not so much.

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What is this madness?!

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Ziegrif wrote...
Should be fun. I rather like the Disciple.
Asari Justicar, not so much.


That makes two of us B)

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This looks cool.

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Prestacious wrote...

although I'll accept screenshots of loadouts and final screens. :) 

The one major rule across all gold solos is that Missiles are only allowed in objective waves and at extraction.


I see some problems with these two sentences.

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dumdum2 wrote...

Ziegrif wrote...
Should be fun. I rather like the Disciple.
Asari Justicar, not so much.


That makes two of us B)


Hi-Five!

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capn233 wrote...

If you have no interest in solos and intend to troll, please leave

Fortunately that says "and" instead of or, so I can stay in this thread.

All Asari themed solo should have something to do with being a stripper.



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Prestacious wrote...

Although we all know this is a co-op game, there may be times when we just feel like doing a challenging solo (albeit not put-you-into-a-coma-difficult platinum solo). I decided to start a new fun/friendly competitive solo challenge thread (and see how it goes) open to everyone.

I've modeled the challenge layout after Crimson Vanguard's awesome community theme challenge thread (although I am nowhere as good an artist). This is not made to detract from his challenges whatsoever. I've made it a tad different in that I intend to add a new weekly challenge every Tuesday (only solos) and to update the Hall of Fame as often as I can with new entries :) Also, challenge ideas are always welcome - keep in mind, only one new one per week! ;) Also, the challenge remains open after the week is up.

To enter the HoF, you should have a vid, (so we can watch!) although I'll accept screenshots of loadouts and final screens. :) Any completed challenge will enter the HoF, in order of time completed - a chance for those quick solo-ers to shine.

If you have no interest in solos and/or intend to troll, please leave. Otherwise, I hope you guys have fun trying different set-ups!

The one major rule across all gold solos is that Missiles are only allowed in objective waves and at extraction.

Have fun!!

Theme Gold Solo Challenges

Week 1: For Thessia!

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Condition: Full extraction on Firebase Goddess vs Reaper

Character: Asari Justicar Adept

Weapons: Acolyte and Disciple


Theme Solo Hall of Fame!!

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Week 1: For Thessia!

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It really really erks me when people talk like that. Don't lower yourself to avoid critizism<_<

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This looks like fun. I'm in.....

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@ XxComprehensionxX: It was more of a compliment to Crimson, he creates his own banners and they're pretty awesome.

@dumdum2: I can make vid required for the HoF. I was gonna go on an honor system.. but I see your point. To make it legit, the HoF entries should have vids.

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Prestacious wrote...

@ XxComprehensionxX: It was more of a compliment to Crimson, he creates his own banners and they're pretty awesome.

@dumdum2: I can make vid required for the HoF. I was gonna go on an honor system.. but I see your point. To make it legit, the HoF entries should have vids.


Most of the community can't record. You are more likely to get more people to participate by dropping the rocket restrictions all together. It isn't like 1 person can force and nuke every spawn anyway the way a team can.

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@ Geek Fest: Good point. Advice taken, OP updated. Hopefully, this gets more people playing. I personally liked those missile rules made by Crimson, but it's just for fun so that's fine with me.

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Geek Fest wrote...

Prestacious wrote...

@ XxComprehensionxX: It was more of a compliment to Crimson, he creates his own banners and they're pretty awesome.

@dumdum2: I can make vid required for the HoF. I was gonna go on an honor system.. but I see your point. To make it legit, the HoF entries should have vids.


Most of the community can't record. You are more likely to get more people to participate by dropping the rocket restrictions all together. It isn't like 1 person can force and nuke every spawn anyway the way a team can.


I agree on this. In my opinion the limitation should be to not allow armored compartments and geth scanner. These two gear cards take away a lot of the actual character gameplay and make it very mainstream.

This way more people would participate and it would be more about the actual character/weapon combination instead of "crutch play".

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Bump ^_^

Geek Fest wrote...

Prestacious wrote...

@ XxComprehensionxX: It was more of a compliment to Crimson, he creates his own banners and they're pretty awesome.

@dumdum2: I can make vid required for the HoF. I was gonna go on an honor system.. but I see your point. To make it legit, the HoF entries should have vids.


Most of the community can't record. You are more likely to get more people to participate by dropping the rocket restrictions all together. It isn't like 1 person can force and nuke every spawn anyway the way a team can.





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@dumdum2: took your advice, met you halfway. No armored compartments. Geth scanner.. I'm ok with. what do you say?

@MermaidsTear: Op updated :)

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Will this count? I did this september last year
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