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I really, really don't want to see phantoms in my future.

I just got the retrieve artifact mission. Not sure if it's new or some bug but it's the first time it happens to me. We started a game and we spawned in a middle of a bunch of reaper with a banshee and a brute. We had to retrieve 3 artifacts and bring them to a drop point and that was it. Took 5 minutes and the game was over.

They're gonna get ya.

You tell um Hackett.

I only had time for one game this morning, so I searched for & joined a Gold Cerberus game. I was an Asari Justicar (Bubble, Pull, & Reave Adept) w/the new Striker Assault Rifle. Team was a me, the other Asari Adept with a scoped Carnifax (I want one!), a Geth Infiltrator, & a Human Vanguard & we randomly got Firebase White.

The other Adept & I set up behind the cover down the ladder & across the main "open" area while the other two setup ehind cover in the room just off the open area on the opposite wall from where the stairs descend in that room. We stayed put throughout, with the Infiltrator tagging the 4 points when they popped during waves, & we simply waited on any high profile targets to come to us. No Data downloads popped at all! Me & the asari pretty much biotic combo'd everything, while I occasionally pulled any shields of cerberus guys, pulled any Phantoms that no longer had barriers up, & kept the bubble up. I didn't use my gun really except against Atlas'. No waves ever popped behind us, either, so everything came from the landing pad/upper area down to us or down the staircase at the Infiltrator & Geth.

Full extraction & I even took 3rd place (Over the Infiltrator). First Gold win ever!

Edited, Apr 28th 2012 11:49pm by Omegavegeta

After all the BS the last few days with server problems and what not I finally got my commendation pack.

VALIANT! Awww yeah I am going to crush some fools tomorrow.

This weekend:
Everyone: Kill 3 Million Banshees.
Squad: Full Extraction with any map on Gold.

Can't say I'm thrilled about having two gold challenges in a row, since I'm not to that point yet. Particularly with full extraction as a requirement. But I can have fun killing banshees.

I'm not even going to attempt gold, tbh. No way I'm going to inflict that pain on my group; just isn't fair.

And it's more fun to fight banshees than to fight Phantoms. Seriously, f*** that.

I think we can all agree that Geth Primes are the least intimidating of the three?

I'm tempted to take some of you guys to FBW:G and train you how to farm some easy gold. Firebase White + Geth = Easier than Silver in some ways. You just camp down in your little room and let the bad guys funnel into the death trap. You can grab Pyros non stop as they come next to the counter. It's what most people farm.

I like the real challenge maps though too. Although I will be rusty if I play this weekend because I've been playing Tera nonstop. I have not even tried out my Valiant and I wanted that gun forever. I will this weekend though.

Yeah I'm not saying I want to farm it all day. I'm just saying for the people uncomfortable with Gold they might try looking for some of FBW:G G lobbies and they are plentiful. Then just do what the rest of the team does and you should get a full extraction no problem as long as you do it early in the event. Sometimes farmers suicide after wave 10 to save a few minutes since all they want is the credits anyway.

But during the last Operation Carry I saw many nice people who helped get extractions well into the weekend on gold just to be sure everyone had it.

Some of these sound frickin' delicious.

Except for Wrex and Garrus'. Theirs sound frickin' gross.

The Chief and The Unshackled Blast both sound great.

That's what happens when the two goals aren't somewhat intertwined. I have a feeling the "Full Extraction" goal next time will be against the forces for the big farm.