i uhh beat the collectors ship.
first fight is that rage inducing piece of trash. i killed the first scion somehow without harbinger raping my face, then i continually proceeded to get lucky.
second fight is some exploitable collectors, not hard
third is the praetorian fight. took three tries, but overall rather...fun? yeah, i enjoyed this fight. i mean it was kind of getting lucky with team mates killing off husks and collectors, but i mean, the praetorian itself was really not that bad. you pretty much have a multi leveled square to run around which has cover all around. run, blast off barrier with collector pulse beam when he isn't shooting laser at you, spam armor killing abilities/armor killing weapons such as sniper/carnefex heavy pistol when he isn't barriered, spam pulse beam when he is. keep a good enough distance where you can safley get to the next cover, his laser beam brings on levels of pain few people see. pretty much it really, allies keep the adds distracted, you play ring around the rosie with the praetorian, then finish off the collectors in the very back not doing anything to you, save, and yeah.
fourth is some generic collectors.
fifth is HUSK SWARM!!!1111, so fly a kite and it's not too bad.
going to do some side crap for upgrades and whatnot before going to the reaper ship.
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i beat the collectors ship with a level 15 sentinel by the way
none of this ng+ level 30 soldier "lol insanity is easy" crap
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did more than i intended today, usually when i beat a level im done for the day. did the samara loyalty quest (due to no combat and i am lazy right now) and two no/low combat sidequests. mined a bit, then jumped into the reaper.
HUSKS HUSKS HUSKS GODDAMN HUSKS HUSKS HUSKS HUSKS
pretty fun, lots of husks, then generally a scion or two in the mix later on. plenty of room to run around, heavy pistol/sniper rifle armor piercing upgrade helps down them alongside heavy warp.
so yeah, im at the "take reaper IFF" room, so...ill leave today as a good day and do that tomorrow. but thus far it's been pretty fun.
mordin incinerate blast in a group of husks to de armor them, samara throw field =
playing on normal difficulty is going to feel like going back to kindergarten after im done with this playthrough.