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Misformac — Mass Effect 2: Vanguard Spectacle
Published: 2015-02-04 16:29:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 6740; Favourites: 112; Downloads: 25
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Eh... Mass Effect is slowly fading out of my fan works, but I still hold a soft spot for the series. I started this comic a while ago, and just recently finished it. While playing the adrenaline inducing DLC, Lair of the Shadow Broker, you end up fighting Tela Vasir, another rogue Spectre (seriously, are all Spectre's bad in this universe?), and a vanguard to boot. A thought occurred to me during that battle. Since my Shepard is also a vanguard, I was busy zipping around, kicking ass and taking names. My squad mates, however, were kind of just cluelessly standing on the sidelines. I imagine they enjoyed the show. Nice work team.Related content
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I noticed that Vasir's fight was more about her showing off her biotics than actually fighting with her. Mostly, she just charges about and occasionally throws a shockwave at you. Her rifle is the only other offensive attack she has, and it is hardly a threat if you stay in cover and wait for her to stop charging long enough for you to shoot her.
Vasir may have the flash, but she lacks the bang.
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Just realized this wasn't in my favorites! 
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I loved charging at her right when she charged. Made a nice aftershock
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I was so glad they added something cool to the vanguard class in me2
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Ah, good old Biotic charge. Never miss an opportunity to use it when I'm doing my Vanguard playthroughs
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Okay so I didn't get it until I read your caption and then it was fricking hilarious!! The artwork was awesome!
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Lair of the Shadow Broker, the best DLC of the ME series!! While I play all classes -except engineer, haven't tries that one- vanguard remains my favourite, there's something about seeing your shields drop then charge your enemies... Now, your comic definitively looks done by a pro, I imagine drawing Liara's ridges wasn't easy but they're really well done!! Garrus is almost right, it doesn't look like fun, it IS fun. Well done!
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I've played ME2 so many times I think the discs might've melted at some point, but I could never bring myself to finish with any other class. The Vanguard just fits my ADD personality (Oo, there's a guy, there's a guy, and THERE'S a guy!) so well, and I enjoy destroying things on Insanity but also on the brink of death at the same time. Anyway, I digress. Where was I? Oh! Thanks for the view and compliments. Very much appreciated.
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Yeah ME2 remains the best of the trilogy!!! (since they botched up the end of ME3, I mean investing so many hours and making those tough choices for 3 choices?! If they can be called that!!), but that's my personal opinion and not everyone shares it. It's a free world. Anyway all this to say: you're welcome.
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Wow. This could be a page from a Dark Horse comic ( and better than some of their last offerings to boot). You even managed to do forshortened perspective on asari head-tentacle thingees from the back--no easy task.. I don't remember the mission but I like the idea of vangards constantly crashing into each other cause they're too evenly matched. And I think we've ALL had those missions where your squad seems to be less than interested in helping you in a crunch.
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Thanks dude! That speaks well of my work. I actually looked at Dark Horse's earlier work on the Mass Effect comic series, most notably Mass Effect Redemption and Invasion. Not so much the artist, but the colorist. I think it was Michael Atiyeh. Oh! Yeah, I'm not a fan of the stuff in Homeworlds and Foundation (actually, I'm not fond of Foundation at all). And I agree those head-tentacle thingees are definitely not easy to draw. I got lost a couple times.
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how about that spectre you meet on the citadel in me3, that salarian guy...
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Oh yeah, I forgot about that guy. Jondum Bau or something? Yeah, he was alright. 😜
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I wish there was something like a desperate struggle mini-game where you hit, mash, or rotate buttons and stick to determine a biotic charge collision.
It would have added the excitement for when you charged!
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That would've been so amazing. Like the light saber battles in recent Star Wars games. I purposely timed my charges so that I would charge at the same time Vasir did. It made for a cool effect.
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"Eh... Mass Effect is slowly fading out of my fan works, but I still hold a soft spot for the series."
Nooo!
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Playing a vanguard is so much fun. I've also been wondering what is wrong with practically every Spectre you meet. Maybe Chellic and Pallin and Garrus' dad have a point about an organization that works "above the law"...
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Awesome picture! Something about charging into people is wildly fun. Definitely a huge draw to playing a Vanguard, I think. Hahaha
I always described it as "Almost like playing a sniper, except you are the bullet."
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I'll probably get flak for this, but I can't imagine playing as any other class than the Vanguard. There's something about losing your shields, all but one smidgen of your health, only to charge an enemy and be back at full strength in seconds flat and completely destroy them. 😈
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I enjoy a lot of the classes in the games, so I play a bunch...
but there is absolutely no denying that the Vanguard is the most exciting class in the game. Especially to watch.
They're constantly rocketing in close, and not having cover/having your shields drop is pretty much part of the fighting style. Vanguards on Insanity really are insane to watch. Hahaha
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