The description on their weapons is really cool (they're essentially firing small disrupter torpedoes) even if the stats are below the top-end, and their armor has an environmental protection rating of 2 (that is, you can basically ignore all environmental hazards short of literally standing in open flames), and has kind of a nifty look (with a large pauldron that isn't found anywhere in the regular game, only in some of the hidden armors)Ĭlick to shrink.True. The last couple of games I've cheated to get normally unobtainable armor and weapons from Jormangund Technology (a hidden manufacturer).

As I said, given that most encounters are against shield-damaging attackers, and that most of the rest are susceptible to solutions that avoid shield-penetrating attacks altogether (keeping at range and dodging Thresher Maw attacks, for example), I find shields more useful than raw damage protection. It's of course much more useful in Mass Effect 2 where you have protections and specialized attacks for those, rather than the free-for-all of Mass Effect.Įquipment-wise, I prefer Predator L/M/H armor, because it looks better than Colossus without sacrificing too much protection. It seems more realistic and of course is 'better' in terms of effectiveness: if I'm fighting geth, Tali is monstrous (especially if Shepard is not an engineer or other tech class), against Rachni Liara or Wrex are better, etc. Personally, I like to take a different team based on what enemies I expect(/know, by this point) I'm going to fight. For the rest, crowd control and heavy firepower (or simply choosing different team members for those situations) will take care of things.

Click to shrink.But you're not fighting Husks or Thorian Creepers most of the time, so it doesn't really matter, does it? If you're going up against geth or humans/aliens, as you do in most encounters, then Tali is a pretty solid tank.

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