On gold difficulty in my experience it can usually block any of those without breaking at max health, except maybe for a possessed praetorian's full laser volley. I do not, however, advise you staying there after you've blocked those attacks

According to this comment in the MECoOp Reddit thread "Ammo power interference", there are two types of combo primers, "biotic" and "tech". Biotic and tech primers can both exist simultaneously on a target, but they can only be detonated one at a time by two different detonators, and the tech combo apparently always detonates before the biotic one: Ammo powers that prime are considered tech primers. Tech primers layer over biotic primers, so a detonator hitting a target affected by both will detonate the appropriate tech combo. If the target is then detonated again, a biotic explosion will occur. So ammo powers won't override biotic primers, nor will they prevent biotic primers, but in order to detonate both primers, the target must be detonated twice, and the tech combo will always trigger first. However, I'm not sure if ammo powers will override other tech primers, such as incendiary ammo overriding a rank 6 Inferno Grenade on a target. The same commentator said that A target can only be primed with one biotic and one tech primer at a time (most recent takes precedence if a second primer of either type is applied to a target already affected by a primer of the same type). According to that, it seems like a rank 6 primer such as Inferno Grenades could override an existing incendiary ammo effect on a target (it's not "blocked" by the ammo power), but it's not clear to me whether it's also true the other way around.

Sure, they stack. If for example you got a Human Adept with 1 point assigned to Singularity and nothing else, with no weapons, gear or modules equipped, you get a recharge time of Recharge Speed: 2.67s = 8(base value) / (1 + 2) Where 2 = +2 Weight Cooldown Bonus On the other hand, if you equip the gear and module you listed you get a recharge time of Recharge Speed: 2.46s = 8(base value) / (1 + 2.25) Where 2.25 = +0.2 Power Efficiency Module II +0.05 Structural Ergonomics I +2 Weight Cooldown Bonus You can obtain all those numbers with a calculator, my favorite one is Narida's which is where i took these values.

For PC there is still a lot of players online all the time. For that make sure you go on Origin and install all the free DLC's - without those you won't find anyone. If you can't find anyone, disable paid DLC's, as game only matches people with the same DLC settings.

If you want to use him on Gold or Platinum then you should have full Decoy. I'd go so far as to say use either Energy Drain or Incinerate (I'm partial to Energy Drain myself) but not both. Decoy is useful in that it pulls aggro, giving some measure of crowd control. You'll be a bit squishy so get your health and shields as high as possible.

No, the items you get out of the various packs that are available is dependent on the pack you're purchasing. Within each level of pack you will get a specified chance at various items, in the higher packs you also get the opportunity to get Rare and Ultra Rare items. The drop rates per pack are detailed in this question. Keep in mind that weapons have a maximum level - once you get them to level 10 you'll stop seeing them appear in the packs! I have only included the rarity name (ie: common) in the tables below for space purposes. For the rarity of each weapon, look at this list: Assault Rifles Common Uncommon Rare Ultra Rare M-8 Avenger M-15 Vindicator Geth Pulse Rifle M-99 Saber M-96 Mattock Collector Rifle Cerberus Harrier Phaeston M-37 Falcon Particle Rifle Striker Assault Rifle N7 Typhoon M-55 Argus N7 Valkyrie Adas Anti-Synthetic Geth Spitfire M-7 Lancer Heavy Pistols Common Uncommon Rare Ultra Rare M-3 Predator M-5 Phalanx Arc Pistol M-77 Paladin M-6 Carnifex Scorpion Acolyte M-358 Talon Executioner Pistol N7 Eagle M-11 Suppressor Shotguns Common Uncommon Rare Ultra Rare M-23 Katana M-22 Eviscerator Disciple M-11 Wraith M-27 Scimitar Geth Plasma Shotgun N7 Crusader Graal Spike Thrower Venom Shotgun M-300 Claymore Reegar Carbine N7 Piranha AT-12 Raider Sniper Rifles Common Uncommon Rare Ultra Rare M-92 Mantis M-13 Raptor M-98 Widow Black Widow M-29 Incisor Kishock Harpoon Gun Javelin M-97 Viper Krysae Sniper Rifle M-90 Indra Collector Sniper Rifle N7 Valiant Submachine Guns Common Uncommon Rare Ultra Rare M-4 Shuriken M-12 Locust M-25 Hornet N7 Hurricane M-9 Tempest Geth Plasma SMG Collector SMG Blood Pack Punisher Useful reading How are upgrades in equipment packs distributed? Are Spectre or Veteran packs more cost effective?

There are actually 5 free DLCs for multiplayer; you seem to have missed the "Earth" DLC. I assume most people aware of free DLC have installed all of them. The easiest way to get all of them is to install the Multiplayer Collection, which includes Resurgence Rebellion Earth Retaliation Reckoning

Yes, you can - in the Extended Cut free DLC which updates ("fixes") the endings, the required EMS readiness was lowered to 3100 from 4000 (SPOILERS - source - Extended Cut info) and it is certanly possible to achieve the 6100 military strength points required for best endings with 50% readiness penalty just by playing ME3 singleplayer without any multiplayer or mobile game addons. Just make sure you grab the free DLC from Xbox Live before playing.

Yes, you do not have to extract yourself, as long as someone else of the team does extract (so the mission should not fail). I know this, because I got a progress banner ("6/10 extractions") in the lower right of the screen after extraction, where I died. This banner is only showed when there is an advancement.

No, extraction does not count as a round. This is part of the reason why some people drop out during that phase. If they're just going for round gains there's no reason for them to spend the time in extraction.

The detonation causes a second effect that does extra damage, which is attributed to the person who did the first part of the combo. That second effect's damage output doesn't depend on the actual damage of either of the powers. The detonating attack will deal its damage first and then the combo will go off. As you already noted, the person who did the first part gets credit for anything killed in the combo portion. You will get just the assist credit for the second part.

Yes. Completing map challenges for a difficulty also completes them for lower difficulties. So by earning progress towards Firebase Reactor: Silver Waves, you are also earning progress towards Firebase Reactor: Bronze Waves. Likewise, doing waves on gold will grant you credit towards silver and bronze. This also applies to bronze/silver/gold/platinum extractions for Squad Elite. Adding your wording of "or higher" would make the challenge requirements more clear, but people doing silver are expected to be able to finish bronze anyway.

You deal 70% of the damage with the melee and then the remaining 30% is dealt over 5 Seconds. The power also gives you a health & Shield Bonus of 25% and a Melee Bonus of 15% making the trade off worthwhile. Sidenote when you get this up to rank 6 the melee damage boost is brilliant and makes the whole tree amazing if you are a fan of melee. (for the most fun with melee Krogan Warlord Sentinel)

The Typhoon I does 44.4 damage uncharged then 1.5x after being ramped up(which makes it 66.6) The below was taken from the Mass effect 3 forum on a thread about weapon spec sheets. Link The GPSMG has a hidden, not-known-about Boolean damage modifier like the PPR, which kicks in after 5 shots without RoF bonuses (takes more shots, but same time if you have RoF bonuses active); the PPR, and Typhoon share this mechanic, but more people know that after 2 seconds the PPR does 4x damage, and after 1.5 seconds the Typhoon does 1.5x damage. Damage per bullet Cold shot body damage TC off = 46.8666 * (1 + 0.275) = 59.7549 Cold shot body damage TC on = 46.8666 * (1 + 0.275 + 0.8) = 97.2481 Hot shot body damage TC off = 46.8666 * 1.5 * (1 + 0.275) = 89.6324 Hot shot body damage TC on = 46.8666 * 1.5 * (1 + 0.275 + 0.8) = 145.8722 Cold shot head damage TC off = 46.8666 * (1 + 0.275 + 0.2) * 2.5 = 172.8205 Cold shot head damage TC on = 46.8666 * (1 + 0.275 + 0.2 + 0.8) * 2.5 = 266.5537 Hot Shot head damage TC off = 46.8666 * 1.5 * (1 + 0.275 + 0.2) * 2.5 = 259.2308 Hot Shot head damage TC on = 46.8666 * 1.5 * (1 + 0.275 + 0.2 + 0.8) * 2.5 = 399.8307 With Cryo debuff Cold shot TC off = 46.8666 * (1 + 0.275) * (1 + 0.25) = 74.6936 Hot shot TC off = 46.8666 * 1.5 * (1 + 0.275) * (1 + 0.25) = 112.0404

No. The games on each system are considered separate games and do not share unlocks. Here is the N7HQ profile page. You can see each system in the dropdown box.

As far as I know, melee damage does not affect biotic charge damage. You better upgrade charge itself to increase its damage (and other benefits). Here you have a nice guide: How do I use biotic charge effectively?

No, your singleplayer progress has no effect on multiplayer whatsoever.

Your achievements are linked to your account, which you already have since you're playing the game. You shouldn't have to do anything to play the multiplayer outside of clicking on the actual Multiplayer button. (Which is to say, your Origin/console account has your achievements already saved to it, and since your progress through the single-player campaign has no bearing at all on the multiplayer you wouldn't need to enable cloud saving either.)

That is hard to tell as it's dependent on Playstyle Number of players Number of mods or extensions running on the server Location of the Server Generally, You could test it by Resetting the data counter (via the system or a third-party app) Play for a specified amount of time Check the data used This number should give you a rough idea, if it is worth to you spending your data on it or not.

They work for all non-DLC weapons at the least. I don't know about DLC/special weapons like the Collector SMG however. They may be special, but any normal gun purchased/unlocked in the main story is compatible with all weapon mods of that class.