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OrcishDonut
5 years ago
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How to use squad mates skills on the PC version?

For the life of me, I have yet to see any of my squad mates use their biotic or tech powers. This is in ME1. Mind you, I have played the original versions of all 4 Mass Effect games. I did at least s...
me legendary edition
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    mcsupersport
    5 years ago

    I allow my teammates to use powers as they please but usually activate them using the power screen, ie push space and bring up the "weapon wheel" choose a power from them to use and watch them use it.  I haven't played ME3 yet, but have played 4 times through ME1 and on a 5th, a partial on ME2 and a full run on ME2.  Now in ME1, the do use powers pretty much whenever I tell them too, when I have an enemy highlighted.  In ME2, I find that 90% of the time they use powers when asked too, but will sometimes glitch out and NOT use a power, which is highly annoying, but they do mostly use powers.  I have seen them use powers on their own, but I generally am directing them to use powers almost as fast as they come available in ME2, while ME1 it 50-50 with them using powers when asked or on their own.

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Mrgaby95
5 years ago

Same here  i never had this issue and i finished the legendary edition  4 times, 1 i even recorded. Some times because of Liara's biotic power i failed a mission in me 1, the mission was UNC: Besieged Based, i needed to replay the mission 2-3 times to get it right, by right i mean no civilians killed.

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OrcishDonut
5 years ago

So, I played the game a few hours more, after the replies. What I see from the biotics, whether it's Liara or someone else, is the occasional use of Lift. And this includes the playthroughs in classic ME1/2/3. If they are using anything else, I'm not seeing it. Likewise, I don't recall ever seeing Tali or any other Tech squad mates cast Tech powers. (Side note: I picked Infiltrator for my current class; Overload looks pretty good, now that I can see it being used.)

Update: Thinking about, I seem to recall the blond/white-haired biotic in ME4 also casting Barrier fairly often. I'm less certain about seeing it cast in other playthroughs.

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    OrcishDonut
    5 years ago

    Anybody?

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      mcsupersport
      Hero+
      5 years ago

      I allow my teammates to use powers as they please but usually activate them using the power screen, ie push space and bring up the "weapon wheel" choose a power from them to use and watch them use it.  I haven't played ME3 yet, but have played 4 times through ME1 and on a 5th, a partial on ME2 and a full run on ME2.  Now in ME1, the do use powers pretty much whenever I tell them too, when I have an enemy highlighted.  In ME2, I find that 90% of the time they use powers when asked too, but will sometimes glitch out and NOT use a power, which is highly annoying, but they do mostly use powers.  I have seen them use powers on their own, but I generally am directing them to use powers almost as fast as they come available in ME2, while ME1 it 50-50 with them using powers when asked or on their own.

      • OrcishDonut's avatar
        OrcishDonut
        5 years ago

        Thanks, I appreciate the answer. In general, I want to make use of squadmates skills. (And, in particular, I want to try Liara's Singularity skill. I don't think I've ever seen that one used.)

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