Raven has finished Meridian, and technically finished the game...aka main quest, but not in this video. I have two more to upload both in the 45 minute range of time, and I think Raven topped out at level 127. She did use Soldier class on Architects, and the Architect in final battle, but in a very limited way. I felt having seen an Architect she wouldn't believe she could do much against one with Biotics so she looked for a better way with SAM. The first Architect took about 15 minutes to kill on Insanity, others took about 10 minutes each...I did a run against an Architect on Normal for my son, and I am now thinking of going back and videoing a normal, hardcore, and insanity play all in one video just to show the differences. On normal, Raven against the Architects is a Goddess, absolutely destroying them insanely fast....yeah, I think I will video it....stay tuned.
OK, did the runs....
Normal difficulty time to kill the Elaaden Architect....5 minutes
Hardcore difficulty time to kill Elaaden Architect......6 minutes(did it twice because it was too easy....)
Insanity difficulty time to kill Elaaden Architect.......8 minutes 45 seconds
Raven killing Architect different difficulties
This is with Raven Ryder being around level 125 or so...plus or minus a level or two. I will post a vid of the runs later...will upload to my youtube account tonight and post a link probably tomorrow sometime...
This is the final video of Raven, which is the killing of all the Architects.
Now, the reason I started videoing Insanity run at level 100 was because of what I had heard about how difficult it was at high levels. Well, I have to say I don't agree with it being too hard at levels above 100 or even 120. I submit my last two videos as evidence of this, with killing the Architects and killing the Archon on Insanity well after 100 levels. IF you happen to be one of those few who watched all the videos, you really will not see much change in killing speed and in some ways, it got easier the higher level I got, by improvements in tactics and changing of some gear. Honestly, I could easily run Raven back through and pick up another 20 levels and would probably take about the same time as this run did. I honestly think they enemies stopped leveling up at a similar time to your companions which was around 70th level ....they may have gone up to 80th, but I didn't see much change in the last 50 or so levels.
My honest opinion is, if you are having trouble killing stuff at high levels, it is either in your build, playing ability or gear construction. MEA offers a great variety of builds, and if you spec your Ryder to complement YOUR playstyle and use gear and weapons to do the same, you should be able to easily walk through MEA on any difficulty and at pretty much any level. I actually find Insanity harder at low levels rather than at higher. By the time I hit 120 level, I have everything I use maxed out, I have many different augmentations to complement my playstyle and my character is fully speced to my playstyle and this to me, makes the game very easy to run. If like on the Architects, I need a different approach being at high levels means easy access to weapons crafting and most likely the skills I would want already being unlocked and maxed, making a playstyle change easy. Low levels means low health, bad gear, and very limited skills....with the prologue planet being one of the worst for me on Insanity, which is one reason I like NG+ games often with the new game starting on a lower level and moving up to Insanity either at the start of NG+ or later in new game.
Have fun gaming, hope someone got some entertainment value or playstyle ideas from the vids....
