Talk:Weapon and Ability Achievements Guide

Open questions

This article leaves a few questions open as to what preconditions need to apply for being able to unlock a weapon or ability achievement:

1. Do the 150 kills / 75 ability uses need to be recorded using the same character? Is it allowed to save the game, complete part of the achievement, reload and do the rest?

2. "Using this method, you could unlock weapons playing as a Soldier without ever having to leave Eden Prime. This way you can play a Soldier just to unlock Assault Rifles or Shotguns for a different character you actualy want to play the game with." I could not spot any description of the method referred to in the article. Since I think there are a lot less than 150 enemies on Eden Prime, a more detailed explanation on how to do this would probably be a good idea. Does saving and reloading come into it?

3. Can the weapons achievements be unlocked by registering 150 kills with an weapon the main character is not trained for, e.g. by shooting tame creatures with an assault rifle? For example, about 40 easy kills can be achieved by shooting all the monkeys on Eletania (if you first search the monkey holding the lost module and then shoot it you still get the paragon points along with the renegade points). Another option for easily getting kills with an untrained weapon when playing a Bastion is always using stasis on the last remaining enemy, allowing for plenty of time to kill him using the weapon of your choice. The question is just, is this worth the trouble, or can you only unlock the weapons achievements with weapons your class is allowed to be trained with? A special case of this question: Can you unlock the Pistol achievement with a Sentinel?

--84.56.112.209 09:53, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I've tried no 3, and the answer is yes. --84.57.127.206 19:12, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I've removed the stub marker because I believe we've collected enough information to make this qualify as a full article. --shurlogg 13:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Note you can save in front of the floating pod enemies on Eden Prime and then proceed to kill and reload your game until you get the weapon/ability achievements. You don't need to be trained in the weapon to do this, but it helps. --216.57.201.132 20:08, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

A great way to get the sniper acheivement using the monkeys on Elenia is with explosive rounds. It overheats immediately but the blast radius of each shot will kill 1-3 monkeys and counts as a sniper kill. 216.57.201.132 15:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Bonus Talents

I've only used one character and I was wondering how many talents can you place on a new character after they have been unlocked? The pages aren't clear on it, referring to them as "talents" and making statements of which skill should be chosen for a specific class. 69.19.14.28 04:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

You can only give a new character ONE bonus talent. --Tullis 12:27, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup

Just did some tidying up on the page, in addition to adding the larger blurb about AI Hacking - after frustrating myself while unlocking that ability! There's still some work to do, so please feel free to nitpick, delete, and make additions as necessary.

Regards, Andaryn 19:06, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Mass Effect 2

Ok so the big ME2 is coming out and its been announced that we'll be able to load up our old Shepards. I've completed the game 3 times and I'm now creating a final account that has made all the decisions and is the right class that I want for the next game. The class I want is an adept with the assault rifle ability however I'm worried that bonus talent might not be carried over to the next game. Does anybody have thoughts on this, if its been confirmed then I'd like to know.