*Enemy:* "Hah! Look at that nerd! 🤣" *Engineer:* "You think you're funny? Ok. Your shields - GONE! Your armour - GONE! Your HP - GONE! (eventually) Your spouse - GONE! Your child's love for you - GONE! 😤" *Enemy:* "I was only playing man! I was only playing... 😭"
It is such an underrated class; I think it was the least used class in the trilogy according to Bioware. The turet and drone are essentially 2 temporary squadmates - and Tali can add a drone of her own! In the Arrival DLC, I managed to survive the very difficult horde-like mission because the enemies were shooting at my drone while I was shooting them in the back. The Engineer has complete control of the battlefield.
@@Winterfang lol! You are probably right. The name doesn't really sound "badass" compared to the other class names. But I myself love the class. The tech powers are really fun to use, especially if you know what you're doing.
It was 6% for Engineer and 8% for Sentinel. I think what made people stray away from them is the lack of weapons while also being squishy. You were a pet class in ME2 and in ME1, almost all your squad mates have Tech Powers. (Kaidan, Tali, Garrus, even Liara has Neural Shock) so you were effectively on the sidelines the entire game. That being said, I like how they showed the least played classes some love as Engineer has 2 class based interrupts and Sentinel has Tech Armor visible in most ME3 cut scenes.
Engineer was my first class in the trilogy. It was a struggle in the first game, but it was well worth it since Engineer feels like the class that grows the most through all 3 games, and it's still my go-to for ME3 Multiplayer.
I have a bad impression of engineer due To being so squishy, but I bet that like Infiltrator this is one of the classes that are better handled by the player than the IA.
@@LynxStarAuto A They would patch out any exploit players would use to farmer money and exp. Do you remember the snowbase exploit? Engineers and infiltrators shined at that level but, only with the geth enemies.
Engineer class is my absolute favorite in ME2 and ME3. Tech powers are awesome. Since my play style in both games is at a distance, I actually use sniper rifles once it's available to use in ME2. M-97 Viper sniper rifle was great in ME2. In ME3 I felt so OP with the tech powers and using the M-90 Indra sniper rifle as well. When ME1 finally became available for ps3, I played it safe and used the Soldier class cause the gameplay was so different compared to 2 and 3. I will try Engineer class in the Legendary Edition once it comes out.
My favorite class funny how few people choose it. I like using my powers and manipulating the battlefield and watch the fun from a certain distance. Having Samara and Thane at your side in ME 2 really rocks
Mordin is an excellent squadmate for the ME2 Engineer. Mordin's evolved (rank 4) Cryo Blast has 4.5 second based cooldown. With the -20% cooldown in the Engineer class passive, this means the Engineer can strip shields and armor with Overload and Incinerate > freeze with Mordin's Cryo Blast, and have both Engineer Shepard and Mordin get off cool down at the same time.
@@NeightrixPrime On Shepard Cryo Blast is just Pull with a worse cooldown. On Mordin (when evolved to rank 4), his Cryo Blast cools down faster than any squadmate's Pull. Only ammo powers on squadmates have a faster cooldown than Mordin's evolved Cryo Blast.
The Engineer class is soooooooo underrated. Two of my best Shepards were engineers. They have some of the best abilities. I like that the combat drone is useful as a distraction and long range combat. Weak in combat skills, but you can make up with that by your choice of squadmates. I especially liked pairing with Ashley and Liara to balance combat and biotics. There's not only the Omega dlc unique dialogue scene, but also a unique exchange at the casino infiltration in the Citadel DLC.
Great work again. The Engineer is severely underrated in my opinion, especially in ME1... Damping is a lifesaver against annoying biopics-using enemies that can cause you to crumple up in a ball in the floor, like in the boss fight on Noveria.
Right? In ME1 the first few missions were a bit difficult, but once I’d recruited all squad mates and buffed my power recharge times the game got way more fun.
Awesome guide!! I just finished ME1 as an Engineer and it was beyond fun. My power cooldowns were all pretty reasonable within the first third of the game and only got better from there, and the Spectre pistol was my best friend. Between strategizing my own power use, using my squad’s powers, and directing squadmates around the field, it was awesome to play more tactically.
Engineer is my preffered class to play, Devestting Combos, Very good at slowing down attacks from NPC opponents. I Have to say that I was never restricted to pistol, SMG only and could use sniper rifles and assult rifles in my Game. For me personally Engineer class is more fun because of the mayhem you can cause at a distance, or having a couple of Geth fight for you up front was always hilarious...in a way indoctrinating them for several seconds kind of counter to what your fighting against...some Irony there always made me smile when doing so.
Ah... Engineer. Did a playthough of ME3 direct (no import for a change) with an Engineer on Insanity. I kept checking to make sure it was set because it was the easiest ME3 run I ever did.
With the amount of tech power combos along with useful squadmates, you can go thru each combat situations with ease. Especially ME veteran and know what you're doing. So yeah, you will feel OP in on Insanity difficulty in ME3. But ME2 Insanity difficulty is still way more difficult than the third game. I never played ME1 on Insanity so I'm assuming that it is just as hard if not more.
@@robbybobby4373 Mass effect 1 insanity wasn’t really that difficult if you played any of the biotic classes. Vanguard was invincible throughout the game, adept makes everything not be able to hit you at all (including bosses). Soldier also could breeze through it once you upgrade your weapon up a bit. Infiltrators also make snipers one shot kills on literally every enemy in the game too so there’s also that. Only difficult parts of mass effect 1 on insanity are when fight krogan warlords and thrasher maws
ME1 was the easiest imo. I never really felt like I was in too much danger and I’m still trying to get the trophy for using 50 medigel. (Might start sending my team to die so I can res them)
Yes and no. On the one hand, engineer got a bad hand in Mass Effect 1 because of how poor the skills seemed to be and how poorly they scaled when turning up the difficulty, particularly in comparison to biotics. Because of this, the engineer was rarely chosen and BioWare tried to get people to try it out again in ME2 by giving it a research bonus. Still rarely chosen. The interrupt in the Omega DLC is a reward for those who persisted with the class despite its unfortunately poor reception despite the class being massively improved from 1-3. So from that perspective, I’m glad it got an exclusive moment that other classes didn’t. On the other hand, it’d still be cool to see exclusive moments for other classes.
Great guide! Caster classes get so much more powerful in ME3 with the changes to the weapons system. Bit of a struggle in 1 and 2 (well, before the Kasumi dlc) but absolutely amazing in 3!
Playing through the trilogy for the first time, was torn between Engineer and Infiltrator, and this video helped me choose. Engineer all the way. Great work! 💯
Feel sorry for that one temp party member of ME1... no one ever remembers them, whatever their name was... :p Great video! I'm getting tempted to try the engineer now. These class guides are really informative, I've learnt a thing or two I didn't know so far, and I look forwards to the others!
I will never forget the noble sacrifice that Jenkins made. Had he not died in a cut scene, Shep wouldn't have survived the first level :p I think his first name was Richard or summut, but I will always know him as Leeroy.
I play for the story, so I played easy mode and mostly stick to the assault rifle in ME, picked up the assault rifle training in the Collector ship in ME2, and switched out the SMG for an assault rifle in ME3.
@@N7Kate Absolutely! Current I'm thinking of doing a paragon and renegade playthrough and using a different class per game and playthrough that way I use all of the classes.
Hey, you took the advice of elaborating that one party member in ME2 is temporary :D that actually means a lot :3 I'm glad to help out and see you improve!
Thanks for sharing this one Kate! A very detailed guide indeed. I'll be honest though that I was always more into Soldier, Infiltrator and Vanguard in ME1 but started playing all the classes from ME2 and in ME3 the combat system is just sweet no matter which combat class you choose to play as 😁😁
Gonna play engineer for this first time now that I'm finally getting around to play legendary edition. It's the only class I've yet to play so I'm excited to see what it can do across the series!
The way I play engineer, the enemy probaby think they're fighting a wizard. Zap them with electricity, the cast fire or ice. Then summon orby the combat drone to assist in the carnage.
Been loving these videos,I love the ME Trilogy even with it ending,I'm debating playing the engineer cause I always use infiltration and Vanguard and want a fresh new take,next to Dragon age and Bioshock it definitely one of my favorite VG
Thank you very much for the very detailed and Informative video! Most every game I have ever played has always focused on first or third person combat and gun play. Playing as an engineer should be a very nice change of pace. Going to give it a try! Thank you
So I am one of those people who played all three games as all six classes. In me1 I didn't like engineers but they were better than sentiels. ME2 they stayed my second most disliked class with soldier dropping to worst. In ME3 they become an amazing class that was a lot of fun to play and made the end fights super easy.
Well... at least for me, I think it comes down to theme more than anything. I just don't see Commander Shepard (Elite N7 Combat Team Leader) as some kind of "tech-bro". He's always a Soldier (or Soldier adjacent class like Infiltrator or Vanguard). In fact, Engineer is basically the ONE class, I can't imagine Shepard being. But like I said, that just my point of view.
That was a good video! I haven't played any of the tech classes so I can't wait to see the other videos! Took a day off on Friday to dive in the game again and I still haven't decided my class!
I'm torn as well. Soldier was my first playthrough as it made the most sense for Shep. I wanna try Engineer and Sentinel but the Adept and Vanguard are calling my name.
Engineer was the only class I beat insanity with in mass effect 3 hacking those cerberus turrets in grissom academy made a massive difference. Also the damage you can cause by pairing Ashley's inferno grenade with chain overload is pretty great.
In Your Face engineer build i did a while ago, the Electrooper: *Incinerate* : Damage-Burning damage-Armor damage *Overload* : Damage-Neural shock-chain *Combat drone* : Shields-Shock-Chain lightning *Sentry turret* : Shock-AP ammo-flamethrower *Tech mastery* : Power damage-Damage & capacity- power mastery *Fitness* : Durability-Shield recharge-Fitness expert *Fortification* : Durability-Power synergy-Power recharge The Reegar carbine as my main weapon, and a mix of shield, power recharge and power damage from armor and research upgrades. Ash and James as teammates brings some brute power in case of taking too much risks up close, with their grenades, and for James theres a bonus shield upgrade for all team.
Combat Drone +4 right away before any other power. Ge the exploding drone too. Distracts enemies and when they destroy it, they take damage and drone recharges extremely fast.
Your videos were fed to me by the UA-cam algorithm. I have no intention of reliving the ME3 disappointment, but your videos are really well done. In less than a half hour, you provide a thorough, yet concise, summary of how to build and play each class, for all three games. That's more brief and useful than my last sentence.
I really appreciate the how to play it in gameplay angle. I've usually played all ME as a soldier, and once as a vanguard. I never tried Engineer before because I had no idea how it was supposed to be played. I might have to try the Engineer as a playthrough now.
Thank you so much for this video. Have played thru the series several times but not in last 3 years or so. Jumping back in to prep for the legendary release and thought I'd try engineer. This and sentinel were the only 2 I hadn't tried. After getting my ass handed to me several times on Eden Prime started looking for help. Which you have now provided. Will enjoy watching your other class vids in the next few days. Again, thnx. Oh, and subbed.
My most recent pre-Legendary Edition playthrough was with an Engineer. I really liked this class because you could be so proactive and control fights with your powers, especially your deployable drone and turrets in 2 and 3. I'd highly recommend getting Shotguns as a bonus talent in ME1 when you can, and picking shotgun training on the collector ship in ME2. With Shield Boost/Geth Shield Boost/Defense Matrix and an Eviscerator, you're almost unstoppable.
1. Soldier was a versatile tank; gun is the answer to everything, and that's not bad. 2. Infiltrator was playing it safe and picking off your priority targets one at a time, while sabotaging the rest. 3. Sentinel can help with unusual and difficult situations, but needs to get creative under pressure. 4. Adept had great crowd control and guns felt optional, but single-target damage could be lacking. 5. Vanguard lets the enemy know that trying to get close is a very bad idea, and made them retreat when you pushed. Engineer exists purely to make any and all Tech-based enemies your *bitch.* Biotics are a mere annoyance.
@@robbybobby4373 When you are trying to reroute the power to help Aria and Nyreen, you have a choice to either cut the power and life support of many, to save them quickly (by taking any three Renegade interrupts), or rerouting the power, taking longer, and Aria will be angry at you (ignoring all interrupts). But if you are an Engineer, you have a Paragon interrupt, where you can reroute the power much sooner.
@@magic713m Oh, I kinda remember this. I was only ever played this dlc as Engineer at the time, so I most likely didn't noticed that this was a unique situation for an Engineer class. Good to know! : )
Have played this game numerous times as an engineer. Can’t get enough tech toys! Probably going to go at it again for the legendary lol Tali and Engineer shep are unstoppable. Dominate/AI hacking is so good in ME2
I am still considering which class I should go with. I have finished ME1 countless times but only as a soldier lol. I only started playing other classes in ME2 and 3
Love this guide. I think i've only done one engineer playthrough and i struggled to enjoy it cause it felt weaker than other classes. While the combat classes are simple, they hit hard and tank hard hits, the biotics always felt strong because they could toss enemies around and in later games could cause explosions, the tech classes always felt the least loved to me.
Well, tech classes in ME 3 get more variety in explosions than biotics, thanks to cryo, electric and fire explosions being possible. In first game though biotics were just too good since they worked regardless if enemy was protected or not. For me engineer was much better than adept in ME 2 because control abilities like pull or singularity worked only if enemy was basicly close to dying, no armor or shields meant enemy is dead anyway.
The most underrated class in the last game, you can literally deploy turrets and drones. In the highest level of difficulties, were more defensive gamùepmlay are rewarded, it is OP.
My most recent playthrough was an Engineer, I found a build that was SO fun, but requires having a thing or two unlocked. Dominate (requires you choosing Morinth in a playthrough), Ai Hacking ensure you can even the battlefield, you bring Tali and Legion with their own drones and I haven't found much that could stop that in ME2 and it works well with Tali in the team for ME 3 too
@@Sp_tacnik In ME1 I don't. Either Liara or Tali are usually better options depending on the situation to fill the role I need Kaiden to fill if I'm even considering Kaiden. In ME3 he's usually dead because of how useless he was in ME1, especially considering Ashley is the only pure combat companion in ME1 and is a beast if she's geared properly and you pick the right skills. I feel bad about not picking him though...
@@TheSuperhomosapien Interesting. I usually save Kaidan because Ashley can be replaced by either Garrus or Wrex (assault rifles). In ME3 Kaidan has great powers to deal with any type of protection and gets assault rifle training too (also personality of Kaidan in ME3 is much better than in ME1). ME1 Kaidan supplements well Ashley (maybe because they are the starting squad just like Jacob and Mirandain ME2 are) - tank and support with guns tech and biotic... And sniper infiltrator Shepard pairs great with Kaidan plus Liara.
Just started a Engineer playthrough with Sniper and Tali and Legion as squad mates sinds they have drones as well or one of them and Miranda for the squad buff. Just wanted to play Snipers a little differently this time around, it's a fitting weapon for the class that goes with the whole controlling the battlefield idea and the drones provide great distraction.
Awsome info as always. I don't think this is the class for me though. Out of all your videos so far, I think the Soldier is the front runner. Only thing about the Soldier though is that I feel like I'll be pigeonholed into taking certain squad mates due to the lack of tech/biotics of the Soldier. I've heard good things about the Infiltrator and Sentinel though. I look forward to seeing your videos on those two classes. 👍
I summon my inner texan... YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAW *Spams combat drones with all damage and rocket launchers and also a rocket sentry turret as i spam overload to destroy everyones sheild*
@@N7Kate seafood coming up XD Shrimp Shepard Sentinel and Squido Shepard Infiltrator oh boy in the extranet news "The big bad menace and scary Reaper was beaten by Commander Calamari the renegade with her cousins XD
I'm on my 4th playthrough in the Legendary Edition. I first did the game as default Shepard with the soldier class, then did infiltrator, vanguard, and now engineer. The engineer definitely wasn't that impressive in the first game but I had fun. Second game it started getting way more fun. ME3, it's one of the most busted classes ever. It's just built around tech combos and destroying reapers. Tossing the maxed out turret with the flamethrower and shock abilities, and then unleashing the drone with the shock abilities and detonation abilities, is just insanely broken. I never expected to have this much fun with the engineer.
Thank you, I'm really glad you like the videos and hopefully found them helpful, a lot of work went into them and I really enjoyed making them. Enjoy your first playthrough of the trilogy you're going to love it! 😁
Really enjoyed the video. Never played engineer and might give it a go. For RP purposes. My turret will be known as Jet and my combat drone will be Mr. Snuggles
So what's the engineer's solution to armored units and heavy units that can charge at you? I mean a banshee teleports, has heavy barriers and a heavy armor, Brutes also have heavy armor and charge at you, lets not forget the super elite units you encounter in the Citadel DLC - Armax Arena, I mean the Collectors are a whole new can of worms. As a Vanguard I rely heavily on constantly recharging my barriers using the biotic charge otherwise some of them can one shot me, how can an Engineer do anything against, say: Collectors, super elites? I'm curious because I would love to try the class sometime.
Engineers especially in ME2 and ME3 are very well equipped to deal with armoured units. Overload can be used to strip shields/barriers and then incinerate and cryo blast are great against armour. If you keep power recharge at 200% you can spam incinerate and overload for a fire explosion in ME3. It will strip armour quickly. Cryo Blast and incinerate will also cause a Cryo Explosion and shatter unarmoured enemies and slow targets down. If you take a teammate good with crowd control powers like Singularity or Lift you can easily control enemies once you strip that armour.
@@N7Kate I guess it's doable, also I think if I extremely minimize the weight by only carrying a shotgun (specifically the Venom) then the combination of abilities and firepower would be unchallenged.
"Engineers are the ultimate support class"
Engies in ME3: "If you kill everything in sight with Tech combos, your teammates will always be protected!"
The Texas style, created by the good old TF2 engineer.
"Death is the best kind of cc."
Best removal is player removal.
*Enemy:* "Hah! Look at that nerd! 🤣"
*Engineer:* "You think you're funny? Ok.
Your shields - GONE!
Your armour - GONE!
Your HP - GONE! (eventually)
Your spouse - GONE!
Your child's love for you - GONE! 😤"
*Enemy:* "I was only playing man! I was only playing... 😭"
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!
Thanks for the help
I love the fact that engineer is the only class with a dialogue based interrupt
The one in the Omega DLC?
@@N7Kate Yup. They also have a unique line of dialog in the Citadel DLC, when hacking the panels in the casino charity party thing.
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I'm glad they got one, I am not glad they are the only class that did.
Ouh, didn't know about this little bit. Shame it wasn't a more common thing across the classes.
Meanwhile... *James Vega kicks the control panel *
It is such an underrated class; I think it was the least used class in the trilogy according to Bioware. The turet and drone are essentially 2 temporary squadmates - and Tali can add a drone of her own! In the Arrival DLC, I managed to survive the very difficult horde-like mission because the enemies were shooting at my drone while I was shooting them in the back. The Engineer has complete control of the battlefield.
@@Winterfang lol! You are probably right. The name doesn't really sound "badass" compared to the other class names. But I myself love the class. The tech powers are really fun to use, especially if you know what you're doing.
Engineer + Tali + Legion/EDI = Tech Army lmao
It was 6% for Engineer and 8% for Sentinel.
I think what made people stray away from them is the lack of weapons while also being squishy.
You were a pet class in ME2 and in ME1, almost all your squad mates have Tech Powers. (Kaidan, Tali, Garrus, even Liara has Neural Shock) so you were effectively on the sidelines the entire game.
That being said, I like how they showed the least played classes some love as Engineer has 2 class based interrupts and Sentinel has Tech Armor visible in most ME3 cut scenes.
@@TheDancerMacabre Sentinel? Squishy?
I can't wait to play the entire Mass Effect series 6 times in a row!
Engineer was my first class in the trilogy. It was a struggle in the first game, but it was well worth it since Engineer feels like the class that grows the most through all 3 games, and it's still my go-to for ME3 Multiplayer.
Do you remember when brutes used to chase the combat drone? That was funny before they patched it out. And useful.
I have a bad impression of engineer due To being so squishy, but I bet that like Infiltrator this is one of the classes that are better handled by the player than the IA.
@@Mysticgamer yeah! Why they patch that out?
@@LynxStarAuto A
They would patch out any exploit players would use to farmer money and exp. Do you remember the snowbase exploit? Engineers and infiltrators shined at that level but, only with the geth enemies.
I loved all the vanilla humans in multiplayer.
**Roleplay by naming your drone**
Me: Go, Bob!
Lmao i called mine molly like my ex cause my drone is a destructive bitch lol.
I call my drone alpha and turret because ones the beginning and the other the end
I called mine Pablo.
There’s just something so satisfying about shouting “GO ON PABLO!” when you see it go up to an enemy and draw them out of cover.
@@DavidSantos-ix1hu *cringe*
These guides are extremely well done. They are some of the best ME guides that I’ve seen. Great work, Great content.
Wow thanks, appreciate it 😁 I put a lot of time and hard work into these, so it's great to receive such positive feedback
@@N7Kate yeah, these are my new gospel for when the game comes out
I do need info
@@BenMojo.Proud of yourself ?
My favorite way to play Engineer is the Puppet Master: AI Hacking/Sabotage, Dominate, and the drone powers.
Engineer class is my absolute favorite in ME2 and ME3. Tech powers are awesome. Since my play style in both games is at a distance, I actually use sniper rifles once it's available to use in ME2. M-97 Viper sniper rifle was great in ME2. In ME3 I felt so OP with the tech powers and using the M-90 Indra sniper rifle as well.
When ME1 finally became available for ps3, I played it safe and used the Soldier class cause the gameplay was so different compared to 2 and 3. I will try Engineer class in the Legendary Edition once it comes out.
My favorite class funny how few people choose it. I like using my powers and manipulating the battlefield and watch the fun from a certain distance. Having Samara and Thane at your side in ME 2 really rocks
Consider this when soverign screams "assuming control" you can literally day "no fuck you" and dominate his troops righr back at him.
"How about no???!!! You crazy squid bastard!!" - Commander Shepard
The ultimate uno reverse card for ymir mechs and reapers,oh u wanna swarm me,no u get swarm.
@@DavidSantos-ix1hu You beat me to the 'uno reverse card' comment lol
Sovereign doesn't say assuming control
Mordin is an excellent squadmate for the ME2 Engineer. Mordin's evolved (rank 4) Cryo Blast has 4.5 second based cooldown. With the -20% cooldown in the Engineer class passive, this means the Engineer can strip shields and armor with Overload and Incinerate > freeze with Mordin's Cryo Blast, and have both Engineer Shepard and Mordin get off cool down at the same time.
My favorite squadmate when it comes to combat. I remember going with Mordin and Jack most of the time.
Same i played with mordin on my team in qlmost all missions with either r jack or miranda
@@NeightrixPrime On Shepard Cryo Blast is just Pull with a worse cooldown. On Mordin (when evolved to rank 4), his Cryo Blast cools down faster than any squadmate's Pull. Only ammo powers on squadmates have a faster cooldown than Mordin's evolved Cryo Blast.
The Engineer class is soooooooo underrated. Two of my best Shepards were engineers. They have some of the best abilities. I like that the combat drone is useful as a distraction and long range combat. Weak in combat skills, but you can make up with that by your choice of squadmates. I especially liked pairing with Ashley and Liara to balance combat and biotics. There's not only the Omega dlc unique dialogue scene, but also a unique exchange at the casino infiltration in the Citadel DLC.
I agree though my favorite two were miranda and anyone else she can help u strip sheilds, melt armor, and amps everyones powers.
Great work again. The Engineer is severely underrated in my opinion, especially in ME1... Damping is a lifesaver against annoying biopics-using enemies that can cause you to crumple up in a ball in the floor, like in the boss fight on Noveria.
Right? In ME1 the first few missions were a bit difficult, but once I’d recruited all squad mates and buffed my power recharge times the game got way more fun.
Engineer may not be the best in the first game, but by the third your slamming together so many tech combos your practically unbeatable.
Totally! Cryo & Fire Explosions are so easy to pull off and Tech Bursts are great too
Awesome guide!!
I just finished ME1 as an Engineer and it was beyond fun. My power cooldowns were all pretty reasonable within the first third of the game and only got better from there, and the Spectre pistol was my best friend. Between strategizing my own power use, using my squad’s powers, and directing squadmates around the field, it was awesome to play more tactically.
Thanks :) The Engineer is awesome! You will love the drones in ME2 and ME3 XD
by FAR my favorite class in ME3. I'm gonna try and play it in ME and ME2, it's good to know they're mostly support in those game comparitively.
Engineer is my preffered class to play, Devestting Combos, Very good at slowing down attacks from NPC opponents. I Have to say that I was never restricted to pistol, SMG only and could use sniper rifles and assult rifles in my Game. For me personally Engineer class is more fun because of the mayhem you can cause at a distance, or having a couple of Geth fight for you up front was always hilarious...in a way indoctrinating them for several seconds kind of counter to what your fighting against...some Irony there always made me smile when doing so.
Engineer was always my favorite, being able to hit enemies that were behind cover was the best
Ah... Engineer. Did a playthough of ME3 direct (no import for a change) with an Engineer on Insanity. I kept checking to make sure it was set because it was the easiest ME3 run I ever did.
With the amount of tech power combos along with useful squadmates, you can go thru each combat situations with ease. Especially ME veteran and know what you're doing. So yeah, you will feel OP in on Insanity difficulty in ME3. But ME2 Insanity difficulty is still way more difficult than the third game. I never played ME1 on Insanity so I'm assuming that it is just as hard if not more.
@@robbybobby4373 Mass effect 1 insanity wasn’t really that difficult if you played any of the biotic classes. Vanguard was invincible throughout the game, adept makes everything not be able to hit you at all (including bosses). Soldier also could breeze through it once you upgrade your weapon up a bit.
Infiltrators also make snipers one shot kills on literally every enemy in the game too so there’s also that.
Only difficult parts of mass effect 1 on insanity are when fight krogan warlords and thrasher maws
ME1 was the easiest imo.
I never really felt like I was in too much danger and I’m still trying to get the trophy for using 50 medigel. (Might start sending my team to die so I can res them)
This is definitely some of the best ME content I’ve seen. I think I’ll play with this class again next time.
Engineer is fun as hell in Mass Effect 2 and 3
I called my drone and turret Ben and Jerry.
Also, am I the only one who bugged that the Engineer is the only class that gets a special story choice?
Yes and no. On the one hand, engineer got a bad hand in Mass Effect 1 because of how poor the skills seemed to be and how poorly they scaled when turning up the difficulty, particularly in comparison to biotics. Because of this, the engineer was rarely chosen and BioWare tried to get people to try it out again in ME2 by giving it a research bonus. Still rarely chosen. The interrupt in the Omega DLC is a reward for those who persisted with the class despite its unfortunately poor reception despite the class being massively improved from 1-3. So from that perspective, I’m glad it got an exclusive moment that other classes didn’t. On the other hand, it’d still be cool to see exclusive moments for other classes.
Great guide! Caster classes get so much more powerful in ME3 with the changes to the weapons system. Bit of a struggle in 1 and 2 (well, before the Kasumi dlc) but absolutely amazing in 3!
Playing through the trilogy for the first time, was torn between Engineer and Infiltrator, and this video helped me choose. Engineer all the way. Great work! 💯
Happy I could help you to choose. Enjoy your first playthrough of the trilogy! You're in for a treat!
Feel sorry for that one temp party member of ME1... no one ever remembers them, whatever their name was... :p
Great video! I'm getting tempted to try the engineer now. These class guides are really informative, I've learnt a thing or two I didn't know so far, and I look forwards to the others!
I will never forget the noble sacrifice that Jenkins made. Had he not died in a cut scene, Shep wouldn't have survived the first level :p I think his first name was Richard or summut, but I will always know him as Leeroy.
Drone is Chappie.
Turret is Tchaikovsky.
I will not be accepting criticism.
I play for the story, so I played easy mode and mostly stick to the assault rifle in ME, picked up the assault rifle training in the Collector ship in ME2, and switched out the SMG for an assault rifle in ME3.
Engineer class seems to be really cool, thanks for another amazing guide 🙂✌️
"Go for the optics, Chatika....."
"I understood that reference."
Chatika vas paws
@@N7Dante it’s a baldurs gate reference for a squirrel
@@azarovwraith6352 Indeed, and I love that they included it ^^
Thank you for these videos Kate, it's making me consider using classes I neglected before. Can't wait for next Friday!!!!
Your welcome 😁 glad your enjoying them and it's giving you other possible options. Would be interested to hear what class you do pick in the end
@@N7Kate Absolutely! Current I'm thinking of doing a paragon and renegade playthrough and using a different class per game and playthrough that way I use all of the classes.
That's a cool idea!
Hey, you took the advice of elaborating that one party member in ME2 is temporary :D that actually means a lot :3 I'm glad to help out and see you improve!
In ME3 the Engineer is basically an artillery unit as they constantly cause explosions around the enemies.
Name your drone. Me: “deploying Friend”
Engineer also has the most class specific dialog and quest options.
I love the special dialogue in the Omega DLC if your an engineer
Garrus to Tali: badmouths Tali’s drone.
My femshep currently romancing him: Oh Garrus sweetie I have a drone too.
Garrus: Crap.
Thanks for sharing this one Kate! A very detailed guide indeed. I'll be honest though that I was always more into Soldier, Infiltrator and Vanguard in ME1 but started playing all the classes from ME2 and in ME3 the combat system is just sweet no matter which combat class you choose to play as 😁😁
This was also the extra bonus with ME3's multiplayer, you got to try out bits and pieces of different classes. Yay for replay value!
Gonna play engineer for this first time now that I'm finally getting around to play legendary edition. It's the only class I've yet to play so I'm excited to see what it can do across the series!
The way I play engineer, the enemy probaby think they're fighting a wizard. Zap them with electricity, the cast fire or ice. Then summon orby the combat drone to assist in the carnage.
The way you talk reminds me of Mass Effect 2 on the Citadel the weaponshop The Turian,when he talks about his hunting 🤭.
Been loving these videos,I love the ME Trilogy even with it ending,I'm debating playing the engineer cause I always use infiltration and Vanguard and want a fresh new take,next to Dragon age and Bioshock it definitely one of my favorite VG
it was a bit ruff dropping fools in ME1 as an Engi, then I put HE rounds and double heatsinks in my pistol. I didn't have that problem anymore 😜
WOOHOO my favorite class!
Enjoy! 😁
Thank you very much for the very detailed and Informative video! Most every game I have ever played has always focused on first or third person combat and gun play. Playing as an engineer should be a very nice change of pace. Going to give it a try! Thank you
So I am one of those people who played all three games as all six classes. In me1 I didn't like engineers but they were better than sentiels. ME2 they stayed my second most disliked class with soldier dropping to worst. In ME3 they become an amazing class that was a lot of fun to play and made the end fights super easy.
Sentinels were better in ME1 then engineer what you talking about?
This was the very first class I played with when I started mass effect and itll be the first when I play the remaster! Thank you for the video!
I always play as a tech class, primarily Engineer. I don't know why people sleep on this class. It's in my opinion the best and the most fun.
Well... at least for me, I think it comes down to theme more than anything. I just don't see Commander Shepard (Elite N7 Combat Team Leader) as some kind of "tech-bro". He's always a Soldier (or Soldier adjacent class like Infiltrator or Vanguard). In fact, Engineer is basically the ONE class, I can't imagine Shepard being. But like I said, that just my point of view.
See mom? I told you I'd be an engineer someday... 🤓 My drone's name is Sparks ⚡
That was a good video! I haven't played any of the tech classes so I can't wait to see the other videos! Took a day off on Friday to dive in the game again and I still haven't decided my class!
I'm torn as well. Soldier was my first playthrough as it made the most sense for Shep. I wanna try Engineer and Sentinel but the Adept and Vanguard are calling my name.
Engineer was the only class I beat insanity with in mass effect 3 hacking those cerberus turrets in grissom academy made a massive difference. Also the damage you can cause by pairing Ashley's inferno grenade with chain overload is pretty great.
In Your Face engineer build i did a while ago, the Electrooper:
*Incinerate* :
Damage-Burning damage-Armor damage
*Overload* :
Damage-Neural shock-chain
*Combat drone* :
Shields-Shock-Chain lightning
*Sentry turret* :
Shock-AP ammo-flamethrower
*Tech mastery* :
Power damage-Damage & capacity- power mastery
*Fitness* :
Durability-Shield recharge-Fitness expert
*Fortification* :
Durability-Power synergy-Power recharge
The Reegar carbine as my main weapon, and a mix of shield, power recharge and power damage from armor and research upgrades.
Ash and James as teammates brings some brute power in case of taking too much risks up close, with their grenades, and for James theres a bonus shield upgrade for all team.
Combat Drone +4 right away before any other power. Ge the exploding drone too. Distracts enemies and when they destroy it, they take damage and drone recharges extremely fast.
Ever do the triple exploding drone combo with Tali and Legion? You just bully the enemies at that point.
Your videos were fed to me by the UA-cam algorithm. I have no intention of reliving the ME3 disappointment, but your videos are really well done. In less than a half hour, you provide a thorough, yet concise, summary of how to build and play each class, for all three games. That's more brief and useful than my last sentence.
I really appreciate the how to play it in gameplay angle. I've usually played all ME as a soldier, and once as a vanguard. I never tried Engineer before because I had no idea how it was supposed to be played. I might have to try the Engineer as a playthrough now.
Thanks for the vids on ME. I'm very excited to for the LE and these are making the week go by faster. Engineers are super fun in ME3.
I like the idea of giving the revenant or widow to the engineer.
Played the engie class in this game.
Its actually op in my opinion.
I kinda spamed drones and turrets tbh.
Thank you so much for this video. Have played thru the series several times but not in last 3 years or so. Jumping back in to prep for the legendary release and thought I'd try engineer. This and sentinel were the only 2 I hadn't tried. After getting my ass handed to me several times on Eden Prime started looking for help. Which you have now provided. Will enjoy watching your other class vids in the next few days. Again, thnx. Oh, and subbed.
Can't wait for your Infiltrator guide. It's my favourite class and I think I'm going to go through the trilogy with it.
Thanks, very useful! 🤩
My most recent pre-Legendary Edition playthrough was with an Engineer. I really liked this class because you could be so proactive and control fights with your powers, especially your deployable drone and turrets in 2 and 3. I'd highly recommend getting Shotguns as a bonus talent in ME1 when you can, and picking shotgun training on the collector ship in ME2. With Shield Boost/Geth Shield Boost/Defense Matrix and an Eviscerator, you're almost unstoppable.
Been waiting for this one. Thank you!
1. Soldier was a versatile tank; gun is the answer to everything, and that's not bad.
2. Infiltrator was playing it safe and picking off your priority targets one at a time, while sabotaging the rest.
3. Sentinel can help with unusual and difficult situations, but needs to get creative under pressure.
4. Adept had great crowd control and guns felt optional, but single-target damage could be lacking.
5. Vanguard lets the enemy know that trying to get close is a very bad idea, and made them retreat when you pushed.
Engineer exists purely to make any and all Tech-based enemies your *bitch.* Biotics are a mere annoyance.
It's the only class with a cutscene reaction associated with it (ME3 Omega).
I wish the others had one like that.
What was the cutscene? I forget.
@@robbybobby4373 When you are trying to reroute the power to help Aria and Nyreen, you have a choice to either cut the power and life support of many, to save them quickly (by taking any three Renegade interrupts), or rerouting the power, taking longer, and Aria will be angry at you (ignoring all interrupts). But if you are an Engineer, you have a Paragon interrupt, where you can reroute the power much sooner.
@@magic713m Oh, I kinda remember this. I was only ever played this dlc as Engineer at the time, so I most likely didn't noticed that this was a unique situation for an Engineer class. Good to know! : )
Have played this game numerous times as an engineer. Can’t get enough tech toys! Probably going to go at it again for the legendary lol Tali and Engineer shep are unstoppable. Dominate/AI hacking is so good in ME2
Me too lol. I always play engineer and I'm gonna DO IT AGAIN for the legendary edition haha!
Me1 allows you pick a extra talent at the beginning I choose assault rifle best decision
@N7Kate This is awesome! Thanks for making these videos! I can't wait for Mass Effect Legendary Edition next week.
Your welcome 😁 me too! I'm so excited
Need me an N7 version of one of those "I'm an engineer" T-Shirts.
Yay next is the video I’ve been waiting on 😀
Through all four games I have never done any engineer class. Always used Tali for that.
My drone name is guilty spark
Engineers. They solve practical problems!
I'm gonna be playing Sentinel for the first time in the Legendary Edition, I can't wait to see your video on it :)
I am still considering which class I should go with. I have finished ME1 countless times but only as a soldier lol. I only started playing other classes in ME2 and 3
@@Coorniable I remember really liking the Engineer class, but Vanguard was super fun in ME2 and 3
I'm loving this series of videos from you! Which class is next between Sentinel or Infiltrator? :D
Thanks 😁 glad your enjoying the series. Next up is Infiltrator 👍
Love this guide. I think i've only done one engineer playthrough and i struggled to enjoy it cause it felt weaker than other classes. While the combat classes are simple, they hit hard and tank hard hits, the biotics always felt strong because they could toss enemies around and in later games could cause explosions, the tech classes always felt the least loved to me.
Well, tech classes in ME 3 get more variety in explosions than biotics, thanks to cryo, electric and fire explosions being possible. In first game though biotics were just too good since they worked regardless if enemy was protected or not. For me engineer was much better than adept in ME 2 because control abilities like pull or singularity worked only if enemy was basicly close to dying, no armor or shields meant enemy is dead anyway.
I love being an engineer in ME2 and take Tali and Legion along and send out 3 drones.
The most underrated class in the last game, you can literally deploy turrets and drones.
In the highest level of difficulties, were more defensive gamùepmlay are rewarded, it is OP.
My most recent playthrough was an Engineer, I found a build that was SO fun, but requires having a thing or two unlocked. Dominate (requires you choosing Morinth in a playthrough), Ai Hacking ensure you can even the battlefield, you bring Tali and Legion with their own drones and I haven't found much that could stop that in ME2 and it works well with Tali in the team for ME 3 too
What’s your preferred class? Mine’s Infiltrator.
That's a good question, but I'm going to wait to answer that once I've done all the videos of you don't mind 😂
@@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle Will be a lot different in Legendary Edition; scope sight will be more stable now.
Infiltrator is my favorite class too
Now you see me!!!
I usually play engineer thats my favorite with soldier being my second.
Engineers are kinda busted in ME3. Seems like they are optimized for every aspect of it, especially considering the squadmate selection.
Oh yeah, I remember abusing sabotage like all hell.
I've watched three of these class guides so far and I have never heard anyone say "for companion selection, you should take Kaidan". Poor Kaidan :(
This video recommended Kaidan as ME 3 companion for engineer. And I am pretty sure Ive seen him recommended for some other class also in ME 3.
And do you use him?
@@Sp_tacnik In ME1 I don't. Either Liara or Tali are usually better options depending on the situation to fill the role I need Kaiden to fill if I'm even considering Kaiden. In ME3 he's usually dead because of how useless he was in ME1, especially considering Ashley is the only pure combat companion in ME1 and is a beast if she's geared properly and you pick the right skills.
I feel bad about not picking him though...
@@TheSuperhomosapien Interesting. I usually save Kaidan because Ashley can be replaced by either Garrus or Wrex (assault rifles). In ME3 Kaidan has great powers to deal with any type of protection and gets assault rifle training too (also personality of Kaidan in ME3 is much better than in ME1).
ME1 Kaidan supplements well Ashley (maybe because they are the starting squad just like Jacob and Mirandain ME2 are) - tank and support with guns tech and biotic...
And sniper infiltrator Shepard pairs great with Kaidan plus Liara.
@@Elurdin I meant for ME1. Sorry, I forgot to put that in there somewhere. My bad.
Just started a Engineer playthrough with Sniper and Tali and Legion as squad mates sinds they have drones as well or one of them and Miranda for the squad buff.
Just wanted to play Snipers a little differently this time around, it's a fitting weapon for the class that goes with the whole controlling the battlefield idea and the drones provide great distraction.
This and infiltrator my go to classes
Awsome info as always. I don't think this is the class for me though. Out of all your videos so far, I think the Soldier is the front runner. Only thing about the Soldier though is that I feel like I'll be pigeonholed into taking certain squad mates due to the lack of tech/biotics of the Soldier.
I've heard good things about the Infiltrator and Sentinel though. I look forward to seeing your videos on those two classes. 👍
Give the engineer the Warp ammo bonus power and they will kill everything. Theyll become the tank in the squad.
Warp Ammo is so useful!
You talking about jacks warp ammo, liaras warp ammo or both?
There's a difference?
The TRUE technomancer!
My favorite class in the trilogy but man was insanity on 3 hard at the end playing as one against the banshees
I summon my inner texan... YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAW
*Spams combat drones with all damage and rocket launchers and also a rocket sentry turret as i spam overload to destroy everyones sheild*
Great video as always.
Calamari Shepard will be my Engineer
Can't wait to hear what you will call your Infiltrator or Sentinel too 😁
@@N7Kate seafood coming up XD
Shrimp Shepard Sentinel and Squido Shepard Infiltrator
oh boy in the extranet news "The big bad menace and scary Reaper was beaten by Commander Calamari the renegade with her cousins XD
I'm on my 4th playthrough in the Legendary Edition. I first did the game as default Shepard with the soldier class, then did infiltrator, vanguard, and now engineer. The engineer definitely wasn't that impressive in the first game but I had fun. Second game it started getting way more fun. ME3, it's one of the most busted classes ever. It's just built around tech combos and destroying reapers. Tossing the maxed out turret with the flamethrower and shock abilities, and then unleashing the drone with the shock abilities and detonation abilities, is just insanely broken. I never expected to have this much fun with the engineer.
I do not enjoy engineers in ME1, but they are improved in ME2. In ME3, however, they are absolutely nuts.
I love your videos on classes! I’m going to buy the game for the first time & be either the Engineer, or the Infiltrator
Thank you, I'm really glad you like the videos and hopefully found them helpful, a lot of work went into them and I really enjoyed making them. Enjoy your first playthrough of the trilogy you're going to love it! 😁
I like to give my engineer warp ammo as a bonus power. 👍
Awesome video! And it seems you're keeping the best class imo for last.
Really enjoyed the video. Never played engineer and might give it a go. For RP purposes. My turret will be known as Jet and my combat drone will be Mr. Snuggles
Can't wait to role an Engineer! Come on 5/14!
So what's the engineer's solution to armored units and heavy units that can charge at you? I mean a banshee teleports, has heavy barriers and a heavy armor, Brutes also have heavy armor and charge at you, lets not forget the super elite units you encounter in the Citadel DLC - Armax Arena, I mean the Collectors are a whole new can of worms. As a Vanguard I rely heavily on constantly recharging my barriers using the biotic charge otherwise some of them can one shot me, how can an Engineer do anything against, say: Collectors, super elites? I'm curious because I would love to try the class sometime.
Engineers especially in ME2 and ME3 are very well equipped to deal with armoured units. Overload can be used to strip shields/barriers and then incinerate and cryo blast are great against armour. If you keep power recharge at 200% you can spam incinerate and overload for a fire explosion in ME3. It will strip armour quickly. Cryo Blast and incinerate will also cause a Cryo Explosion and shatter unarmoured enemies and slow targets down. If you take a teammate good with crowd control powers like Singularity or Lift you can easily control enemies once you strip that armour.
@@N7Kate I guess it's doable, also I think if I extremely minimize the weight by only carrying a shotgun (specifically the Venom) then the combination of abilities and firepower would be unchallenged.
My drone is named “Wilson” and my turret is named “that fuckin turret!”
I’m not creative.
😂😂 love it!
This class made me tinker with trinity save to change my class later..