Firefight mod

Published by Alekseyev

ModMaker Download Code 1919

Revision 24, published December 18, 2024, 3:20 am

A mod with a strong focus on long range combat, withmore enemies that fire longer bursts and suppress. Hard cover has never been this good! Explosive rounds have been fixed and weak powers improved.

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Extended Mod Description

This mod has 16 enemies instead of the usual 8, and puts an emphasis on ranged ones. This means that the number of "melee" enemies such as Dragoons, Geth Bombers or Brutes is reduced by quite a lot, but instead there are *far* more ranged enemies, which also have been buffed in different ways, typically by firing longer bursts and more frequently.

To name one example, a Nemesis now does not fire a single shot of 700 damage (scaled) but instead 3 shots of 165 damage each, allowing them to break shield- and health-gate on low shield/health players and actually kill them.
All enemy troopers also fire longer bursts.

Furthermore, some player weapons have been slightly changed (see changelog or full description link).

Many powers have adjusted values to buff "unpopular" paths: For example, Warp 5A (more damage) now does *a lot* more damage, even though it probably still doesn't hold up to 5B's expose effect.
The most changed powers are those that spawn pets: All pet health and damage has been doubled. (Exception: the sentry turret's gun does not do more damage, but shoots about 3x longer bursts, and the decoy has its health only increased by 50%, but instead distracts more enemies than before.)

And last but not least, all hit limits of powers and melee attacks have been raised, to account for the higher amount of enemies and especially troopers.

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Due to the high amount of troopers, I'd dare to say that this mod actually makes more weapons viable than vanilla gold - for example, the Viper or powers such as pull becomes somewhat viable due to the lower role that bosses play.

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Explosive ammo finally works: Damage is +20%/30%/40%, no longer capped (to make it attractive on sniper rifles too)
Rounds explode on impact instead of after a 1.5 second delay, no more max 3 needles per pawn or 6 globally (instead 100 which should never be reached, no delay between explosions or needles. Together with the added stagger, this should put them on the same level as AP, Warp, Incendiary ammo. They are actually usable now, and great fun.

Nearly all powers have been given a lookover, and had their weaker upgrade paths from ranks 4-6 buffed quite notably:
- Carnage: 6B: 50% -> 60% damage
- Bloodlust: 4A: 5% -> 20% melee damage; 6A: 5% -> 10% movespeed, 10% -> 20% melee damage
- Havoc Strike: 4B: 30% -> 60% cooldown reduction
- Hex Shield: 6A: 10% -> 15% damage bonus
- Energy Drain: 4A: 30% -> 40% damage bonus
- Proximity Mine: 4A: 30% -> 40% damage bonus, 6B: 40% -> 55% cooldown
- Sabotage: 4B: 30% -> 60% (it stated 60%, but was 30%...)
- Sticky Grenade: 6B: 50% -> 75% Radius
- Submission Net: 5B: 45% -> 80% cooldown reduction
- Biotic Sphere: 6A: 10% -> 20% DR & Shield Regen
- Biotic Orbs: 6A: 6 -> 8 seconds debuff
- Annihilation Field: 4A: 30% -> 35% damage bonus
- Dark Channel: 5B: 35% -> 75% cooldown reduction
- Lift Grenade: 6A: 750N -> 1250N slam force
- Dark Sphere: 5A: 40% -> 100% damage over time / second
- Dark Sphere: 6B: 40% -> 60% damage over time / second
- Pull: 4A: 100% -> 125% duration, 5B: 30% -> 50% extra damage
- Seeker Swarm: 4A: 25% -> 35% cooldown reduction
- Singularity: 5B: 35% -> 65% cooldown reduction
- Warp: 4A: 30% -> 60% damage, 5A: 40% -> 100% damage, 60% -> 65% duration, 6B: 35% -> 60% cooldown reduction

Full details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rDRdcBoJeZE0MnMDT6ETwCCbZ9oKNsBQvdk_PFjQ9fc/edit?tab=t.0

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Changelogs

Other changes from the last revision
- Reverted GPR RoF change (desync)
- Reduced initial gold wave budged (600 -> 450), final budget remains at 2100
- Slowed down Geth Prime 2 a little (550 -> 400)

Weapons slightly buffed:

Vindicator (damage)
Geth Pulse Rifle (damage)
Phaeston (damage)
Raptor (damage)
Viper (less recoil) [last patch]
Incisor (less recoil) [last patch]
Tempest (min refire time, x1.5 bonus vs shields + barriers) [last patch]
Locust (damage)
Predator (damage)
Phalanx (damage)

Significantly buffed:

Krysae (damage, multipliers vs armor, shield, barriers) [last patch]
Shuriken (min refire time, x3 bonus vs shields + barriers) [last patch]

Adjusted:

Lancer (cooling down should be more akin to ME1)

Many, many power adjustments, see the document in the description. These don't change common upgrade paths, but all improve weak choices of the ranks 4-6. Also, more powers have had their hit limits raised to account for extra enemies in the mod. Pull has been massively buffed.

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Wave compositions

Hover over each cell in the table to view the wave composition. Cells labelled as BAD indicate clients will not be able to see at least one of the enemies. Cells with stripes indicate that the wave was modified since Genesis.

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Pay Table

Time bonuses are scaled down after a certain threshhold for each objective is hit. Complete objectives quickly to get the full bonus.

Pay table
Difficulty/Task	Wave 3	Wave 6	Wave 10	Extraction	Total
Bronze Objectives	1875	4375	6250	1675	~17301
Bronze Time Bonuses	469	1094	1563	N/A
Silver Objectives	3750	8750	12500	3125	~34376
Silver Time Bonuses	938	2188	3125	N/A
Gold Objectives	13500	31499	45000	10000	~122499
Gold Time Bonuses	3375	7875	11250	N/A
Platinum Objectives	16500	38500	55000	13750	~151250
Platinum Time Bonuses	4125	9625	13750	N/A

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Enemy Costs and Wave Budgets

Enemy Unit Costs
Assault Trooper	8	Cannibal	12
Centurion	20	Marauder	22
Engineer	40	Brute	70
Nemesis	40	Husk	8
Guardian	40	Ravager	60
Dragoon	70	Banshee	100
Phantom	80	Collector Trooper	12
Atlas	100	Collector Captain	20
Geth Trooper	8	Abomination	40
Rocket Trooper	30	Scion	75
Geth Hunter	40	Praetorian	300
Geth Pyro	40	Original Atlas	100
Geth Bomber	30	Original Geth Pyro	40
Geth Prime	100	Original Cannibal	35
Original Marauder	100	Original Banshee	100
Original Geth Prime	100	Original Phantom	80

Wave Budget Table
Difficulty	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Bronze	240	271	∞	333	364	∞	426	457	488	∞	550
Silver	400	460	∞	580	640	∞	760	820	880	∞	1000
Gold	450	615	∞	945	1110	∞	1440	1605	1770	∞	2100
Platinum	900	1010	∞	1230	1340	∞	1560	1670	1780	∞	2000

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Recommended MixIns

The author of this mod has specified that the following MixIns are advertised for installation when the mod is downloaded.

• Attacks Pets - Banshee v4
• Attacks Pets - Brute v4
• Attacks Pets - Ravager v4
• Attacks Pets - Scion MP v3
• Attacks Pets - Seeker Swarm MP v3
• Bugfix - BF3 Infiltrator - Menu Model v4
• Bugfix - Unreleased Maps - KillZ v4
• Cannibal2 MP - Eat Any Pawn v3
• Engineer - No Turret Suicide v3
• Everything Can Be Meleed v4
• Geth Bomber MP - Curved Bombing Run v3
• Geth Prime 2 - Pulse Rifle v3
• Head Gibs - Banshee v4
• Head Gibs - Brute v4
• Head Gibs - Scion MP v3
• Lobby - Extra Maps v4
• MP Enemies Drop Ammo v4
• Original Phantom MP - Cloak Infinitely v3
• Phantom MP - Cloak Infinitely v4
• Pizza - Power Pizza v4
• Pizza - Speedy Pizza v4
• Pizza - Stealthy Pizza v4
• Praetorian - Laser Hits All v3
• Ragdoll Armor - Geth Bomber MP v3
• Ragdoll Dragoon MP v3
• Sabotage - Extending Hack v4
• Scion MP - Grenades Available v3
• Shotguns - No Firing Latency v3
• Singularity - Allow Players In Field v5
• Singularity - Restore 6A Expansion v5
• Skip Splash Screen v4
• Sniper Rifles - No NoScope Penalty v4
• Store Shows Everything v5
• Teamwork Executions v5

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Dynamic MixIns

The author of this mod has configured the following Dynamic MixIns:

• Collector Adept- Ascension Duration: 180
• Original Cannibal - Hungry Run Speed Modifier: 2.5
• Cannibal - Hungry Run Speed Modifier: 2.5
• Geth Rocket Trooper - Max Rocket Angle Change: 0.0025
• Geth Rocket Trooper - Rocket Max Speed: 3500
• Geth Rocket Trooper - Rocket Spawn Speed: 700
• Collector Trooper Web - Time Before Suicide: 60000
• Scion MP - Grenade Speed: 1600
• Ammo Container - Respawn Time: 3
• Game Core - Max Smoke Grenades: 5
• Grenade Container - Respawn Time: 9
• Supply Pylon - Base Time Between Grenade Resupply: 18
• Homing Grenade - Drell Assassin Accel Speed: 750
• Homing Grenade - Drell Assassin Spawn Speed: 750
• Homing Grenade - N7 Engineer Accel Speed: 750
• Homing Grenade - N7 Engineer Spawn Speed: 750
• Homing Grenade - Turian Saboteur Accel Rate: 1000
• Homing Grenade - Turian Saboteur Max Speed: 2500
• Homing Grenade - Turian Saboteur Spawn Speed: 750
• Geth Prime - Enemy Distance (Long): 800
• Geth Prime - Enemy Distance (Medium): 700
• Geth Prime - Enemy Distance (Short): 500
• Geth Prime - Max Fire Wait Time: 6
• Geth Prime - Movement Speed: 400
• Geth Prime - Turret Search Distance: 1
• Original Geth Prime - Enemy Distance (Long): 4500
• Original Geth Prime - Siege Pulse Acceleration: 400
• Collector Adept- Ascension Duration Balance Change Lockout
• Supply Pylon - Grenade Frequency Lockout
• Krysae - TYPE Damage Multiplier - Shield: 2x, Armor: 3x, Biotic: 2x
• Shuriken - TYPE Damage Multiplier - Shield: 3x, Armor: 1x, Biotic: 3x
• Shuriken - Create unique damage type M4Shuriken (break inherance)
• Tempest - TYPE Damage Multiplier - Shield: 1.5x, Armor: 1x, Biotic: 1.5x
• Hurricane - Create unique damage type N7Hurricane
• Read from configuration files: SFXDamageType->Resistance property

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Required DLC

This mod requires the following DLC to install:

• Resurgence
• Rebellion
• Earth
• Retaliation
• Reckoning
• Mass Effect 3 MP Balance Changes Patch 2 (PATCH2)
• Binkw32 DLC Bypass (ASI Version) + Balance Changes Replacer ASI

MixIns may require additional DLC. They are not required but are strongly recommended as the mod will not behave as designed without them.

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