Realistic Overhaul Mod

Published by KryoTronic

ModMaker Download Code 6272

Revision 21, published March 16, 2021, 10:12 pm

WIP The goal of this project is to fulfil my fantasy of Mass Effect being grounded in just a little bit more reality. I hate bullet sponges and love a challenge, so here we go...

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Extended Mod Description

This mod aims to give a more realistic feel to Mass Effect Multiplayer. Mass Effect is already rooted in a lot of Science with some added Space Magic. I always loved how "realistic" the ideas and weapons were in ME but alas there are many bullet sponges. To fix this issue I have made a number of changes and included many mix-ins.

Changes have only been made to Bronze - Gold. Currently the only fully fleshed out enemy is Cerberus however they are resident in the Geth pool instead of the Cerberus pool to mitigate the Invisible Enemy issue.

All Cerberus Weapon Damage except the Nemesis Raptor have been changed to their Player Weapon Damage Model. All Cerberus Troops have a huge health, armor, shield and barrier debuff. Standard Assault Troopers should die in one headshot with any weapon that puts out 100 or more damage. This is the same for Guardians as well, however the shield obviously still protects them significantly. Centurions, Engineers, and Phantoms can also be headshot but first you must take out their shields/barriers. Dragoons & Turrets have been debuffed health wise as well. Dragoons have 1000 Armor (Health) which should mean that 4x headshots from a 100+ damage weapon will kill them. Unfortunately they do not have shields and I haven't figured out a way to change it so this is what I am left with for the moment. Phantoms have 250 Health and 750 Barriers, the reason Dragoons and Phantom have this setup is based on 4x Assault Trooper health which is 250. Mechs and Turrets have reduced Armor and Shields but it is still significantly higher than all other enemy types.

Enemies no longer have a Shield gate at all, so once their shields drop, they do not receive any damage reduction. Shields in Silver and Gold will recharge to full capacity however, whereas in Bronze they will only recharge to half their original value. Players now only receive health after wave completion on Bronze and all Enemy Shield times (except Turrets & Mechs) recharge at the same base rate of Players which is 5 second cooldown & 0.2 per second recharge. All enemies now have a chance to drop ammo and ammo is never restored on wave completion. Currently I am working on balancing/removing the damage reduction from enemies. Currently Bronze is set to the default of .25 but Silver and Gold are at 1 so there is none currently.

THIS IS ALL A WIP AND HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED OR TESTED FULLY.


That reminds me I need to credit all the mix ins if I actually make this a thing.

I want friendly fire on everything (don't think it's possible for players :( )

All enemy weapons should be equal to player weapons or buffed

Bronze is .5 damage, everything else is 1 to 1

Want to make enemies fire from further distance instead of rushing next to you every time, give a bigger change from melee ai vs ranged ai.

Rocket launcher balances between mech, geth and players?

All weapons and powers unchanged.

Test extensively AI health changes (hella nerfed atm)

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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 8	Wave 10	Extraction	Total
Bronze Objectives	2000	3000	5000	10000	5000	~30000
Bronze Time Bonuses	500	750	1250	2500	N/A
Silver Objectives	4000	6000	10000	20000	10000	~60000
Silver Time Bonuses	1000	1500	2500	5000	N/A
Gold Objectives	7500	11250	18750	37500	10000	~103751
Gold Time Bonuses	1875	2813	4688	9375	N/A
Platinum Objectives	11000	16500	27500	55000	13750	~151250
Platinum Time Bonuses	2750	4125	6875	13750	N/A

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Enemy Costs and Wave Budgets

Enemy Unit Costs
Assault Trooper	20	Cannibal	20
Centurion	30	Marauder	30
Engineer	60	Brute	80
Nemesis	40	Husk	10
Guardian	30	Ravager	60
Dragoon	80	Banshee	100
Phantom	100	Collector Trooper	25
Atlas	120	Collector Captain	35
Geth Trooper	20	Abomination	40
Rocket Trooper	30	Scion	75
Geth Hunter	30	Praetorian	120
Geth Pyro	30	Original Atlas	100
Geth Bomber	25	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	274	∞	342	376	∞	444	∞	512	∞	580
Silver	260	296	∞	368	404	∞	476	∞	548	∞	620
Gold	320	368	∞	464	512	∞	608	∞	704	∞	800
Platinum	1000	1200	∞	1600	1800	∞	2200	∞	2600	∞	3000

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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.

• AI - Avoid All Fire v5
• All SFXPawns Can Gib v4
• Atlas - Any Range Smoke v3
• Banshee - Accept Invalid Paths v7
• Bugfix - BF3 Infiltrator - Menu Model v4
• Cannibal2 MP - Eat Any Pawn v3
• Enemy Friendly Fire v4
• Engineer - No Turret Suicide v3
• Engineer - Repair Any Armor v3
• Everything Can Be Synced 1 v4
• Everything Can Be Synced 2 v4
• Geth Bomber MP - Curved Bombing Run v3
• Geth Juggernaut - Melee Sync All v4
• Ghost Hazard - Acid Health Damage v3
• Head Gibs - Banshee v4
• Head Gibs - Brute v4
• Head Gibs - Praetorian MP v3
• Head Gibs - Scion MP v3
• Lobby - Extra Maps v4
• MP Enemies Drop Ammo v4
• 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
• Ragdoll Geth Pyro MP v5
• Reactor Hazard - Instant Vent v3
• Realistic Gravity - Dagger v6
• Realistic Gravity - Dagger Hazard v6
• Realistic Gravity - Ghost v6
• Realistic Gravity - Ghost Hazard v6
• Realistic Gravity - Giant v6
• Realistic Gravity - Giant Hazard v6
• Realistic Gravity - Glacier v6
• Realistic Gravity - Glacier Hazard v6
• Realistic Gravity - Goddess v6
• Realistic Gravity - Hydra v6
• Realistic Gravity - Jade v6
• Realistic Gravity - Original Glacier v6
• Realistic Gravity - Original White v6
• Realistic Gravity - Reactor v6
• Realistic Gravity - Reactor Hazard v6
• Realistic Gravity - White v6
• Realistic Gravity - White Hazard v6
• Shotguns - No Firing Latency v3
• Sniper Rifles - No NoScope Penalty v4

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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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