What class is the most fun to play as?

[AD2001]

I know this is a very subjective question as some people want a 3rd person shooter rather then a 'magic' chucking character.

this is more of an open 'what do you think is most fun'

I went with solider on my first play through. my second time here i'm an infiltrater..

[Tyrendian89]

Vanguard is probably the most dynamic, zooming around the place and exploding every now and then.
Adept can do a lot of comboing.
I have yet to try a melee-focused Infiltrator, but imagine that's quite fun as well

[Holy Fool Sehrael]

Personally I had most of my fun as infiltrator - cloaked sniping and using powers mostly, adept with just spamming stuff and comboing the hell out of stuff (Reave, hrrr) and Vanguard (Reave + Zoom = Hrrr²) :D

[Kel'Ithra]

Trying Vanguard right now, still more into infiltrator, specially in three, sniper and melee wrecking with all the toys at it's disposal is fun.

Vanguard feels too glass canon for my liking in terms of Zooming and Reaving and Shockwaving, then shotgunning, in ME2 at least. Might feel better in three for me.

Engineer was fun in ME3 for the dialogues involving telling people off, for thinking she's a brainless grunt, while also being able to Widow everything to death.

[Booba]

They're all pretty much the same to me. I guess Soldier is the most "Shepherd" of the classes though, since all of the cut scenes depict him/her as a brainless grunt who defaults to smashing windows with the butt of a rifle.

[BOT Cecil]

I find Vanguard the most versatile. Currently going through ME2 with an adept build and while it's fun i find it too fragile sometimes with no good long range weapon.

[GordoBoy]

I really like Vanguard, but headbutting people on Insanity is a one way ticket to death. Soldier is just plying a straightfoward shooter, Adept is very versatile. Never played Engineer or Infiltrator...

[agentbobcia]

The Sentinel is a great mix of gunplay, biotics (magic), and tech. The class has very high defense in the 2nd and 3rd games, making you essentially a 'tank.' The class ability armor maxed out, negates something like 80% of incoming damage and gives you a HUGE health bar. It has warp and throw (the 2 most useful biotics in my opinion), and Overload (the most useful tech). Using Overload+Warp basically kills anything. In the first game, it's limited to light armor, and in the second, only has access to pistol and SMG from the start. However, overall, it is a very balanced and fun class to play.

[Biotic Geth Prime]

It depends on what kind of player you are.

Each class:

Soldier: You shoot. And shoot. And then shoot some more. You had access to all weapons in ME1 classic version. It is the shooter class.

Adept: The space magician. But it can be a bit of a glass cannon, specially on the early levels. By ME3, you can basically stop using weapons and keep spamming spells.

Infiltrator: For most of the time, you will attack enemies from a distance using snipper. Occasionally, when in close quarters, you use a submachine gun. You can also cloak, and then make surprise attacks with a devastating shotgun blast.

Vanguard: The super-hero. It can be very fun when you win, but frustrating when you lose. You may find that you will die more often than with the other classes. It is risky, but not without its rewards.

Sentinel: Versatile, but somewhat lacking in specialization. It lets you have a taste of each of the 3 types of powers, and also has a very cool exclusive ability.

Engineer: A terrible class to try to speedrun, but an excellent one if you like to take your time and control the battlefield while advancing one meter at a time.

In my opinion, and I am someone who was able to beat the trilogy over 25 times, my verdict would be:

Soldier: The basic experience. I do recommend it if this is your first run of the series. ME1 in particular seemed to rely on the idea of Soldier being the main class, with the others being afterthoughts, or different flavors for those looking for a more varied experience in replays.

Adept: Fun, but you need to be defensive during early levels, and not expose yourself too much. You can only take so much damage.

Infiltrator: While I can certainly see why some people totally love this class, since it is very effective, Ive found it to be far too much repetitive and formulaic for my taste.

Vanguard: My least favorite. Only for those who are looking for risk, thrills and intense action.

Sentinel: I think it lacked definition.

Engineer: What a surprise! This is my total favorite. Specially by ME2 and 3. Having the ability to hack machines is great. Even better if you use Dominate as bonus power. If you are sided by Tali and/or Legion, you can outnumber any group of enemies easily. You can have turrets, drones, as well as turning enemies against themselves. Best class to troll the opponents and watch their lines crumbling as they are beaten one by one.

Now, how to get the most fun from each game:

ME1: Soldier class. Use the best Snipper Rifle, with 2 slots of items for extra damage, plus explosive ammo. And spec Shepard to cause a lot of weapon damage. This is like having a portable mako cannon with you. Instead of trying to mitigate the cooldown, let the weapon burn, but causing the highest damage possible. It works. Your shots are so devastating that they can eliminate entire groups of enemies.

ME2: Engineer, with Drones, Ai Hack and Dominate. Also, if Collectors are part of the enemy force, it is a good thing to bring Kasumi, and use her bonus power against harbinger, so you can freeze him.

ME3: Engineer. You spam the field with turrets and drones, while using AI hack and Dominate to keep enemies distracted. You can also use powers to trigger lots of explosions.

[usafirefly]

I played Engineer ME1 and now playing Sentinel ME2. I am using more 'powers' with the Sentinel which leads to more powers being used by the team since I'm in the menu a lot anyway. It's good. I think I originally played Soldier years ago. It was more shooting and dying a lot.

[76561199343708198]

Originally posted by Holy Fool Sehrael:

Personally I had most of my fun as infiltrator - cloaked sniping and using powers mostly, adept with just spamming stuff and comboing the hell out of stuff (Reave, hrrr) and Vanguard (Reave + Zoom = Hrrr²) :D

I'm playing Infiltrator now and it's amazing just how much they've improved the sniping since the original version. Pulling off headshots is a joy.

[Linguistically Inept]

depends on the game

for ME1 vanguard is fun, insanity is a bit of a joke in me1 so whilst earlygame is a bit rough you quickly become basically immortal just running around with a regen barrier, yeeting ♥♥♥♥ around with overpowered biotics and shotgun ragdolling everything (even the final boss gets ragdolled around the arena with explosive rounds once his shield is down)

for ME2 biotics (sans warp, reave, barrier and charge) suck ass (atleast in insanity; id imagine theyre better on lower difficulties but immunity to them whilst armoured, shielded or barriered makes them only really useful when the target is basically dead anyway), and theres a bunch of fights where you really want a sniper rifle so im gonna say infiltrator (but ive only completed ME2 as a sentinel and infiltrator -currently playing through as a vanguard; but due to how battles are structured in ME2 you cant leeroy charge in and start blasting because youll just die and have to restart a prolonged engagement from the start which kind of kills the vanguard enjoyment factor as you basically play keep away for your sniper squadmates)

havent ever started ME3, despite having it on origin for years; conceptually though i love the idea of sentinel with defense drone bonus power

[Gon]

My playthrough prior to now I stuck to 'Soldier' for the trilogy. I'm generally not a fan of playing a magic class, I just want to hack and smash my way to glory.

That said I'm playing a 'Sentinel' right now through ME1 which... Whilst I'm not having as much fun as a soldier, now I've gained a few levels isn't too bad. It also makes it easier to loot stuff rather than being forced to bring a tech class along.

[Ancient Toaster]

People have ♥♥♥♥ on the Engineer since the first game all those years ago, when it's secretly one of the strongest classes in all three games, and then becomes arguably the strongest class in ME3 by the end of the trilogy. It's strong all the way through, but in ME3 it really shows it's apex predator self.

Now that the Enhanced Edition exists, you can use whatever weapon you want to use, so an Engineer with an Assault Rifle is amazing in the first game. ME2 Drone seems weak until
you realize that it basically makes one enemy completely irrelevant as it distracts them and stuns them with zap. Incinerate is basically OP as well.

Then we get to ME3. Congratulations you have unlocked god mode. Incinerate again is basically a black Mage Fireball, Overload is Chain lightning, and your Drone is more of a bad ass. Welcome to the REAL mage of Mass Effect.

[usafirefly]

Originally posted by AncientToaster:

People have ♥♥♥♥ on the Engineer since the first game all those years ago, when it's secretly one of the strongest classes in all three games, and then becomes arguably the strongest class in ME3 by the end of the trilogy. It's strong all the way through, but in ME3 it really shows it's apex predator self.

Now that the Enhanced Edition exists, you can use whatever weapon you want to use, so an Engineer with an Assault Rifle is amazing in the first game. ME2 Drone seems weak until
you realize that it basically makes one enemy completely irrelevant as it distracts them and stuns them with zap. Incinerate is basically OP as well.

Then we get to ME3. Congratulations you have unlocked god mode. Incinerate again is basically a black Mage Fireball, Overload is Chain lightning, and your Drone is more of a bad ass. Welcome to the REAL mage of Mass Effect.

Thanks for telling us! If I have option after ME 2 to change to Engineer I'll do it based upon your recommendation.

[Linguistically Inept]

Originally posted by AncientToaster:

Now that the Enhanced Edition exists, you can use whatever weapon you want to use, so an Engineer with an Assault Rifle is amazing in the first game.

you could always do this btw

https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Talents#Bonus_Talents

in the original once you had the 'kill X enemies with Y weapon' achievement you could use that weapon as your bonus talent (you can do this in LE to access the assault rifle bonuses/overkill; but the unlock requirement is now to complete the game ones) when creating an engineer (and other than weapon talents the only other bonuses worth considering for engi were singularity -because its good on every class- or stasis -which is a value 1 point wonder skill; relevant because engi is pretty skillpoint heavy already... could also be used to set up techmines which iirc only explode once the stasis wears off-)