How do I tell Squad members to use decryption?

[Rupty.]

My decryption lvl is too low to open the box and I can't lvl it up because I'm playing as soldier. I've read that squad members have these abilities aswell but how to I tell Tali to open the box?

[Renfrew]

All you have to do is activate the prompt as you usually would, your problem is that Tali's decryption level is too low as well.

[Valden21]

If any members of your squad have Decryption abilities, you can automatically use them if that squad member has enough points in Decryption. All you have to do is get close enough for the prompt to appear. If you or any squad member has a high enough Decryption skill, the prompt to activate the device will show up. If the skill requirement is not met, you're told "Decryption Skill Too Low", and you can't activate the device. The same works for the Electronics skill.

[NecroMaster]

See all objects in the world have a difficult being easy medium or hard.

You only need one of the people in your party to have the proper decryption level just max it out on one person and you can open anything as long as they are with you.

If you have the proper class Shepard can have it maxed and u won’t need to bring a party member to open everything.

But people who play other classes tend to use tali for this.

[Black Hole]

I alwayas max out their levels for unlocking stuff first then their gun abilities.

[Sinophile]

Originally posted by Megatron:

I alwayas max out their levels for unlocking stuff first then their gun abilities.

I completely ignore gun abilities for companions in literally any ME game. I generally use my companions for unlocking stuff, healing, and cannon fodder. As for offensive capabilities, it's all on Shepherd.

[Black Hole]

They can at times get a killing blow, but mostly upgrading their offensive powers is key like throw, warp for example.

Basically solier class is useless like Ash she has no useful abilities in either game she is on your team.

[Sinophile]

I use Ashley for Sniping and healing. Even then, she rarely seems to understand the concept of a Sniper rifle. The sad thing is, the A.I. doesn't really improve in later ME games. People always stand out in the open to take a shot.

[Dethlane]

Originally posted by Megatron:

Basically solier class is useless like Ash she has no useful abilities in either game she is on your team.

Soldier is sturdy af. You can only die as fully leveled soldier if you go afk or catch really high caliber. And in ME3 fully leveled Ash with Typhoon disintegrates anything on insanity (I still take Garrus instead of her, he is just as good at mowing enemies down and WAY more fun and decent in banter)

[Black Hole]

I know it makes you beefy but it's super boring.

As for the ai I have yet see them be all that useful in combat in either difficulty modes.

[Dethlane]

Originally posted by Megatron:

I know it makes you beefy but it's super boring.

Perhaps, but it sure beats getting one-shots from snipers/rockets. Also it's kinda cool when you just Rambo everything down staying in open and they can't do sh*t to you

[Black Hole]

I will say it's nice being able to take a sniper shot, I hate getting one shotted from those.

[Black Hole]

I will say it's nice being able to take a sniper shot, I hate getting one shotted from those.

[lPaladinl]

Soldier is the best class to play on your first playthrough. It's the easiest class in all of the games.

They work okay as a party member if you use them as a Tank. They have assassination which is really good, but requires wasting a lot of points to get (getting many weapons types just to never use those weapons.)

But you need to know how to command your party and tell them to walk out into the open. With immunity, health regen and shield restores they pretty much can't die when maxed out.

Carnage is also one of the best moves in the game but it sucks when used by your party members, it impacts on surfaces and they're too stupid to know not to just shoot a wall. Trying to manage them so they are in the open to be able to hit with Carnage is too much busy work for me personally, really makes you feel like the game is fighting you with the controls and A.I.

Now while I love Assassination's effectiveness in ME1, I tend to prefer Biotics and Engineers overall. Warp is incredibly useful because it amplifies damage dealt to a target. Throw and Lift are extremely effective and do a lot more damage that you would expect because physics damage almost always results in OHKOs. Overload to take down shields is pretty useful.

Same goes for the newer games, even more so. ME1 lacks more advanced skill combos, which ME2 started and ME3 really expanded. Soldiers become much less useful in ME2 because they offer nothing to combos. ME3 gives them some minor combo potential but they are easily the worst option for combos.

And when you want to play ME2 and ME3 on max difficulty, you want to have a good combo setup.

[Dethlane]

Originally posted by lPaladinl:

Carnage is also one of the best moves in the game but it sucks when used by your party members, it impacts on surfaces and they're too stupid to know not to just shoot a wall.

Dunno, in my playthroughs Tali OHKO's enemies with carnage blast quite often

Originally posted by lPaladinl:

Soldiers become much less useful in ME2 because they offer nothing to combos. ME3 gives them some minor combo potential but they are easily the worst option for combos.

And when you want to play ME2 and ME3 on max difficulty, you want to have a good combo setup.

Maxed soldier + adrenaline rush + Mattock = kinda OHKO'd prime/krogan/whatnot. And in ME3 you can wreck whatever defences with maxed concussive shot (last upgrade that empowers it with current ammo). And yeah, I'm talking about insanity

[Black Hole]

I've never really relied on ai partners to carry a battle for me, I'll use their abilities when it can be useful but when it comes to shooting they are awful.

I personally never played insanity I just want to have fun but with enough of a challenge that I'm having fun but when you die in 2 hits I get pissed off and it just takes away the fun.