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Mass Effect 3: Operation Mastiff Commences This Weekend
Written Friday, June 08, 2012 By Richard Walker
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With the Mass Effect 3 Rebellion DLC now available, it's a pretty good time to be getting back into ME3 multiplayer, as this weekend sees Operation Mastiff getting underway from today.

As always, there's an Allied Goal and Personal Goal to complete, with N7 packs available as a reward for successfully completing each goal. The Allied Goal is to complete 100,000 retrieval missions, while the Personal Goal is to achieve an Extraction on Silver difficulty with one of the Rebellion Pack classes. That's a Vorcha, Phoenix, Cerberus Defector or Quarian Male.

You'll get a Victory Pack with a guaranteed N7 weapon for completing the Allied Goal and a Commendation Pack for completing the Personal Goal.

Mass Effect 3: Operation Mastiff commences at 6PM PST on Friday, June 8th (today) and ends at 4AM PST on Monday, June 11th. Successfully awarded packs will be given out on Tuesday evening.

[Via BioWare Blog | Thanks, Justin]




 
 

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Comment #1 by sleepynow
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 06:50:56 PM
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Looks like my weekend is booked!


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Comment #2 by ICreepAround
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 06:57:42 PM
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I've got nothing against multiplayer but are they ever going to put out some single player DLC? I hope they remember that they have a ton of fans who don't play multiplayer.
Star


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Comment #3 by scott.m
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 07:23:43 PM
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With all the complaints about MP in this game. It surprises me how many people actually play it. I never have a problem finding or joining a game. Im all up for Mass Effect MP, but I agree with #2 it's about time for some SP DLC.


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Comment #4 by CrossFireZX5
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 07:29:58 PM
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Hopefully that Extended Cut DLC comes out soon and an announcement of playable SP DLC follows quickly afterward


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Comment #5 by an7man
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 07:30:56 PM
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My guess is that they have single player DLC ready but are waiting to release the extended ending for the people that are angry at the ending.....


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Comment #6 by BOBtheMASTER
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 07:37:09 PM
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@3

The MP complainers are a vocal minority.


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Comment #7 by tripleb2k
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 07:50:01 PM
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@2 Wouldn't you rather wait for big expansion packs and missions instead of short and uninteresting DLC?
Plus, they're focused is on the extended cut DLC they promised us. Good things come in time.


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Comment #8 by The Game 2k12
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 08:19:31 PM
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@7 Most of us are tired of waiting...


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Comment #9 by strawberry
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 08:22:00 PM
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Just wanted to put this out there.... nobody cares about the ME3 multiplayer... I'm not sure why the weekend events need to be announced to everyone on every single site. You don't do it for bigger online games like Gears, BF3, COD and halo... so why are we bothering with this?!?!?!


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Comment #11 by Erunion
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 09:00:09 PM
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@8 BioWare said when they announced the Extended Cut that they were delaying all the other single-player DLC so it would get done as quickly as possible.


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Comment #12 by Kailon791
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 09:05:20 PM
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You've got the rewards backwards. Its the N7 pack for Personal goal and the victory pack for community goal.


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Comment #13 by Kailon791
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 09:06:34 PM
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@8 They already made the ending. Its because of trolls like you that they are going back, out of the kindness of their hearts, to make an alternate one; so have a little patience and show some appreciation.


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Comment #14 by Erunion
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 09:09:31 PM
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Also, you should probably update the story to clarify that to achieve the personal goal, only one person in the party needs to be playing the new character, not you specifically. And that party member doesn't need to make extraction, just as long as someone playing does.


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Comment #16 by Adam Corela
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 10:14:38 PM
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I love the mp DLC, but some achievements to go along with it would be nice.


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Comment #17 by SilvereX
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 10:15:18 PM
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@8

FFS, you don't have a right to DLC. They don't have to make any, so be glad they are.


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Comment #18 by FatalFlaw810
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 10:22:55 PM
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Seriously some of you kids need to learn to be patient and stop being spoiled brats. Bioware doesn't NEED to make an alternate ending but because some of you cry and complain about it they did. So please STFU and WAIT! It's going to be free anyway so be patient for once in your life.

OT: I need to get into the MP but everytime i join a match the host never begins =/ I guess I should start hosting myself.


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Comment #19 by omgitsbo
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 10:33:07 PM
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@15 Because they have been the same repeats for months now. Oh look, Torque Bow Tag again. Hey, shotgun sodomy, just like the regular game!


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Comment #20 by Giptuc
Friday, June 08, 2012 @ 11:33:06 PM
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@13 and @18 Trolls like him? They made the ending, it got leaked and trolls like YOU forced them to change it into the POS ending they have now. Its the exact same situation. Bioware should have just had the balls not to change it in the first place because IMO it was a good ending


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Comment #21 by strawberry
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 12:40:45 AM
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@19 shows what you know LOL


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Comment #22 by Legendary801
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 12:43:20 AM
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@10 Why do your troll attempts always fail? I've seen you post like all week and you get swarms of negative thumbs down.


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Comment #23 by DivineE
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 01:24:06 AM
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I think we should start appreciating what we are given, bioware is going to give us an extended cut for the endings and we are getting FREE multiplayer DLCs, they are trying there best to please the fanbase :)


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Comment #24 by MasterGazelle
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 01:39:01 AM
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The only thing bugging me is that some of us still don't have a new rebellion pack character to use.


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Comment #25 by Espi
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 02:16:46 AM
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@2 why would you want a single player DLC? What would they even do? Or did you forget how the game ends?



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Comment #26 by General Boredom
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 02:37:13 AM
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@25 It would obviously work just like the ME2 DLC, meaning it could take place at any point during the game, not afterwards.

As for MP, I'm bored with it. If they want to keep releasing MP DLC, how about something to freshen things up a bit? What about new game types? New enemies? My friends and I all enjoyed the hell out of the MP for a while, but I'd really need to see something new and exciting to come back to it.


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Comment #27 by The Black Zero
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 03:34:11 AM
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hey whiners i have a great idea, lets bitch and moan about FREE dlc that noone is forcing u to even pay for much less take 5 minutes to download. mp is awesome, if u dont like it, dont play it and grind through another sp playthrough so u can complain about the ending some more, oh wait. thats getting fixed for free too. u mad bros?


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Comment #28 by II BOMBSCARE II
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 03:39:12 AM
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i for 1 love the multiplayer but i do think they need to change it up a bit, new goals, new missions, new modes, new enemies, i'd rather fight the collectors than what we got at the mo', or the blood pack,i was actually a little disapointed that we never faced a collector


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Comment #29 by AltFoot85
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 04:08:19 AM
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@23 I'd like to point out that most of the Mass Effect original fan base hate multiplayer, because it removed from thensingleplayer experience. The new fans don't count to be honest, it's becausemofnthe, we got thisnendingnand keep having the multiplayer forced upon us.


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Comment #30 by voidreaper21
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 04:08:50 AM
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still waiting for my raptor packs... :/


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Comment #31 by UberPirateNinja
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 05:25:17 AM
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good for those that like the mp i guess.


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Comment #32 by Hurricane Of 87
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 05:37:18 AM
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#19: Shotgun Sodomy? I think I've seen that one.

It was called Crank: High Voltage.


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Comment #33 by RDrules
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 07:34:48 AM
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@3 most of the complaints about multiplayer is that it exists in a single player series to begin with bt it is good and since it was put in people might aswell get the use out of their game especially since alot of people cba with the single player because of the end

Ive played mp on it and enjoyed it but i still dont like the fact they added it in the first place, in the end if you dont get what you want you might aswell get some enjoyment out of what you get


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Comment #34 by Blind Archer X
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 08:27:38 AM
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I love the multiplayer in this game! I find it both fun and relaxing. For me, The muitiplayer is more then welcomed in this series.


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Comment #35 by DragonessAthena
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 10:04:37 AM
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Anyone know how long the victory packs last? I forgot to check after last event and lost them so they obviously don't last 2 weeks.


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Comment #36 by TheTenthPlague
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 10:58:18 AM
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!
LOUD NOISES!


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Comment #37 by mark197205
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 11:15:49 AM
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@35, I think they last no more than 4 days, when I collected mine from the last operation it had about 80 hours remaining and I picked them up the day after I'd heard they were sent out.


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Comment #38 by hotdogenigma
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 01:11:30 PM
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Pretty fucking uninteresting once again, wow this has gotten stale, just as was predicted when such a stupid game mode was announced for a single player game.


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Comment #39 by Majica8
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 01:16:37 PM
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Only decent part about the game but it gets old after a while. I'll still probably do this though.


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Comment #40 by ThitherBoot
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 02:42:46 PM
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i'd love for them to add a player vs player multiplayer expansion. imagine that.


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Comment #41 by ST xWEBx
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 07:20:07 PM
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so much hostility over mass effect...


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Comment #42 by HalfEVILmonkey
Saturday, June 09, 2012 @ 07:44:12 PM
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LOL agreed with #36


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Comment #43 by Astinoss
Sunday, June 10, 2012 @ 07:26:36 AM
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Pretty sweet, save for the fact that I have bought dozens of Premium Spectre Packs and still haven't unlocked any Rebellion OR Resurgence characters... -_-


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Comment #44 by dieRubikDIE
Sunday, June 10, 2012 @ 12:14:07 PM
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The only issue I have with multiplayer is the drop-in gameplay. I prep my character for a bronze challenge (i.e. no awesome powerups) and when I search for a BRONZE challenge it drops me into wave 3 of a GOLD challenge. So not only is my time being wasted, the other 3 players now have a much smaller chance of beating the challenge, and therefore their time and equipment are being wasted too. Would like to see a fix there.


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Comment #45 by Majica8
Sunday, June 10, 2012 @ 04:01:39 PM
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@43, same. Been playing all weekend, loads of Premium Spectre Packs, no characters unlocked that I can use for this. Not exactly fair.


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Comment #46 by shadowfeeder
Sunday, June 10, 2012 @ 04:17:47 PM
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Had to put in some MS points when my credits ran out, had to get one of those characters! Finally got one at least. Contribution towards ally goal: 2!


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Comment #47 by Keizaron
Monday, June 11, 2012 @ 03:41:24 AM
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Even when the Extended Cut gets released, people are going to complain in droves about the lack of single player content, yet there's always multiplayer.

Just a heads up for the unknowing: multiplayer and single player are two separate teams. Just because multiplayer is being worked on doesn't mean single player isn't as well.


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