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Defender achievement in Mass Effect 3

Defender

Attain the highest level of readiness in each theater of war.

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How to unlock the Defender achievement

  • CovetousCash64CovetousCash64
    03 Apr 2012 27 Mar 2012 21 Jun 2013
    Galactic Readiness can also be increased using the iPhone, iPod and iPad app called "Mass Effect 3 Datapad".

    The app increases readiness at a slower rate than actually playing multiplayer, but providing you're willing to check into your i-gadget every hour or so, you can easily earn +10-15% readiness in every sector per day.

    You need an online pass for the app to transfer data to your Mass Effect 3 game (thanks to mDoolin14 for the confirmation).

    Edit 2: The app has been removed from the App Store, but can still be accessed online at http://social.bioware.com/n7hq/.
    Thanks again to mDoolin14.

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    simo949seems like it is no longer possible to have your account recognized by that website if it's your first time using it.
    thought i could get this online out of the way but when i log in i get "Galaxy at War requires an active Mass Effect 3 profile.,, and "Your EA Account needs to be updated. Re-sync your online profile(s) to fix this problem.,, but there is no option to re sync anywhere and no fix i could find, so if you're new i'm afraid this achievement is now only possible thru in-game progress and it's not going to be fun from the few missions i tried
    Posted by simo949 on 01 Mar at 21:15
    vHucs2024-03-06. The website would not work for me at home on my laptop. You cannot Sync an account as simo mentioned. However this morning I logged onto the website from the computer at my work and the website worked fine. May have to try other computers/browser/setting in your browser/etc.
    Posted by vHucs on 06 Mar at 13:00
    TOMCAT4233If you’ve never played the multiplayer and tried to log into the galaxy at war webpage and it didn’t work, try to play a match to get some medals and experience THEN try to log in to galaxy at war. That’s what I did today and it works for me.
    Posted by TOMCAT4233 on 13 Mar at 20:41
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  • King fiShiZKing fiShiZ
    08 Mar 2012 08 Mar 2012 27 Feb 2017
    You start with 50% readiness, and gain a few % for every Multiplayer Game that you complete. Ive played about 13 Broze Levels (~ 25 Min one Map), my N7 Rating hit 40 and then the Achievement came up.

    Equinox83 : If you let the game select the map for you - I think the option is "unknown" sector, then you will get a small % for each sector simultaneously. Whereas if you actually choose a specific map, then you will get a much larger % but only for that sector.
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    RhyoliticThis MP is complete and utter horseshit. Excessive amounts of xp to level up (12k to get to level 2? Srsly?) combined with shitty maps, grenade spamming twinks and zerg rushing enemies. Ya, that's fucking fair.
    Posted by Rhyolitic on 15 Sep 12 at 12:27
    crowbo 360I enjoy the multiplayer. It gives me a chance to play with different character classes to what I usually select.
    Posted by crowbo 360 on 11 Dec 12 at 00:59
    I nic I knack II don't understand the complaints. This multiplayer is a perfect fit for the game. Anyways. starting at 50 % , each match played on unknown location/unknown enemy is +3% for all five sectors of the map. So 17 matches need to be played, add one for each day (3% will be lost). Playing casually is is obtained in about the first week if you play three-four matches a day. Sounds pretty simple. As for those not enjoying/hating on the multiplayer, maybe your just not meant for the game, i don't know what to tell ya, all i know is that i'm really enjoying every part about it.
    Posted by I nic I knack I on 26 Apr 13 at 00:02
  • ScottyDaHotty2ScottyDaHotty2
    09 Mar 2012 08 Mar 2012 08 Mar 2012
    This achievement requires 100% readiness in all sectors for Galaxy at War. At the beginning of the game, the Galaxy at War display on the main menu says that all sectors have 50% readiness. These percentages cannot be increased through the single player campaign. In order to increase readiness, you must participate in cooperative multiplayer, play the iOS game Mass Effect: Infiltrator, or use the iOS Mass Effect Datapad. The most effective way is to repeatedly win bronze matches until the readiness reaches 100%. Each successful match includes ten rounds followed by extraction and can add anywhere from 1% to 7% to a given sector depending on the map you're playing. This can take up to ten hours of playtime depending on the skill level of you and the people you're playing with.
  • QuotientJanQuotientJan
    14 Feb 2017 13 Feb 2017 13 Feb 2017
    2017 Solution =

    You can either use the APP,

    or play multiplayer =
    You start with 50 % at every section.
    (This will go down by a few % if you don't play Multiplayer )

    Choose Public Match, Any Map, Any Enemy and pick Bronze difficulty.
    You can easily blast through the first waves with 4 people and even if you loose at later waves it will go up at around 4 %.

    VERY IMPORTANT = to find a game you should download all the free map packs.
  • J0tar0KjoJ0tar0Kjo
    10 Jan 2014 10 Jan 2014 10 Jan 2014
  • DirtyLittleSithDirtyLittleSith
    16 Apr 2012 29 Apr 2012
    Take note: your readiness level stays at 50% until you play your first multi-player match. I used a 2 day pass and ranked all the areas to 100%. Your level will drop as you don't play. Last I checked my maps were down to 56% and falling.
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