I cannot for the life of me get past the infamous flying platform's on the derelict collector ship.  I don't think its fair that you can be knocked out  cover so often with only 2 fucking feet of breathing room. The AI sucks the covers broken so if I move I stand up. Miranda thinks hold position means  run up and go give the collectors hugs. I have no issue with reasonable challenge but I would rather play COD world at war on vet then this utter mess of bad combat mechanics. I am buying mass effect 3 used when it comes out because of this lame shit. Is the achievement worth my time at this point or should I go play..minecraft or something. Or if theres maybe an exploit someone knows of.

Yeah, Insanity really highlights a lot of the numerous flaws ME2's combat has. Like why the shit can't I blind fire?? So annoying to pop out for like a single shot to also lose your entire shield in the process.

How did this get GOTY from giant bomb? They must really like the story I think the story is okay meh at best. I mean why the fuck would you recruit half the universes gene pool only to bring two freaking dudes into combat with you. The other people are not even useful as a collective until the very end!! WTF??? They also don't let you play with the ME 1 story at all your stuck with a vanilla story start no matter what So those of us that lost data from ME1 due to faulty Xbox HDD are fucked! Atleat release the comic on xbox so we can tweak shit.  

I have an insane play through but I stopped just before the collector ship but playing on insane lets you see how average the actual shooting is. Things like not being able to blind fire or having to go through a 3 second animation when I get set on fire or getting knocked out of cover for 2 seconds no good reason and having Shepherd stand up and then get shot. The up close melee is also not very good. Its those little things that really annoy me playing on Insane.

" @Redjoker: That part really isn't that hard.  All you have to do is shoot the Cain Heavy Weapon twice and that should kill everyone. "

" @Redjoker: That part really isn't that hard.  All you have to do is shoot the Cain Heavy Weapon twice and that should kill everyone. "

I agree that this part is insanely hard (as it should be, its insane after all) but I got past it.
 
Be sure to take someone like Grunt with you since he's a freaking tank and someone who is effective against harbinger, he's the irritating factor of the fights.
 
Again, it's insanity, its supposed to be insane to do, yes you will die a lot, but then you might wanna consider that insanity isn't your cup of tea.

Suck less

Okay then, give up if you must.  *holds out hand* Testicles, please.

I know a lot of people who have finished it on insanity. I've done it too. Just takes some time, you're playing on the hardest difficulty for Christ's sake.

" I agree that this part is insanely hard (as it should be, its insane after all) but I got past it.  Be sure to take someone like Grunt with you since he's a freaking tank and someone who is effective against harbinger, he's the irritating factor of the fights.  Again, it's insanity, its supposed to be insane to do, yes you will die a lot, but then you might wanna consider that insanity isn't your cup of tea. "

its true its not skill based like it should be, since the loses you get are so cheap

" How did this get GOTY from giant bomb? They must really like the story I think the story is okay meh at best. I mean why the fuck would you recruit half the universes gene pool only to bring two freaking dudes into combat with you. The other people are not even useful as a collective until the very end!! WTF??? They also don't let you play with the ME 1 story at all your stuck with a vanilla story start no matter what So those of us that lost data from ME1 due to faulty Xbox HDD are fucked! Atleat release the comic on xbox so we can tweak shit.   "

" @Redjoker:  You know what's also bullshit? The fact that your threatening to buy Mass Effect 3 used because you can't man up to the fact that you can't beat it on insane. How dare they make the hardest difficulty a challenge that you can't overcome and make two games in a franchise that you have obviously bought, played, and enjoyed. Totally makes sense to punish the developer. "

Your playing of Insane, of course its going to be hard. 
Is that a good excuse on Bioware's part? No, not really. Insane really shows some of the flaws between classes. I love the vanguard class but its completely useless on Insane. 
Hopefully Bioware will learn from these mistakes and balance ME3 better.

I didn 't have that much trouble on insanity, you have to do it slowly.

"Okay then, give up if you must.  *holds out hand* Testicles, please. "

" Your playing of Insane, of course its going to be hard. Is that a good excuse on Bioware's part? No, not really. Insane really shows some of the flaws between classes. I love the vanguard class but its completely useless on Insane. Hopefully Bioware will learn from these mistakes and balance ME3 better. "

I will reload to before Mordins side quest grab the ammo and see it that cain wont help things. right now it's break time before my rage leaves a Crater where Bioware HQ is. 

play something else you're won't be missing much

AI team mates not being able to dodge shockwave was the main gripe for me, often had to fight the collectors alone for this reason.

You could always just change the difficulty and enjoy the game. I don't mean to be a smart-ass but Insanity really wasn't that bad. Certainly not COD2 on Vet bad. As long as you don't try to do it with a Vanguard (which is still doable but why give yourself a brain aneurysm?) and use your abilities and weapon loadouts properly you'll get there. Trust me, it ain't the games fault...

" play something else you're won't be missing much "

" You could always just change the difficulty and enjoy the game. I don't mean to be a smart-ass but Insanity really wasn't that bad. Certainly not COD2 on Vet bad. As long as you don't try to do it with a Vanguard (which is still doable but why give yourself a brain aneurysm?) and use your abilities and weapon loadouts properly you'll get there. Trust me, it ain't the games fault... "

" @TaliciaDragonsong said:

" I agree that this part is insanely hard (as it should be, its insane after all) but I got past it.  Be sure to take someone like Grunt with you since he's a freaking tank and someone who is effective against harbinger, he's the irritating factor of the fights.  Again, it's insanity, its supposed to be insane to do, yes you will die a lot, but then you might wanna consider that insanity isn't your cup of tea. "

I should not die from stupid bullshit is the problem. This is the only part I got stuck on the rest was cake. The prior part of the game was not hard because I could use my skills and tactics on logical playing field. This part is just broken and the ai WILL NOT FOLLOW orders I send grunt and Miranda behind cover and they leap over and haul ass right when the collectors land. Challenge is my cup of tea not broken bullshit. "

I was a vanguard, had thane, and Miranda both with unstoppable warp and with squad ice ammo...once I figured out the combo to use I got through that part in without dying

" I agree that this part is insanely hard (as it should be, its insane after all) but I got past it.  Be sure to take someone like Grunt with you since he's a freaking tank and someone who is effective against harbinger, he's the irritating factor of the fights.  Again, it's insanity, its supposed to be insane to do, yes you will die a lot, but then you might wanna consider that insanity isn't your cup of tea. "  

Insane was a bitch, but it felt really good when it was done ^^ They clearly didn't balance the game for insane which one of the few complains I have about the game. If you are a soldier then use the bullet time skill and then pop up and shoot, it's grea for not getting shot since they have no time to react. 
 
The knocking you out of cover thing is the worst thing in the game, at least after I discovered how to deal with the regenerating krogan and vorcha. 
 
I know it's frustrating as hell at times playing on insane, but many games are frustrating on the highest difficulty and in pretty much every game the AI cheats in one way or another at hard difficulties. Don't let that cloud your perception of the game.

I too had a lot of trouble with that particular section.
 
But I think I ended up dying more times to the section that follows that (against the Praetorian).
 
That whole ship level sucked, to be honest, but once you finish it, you really like you accomplished something (even if you have 0 medi-gel and 0 heavy ammo). 
 
Also, let's hope Mass Effect 3 removes the "stand on cover to shoot bad guys" behavior from the AI teammates... /facepalm

I'm not done with insanity yet. But so far whenever I've had problems I've just introduced them to my, not so little, friend Cain.  

Shit don't work, you try a new approach instead of raging your ass off. But then again I can understand how it's hard to grasp that when the Call of Duty way to solve a problem is to just try the same thing over and over until you manage to predict every single enemy placement.
 
But what am I saying? You didn't even complete ME1 on Insanity! You should go back and practice on that one and in at the same time get that precious ME1 save of yours.

Use more skill.

I died the most when I did that part with Vanguard. The key is to not freak out and stay put in your original cover spot. The Scions will miss 90% of the time because 
A) the platform is moving
B) they are at a different height than you and the shot gets lost.
 
If you have a sniper rifle no excuse not to murder that part.

I'd just like to point out the difficulty level is called "Insanity".
 
Thats "Insanity"

I've never played insanity. Why? Because I know that it would be too fucking hard for me and I would just end up hating my experience with it. Maybe it's time you realize that too. Lower the difficulty a tad, and carry on.

" I'd just like to point out the difficulty level is called "Insanity".
 
Thats "Insanity" "

I dunno, if you're not having any fun playing it on Insanity, then just don't play it. The fun I'm having with Mass Effect 2 comes with all the cool Space shit in the game and interacting with the characters.  The fiction is what makes the Mass Effect games fun for me; the gameplay will always be sort of mediocre and not tight enough to really want to play on any higher of a difficulty than Veteran.

Dude... It's an achievement... Your life wont be any more WIN with it... Let it go, and safe yourself a few broken controllers (Or maybe even TV screens)

I haven't gotten to the Collector ship yet but from what I hear I will want to throw my pad at a wall.

As the name suggests  it is called Insanity and I did lose my mind more then a few times trying to get an S-rank for the 360 versoin of ME 2.  As someone who doesn't care about s-ranks and only did it because ME 2 is one of my favourite games, I stil have to say that no one should attempt getting through on insanity unless they have huge amounts of patience and free time.  The whole experience could sour you on the game if you don't realize it was never meant to be played that way for enjoyment purposes.

It takes patience, but it can be done. Double up on warp and time your heavy weapon usage.

First time on normal with an Infiltrator, I died multiple times. Second time, on insanity, with the same character, I breezed through it.

" @TaliciaDragonsong said:

" I agree that this part is insanely hard (as it should be, its insane after all) but I got past it.  Be sure to take someone like Grunt with you since he's a freaking tank and someone who is effective against harbinger, he's the irritating factor of the fights.  Again, it's insanity, its supposed to be insane to do, yes you will die a lot, but then you might wanna consider that insanity isn't your cup of tea. "

I should not die from stupid bullshit is the problem. This is the only part I got stuck on the rest was cake. The prior part of the game was not hard because I could use my skills and tactics on logical playing field. This part is just broken and the ai WILL NOT FOLLOW orders I send grunt and Miranda behind cover and they leap over and haul ass right when the collectors land. Challenge is my cup of tea not broken bullshit. "

I finished on Insanity and I'm not even that good. You have to actually think about what you're taking into a mission and how you spec your characters. Everyone who knocks ME2 for having skill progression that doesn't matter obviously has not played it on Insanity.