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Synonamess Botch posted:If I give Miranda the resources she requests on the Citadel, will she survive? What impact (if any) does this have on my war assets? In order for her to survive you need to have her be Loyal in ME2, give her the resources she wants and have read the Kai Leng dossier Anderson forwards to you after the attack on the Citadel, once you do all that, Shepard will mention Kai Leng during dialogue and Miranda will survive his attack. She's worth a not-inconsiderable amount of assets, comparable to Grunt or Wrex. SEKCobra posted:Yeah I know, but the weird thing is, that I did all that. I don't know what to tell you, then. Those are the requirements.
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What the gently caress is Diana Allers wearing? It looks like something out of a bad European porn shoot. Did someone at EA/Bioware really think that was somehow attractive?
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Mar 18, 2012 17:22
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Dan Didio posted:To convince The Illusive Man, you need to consistently pick either every Paragon option throughout Mass Effect 3, or every Renegade. One on Mars and one on Thessia are nestled in the left-side, 'investigate' dialogue options.
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Mar 18, 2012 17:27
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CaptainCarrot posted:Are you sure you need to be consistent? I'm fairly sure I got pissed exactly once on my first run and went renegade, and I still got him to pull a Saren. I'm fairly sure. Maybe it's a point-check syste too and you just need a majority.
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Mar 18, 2012 17:30
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Ambiguatron posted:It's too bad they all end up maimed and piled up in bleeding mounds to await being thrown into a giant woodchipper for baby Reaper chow. They probably just toss the aliens out the airlock, though, since they specifically want humans for the new Reaper they're making. Read the codex entries on the reapers. Minor spoiler from said entries: The primary race of each cycle are harvested to create their capital ships, in this case that would be humans I suppose. The other races not used for capital ships are harvested to create the smaller reapers.
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Mar 18, 2012 17:37
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Do higher difficulties add more enemies or just make them tougher? After multiplayer things feel... empty.
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Mar 18, 2012 17:51
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Bruceski posted:Do higher difficulties add more enemies or just make them tougher? After multiplayer things feel... empty. Both, I think. EDIT: Oh, wait, in singleplayer? Just makes them tougher.
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Mar 18, 2012 17:52
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Consistency doesn't matter, I've replayed that scene using all one, the other and mixed and still gotten the final colored dialog option. For that last talk, I actually liked the renegade version of that conversation.
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Streebs posted:Read the codex entries on the reapers. Minor spoiler from said entries: The primary race of each cycle are harvested to create their capital ships, in this case that would be humans I suppose. The other races not used for capital ships are harvested to create the smaller reapers.
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Mar 18, 2012 18:02
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Baron Bifford posted:Does this mean that the primary race of the Protheans were squids? Nope. Besides the obvious reasoning of the Protheans being discarded as a potential source of new Reapers. The outer shell of the Reapers is usually fairly uniform, with the squid-look. It's what's inside that's different.
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Mar 18, 2012 18:08
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The Derelict Reaper in ME2 is squidlike, and that's millions of years old.
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Mar 18, 2012 18:10
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Baron Bifford posted:Does this mean that the primary race of the Protheans were squids? No, they don't even get one, I think. Some technobabble about being incompatible gets brought up in ME2.
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Mar 18, 2012 18:16
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El_Elegante posted:No, they don't even get one, I think. Some technobabble about being incompatible gets brought up in ME2.
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Mar 18, 2012 18:19
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Beefstew posted:I always thought that was foreshadowing for something, but I guess I was wrong. I figured that Harbinger was going to turn out to be a Prothean-Reaper, but since the codex says that he's the oldest known Reaper, that's not possible. Well, technically, the 'Protheans didn't get a Reaper' is speculation from EDI based on the Prothean/Collector connection and the 'Harbinger is the oldest Reaper' is speculation based on Alliance intel.
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Mar 18, 2012 18:21
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Scuzzywuffit posted:If you miss the pickups for the side quests in the actual mission missions, you can buy whatever it is you missed at the requisitions terminal in the Spectre office. From the last page, but I don't think you understand. The quests were marked as completed after that point and I could not do anything to actually complete them. Unless you were talking about the evidence I missed on the one planet. Also, everytime I go to that terminal it only shows me 3 Spectre weapons. Am I doing something wrong? Said evidence wouldn't show up there either. EDIT: Alright this is really going to bug me now that I know about it. You guys are talking about the two terminals in the Spectre office at the Embassies, correct? Which terminal? The one on the left has some stuff that periodically pops up and has a short description and asks me to confirm/deny it. I've done some of those already. The other terminal on the right has the 3 Spectre weapons. Are you telling me that the terminal on the left is supposed to allow me to purchase stuff like the evidence that I missed? Because I went back to that freaking terminal after every mission to see if there was anything new and I never got anything along the lines of "buy this for person x." I'll try it again later today, but I'm starting to think my game is bugged or something. reagan fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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Dan Didio posted:Well, technically, the 'Protheans didn't get a Reaper' is speculation from EDI based on the Prothean/Collector connection and the 'Harbinger is the oldest Reaper' is speculation based on Alliance intel. Collectors being Prothean Husk v2.0 kinda makes me think they might have gotten a reaper but we just never saw it. Seeing as how the Prothean character DLC has collectors/prothean husks in it that. Just like how there was work on a human reaper in addition to husks
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tadashi posted:What the gently caress is Diana Allers wearing? It looks like something out of a bad European porn shoot. Did someone at EA/Bioware really think that was somehow attractive? The best part is that FemShep gets that as the last casualwear option, except all black with red trim. And a tiny N7 logo on one strap. That last detail meant I had her wear it for at least an hour of gameplay before the tacky jewellery it also gives her became too much. I think that was a problem of trying to make Chobot 'sexy', rather than having her fit the character's role. She's a war correspondent, she should be wearing armour or a suit or one of those weird high-collared dresses that are popular in ME-world.
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Gaz-L posted:The best part is that FemShep gets that as the last casualwear option, except all black with red trim. And a tiny N7 logo on one strap. That last detail meant I had her wear it for at least an hour of gameplay before the tacky jewellery it also gives her became too much. She should wear the Alliance outfit, with like, a coloured arm-band around one arm.
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Gaz-L posted:The best part is that FemShep gets that as the last casualwear option, except all black with red trim. And a tiny N7 logo on one strap. That last detail meant I had her wear it for at least an hour of gameplay before the tacky jewellery it also gives her became too much.
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Mar 18, 2012 19:11
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Charlie Mopps posted:It was such a disappointment that FemShep got that awful dress while ManShep got an awesome leather jacket. Still pissed about it.
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Mar 18, 2012 19:12
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Dan Didio posted:Still pissed about it. Embarrassing, really.
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Charlie Mopps posted:It was such a disappointment that FemShep got that awful dress while ManShep got an awesome leather jacket. Agreed, that dress is BAD. Someone on tumblr drew this awesome femShep jacket (and less retarded underwear) that I wish we had in the game and kind of want in real life. 
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Count Choculitis posted:Agreed, that dress is BAD. Someone on tumblr drew this awesome femShep jacket (and less retarded underwear) that I wish we had in the game and kind of want in real life. Asymmetrical biker jackets are thet best. It would be unfair for FemShep to have a jacket that much cooler than ManShep.
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Gaz-L posted:
Funny thing: I had no idea who that was supposed to be (or anyone at all) when I first met her. I just flagged her as working for the Fox News of the ME Universe and treated her accordingly.
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It bugs me because the idea, and even some of the writing, is a good one. The game is about rallying the galaxy to your side, and the media should be part of that. But as soon as "Let's get that hot chick from IGN" was decided, the presentation of it was gutted.
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3Romeo posted:Funny thing: I had no idea who that was supposed to be (or anyone at all) when I first met her. I just flagged her as working for the Fox News of the ME Universe and treated her accordingly. Same here. I kept wondering what was up her face because it looked so weird. It wasn't until I finished the game that I found out it was supposed to be some game journalist from... somewhere? She got much more creepier after I found out. Edit: I like the idea of having the press following you and informing the galaxy of your exploits. War Assets are actually modified based on what you say in the interview. It's just that they messed it up by creepily adding her as the journalist. Edit2: gently caress it, they should have made it al-Jilani. You give her all the stories she needs but every time you talk to her you're given the option to punch her in the face. RickDaedalus fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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RickDaedalus posted:Same here. I kept wondering what was up her face because it looked so weird. It wasn't until I finished the game that I found out it was supposed to be some game journalist from... somewhere? She got much more creepier after I found out. I never really thought it was creepy, but I did think it was pretty loving absurd. If your in-game character--with a similar job, no less--screams "trashy reporter for a lovely network," you might want to rethink your professional standards.
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Wait a minute the journalist is a real person? Ugh. Maybe I will tell her to get the hell off my ship.
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skoolmunkee posted:
You don't have to be consistent, you just have to hit all the Charm/Intimidate options possible. There is one hidden in an investigate on Mars and on Thessia. I specifically alternated and still made the check at the end. And I wanted that jacket for FemShep. And for James to call her Loco. A girl who's been made honorary Krogan at least two times over deserves the nom de guerre of crazy.
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I had no idea she was an insert of a real person. That's stupid and unethical for a lot of reasons but the in-game issue I had with her is that they advertised Allers and her reporting as a lot bigger part of the game yet there's only like 3 interviews and very little dialogue with Shepard outside of it. I guess this is a mixed blessing because her model is a derpy-looking wax-mannequin in a 1920s bathing suit and her lines so badly delivered I couldn't really stand the few encounters she and Shepard did have.
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HoveringCheesecake posted:Wait a minute the journalist is a real person? Ugh. Maybe I will tell her to get the hell off my ship. Yes, it's modeled after and voiced by Jessica Chobot.
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When I first found Allers, I thought there would be a lot of interviews. Either of you or the crew. But all she ever did was stay in the little room and interviewed me 2 or 3 times total. The rest were small comments to Traynor and that was it. Honestly thought she'd have more dialog / questions than crewmates but I was wrong. Then again I probly just wanted to see her interview a Volus and get kicked in the shin like that other reporter did.
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What bothers me is that the whole thing is fundamentally flawed, and it's representative of the worst of the game--where poo poo happens just because it's "cool" or "different" or, god forbid, meant to spark lots of speculation. Like Kai Lang and the ending itself, it's poo poo from outside the Mass Effect games shoehorned into the Mass Effect games. It comes off like every other self-referential event in every game ever: it takes you out of the story and makes you question the writers. This poo poo works in literature but it doesn't work well in games because too often games are flawed in accidental ways and so we can't ever be sure if it's intended or not (see: the model in the kid's hand at the beginning of the game). It's somehow worse than the trickle of pop culture references that became a raging torrent and ruined warcraft. Asbury fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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How quickly does the galactic readiness go up in multiplayer? I just had a bronze game that went up to wave 11 or something before we died (when getting to the extraction point) and combined with a quick failed attempt just before that, it's gone up by 5% already and i got a ton of experience. If you stick it on gold do you get a load more of points and readiness in one game or something? It doesn't feel like it would take more than an evening of playing to get readiness up to 100% on just bronze.
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Kin posted:How quickly does the galactic readiness go up in multiplayer? It seems to give you between 2% - 5% readiness for each random location game, 5-7% in a particular area if you pick the map, and as far as I can tell it appears to be completely random how much you'll receive. You'll be at 100% in about 20 games, which isn't hard to do because the MP is great.
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RickDaedalus posted:Same here. I kept wondering what was up her face because it looked so weird. It wasn't until I finished the game that I found out it was supposed to be some game journalist from... somewhere? She got much more creepier after I found out. Yeah, I don't know what she looks like in real life, but if it were me and I didn't appear as if someone smashed me in the face with a frying pan IRL I'd be pissed at how they made me look. Diana Allers what's wrong with your faaaaaaace? edit: VVV I like energy drain, refills your shields if by some misfortune targets can't be charged, and it strips barriers (loving banshees) as well. SubponticatePoster fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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So, what is a good bonus power for a Vanguard? Should I focus on a ammo power or something that improves my survival? Also, I'm having some trouble deciding which ammo power I hould go for on my Soldier. In ME 2 I always went with the AP choice but did Cryo and Incendary get a boost in effectivness in ME3? Lastly, I messed up and missed out on completing (Citadel quest spoiler)the quest for providing an improved powergrid schematics. Did I just screw myself out of War assets?.
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Dan Didio posted:I don't know what to tell you, then. Those are the requirements. I also definitely did that but Shepard never mentioned Kai Leng and she still died. Must be a bug. So I'm considering doing a second play through, but I'm trying to weight whether it's worth it. I did every single side quest I was aware of, and I'm pretty sure my decisions in ME1+2 all contributed to my EMS, and on my first run and ended up with ~6900 total military strength. I was satisfied with every decision I made in the game, and probably wouldn't change anything even if it got some more points (since as far as I can tell there's no way to get enough to get the good ending without doing multiplayer). I think the only thing I could look forward to on another playthrough are:
Am I missing anything else? Because I'm not sure that's enough to justify doing the same exact missions over again.
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For fun? I replayed ME1 8x and ME2 6x and I had fun!
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