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tadashi posted:If you make a male shep and he is not some minority race, you might as well be Javik. Agreed. My primary Shep since ME1 has been half Irish, half Latino. We'll all be a bunch of mutts in a future where national boundaries are obsolete.
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Myopic posted:The new gibs are ridiculous/awesome. Charging low-health enemies and having them explode is the best. My favorite is still the headshot geyser. Headless corpse topples, spraying poo poo everywhere.
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With the help of BrooklynBruiser, I tweeted my baller Scott Ian Shep to Scott Ian, but he deleted the tweet 
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I'm partial to the green energy disintegration of the Particle Rifle, as far as gibs go.
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Mar 22, 2012 21:45
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I don't even think I noticed the first time a body exploded from the black widow, it was more of a. Wait did that dude just explode....holly gently caress this riffles makes people explode! The Soldier class better be able to make things go into a mess of human soup.
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:With the help of BrooklynBruiser, I tweeted my baller Scott Ian Shep to Scott Ian, but he deleted the tweet Sounds like Scott Ian's pretty pissed about the endings, too.
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:With the help of BrooklynBruiser, I tweeted my baller Scott Ian Shep to Scott Ian, but he deleted the tweet This is a thing of beauty! Can you post the face code?
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Is there anyway to access the console/enter commands? I ran in to the glitch where all my money and fuel vanished, but didn't notice till like an hour later after progress. Don't really wanna go back and play it all again
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Mar 22, 2012 23:05
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Holy hell, tech combos are amazing  This Insanity Engineer is going to be *extremely* awesome. Cryo Blast went from a '1 point talent' to something truly wonderful  As arse kicking as the Insanity Adept was, I never properly explored the combo mechanics, mainly comboing like I used to in ME2, from force of habit. Now I'm getting to grips with things, its massive AoE carnage on a whole other level!Edit: More specifically, what I'd almost entirely overlooked in my previous playthrough was the matter of comboing across talent groups. I totally need to do another Adept onxe this Engineer is finished. magimix fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Mar 22, 2012 |
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E: Wrong thread! 
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Mar 22, 2012 23:36
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How do tech combos work? I know biotic combos are set off by charging with one and then setting it off with throw or warp...is it just "cryo/pyro blast" then overload?
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You can prime Tech combos with abilities like Cryo Blast, Overload, Sabotage, Energy Drain, Frozen/Burning targets from Ammo powers or even grenades. You can then detonate them with pretty much any ability that deals damage, including biotic abilities like Warp and Throw, but cryo explosions and pyro explosions will only detonate if the original target dies to the second power. Tech bursts (the electrical combo) will detonate even if the target lives.
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OAquinas posted:How do tech combos work? I know biotic combos are set off by charging with one and then setting it off with throw or warp...is it just "cryo/pyro blast" then overload? There are three kinds of tech combos: Fire Ice Electric They are initiated by using an ability of three elements (INCLUDING AMMOS). For Fire and Ice, detonation is via any power that does damage (biotic or a tech power that's not the initiator) AND kills the target. For Electric (Tech Burst), it will detonate with any direct damage power attack (besides the initiator).
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So if I use Warp to kill a guy who's on fire from incinerate or incendiary ammo or whatever, he'll explode and set everyone around him on fire also?
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losonti tokash posted:So if I use Warp to kill a guy who's on fire from incinerate or incendiary ammo or whatever, he'll explode and set everyone around him on fire also?
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OAquinas posted:How do tech combos work? I know biotic combos are set off by charging with one and then setting it off with throw or warp...is it just "cryo/pyro blast" then overload? Already posted this in the mulitplayer thread but it should help you out, I pulled it from the digital guide that came with my CE guide book. 
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Urdnot Fire posted:You can't just make a non-white Renegade Shep, though. Look at how wrong you are. Black shep best shep.
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I'm going to post this here since the spoiler thread has gone full retard and it's not a spoiler. I'm glad to see they have a sense of humour!
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Saw this on tumblr, thought you guys might get a kick out of it - the Garrus/Shepard version of the bedtime story Go the gently caress to Sleep. (Original, read by Samuel L Jackson.)quote:The varren nestle close to their cubs now.
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So, discovered this. Thought I'd share. LEGACY An album by Jimmy Hinson, one of the dudes who composed for ME2. It's comprised almost entirely of tracks that were unused in ME2. So far I've really liked what I've heard- the first track is kind of a mash-up between Leaving Earth from ME3 and the Lazarus theme from ME2. Edit: for clarity. Hidohebhi fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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tadashi posted:Are you using one of the pistol melee attachments? I want to use one but I like the scope and armor penetration mods.  Decided to be Vanguard in this game, hope it's gonna be fun.
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I finished Priority:Tuchanka, got all paragon on everyone's rear end, got back to my ship and did a mini mission. Oh hey, Liara wants to see me in my cabin! She shows me her memory bank thingy and tells me she wrote my name in the stars. It was sweet as hell and whether I romance anyone or not I like that this game has people coming up and being *grateful* to the Shep for all her hard work in fighting the murderous alien invasion. You know what, galaxy? You're welcome. 
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Hidohebhi posted:So, discovered this. Thought I'd share. This is really nice (As is Count Choculitus' post above). It's quite cool to hear a more electronic spin on the orchestral themes in the game. All three games have such stellar soundtracks! I'm definitely going to throw this guy $5.
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That and your final moment with her near the end the end of the game where the two of you just stand together watching that blue illusion. Nothing was spoken at all but it was incredibly moving.
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CuddleChunks posted:I finished Priority:Tuchanka, got all paragon on everyone's rear end, got back to my ship and did a mini mission. Oh hey, Liara wants to see me in my cabin! That scene was cool, but right after that moment it suddenly occurred to me that, from one perspective, my Shepard has been dating the Asari equivalent of a 10 year old who just urgently called me to meet with her and then essentially showed me a pretty picture she drew of me. But to some Asari, I'm sure that her dating a young human, a mere fraction of her age, is pretty scandalous. In other words, only in Mass Effect do you have the creepy issue of two pedophiles involved in mutual molestation. Bioware just loves to push barriers!
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Best part about the new gibbing? (near end-game) Gibbing Kai Leng results in the game crashing / freezing for me. Every time.  Satisfying as gently caress, though!
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What's general opinion on the last evolution of soldier's combat mastery?Damage bonus looks cool,but I also want to be able to carry both sniper rifle and AR without making cooldown on adrenaline rush twice longer.
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Banjodark posted:forget that, you should keep people alive for maximum horrible failshep things in me3 you haven't reached the maximum amount of fail possible. don't visit Thane at all in ME3 and Major Kirrahee is killed in his place. Thane still ends up dead after the Cerberus attack from his disease. His name appears on the wall of the fallen on deck 3 as soon as the mission is complete.
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Endormoon posted:you haven't reached the maximum amount of fail possible. don't visit Thane at all in ME3 and Major Kirrahee is killed in his place. Thane still ends up dead after the Cerberus attack from his disease. His name appears on the wall of the fallen on deck 3 as soon as the mission is complete. question: what exactly happens if kirahee dies on virmire because you didn't do the bonus objectives while clearing out saren's base? who shows up if both thane and kirahee are dead? I'm guessing no one and the Councillor dies? Maybe that's the best option then.
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Banjodark posted:question: what exactly happens if kirahee dies on virmire because you didn't do the bonus objectives while clearing out saren's base? who shows up if both thane and kirahee are dead? I'm guessing no one and the Councillor dies? Maybe that's the best option then. If Thane died in 2/you don't talk to him in the hospital in 3 and Kirrahe died in 1, the Councillor is killed by Leng.
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Holy poo poo, I missed Aethyta the first time around and that is some funny loving dialogue. Her talking about Benezia's rack, much to Liara's discomfort, and "as useful as tits on a hanar" had me in stitches.
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100 Years in Iraq posted:Holy poo poo, I missed Aethyta the first time around and that is some funny loving dialogue.
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Count Choculitis posted:Saw this on tumblr, thought you guys might get a kick out of it - the Garrus/Shepard version of the bedtime story Go the gently caress to Sleep. (Original, read by Samuel L Jackson.) Paging Keener for the voiceover Hidohebhi posted:LEGACY Definitely grabbing this funakupo fucked around with this message at 09:39 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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Banjodark posted:I think my favourite part of that whole thing is when you convince Liara to actually speak to her and mid-sentence liara just storms off with a "FINE WHATEVER SHEPARD". Things like that made me stop hating liara after how much I disliked her character in the first game Liara was boring as gently caress in the first game, sucked in ME2, but then got major improvement in LOTSB and now in ME3 she is one of my favorite characters. Granted her transition from shy scientist to cold-hearted information broker is jarring as gently caress, but it made the character a lot better so I don't mind.
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Noni posted:That scene was cool, but right after that moment it suddenly occurred to me that, from one perspective, my Shepard has been dating the Asari equivalent of a 10 year old who just urgently called me to meet with her and then essentially showed me a pretty picture she drew of me. But to some Asari, I'm sure that her dating a young human, a mere fraction of her age, is pretty scandalous. Oh my god I'm so sick of hearing this. She's a drat college graduate even in ME1 when you first meet her, and has been living and working on her own for a while even then. Man, people sure are good at missing the point with Asari, geez. 100 Years in Iraq posted:Holy poo poo, I missed Aethyta the first time around and that is some funny loving dialogue. That whole series of conversations with her are some of my favorite in the game. As Banjo says, how frustrated Liara sounds when you goad her into talking to Aethyta is great. And how Aethyta essentially taunts you about dating Liara. But I think my favorite line is when Aethyta makes fun of Liara for sleeping with Shepard and asks her "So how many times have you popped his thermal clip". And how Liara doesn't even know how to respond to that. Really the whole sequence is amazing. edit - quote:Liara was boring as gently caress in the first game, sucked in ME2, but then got major improvement in LOTSB and now in ME3 she is one of my favorite characters. Granted her transition from shy scientist to cold-hearted information broker is jarring as gently caress, but it made the character a lot better so I don't mind. While I obviously disagree with you that she was bad in ME1, I'm still personally impressed by just how much they've done with her since and including LotSB. So many improvements to her character, design, and even the detail on her model - absolutely everything really - since LotSB. It's just astounding how far they've taken her since ME1. Aristobulus fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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I'm reasonably certain that Liara's the only one on your crew in ME1 to take any interest in Shepard's wellbeing even before Virmire, so that makes her all right in my book.
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Aristobulus posted:Man, people sure are good at missing the point with Asari, geez. Tell me more about how the internet has misrepresented your fictional, fetishized girlfriend. Internet Kraken posted:Liara was boring as gently caress in the first game, sucked in ME2, but then got major improvement in LOTSB and now in ME3 she is one of my favorite characters. Granted her transition from shy scientist to cold-hearted information broker is jarring as gently caress, but it made the character a lot better so I don't mind. I agree it's jarring, but as I said before, I don't think it's because of the extremes of character that she moves between I think it's because you don't get to see that movement, you're merely told about it, it's largely an emotional and narrative-based journey and those are both the kind of things you should be shown and not told. That said, I don't really agree with the reading of her as 'cold-hearted'. She's tougher, sure, but she's not an ice-queen, it's almost cloyingly represented that she's still quite emotional and not really the hard exterior that she presents. In fact I think that's really the worst part of her transition is that ocasionally they mistake her being emotional for her transitioning back into the willow-y, shaky, disturbing caricature she became for significant parts of ME1.
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Dan Didio posted:I agree it's jarring, but as I said before, I don't think it's because of the extremes of character that she moves between I think it's because you don't get to see that movement, you're merely told about it, it's largely an emotional and narrative-based journey and those are both the kind of things you should be shown and not told. Well I didn't mean to imply that she was cold-hearted all the time, just mainly in regard to her information dealing. With Shepard and co. she is still a nice person, which is what makes her an enjoyable character. Sombrerotron posted:I'm reasonably certain that Liara's the only one on your crew in ME1 to take any interest in Shepard's wellbeing even before Virmire, so that makes her all right in my book. In ME1 all she wanted to do was gently caress me when I talked to her.
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Internet Kraken posted:Well I didn't mean to imply that she was cold-hearted all the time, just mainly in regard to her information dealing. With Shepard and co. she is still a nice person, which is what makes her an enjoyable character. Oh, okay, yeah. Sure, I mean I think her introduction in 2 makes it clear that particular facet is a 'front' she wears during her official capacity as an information broker, but I do think some times in Shadow Broker and 3 the actual, underlying assertiveness that change built into her character is discarded along with the front and she goes too far back into the worst parts of her character in 1.
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