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Wampus42 posted:Join us in the MP thread. You can try out the other flavors of Vanguard. All of them require the ridiculous and near-suicidal playstyle that Vanguard Shep uses. I'll second that. The first time I played Vanguard in MP was probably the most fun I've ever had with this game. It's the same playstyle as single player really; always be charging/nova'ing (with a little more finesse required for boss-type characters like banshees who can instakill you). It's just a non-stop slaughterfest as you zip and smash around the battlefield, it's maniacally fun. I'm not a scorehound by any means, but I can't help but notice that with Vanguard I usually end up with scores about twice as high as the next highest person (playing with pubbies, that is). There's a separate thread for MP so I'll shut up about it now, but as someone who took forever to start playing multiplayer, I feel obliged to recommend it to you, it's a lot of fun (with the Vanguard, as well as the other classes).
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Jerusalem posted:Seriously. Complete the main game, then pretend that after recovering from those events, Shepard goes to the Citadel for some R&R, gets into one more wacky adventure we can all take part in, and then throws a big party to celebrate before heading back to the Normandy to set off on more adventures that will sadly go unseen by us. For me, Citadel is Heaven. I got to the bar, and Garrus met me there.
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I'm assuming that the game has been out long enough that I don't have to spoil any plot points... I got to Rannoch and accidentally started the "kill the Reaper" mission before doing the "go into the computer with Legion" without any other saves. I downloaded a save game editor to try and roll it back, but couldn't figure out how  Anyone have experience with an SGE or know where I can find saves located for certain points of the game?
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Pope Mobile posted:I'm assuming that the game has been out long enough that I don't have to spoil any plot points... I got to Rannoch and accidentally started the "kill the Reaper" mission before doing the "go into the computer with Legion" without any other saves. I downloaded a save game editor to try and roll it back, but couldn't figure out how The savegame editor is made by a goon: gibbed, so just chill out and don't touch anything. As an aside, you should really do any side missions ASAP in ME3. It is the worst of the three.
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Jun 27, 2013 23:50
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I've beaten it before, but am playing through as a different character. The side missions really do suck, especially compared to the previous games, but I really liked the Legion mission and going into the network. I'm completely fine skipping all the side poo poo (aside from companion missions) and cheating in EMS & credits.
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Jun 27, 2013 23:54
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Spikeguy posted:For me, Citadel is Heaven. I got to the bar, and Garrus met me there. This is both awesome and really sad in a way. Unless the rest of Shepard's afterlife is those further unseen adventures...
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The Mass Effect 2 - 3 import gave my latest Shepard a full head of hair. Oh well, could have been worse. At least they got the race and gender right.
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Hahaha, okay I was looking through the boolean IDs and whatnot for various points, and found the ID for the Rannock/Geth missions. Reset them all to 'False' and loaded the game up. I haven't found a way to change my player's location yet, so I finished the mission and saved Legion (gently caress the Quarians). After the mission ended (and Tali killed herself) I was back on the ship and Tali was standing right there. So were the Quarian admirals. Checked my Journal, and it was still on Priority: Rannoch. Success! Ran down to the shuttlebay to buy some upgrades. I turned around to go back to the command deck and the doorway from the shuttlebay to the hallway & elevator was glitched. Every time I walked through the doorway, it's like I was clipping through the walls.  I've already started another game, but I'll keep messing around with it to see what I can do. No biggie.
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Dan Didio posted:The Mass Effect 2 - 3 import gave my latest Shepard a full head of hair. Oh well, could have been worse. At least they got the race and gender right.
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A while ago I was messing around with the ArmA 2 modding tools, and came up with this:  I haven't really done anything with it due to ArmA modding being a loving nightmare as well as copyright reasons, but throwing ME units/weapons into a milsim-type game almost sounds too good of a fit. Biotics would probably be really problematic to implement on ArmA as well.
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Sombrerotron posted:I think best results are generally achieved by manually entering your ME2 Shepard's face code into ME3's character creator. I kind of like how he looks with the hair after playing for a while, to be honest.
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I finally got around to playing citadel and I've been alternately smiling and laughing my rear end off all day. It's wonderful. It puts all the other DLC to shame. The combat was piss-easy but I don't think difficulty was the point: it was about getting all your old buddies together in one place to do some serious crumping. In that vein, Wrex + Reegar Carbine/Omni-Blade is basically unstoppable. He has a few one liners about "I'm the one doing all the work" and they were absolutely true. My favourite party moment was Javik getting drunk, lining up a bunch of empties, then hiding behind the couch taking potshots at them. SurreptitiousMuffin fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Jun 29, 2013 |
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Speaking of Citadel dlc, does anyone have any tips for getting the orange prize in the claw game?
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erotic dad posted:A while ago I was messing around with the ArmA 2 modding tools, and came up with this: ENEMY MAN EVERYWHERE
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General Battuta posted:ENEMY  Best post in the entire thread.
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If I want to bypass the multiplayer but don't want to be punished for it what should I do (PC version)
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Toussaint Louverture posted:If I want to bypass the multiplayer but don't want to be punished for it what should I do (PC version) Get the extended cut ending, be a completionist, and (if you can) import a ME2 save file with pretty good outcomes. Then you will be able to view a five-second scene during one ending option that, before the extended cut, was only available to people who increased their galactic readiness through multiplayer or other gimmicks.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:If I want to bypass the multiplayer but don't want to be punished for it what should I do (PC version) What Draile said applies, but I'd still like to mention that, unless you physically can't play multiplayer because your PC doesn't have access to the internet or something like that, you really should at least give it a try. It's really, really good and fun, and there's no reason not to at least give it a try if you otherwise enjoy ME3's gameplay.
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I just hate multiplayer and live in a timezone that precludes it.
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Draile posted:Get the extended cut ending, be a completionist, and (if you can) import a ME2 save file with pretty good outcomes. Then you will be able to view a five-second scene during one ending option that, before the extended cut, was only available to people who increased their galactic readiness through multiplayer or other gimmicks.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:If I want to bypass the multiplayer but don't want to be punished for it what should I do (PC version) Bioware lowered the requirements for the "best" ending when they released the extended endings. I'm not sure if you need to have imported a character to get the bonuses required to get the minimum score though. All I'm really sure of is that I had a character important from ME2 who was imported from ME1 and was able to get the "best" ending without playing multiplayer when the extended endings were released and installed.
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I got my friend into Mass Effect and it's already one of his favorite game series. He's playing Vanguard, but unfortunately he's almost up to the Collector Ship yet his Charge is only on Level 2 and he mostly just loves using Shockwave all the time. What do I do? I already sent him the Vanguard chart, but I don't think it made an impression.
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If he's having fun I say let him play the way he wants to. v v If he were getting frustrated and his playstyle was the cause then I'd say you should give some tips, but thinking his un-optimal playstyle needs fixed is a bit  .
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Tremors posted:If he's having fun I say let him play the way he wants to. v
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Lycus posted:I'm of course not seriously going to tell him anything. I just thought it was funny. I did convince him to charge the Colossus though, and he promptly died. That was fun. Did you tell him to avoid the Claymore? Does he have any DLC weapons or not?
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:My favourite party moment was Javik getting drunk, lining up a bunch of empties, then hiding behind the couch taking potshots at them. I did the party twice and both times the next morning sees a squadmate (Grunt the first time, Javik the next) horribly hungover in the bathroom, and if you keep talking to them eventually they imply having a crush on Liara, which I found hilarious, and I kind of hope it's a running gag and every single squadmate secretly has a thing for her. Grunt: Look, I found you a pretty stone. It's blue. 
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Supposedly if you somehow don't have a relationship or a living ex to have a drunken rebound with, you'll end up waking up with some rather unusual people. The party is actually pretty interesting, a lot of the dialogue changes depending on which type you throw and how you change it up.
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If you have issues like I did with origin you can digital download the game from Amazon.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:I just hate multiplayer and live in a timezone that precludes it. Just to be clear - you hate pvp multiplayer or co-op multiplayer? I had a friend same as you who refused to buy an online pass on Xbox because he didn't want to deal with all of the MW3 vitriol but when he found out it was co-op like Halo firefight, he was immediately on board.
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I finally bought and finished the citadel DLC and what a great way to end the series. One of the best DLC's I've spent money on honestly.
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Rick_Hunter posted:Just to be clear - you hate pvp multiplayer or co-op multiplayer? I had a friend same as you who refused to buy an online pass on Xbox because he didn't want to deal with all of the MW3 vitriol but when he found out it was co-op like Halo firefight, he was immediately on board. Yeah, I really don't get that. You don't even really interact with other players in ME3 MP, double so on PC where nobody uses VOIP, you just happen to have (up to) three other guys playing along with you in what is basically the best part of ME3, its combat, condensed into a separate game mode. Why someone would refuse to play that based on "MULTIPLAYER  " alone I don't quite get, but to each his own!
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I come in last just about every time, probably because I never really worried too much about weapons and such as much as I should have... 
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Cobalt Chloride posted:I come in last just about every time, probably because I never really worried too much about weapons and such as much as I should have... Doesn't rally matter, nobody other than spergy shitlords gives a gently caress about the ranking, and all the credits / xp is shared across all players anyway. So long as you're having fun, you're doing it right. The only exception here would be Platinum games where it's kind of expected that you should at least kind of know what you're doing, but then you really shouldn't play Platinum games with strangers in the first place anyway  E: Either way, this isn't the MP thread and I'll shut up about it now.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:I just hate multiplayer and live in a timezone that precludes it. Other people have already said it, but the ME3 multiplayer is really pretty fun. It's the first game I've every played multiplayer and it was easy to get into. If you run into any jerks you can just drop and find a new lobby, it's not that big of a deal -- but players on PC don't tend to even have mics, and the game's voice chat barely works anyway so it isn't a big deal. As for the time zone issue, there are always people on there. You may get stuck with the large contingent of Russian or other Eastern European players, but as long as your lag is manageable that shouldn't be a huge problem. Also, there isn't any over riding reason to play the multiplayer if you don't want to. They changed the EMS stuff with the Extended Cut so that it isn't an issue anymore. So if you absolutely don't want to try it, you don't have to. Just happily ignore it.
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I just stumbled upon and picked up the Omega DLC for 360 in what appears to be an unadvertised sale. It's currently half-priced at 600 MS-bux, in case you've been waiting for it to drop. Now if they'd only put Citadel on sale...
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Rather than focusing on the cost of DLC, focus on the cost of points. Dishonored is 2400 points. But I only paid $10 for 2400 points recently and so it became a $10 game. Full price would be $30, though.
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Wow. I've been experiencing Banshees for the first time. These things are genuinely scary and can be really stressful to fight. Bravo, Bioware. Also, read the Mass Effect 1 and 2 parts of the OP. Didn't realize those paragraphs spoil the entire games. Thank God I avoided those before I played them. I know the games are old, but why aren't there any spoiler tags that?
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Kibayasu posted:Bioware lowered the requirements for the "best" ending when they released the extended endings. I'm not sure if you need to have imported a character to get the bonuses required to get the minimum score though. I haven't done the math but getting the "best" ending may be tricky. The default Shepard didn't do a lot of side missions (including loyalty missions) and didn't recruit anyone 'optional' (this includes not just the DLC characters, but also Grunt and Legion since both had to be 'activated.') Just not having Legion has a big impact.
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monster on a stick posted:I haven't done the math but getting the "best" ending may be tricky. The default Shepard didn't do a lot of side missions (including loyalty missions) and didn't recruit anyone 'optional' (this includes not just the DLC characters, but also Grunt and Legion since both had to be 'activated.') Just not having Legion has a big impact. "Best" is also very subjective here.
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Keeshhound posted:"Best" is also very subjective here. I will always and forever use scare quotes to refer to any of ME3's endings.
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