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Has anyone found some kind of "you should really know this" piece of gameplay information? Like how in ME2 you had to do everything before the Collector ship since afterwards you only had time for one mission before the crew would die? I'm going to mostly stick to roleplaying since by now my Ann-Katrin Shepard has a very well developed personality, and I'm willing to not do everything 100% perfectly, but I can't help but worry about potentially causing some MAJOR screwup 
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Tricky posted:So far, just do all the available side missions (or whichever ones you feel like doing) before each priority mission and it looks like you're clear.
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Mar 6, 2012 16:50
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Lawlicaust posted:vvvv - The worst part about this character creator (which can be said about several other character creators) is that you really can't tell what your character is actually going to look like. The creator is much darker than most normal settings and the angles really don't allow you to see some features properly. I had to restart and remake my face because my features didn't turn out right (because I couldn't see jaw/cheek depth properly even when turning it to the side). Yeah, I gave a kinda rough complexion to my Shepard (which I also had to recreate from scratch because the importer made a caricature), since she's a relatively older and rougher character, but in the very first cutscene, with all those bright cold lights, she looked like she'd just recovered from five years of chemotherapy. That one was pretty much the worst case though; it got a lot better in different lights. And I kinda liked the thought that all the Collector and Reaper poo poo she went through had ended up making her look ten years older.
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Mar 6, 2012 17:54
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Jim Sterling fanning the flames over the Tali thing. 
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Mar 7, 2012 05:50
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The guy who does Questionable Content (please don't derail into whether it's a good webcomic) made this shirt: http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=QC-HOPING&Category_Code=QC 
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Mar 7, 2012 10:33
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What's the deal with the scanning system? Can I afford to scan every planet at least once without locking myself out of crap? Also, "the system will stay locked until you complete one mission" - does that mean any mission, including the N7 stuff?
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Mar 7, 2012 15:15
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Charlie Mopps posted:If you find an upgrade again it improves. It turns from Sniper Rifle Ammo I to II.
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Mar 8, 2012 09:54
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Any non-spoilery recommendations about good NPC choices to bring to specific missions? I mean in terms of content and dialogue, not strategy. Someone recommended DLC guy for the Asari homeworld, any others? On an unrelated note, EDI's concept and dialogue are even dumber than I was expecting, and I was expecting a lot... but goddamn it, this game is so relentlessly bleak and depressing that I find myself savouring any amount of comic relief I can get.
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Mar 8, 2012 20:58
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Does the DLC guy ever show up going on 'shore leave' while you're docked at the Citadel, like most (all?) other party members do? If so, where?
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Mar 8, 2012 21:41
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No-spoiler answers please: I've read a billion posts about how unsatisfying the ending(s) were. Were they anywhere near as bad a disappointment as the "endings" in Deus Ex: Human Revolution? About the Atrium fight on Grissom: Ham posted:I was on hardcore as infiltrator and I took that mission as soon as it popped up. Got destroyed a lot, turret + atlas + engineer (repairing Atlas constantly) as well as guardians flanking you from every side was just too much. Fun level anyway.  ):Part 1: - Tell your squadmates to stay back in the corridor, on the left side. Open the doors, don't rush forward, stay just far enough back that they won't close. - The Atlas can't attack you from here, so keep sniping it until you take it out. Use your powers and your squadmates to crowd control any enemies that approach. - Everybody moves to the right side of the corridor. Take out enemies as they pop up. - Carefully move through the doors and find cover for everybody around the bottom of the stairs. There should be a bunch of Guardians coming down said stairs; Mail Slot them as they come (snipe through the eyehole) while your squadmates cover your left flank. - Once no more moving enemies are left, take out the turret at the top at your leisure (I'm not sure if there was another one near where the Atlas was, if so, do that one first). Part 2: - Once you open the door, RUN forward and then to the right. There should be a structure that provides tall cover towards the wall and low cover upriver, hide there. IMMEDIATELY take out the engineer trying to set up a turret in the direction of your low cover. Next, check your squadmates and see that they are in decent positions. If they fall it's not a huge deal and don't take big risks rushing to their help, there will be lulls in the battle so they might even recover on their own. - From now on, it's an attrition fight. Constantly check that your low-cover side stays clear, that's your #1 priority because you can actually get grenade-flushed out of cover from there, which is awful (sometimes a few enemies will appear across the river, check that too). Then keep peeking past your tall-cover, #2 priority is Centurions and the like approaching from that side, if they do, use POWERS first to stop them, and THEN take them out with your side-weapon (which really ought to be set to cryo-ammo, btw). - Pretty early in the fight there will be a few Guardians approaching from the stairs near the door you came in from, which will probably threaten to outflank your squadmates. Cloak up and mailslot them if you at all get the chance; this is more or less the only time it's worth it to leave your position. - Finally, you can start taking pot-shots towards all the enemies hiding up the wall and behind the cover at the bottom of said wall; don't worry even if the engineers set up turrets in those positions, they aren't a real threat from where you are. De-shielding and sabotaging those turrets will actually save you a ton of time, in fact. NihilCredo fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Mar 9, 2012 |
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Mar 9, 2012 08:27
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evilmiera posted:Edit: Ahahah, I'm not sure if this was due to skipping a part of the conversation or what, but suddenly me and Liara are having a conversation by bouncing our words at a nearby wall, because why else would we be turning our heads and staring at it so hard? I also once had Traynor tell me about a new message by standing at her usual post but rotating her head approximately 170°. That one fixed itself after two seconds, though.
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Mar 9, 2012 12:02
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Question: how's the money situation in this game? In ME2, with all the DLC, I could afford to buy almost every single upgrade (and probably could have gotten them all with some more efficient choices / not paying for scar therapy). In this one, considering that I'm 100%-ing every single system and doing every sidequest, can I afford to just blindly upgrade ever weapon to level V before using it (Not necessarily the mods, which I mostly wait to find around, just the weapons themselves)? Every time I get a sidegrade weapon, I'm torn between giving it a try and knowing that, as a level I weapon, it's guaranteed to suck compared to the one I've had from the start unless I sink ~20k into it. Also, a hint for the controls: switch the uses of Shift and Spacebar, then set one of your mouse's thumb buttons as a redundancy to Shift, and use your controls like this: Hold Spacebar: tactical HUD Press Shift: roll Hold Shift: sprint Press mouse thumb: cover (during combat), interact (out of combat) I used this since ME2 and I found it much better than the default config. NihilCredo fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Mar 9, 2012 |
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Mar 9, 2012 12:08
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Extra Smooth Balls posted:I think you just lose a bit of readiness and don't have to look at her weird puffy face and ugly dress.
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Mar 9, 2012 13:34
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Longshot007 posted:Also, I didn't talk to or see a single hanar the entire game. Except that ad for Blasto 6: Now with Elcor Sidekick. Though now that I think about it, you probably only get that sidequest if you did the Kasumi DLC in ME2. (If so you aren't missing much beyond the cameo, it's literally a fetchquest.)
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Mar 9, 2012 14:39
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Gato posted:I've been checking lists of powers and it looks like Shredder Ammo, Flashbang Grenade, Geth Shield Boost and Dominate aren't in the game any more. What happens if you transfer a Shepard with those powers? Would be nice to know if I need to respec my ME2 Shep before importing...
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Mar 9, 2012 14:42
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Revenant Threshold posted:That's not the case. I started with about four or so powers boosted to their first choice, and 20 points.
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Mar 9, 2012 14:51
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TheSpiritFox posted:So has anyone gone to the upper bar in purgatory and had a few too many drinks yet?  (incidentally, can you get drunk the first time you go to Purgatory or does it take a while? 'Cause I haven't seen any clickable barmen.)
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Mar 10, 2012 09:48
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Infiltrator question: once you account for the annoyance of weight and ammo, is the Black Widow really that much better than the Viper (which seems to be the closest counterpart) or would I be better off dumping those 238k into a ton of mod upgrades?
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Mar 10, 2012 22:33
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Speaking of romances, it seems that in this game you can't make booty calls like in ME2, right? After the first romance chat with Garrus I never got to talk to him again. Goddamn it I want that wine :/ (Also, there wasn't any option to yell at Mordin for attempting to set him up with the female Krogan)
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Mar 11, 2012 12:56
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I think Javik and EDI shouldn't have been party members. It's kinda jarring that I'm walking around with a guy from a never-even-heard-of species and what is pretty blatantly an AI and most people don't bat an eyelid. Don't get me wrong, sometimes there is acknowledgment and it's cool, but every time there isn't it kinda bothers me. At least Legion in ME2 got recruited very late, so that one time the security guard commented on it felt like it was enough, since you were immediately off to the final mission.
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Mar 11, 2012 14:01
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Arrival is pretty much Bad Storytelling 101; just read its wiki article or watch the cutscenes on Youtube to understand how it connects ME2 to ME3. Overlord is decent, and getting to play with the Hammerhead a bit more pushes it up to good if you enjoy that (I did). Plus it has payback in ME3.
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Mar 11, 2012 15:18
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dmccaff posted:How do I equip heavy weapons? I've picked a bunch up on my travels but I see no way to equip them. I'm a sentinel if that helps. Though if you're me, you will only find them after you've defeated whatever boss they were supposed to help you with anyway 
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Mar 11, 2012 16:36
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Kainser posted:Yeah, the resolution and encoding of the cutscenes is pretty drat bad.
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Mar 11, 2012 18:23
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Some of this stuff is from several pages ago, but I'm in the Old World and I have to sleep, so  Creepy Goat posted:Fairly certain he is, there is a load of 'gay banter' between him and Cortez, and he is always really really awkwardly adverse to my femsheps 'seriousy' flirting. Someone claimed they bedded Vega as a maleshep after his N7 chat, but can't verify that so doubt it's accurate. So far it seems he is completely un-romancable by both genders. doctor 7 posted:I think the best part of that game is the "Please stop touching that" Salarian on Sur'Kesh. Holy poo poo that part of the game was utterly amazing. ChronoReverse posted:You might think that but even if you spec out your sniper rifle perfect and have all the abilities related to it, you'll never take stuff out as fast as with a properly upgraded pistol with the right abilities. gently caress cover, press Space to headbutt. Dr. Red Ranger posted:This sounds like Wrex. A krogan with shields, barrier, AND immunity? I never let him bite it on Virmire, but even if I wanted to I wouldn't believe you could just "put down" an invincible raging space lizard berserker-biotic.
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Mar 12, 2012 08:07
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Ambiguatron posted:Jack has the best line in the game. I'm like 30% through the game but that isn't even Jack's best line: "Hey EDI, nice body. Now you look more like a sex bot than a sex toy." Goddamnit I could barely stand ME2 Jack no matter how attracted I feel to bald punk chicks, but ME3 Jack is awesome, why couldn't she have been a party member this time?
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Mar 13, 2012 07:28
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Quick question: On the second Priority: Citadel mission, which squadmates are fun/interesting to bring?
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Mar 13, 2012 14:35
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50% through, throwing in my 50 cents:Wolfsheim posted:-The Day-One DLC. Worth it? Do you miss out on not having it? Did it feel cut out of the main game?
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Mar 13, 2012 21:37
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dud root posted:Has the thread discussed cam toe and do we agree its hosed up The most ridiculous part of EDI's body, IMO, is the "hair". There's one conversation where she spergs a little about it, and all I could think mid-giggling was "you guys got your '70s sci-fi in my '90s sci-fi!" 
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Mar 14, 2012 07:57
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^^^^^ You can get hit by the claws a little later, and those definitely one-shot you.Bongo Bill posted:'Cause that's about as Renegade as it gets. However, at the end of the Tuchanka mission I revealed the intrigue to Mordin and I had what is now officially my favourite scene in the entire goddamn series: Shepard: Every time we've talked about this before you've defended the genophage! How can you change your mind now? Mordin: I MADE A MISTAKE! Mordin: I made a mistake... focused on big picture. Big picture made of little pictures. Too many variables. Mordin: Can't hide behind statistics. Can't ignore new data. My responsibility. That "I MADE A MISTAKE!" was such an absolutely perfect delivery, it completely floored me. I subsequently hit the top-left option with barely a conscious thought. e: I can't find a Youtube copy, there's a million ME3 streamers but it seems everyone does pure paragon or pure renegade only. I might have to record that myself. NihilCredo fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Mar 14, 2012 |
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Mar 14, 2012 13:21
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skoolmunkee posted:Please do, I really want to see that :] Well other people have posted vids with the critical part, but since I had already recorded it I might as well upload it anyway - what's one more redundant youtube? (There is also one earlier choice than is different from either of the other links) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9AYCc0SUQ skoolmunkee posted:Oh... oh my god. That first one is appalling. Although, now I wonder what it looks like if you have the replacement salarian doctor, when Mordin dies in ME2. I'll keep an eye out for "fuckup Shepard" playthroughs.
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Mar 14, 2012 14:09
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Creepy Goat posted:Oh god I just saw the Wrex follow-up afterwards, what kind of monster would do that Yes, in the worst of circumstances, it requires you to betray and kill one friend, and second-guess and murder another. Which is why I couldn't see my Shepard doing it, even with all the tough decisions and sacrifices she had already made. But a different one could have made that choice and have reasons far from monstrous.
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Mar 14, 2012 14:26
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SiliconX posted:2. Is there actually any point to the Firing Range in the Citadel other than testing your weapon damage? Any kind of scoring or minigame? My only complaint is that the targets are a bit too weak, so the more powerful sniper rifles and shotguns just one-shot everything and you can't properly evaluate the damage. Oh, and it would have been nice to have a purchase interface in there, but I guess it would have made the actual market areas seem redundant. At least the range is right next to the Spectre purchasing terminal, so you can quickly test the super-expensive Spectre weapons and reload if you decide they don't fit your style.
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Mar 14, 2012 15:33
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Doctor Spaceman posted:By the end of my game I'd bought all of the armour, one Spectre gun, and the fish / ships, various upgrades, and I still had some left. Not enough to get a second Spectre gun though. Speaking of armour, does anyone use the Collector armour? Bonuses or not, it looks pretty retarded. I could see a crazy melee guy wearing the fantasy-style arena ones, but the grey goo is just...ew. The Cerberus one feels pretty silly too from a flavour point of view, although it looks good otherwise.
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People who like lightweight shotguns might actually want to give the Talon heavy pistol a try - it's effectively a mini-shotgun. Heavy for a pistol, but I think still much lighter than most shotguns. Throw in damage and magazine upgrades and it could make a great close weapon for a powers-focused build. I always give it as a secondary weapon to my squadmates who have the assault rifle + pistol weapon combination, since squadmates are unaffected by weight and the Talon is ideal in close combat. Alternatively, if you *really* want to save on weight, the collector's edition SMG (the Hurricane) deals absurdly high damage - it's the only SMG I've found so far that actually tears through armour, the others barely dent it. The downsides are that it's horribly inaccurate and relatively heavy, but that can be compensated via a scope mod (if it's your main weapon) or a weight mod (if it's a sidearm); the other mod should almost always be a magazine upgrade. (Personally, my Infiltrator is rocking Black Widow [Ammo, Concentration] + Hurricane [Magazine, Weight] and I still have a very respectable +104% to power recharge. The Cryo ammo, by the way, is lovely with the Hurricane or any SMG.) NihilCredo fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Mar 14, 2012 |
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Mar 14, 2012 17:27
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Chexmix posted:I hate how soldier is the default cutscene class - I just got back to the Citadel and kept wondering why the gently caress Shep was trying to shoot at Kai Leng instead of just, I don't know, throwing a singularity at him, then detonating it with a warp? Or maybe using Pull? Knocking him down with a Shockwave? gently caress, I don't know, she could have used any of her biotic powers at all to stop the dude and instead she's running around waving her gun.  .
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Mar 14, 2012 17:40
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adamarama posted:Just about to boot this up but have a few saves from ME2. Without story spoilers, what happens when you import an ME2 save where Shepard is the lone survivor? Do you get replacement companions? Or is there jsut more companion choice if everyone lives in ME2? NihilCredo fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Mar 14, 2012 |
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Mar 14, 2012 17:59
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You get Fortification as a bonus (loyalty) power from one of the default squadmates very early in the game, and Defense Matrix from another one later. I haven't tried them but they might be what you're looking for, they're not the same but they're both defensive buff. There's also Barrier if you kept Kaidan alive. Alternatively, play Infiltrator and use cloak as effectively a "second shield" (or, more likely, a first shield). NihilCredo fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Mar 14, 2012 |
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Mar 14, 2012 19:14
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Grey Fox V2 posted:Garrus, EDI, Tali, Liara, Javik, James, Ashley and...?
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Mar 14, 2012 19:28
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poptart_fairy posted:Then you never saw the drunk Ashley scene.
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Another comparison I heard for the ending was "Original Evangelion ending bad". Just one more reason why I'm milking this game for every hour of playtime it's got. I've been told that the poo poo begins with "a white platform", so I might whip out the vodka when I see that.MadRhetoric posted:But if you're not selling Renegade as dumbfuck, then Hale's "I'm too old for this poo poo" almost growl is endearing. Different strokes, I guess.   
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