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Post by dazk on Jul 20, 2019 4:50:47 GMT
I am doing the quests I have in the journal "Sudden and New" Hekates quest and then the one to weaken the zones ("Give them Hades") and was then going to do "A Dark Horse" where you go see Persephone as I thought I needed to do the others before seeing her. Is that right? I am also completing the quest to find the ability upgrades as I go to each zone. I can't recall perfectly, but I think it was wise to do at least a few tasks before speaking with her. We were advised to do so by someone, I think. Hermes, maybe? I messed up my PT by being super completionist beforehand, as is my wont. Then, I ended up having to traipse across Elysium again and again, as I received quests in cleared areas. I need to get back into this game enough to wrap up the story. I dropped it about 15 minute into Hades. I'd just had enough of Kassandra and the core gameplay loop. Maybe I'll give it a go this weekend, time allowing. Yeah Hermes gave me the quests I am completing now. The first area I still have some stuff to clear but will go see Persephone when I play shortly as I was heading to her region anyway. I can't help but clear stuff as I go, my second PT of the main game became a nightmare because I stopped clearing stuff as I went so I wouldn't to do things in particular forts two or three times but it meant when I finished I had so many things left uncleared!!!!! So just going to live with having to do stuff twice!!!
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Jul 20, 2019 11:00:43 GMT
Went through Atlantis, improving my Isu Knowledge and gathering Adamant ingots. I've crafted two weapons at the Forge, a dagger (for a warrior) and a mace (for an assassin... ). Continuing to zip around collecting ingots and knowledge. Navigation continues to be a bit of a drag, but damn - does it give you a view... Also helped out the Archons. Dude - it was 100 metres away. I really feel like you could have handled this yourself...
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Post by colfoley on Jul 21, 2019 0:03:11 GMT
So I went ahead and respecced like I said I was going to. I swapped out Ghost Arrows of Artemis ( ) for the Rain of Destruction with the Upgrade. And then I have kept Vanish...for now...because of its upgrade...but I did swapout Shadow of Nyx for Heroic Strike I didn't get a chance to use either though because...reasons. Actually its something that's always found fascinating about this game that you just go through large swaths of gameplay without using certain abilities whereas in most other games of the type...like DA...you are using your abilities when you can except for when A. you are out of stamina and B. if they are on cooldown. But the abilities in this game are really tactical...and I approve. Just the only real issue is it feels like sometimes that these abilities are wastes of a slot because they just aren't used. For the Mastery Abilities I started out and maxed out Adrenaline per headshot, getting it 50 percent. Or through experimentaation between 2 and 3 bars of Adrenaline...so now Alexios is almost like Kass in that he has a lot of ways to get his Adrenaline up and keep it up, which is vital...at least for my play style. I think after that I might've upgraded the damage while using Hunter Abilities, which I have concluded is better then base Hunter damage. And the rest of them were split between headshot damage, crit chance, crit hit...and the rest of the points I get in the game will continue to be split between the three. Anyways despite not trying out this build too much I still think it has a lot of promise. Gone is a lot of my complaints about keeping myself waiting for GoA to recharge. Its a lot more fast paced and brutal then before, still maybe a little slow when I am playing through with Predator Shot, but it gives Alexios at least some versitality and some speed which should make things go faster and well might even have narrowed the gameplay gap between him and Kass. They are still quite distintive but still. Maybe even more Arrow like? (One day I will stop doing this I swear...but then when DA 4 comes out hopefully I can become someone else in Thedas...something else. ) All of this to say though I might have to respec AGAIN because I found my first Keeper's Insight and it gave me a boost on the Call to Arms...which is really good because I like the idea of picking people off with a murder clone. Or at least weakening them. So if I decide to respect what should go...upgraded vanish...or Hero Strike? So yes I found my first Keeper's Insight and I had a little bit of a hunch about it and pro tip for anyone else playing the game which I hope isn't considered a spoiler...but I think I would've appreciated this tip. Around Atlantis there are three question marks just on the outside of the city. It occurred to me that these might be the Insights I was right. I checked one, got said insight, thanks to the public images I've confirmed a second one and pretty sure I know where the third is. On the other hand getting and unlocking the knowledge segments seems to do little. Would've been nice to get like five extra ability points. But nope Alexios says he's just changed. Little in the way of spoilers since the only thing I really did was screw up a stealth section.
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Post by dazk on Jul 21, 2019 1:40:57 GMT
colfoley I agree re the abilities, I really only use Poison, Rush Assassination and Heroic Strike and that's all. Get into stealth, RA enemies and if they don't die in one hit I hit them with Heroic Strike and its all over. The only others I use after that are more for melee situations and they are Ring of Chaos, Shield Breaker and Second Wind. So in Melee I'll take the main guy out with Heroic Strike, then RoC the rest, do a few sword hits and then HS is usually off cooldown. Rinse and repeat. Battle Cry of Ares I only use by mistake, except on the very rare occasions when Second Wind is on cooldown. I cannot even remember the last time I used my bow but even then its Multi-Shot for hunting mainly and Devastating shot to knock a Merc of a horse. Actually after writing that down I am going to reconfigure my melee task bars. Not sure how much the next DLC differs but I have not in any way had to change my combat abilities or tactics for the first one and whilst I have all four of the upgrades have not used any of them.
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Post by dazk on Jul 21, 2019 1:56:54 GMT
So yesterday cleared more forts, destroyed more statues and found the last ability upgrade. Then spoke to Persphone, retrieved the horse and gave it to her and got a kiss. Does what you do with the horse have any impact later on or in the next DLC, happy to be spoiled, wont be changing my decision or playing it again for a while? Was really pleased with my retrieval of the horse, took down every guard (and Kolossi) by stealth and released them from their Hypnosis EXCEPT the last three who wouldn't leave the front door, they got RA'd. Pic's Happened on Hekate singing and playing the lute (?), if its her VA singing she has a nice voice, much better than the people you hear in the street. This guy was the last guy I took down in a fort, he was standing seemingly getting cranky at the door, wildly gesticulating etc. Sorry mate I am taking the Horse, not getting between Persephone and possibly Hades!!!! Yep Kass is pretty special and thanks for the kiss, I think? Scenery and a nice snap of a kid strolling through the field of flowers
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 21, 2019 5:01:29 GMT
I turned on Odyssey today for the first time in weeks. I confirmed that I've now collected all ship designs on this save file, so no more logging in just for weeklies.
I noticed some new bugs have been introduced on PS4. The Aegean was a bit pixelated a few times. My crew will only sing a line or two of their shanties before falling silent. I hope those get fixed, given what a huge part of the game sailing is.
I didn't play beyond sinking that ship and its companions. The idea of running about again as a misthios, even one with super powers, isn't so bad. I think it's the fantasy, super hero story with which I'm exhausted. I've always enjoyed the Isu subplot in the series, but I feel that Odyssey went way overboard. I never wanted to be drowning in Isu. Just learning a bit more lore each game was enough for me.
That being the case, I'll eventually get back to finishing FoA. The new gear and cosmetics look cool. Alexios will have some cool options whenever I manage to finish this PT and begin a NG+ with him. I really miss Alexios. He's definitely my favorite protagonist of the two.
In regard to the discussion above, I actually use nearly all of my mapped abilities very regularly. There are too few to leave them unused. If I could map more Archery skills, I'd use even more. With an optimized crit build, you can excel at all three combat styles at once, making every ability viable.
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Post by dazk on Jul 22, 2019 1:55:31 GMT
So yesterday the story moved along some more in Atlantis. Is it just me but I hate Adonis yet I feel like I have no choice but to help him????? Anyway, recruited all the guards I needed for him as well as recruiting Leonidas whose ass I kicked and all the while I am thinking I don't care to help Adonis and his cause. Anyway then investigated who the spy was and whilst the evidence lent one way I went with the option I thought Adonis would like least. Not sure if it will make any difference. Did a bit of a ride around with Hermes, still not sure what that was about and next of to see Hekate. No pic's FRAPS had one its naughty moments!!!!
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Post by colfoley on Jul 22, 2019 4:31:56 GMT
So I finished Atlantis...that was fun. Its certainly no Trespasser or anything even close to that...but it had a pretty solid (if rushed) ending. Anyways this might be a little bit of a long and rambling post I am afraid because did a lot, saw a lot, and have a lot of thoughts. So last night I got on and I finally started to get along with the rest of the story. While I am sure I might go into more detail on this later but essentially during one of the quests what I thought was bad story design ended up being bad gameplay design. So I finished up with everything and hunted a few of the last pieces of the Diekestes armor sets. Ran into a bit of an issue where I ran out of quests that I wanted to do for a time and it wouldn't give me any new ones. Pro tip...there are basically no side quests in the last chapter of this DLC. Aside from the obvious...but they are all important and all come back around and all are neccessary for plot and thematic reasons. Also one of the quests was a throwback to finding your real padre in the gates of Atlantis. Finally though I got through it and got onto the rest of the DLC which was actually quite a doozy. Which brings me to...all the rest: Despite everything this final part did end up being enjoyable. I suppose at the end of the day it might've been a mistake to leave the story for the end like I did but I think I pretty much did a completionist playthrough of episode 3...the horror. Though I did like it how you didn't *have to* do everything to get the knowledge segments and max it out.
So essentially after doing all the stuff for the Archons, solving their plagues, squashing their rebellions, got invited back to Atlas's Doma...and he says he is leaving the game and he walks out leaving me alone in his throneroom...which did not last long. Also one of the Archons did ask me to go kill a bunch of humans and squash a rebellion. I said I would go destroy their supplies...I do so...and end up slaughtering them all because they were in Isu armor...but they are humans. So yeah I had to reload because I thought I was killing Isu when I was killing humans so I actually reloaded to do it right.
Then Elpis...I think that was her name...wanted me to help her become an Isu so she could get with Atlas. I wasn't entirely sure I could trust the woman's motives and plus Isu tech has been show to turn people into Werewolves, Writing Horrors, and apparently corrupt just by being near the stuff. So I told Atlas what she was planning...and he killed her for it. Then sicked all his guards on me which was fairly predictable. And then I went through them like a hot knife through better...though I almost died to the last guard...then I left.
Afterwards I bumped into this boy who wanted me to look into the dissapearance of his parents. An ambush, a sympathetic Isu, and killing a formen later I tracked them to an Isu labratory, where one of the scientists was experimenting on humans to turn them into creatures. All the creatures we bumped into in the game...and a bunch of new abominations. Aita finally offered me a choice: Either let a bunch of humans die, or find out what Alexios's 'destiny' is. Naturally I did chose to save the humans but it was really tempting and they (the writers) certainly sold it well.
I actually am rather impressed by the the choices in the DLC, other then the first one a lot of them have offered interesting moral connundrums and a lot of really tough calls. Its going to be curious to see what the other options are...even if only on Youtube...though Kass might let Elpis do her Isu research.
Which then leads me to the ending. I was actually really surprised to see Juno of all people in Atlantis. While I don't know a lot about Assassin Creed lore I do know she is basically one of the head honchos of the Isu and I think she was the one who talked to Desmond at the end of AC 3. Though I might be wrong about that. Otherwise...isn't she and her husband a real piece of work?
The implication behind their 'harvester' reject...think...and boy was that a frustrating boss fight...did make reference about killing...everything. Isu...and human. So they basically created a rage monster. That is thematic is hell.
And so is the ending. The powers of destruction and using that destruction to destroy Atlantis, I saw it was coming, but it was still quite chilling to witness. And good on Poseidon and a few of the others. So about the ennnddinnng: Going on the end of it I had one question on my mind well technically two, how would they wrap up the Layla stuff and how would they use what is going on with Alexios to teach Layla (and by some extension the player) about the dangers of the staff and thus 'redeem' her? Or would redemption be possible?
And well all of it wrapped up rather nicely tieing the three DLC parts together and then tieing it into the story. Elysium...the dangers of control...Hades the dangers of Chaos...and Atlantis...to use great power wisely or else it could literally destroy anything. Maybe a little blunt but it really works...because that is what this game has been advocating maybe from the beginning (if not the franchise?)
See it was made quite clear by Legacy that The Cult of Cosmos weren't the precursurs (hurk da durr) to the Templar Order...that was the Order of the Ancients. Which then begged the question...what was the difference between the two then? Well despite Aspasia's grand design it really seemed the Cult represented the forces of 'chaos', they just wanted to go around and seed as much chaos as possible for their own benefits. Aspasia might have had higher ambitions but it was clear the organization was not *hers* anymore. And even then her plan was all about *freedom* which is tied with chaos.
Meanwhile the Order of the Ancients was definitley about Order...and purging anyone with the Bloodline who they could not control for their own ends.
Too much Order, too much chaos is not good. Power corrupts and when is used wrong people die and suffer. And ruling is never a good idea. Maybe a simplistic message but one that apparently needs to keep on being said.
Which brings us to Layla. She apparently does learn this lesson by the end and starts acting more like *herself* at the end, though I thought her turn around was maybe just a bit *too* fast. I mean she impaled Otto severing his spine and then is all like 'what have I done'...oh and they brushed aside Victoria's death. Still, in the end I am glad she has apparently come to her senses. So with that done I am done with the DLCs. I must say ultimatley they were a bit of a dissapointing experience all and all. Still good, still 'worth the money', but it was clear that they were made by a different studio with less production value. Hell some of the LtOG offer a more complete and fullfilling package. They made weird writing decisions and bits of it were fleshed out that shouldn't have been and other bits were rushed which should have been expanded upon which made a really disjoined experience. And despite the importance of its philosophical lesson, it wasn't quite enough to raise the quality of the DLC just more like 'hmm interesting'. I still don't regret getting it and I still enjoyed them. The best thing the DLC offered was its gorgeous vistas and its fun new combat options. Granted some of the enhanced abilities were worthless but both Fury of the Bloodline and Rapid Fire have a lot utility. In the end this was an interesting way to end my time with Alexios. Unless there is a LtoG which drops that I have to play with him this is the end. A journey of 150 hours and 76 levels. I really enjoyed my time with him and this still overall remains a great GP experience. I look forward to finishing up with Kass and then maybe doing a third canon PT at some point. Also took some time uploading pictures... (don't worry no spoilers for Atlantis. k She's cute when she's pissed: Barnabas and Kassandra: Kassandra used head cock of confusion...it was most effective. Kass and the Burb Kass in a tomb: Kass wants something...that Kyra does not want to give. The two most gorgeous women in the game. Finding mom: The three most powerful women in Greece The three Spartans ...and now funny, non spoilery, glitches:
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Jul 22, 2019 5:00:15 GMT
but it was clear that they were made by a different studio with less production value. The Odyssey DLCs were made by a different studio...? Why?
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Post by colfoley on Jul 22, 2019 5:05:16 GMT
but it was clear that they were made by a different studio with less production value. The Odyssey DLCs were made by a different studio...? Why? I don't know but that is what I have heard from multiple sources and I tend to believe it...especially since they did a dev diary interviewing and going Behind the Scenes talking to the director of the DLCs...just the DLc...not the game. As for the why I don't know but it does happen. Both Inquisition and Andromeda had 'help' from BioWare Austin...the Descent DLC I believe was made pretty much exclusively by them. Sometimes it works...sometimes it doesen't.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Jul 22, 2019 5:08:14 GMT
BioWare Austin...the Descent DLC I believe was made pretty much exclusively by them. Sometimes it works...sometimes it doesen't. Good point. I'd forgotten that one. Descent was certainly the least of the Inquisition DLCs for me.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 22, 2019 5:10:48 GMT
BioWare Austin...the Descent DLC I believe was made pretty much exclusively by them. Sometimes it works...sometimes it doesen't. Good point. I'd forgotten that one. Descent was certainly the least of the Inquisition DLCs for me. Meh for me that was Hakkon. I loved Descent (that music tho) and looooovvvveeeeeddd Trespasser.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jul 22, 2019 5:14:00 GMT
I thought only LotFB was developed by another studio, while FoA was the same as the base game.
Also Descent was my favorite DAI DLC. JoH was fine, and Trespasser can be cast in the same pit LotFB and FoA deserve to be thrown in.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 22, 2019 5:46:30 GMT
I thought only LotFB was developed by another studio, while FoA was the same as the base game. Also Descent was my favorite DAI DLC. JoH was fine, and Trespasser can be cast in the same pit LotFB and FoA deserve to be thrown in. you might be right actually I need to do more research on it. It would also make sense this Atlantis> Baby.
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Post by dazk on Jul 22, 2019 22:23:38 GMT
So Atlantis part 1 annoyed the hell out of me yesterday, had a headache and little time and every quest was go here do this come back, go here do this come back etc. and every quest was not near a FT point and required climbing a mountain or two. Then to add to it the quests were just stupid, go poison the wine then get told they knew I was doing it and then run away, give the woman some special water which she takes, OH and of course now she tells me that it was because she thought someone was dead but I had just rescued them. So I have to do the damn quest again. Then rather than be able to talk to Hekate after completing a mission while she is just standing there, no she needs some alone time and I then have to Fast Travel and walk 300 metres to talk to her. In a game this big this sort of shit is unnecessary!!!! And if I have to go and rescue one more person and carry them somewhere!!!!!! To add to all this, I was being distracted by my kids so I have no idea what is going on story wise and what conversation choices I made on a couple of occasions, so who knows what's going on or what impact it will have!!!! Add the fact that I just don't care about Adonis and his cause, Persephone, Hermes or Hekate and it REALLY isn't helping me make any conversation choices or particularly care about what is going on at all. Anyway glad I got that off my chest!!!
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jul 22, 2019 22:29:06 GMT
dazk It's only going to get worse, believe me.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Jul 22, 2019 22:36:42 GMT
Finished Judgments of Atlantis. It was the best of the three Atlantis chapters, for me (and better than any of the three LotFB chapters, as well). I finally, finally got the hang of navigating the damn place as I cleaned up some lingering quests before progressing to the chapters "endgame". It really is beautiful Predictable quest was predictable ...although there was a tie-in I didn't expect, so I guess that's something. No context, but spoilery images for Atlantis chapter 3 endgame...ye've been warned... Ew. Yay. Another glowing orb. Poor Poseidon. I think I believe that he actually wanted his city to be a better place. And, then...it was over... Kassandra is just...so done... And so am I. Not because I hated, or even disliked it (because I didn't), but nearly 160 hours on a PT is just insane, for me. I need a break. I've loved almost every minute walking in Kassandra's boots - and tolerated every minute in Layla's - but I need a change of scenery. I'm thinking Thedas Chaire
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Post by colfoley on Jul 22, 2019 22:41:14 GMT
My sympathies Dazk. So I went back to being Kassandra yesterday and putting her back on felt like putting on a very snug glove Ahem. Though I think I am still a bit in Archery mode from playing Alexios for the last week and getting used to his playstyle. Think I am using the bow more then I usually do...bit too much perhaps? Either way though it is interesting because she is a better Archer then Alexios was an Assassin so its still working out. Also I am the luckiest SOB around. So it was indeed an interesting bit of a coincedence after finishing FoA I went to go meet Daddy in the game with Kass. Bit surprised that he did not in fact point you in the direction of the Medusa...just the one in Beotia...like they expected you to find the other three before meeting him. But then the quest marker does mention that there is one in Lesbos...for no reason. Weird. So I did go to Lesbos and ran through and did a lot of quests. Ran into the Fort...ran into the Leaderhouse...then ran into a Doctor whose medicine and 'tools' somehow ended up in said Leaderhouse and Fort. Which was quite...annoying. But I got through it and well I wasn't intending to kill the leader...but my stealth infiltration was of course blown because I was trying to be cute and I shot the leader...and suddenly it said 'confirm cultist kill'...the leader was a cultist! In fact the leader was the cultist you get through the clue in the Arena so I don't have to do the Arena anymore...I can just finish the game! Finally though one of these things I don't know why...but ran into this just hilarious quest. One of those quests that you get as a result of doing the main campaign. This woman wanted me to kill bears to make wigs for bald people since they were so ugly and she was just laying into Hipokrates and I don't know I just burst out cackling and then cackled some more at the way she was just insuting him...and promptly missed most of the dialogue. But did the quest. So with that out of the way I think I will probably finish the main campaign by next weekend then time to take Kass through the DLCs.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 22, 2019 22:43:43 GMT
Finished Judgments of Atlantis. It was the best of the three Atlantis chapters, for me (and better than any of the three LotFB chapters, as well). I finally, finally got the hang of navigating the damn place as I cleaned up some lingering quests before progressing to the chapters "endgame". It really is beautiful Predictable quest was predictable ...although there was a tie-in I didn't expect, so I guess that's something. No context, but spoilery images for Atlantis chapter 3 endgame...ye've been warned... Ew. Yay. Another glowing orb. Poor Poseidon. I think I believe that he actually wanted his city to be a better place. And, then...it was over... Kassandra is just...so done... And so am I. Not because I hated, or even disliked it (because I didn't), but nearly 160 hours on a PT is just insane, for me. I need a break. I've loved almost every minute walking in Kassandra's boots - and tolerated every minute in Layla's - but I need a change of scenery. I'm thinking Thedas ChaireI'm probably heading to the Mojave wasteland myself after Kass.
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Post by dazk on Jul 22, 2019 23:05:41 GMT
dazk It's only going to get worse, believe me. Well that's just great!!!!!
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Jul 22, 2019 23:09:22 GMT
dazk It's only going to get worse, believe me. Well that's just great!!!!! As with most subjective things - which includes all forms of art and entertainment - there are at least two positions. Mine is that Elysium is easily the worst of the three Atlantis chapters. And Atlantis is the best. To each their own
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Post by colfoley on Jul 22, 2019 23:10:26 GMT
Well that's just great!!!!! As with most subjective things - which includes all forms of art and entertainment - there are at least two positions. Mine is that Elysium is easily the worst of the three Atlantis chapters. And Atlantis is the best. To each their own And see, I preffered Hades.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Jul 22, 2019 23:11:57 GMT
As with most subjective things - which includes all forms of art and entertainment - there are at least two positions. Mine is that Elysium is easily the worst of the three Atlantis chapters. And Atlantis is the best. To each their own And see, I preffered Hades. The system works!
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Post by dazk on Jul 22, 2019 23:14:26 GMT
Finished Judgments of Atlantis. It was the best of the three Atlantis chapters, for me (and better than any of the three LotFB chapters, as well). I finally, finally got the hang of navigating the damn place as I cleaned up some lingering quests before progressing to the chapters "endgame". It really is beautiful Predictable quest was predictable ...although there was a tie-in I didn't expect, so I guess that's something. No context, but spoilery images for Atlantis chapter 3 endgame...ye've been warned... Ew. Yay. Another glowing orb. Poor Poseidon. I think I believe that he actually wanted his city to be a better place. And, then...it was over... Kassandra is just...so done... And so am I. Not because I hated, or even disliked it (because I didn't), but nearly 160 hours on a PT is just insane, for me. I need a break. I've loved almost every minute walking in Kassandra's boots - and tolerated every minute in Layla's - but I need a change of scenery. I'm thinking Thedas ChaireNever thought I'd say it but I am hearing you, my patience in Atlantis has worn thin after almost 500hrs straight of ACOD. And as you say its not that I haven't loved it but yeah I need a break, but I need to finish the DLC or I probably wont go back and do it. I have started an MEA PT but I may for go that for the time being and go kill Aliens and bad guys in Asia, and New York in Crysis for a while, it'll be something different and have not played it in years and it has been calling to me. DA, ME, MEA and AC I have done to death over the past 5+ years. Time for a change.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 23, 2019 23:14:12 GMT
So off to start the 'endgame' more or less. Just having trouble finding hippocrates to finish his questline.
Before thaat though off to fight the Medusa. Died twice, first time to a fecking snake in the maze...I realized my health was too low too late as I was already attacking the damn thing and it bit me. Second time...I got stabbed through the heart by Medusa. That thing does massive damage. I was going in and out dodging, didn't really rely on arrow fire that much for her, and she was a slippery...snake...as she dodged multiple times as I was lining up for a fury of the bloodline or a Heroic Strike. But I did get her in the end.
After that it was to the battle of Pylos which I almost lost...but then the cutscene triggered...I don't know if it was supposed to do that or not...
It was kind of an interesting twist of fate since Herodetes mentioned 'returning Athens to her former glory'...which sounded a lot like a certain other phrase used by Kleon...and real life politicians. I would have applauded the game on its subtlety...but then Aristophanes mentioned his 'Orange Ape'....so...that happened. The 'debate' between Kass and Sokrates is also still pretty ridicilious, but I think she handled it maybe a little subtler then Alexios did. Also keeping the 'Orange Ape' in mind and other political connotations it is certainly...interesting that they portrayed a 'supporter of Kleon' as a shrill, obnoxious, yelling woman. I will just leave that there.
I also slaughtered a lot of mercs since they are after me with the bounty. Off to go find out what happened to Thespis next...
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