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Post by Terminator Force on May 16, 2019 19:39:04 GMT
Just finished my first off world mission, bunch of researcher got turned to husks and had to cheese it on Insanity with primitive level 2/3 weapons. Basically do as much dmg as possible, exist bunker, repeat. Am now in another part of the galaxy and discovered a ship full of triggered biotics. Got 3 minutes to kill them all before hostages get destroyed. Gave a thumbs up for the ME1 love, though can't agree with you on ME3mp. Just want to say if you ever in the mood for some ME3mp, don't be shy to give an invite. Uhh I did the same but on Veteran as I have zero saves left. Did you get the hostages in time? Well I think mp portion of 3 is definately over for me, and thats why I fear it "ruined" sp.. but anyway, mainly I would like to skip most of 2 as its main story is very drab for me until last minute, where its ok. I have to see if theres some mods'n'stuff for that, as they say on the internets... Cheesed it by running passed them to save hostage (it's was that biotic politician fellow), as that battle was a trainwreck. But reloaded a save file before before doing the mission so can later when more OP so can kill the biotics for extra EXP. Am running renegade Shepard too this time around. Just finished bomb mission where my MAKO got stolen and the guy was a Turian instead of a human. Recall reading about this in the recalibrated patch notes that he was supposed to be a Turian. And funny how I missed out on this all those previous playthroughs as he was talking about being on the Turian side during the first contact war. In regards to your ME2 story not doing it for you, still works great for me. But yeah, don't do it all if it's not working out for you (this includes skipping loyalty missions). Main bits are the best parts anyway.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on May 17, 2019 5:57:51 GMT
Uhh I did the same but on Veteran as I have zero saves left. Did you get the hostages in time? Well I think mp portion of 3 is definately over for me, and thats why I fear it "ruined" sp.. but anyway, mainly I would like to skip most of 2 as its main story is very drab for me until last minute, where its ok. I have to see if theres some mods'n'stuff for that, as they say on the internets... Just finished bomb mission where my MAKO got stolen and the guy was a Turian instead of a human. Recall reading about this in the recalibrated patch notes that he was supposed to be a Turian. And funny how I missed out on this all those previous playthroughs as he was talking about being on the Turian side during the first contact war. Yeah, Elanos Haliat(?) or such, he triggered me originally by his voice and saying 'your kind'. I was like hmm.. well sounds like a turian but he's a human. In restored turian his nose was waggling around some static point which was quite funny as the rest or the body wasnt! lets see if I can find a pic.
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Post by brfritos on May 17, 2019 11:22:41 GMT
Oh no, I'm not saying that. I think you should install the mod and see what it changes. I didn't liked some changes, while others are very good.
But that's just me, maybe you like what they did.
And a Vanguard?! Wait untill you pick the protheans implants that subvert the gameplay mechanics entirelly!
You have one that enables you to build a Vanguard that PUNCH things, instead of using Nova. Ah... the joys and dangers of punching Banshees and Brutes.
And WoW! Cameo looks good!
Hm...I suppose I could give it a try after all I already love some of the new mechanics, can't wait to see and find out more I named Joker as my current XO, his service record is hilarious (Article blah blah 'stealing of a military craft and flying it without orders' ) Let me give you a hint then: wait until you recruit Javik and point him as the Marine Office.
Regarding the whole Vanguard thing, it's a risk strategy, I know. I won't spoil the thing for you, the main thing is you can kill and finish Banshees and Brutes by punching them, It doesn't require a ton of punches too. If you know how to do it, that's.
It takes some effort to learn the ropes (I died a lot for example), but after you do... Instant gratification.
It's one of the things that disappointed me greatly in ME3, melee. With a few adjustments the devs could've created something viable and great for some classes. I can understand melee being weak for an engineer, infiltrator or even a sentinel for example. But you have a vanguard and a soldier on the other hand
The very first thing I did when ME3 came out and I saw melee as a talent, was creating a vanguard focused on that.
What a waste.
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Post by brfritos on May 17, 2019 11:39:08 GMT
Let's also continue the adventures of Lianna Shepard... Finally awake after a hot night at Purgatory. Dance a little, drunk a lot. But what the hell am I doing snorting in the elevator? I remember I had a little help from Aria at one time, but that's it. Actually that's one of the few things I remember of. The other is James asking me AGAIN for drinks. Argh. And the dancers, remember the dancers. They were so liiimmmmber. Except it was all the crappy pole work. I searched for that soldier Mel after the twelve tequila shot mixed with batarian ale, but wasn't able to find her anywhere in the club. Oh well, there's always Kelly. Oh crap, now I remember! There isn't always Kelly anymore, she was liquified in that damn collector's base. Sniff. Allright, duty calls, let's meet the krogan leader and salarian dalatrass. Hope this doesn't start another war. And knowing Wrex I'm pretty sure tempers will spark, he asked why he should care about the turians and started to make demands. But holy hell, this one came out of nowhere, he wants the genophage cured! Oh joy, another supposed "friend" using the war to personal gain. What did I do to deserve this? And he has inside intel about the salarians, there is even footage about some shaddy work they did regarding the genophage. Udina warned me about dalatrasses, but that one was an major a-hole and was pissed about the whole situation! The only thing saving the whole negotiation was my skills and charm. Shepard's charm never fails. And I don't care, I need the krogan. So it seems the salarians kidnapped some female krogan that actually responded to Maleon's treatment. Arriving at their top secret facility and talking to the scientist responsible for clearing our team entry revealed they've might actually saved them! Later when speaking with the sole krogan female survival of the ordeal, she actually confirmed it. Nothing is ever simple with salarians, isn't. But oh my, look who is feeding information about the salarian's secrets. Mordin himself! I always liked Mordin, not only because of his scientific and combat skills, but his medical advices came handy a bunch of times. I enlisted to kick ass like everyone else, but if "has scales" comes with the package it's even better. Woman on Earth don't know what they are missing in the galaxy. Bunch of racists. But wait a minute! Alarms? Live fire is authorized? What the heck is going on? Don't tell me that... no, it can't be possible... but@#$DFDF%$... it#$THY&^&@#@... Cerberus? CERBERUS? Really?! WTF they are doing here? And they have cruisers, dreadnoughts and frigates now? WoW, even Mantis gunships, troop transports and heavy mechs? Ok, hold on! A whole army rivaling the three alien super powers of the galaxy combined?! Wait, wait, wait. Where's the alliance intelligence when you need it? Deploying troops in gas giants? And how they know about what's going on? An inside agent? A salarian helping a human fundamentalist group? Riiiiight... Mordin teorizes is a indocrinated agent. This means that TIM is already a pawn of the reapers and all his talks about controlling them is gibberish then. But, but, but... Fine, forget it! Let's take care of them, I have a schedule to keep. Man, those cerberus goons are all talk and no walk. Bozos. Their engineers are a pain on the other hand, always planting turrets on the battlefiled. If only someone could hack their combat protocols. What we need is an engineer, not a grunt, that's it! But who? Wait a second, I'm an engineer! This means I can hack their turrets and my work would be cut off by half. Thank god for the Alliance investments and training, hun? This means more drinks later since we have more time on our hands. Yeah! Wrex is trying to cover me, but you know what Wrex? Shoot the bastards, the Kodiak has guns! What is this, Mars archives upgraded to v2.0? Are you paying drinks for James and listening to him, Wrex? Damn, you really gone soft seating on that throne of yours. After things settle down and we left the planet - nice place the salarians have, no wonder they don't want to enter this war - on the Normandy we learned that Meleon's research might actually help to cure the genophage and ensure the female krogan survive the procedure. Mordin called her Eve, since human mithology is appropriate at this time and we don't know her name. But why everything has to be about religion? Why not call her "shiba", "numero uno" or "Nyan cat"? I will try discussing this later with Mordin, I learned from a merchant on the Citadel about a comedy group from the early 20th century on Earth called "Monty Python", it seems they dissect the subject thoroughly. Like I said before, I have a schedule to keep! Let's get on to Tuchanka, cure the genophage and hit the bar. Not yet, since more "favors" are being asked by Wrex and now even my turian allies demand more things from me. Please, make it stop! Ok, fine. It seems my potential ally, leader of the turian hierarchy and one of the mighty military forces of the galaxy is a dumb motherfucker! Why on Earth you put your own son to lead a delicate mission that gone wrong on the planet of your - once - arch-enemy? Don't fathers are supposed to look out for their sons? I was told he is a little unstable with strategy, albeit loyal when it comes to his troops, treason is not in his blood. But what is this, a dinasty? The king promoting the prince? I sure hope he son is qualified for this. And Rachni, Wrex? Again? The matter was settled on Noveria, the last queen promissed to disappear to avoid trouble. Are you saying she was lying and the decision came bite me in the rear? Oh, ok. So yeah, I need to squander the galaxy one more time to fix problems for others.
But another time, it seems Kaidan is fine after all and sent me an e-mail. Why he didn't used a direct communication method, like our haptic interfaces or a comm link is beyond me. And he was invited to be a spectre! Oh, this gets better and better, since spectres need to have great resilience, fortitude and strength. And since Cerberus put a lot of upgrades inside me, he sure will need all of it. Finally I will able to request my always post-poned vacations from the Alliance and spent at least A MONTH in bed with him. I should go.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 17, 2019 13:06:54 GMT
Hm...I suppose I could give it a try after all I already love some of the new mechanics, can't wait to see and find out more I named Joker as my current XO, his service record is hilarious (Article blah blah 'stealing of a military craft and flying it without orders' ) Let me give you a hint then: wait until you recruit Javik and point him as the Marine Office.
Regarding the whole Vanguard thing, it's a risk strategy, I know. I won't spoil the thing for you, the main thing is you can kill and finish Banshees and Brutes by punching them, It doesn't require a ton of punches too. If you know how to do it, that's.
It takes some effort to learn the ropes (I died a lot for example), but after you do... Instant gratification.
It's one of the things that disappointed me greatly in ME3, melee. With a few adjustments the devs could've created something viable and great for some classes. I can understand melee being weak for an engineer, infiltrator or even a sentinel for example. But you have a vanguard and a soldier on the other hand
The very first thing I did when ME3 came out and I saw melee as a talent, was creating a vanguard focused on that.
What a waste. I love running forward and then doing a heavy melee attack, it's like a mini Nova that doesn't deplete my shields first time I played a Vanguard in MP I tried to do the same thing, turns out that it's a Shepard only thing
I'm still getting a hang of everything that EGM added, it's like playing a brand new game the other day I went back to the Sol system to do some high risk extraction missions...only got caught by the Reapers once, now I know I need to grab them, and hightail back out of the Relay once I'm done
though I still kind of wish I were able to do some modding of my own...I hate husks, and specifically husks...the other Reaper forces don't give me nearly as much scare as they do (maybe it's 'cause they remind me of zombies...or the fact they used to be human...dunno) if I were able to mod I'd try find a way to change or remove husks from all three games...sadly I don't so I'll have to cope with it
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 17, 2019 21:28:53 GMT
So I've been doing some missions in ME3 (after de-installing some mods and doing a restart) at the moment I've recruited the Turian Primarch, Garrus is back on the Normandy (and my Gunnery Chief) I've also gone to Grissom Academy, reconnected with Jack (literally since she hit Cameo in the face ) we got everyone off the station safely tomorrow I'll be heading out to the summit with the Turians, Salarians and Krogan currently on the Citadel, having just gone to see how Kaidan was doing... and I dunno if it's a mod or if I haven't noticed this before, but was it always possible to talk to them after the first visit? (after the whole 'Udina offered to make me a Spectre' thing) because I just found out and it was nice (Kaidan did dance a bit around the whole 'about Horizon' thing, but I guess that's both him and Cam being stubborn love struck fools who don't wanna reopen old wounds)
for now I'm going to do some shopping on the Citadel, and then head for some sleep
I've also been looking at some more mods for another playthrough, saw one that looked interesting called Project Varietythe concept itself looks amazing, but I'm not sure how well it plays together with the other mods I currently have
also found a really nice clothing mod for Cameo, I just love it to pieces it has this little angel wing print on the back of the jacket, which really fits with the character song I have for Cam (Angel with a Shotgun)
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Post by Terminator Force on May 18, 2019 0:18:52 GMT
Played almost three Geth Incursion missions today. Chilled somewhere over the cover of a cliff and sniped me some sitting duck Geth dropping out of a Dropship. Took about eight lvl.4 sniper rifle shots each on Insanity, but wanted that bonus EXP from out of MAKO kills. Once finished, returned to a burning MAKO behind me. Doh, should have picked a better parking spot.
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Post by melbella on May 18, 2019 0:39:34 GMT
Once finished, returned to a burning MAKO behind me. Doh, should have picked a better parking spot.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on May 18, 2019 13:57:45 GMT
Played almost three Geth Incursion missions today. Chilled somewhere over the cover of a cliff and sniped me some sitting duck Geth dropping out of a Dropship. Took about eight lvl.4 sniper rifle shots each on Insanity, but wanted that bonus EXP from out of MAKO kills. Once finished, returned to a burning MAKO behind me. Doh, should have picked a better parking spot. As long as the Mako still has shields or health, it is fine to drive. If it has no health ans shields, you die as soon as you enter it. (I learned that lesson the hard way.)
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Post by Noxluxe on May 18, 2019 16:35:20 GMT
Just fished Liara out of the Prothean ruins and did some grinding around the galaxy for EXP and loot to sell to save up for Spectre weapons. Victoria Shepard is turning out to be a badass, killing with pinpoint accuracy from afar with the sniper rifle or directing the team with surgical precision while double-tapping anyone who tries to get into close quarters with her pistol. It's not as dynamic or fast-paced a playstyle as Amberly, my old Vanguard with an assault rifle, but still cool and satisfying. The conversations you have with Kaiden and Ashley in 1 have always been fascinating to me. The fact that there's a clear professional line between them and Shepard gives the talks this layer of tension that there isn't with any of the alien companions, or the more casually acquainted allies in later games. Like, I just had to essentially beat it out of Kaiden that he'd been hearing "below-deck rumors" about Liara and I because I thought he was just being an oversensitive tightass as usual, and then I had to turn around and shut him down on the spot because prying and making assumptions and giving unsolicited advice about his superior officer's romantic life, existent or not, is way out of line. Likewise every time he moons at me or makes not-so-subtle mentions of my alleged beauty, I have to decide if he's being unprofessional and needs to be called out before he disrupts the team dynamic, if he'd get the wrong idea if I acted appreciative of his flattery, or if he's just trying to show respect and admiration and would be hurt or alienated enough if I coldly shot him down for that to be disruptive. This level of complexity has meant that I've never felt comfortable romancing either of them, but it's also given Kaiden and Ashley a special place in my heart in each new playthrough because how Shepard treats them face-to-face and handles their idiosyncrasies is directly indicative of what kind of officer Shepard is under normal circumstances. That first chat with Chakwas and Jenkins before touching ground on Eden Prime had some of that too, with you either encouraging Jenkin's enthusiasm, ignoring it or telling him off for looking for a fight, and how you react to him suddenly rubbing your military history in your face. In my case of a Ruthless Shepard, with a fairly cold reminder that however impressive or decisive military victories sound in hindsight, they rarely feel that way in the moment, and thoughtlessly reminding people of memories like that isn't a great strategy for recruits hoping for a promotion this decade. It's kind of a shame that Inquisition and Andromeda didn't play more on these dynamics. It's good to be in charge.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 18, 2019 22:14:25 GMT
Today we rescued a Krogan female nicknamed Eve from Sur'Kesh, reconnecting with old ally Major Kirrahe, and old friend Mordin Solus Wrex was grumpy that there was only one female left, but with help from Maelon's genophage cure data Mordin said he could create a cure while Mordin was doing that, Cameo took care of some strange Rachni attacks with help from Grunt, the Rachni Queen was saved at cost of Grunt's squad...though Grunt himself survived back on the Normandy Mordin declared he had finished the cure for the Genophage, though would need to synthesize the cure at a facility on Tuchanka, which was being attacked by a Reaper Before they headed down to the planet, Cam was contacted by the Salarian Dalatrass who told her that the cure wouldn't work because the facility had been sabotaged. And if Cam would sabotage the cure, the Dalatrass would submit Salarian forces to the War effort. Cameo landed with Garrus and James, taking care of the Reaper forces and revealing the sabotage to Eve, Wrex and Mordin, they appreciated her honesty and Mordin claimed that he would be able to fix the sabotage once they arrived at the Shroud facility The reaper itself was taken care of by summoning a gigantic Thresher maw to it, which took it down with nearly no effort at all, Mordin sacrificed himself in order to get the cure working
The Salarian councilor was less then happy with Cameo's decision, but Cam couldn't care less. The Councilor told her he was worried that Udina was doing some dirty business and asked her to come speak with him on the Citadel.
And of course arriving there the station is under attack -again- by Cerberus this time, apparently Udina had gone in cahoots with them and was planning on handing over the Council to Cerberus on a silver platter. With help from Bailey and Thane, Cameo was able to make it to the Council in time, almost having to shoot Kaidan who was confused at Cameo's sudden appearance -plus the fact she drew a gun on Udina didn't help much either- Udina however drew a gun himself on the Asari councilor, forcing Kaidan to shoot him
with the station now again secured Cameo visited Thane in the hospital, where he'd been brought after being stabbed by a s.ob. called Kai Leng (Cam: *sharpening knife*) Thane joked that the other assassin should be ashamed that as ill as he'd been, he'd still beaten Kai Leng to his target
Traveling back to the Normandy, Cameo was stopped by Kaidan who voiced his opinion on the whole situation and asked if he could once again serve aboard the Normandy, Cameo accepted without a second thought
Afterwards we took care of a Turian bomb on Tuchanka -which would've killed millions if it'd been left there- We also did a few more side missions as well
I ended the day with recruiting our resident troll Javik the Prothean, heh...I love that guy Javik: *about the Salarians* the lizard people evolved? Liara: I believe they're amphibian Javik: they used to eat flies
-- Tomorrow I think we'll be heading over to do some more side missions, head over to the Citadel for some R&R and go help the Quarians with their little war against the Geth Cameo: *sighs* everyone sure picks a great time to go to war don't they?
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Post by brfritos on May 19, 2019 11:09:10 GMT
Traveling back to the Normandy, Cameo was stopped by Kaidan who voiced his opinion on the whole situation and asked if he could once again serve aboard the Normandy, Cameo accepted without a second thought Honest question: did you like his butt?
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 19, 2019 15:49:50 GMT
Traveling back to the Normandy, Cameo was stopped by Kaidan who voiced his opinion on the whole situation and asked if he could once again serve aboard the Normandy, Cameo accepted without a second thought Honest question: did you like his butt? no comment
...that's a yes
-- Currently I'm rethinking what class I want for Cameo, as much as I like playing a Vanguard...it's also the only class I know how to play the entire trilogy with I really want to try something new, I have noticed I'm better with the hybrid classes then I am with the pure classes, but I'm having trouble deciding between Sentinel and Infiltrator I am inching toward Sentinel more however (I do love my Biotic powers)
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Post by chonma on May 19, 2019 23:36:27 GMT
i began an let's play theese days on ME1 here's the link of the playlist (for thoose who aren't bothered by the fact that it's in french + i m too rusty on this game, resulting in not very skillfull combat) but i can guarantee you 100% of cringe C: and, to tease a bit for later part of the let's play, here's an screen from when i registered ep 9 or 10 (currently, the latest i ve uploaded on YT is the episode 4, cuz well, ADSL doesn't allow me to upload a lot of stuff quickly)
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Post by brfritos on May 20, 2019 23:59:57 GMT
After some time talking with Kaidan, it's best for Lianna return to save the galaxy. The first order of business is finding the PoS, motherfucker a-hole who told Kaidan about my brief satin and sheets play with Thane. What I was supposed to do? Being sexless the rest of my life? Let's not forget that Kaidan said pretty harsh things to me at Horizon and pretty much kicked me. Oh yeah, he sent me an "apology" during a trip to Omega to check some asari vampire of doom in which her mother, a member of my team, wants to kill her (asari are freaking NUTS). And btw, it was a very lame apology.
I was dead for two years Kaidan, that doesn't count for something? For me there isn't "after two years", the Normandy exploded, everything gone black and the next thing I know after opening my eyes is two years have passed. Note to myself: remind to thank Miranda for bringing me back. And he also didn't visited me while I was a "guest" of the Alliance, even with Anderson pushing him to do it because what? He didn't want to see me? Was he afraid? And I'm the one who should feel guilty?
Maybe Joker was right when he said this kind of thing is the reason he don't date crew. Perhaps I should've listen more to him, although he has the hots for the ship's AI and I heard pretty disturbing rumors about his collection of pornography. Like it's in the zetabyte size. I think I'll stick with my intuition then.
I still like you, you moron, but I'm pissed off right now and need something to shoot! Let's see. The reapers are invading, the turians are taking a beating, reaper troops are landing on Tuchanka, what options do I have to blow off some steam? Oh right, let's go rescue the primarch's son, who told me the turians planted a bomb after the krogan rebellions to neuter the krogan if they try to be smart again and the aformentioned bomb is in the hands of... Cerberus? Not this guys again!
Fine, let's shoot Cerberus then.
Not so fine was the result of the mission. The turian's primarch son is dead, the krogan now know what the turians did, Javik was depressing to hear and guess who has to fix the whole mess? Thanks for nothing, Hackett. Using my usual charm - Wrex, FU; Victus, go to hell; the two of you, FALL IN LINE - I was able to at least prevent the death of thousands of millions krogans males, females and children. Only at exchange of the turian's primarch son. OK, the guy was fucking incompetent and that's what you get for letting your parents dictate your life, but this is not a justification for wanting someone dead. War is hell.
After that my patience was depleted, so I wanted to wrap things up and finally go to the citadel for some time off. So yes Wrex, the rachni mission will be postponed. Ok. Travelled to Tuchanka, killed some reapers, pissed the salarians, escaped a giant tresher-maw. Oh yeah, also cured the genophage. You know, the usual, nothing out of the ordinary.
But yes, I have indeed found reaperized rachni on Tuchanka. It seems I will have to check this after all. After going to the Citadel, that's my next stop.
Except Wrex talk left me a little worried. Demanding new planets because your own kind destroyed the one you live in? There aren't a lot of garden worlds in the galaxy uninhabited the last time I checked. Building an empire? To build an empire usually you dominate other races by force or exterminate them or do a cohertion of some sort (it can be political, economical, societal or all of them). Also if you are forging an empire you will engage in war, it's blind idealism believing otherwise. And the latest census put the number of females at 1 billion in Tuchanka, each capable of producing 1.000 births. If 1% become pregnant at the course of the year we are talking an astonishing number of ten billion krogans. That's almost the population of Earth pre-reaper invasion! How the heck they will feed all of them? In two years we are talking about 20 billion krogans! And so on 10 billion each year! There will be physical space on the planet for all of them?
I sure hope Wrex knows what he's doing, specially because he said last year he wouldn't change what the krogan are at heart, when trying to unite the clans. It will be krogan renassaince 2.0 or krogan rebellions 2.0a with an upgraded version of the prothean's empire? Only time will tell. But it's getting colder in here? I'm feeling a chill.
No, that's not Leviathan you pervs, Ann Bryson has a thing for them, not me.
Allright, enough is enough. Mordin died - sniff, sniff, sniff - and I need lots of drinks because of it. Let's go to the Citadel, I bet the news will hit the station and set everything on fire, it will be party time. And Kaidan will be there, he will be happy to see me.
I'm sure of it.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 21, 2019 9:00:25 GMT
So the other day Cameo found a time machine...
What do you mean that's not a thing in Mass Effect?...Pff fine, I restarted her entire trilogy run to play as a Sentinel I still have her Vanguard (and Engineer) character files so I can always replay her if I choose to (or you know, change her role at the start of ME2 or ME3)
I picked Warp as a bonus power, since the only other bonus powers I have unlocked are already part of the Sentinel package and the only other one was Shotgun...which apparently isn't so useful for a Sentinel (plus Warp becomes part of the Sentinel powers in ME2 and ME3) still have to ponder what bonus power I'll pick in 2 and 3, was thinking Armor Piercing Ammo but haven't decided yet (I'd prefer to pick a power in 2 that is also available in 3)
Anyways...
We arrived to Eden Prime, landed...someone got killed (damnit Jenkins!), made a new friend (hi Ash!) and found out there's a wacky glowy turian going around shooting people in the back (bye Nihlus, would've loved to know you ) and apparently the geth are invading, turning people into weird glowy gurgling zombies that love warm hugs (stay away from me!) by putting them onto giant spikes
the glowy turian is apparently working with the geth, and used the prothean beacon we were supposed to find oh and he tried to blow up the colony with big f-ing bombs! Thankfully with Cam's new skill-set and some encouraging yelling from my squad members (shut up you two and shoot some geth!) we were able to disarm the bombs with time to spare. We found the beacon, but somehow it had started to malfunction pulling Kaidan toward it to give him it's loving embrace.
Cam shoved him out of the way in time but got caught in the beam instead. Cue horrible visions and brain scrambling, oh and a K.O. She awoke back on the Normandy with doc. Chakwas hovering over her, Kaidan stood nearby and apologized for what had happened. Please Alenko, it's not like you could've known what would've happened, don't sweat it, then Anderson came and talked about the glowy turian...who was apparently called Saren He then told us to tell our favorite pilot Joker to take us toward the Citadel to tell the Council Saren had betrayed them (they'll believe us, right, right? Pff...yeah right )
Arriving on the Citadel we first had a meeting with Humanity's ambassador Udina (*heavy sarcasm* charming fellow really), who blamed Cam for the destruction of the prothean beacon. Oh sure, know what, next time I'll let Saren destroy the colony, how about that, hm?...damn politicians At any rate, he had convinced the Council to grant us an audience, leaving with Anderson to prepare. And now we're left to our own devices...time to explore before heading to the Council
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on May 21, 2019 11:55:22 GMT
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Post by burningcherry on May 21, 2019 13:22:39 GMT
Read "barbarian" instead of "batarian". Was this intentional, Bioware?
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 21, 2019 15:01:44 GMT
Next: I agree with you on that planet...it's hard, last playthrough I thought I was going to get seasick
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Post by burningcherry on May 21, 2019 15:24:03 GMT
Next: Quite sure the creators didn't have time to design everything by hand so they just ran a random multifractal generator, chose the least awful outputs and tweaked some details manually for viability.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on May 21, 2019 15:36:29 GMT
Quite sure the creators didn't have time to design everything by hand so they just ran a random multifractal generator, chose the least awful outputs and tweaked some details manually for viability. Yeah something like that. Heightmap (map when on mako) + fractalize... and they ran out of power on X360 to smooth the terrain (my guess! or both time and power). Now compare this terrain to BDtS DLC terrain, which is actually mostly smoothed out, and some of the areas where something plays out like Elianos Haliat and such..
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Post by brfritos on May 21, 2019 20:13:11 GMT
So the other day Cameo found a time machine...
What do you mean that's not a thing in Mass Effect?...Pff fine, I restarted her entire trilogy run to play as a Sentinel I still have her Vanguard (and Engineer) character files so I can always replay her if I choose to (or you know, change her role at the start of ME2 or ME3)
I picked Warp as a bonus power, since the only other bonus powers I have unlocked are already part of the Sentinel package and the only other one was Shotgun...which apparently isn't so useful for a Sentinel (plus Warp becomes part of the Sentinel powers in ME2 and ME3) still have to ponder what bonus power I'll pick in 2 and 3, was thinking Armor Piercing Ammo but haven't decided yet (I'd prefer to pick a power in 2 that is also available in 3)
I still have my very first playthrough of ME1, ME2 and ME3 stored, Genneviéve Shepard.
And it is a Sentinel.
I like her a lot because it was the first playthrough, there is all the greatness and also the mistakes, since you don't know how the game will fold and what consequences will be carried out. For example, my LI in ME2 ended being... Jacob.
Bioware cheated a little in the second game, is very easy for a player being locked in a relationship they don't want to. They did the same in DA2, isn't?
And shotguns are always good, even my engineers in ME1 have shotguns and a lot of times play close and personal when fighting.
Quite sure the creators didn't have time to design everything by hand so they just ran a random multifractal generator, chose the least awful outputs and tweaked some details manually for viability. Yeah something like that. Heightmap (map when on mako) + fractalize... and they ran out of power on X360 to smooth the terrain (my guess! or both time and power). Now compare this terrain to BDtS DLC terrain, which is actually mostly smoothed out, and some of the areas where something plays out like Elianos Haliat and such..
I don't know if that's the only reason. Casbin, Chasca, Ontarom and Nodacrux have this same type of terrain and also have the same problems and behaviours of Eletania (that's the planet you are, isn't?), specially when you drive into the rough terrain and mountains. Trying to reach the prothean sphere in Eletania or the salarian beacon in Casbin is a pain if you are not carefull.
I'm not a programmer or level designer, but it appears there's something with the game physics too, since the Mako reacts with a surface in a very unnatural way. I drived off road vehicles like the famous "jeep" through mud and most of the time, that's not how the Mako reacts. Even if you take into account the zero gravity, the Mako reacts violently with any surface or object.
Still love it though...
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Post by chonma on May 21, 2019 21:09:12 GMT
ME1's mako is like skyrim's horses: the wet dream of any vehicle driver, aka don't give a sh*t about montains, trees, rocks, holes...just go forward and everything gonna be fine. brfritos the mako react like he doesn't got any mass (and gravity or not, your mass (KG) is still the same, not to mistake with the notion of weight(newtons) ) so, his inertia is non-existant, allowing you to simply do what you want and bounce around care-free like a ping-pong ball.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on May 22, 2019 5:02:45 GMT
Yeah something like that. Heightmap (map when on mako) + fractalize... and they ran out of power on X360 to smooth the terrain (my guess! or both time and power). Now compare this terrain to BDtS DLC terrain, which is actually mostly smoothed out, and some of the areas where something plays out like Elianos Haliat and such..
I don't know if that's the only reason. Casbin, Chasca, Ontarom and Nodacrux have this same type of terrain and also have the same problems and behaviours of Eletania (that's the planet you are, isn't?), specially when you drive into the rough terrain and mountains. Trying to reach the prothean sphere in Eletania or the salarian beacon in Casbin is a pain if you are not carefull.
I'm not a programmer or level designer, but it appears there's something with the game physics too, since the Mako reacts with a surface in a very unnatural way. I drived off road vehicles like the famous "jeep" through mud and most of the time, that's not how the Mako reacts. Even if you take into account the zero gravity, the Mako reacts violently with any surface or object.
Still love it though... Yeah its Nodacrux. Its mainly on the mountain side, but on Bring Down The Sky asteroid they had smoothed out most of the 3 to 4 triangle "jaggies". The thing I'm thinking is: did they have to actually put the whole mesh into memory at once for some reason, because planet doesnt seem to have any Level Of Detail reduction or adding happening when you drive around. Only the textures of objects are streamed in it seem, that might be the reason : big detailed landscape mesh takes a lot of memory. Mako physics are notoriously "pillowy" so to say, so if you have one of these 3 to 4 triangles consisting bumps on the map, it'll jog and fly over it
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Post by RedCaesar97 on May 22, 2019 11:32:19 GMT
And shotguns are always good, even my engineers in ME1 have shotguns and a lot of times play close and personal when fighting. Shotguns are fine on all characters, but Carnage -- the shotgun-specific power -- is not. If you have Barrier active, using carnage will end Barrier's duration prematurely. So it can affect Vanguard, Adept, Sentinel, and Soldier. (Although why would you put Barrier on a Soldier when you have Immunity?)
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