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Post by linksocarina on Apr 4, 2017 17:37:07 GMT
"Over the next two months" That is the only part I have issue with. They correctly identified the issues but the timeline on that needs to be seriously reduced. The state of the CC means I can't even start a new game till June? /sigh I know this stuff can't magically pop into existence overnight but it is pretty disappointing to hear it is going to take till summer for the game to be finished to an acceptable level. They need to identify the critical elements and prioritize those changes immediately along with the bug fixes. Unfortunate, but a lot of these things aren't exactly small and require time to fix and test. Frankly, I'm a bit surprised they decided to tackle this many issues at all. I'm not, I figured this was coming right before release, when Frazier was on these forums asking for feedback. The trick now is what will they do to improve it ten-fold, and will it be enough?
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Post by projectpatdc on Apr 4, 2017 17:39:07 GMT
"Improvements to male romance options for Scott Ryder" This made me laugh myself silly. Especially "female Ryder" needs improvement, Scot's is animated naked enough! But pandering to male same sex is "very" important in this day and age. So female straits, you ain't getting anything!!! Gay Scott has by far the worst options right now, both in terms of number and placement. A crewmember and an offship romance, both with significantly less content than squadmate romances. I won't deny that straight Sara has the next worst set of options, numbers-wise, but she does get 2 squadmates, including the starting squadmate you spend the most time with and a very story-important one, and an offship romance. Just realized you missed the part where it says " male options for Scott". Well, I'll leave that there, because it's true. Hopefully it means straight relationships too. Cora is the only straight female human which is pretty limiting for the vast majority of gamers You already have by far the most options, as well as all three female squadmates And gay guys have two gay human options. That's one more than straight men. Your point? I'm not into the alien biz
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Post by projectpatdc on Apr 4, 2017 17:41:05 GMT
Gay Scott has by far the worst options right now, both in terms of number and placement. A crewmember and an offship romance, both with significantly less content than squadmate romances. I won't deny that straight Sara has the next worst set of options, numbers-wise, but she does get 2 squadmates, including the starting squadmate you spend the most time with and a very story-important one, and an offship romance. Just realized you missed the part where it says " male options for Scott". Well, I'll leave that there, because it's true. You already have by far the most options, as well as all three female squadmates And gay guys have two gay human options. That's one more than straight men. Your point? I'm not into the alien biz. Unless gay people have multiplied exponentially recently, I would say stick to your majority of players
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Post by projectpatdc on Apr 4, 2017 17:44:02 GMT
You can manual save and there's an auto save the entire game. Main story missions are pretty slim so not a huge deal It is if you play on difficulties that are actually difficult. It really sucks being killed after a mid-combat encounter to be sent back to before the first combat encounter which you then have to power through again before reaching the point where you died. Actually sounds more fun like playing dark souls again. I'm going to need to play on insanity to give it a go I see your point though
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Post by flyingovertrout on Apr 4, 2017 17:45:35 GMT
Remember ME:2? Where you had beautiful feminine women
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Post by hiffwe on Apr 4, 2017 17:46:53 GMT
Well, I guess I'll start NG+ in two months then.
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Post by Lorn on Apr 4, 2017 17:51:25 GMT
>improving male Ryder male romance options So, gayness is a priority for Bioware then. Of course it is, we will see if the animations are as important...
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Post by Lorn on Apr 4, 2017 17:53:47 GMT
This is great actually, they are addressing a lot of the complaints about the game at least. Makes me want to wait a few months before I continue playing tho. :lmfao: Bioware shouldn't be focused on appeasing tumblrinas though. That's all they've been doing for the past two games though.
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 4, 2017 17:56:40 GMT
>improving male Ryder male romance options So, gayness is a priority for Bioware then. Many people were asking to be able to complete one of the achievements denied their RP preferences. Unclear what you are suggesting ~ that is a good thing surely.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 4, 2017 17:58:13 GMT
BTW, what's that about? Why single her out for adjustments? I know there was a bit of discussion about this character (who would have guessed?) but putting adjustments to a conversation with a minor NPC into the road map for the next couple of months seems strange nonetheless. Are they really that insecure about their stuff? IMO, there are way more important writing issues to fix than this.
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Post by vilegrim on Apr 4, 2017 17:59:49 GMT
>improving male Ryder male romance options So, gayness is a priority for Bioware then. judging by the avatar you would want them to put in child abuse and gang rape as a priority....oh sorry rape is myth right, women are just testing, the screams are approval.... And children all want sex as much as adults...just swallow that red pill and vote Trump!
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Post by shechinah on Apr 4, 2017 18:00:17 GMT
Of course it is, we will see if the animations are as important... I don't know why you can't see it now? It's listed right there in the same place as the above priority you mentioned? I'll paste them here in my post in case it's technical issues on your part - Fixing Ryder’s movements when running in a zig zag pattern - Improving the appearance of eyes for humans and asari characters - Improving localized voice over lip sync - Ongoing improvements to cinematic scenes and animations
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 4, 2017 18:01:12 GMT
BTW, what's that about? Why single her out for adjustments? I know there was a bit of discussion about this character (who would have guessed?) but putting adjustments to a conversation with a minor NPC into the road map for the next couple of months seems strange nonetheless. Are they really that insecure about their stuff? IMO, there are way more important writing issues to fix than this. The dialogue got some serious criticism from some. Recording one dialogue line counts as an 'easy fix' I imagine, and we're all going to have differing opinions on what's important.
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Post by vilegrim on Apr 4, 2017 18:01:27 GMT
This is great actually, they are addressing a lot of the complaints about the game at least. Makes me want to wait a few months before I continue playing tho. :lmfao: Bioware shouldn't be focused on appeasing tumblrinas though. They should be appeasing the mighty MRAs and Alt-right, child rape for everyone!
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Post by mikeymoonshine on Apr 4, 2017 18:03:20 GMT
BTW, what's that about? Why single her out for adjustments? I know there was a bit of discussion about this character (who would have guessed?) but putting adjustments to a conversation with a minor NPC into the road map for the next couple of months seems strange nonetheless. Are they really that insecure about their stuff? IMO, there are way more important writing issues to fix than this. Many trans people are uncomfortable with their birth names but Hainly just openly tells it to you when you are like a complete stranger, so it could be that It's a bit unrealistic I guess.
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Post by duxcro on Apr 4, 2017 18:04:45 GMT
Heh. Guess i'll play the game in 2 months then. Waited for years, so what's another 2 months for a proper game?
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Post by mikeymoonshine on Apr 4, 2017 18:05:46 GMT
Bioware shouldn't be focused on appeasing tumblrinas though. They should be appeasing the mighty MRAs and Alt-right, child rape for everyone! Maybe you all could just stop hating each other instead?
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Post by Link"Guess"ski on Apr 4, 2017 18:06:54 GMT
Unfortunate, but a lot of these things aren't exactly small and require time to fix and test. Frankly, I'm a bit surprised they decided to tackle this many issues at all. I'm not, I figured this was coming right before release, when Frazier was on these forums asking for feedback. The trick now is what will they do to improve it ten-fold, and will it be enough? Are you enjoying the game now? Will you enjoy it more if it runs better and has less jarring animations? Look, they're never going to suddenly turn a mediocre game into a 10/10 here. They're just going to maybe raise what can feel like a 6/10 to a 7/10, maybe 8 if it turns out really well. Even with technical and presentation jank aside the story and writing is still so fundamentally shoddy that it can't reach the heights of ME1 or ME2, not even ME3 :contempt:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 18:07:19 GMT
Bioware shouldn't be focused on appeasing tumblrinas though. They should be appeasing the mighty MRAs and Alt-right, child rape for everyone!
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 4, 2017 18:10:54 GMT
BTW, what's that about? Why single her out for adjustments? I know there was a bit of discussion about this character (who would have guessed?) but putting adjustments to a conversation with a minor NPC into the road map for the next couple of months seems strange nonetheless. Are they really that insecure about their stuff? IMO, there are way more important writing issues to fix than this. The dialogue got some serious criticism from some. Recording one dialogue line counts as an 'easy fix' I imagine, and we're all going to have differing opinions on what's important. Exactly. Imagine everyone who criticizes BW for their writing of specific characters would need to be catered to. I think BioWare should own what they put out, also in this case. Yes, people may criticize it but making a change now after the fact is ... somewhat cowardly, IMO. The game does take place in the year 2819 after all. Societies and people change and not all people are the same (transgender or not). This is not a "fix" IMO, it's a controversy getting yet another poke. Maybe that's the idea though, right? Any publicity is good publicity. It's a SciFi game playing 800 years in the future, where we run around alien planets in a different galaxy with railguns and a jetpack and have romances with other sentient species. And one single transgender character within this future society who is not afraid to tell you their former name is so unrealistic that it needs to be patched? Even so offensive apparently that the upcoming patch needs to be on a road map for the next couple of months, so people can calm down already? Sometimes I am more confused by today's society than the Mass Effect one.
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Post by amleth on Apr 4, 2017 18:12:01 GMT
Allowing you to skip ahead when travelling between planets in the galaxy map Increasing the inventory limits More options and variety in the character creator Improvements to male romance options for Scott Ryder Adjustments to conversations with Hainly Abrams It's a start I suppose. Also interesting and disappointing to see that they are only fixing inaccurate representation of and gay butt sex (meaning that they do have the ability and resources to fix bad writing) whilst completely ignoring the total breakdown of logic that is no attempted murder in space or that idiotic defiance of population control baby quest.
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Post by vilegrim on Apr 4, 2017 18:14:38 GMT
They should be appeasing the mighty MRAs and Alt-right, child rape for everyone! with 97.5% of the MRA movement being convicted sex offenders, and 31.2% of those offences being against children, anyone who uses that damn frog is supporting rape and pedophilia and I will attack them for it, with the Red Pill wing of the Alt-Right/MRA movement believing rape is a myth, I will attack them, where ever and when ever I see the sick fucks.
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Post by mikeymoonshine on Apr 4, 2017 18:16:54 GMT
It's a SciFi game playing 800 years in the future, where we run around alien planets in a different galaxy with railguns and a jetpack and have romances with other sentient species. And one single transgender character within this future society who is not afraid to tell you their former name is so unrealistic that it needs to be patched? Maybe to some people, this is kinda getting into what it means to be trans tho I personally didn't have much of an issue with it but every trans person I have heard an opinion on it from thought it was a dumb conversation. Though that's like only a few trans people.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 18:16:54 GMT
I just went "awwwwwwww" Its so great theyre doing this, working to improve the game... I think some developers would just fix the bugs and leave it as that, but theyve taken the criticisms well and theyre working to improve things, and I think it shows that they care about the products they make and giving their fans a great experience... like people have already bought the game but theyre doing this just basically because theyre nice people
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 18:18:15 GMT
Annndddddd ofc more politics, good job bsn
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