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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 14, 2023 20:19:52 GMT
Terrible galaxy state Shepard finished up ME2. Did Tali's loyalty mission and turned over the evidence. Tali wasn't loyal and the fleet is now fighting amongst themselves. The Collectors attacked the Normandy and abducted the crew. Instead of going after them Shepard decided to do the Hammerhead missions. (got to get that Prothean sphere afterall) Then came the part I was looking forward to, the suicide mission. Here's a rundown: Woke up Grunt just before hitting the Omega 4 relay. (I also had sold Legion to Cerberus earlier) Jack died in an explosion Thane died in an explosion Garrus was impaled by a beam Jacob took a rocket to the face The crew was dead by the time I got there and I did not give Chakwas an escort so she never made it back to the Normandy Kasumi died leading fire team 2 Mordin died holding the line Grunt died from a fall (feel a bit sorry for him since he basically just woke up) Miranda was crushed by a beam Luckily Zaeed and Morinth survived so Zaeed was there to pull Shepard up. Shepard did destroy the Collector Base. The Normandy is so empty now. The only crew on the whole ship are Shepard, Joker, EDI, Morinth and Zaeed. Interestingly enough Morinth supported destroying the base. What an awful universe to be in. As it stands, there's no hope for the Galaxy.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 14, 2023 5:03:36 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 11, 2023 5:33:36 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 10, 2023 16:38:26 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 7, 2023 6:06:12 GMT
I loaded up MELE on my PS5, and did a quick import of my ME1 save into ME2 to see Shep continue Vanguard instead of changing her to a Soldier. It was just a test run, skipping through scenes and avoiding items. I forget how fun and fast-paced Vanguard is in the sequels. She dies and comes back to life, and is still a strong biotic, albeit dazed and confused. She may not have lost most of her biotic methods of combat, but her world is still turned upside down. She was dead for 2 years, and was brought back to life by, of all people, Cerberus. She now has to..cooperate with an enemy faction, in a more lawless side of the Galaxy, and everyone she knew has changed, for better or for worse. The risk and reward of a Vanguard is so fun, and everything in combat is so intense. So, why on Earth am I giving up a fully fledged Vanguard experience spanning all three games for the sake of a f**king headcanon involving her going from a Vanguard to a Soldier in ME2 & an Infiltrator in ME3, both only having one biotic talent. That's no way to have fun. So, whenever I get a chance, I'm restarting MELE, giving Shep a new name, and keeping her as a Vanguard fulltime. Her bonus talent in ME1 will be Singularity. Her bonus talent in ME2 will be Slam (or Reave), and her advanced weapons training will finally be the Claymore. In ME3, she will have Flare as her bonus talent.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 7, 2023 0:47:43 GMT
How about a Barrier Soldier who transitions to a Vanguard in ME2 and ME3?
My question is how on Earth can it be plausible for a Soldier with Barrier in ME1 to become a Vanguard in ME2? One is more passive than the other. A Soldier with Lift or Singularity in ME1 would make more sense, right?
To be honest, I don't know what I want to do, anymore. I just can't seem to experience something without feeling like I've made a mistake midway through.
I'm trying to make a Shepard that will be my canon, my one true Shep forever, so there's a lot of pressure.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 6, 2023 23:44:58 GMT
How do you feel about this?
A Soldier in ME1, with Barrier for the bonus talent, making her even more of a tank, and raising the stakes, and she is to wear heavy Onyx Armor for the whole game, to be lore friendly. I was thinking about doing this to make Shep's biotic talent more passive, and then in ME2 and ME3, her talent is more aggressive.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 6, 2023 1:54:23 GMT
Thinking about doing a course correction in Mass Effect. I kinda want to change her name. I'm also thinking about making her a Soldier with one biotic talent in all three games, making her combat abilities more down to Earth compared to other characters, and possibly raising the stakes.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 2, 2023 6:51:29 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 31, 2023 20:53:39 GMT
An Asteroid even larger than the one that took out the Dinosaurs millions of years ago, was on a collision course towards Terra Prime. The ones responsible for this attempt in Mass destruction were a band of Batarians. Shep foiled their plans with ease, but she had to let their leader go to save hostages while saving the colony in the process. Shep took care of the situation involving the Geth and the Thorian on Feros. Unfortunately the the Thorian's influence found its way out of Feros, and she had to deal with its creepers elsewhere. There was also an issue with Cerberus turning a pioneering colony into a crypt full of Husks. There was also a freighter filled with them, as well. She took care of them all the same. It wasn't execution. It was mercy. Next came Noveria, and like Anderson said, it was trouble, with the arrival beginning with a standoff that could've ended badly, over firearms. After helping solve a conspiracy, Shep was able to gain access to the mountains of Noveria to find and deal with Matriarch Benezia, and the Geth. Turned out it was a bigger situation than expected. The Rachni, an insect-like race that terrorized the Galaxy thousands of years ago, have returned. The Rachni Queen was held in a science facility, and without her influence, her children became unhinged and feral, attacking anything that moved. Benezia extracted information from the Queen regarding the location of the lost Mu Relay, which may lead to the Conduit. The Matriarch was taken down, and the Queen spared with the promise of building a new life for the Rachni. This ain't like that Michael Bay flick:Little Colony Of Horrors:Post Feros Syndrome:Of Ice And Rachni:
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 30, 2023 7:06:14 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 28, 2023 6:12:13 GMT
The Geth have decided to pick a fight in the Armstrong Nebula. Shepard heads there to wipe them out before it's too late.... I do this every time.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 27, 2023 5:42:40 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 26, 2023 6:31:30 GMT
The lovely and courageous Commander Shepard, currently crusading the Galaxy, righting the wrongs of different situations. Ya know, there are more than just a Rogue Spectre and homicidal Geth to worry about out in deep space. ...and let's not forget the Reapers on the horizon... The camera man is either bold or rash... To the moon, Shepard! These were inspired by real photos taken during NASA's Apollo Program. The light at the end of this tunnel infested with dead mercenaries...
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 25, 2023 5:54:39 GMT
The hunt is on... What were the odds the Mako would lead her out here? I spy with my little eye someone blue. With Liara saved, it's off to Eletania to find a magical Paragon Point giving monkey...
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 24, 2023 5:27:25 GMT
Restarted my Shep. This time on Xbox Series S. She has been rechristened to Ilia, named after the character from the movie Star Trek: The Motion Picture, a movie I grew up watching. Her name was Quorra, named after the character from Tron: Legacy. My Shep has the same face & backstory as before (along with her classes for each game), I just felt that it was only fair to name her after a character from a movie I loved since childhood, rather than a character from a movie I only like and have no sentimental attachment. Anyway, images: She ain't having it... The camera man sure loves his job taking pictures of Commander Shepard. Eat your heart out, Conrad Verner... Enkindle what?
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 23, 2023 5:41:58 GMT
I installed MELE on my Xbox Series S (it's the only next-gen console with a 30fps mode), and started a "test/dummy" Shep in ME2. Do you know how long it's been since I played ME2 on an Xbox? 13 years, back in 2010, the year I played both ME1 & ME2 (played ME2 first, then ME1 several months later) for the first time, on the Xbox 360. Yeah...
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 21, 2023 19:04:24 GMT
Okay, so I've decided to stick with FemShep's Default Face. In the end, no custom face I make can hold a candle to her. She's perfect the way she is. But I will not let the face I made go to waste. If anyone else wants it, here is her IDENTITY CODE: 6L3.KAA.JBG.D6W.JG6.1ST.9A1.711.GH5.17B.4GA.GIG.1 You got her phone number? What do you mean? That's a face code.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 20, 2023 5:56:47 GMT
Loaded up my ME3 save. I wanted to test her with a shotgun in the armax arena, even though she's an Infiltrator. I'm continuing NG+ (next up for me is ME2), but since ME3 has no "Veteran" difficulty, the next best thing would be hardcore. Yeeaaah, I think I'm going to stick with the sniper rifle & SMG. A shotgun is too risky. I tried the Claymore and Crusader. Either way. It's not advised to be so close to an enemy after shooting and waiting for cooldown. Besides, I like sniping enemies down. My Shep is a Vanguard in ME1, but I still use the rifle (with high explosive rounds) from time to time thanks to MELE.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 18, 2023 4:39:18 GMT
Okay, so I've decided to stick with FemShep's Default Face. In the end, no custom face I make can hold a candle to her. She's perfect the way she is. But I will not let the face I made go to waste. If anyone else wants it, here is her IDENTITY CODE: 6L3.KAA.JBG.D6W.JG6.1ST.9A1.711.GH5.17B.4GA.GIG.1
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 17, 2023 0:47:07 GMT
Alright, went on ME1 this morning to test a custom face, which was created in ME3 first. The pictures below are just a "test" Shepard, or prototype. Still a work in progress. Subject to change. If this works out, she'll have the same Name, backstory, classes, and choices. She'll be a Vanguard in ME1, a Soldier in ME2, and an Infiltrator in ME3. Despite the circumstances, she'll still be using a shotgun as her primary weapon, even in ME3. In ME2, I'm going to pick the Claymore instead of the Widow. I want to make it look as though the shotgun is still her preferred weapon. Wow will have to try and remember to do that, she looks bad ass - no takin' prisoners with her. She's still going to be mostly Paragon. Only few Renegade options and interrupts from time to time. And this is IF it works out. I may change my mind.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 15, 2023 16:30:09 GMT
Loaded up my ME2 save and visited the Normandy crash site again. There is a strange glitch when you place the memorial at any random spot. You fall through the ground and die out of nowhere. Might go on Mass Effect and try to make a face again. On a side note, making a custom face is hard, at least for me. I'm always a stickler when it comes to this. Custom faces can look too plasticy with a dead panned stare. There's also trying to make sure there's as much consistency from ME1 to ME3 as possible. ME3 is always the wild card with this. It's very possible for your Shep to look good in ME1 & 2, then look like crap in ME3.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 15, 2023 5:25:51 GMT
She headed to Noveria to investigate. Turns out there were a lot more problems than she anticipated. *I decided to give her light Onyx Armor instead. She looks great in it, and it looks more story appropriate (considering she's N7), and it made the game (on Veteran) a little more challenging without being unbearable.After dealing with the Matriarch, and freeing the Rachni Queen, she dealt with more feral Rachni. Then, it was off to Virmire. *I made a change in a cutscene involving the indoctrinated Salarian who attacked you if you opened the cell. Instead, he panicked, and killed himself attempting to break out. Instead of the Virmire battle theme playing, some eerie music played instead, because of the decision not to let the crazy Salarian out of the cell. It really gave a more foreboding tone, adding to the mystery surrounding indoctrination. Rana ran as usual, and the base was destroyed, with great cost. With the help of Anderson, she stole the Normandy and headed to Ilos. Chasing Saren took her from Ilos all the way back to the Citadel, where she confronted him one last time, until Sovereign stepped in *I decided for Shep to shoot Saren down instead of charming her way out of the situation. In hindsight, Saren snapping out of it and shooting himself (after thanking Shep) was always a bit jarring. Fighting and shooting him down give the confrontation a darker tone, and a more gruesome death for Saren.With Saren dead, Sovereign destroyed, and the Citadel/Council saved, this marked a new era in the Galaxy. But, this is just the beginning. The Reapers are out there on the horizon, And they're coming... NoveriaVirmireTo Ilos!Final ConfrontationQuestion: This was done on New Game Plus. That was the intention: to replay each game on New Game Plus. All major and minor decisions that carry over are set in stone, so there's no need to import again. The small changes I made in ME1, including how Shep dealt with the indoctrinated Salarian on Virmire and the way Saren dies. They don't clash with the way the saves were imported when I played through the trilogy the first time in some way, do they? All I wanted to do was to make a few adjustments in my canon without changes that would require another import for the sake of continuity.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 13, 2023 16:53:50 GMT
Okay, what the hell was I thinking last night???? I changed my mind. I slept on my idea from last night, and what seemed like a great idea then, was not so great in the morning. It was the best custom face I made in a long time, but there was something...off, or wrong. I've gotten so used to the default face that any custom face pales in comparison. It's like seeing the wrong actor in a specific role. A miscast. If this were the original version of the Trilogy, then I would be using a custom face. That is not the case for the Legendary Edition, since her ME3 face has been remastered for all three. She's fine the way she is. Anyway, from yesterday, I stopped the Batarians on X57, saved the colonists on Feros, and traveled to other places. Husks, monsters that were once people. When you encounter them, do not hesitate to fire. You'll be doing them a favor...
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 12, 2023 7:44:55 GMT
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