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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 28, 2017 21:29:20 GMT
Is it really that hard? I changed some of the graphic settings because I thought the game was a bit too dark and yellow toned in some places, and now the "white people tones" look really pale in my game.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 28, 2017 18:00:18 GMT
I dislike everything about male Ryder. His default face is ugly as fuck, it looks like he glued pubes to his face so he could have facial hair, and he does come off like a douche in voice acting. It's laughable that Cora would be into him, and agree to sex bc he comes off as immature-12 y.o.
Shame bc I really like male Shepard's voice and default face.
ME trilogy Female Shep = male Shep
DAI: female British voice > everyone else.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 28, 2017 17:43:20 GMT
I do believe that after saving the moshae, Jaal takes issue with asari = kett because all asari children are asari. There's a banter for it. Haven't heard it myself, but I've seen it mentioned in the boards.
Also, I fucking hate Peepee, and wish I could shoot Peepee instead of her friend in her LM.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 28, 2017 17:38:48 GMT
My Sara is into him, and having played through Vetra's romance, and Liam's (I have no interest in playing a heterosexual male Ryder), he does have the most content, and a nude scene. However, personally, I'm not that into him; he is a bit too emotional for me, but he does look like a cat, and I love cats. Mine lives on a pedestal, as he should.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 28, 2017 17:36:29 GMT
I hate Peepee.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 28, 2017 17:17:32 GMT
I have found four remnant puzzles so far that have two solutions. The game will call one of them a failure, but they both satisfy the rules. (if anyone has already posted this, my search did not find it. Chalk that up to a really bad BSN search function.) Are you sure you're following all the rules? There are three rules: no matching figures in rows, columns and highlighted shapes. I had thought that I had found a puzzle with two solutions, but had neglected that last rule bc I didn't understand it. Once I did, I realized my error. The "highlighted shape" rule is not well explained and the shapes are not very well highlighted, but usually these are boxes within the large puzzle box, but sometimes the "highlighted shapes" are different shapes. Common square shape: cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8181659/mea_soduku_0001_Layer_1.jpgHere is a picture of less common "highlighted shape," with circled errors within the shape that lead to FAILURE if you press the solve button before correcting:
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 28, 2017 7:37:12 GMT
Chill out. Never said you were praising Allah or whatever God. Just saying your arguments can still be applied to Santa Claus. Sure you can trace back the Santa Claus myth, but you can trace back the Jesus myth to legends of other cultures. All religions are just fairy tales no different than Santa Claus. As for Suvi, I really hated interacting with her bc by the end of the main story line when she questions her belief in God, I didn't get the choice to encourage her to accept reality: that god doesn't exist. My character was forced to support her delusions. There were two dialogue choices, and both were in support of God. Like wtf? And this is the kinda phrase I'm talking about. To you, it's reality. It is, in fact, an opinion. A considered opinion, I'm sure, but with no proof one way or the other, that's all it CAN be. You can trace similarities between the Abrahamic religions and older belief systems, sure. But you cannot find a "beginning" to the concept of a God or a deity or religious belief. That's the whole point I'm trying to make. There is no proof that God truly exists, but there's none that A god DOESN'T exist. Trying to claim, undisputedly, that there is no God requires just as much faith in an unproveable as claiming that there IS one. Please note, I'm not saying you're wrong. I do, in fact, happen to believe that a God exists, and I can't give you proof as to why. I will not, however, claim you're wrong, because I'm no more infallible than you are. All I'm saying is that at least try to acknowledge the fact that there's no way we can know one way or the other that a God exists, and thus demeaning someone because of that belief is flat out wrong. As to the game itself, I didn't know there was no way to dispute her beliefs at the end. I know there was one in the first conversation you have with her, but not at the end. If that's the case, I can see your frustration about wanting one, but framing it in terms of "getting her to see reality" means you can't even accept that her beliefs are personal, and no less important than your own. By all means, I'd like to see an option to dispute it, but not in the terms you're asking for. Like I said, if the situation I originally commented on was reversed, and it was a Christian (or any other "believer") belittling an atheist for not believing, I would be giving out the same arguments as I have been here. Well, demeaning someone bc of a belief is not always wrong, esp if they are in fact wrong, like about vaccines causing autism. On an urelated note, Suvi is just a character. Her feelings don't matter. I think we should be absolutely be able to tell her she is delusional. Besides, Suvi is noticeably more pissy when you don't agree with her about god. Ryder can do some scummy stuff in Andromeda, but somehow belittling Suvi is too much? I really hate how just bc we are the hero we have to be friends with everybody. I think failure with teammates should be possible. With Suvi, for example, she could become so pissy, she'd just shut up and do her job without anymore small talk.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 28, 2017 4:31:17 GMT
But he could still be real if I believe it hard enough. What about the Bible? It's a mythical story too. And with what you've stated, aren't Christians committing the same faults in logic by saying, "My God exists, but your God cannot exist"? Why are you acting like I'm professing Christian beliefs? As to your second question, BELIEVING that is one thing. DENEGRATING someone for their beliefs is where I have a problem. If atheists don't believe god exists, it hurts no one and nothing. If Christians believe in Jehovah, it hurts no one and nothing. If Muslims believe in Allah, it hurts no one and nothing. The problem comes when you use your particular belief to think that others are inferior to yourself. Christians and Muslims and others have historically done VERY BAD THINGS to people who believe differently. Atheists have the saving grace that they haven't been responsible for such atrocities, but atheism, as a large movement, is a relatively new thing. Believe what you want to believe, worship who you want to worship, don't force your beliefs on others, and certainly don't think you're better than someone who believes differently. Chill out. Never said you were praising Allah or whatever God. Just saying your arguments can still be applied to Santa Claus. Sure you can trace back the Santa Claus myth, but you can trace back the Jesus myth to legends of other cultures. All religions are just fairy tales no different than Santa Claus. As for Suvi, I really hated interacting with her bc by the end of the main story line when she questions her belief in God, I didn't get the choice to encourage her to accept reality: that god doesn't exist. My character was forced to support her delusions. There were two dialogue choices, and both were in support of God. Like wtf?
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 27, 2017 18:09:11 GMT
Is Santa Claus really the best comparison to make when trying to refute God? For the record, I'm not espousing any particular belief. That is not my intent here. Santa Claus, as a myth, can be traced back to St. Nicholas, a Christian monk born in approximately 280 CE in Patara, near Myrna in modern Turkey. He apparently was a popular figure, and beloved for his kindness. Many legends sprung up around him, and over time became the Santa Claus legend we see today. Religion, and the concept of a deity, is much harder to trace. It's been a part of the human experience since well before we had any records of it. Whether it's myth or not, there's no single event we can point to to "prove" or "disprove" where the "myth" started. Please, if you're going to try and "disprove" God, come at me with a better comparison than "Santa Claus." Sheesh. But he could still be real if I believe it hard enough. What about the Bible? It's a mythical story too. And with what you've stated, aren't Christians committing the same faults in logic by saying, "My God exists, but your God cannot exist"?
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 27, 2017 17:02:04 GMT
Not to be a dick, but it takes just as much belief in an unknown to deny a creator as it takes to believe in one. Not that anyone's necessarily wrong for being atheist, but at least be honest about the whole thing. God can be neither proven or disproven, so a firm belief either way requires "faith." That's all really great, but none of the atheists came up with the idea of God. Those that come up with the idea better come up with the proof as well. I don't see why I should give the idea or concept of God any serious merit or credit. It's a wholly empty concept. Do you give the concepts of orcs, leprechauns, unicorns and Santa Claus the same treatment? You can't prove those don't exist either. Suvi's beliefs are basically 'well something can't come out of nothing, so... God', except that's just stupid. If something can't come out of nothing then where does God from? You just create the exact same problem you're trying to solve all over again. Sure, there's answer to that problem too, but you can apply those exact same answers to the universe/multiverse/whatever. i.e. it has always existed, it's the uncaused cause, etc. That's actually a good point, and I'd like to hear the God v. Santa Claus thing refuted. Why wouldn't they be given the same treatment if it's all about faith? Also a real Christian would argue that only ONE god exists, their God, not another region's god...
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 26, 2017 5:51:20 GMT
Not in the old sense, of course. It's just that Ryder gets to make many binary decisions that seem to either promote truth, honesty, transparency, open inquiry, trust in others, and 'democratic' ideals, or emphasise security, propaganda, keeping secrets for the greater good, telling lies, advancing the Initiative over others, and 'authoritarian' ideals. Well, yes and no. Biggest choices don't fall under that easily. Krogan choice for example benefits AI in both cases and "trusting" option even more, since getting two thousands of krogans is clearly better than a free battery. Or keeping Sarissa when truth was exposed. Does it promote trust in others or cold sacrifice? Sloanne/Reyes you've already mentioned. Kett facility was practically old P/R decision. All in all I don't see it as binary distribution. Honest/Manipulative approach isn't necessary correlates with Peaceful/Agressive one from logical perspective. Like being space hippies, but hiding from people cases where it doesn't work. Wait, what? Didn't know it could happen. I was always telling the truth to her, although she said some of her materials pleased Tann. Is there an option for her not to be imprisoned? I've only done two full playthroughs, and she was jailed in both.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 26, 2017 3:15:43 GMT
Does it matter? She's dead in half of people's playthroughs.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 25, 2017 1:54:40 GMT
We should share noncanon romances though. I love the canon ones, don't get me wrong, but I also love seeing what people construct based on characters who don't necessarily have a huge presence. The creativity involved always leaves me so pleased. And, of course, I'm wildly guilty of writing plenty myself, as I finish off the next chapter of my thing. Most of my noncanon romances were in the older games. Baldur's Gate was basically a smorgasbord of noncanon mods, since the only female PC option was Anomen With mods, I played through Sarevok, Kivan, Solaufein, and Xan's romances. I had a much bigger hard-on for angst back then. And then in KOTOR, it was Canderous Ordo. He was just...such a badass, and he had that deep growly voice that I love. Sagacious Xu from Jade Empire too...growly badass, angsty story, y'all get the idea by now This was back when BioWare played it really "safe" with LIs for female PCs, so for anything more interesting or complex, it was noncanon or bust. With the more recent games, I think it's more realistic to say that I've had non-canon flings. I'm pretty happy with the canon romances overall. But I did wish I could bang Bann Teagan, Abelas, Kandros, and almost every Avvar dude in DA:I's DLC Solaufein! That takes me back! Loved all those mods though. My first experiences with BW were also Neverwinter Nights and BG.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 24, 2017 22:07:25 GMT
Milky Way had many of the best weapons aside from the Dhan and Kept Carfalan. The only things I really liked about remtech were the augmentations.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 24, 2017 22:04:36 GMT
Exactly. He's fallen from grace, so by not shooting him, he looks pretty bad by this point and the Roekaar see him as no longer fit to lead. He's not the charismatic guy who bested Jaal at everything anymore. He's a blathering idiot. Except he led them for a long time. So he was charismatic leader off screen and an idiot when you see him. Still a failure then. A video game, like any other visual medium, should show not tell major plot points. I'll accept that Akksul is so fucking great bc the game's tells me, but not because I've seen the evidence. I guess it's faith!
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 24, 2017 21:21:43 GMT
Originally, I hated the combat, and did some whining about it earlier, but I love it now. I want to make a pathfinder for each profile, but the up close and personal builds are my favorite. I only play on hardcore or normal. I think I'd find the insanity difficulty too tedious. (DAI was fun on insanity though).
Anyway, I have a vanguard and adept build. I still prefer the vanguard, bc the damage with melee is awesome. Vanguard is like a real KE of DAI. Charge, Nova, Backlash. It's all about high risk, high reward close up fights. Charge=shield regen. Nova=draw shields to use power. Melee=recover shields and health (using kett carfalan), etc. Shield regens with kills too. My vanguard has a shotgun, but mostly uses biotics and melee. But shotgun recharges shields with reload, so she uses the dhan. Her one weakness are enemies that have one hit kill animation when too close.
Adept, I have to be more careful with. My adept uses annihilation, lance, and throw. It's all biotic combos with her and shotgun. She has the N7 piranha.
Biotic builds are the most fun for me so far. I most enjoyed the tech classes in the trilogy, but I don't have as much fun with them here. I have an engineer build, but hiding behind cover all the time just doesn't feel as engaging.
I am having fun with my pure soldier build.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 24, 2017 19:14:33 GMT
I don't mind differing opinions at all. *shrug* But I think I'm perhaps not as on the Jaal train as some people here. Like I am very much on it, but he hasn't dethroned Garrus for me. I feel you. I love Jaal, but he's not even slightly close to dethroning Solas on the favorite character list for me. But I don't think any other BioWare character ever will be! So far no one can top Jaal for me. Every other romance had something I just didn't like, but this one is at the top. Curious to see if the next BW game can change that. Cullen is still my favorite overall (even better with an elf, fuck Trevelyans. I hate humans in DA.). I like Jaal, but he's just a tad too emotional for me, and I got tired of hearing him talk about his people. Too much of his character was framed, not around his being alien, but him being angaran, if you know what I mean. He's still top choice romance in MEA, but I have my complaints nonetheless. ME trilogy: Garrus DAI: Cullen, then probably Sera, honestly DA2: a miserable pile of crap. All the characters and romances sucked DAO: meh. Would have been better without the god baby trash, which even the devs regretted. The whole thing about Alistair even wanting or considering being king was also trash, just artificial drama injected into romance for no real good reason. The drama with Solas was justified and handled much better. Seriously though, dump the drama on the males in the next game, bc I'm getting sick of this crap.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 24, 2017 17:47:59 GMT
On a side note, I'd only gotten as far as the couch scene in his romance, but I still got the banter between him and Peebee where she makes a comment about him sticking close to Ryder. My first playthrough, I got this conversation after I locked in his romance, so it was nice to hear that he still does this regardless if you're in a romance with him or not. Actually, is there even any Nomad banter with the squad regarding romance? I know with Drack there is. I had the banter bug my first playthrough and conversations were few and far between. Now I'm curious to try out all the squad with Liam after I lock in his romance to see if they say anything. I had the bug, too, so I'm hearing all this for the first time as well. I can confirm that Peebee and Cora comment on it. Thanks for mentioning when you heard the "sticking close to Ryder" comment. I was rotating people in the Nomad evenly and Peebee just happened to get her turn when the romance was locked in so it was hard to tell. I had already exhausted Cora's banter so when I brought her back out after locking in Liam's romance, the first two banters I got were about Liam's loyalty mission and the romance. Edit: Oh, just to clarify, the comment I heard from Peebee was her directly asking Liam if Ryder/Kosta were a thing. I wasn't counting the "sticking close to Ryder" when you confirmed it to pop during flirting phase instead. Apparently Liam has the "sticking close" banter even with a male Ryder, so it's not romance specific.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 24, 2017 17:46:31 GMT
Anything that comes out of Peepee's piehole.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 24, 2017 8:14:04 GMT
Except we all know the f/f Peepee scene is actually just a lazy cut and paste of the f/m sex scene. Also, let's be honest about why there's a decent amount of f/f sex scenes: because straight guys are role-playing lesbians. BioWare have a habit of the male & female sex scenes with a bi character being the same. Look at Liara's scenes. Let's be honest, female protagonists very rarely get any LIs in games outside of BioWare games because devs are worried how straight guys would react to it so in a world where Nathan Drake has 2 love interests in 4 games and Lara Croft has no love interests in over 20 games, I'll take what I can get. No, I get it. Straight boys complain about how they're FORCED to see Liam shirtless and look at Jaal's ass. Guys want to pretend they're going to have sex with Laura. An NPC doing so would break the fantasy that Laura is forever young and single just for them. Meanwhile, I just rolled my eyes at the gratuitous shots of Miranda's ass in ME2. But I didn't get triggered by it like all these dudes on YouTube.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 24, 2017 8:08:22 GMT
Your sentence structure is confusing, but YOU'VE ALSO never been in a kett base, so I'm not sure what you're getting at! The codex is the codex. We're just supposed to accept the codex for what it's worth, but you're bringing up my own original point: The game makes a statement/fact, but then the game itself provides evidence otherwise. The codex says the kett prefer to advance their biology over technology. The codex also says that the kett shun VI--and it can be easily extrapolated that the kett shun AI, as Do Xeel writes in her email. Despite this in-game evidence, the archon is able to use SAM perfectly, only using flashes of Ryder's memory (which essentially consists of family picnics and sex with Ellen) in order to figure out how the implant works, and then use the Ryder sibling to control SAM to control Meridian). So, you've just proven my point. The game says one thing, but then does something completely different. The game FAILS at providing justification for the archon's takeover of SAM. The archon shouldn't have the skills or the know-how, but he does, because: reasons, or plot device. You're attempting to place the Archon into s neat little box defined by "most kett", or "kett generally do X". The game shows quite clearly that the Archon does not adhere to typical kett norms. He's been pursuing Remnant technology for decades, which is something that is so aberrant that it's causing rifts within his forces. The question of how he understands SAM's tech is a good one; but lack of an in-game answer doesn't mean there isn't a good one. Would it have been "good writing" to feature a scene in which the Archon explains his understanding of AI? Sounds superfluous to me. My point is the archon is the aberration. He alone tries to understand the remnant. He only has his knowledge/experience to draw from. The game doesn't have to explain his mastery of AI in-game: There exists a codex. It would have been "smart writing" for BW to support their ludicrous plot point, now plot hole in my mind by including the archon's mastery of SAM in the codex. It took Alec years to build and perfect SAM, but Alec must have been a retard bc it only took, what, a few weeks for the archon to learn and control everything--and all from Ryder's memory flashes of family fun time? I guess the kett really are superior, and masters of the universe. There are other examples that show BW isn't exactly on top of things. People point out how the science of ME often breaks the laws of physics. I work the the medical field, and wondered what the hell kind of physical exams Lexi was doing, and questioned the ethics of her giving Ryder a surprise shot. Sure, she's an alien, but the Initiative is human founded, and she seems to subscribe HIPPA laws, mostly, but hey, whatever is plot convenient, I suppose?
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 24, 2017 7:55:03 GMT
Your sentence structure is confusing, but YOU'VE ALSO never been in a kett base, so I'm not sure what you're getting at! The codex is the codex. We're just supposed to accept the codex for what it's worth, but you're bringing up my own original point: The game makes a statement/fact, but then the game itself provides evidence otherwise. The codex says the kett prefer to advance their biology over technology. The codex also says that the kett shun VI--and it can be easily extrapolated that the kett shun AI, as Do Xeel writes in her email. Despite this in-game evidence, the archon is able to use SAM perfectly, only using flashes of Ryder's memory (which essentially consists of family picnics and sex with Ellen) in order to figure out how the implant works, and then use the Ryder sibling to control SAM to control Meridian). So, you've just proven my point. The game says one thing, but then does something completely different. The game FAILS at providing justification for the archon's takeover of SAM. The archon shouldn't have the skills or the know-how, but he does, because: reasons, or plot device. Please show the codex stating that the kett has no AI. I'll help...http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Kett "The kett possess technology that is comparable in advancement to the Andromeda Initiative, but have an unparalleled mastery of biotechnology and medical technology. Bio-engineered components are used in all of their machines and devices. Instead of conventional research and development programs, kett prefer to improve their technology incrementally by taking features and designs from other species' technology. Soon after the Andromeda Initiative came into contact with the kett, the kett began weaving aspects of Initiative tech into their own." Please point to me how a race with the equal level of tech of the Initiative can't hack our tech that's equal level of there's. also, how someone who never been deep into the compound of the kett untill ryder showed up knows they don't have AI? Links to proof please. You can go back to the exact same page and look up the codex where it states the kett shun VI. If the kett shun VI, why would they accept AI? Plus, as I've already said, the Do Xeel tells us that the kett shun AI as well. You simply choose to believe it's a single camp of kett who believe otherwise.
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 23, 2017 23:49:26 GMT
This reminds me, why does Jaal have tits? What is the reason in terms of angaran biology for males to have chest nobs?
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 23, 2017 23:45:58 GMT
Haha, maybe you can tell with turians, but how about hanar? Vorcha?
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Post by smellycatbutts on Apr 23, 2017 23:42:05 GMT
I finished Liam's loyalty mission on my second game. The first time I really didn't get what was happening other than his buddies were in trouble. After I read up on it, I understood the gravity of his actions and wondered how that would change the relationship on my second game. My thoughts: My logical Sara took the "hold everyone until codes are updated" option. Liam got upset, Ryder got upset and took the interrupt option, and Liam did the thing that I love about his character -- being passionate and optimistic, fighting for what he genuinely believed in and pointing out what DID go right. He was not wrong with the points he made. So I took the option for Ryder to back off and say he was right. I liked how it got resolved. And I love the fact that they even fought at all. I feel that kind of thing can test a relationship and make them stronger for it. It was very gratifying that Liam was still interested in a relationship with Ryder in spite of them previously not seeing eye to eye. That nudge, that how-about-us-anyway? I really dug him a lot more this go around because of it. I like Cora, not bashing her at all, but using her as an example to illustrate the differences. See, I chose not to expose Sarissa and Cora was clearly disappointed, but she fell in line and went along with the charade. I honestly thought she was going to be upset with Ryder back on the Tempest and I braced myself for a confrontation, but that didn't happen. It felt a bit hollow after that like she was just going through the motions with the flowers and stuff. She felt betrayed by Sarissa, but not by me? With Liam, he pushed back. I definitely respect that. Your Sara and mine sound very similar (at least the one I use for the Liamance). Well, except mine is a player, casual sex all around with her.
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