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Post by OrbitalWings on May 14, 2017 20:47:36 GMT
Direct sequel to MEA all the way.
It wasn't perfect but it was definitely a good direction to take the franchise in, and it's a formula that deserves refining and perfecting, not abandoning outright.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 14, 2017 17:06:52 GMT
Well, better late than never, right? =/ I just heard the exact phrase you originally asked for and remembered this conversation. (First time I heard it though!) The line happens when Ryder wakes up and finds out what happened to Dad. Choose "If there's no other choice" and then the emotional option. Cora: "You're the new Pathfinder, Sara." [If there's no other choice]
Ryder: "Whoa. Well ... if that's how it has to be ..." Liam: "Don't sell yourself short. I think you can do it." Ryder: "Cora?" Cora: "It's what he wanted. I won't stand in the way." Cora: "But being Pathfinder is a serious job. You sure you're ready for this?"
[Emotional: It's in my blood.] Ryder: "It's why I'm here. Exploring the unknown." Liam: "Just like your dad, huh?"
Ooooooh good to know! Given the further visual improvements we've had since I made that fan trailer, and the incoming CC patch which might lead me to altering my Ryder slightly anyway, I definitely plan to do a 'redux' version of it. Will use the correct line when I do
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 21:11:45 GMT
Given the language of these articles I'd almost be tempted to say we'll get maybe one DLC? Whatever's in the works already and then that'll be it.
God this game deserves better than this. I know it wasn't exactly getting 10's accross the board but this honestly feels more like it's down to the backlash from the gaming community rather than any actual solid scores or sales.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 20:33:25 GMT
It honestly staggers me that Andromeda has basically been dubbed a 'failure'.
Sure it has issues, and it definitely needed another 6 months in the oven, but it's like the studio execs have got completely swept up in the hysteria around it and are talking like it was released to a barrage of 3/10 reviews.
I was so excited about where the franchise was heading; hoping some of Andromeda's issues would be taken into account for the next game and much like ME1 to ME2, we'd see an instant classic in MEA2.
You don't just give up on something like this - you stick it out and make it work.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 17:15:21 GMT
The only thing I'm a little iffy on is the headphones, but I can definitely see a couple of my Ryders going for it. There's no way this is the last casual outfit they're adding, so I'm happy for the variety.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 16:29:45 GMT
Noticed they mentioned cinematic improvements especially early in game so I loaded up the Nexus arrival checkpoint and my god things are better. When Ryder tells Tann & Addison their father is dead, they're no longer borderline smiling. There's a really nice subtle shot of Ryder looking away from them, clearly upset, and even Addison's reaction shows more emotion.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 15:37:10 GMT
It may not be the CC patch, but my Ryder's hair definitely looks more realistically shiny now, rather than flat and 'painted on'
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 15:18:42 GMT
It's up for Xbox One too - roughly 1.75GB
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 15:00:37 GMT
I'd say I'm surprised how few people even became Pathfinder, but having looked at achievement percentages for other games and especially RPGs, you'd be amazed how many people seem to start up a game and quit after 5 minutes. I wonder if it includes guys who played on the free EA access trial. Anyone who did that and never bought the game wouldn't be able to get past Eos even if they wanted to. Looking through my own completed achievement list I unlocked quite a lot in the early access, so I guess it does include people who never even bought the full game. That's a very good point actually - the EA Access Trial is technically the full game, so achievements do indeed count even if they're earned in there.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 14:43:38 GMT
I'd say I'm surprised how few people even became Pathfinder, but having looked at achievement percentages for other games and especially RPGs, you'd be amazed how many people seem to start up a game and quit after 5 minutes.
Despite Dragon Age: Inquisition being more than 2 years old, only 13.44% of players have completed the game - fewer than have already finished MEA - and as well as that, only 65.82% even finished DAI's prologue.
Edit: I'm going through more DAI achievements and I'm just fascinated - less than 30% made it to Skyhold, only 15% set up at least one camp anywhere in the game, roughly 10% completed a romance, less than 5% killed all the High Dragons, etc.
And that game will be 3 years old in November...
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 4:00:37 GMT
Seconding the Cyclone with either of the grenade mods.
Probably super inefficient but my god is it fun.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 10, 2017 3:11:02 GMT
Exactly my thoughts. They know that the many will bitch if tomorrow's fixes aren't the exact fixes these individuals want most. They're still on schedule with the patches, so there's no need for complaints; but I'm sure this place will be running with tears in the morning. This is my biggest concern tbh. If tomorrow's patch doesn't fix every single one of the major issues people have brought up, so many will brand it a failure and a waste of time, etc. etc, even though BioWare are still within their 2 month window and Mike Gamble even directly stated they're immediately starting work on the next patch. And even after that, once we've had the CC updates and other visual improvements they're working on and the DLC begins, it's not like the patches will just 'end'. If it's anything like DAI, we'll be getting bugfixes a full year after the game released, so I wouldn't panic. If the bugs being fixed at that stage are still major ones, mind you, then that's another story...
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 9, 2017 20:55:26 GMT
Fernando Melo DiscoBabaloo Doh, sorry - off by an hour: Patch tomorrow is set for 8:00 AM Pacific Time / 9:00AM Mountain Time / 11:00AM EasternTime / 4:00PM GMT
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 9, 2017 20:54:48 GMT
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 9, 2017 19:01:38 GMT
They did say during the MP livestream last Friday that they'd identified the source of the combo damage not being correct in MP matches - surely if that's one of the things caused by SP difficulty, they are indeed aware of it?
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 9, 2017 18:54:46 GMT
I'm definitely holding fire on getting super excited until we see the notes.
Not in a 'oh it might be pointless stuff' way, but if the first patch is indeed just bugfixing and balance changes - as it probably should be, to be honest - then it's not reeeeally as exciting and interesting as the CC updates and other visual improvements.
Still, as impatient as I am for the aesthetic updates, it's got to be more important to get the game running and playing properly first, so hats off to the devs either way.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 9, 2017 18:29:14 GMT
Spoke too soon, patch hits tomorrow at 10AM MDT.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 9, 2017 18:19:15 GMT
I totally get the ethos of keeping their heads down and staying hard at work on whatever fixes they're working on, but given the backlash the game recieved and the way it's been percieved by many - however fair or unfair that is - it really does surprise me that they haven't made a few token posts just to keep people reassured.
If the patch is indeed coming at the start of June, fair enough, but the devs must know there's a general feeling that they've just up and vanished.
Barring radical changes to their roadmap for the game, we can most likely expect a year's worth of support and additional content much like their previous titles, and yet I've seen plenty of people genuinely asking if the game has just been abandoned by BioWare; as ridiculous as that claim is, the fact anyone is even asking that says a lot about their lack of communication.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 9, 2017 16:18:48 GMT
Have to admit I honestly expected patch news today. I noticed several gaming sites reposting MEA guides and articles over the weekend and it gave me the feeling they'd been told something was on the way, and Tuesday is BioWare's usual announcement day for things.
At this point I'm pretty convinced we'll be getting one huge single patch at the very end of the 2 month window they set themselves.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 9, 2017 15:44:21 GMT
Is this why the Halberd - sorry, Special Apperance Mattock - was almost entirely scrubbed from MEA's SP? Such a bizarre promo considering it's readily available in MP. If you acquire it in MP can you bring it over to SP? Might make me give MP a shot. Sadly not :/ I've recieved it so many times in MP I've got it to Rank X, yet in SP you can't craft it and only one vendor sells it and only at Rank I - either they tried to remove it and missed that one instance, or it's heavily bugged.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 8, 2017 18:41:21 GMT
Is this why the Halberd - sorry, Special Apperance Mattock - was almost entirely scrubbed from MEA's SP?
Such a bizarre promo considering it's readily available in MP.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 6, 2017 16:40:48 GMT
If the MP devs' attitude towards patching the game is shared by the entire team, I'd imagine the patch itself will be quite substantial. Based on tweets from the devs, they're well aware of pretty much every major issue people are having with the game, with plenty of those already confirmed to be addressed in the next patch.
I'd much rather have a sizable patch that fixes and improves a lot of things at once, rather than having a tiny patch every week that addresses a couple of things - you know if they took such an approach the response to every patch would just be "okay but when is _____ being fixed?"
Right now I'm just intrigued to see whether we'll be getting a bugfixing patch followed by the character creator improvements in a later patch, or whether everything will just drop as one single huge mega update.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 4, 2017 15:08:13 GMT
The Movie Night bugs are just bizarre.
If you talk to the mods merchant on Kadara, you immediately get 'The Final Piece' part of the quest chain without even needing to talk to Liam about movie night in the first place :/
Right now I'm just hoping that by not actually completing the quests out of order, it'll still trigger everything properly.
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 3, 2017 17:53:58 GMT
Apparently they'll finally be discussing MP balance changes in Friday's MP livestream, so I'd imagine the patch is indeed pretty close.
They've refused to discuss MP balance every week so far as they wanted time to make the changes meaningful rather than kneejerk reactions, and while I doubt they'd use said stream to say 'surprise! it's dropping today!', I'd hazard a guess at next week maybe?
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Post by OrbitalWings on May 2, 2017 22:30:44 GMT
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