DA fan gives ME:A a second chance (Text Based Let's Play)

oh man, that was a good chuckle. Wanted to see if I could jump on the Tempest. Ya can. And KAllo doesn't like it.

I like Kallo but he is no Joker.

Eos is bit dark and depressing when it comes to the recent history...

LOL "I'm a little too old to be carrying humans through a fight."

Buuuuuuurn

Scanning planets can net you resources and XP, depending on what you find. Also some interesting tidbits in the planet and anomaly descriptions. I just like moving from planet to planet.....it's so pretty and relaxing.

Most of your research points come from scanning using your wrist scanner.
Most of your mineral resources come from using the mining probe interface from the nomad and colllecting up the various mineral nodes you find on planets
Most of your XP comes from completing missions and encounters with enemies
Most of your other materials comes from containers and remains

However, some amount of all of these can be obtained through planet scanning.  How much you do of each depends on what you enjoy most doing.  How much you need depends on how many new weapons or armors you want to research throughout the game.

It's an open world... most things are optional but they do contribute something to the game as a whole.

There are a couple of planet scanning tasks given to you during the game.  One Task on Eos is "Naming the Dead" if you complete that and then talk to Majordome Bell-Scott, he'll give you a Heleus Assignment called "Doesn't Add Up."  It requires just visiting 4 sites and then scanning two locations in orbit laters, but it tells a real story connected to what happened with the settlers of site 1 and 2... worth doing if you're wanting to figure out that little optional "mystery."  This is the case with a large portion of the little side quests... they connect together to form little optional side stories connected to the main plot of the game.  It takes some time and effort sometimes (and a little luck sometimes to do them in a "good" order) to put the little pieces together; but I found it worthwhile and it actually helped me to get into the story better.  It's much the same as the Witcher 3 (but there my experience was that the little stories drew me away from the main story... probably because I just wasn't as "into" the overall premise and era of TW3 to start with.

I know you like to play very quickly, so I think you'll probably find that you just won't collect enough of the pieces to get into of the little task/side missions stories.  You may, as a result, have more fun, just mainlining it as much as possible.  My first playthrough was about 150 hours long.

Or why Ryder doesn't have an option to get in th asaris face about being knocked to the ground. Or knocking the asari to the ground to see if she likes that happening to her. I'm sure if Ryder had that option, the asari wouldn't ask to join the roster.


Yep.

Well, you can knock her off of you and she is threatened by your squad mates. The fact that she is an Asari makes it slightly better she didn't get shot on sight. Also, I would be instinctually pushing someone off me right off the bat so it's a bit weird Ryder just lays there like they're knocked out when they aren't

It is rather bit more than she needed to do to get you to stop interacting with the object. Grabbing your arm would have been enough- no need for a full body blow.

Two options of "yes, PB, join" is

And I noticed that Vetra invited Drack, he refused, then later decided to join. Decision was totally out of Ryder's hands it felt.

Thinking on it, I feel like I'm playing a customizable "Geralt". The character is well out of my hands when it comes to history, auto dialogue, and who I get to sign on to the mission. And it doesn't really make sense why. Ryder is Pathfinder and directly in charge of Pathfinder things; who is on the team should be 100% Ryder's decision.

All I can say is... give it time.

Well, I kinda have to agree with this though. Ryder is way more out of your hands than Shepard was. Most of the time, you just get to decide how to say things rather then what to say. It's fine most of the time but there are a few instances where this is annoying.

Also, trying to answer a few outstanding questiosn: How did PB get to Eos? She'll eventually explain how she got herself s shuttlecraft if you keep talking to her.

Is scanning planets useful? I'd say yes. It's an easy way to get XP and resources. You'll akways know whether or not there is something to scan right away, so all it takes is moving to the spot and press a button. Also, the galaxy map is so awesome to look at, I enjoy zipping around all the planets, comets and anomalies.

I'm just saying it'll take time that's it. But I do suggest not to go into the ME: A subforum it's kind of a mess at the moment.

After 20 seconds. And even than its more of a shove than anything else. She says don't like being sat on. Like everyone should be ok with it. Yeah. Where's the second interrupt for Ryder to get in the asari's face and ask how she would feel if she was knocked down?
Be nice if that threat is followed by action. Like pulling the asari off Ryder.

If she were to knock me to the ground.....lets just say she won't be worried about remnant stuff anymore.

Once reaching that spot, if Ryder walks around, there's a shuttle. Is the asari in it? If so, why didn't she get out at that time? Why didn't she stop Ryder the first time Ryder touches the console? That's when the sam voice thing tells Ryder to find glyphs to activate it. If the asari saw Ryder walking around, with two others, who have weapons, wouldn't she be aware not to do anything that could get her in trouble? Or is it because she's just stupid?

The way the scene plays out is Ryder is a spineless little wimp who can't stand up for him/herself. If I was on the squad, my first reaction would be how can you be in a leadership position if you can't stand up for yourself? I'm not asking Ryder to shoot the asari, though I wouldn't complain, but to say hey, you can't do that.

I will add that Ryder's father recently died. So he/she would not be in the best of moods. The asari knocking the rookie over could make things worse. Yeah I know. The asari doesn't know about that, but then again the asari should know better than believing its ok to knock people to the ground

Liam will also mention having a krogan on the squad

I was surprised that Drack wanted to join when a short time earlier he had no interest.

I would have made the asari and Drack optional to recruit.