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

Money isn't useless. I buy ship models (only 6, the rest you have to find), Nomad upgrades, Cobra RPGs (handheld rockets), and materials if I want to craft something and I'm short early in the game. There is also a quest later on to buy stuff for each outpost. Sell your salvage, but if you want to craft weapons and armor, break down your excess/duplicates instead of selling them. You can only sell or destroy weapon mods, so I sell my duplicates and lower level ones once I start getting better ones.

Item levels you can craft, find, or buy are limited by your char level. The breakdown is something like:

Char lvl        Item lvl

1-5                I

6-10              II

11-20            III
21-30            IV

31-40            V

41-50            VI

51-60            VII

61-70            VIII

71-80             IX

81+                X        

Next level schematics unlock when you reach the even numbers (20, 30, etc.) but drops and buys don't start until you get to 21, 31, etc.

Playing on casual, you can probably stick to stuff you find if you don't want to bother with crafting. It can be a bit overwhelming in your first game since there are so many options.

Aug 1, 2017 1:33:54 GMT phoray said:

Do you have to research weapons in order? 1, 2, 3?

Yes, you can't make a level 3 something or other without first researching level 1 and level 2 schematics for it.

Aug 1, 2017 1:37:48 GMT smilesja said:

I've always felt that Bradley is an underrated character. He's more compentent than the "leaders" at the Nexus.

I wonder how far down the line of succession he was?

One thing I like about Nexus leadership that I can't say about the Council - they don't have their heads in the sand denying that Andromeda is a shitstorm from the get go. They butt heads over how to go about fixing things, but at least they admit that things need to be fixed!