Tin Foil Skirt and Thigh-High Boots - Ashley Williams Thread

Then he and Ash could write a book together.

Well this is kinda disappointing. I wanted to do a run where I romanced Ash in ME3 only. I succeeded in avoiding romancing her but yet still being pleasant in ME1. I was expecting some interesting and new dialogue in ME3. I get the obligatory ones when you are just friends with her, which were nice. But then it seems that most of the other scenes play out exactly the same.

Ash reacts mostly the same to you regardless of if you are friends or lovers. I was expecting a few different things because Kaidan has them if you are just friends with him and then go on to romance him in ME3. The memorial scene is the weirdest so far. There has been no real flirting or anything going on. But when I get there and choose the paragon option, Shepard holds her hands as if they are in love. Weird.

If the scene where I ask her out doesn't change, I'll abandon this run altogether. Its just more proof they didn't spend as much time on Ash as Kaidan (I guess they had to since he is bisexual). I will just stick with romancing her from ME1. Because a lot of these scenes with her make a lot more sense if she is your girl from the start.

I was actually thinking about her ME3 hair. On reflection, I get it. It's not just that it doesn't fit with the Ash we've known since ME1 but that it would be terrible in a fight. Her hair flopping all over the place, getting in her face. From a military standpoint it's impracticable. I think a mod exists out there to give her ME1 hair.

lol @ seriously(ish) discussing what is really engine limitations.

Ashley was too bad. I wouldn't mind if they used the hair-down model to reflect another side of her when off-duty, but that's it.

But unlike the memers, I didn't take it too badly. Mass Effect has always had its cheese, even if through ME2-ME3 it had more than I'd like (MEA was actually a downgrade there thankfully!, outside of unintentional stumbles and the 'too cheery' character behavior).


I do feel for the Jersey Shore critisizers that started ME3 and see a musclebound tight-shirted guy with a heeled and makeuped Ashley in the same early scene.

People talking shit about Ashley is the only reason I get into internet arguments.

#Ashleybestgirl

Version 7 of the Ashley Warpack is finally out (apologies for the delays):
www.nexusmods.com/masseffect3/mods/453

New Changes:

• Ajax Armour moved to second armour slot (Ashley 01 PCC)
• Added the Griffon Armour set (Ashley 00 PCC)
• Fixed the weapon sockets on Terminus and Spectre armour (Ashley 02 and Ashley 03 PCC)
• Main file now have 3x variants

Variants packaged in Main File Download:

• "w Legacy Edition": Version of the Warpack that utilize the face and hair assets from ELE08's Ashley Legacy mod
• "w Combat Bun": Version of the Warpack that utilizes the Ashley's combat bun (from ME2) and vanilla face
• "w Default Hair": Version of the Warpack that utilizes the default hair and face assets

• Griffon Armour (Ashley 00, +25% Weapon Damage): Say goodbye to impractical dress-suits, Ashley now dons a customized armour-suit, dubbed the 'Griffon' armour. Assembled from components from armouries across the galaxy, this armour is perfect for when Ashley finds herself in a firefight
• Ajax Armour (Ashley 01, +25% Weapon Damage): Rumored to have been derived from captured Cerberus equipment, Ashley's dons a modified version of the Ajax combat suit which boosts her firepower
• Terminus Assault Armour (Ashley 02, +25% Shield Strength): Ashley dons the Terminus Assault, an environmentally sealed armour with an independent air supply for use in space and extreme planetary conditions, perfectly suited for the diverse environments demanded by the Reaper War           
  
• Heavy Spectre Armour (Ashley 03, +25% Power Recharge Bonus): Forged by the Hahne-Kedhar Shadow Work's best engineers, this armour proves that humanity takes the responsibility of having a Spectre very seriously.
• Universal marksman patch for ALL of Ashley's combat instances

Install Instructions:
1. Copy from the "DLC_CON_AshWar" folder, from your chosen variant folder, to inside the "...BIOGame\DLC" folder
2. If you haven't yet, copy the files INSIDE the "Warranty Voider's DLLs" folders to the "...Binaries\Win32" folder
3. You may need to update your TOCs, via me3explorer's TOC suite or ME3MM's TOC module.

FAQ
1. Does this mod supersede other Ashley combat mods?

2. Does this mod affect Ashley's non-combat situations (i.e. On the Normandy, Citadel-hospital, dating scenes, etc.)

3. I installed this mod, but now the game takes forever to start-up

4, Do I need additional files, in order to use this game?

5. Why did you swap the Ajax Armour to the second/Ashley 01 PCC slot?
Because that is the armour that Ashley wears by default on Mars. I was too selfish to see my beloved Griffon Armour get banged up on its first outing

One of my favorites is on Feros when you finally get to the Thorian:
"We just need to find this thing and put a few rounds... into... it... WTH is that?!"

I just finished a Trilogy run the other day and romanced Ashley, as usual. I like some of the other romances and even if I don't romance Ashley, I still enjoy having her in the squad.

The last time I played the Trilogy was at least six months before Andromeda was released, so its been a while. I always enjoy it though.

I would like to see another ME but, we'll see what happens.

When I play the MET as BroShep I have him romance Ashley nearly every time because there's a lot of me in Ashley's character - her personal development grew through her new team's friendships, and her story parallels my personal experience. It knocked me crazy that the "creative writers" for ME-3 short-shrifted her character in ME-2/3 and especially weakened her romance with Male Shep in ME-3. I have played full trilogy play-throughs with a Male Shep in separate romances with Tali and Jack, and both were satisfying, but I wanted a amazing love story between Ashley and Shepard. I love the character relationships far more than the combat. (My FemShep is only attracted to Garrus)

I know Ashley has her critics (the schmucks) and isn't popular in the polls around here - but I blame this circumstance on the writers and their poor character development for Ashley in ME-2/3. I can't fault Ashley's later character because she wasn't properly developed in ME-2/3 correctly. I loved her in ME-1. I wish the BW writing team for Ashley would have invited me to improve on what they developed for her.

IF there is a real game developed for the continuation of the MET (Andromeda wasn't it), and if Shepard survives (destroy ending as canon), I would like to see Ashley return (voiced by Kimberly Brooks, of course) and well-featured in the story. Hell, I'd like to play as Ashley for my protagonist avatar, but I know she would never be a playable character or the protagonist.

IDEA: If Shepard is dead, then maybe the new ME-4 Protgonists can be the player's choice of either: Ashley, Kaiden, Garrus, or ?????. Now that would be cool (to me). And stay in the Milky Way galaxy... please!

That might be true, but why do other characters not suffer from this issue? Garrus, Tali, and especially Liara (unfortunately) seem to be written with more care and consistency. Even her counter part Kaidan doesn't suffer from this either. But Ashley seems to be the only one who has gotten it noticeably bad. Her one Citadel scene is pretty awful because it barely changes at all. And that scene is not romantic or endearing in the slightest. Compare it to the scenes with nearly every other aforementioned character. This is just one of several examples.

I know this is likely more consistent with her character. But her stubborn and prideful behavior when referring to the events on Horizon are a real turn off. She acts like she wasn't wrong at all and doesn't seem apologetic about it at all. I still dislike that myself and could contribute to the fact why Ashley might be less popular than most in ME3. But she makes up with it by being more upset about the loss of Kaidan among other things. I still wish she got better treatment in ME3 than what we got for her.