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Post by Revan Reborn on Mar 4, 2017 21:38:47 GMT
Cora will be the better shotgun wielder. Never underestimate a woman who's trained with the most powerful asari commandos and Matriachs. A krogan wouldn't stand a chance.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 21:39:59 GMT
Cora is a biotics user who trained with asari commandos. Think Drack would have an issue with that if they fought. I don't think the question was about who'd win in a fight between them, but who's the best shotgun user. If I'm wrong, I don't know, I have to think it more. I said you could include biotics, experience, etc. in your argument. Shotgun+biotics is a pretty good combo. Drack's got tough skin and armor though.
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Post by 10k on Mar 4, 2017 21:49:48 GMT
I don't think the question was about who'd win in a fight between them, but who's the best shotgun user. If I'm wrong, I don't know, I have to think it more. I said you could include biotics, experience, etc. in your argument. Shotgun+biotics is a pretty good combo. Drack's got tough skin and armor though. Biotic ability has no effect on someone's ability to wield a shotgun. Just because Cora has biotics doesn't make her better with a shotgun. Drack is about a thousand years old and have much more combat experience than Cora. Drack would kill Cora.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 21:51:13 GMT
I said you could include biotics, experience, etc. in your argument. Shotgun+biotics is a pretty good combo. Drack's got tough skin and armor though. Biotic ability has no effect on someone's ability to wield a shotgun. Just because Cora has biotics doesn't make her better with a shotgun. Drack is about a thousand years old and have much more combat experience than Cora. Drack would kill Cora. Alright change in question since the wording is bothering you. Who would win in a fight? And btw biotics can make a difference in a fight between to shotgun wielders which is why I allowed one to include biotics and other factors in the question. (ex. biotic shielding)
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Post by 10k on Mar 4, 2017 22:08:28 GMT
Biotic ability has no effect on someone's ability to wield a shotgun. Just because Cora has biotics doesn't make her better with a shotgun. Drack is about a thousand years old and have much more combat experience than Cora. Drack would kill Cora. Alright change in question since the wording is bothering you. Who would win in a fight? And btw biotics can make a difference in a fight between to shotgun wielders which is why I allowed one to include biotics and other factors in the question. Let's go by lore here to be fair to both parties. Cora is a human biotic. Human biotics have limitations when it comes to combat. Fighting long periods of time can exhaust them. That's why, according to lore, human biotics tend to eat so much to compensate for their over clocked metabolism. Drack on the other hand is a Krogan with multiple major organs. Krogans bodies help them fight for long periods of time. Just because Cora is a biotic means nothing. If being a human biotic was so exemplary, humans wouldn't have lost the first contact war against turians. Drack is a Krogan who I'm sure has fought multiple human biotics and asari commandos over the centuries he lived. What makes Cora so special? She's a regular human biotic who was just trained by commandos. Drack would only have to tire her out to the point of exhaustion, and at that point she'd run the risk of her body just completely failing. Jack is thought to be one of the most powerful human biotics, due to Cerberus putting multiple implants inside her, and I'd doubt Cora has as much power as Jack
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Post by mikaelnovasun on Mar 4, 2017 22:39:22 GMT
Alright change in question since the wording is bothering you. Who would win in a fight? And btw biotics can make a difference in a fight between to shotgun wielders which is why I allowed one to include biotics and other factors in the question. Let's go by lore here to be fair to both parties. Cora is a human biotic. Human biotics have limitations when it comes to combat. Fighting long periods of time can exhaust them. That's why, according to lore, human biotics tend to eat so much to compensate for their over clocked metabolism. Drack on the other hand is a Krogan with multiple major organs. Krogans bodies help them fight for long periods of time. Just because Cora is a biotic means nothing. If being a human biotic was so exemplary, humans wouldn't have lost the first contact war against turians. Drack is a Krogan who I'm sure has fought multiple human biotics and asari commandos over the centuries he lived. What makes Cora so special? She's a regular human biotic who was just trained by commandos. Drack would only have to tire her out to the point of exhaustion, and at that point she'd run the risk of her body just completely failing. Jack is thought to be one of the most powerful human biotics, due to Cerberus putting multiple implants inside her, and I'd doubt Cora has as much power as Jack Humans did not lose the first contact war. The council stepped in, and brokered a peace treaty. Also human biotics didn't fight in the war, they were all children at that point. And Jack isn't solely powerful because of her implants. Cerberus pushed her abilities beyond the human norm though drugs and psychological abuse. They forced her body beyond it limits, then once she recovered they would do it again. Think of it like exercise, you are damaging muscle, it heals and becomes stronger then before.
Also given what we know about Cora she also has Asari implants in addition to commando training. We don't know enough about either Drack or Cora to make any comparisons. You are making a whole lot of assumptions. We know Drack has some cybernetics, possibly his limbs. Do you know if all his organs are functioning, or were some of his redundant organs damaged or destroyed as well? How much has his age slowed him down? How long can his cybernetics run before requiring recharge? Does more activity increase the power draw?
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Post by 10k on Mar 4, 2017 23:05:12 GMT
Let's go by lore here to be fair to both parties. Cora is a human biotic. Human biotics have limitations when it comes to combat. Fighting long periods of time can exhaust them. That's why, according to lore, human biotics tend to eat so much to compensate for their over clocked metabolism. Drack on the other hand is a Krogan with multiple major organs. Krogans bodies help them fight for long periods of time. Just because Cora is a biotic means nothing. If being a human biotic was so exemplary, humans wouldn't have lost the first contact war against turians. Drack is a Krogan who I'm sure has fought multiple human biotics and asari commandos over the centuries he lived. What makes Cora so special? She's a regular human biotic who was just trained by commandos. Drack would only have to tire her out to the point of exhaustion, and at that point she'd run the risk of her body just completely failing. Jack is thought to be one of the most powerful human biotics, due to Cerberus putting multiple implants inside her, and I'd doubt Cora has as much power as Jack Humans did not lose the first contact war. The council stepped in, and brokered a peace treaty. Also human biotics didn't fight in the war, they were all children at that point. And Jack isn't solely powerful because of her implants. Cerberus pushed her abilities beyond the human norm though drugs and psychological abuse. They forced her body beyond it limits, then once she recovered they would do it again. Think of like exercise, you are damaging muscle, it heals and becomes stronger then before.
Also given what we know about Cora she also has Asari implants in addition to commando training. We don't know enough about either Drack or Cora to make any comparisons. You are making a whole lot of assumptions. We know Drack has some cybernetics, possibly his limbs. Do you know if all his organs are functioning, or were some of his redundant organs damaged or destroyed as well? How much has his age slowed him down?
Cora has Asari implants? asari don't use implants, their abilities are natural. I'm not making any assumptions, I'm going by lore. Drack does't have cybernetics he has prosthetics, which have nothing to do with major organs. Cora is only a human biotic who was trained by asari, nothing more. She does not possess to strength a asari would.
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Post by Revan Reborn on Mar 4, 2017 23:06:52 GMT
Alright change in question since the wording is bothering you. Who would win in a fight? And btw biotics can make a difference in a fight between to shotgun wielders which is why I allowed one to include biotics and other factors in the question. Let's go by lore here to be fair to both parties. Cora is a human biotic. Human biotics have limitations when it comes to combat. Fighting long periods of time can exhaust them. That's why, according to lore, human biotics tend to eat so much to compensate for their over clocked metabolism. Drack on the other hand is a Krogan with multiple major organs. Krogans bodies help them fight for long periods of time. Just because Cora is a biotic means nothing. If being a human biotic was so exemplary, humans wouldn't have lost the first contact war against turians. Drack is a Krogan who I'm sure has fought multiple human biotics and asari commandos over the centuries he lived. What makes Cora so special? She's a regular human biotic who was just trained by commandos. Drack would only have to tire her out to the point of exhaustion, and at that point she'd run the risk of her body just completely failing. Jack is thought to be one of the most powerful human biotics, due to Cerberus putting multiple implants inside her, and I'd doubt Cora has as much power as Jack There's nothing "normal" about Cora, let alone a human training with asari commandos. You vastly underestimate what she's capable of. That's why she would destroy you.
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Post by 10k on Mar 4, 2017 23:08:02 GMT
Let's go by lore here to be fair to both parties. Cora is a human biotic. Human biotics have limitations when it comes to combat. Fighting long periods of time can exhaust them. That's why, according to lore, human biotics tend to eat so much to compensate for their over clocked metabolism. Drack on the other hand is a Krogan with multiple major organs. Krogans bodies help them fight for long periods of time. Just because Cora is a biotic means nothing. If being a human biotic was so exemplary, humans wouldn't have lost the first contact war against turians. Drack is a Krogan who I'm sure has fought multiple human biotics and asari commandos over the centuries he lived. What makes Cora so special? She's a regular human biotic who was just trained by commandos. Drack would only have to tire her out to the point of exhaustion, and at that point she'd run the risk of her body just completely failing. Jack is thought to be one of the most powerful human biotics, due to Cerberus putting multiple implants inside her, and I'd doubt Cora has as much power as Jack There's nothing "normal" about Cora, let alone a human training with asari commandos. You vastly underestimate what she's capable of. That's why she would destroy you. Okay
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 23:09:21 GMT
Just dropping this info here so the debate can have some substance: As much info as we have other than that she has l3 implants and asari amps
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Post by Revan Reborn on Mar 4, 2017 23:12:53 GMT
There's nothing "normal" about Cora, let alone a human training with asari commandos. You vastly underestimate what she's capable of. That's why she would destroy you. Indeed. I've seen that tweet before! It's quite possible Cora could be the strongest human biotic we've ever seen, and that's extraordinary when we've had exceptional individuals like Miranda and Jack. I'm really looking forward to see how her character will unfold over the duration of the game. We already get a sense that her incredible abilities are taking a toll on her.
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Post by yourfunnyuncle on Mar 4, 2017 23:13:28 GMT
Humans did not lose the first contact war. The council stepped in, and brokered a peace treaty. Also human biotics didn't fight in the war, they were all children at that point. And Jack isn't solely powerful because of her implants. Cerberus pushed her abilities beyond the human norm though drugs and psychological abuse. They forced her body beyond it limits, then once she recovered they would do it again. Think of like exercise, you are damaging muscle, it heals and becomes stronger then before.
Also given what we know about Cora she also has Asari implants in addition to commando training. We don't know enough about either Drack or Cora to make any comparisons. You are making a whole lot of assumptions. We know Drack has some cybernetics, possibly his limbs. Do you know if all his organs are functioning, or were some of his redundant organs damaged or destroyed as well? How much has his age slowed him down?
Cora has Asari implants? asari don't use implants, their abilities are natural. I'm not making any assumptions, I'm going by lore. Drack does't have cybernetics he has prosthetics, which have nothing to do with major organs. I have zero interest in arguing who would win in a fight, but FYI Cora has L3 implants with Asari amps according to her writer.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 23:13:49 GMT
Indeed. I've seen that tweet before! It's quite possible Cora could be the strongest human biotic we've ever seen, and that's extraordinary when we've had exceptional individuals like Miranda and Jack. I'm really looking forward to see how her character will unfold over the duration of the game. We already get a sense that her incredible abilities are taking a toll on her. She didn't become Alec's second in command for no reason. She's gotta be strong!
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Mar 4, 2017 23:15:48 GMT
Better shotgun wielder in your guys' opinion? Cora or Drack You may include biotics, experience, etc. in your reasoning. Cora. She's been shown to actually know how to use a shotgun, where Drack so far has mostly used it as a club.
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Post by Revan Reborn on Mar 4, 2017 23:17:22 GMT
Indeed. I've seen that tweet before! It's quite possible Cora could be the strongest human biotic we've ever seen, and that's extraordinary when we've had exceptional individuals like Miranda and Jack. I'm really looking forward to see how her character will unfold over the duration of the game. We already get a sense that her incredible abilities are taking a toll on her. She didn't become Alec's second in command for no reason. She's gotta be strong! Agreed. Lets just say I wouldn't want to get on her bad side...
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Post by mikaelnovasun on Mar 4, 2017 23:18:31 GMT
Humans did not lose the first contact war. The council stepped in, and brokered a peace treaty. Also human biotics didn't fight in the war, they were all children at that point. And Jack isn't solely powerful because of her implants. Cerberus pushed her abilities beyond the human norm though drugs and psychological abuse. They forced her body beyond it limits, then once she recovered they would do it again. Think of like exercise, you are damaging muscle, it heals and becomes stronger then before.
Also given what we know about Cora she also has Asari implants in addition to commando training. We don't know enough about either Drack or Cora to make any comparisons. You are making a whole lot of assumptions. We know Drack has some cybernetics, possibly his limbs. Do you know if all his organs are functioning, or were some of his redundant organs damaged or destroyed as well? How much has his age slowed him down?
Cora has Asari implants? asari don't use implants, their abilities are natural. I'm not making any assumptions, I'm going by lore. Drack does't have cybernetics he has prosthetics, which have nothing to do with major organs. ME1, Liara had a biotic amp you could upgrade. Asari's biotics are natural, however they use implants and amps to strengthen their abilities. The difference between Asari and the other races is that while Asari are born with biotic abilities, the rest of the races must be exposed while still in their mother's womb. Prosthetics that react to commands from a person's nervous system would have some type of cybernetic component. If they don't then he would be at a disadvantage in any fight.
Cora's writer has stated that Cora has Asari amps with a L3 implant.
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Post by spaceywaceynerd on Mar 4, 2017 23:29:21 GMT
I feel like she's going to annoy me..that hairstyle..also she better not start 'that was my position > '' talk
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Post by 10k on Mar 4, 2017 23:37:45 GMT
Cora has Asari implants? asari don't use implants, their abilities are natural. I'm not making any assumptions, I'm going by lore. Drack does't have cybernetics he has prosthetics, which have nothing to do with major organs. ME1, Liara had a biotic amp you could upgrade. Asari's biotics are natural, however they use implants and amps to strengthen their abilities. The difference between Asari and the other races is that while Asari are born with biotic abilities, the rest of the races must be exposed while still in their mother's womb. Prosthetics that react to commands from a person's nervous system would have some type of cybernetic component. If they don't then he would be at a disadvantage in any fight.
Cora's writer has stated that Cora has Asari amps with a L3 implant.
Implants and amps are 2 different things. Asari do not have implants.
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Post by naytnavare on Mar 5, 2017 0:30:03 GMT
I feel like she's going to annoy me..that hairstyle..also she better not start 'that was my position > '' talk
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ME1, Liara had a biotic amp you could upgrade. Asari's biotics are natural, however they use implants and amps to strengthen their abilities. The difference between Asari and the other races is that while Asari are born with biotic abilities, the rest of the races must be exposed while still in their mother's womb. Prosthetics that react to commands from a person's nervous system would have some type of cybernetic component. If they don't then he would be at a disadvantage in any fight.
Cora's writer has stated that Cora has Asari amps with a L3 implant.
Implants and amps are 2 different things. Asari do not have implants. Amps need a port to plug into. An implant is a surgically-embedded interface port into which amps are "plugged in" . Codex entry: The finest quality implants and amps are manufactured by Asari artisans, but the Systems Alliance's L3 implants, first deployed in 2170 CE, represent a significant step forward for human bio-amp manufacturers.
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Post by The Elder King on Mar 5, 2017 1:51:29 GMT
I prefer the other versions of the noncommittal replies, because this might be interpreted as a teasing towards her being bi. Which is fine if she is, not much if she isn't .
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Post by naytnavare on Mar 5, 2017 2:37:10 GMT
This s*** annoys me, and she's already confirmed for me.
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Post by Crim on Mar 5, 2017 2:47:09 GMT
This s*** annoys me, and she's already confirmed for me.
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Post by Revan Reborn on Mar 5, 2017 3:01:12 GMT
If I were Flynn, I wouldn't even give responses like that on Twitter. He's not going to answer the question because BioWare isn't going to reveal the squad sexual orientations ahead of time. I don't see anything good coming from providing open ended answers that could lead to disappointment.
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