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Post by yourfunnyuncle on Feb 9, 2017 8:45:19 GMT
Maybe, though I think more likely the Tempest comes at the end of the mission and she and Alec step out to save you and Liam as well as any other possible survivors from the shuttles. I've been assuming that the initial accident is where Alec is lost. If he comes back to save you then there would have to be some subsequent incident he is involved in. Granted it was a couple of years ago and things could've changed, or they could've been deliberately throwing us off the scent, but the initial E3 "Ghost Riders in the Sky" teaser that featured who we now know to be Alec Ryder seemed to show him taking an active part in the story for longer than that...
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 9, 2017 9:07:04 GMT
I've been assuming that the initial accident is where Alec is lost. If he comes back to save you then there would have to be some subsequent incident he is involved in. Granted it was a couple of years ago and things could've changed, or they could've been deliberately throwing us off the scent, but the initial E3 "Ghost Riders in the Sky" teaser that featured who we now know to be Alec Ryder seemed to show him taking an active part in the story for longer than that... I think things might've changed since then, or the trailer was never meant to be rapresentative of the game experience. But we'll see. He might've left to pursue different goals. I think it's the former because I don't think it'd make much sense to make him have a different squad, with a female human and a male krogan, which we already have. They'd have created different characters.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 9:29:22 GMT
She needs better B implants for sure Pathetic comment (youtube level) detected... You seem like you have a wonderful sense of humor.
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Post by yourfunnyuncle on Feb 9, 2017 10:27:31 GMT
Granted it was a couple of years ago and things could've changed, or they could've been deliberately throwing us off the scent, but the initial E3 "Ghost Riders in the Sky" teaser that featured who we now know to be Alec Ryder seemed to show him taking an active part in the story for longer than that... I think things might've changed since then, or the trailer was never meant to be rapresentative of the game experience. But we'll see. He might've left to pursue different goals. I think it's the former because I don't think it'd make much sense to make him have a different squad, with a female human and a male krogan, which we already have. They'd have created different characters. Yeah it really depends on how they play it. They've had quite long "on rails" sections before where it's taken a while until we get control of our own ship. I expect that Alec will disappear from the scene quite quickly, but it may not be quite so soon as some people think. No way to know until we play!
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Post by pdomi on Feb 9, 2017 12:30:37 GMT
I think Alec Ryder could be a Loghain type of character in the sense that depending on a few key decisions, he could join the team at the expense of another character. Frankly, I am more interested in Alec Ryder and his background/motivations to be in the Andromeda Initiative than the combination of personal stories of Veetra, Drack, Jaal and Pb combined. I'm not saying Loghain and Alex respond to a similar archetype, I'm just talking about the possiblity of the guy joining Scott/Sara as a companion, while someone else may get upset about it and leave the Tempest. I think it could be an interesting development, just an idea that I had months ago, when we started to get more info on the initial premise of the game.
If I had any say in it, my squad for most of the game would be the Ryder father + son, and either Cora or Liam depending on the situation. Just a personal opinion, since I usually have preference for human characters and I don't really know much about the other characters to be remotely excited or interested. In the original trilogy, I became interested in Garrus when John Dombrow started working with him, whhich happened post ME 1.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 9, 2017 12:45:49 GMT
I think Alec Ryder could be a Loghain type of character in the sense that depending on a few key decisions, he could join the team at the expense of another character. Frankly, I am more interested in Alec Ryder and his background/motivations to be in the Andromeda Initiative than the combination of personal stories of Veetra, Drack, Jaal and Pb combined. I'm not saying Loghain and Alex respond to a similar archetype, I'm just talking about the possiblity of the guy joining Scott/Sara as a companion, while someone else may get upset about it and leave the Tempest. I think it could be an interesting development, just an idea that I had months ago, when we started to get more info on the initial premise of the game. If I had any say in it, my squad for most of the game would be the Ryder father + son, and either Cora or Liam depending on the situation. Just a personal opinion, since I usually have preference for human characters and I don't really know much about the other characters to be remotely excited or interested. In the original trilogy, I became interested in Garrus when John Dombrow started working with him, whhich happened post ME 1. I understand your personal interest, but I don't see anything they revealed so far that would lead to Alec having a Loghain role in the squad.
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Post by Fazed Muttley on Feb 9, 2017 13:01:46 GMT
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Cora isn't Cora at all but, C.O.R.A...
Cerberus' Organic Recon Asset.
Sorry, all the references to Cerberus, TIM and secret agendas gave me the idea xD
On a more serious note. Loving all the theory's here at the moment. I can't wait to find out if any of us is close or way off the mark in regards to what happens. And I agree biotic/class combos in cut scenes as well as gameplay would be amazing.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 9, 2017 17:23:16 GMT
Based on Vetra's reveal Drack had good chances to be a biotic, so my dream team with her and Cora might be coming through
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Post by readher on Feb 9, 2017 17:27:52 GMT
From PC Gamer March UK issue:
Awww yisss.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 9, 2017 17:28:40 GMT
From PC Gamer March UK issue: Awww yisss. That's a good news. Do you know where I can find it?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 9, 2017 17:32:09 GMT
From PC Gamer March UK issue: Awww yisss. How is she "rules based" and yet breaks them?
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 9, 2017 17:34:13 GMT
From PC Gamer March UK issue: Awww yisss. How is she "rules based" and yet breaks them? It's stated she bend them, sometimes, not break them.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 9, 2017 17:34:50 GMT
How is she "rules based" and yet breaks them? It's stated she bend them, sometimes, not break them. My point still stands. That's a contradiction.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 9, 2017 17:37:46 GMT
It's stated she bend them, sometimes, not break them. My point still stands. That's a contradiction. I disagree, but we'll see in the game I guess.
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Post by JayKay on Feb 9, 2017 17:45:29 GMT
It's stated she bend them, sometimes, not break them. My point still stands. That's a contradiction. People are contradictions, but that doesn't necessarily stop us. My guess is that she is largely loyal and follows orders, but there's going to be some big moments and some questionable orders given to our Pathfinder group (because let's face it, whether Cerberus is involved or not, the Andromeda Initiative is starting to sound hella shady), one might expect her to reluctantly follow along, but she'll go "the hell with that."
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Post by readher on Feb 9, 2017 17:49:46 GMT
From PC Gamer March UK issue: Awww yisss. That's a good news. Do you know where I can find it? A summary was posted on reddit. That's where I got the quote from.
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Post by readher on Feb 9, 2017 17:52:25 GMT
From PC Gamer March UK issue: Awww yisss. How is she "rules based" and yet breaks them? I guess it will be along the lines of not directly disregarding rules, but rather exploiting loop holes. Kinda how "Don't use force unless necessary" leaves the necessary part open for interpretation and you can bend it in your favor.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 18:00:13 GMT
About the hair again.
It's not that it's short, it's the style. Ive actually found women with short hair attractive.
But some weird mohawk comb over thing just looks ridiculous.
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Post by GannayevOfDreams on Feb 9, 2017 18:21:58 GMT
Wonder what kind of biotic implants Cora has. Maybe L2 like kaidan? Probably prototype/custom implants that were designed by Dr Ellen Ryder. Given that the implant used to interface with SAM is a biotic neural implant that was designed by Ellen in conjunction her husband's development of the artificial intelligence. I would guess either this, or she got some high-grade tech from her time spent with the Asari Commandos.
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Post by GannayevOfDreams on Feb 9, 2017 18:25:40 GMT
What if...
Cora isn't Cora at all but, C.O.R.A...
Cerberus' Organic Recon Asset.
Sorry, all the references to Cerberus, TIM and secret agendas gave me the idea xD
On a more serious note. Loving all the theory's here at the moment. I can't wait to find out if any of us is close or way off the mark in regards to what happens. And I agree biotic/class combos in cut scenes as well as gameplay would be amazing. Hah... imagine we get stealthmanced by a more advanced Eva style bot. People would be so pissed. Cerberus becomes the Institute! Synths... synths everywhere.
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Post by mikaelnovasun on Feb 9, 2017 18:51:00 GMT
What if...
Cora isn't Cora at all but, C.O.R.A...
Cerberus' Organic Recon Asset.
Sorry, all the references to Cerberus, TIM and secret agendas gave me the idea xD
On a more serious note. Loving all the theory's here at the moment. I can't wait to find out if any of us is close or way off the mark in regards to what happens. And I agree biotic/class combos in cut scenes as well as gameplay would be amazing. Hah... imagine we get stealthmanced by a more advanced Eva style bot. People would be so pissed. Cerberus becomes the Institute! Synths... synths everywhere. Ugh I would hate that. I am hoping that she has nothing to do with Cerberus other then wanting to get away from her father/uncle or whatever TIM might be. In fact the less mention of Cerberus the better. I enjoyed Cerberus in ME2, and winning over Miranda. But ME3 was Cerberus overload, and not enough Miranda .
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Post by JayKay on Feb 9, 2017 19:14:27 GMT
What if...
Cora isn't Cora at all but, C.O.R.A...
Cerberus' Organic Recon Asset.
Sorry, all the references to Cerberus, TIM and secret agendas gave me the idea xD
On a more serious note. Loving all the theory's here at the moment. I can't wait to find out if any of us is close or way off the mark in regards to what happens. And I agree biotic/class combos in cut scenes as well as gameplay would be amazing. Hah... imagine we get stealthmanced by a more advanced Eva style bot. People would be so pissed. Cerberus becomes the Institute! Synths... synths everywhere. All I'm saying is if Cora leaves the cap off the toothpaste, I'm throwing the fucking synth out the airlock.
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Post by KingDarious BBB on Feb 9, 2017 19:52:02 GMT
About the hair again. It's not that it's short, it's the style. Ive actually found women with short hair attractive. But some weird mohawk comb over thing just looks ridiculous. Thanks for getting this thread back on topic. I'm sick of all these trolls talking about everything but her hair.
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Post by CrutchCricket on Feb 9, 2017 20:27:53 GMT
About the hair again. It's not that it's short, it's the style. Ive actually found women with short hair attractive. But some weird mohawk comb over thing just looks ridiculous. Thanks for getting this thread back on topic. I'm sick of all these trolls talking about everything but her hair. Well, it is so terrible it requires daily mocking
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Post by commanderkorra on Feb 9, 2017 20:35:17 GMT
I hope Cora is a romance option for fem Ryder and not just male Ryder. Otherwise it's just like they did with Miranda, Ashley and Jack/Cassandra for DA. For once I would like to romance my female human squadmate. Overall I enjoy Bioware games, but personally tired of the straight human female formula for Squadmates. That last human female companion/Squadmate I remember romancing is Silk fox. I just hope they change it up a bit, and hope it isn't femryder = Liam and maleryder = Cora. Either way I can't wait to play
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