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Post by BloodOfShiagur on Sept 20, 2017 22:49:07 GMT
Aww, fuck, top of the page and I can’t find any decent top page Reyes  Ok, at least one for the height issues i.imgur.com/JB8aoGa.jpgI guess, but it still seems like a significant investment. If they just stole a couple of satellites from the Nexus, reprogrammed them and then dropped them at some key locations, maybe it’s not too tasking, then. I think they’re there also to spy on any potential rivals setting up operations. Like that one woman on the broken Turian golden world that eventually gets taken out by Reyes? A small hitch in Reyes’ ambitious plan to become a famed information broker – there’s not much interesting info to be brokered in this boring ass cluster.  Yeah, but where are the satellites watching Nexus, the colonies or Aya? One of the two I found was explicitly mentioned to monitor some empty wreck of a planet in the ass end of the cluster while the other one was pointed towards the black hole (so Reyes is anticipating the Cthulhu existence and secretly preparing, huh  ). Hehe, you may actually be right, you know?  Guess that's not how Reyes imagined it back in the Milky way while dreaming abut his merc intel setup. But he's a resourceful one, he'll make do, at worst he may start a tabloid service... reporting on the black hole inhabitants or Evfra's morning routine or something. Everyone has to start somewhere As unpractical and foolhardy as it might be, I kind of like the idea of Reyes making an exclusive ultra-rare occurrence of going to meet somebody in person and dropping an ultimatum like that. If he had vetted the person properly, it might come across as extremely flattering, to be asked to join directly by the Charlatan himself. The risk would be high, of course, but Reyes does love making impressive personal appearances. And if it proved too scary for the potential recruit, Reyes would know that they're not hardcore enough anyway and would just kill them. Basically I guess I just want to see Reyes do more terrible things lmao. I doubt there are many if any people he'd want to join that bad, anyway, so I guess it's not really feasible. I don’t think he’d ever pretend to be a lesser Collective operative. It’s extremely important for his cover to appear unaffiliated and impartial, only speaking for the "little people" of the Port and the slums. Very cold blooded  . But if the person joins because they are aware they will die if they refuse that's not going to be a healthy relationship.Yes, I think so too. He must appear independent, at least before the Collective take over. Maybe after he could pretend to do some jobs for them. I'd go as far as to say that Reyes would have to watch his ass pretty intently from that point on, since he'd surely coerce no witless amateur in such a manner and handling someone like that is almost asking them to try and get back at you. Not saying he couldn't one of these days make a very dramatic appearance to someone he'd want to impress into joining (knowing his chances are just fine either way). He could still do tons of terrible things using the reveal, they don't have to be just recruitment-related (as in he could just show himself whenever he'd want to off a significant rival personally, a bit like what he did in the cave scene, but more mafia-style. MIght be cool- you get to see the Charlatan when you're about to be wasted kind of cool.)  You're probably right on the independence, but still, his being known to some members of the Collective would probably amount to nothing much, they're hardly the general public and hopefully most of them are less talkative than Mr. Sniper Guy. Hmm, anyway, it will be even more fun if he continues smuggler business-as-usual after the takeover. Reyes is very bad at partying.  There ought to be a side quest “Make Reyes Relax and Enjoy a Party”. Steps would include getting fine whisky that would make him stop and enjoy the moment, putting on some smooth music he'd enjoy (quest fail state option: choosing ME elevator music mix), acquire a cute doggo that he could pet while lounging... Maybe he just hates stuffy Nexus parties with too many eyes and no interesting contacts to make? That side quest would be priceless, though. But it would definitely need an alternative route where you just snatch a whiskey and accept the invitation to the closet... Lol, he already drank her under the bar. What's up with your characters BloodOfShiagur ? Ryder, Dorado^^. I have to check Dorado in my game, I don't remember her being small. Anyway, very nice shots. Hehe Not going to happen. But now you got me to think that Reyes and Ryder totally need to hold a drinking contest to find the truth once and for all (with Drack snickering in the background, thinking "kids these days") My Dorado' bigger than yours, huh? Lovely pics, thank you for sharing.   I love the third one; your Ryder looks badass enough to cause Reyes some trouble.  (Also how tiny is Sara? Reyes looks so tall and imposing in that shot. )Alright THAT thing with the mouth, I’ve had that one before. It’s ruined some of my shots, but it’s not as bad from farther away - like that screenshot of yours isn't ruined by it. I don’t think anything can be done about it. :/ Maybe certain lip shapes work better with it, I don’t know. I like to make my characters’ lips thinner than the default. Oh I like that nighttime Port picture. Makes it look like it's quieted down for some reason (like a bloody regime change...?). It's almost eerie. I don't know about dwarfism, but Dorado's apparently broken her neck. I think it's mostly caused by the fact that he stands upright while she's leaning against the bar, but, well, they look just fine like this. He's tall and imposing while she's smaller but menacing, (especially since it looks she'll have to pay the smug bastard's tab again) Yeah, it's fine in this screenshot (though it ruined a perfect close up I could've taken for the Ryder show-off thread), it gets far worse in the Roekaar scene. There's no running away or zooming out of the damn glow. Btw I saw it on PB today, it was even more atrocious. Maybe it's some additional malfunction in Kadara's atmosphere? Lol. She'd broken her neck, suffers from dire case of shrinking and is about to lose her job very soon. One would almost feel sorry for her. Hmm, how do you think she'll lose her job anyway? Will she be kicked out to the badlands or will the termination of contract be, let's say, final? Anyway, thanks for the appreciation, both of you. Ryder better watch out that Reyes won’t get tired of them, he doesn't seem to have patience for bitchy behaviour. Sooo maybe it's not a good idea to try the angry storming off after High Noon lol. Zia probs has a case of sour grapes. Hmm, Zia's still bitchier with her murder attempt than Ryder with their walking away. Plus, Ryder is potentially useful for the future, while Zia is not. If he can survive the bitchy behavior of being dumped, I'd still take my chances with the storming off. Hmm, the Collective guys are the only ones that become non-hostile after Reyes takes over. The random unaffiliated raiders on Kadara and Elaaden still seem to make up a large portion of the exiles… But as we know, that’s mostly the result of the stupid game mechanics design. Hard to say how much large the peaceful exiled-exile population on Kadara is supposed to be. I agree though that a more relaxed policy might entice some of them back, yeah. Such as those that don’t suffer from the brain damage. Well, the brain damaged ones can stay where they are, there's plenty of those still non-exiled But I simply don’t believe there are all that many exiles to begin with. The biggest problem of the Heleus cluster- the numbers are damn off. But some of them seem to want back or at least don't care to be exiles at all. They'd make good targets for reintroduction process, after all, the AI can't afford to lose that many people. But guess that would have to go with the leadership owning a mistake and well... haha. Not sure how they can stop people from being underhandedly smuggled into the outposts, even a teenage turian can do that. She could maybe make it as an operative, but yes I meant the latter: Reyes must keep close tabs on Ryder’s crew among other notable people, and he wouldn’t risk getting into trouble over letting Sid join, even if she is useful. I’m not so sure that the Collective will get their image cleaned up all that quickly. It might be Reyes’ eventual goal, but it could even be that he’d scrap the Collective over time and reshape it into another, more acceptable looking group. One that’s even more secretive and hard to figure out, but inside with mostly the same people and operations. He’d want clients that otherwise would shy away from the “pirate gang from Kadara” look. Maybe in like a decade, once things are more established? True about Sid (but how funny it would be to have her fume about the Collective not taking her because of Vetra? ), but the more I think about it the weirder it looks that Vetra doesn’t seem to have any ties to them. She had a year or so of making contacts before she boarded the Tempest, which likely made her unavailable (but even then, with Reyes not knowing the Pathfinder personally, the Tempest is a great place to place an operative). With her skill set, if Reyes would seek a Nexus insider, she’d be the model choice. Hard to believe she’s never dealt with them one way or another. It would depend on how they’re perceived outside Kadara, I guess. With how sketchy all the news are, the Collective may be a pretty hazy concept to those who don’t live around them. Agreed on the cleaning taking time, but them being sort of the grey eminence power on Kadara could clean them a bit by itself. (Wonder how Keema fits into the political representation) It would of course also depend on the Nexus policies towards the Outcasts. If Tann continues to spout that anti-exile propaganda, Reyes could have more trouble, but then a miracle might happen and Tann could let it go. Especially if he was made to realize his new shady allies are useful. Remaking the Collective would be sad... and everyone who matters would still know better. I guess only the "pirate gang" thing really needs to go. Even if it were, what can I do? “The Orchid knows no mercy.”  Oh, now we're talking To think you've just been playing innocent the whole time... just be reminded that the moment you break your word about keeping your physical form out of my corporate fortress and its immediate surroundings, it's war.  As if the plot even mattered, rather than just getting to hear our favorite smartass again. But the DLC is starts with Jensen lounging half-naked again, which is his favorite free time activity, obviously, and watching tv. I feel it should be longer, though. Feels more like a side mission than a proper DLC. Prague looks really good in the game and there’s a ton of effort put in there. Dunno about quaint though lol. Well, it kinda matters, it must measure up to our favorite smartass in order not to shame him with unworthy plot. That would be terrible Hmm, maybe he left all his spare shirts in the US? Or the owners have a weird no-shirt policy, forcing everyone who comes in to remove it? All that half naked lounging can't be natural. Aw fuck, so you're saying there's not enough Pritchard content after all? Boo. Hehe, I'll take accurate over quaint any time. I've had my fun elsewhere. It looks nice, autumn in Prague. It's even better if you speak Czech I suppose. In the DLC there were 2 people speaking without subtitles and I was hiding behind a wall wondering lol. Only understood a name. Lol, that must've been the eavesdrop of a lifetime I'm looking forward to this now, it'll be intriguing. But Pritchard will be missed nevertheless. Malik too, in a way. Jensen didn’t get owned, he managed to infiltrate a super-secure corporate building with dozens of goons after him and then escape with crucial intel!  You shouldn’t look at spoilers too much, regarding noodle factories and such fun things that definitely do exist although not necessarily connected to Tong, but I can say that the director’s cut DLC thing isn’t about that. Getting the dlc is a good idea regardless since it is fun! So they were, somewhat almost friendly anyway, but Jensen doesn't seem to acknowledge that here. Maybe Prichard did something to make him extra mad in the HR – MD in-between book where they also meet.  Yeah, yeah, he escaped. Getting ingloriously chased out by a herd of said goons because he behaved like an amateur. Ass. First. Johnny English would do better. (Don’t look at me, I was all but willing to let it slide. You started it and you know it )
So the Tong involvement at least was random internet nonsense. Well, I might as well look into the DLC while I’m at it... You both seem pretty positive about it. Though I must admit I wasn’t all that enthusaistic about the Missing link.. just seemed to drag on forever. To be fair, it was by accident my first meeting with HR so that might’ve had a part in it. Or maybe it was the other way round this time? Aww. His most cherished possessions, surely. Know what didn't make it, though? A picture of Megan. Hell yeah.  Hehe, wonder if he's read it. And he'll never forget his Kubrick, good man. Think he just religiously displays it around, never having read it to find out how Pritchard thinks? |
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Post by Zitrus on Sept 21, 2017 9:02:37 GMT
Aww, fuck, top of the page and I can’t find any decent top page Reyes Ok, at least one for the height issues But you did. And suddenly she's tall^^. The angara in the background is listening in, be careful. You're probably right on the independence, but still, his being known to some members of the Collective would probably amount to nothing much, they're hardly the general public and hopefully most of them are less talkative than Mr. Sniper Guy. Hmm, anyway, it will be even more fun if he continues smuggler business-as-usual after the takeover. The more in the know, the higher the risk. What if they're drunk and spill his secret or are captured and tortured to give up his identity. I would minimize exposure as much as possible. My Dorado' bigger than yours, huh? Experiment concluded. Mine is as tall as Sara. Hmm, how do you think she'll lose her job anyway? Will she be kicked out to the badlands or will the termination of contract be, let's say, final? The first time I screwed up and had to kill her. Problem solved the permanent way. He either kills her or imprisons her for now. If you kill her Crux says she would have liked to question her. Reyes sent Elora to Elaaden and was sure she would not survive long there. However, Dorado has knowledge of the inner workings of the Collective which would pose a risk if she's exiled as well. True about Sid (but how funny it would be to have her fume about the Collective not taking her because of Vetra? ), but the more I think about it the weirder it looks that Vetra doesn’t seem to have any ties to them. She had a year or so of making contacts before she boarded the Tempest, which likely made her unavailable (but even then, with Reyes not knowing the Pathfinder personally, the Tempest is a great place to place an operative). With her skill set, if Reyes would seek a Nexus insider, she’d be the model choice. Hard to believe she’s never dealt with them one way or another. It's not too far fetched she traded with them through her own connections there. Maybe Reyes would like to have her in the Collective but Vetra doesn't seem to want to join such a group and play double agent. So the Tong involvement at least was random internet nonsense. No, it wasn't. This is the short preorder mission I mentioned. It's called "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" and it's about young Tracer Tong in the noodle factory (hmm, this reads like the synopsis of a children's book ). Know what didn't make it, though? A picture of Megan. Hell yeah. Yes, she's just his ex anyway, they had broken up before HR. And because well, play the games. Think he just religiously displays it around, never having read it to find out how Pritchard thinks? Lol no. I think he read it. There's also a pen on top of it. Maybe he made corrections or suggestions . He must like reading, he has many books, also for learning Czech. |
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Post by BloodOfShiagur on Sept 22, 2017 9:06:16 GMT
But you did. And suddenly she's tall^^. The angara in the background is listening in, be careful. Haha, he must be completely intrigued, the nosy bastard. If only he knew he's eavesdropping on the Charlatan himself, that can't be good for one's health... The more in the know, the higher the risk. What if they're drunk and spill his secret or are captured and tortured to give up his identity. I would minimize exposure as much as possible. Yeah, true. Better if there are no signs of Collective activity around him. (Such as Tartarus, according to the datapad. Such a hint... ) But that can happen to those who know him personally too. I wouldn't put it past Keema to rat him out in case she'd run into some serious shit with Sloane and wanted to keep herself in power. Still, it must be poking and prodding him from the inside he can't just go showing off on random Experiment concluded. Mine is as tall as Sara. Huh. Interesting. You know, I believe she shrunk a little even during the dialogue. Come to think of it I believe even Crux was a little shorter than usual... err.. moving sands? Or a disease born by that tiny angara merchant on Voeld? (Don't tell me there's no tiny angara merchant...?) The first time I screwed up and had to kill her. Problem solved the permanent way. He either kills her or imprisons her for now. If you kill her Crux says she would have liked to question her. Reyes sent Elora to Elaaden and was sure she would not survive long there. However, Dorado has knowledge of the inner workings of the Collective which would pose a risk if she's exiled as well. Wait, that can happen? How? I though the quest was concluded by telling Crux what you've found. There seemed to be no other way... But yeah, I guess it's the end of Dorado. You don't just go messing around with the shadiest of leaders, after all. It's not too far fetched she traded with them through her own connections there. Maybe Reyes would like to have her in the Collective but Vetra doesn't seem to want to join such a group and play double agent. Guess she must have, there can't be that many good contacts on Kadara that don't include them. (Since she probably knew, it seems she has a bit of nasty habit to hold out on important stuff...) I can't imagine her refusing an edge, though. If she only provided her contacts and occasional Nexus intel with no additional spy bullshit... a bit of a freelancer, if you will. No, it wasn't. This is the short preorder mission I mentioned. It's called "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" and it's about young Tracer Tong in the noodle factory (hmm, this reads like the synopsis of a children's book ). Tracer Tong and the Noodle factory. Yaay, that sounds like an instant classic. Nothing like a children's book turned into an industrial horror with murderous noodles But pre-order missions? Seriously? ( Hmm, I happen to have the weirdest case of deja vu right now)Yes, she's just his ex anyway, they had broken up before HR. And because well, play the games. I think I know where that's coming from. I just couldn't help but comment because it's fine. "All that for a woman" comments can go to hell. Now we only need a bloody revenge mission for the doggo Lol no. I think he read it. There's also a pen on top of it. Maybe he made corrections or suggestions . He must like reading, he has many books, also for learning Czech. Haha, Pritchard must be thrilled to have his precious script corrected by Jensen. Anyway, tat would make for a hillarious conversation. Maybe he could get to convince Pritchard his suggestions are actually cool and worth working into the script. I didn't notice any books in HR. Perhaps they were still unpacked? Hmm, wait he doesn't have a mysterious aug language system? He'd benefit from it for sure where he is, but nobody has said he isn't just very good at languages. |
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Post by orchid on Sept 23, 2017 7:17:31 GMT
BloodOfShiagur Lovely picture there at the top. :smiles: Yeah, but where are the satellites watching Nexus, the colonies or Aya? One of the two I found was explicitly mentioned to monitor some empty wreck of a planet in the ass end of the cluster while the other one was pointed towards the black hole (so Reyes is anticipating the Cthulhu existence and secretly preparing, huh ). If they set up a spy satellite in the orbit of any of those places, it would get taken down within an hour. The backwater planets are more likely to have rival criminal activity and such gangs have less finely tuned instruments for detecting the satellites. The black hole surveillance is just smart, and everyone in the cluster should be doing the same. I’d be in constant state of existential threat if a gigantic, physics defying black hole visible with bare eyes like that was in the middle of my home cluster. Hmm, Zia's still bitchier with her murder attempt than Ryder with their walking away. Plus, Ryder is potentially useful for the future, while Zia is not. If he can survive the bitchy behavior of being dumped, I'd still take my chances with the storming off. Yah, but Reyes dumped her ass way before the murder attempt. Unless this is the second murder attempt and Reyes didn’t bother retaliating and just told her that they’re over now. You think Reyes could be dating Ryder just because they’re useful? Just being friendly gets the same result, no need to whore for Initiative support. True about Sid (but how funny it would be to have her fume about the Collective not taking her because of Vetra? ), but the more I think about it the weirder it looks that Vetra doesn’t seem to have any ties to them. She had a year or so of making contacts before she boarded the Tempest, which likely made her unavailable (but even then, with Reyes not knowing the Pathfinder personally, the Tempest is a great place to place an operative). With her skill set, if Reyes would seek a Nexus insider, she’d be the model choice. Hard to believe she’s never dealt with them one way or another. It should have been Vetra who worked as Ryder’s liaison on Kadara, rather than SAM. This is a problem in the entire game – SAM does what the squadmates or even Ryder should be doing. Drack on Elaaden is the only instance that I can think of where the squaddies actually helped Ryder in the Pathfinding. This took away both precious moments for Ryder to accomplish things themselves (instead of just whining “SAM, tell me which button to press!”) AND from the squadmates to earn their pay and give the player reason to grow fond of them. So as we previously established, it makes little narrative sense for SAM to keep on harping us to go see Reyes. If Vetra knew him for an expert smuggler with his finger on Kadara’s pulse, she could’ve made the introductions or at least pointed us in the right direction and told us to see what Reyes has to say, while advising us to take everything with a grain of salt. Maybe Vetra could say go to Reyes while Drack would be like “no, go talk with Kaetus, he stuck with the Krogan during the Uprising” (I know that in the game Drack dislikes Sloane for being a traitor - that's just a quick example). Vetra tells us constantly how she’s such a great procurement specialist, yet in the game she really does nothing plot significant. This would be such an elegant fix. I personally wouldn’t like her being a Collective member. It would make the cluster seem that much smaller. It would pretty much require her loyalty mission being about her conflicting interests and Reyes would have to be tied into that, which would be difficult to pull off. Maybe interesting, but IMO not really desirable. Vetra would need to be a different character altogether, basically. Wait, that can happen? How? I though the quest was concluded by telling Crux what you've found. It’s if you press on about her loyalty. She gets suspicious and bugs out as soon as you’re out of sight. After talking with Crux, Ryder rushes after her (little ways into the outer cave) to minimize the damage. That’s what happened to me also, so I've never seen the other conclusion. Reyes would have to be a raging idiot to let her go alive, though. So basically get him a bit more comfortable than he is now at Tartaurs. The lounging part he has covered already. Him just sitting and drinking at Tartarus hardly counts as a party! He also didn’t party at Sloane’s party, remember? Ryder needs to throw a birthday party or a “Congrats on Staging a Successful Coup” party, so he can’t sneak away.  Very cold blooded . But if the person joins because they are aware they will die if they refuse that's not going to be a healthy relationship. Such is the life for the hardened professional criminal. There are always people that get in too deep and who probably have little to no chance of dying peacefully in their sleep, and who necessarily don't have the support network or skills to get out. (Of course in a BioWare game everything is fluffied up [e.g. Aria in the Omega DLC], so meh I guess.) So okay, we’ll have a highly talented but naïve person who could be trusted to be impressed enough by the “honor” of a personal meeting to disregard the obvious warning signs, and who can probably be easily discarded once they’ve done whatever they were needed for, should they start showing signs of regret or fearing for their life due to knowing too much.
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Post by melbella on Sept 23, 2017 17:03:45 GMT
So as we previously established, it makes little narrative sense for SAM to keep on harping us to go see Reyes. If Vetra knew him for an expert smuggler with his finger on Kadara’s pulse, she could’ve made the introductions or at least pointed us in the right direction and told us to see what Reyes has to say, while advising us to take everything with a grain of salt. Maybe Vetra could say go to Reyes while Drack would be like “no, go talk with Kaetus, he stuck with the Krogan during the Uprising” (I know that in the game Drack dislikes Sloane for being a traitor - that's just a quick example). Is that how you read Drack's remark? I go back and forth on it because the way he says it really is ambiguous. I think his direct quote is: "I don't like her [Sloane] any more than Tann, but loyalty counts for something." At first I read it the way you mention, that despite his hatred for Tann, he prefers him over Sloane. But then I reconsidered, based on how his statement is worded. It makes it sounds like he prefers Sloane, saying that despite not liking her she was loyal whereas Tann was not (ie went back on the deal Spender set up) so he'd back her instead. |
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Post by orchid on Sept 23, 2017 20:17:01 GMT
So as we previously established, it makes little narrative sense for SAM to keep on harping us to go see Reyes. If Vetra knew him for an expert smuggler with his finger on Kadara’s pulse, she could’ve made the introductions or at least pointed us in the right direction and told us to see what Reyes has to say, while advising us to take everything with a grain of salt. Maybe Vetra could say go to Reyes while Drack would be like “no, go talk with Kaetus, he stuck with the Krogan during the Uprising” (I know that in the game Drack dislikes Sloane for being a traitor - that's just a quick example). Is that how you read Drack's remark? I go back and forth on it because the way he says it really is ambiguous. I think his direct quote is: "I don't like her [Sloane] any more than Tann, but loyalty counts for something." At first I read it the way you mention, that despite his hatred for Tann, he prefers him over Sloane. But then I reconsidered, based on how his statement is worded. It makes it sounds like he prefers Sloane, saying that despite not liking her she was loyal whereas Tann was not (ie went back on the deal Spender set up) so he'd back her instead. ...I guess? I really just were making a quick example to illustrate my idea, which is why I wrote that clause in parentheses to begin with...  Drack answers to Ryder’s remark that he must have opinions on Sloane with “that’s putting it mildly” and continues specifically on Sloane switching sides while heading the security. Then comes the “loyalty counts” line. Once she’s dead, Drack goes “good riddance”. (I also have a hazy, probably false memory of Drack using the exact word “traitor” in his opening line the first time you speak to him at Kralla’s after High Noon, when everybody else comments on Scott loving Reyes.) Drack dislikes Sloane and turning traitor seems to be the first thing he mentions when asked about it. I don’t see how a value judgement about Slone/Tann preference is necessary there. He can dis both of them. None of either Drack Sloane or Tann are Reyes tho so it’s not something I’ve pondered deeply upon. I have cold and cna't sleep, so some pix: This is making me lol, because it looks like Reyes and Evfra are on a scenic hiking trail and Evfra is hating every second of it, angrily stomping along:  Reyes actually got hit! With blood coming out! Poor angel.  Dunno why his blood comes with weird orange sparkles though. Secret to his immortality?  I don’t know why everything is so funny to me now. Too tired? Probably.  Action hero Reyes:  |
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Post by haolyn on Sept 24, 2017 11:41:34 GMT
while i appreciate the sentiment this tweet got me thinking - do you guys think reyes was written to be bisexual from the start? to me it seems more like the m/m romance was added after his storyline was already written and all the romance scenes animated for a female ryder
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Post by orchid on Sept 24, 2017 13:56:02 GMT
while i appreciate the sentiment this tweet got me thinking - do you guys think reyes was written to be bisexual from the start? to me it seems more like the m/m romance was added after his storyline was already written and all the romance scenes animated for a female ryder Agreed. That tweet makes me want to show a gif of the glitchy Scott/Reyes dance (never fixed, rip) at whoever that person is. The dance was obviously made with only Sara in mind. Not giving a single fuck about either designing it for Scott also or fixing it later-on speaks its own language about how much they cared for bi guys. There’s also the controversial “Queen of Kadara” line of Vetra’s. The fact that this line was removed from Scott (and that we got no replacement) clearly suggests to me that it was written for Sara alone. (Then again, in the Vetra romance Scott has the line about wanting to be a fairy tale princess as a kid, which sounds similar, but then again I faintly recall Vetra’s writer initially wanting her to be strictly lesbian?) Reyes also has an ex-girlfriend, because of course he has. Would be nice to see a bi-dude with an ex-bf for once. Zia is cool and I like her character design, but they’re definitely not bucking the male bi-erasure trend with her. |
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Post by BloodOfShiagur on Sept 24, 2017 14:50:57 GMT
while i appreciate the sentiment this tweet got me thinking - do you guys think reyes was written to be bisexual from the start? to me it seems more like the m/m romance was added after his storyline was already written and all the romance scenes animated for a female ryder I don’t really know, maybe the animations are just caused by lack of care/ resources. PB’s romance suffers from something similar from what I hear, just the other way round, and there’s little chance she wasn’t written bisexual. However it is, at least for once anyone can romance a plot important character. If they set up a spy satellite in the orbit of any of those places, it would get taken down within an hour. The backwater planets are more likely to have rival criminal activity and such gangs have less finely tuned instruments for detecting the satellites. The black hole surveillance is just smart, and everyone in the cluster should be doing the same. I’d be in constant state of existential threat if a gigantic, physics defying black hole visible with bare eyes like that was in the middle of my home cluster. Rival criminal activity of any kind would be understandable but the satellite I found was very likely of no such use. It was pointed at some years abandoned angara colony if I recall correctly, so unless the Collective is looking to get into archaeology or looking for a place to set up their presence (which could be possible), I don't know. But the black hole looks so peaceful, just looming there, especially right against Kadara , threatening to swallow everything the AI has built in the next few.... appropriate space time units of measure. Yah, but Reyes dumped her ass way before the murder attempt. Unless this is the second murder attempt and Reyes didn’t bother retaliating and just told her that they’re over now. You think Reyes could be dating Ryder just because they’re useful? Just being friendly gets the same result, no need to whore for Initiative support. Seems she took it very personally and it stuck well into the future, though. (She can claim it’s for profit only, but she sneers quite a bit when Ryder approves of her accusations against Reyes) Hehe, that would be cold blooded even for him "Ah, Zia, she tried to kill me for profit once. That’s when I ended things with her..." But I don’t know, maybe it’s possible. Not really, I think you’re right about the benefits of being friendly. There’s almost no need for him to sleep with the Pathfinder unless he really wants to, he’s probably not that desperate for support of any kind. (Seems more like the Nexus could benefit from Collective’s support... it would actually be a funny option for Ryder to have these intentions if the Charlatan thing came to light earlier. Not one I’d be taking, but a funny one nevertheless ) Anyway, I was thinking more of Ryder being too useful an ally for Reyes to allow this relation to be broken on a whim. It should have been Vetra who worked as Ryder’s liaison on Kadara, rather than SAM. This is a problem in the entire game – SAM does what the squadmates or even Ryder should be doing. Drack on Elaaden is the only instance that I can think of where the squaddies actually helped Ryder in the Pathfinding. This took away both precious moments for Ryder to accomplish things themselves (instead of just whining “SAM, tell me which button to press!”) AND from the squadmates to earn their pay and give the player reason to grow fond of them. So as we previously established, it makes little narrative sense for SAM to keep on harping us to go see Reyes. If Vetra knew him for an expert smuggler with his finger on Kadara’s pulse, she could’ve made the introductions or at least pointed us in the right direction and told us to see what Reyes has to say, while advising us to take everything with a grain of salt. Maybe Vetra could say go to Reyes while Drack would be like “no, go talk with Kaetus, he stuck with the Krogan during the Uprising” (I know that in the game Drack dislikes Sloane for being a traitor - that's just a quick example). Vetra tells us constantly how she’s such a great procurement specialist, yet in the game she really does nothing plot significant. This would be such an elegant fix. I personally wouldn’t like her being a Collective member. It would make the cluster seem that much smaller. It would pretty much require her loyalty mission being about her conflicting interests and Reyes would have to be tied into that, which would be difficult to pull off. Maybe interesting, but IMO not really desirable. Vetra would need to be a different character altogether, basically. And that would actually be great and make perfect sense.  Vetra could do so much more stuff on Kadara... Hell, she could even mention him being knowledgeable once and thus give SAM a reason for any future highlighting of him. If he’s that good she must’ve heard of him or perhaps even worked with him or his guys (knowingly or not) yet the only one who actually comments on anyone on Kadara is Cora... who has actually just met them and perhaps not even that. It’s if you press on about her loyalty. She gets suspicious and bugs out as soon as you’re out of sight. After talking with Crux, Ryder rushes after her (little ways into the outer cave) to minimize the damage. That’s what happened to me also, so I've never seen the other conclusion. Reyes would have to be a raging idiot to let her go alive, though. Or to waste resource detaining her, I guess. Hmm, they might actually save resources by feeding her kind to the adhi... Him just sitting and drinking at Tartarus hardly counts as a party! He also didn’t party at Sloane’s party, remember? Ryder needs to throw a birthday party or a “Congrats on Staging a Successful Coup” party, so he can’t sneak away. He did party hard at Sloane’s party, just in his own way Hmm, that would have to be one hell of a well hidden party. You know, so that nothing got revealed to the undesirable parts of population But you think he wouldn’t find a way to disappear, if he’s really not a party person after all? Nice job with the pics. Evfra doesn’t look happy with his current situation at all, though, poor guy. He should rejoice in his good looking company more The plot doesn’t feel all that significant, but then again they hardly could make the main plot hinge on extra content. The dialogues (aka the entire point of the DLC) were fun, but I was left hungry for more of them due to the mission's shortness and Pricthard not being personally present. Pricthard (I have enormous problems with spelling that name btw) also has aged a lot since HR. It must have been taxing two years for him, the poor man. You can actually play dress-up with Jensen. Unfortunately, all he has are three almost identical outfits, so who can blame him for not wanting to wear the tactical combat-armor shirt on his free time? But imagine giving him something akin to the ME1 Phoenix armor. False, unless your definition of “letting it go” is dragging an already closed topic back from its grave, jiggling its corpse to make it look alive, and then scratching it over while still leaving it completely legible and then complaining about getting a reply. (I’m also pretty sure the guards that come after you aren’t infinite and can be killed just like everybody else? Me, I did run away ASAP, since I don’t get a kill-‘em’-all attitude from Jensen (also a good reason to not just kill or maim an unarmed woman), but maybe that just me being a coward bitch or whatever lmao .) He isn't present in there? He what, comms you the entire damn time? How can he take furtive glances at Jensen then? I can't write it anytime I start thinking too much about it. Even now I had to go check the spelling because it suddenly stopped making sense. It's a weird name Well, two taxing years still sound better than a different writer taking a new approach, though. Seems like his style. Can't expect much from him, but him getting so bored with his own wardrobe so that he'd decide not to wear it at all, that would be something else He'd look very.. lively in the Phoenix armor. But the brightly colored one I distinctly remember would be even worse. It may not even be the colors as much as the style. Well, if that’s how you see it. 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Post by orchid on Sept 24, 2017 18:11:01 GMT
I don’t really know, maybe the animations are just caused by lack of care/ resources. PB’s romance suffers from something similar from what I hear, just the other way round, and there’s little chance she wasn’t written bisexual. I don’t know. The thing with asari romances is that they’re written for men. They’re made available for women too, yes, but they’re not written with women in mind – hence Sara’s invisible cock. If the writer was truly attempting to write Reyes as a bi male character with her eye on bi erasure, she could e.g. have have made Zia a guy instead, not to mention written a line for Vetra that would suit Scott better. In fact, it would paint the writer in more flattering light if Reyes was changed only at the last moment, because otherwise she did a lazy job with that Vetra line (although personally I didn't mind it, at least until it was taken away and replaced with nothing revealing how badly the thing was designed). I acquiesce that I may be completely wrong, however. Has anyone w/ twitter asked the writer whether Reyes was always meant for Scott too? I don’t see why it would be a secret. In either case, Jaal seems to be the first bi character in the series where they actually customized the content for both sexes. Too bad the same courtesy couldn’t be extended to Reyes and PB, but it’s a step. Considering Jaal, it would be interesting if Reyes indeed was made bi only late in development. Jaal was originally intended to be bi, but that was changed… Could it be that at that point they decided to switch NPC orientations, and make Reyes bi in his stead? Maybe that’s too far-fetched and I don’t know what the reason would even be. Deciding for some unfathomably stupid reason that Jaal should be for ladies only, but also thinking that leaving gay men with only Gil would be a fate too cruel to allow happening (which it would’ve been )? I don’t want to create a weird conspiracy theory out of this though. Rival criminal activity of any kind would be understandable but the satellite I found was very likely of no such use. It was pointed at some years abandoned angara colony if I recall correctly, so unless the Collective is looking to get into archaeology or looking for a place to set up their presence (which could be possible), I don't know. Hmm, there must have been some reason for the placement, unless Reyes is an idiot and just hurls the satellites wherever. Maybe an abandoned colony could house some clandestine operation. Maybe some pirates were holed in there, the satellite was used to gather exact intelligence on them, and by use of said intel they were eradicated, leaving no other evidence but the very satellite which yet hasn’t been relocated for the next operation? Seems she took it very personally and it stuck well into the future, though. (She can claim it’s for profit only, but she sneers quite a bit when Ryder approves of her accusations against Reyes) Hehe, that would be cold blooded even for him "Ah, Zia, she tried to kill me for profit once. That’s when I ended things with her..." But I don’t know, maybe it’s possible. Reyes is chill  but that would be extremely too chill even for him. Maybe Reyes is rude when he dumps his lovers. Or probably Zia just was altogether smitten (how could she not be?) and her heart was just shattered beyond repair, and with Reyes not giving a single fuck. And Zia would be stuck on Kadara too, having to endure seeing and hearing about Reyes everywhere. Oooo, maybe she even heard gossip about Ryder and Reyes flirting with each other, making her all the angrier? (Seems more like the Nexus could benefit from Collective’s support... it would actually be a funny option for Ryder to have these intentions if the Charlatan thing came to light earlier. Not one I’d be taking, but a funny one nevertheless ) Anyway, I was thinking more of Ryder being too useful an ally for Reyes to allow this relation to be broken on a whim. That’s a hilarious thought. But yeah, Reyes has several reasons not to let any lovers’ tiff escalate too far. I don’t think he’d have all that much patience for that sort of thing anyway. And that would actually be great and make perfect sense. Vetra could do so much more stuff on Kadara... Hell, she could even mention him being knowledgeable once and thus give SAM a reason for any future highlighting of him. If he’s that good she must’ve heard of him or perhaps even worked with him or his guys (knowingly or not) yet the only one who actually comments on anyone on Kadara is Cora... who has actually just met them and perhaps not even that. Yes, it would be great to see SAM learn from people like that. He could still be involved that way. He did party hard at Sloane’s party, just in his own way Hmm, that would have to be one hell of a well hidden party. You know, so that nothing got revealed to the undesirable parts of population But you think he wouldn’t find a way to disappear, if he’s really not a party person after all? Nice job with the pics. Evfra doesn’t look happy with his current situation at all, though, poor guy. He should rejoice in his good looking company more Thanks. :smiles: Evfra doesn’t have a sense aesthetics, I’m afraid, just look at his foot mittens. :smh: Makes me wonder how well aliens can tell if a human is attractive or not (asari and other bullshit aliens excluded). Ryder would need to find Mr. Sniper Guy and collaborate with him to set the party up, and make sure Reyes is in attendance. Hm, a secret party would be fun. Ever been to an unlicensed bar in some cellar, strictly invitees only? It could be a fun side quest. If Reyes was the fêted party object, he couldn’t escape either, hee hee. 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Post by haolyn on Sept 24, 2017 20:38:09 GMT
I don’t really know, maybe the animations are just caused by lack of care/ resources. PB’s romance suffers from something similar from what I hear, just the other way round, and there’s little chance she wasn’t written bisexual. I don’t know. The thing with asari romances is that they’re written for men. They’re made available for women too, yes, but they’re not written with women in mind – hence Sara’s invisible cock. If the writer was truly attempting to write Reyes as a bi male character with her eye on bi erasure, she could e.g. have have made Zia a guy instead, not to mention written a line for Vetra that would suit Scott better. In fact, it would paint the writer in more flattering light if Reyes was changed only at the last moment, because otherwise she did a lazy job with that Vetra line (although personally I didn't mind it, at least until it was taken away and replaced with nothing revealing how badly the thing was designed). I acquiesce that I may be completely wrong, however. Has anyone w/ twitter asked the writer whether Reyes was always meant for Scott too? I don’t see why it would be a secret. In either case, Jaal seems to be the first bi character in the series where they actually customized the content for both sexes. Too bad the same courtesy couldn’t be extended to Reyes and PB, but it’s a step. Considering Jaal, it would be interesting if Reyes indeed was made bi only late in development. Jaal was originally intended to be bi, but that was changed… Could it be that at that point they decided to switch NPC orientations, and make Reyes bi in his stead? Maybe that’s too far-fetched and I don’t know what the reason would even be. Deciding for some unfathomably stupid reason that Jaal should be for ladies only, but also thinking that leaving gay men with only Gil would be a fate too cruel to allow happening (which it would’ve been )? I don’t want to create a weird conspiracy theory out of this though. no conspiracy theoring here either, just trying for some level-headed critique. i think the devs mean well, but they just aren't aware of how their actions and decisions are perceived and how they affect the very people they are trying to represent. see the whole hainley abrams debacle - it's only after the controversy started that they consulted with people about her. you'd think this is something they should have done while they were writing her lines to begin with. i guess all we can do is continue to critique bioware respectfully and hopefully with time they'll be more careful with stuff like this |
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Post by Zitrus on Sept 24, 2017 21:03:00 GMT
I have cold and cna't sleep, so some pix: Haha, the jogging picture, that's great . The blood in the second one looks weird, must be magic^^. Evfra looks like he wants to shoot Reyes in the third one lol. Hmm, there must have been some reason for the placement, unless Reyes is an idiot and just hurls the satellites wherever. Maybe an abandoned colony could house some clandestine operation. Maybe some pirates were holed in there, the satellite was used to gather exact intelligence on them, and by use of said intel they were eradicated, leaving no other evidence but the very satellite which yet hasn’t been relocated for the next operation? It observes Suuricco. It says the place has a big symbolic meaning for the angara. H-148 in the neighbourhood has gold and aluminium deposits. The second one is Acermos in the Anasa System. The Collective use it as a listening post, several unmanned receiving stations are spread across the planet and monitor the black hole and the local ship traffic. And in this system there's also H-205, a small planet made of ice and rock, completely unmapped and not shown on most maps of the Heleus cluster. It is described as a good potential hiding place one day. Another planet is H-444 which shows mines made by exiles who quarried easy to reach mineral deposits. There is also a destroyed kett ship and it's speculated it was the Roekaar and not exiles because there are many functioning parts left. Both systems are near Govorkam. Ryder would need to find Mr. Sniper Guy and collaborate with him to set the party up, and make sure Reyes is in attendance. Hm, a secret party would be fun. Ever been to an unlicensed bar in some cellar, strictly invitees only? It could be a fun side quest. If Reyes was the fêted party object, he couldn’t escape either, hee hee. Until Ryder had mercy on him and they eloped together somewhere quiet and private. Poor Reyes lol. He calls the battle at Meridian a party though. I guess he likes the privacy better, yes, or just having a drink at the bar. I didn't notice any books in HR. Perhaps they were still unpacked? Hmm, wait he doesn't have a mysterious aug language system? He'd benefit from it for sure where he is, but nobody has said he isn't just very good at languages. No he doesn't have a language aug. However, he never speaks Czech I think. Because some people in the street call him Amerikanski or tell him to talk to him in Czech. For the books, take another look. They are next to the TV, under the table at the window and in one box. Whoop I had no idea. But it was the tiniest quest and felt incredibly woven into the plot (Jensen getting to [redacted]), so it being a DLC feels really weird.  What a stupid policy they must have had with micro transactions like that. Preorder stuff should just be pretty extra items IMO. I know. Square's policy on DLC sucks, I hope they don't do it the next time. It was the same with Desperate Measures. Was preorder as well and later made available to everyone. "I told you to never call me again" sounded a bit harsher than that tho. Also Pritchard was clearly having a soft hearted moment (before ruining it by starting to gab ), and Jensen just disconnecting felt needlessly cruel. Although actually it’s just me being sad that that’s most likely the last we ever get to see of him. Well, they have to tease each other. I think Jensen just didn't want to talk about this topic and cut him off. In any case, I found something. Watch and more importantly, listen. How it was made: Jensen's VA recorded some messages on twitter and someone requested this and then edited it in the video. Pritchard's VA wanted to do a reply but I don't find anything on his account. I played through the game and all DLC now and I hope they do a sequel. There are enough questions left I'd like to have answers to. I don't think Pritchard's role is necessarily done. No reason he cannot come back. But it will probably be years. I still have "Deus Ex: The Fall" to play which is supposedly not very good (and you don't play Adam) but it was cheap so I'll give it a try and the books and 2 short stories to read. And the comic, maybe it will fit in better than the last one. Oh, HR with commentary, right. This could be interesting. |
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Post by BloodOfShiagur on Sept 24, 2017 22:39:52 GMT
I don’t know. The thing with asari romances is that they’re written for men. They’re made available for women too, yes, but they’re not written with women in mind – hence Sara’s invisible cock. If the writer was truly attempting to write Reyes as a bi male character with her eye on bi erasure, she could e.g. have have made Zia a guy instead, not to mention written a line for Vetra that would suit Scott better. In fact, it would paint the writer in more flattering light if Reyes was changed only at the last moment, because otherwise she did a lazy job with that Vetra line (although personally I didn't mind it, at least until it was taken away and replaced with nothing revealing how badly the thing was designed). I acquiesce that I may be completely wrong, however. Has anyone w/ twitter asked the writer whether Reyes was always meant for Scott too? I don’t see why it would be a secret. In either case, Jaal seems to be the first bi character in the series where they actually customized the content for both sexes. Too bad the same courtesy couldn’t be extended to Reyes and PB, but it’s a step. Considering Jaal, it would be interesting if Reyes indeed was made bi only late in development. Jaal was originally intended to be bi, but that was changed… Could it be that at that point they decided to switch NPC orientations, and make Reyes bi in his stead? Maybe that’s too far-fetched and I don’t know what the reason would even be. Deciding for some unfathomably stupid reason that Jaal should be for ladies only, but also thinking that leaving gay men with only Gil would be a fate too cruel to allow happening (which it would’ve been )? I don’t want to create a weird conspiracy theory out of this though. Aria has a better scene with female Shepard in the end of Omega, though, (  ) but I know that one hardly counts. I don’t know how guy Zia would’ve worked to be honest, but I’m not really an expert and generally don’t even feel I’ve any right to discuss these matters, but they might’ve included Kian to the list of exes or something like that to make it obvious. Might also be interesting to know which decision would taken first, maybe there was some juggling who would get to be the straight exclusive male LI? They’re sort of customary, after all. Since -maybe- for plot reasons someone could have decided against Reyes, it had to be Jaal. Oh, wait, there’s actually Liam. I constantly forget that guy, huh? Anyway that theory probably doesn’t fly. Guess the Illuminati came and forbade Jaal to be bi, seems like the only explanation. Hmm, there must have been some reason for the placement, unless Reyes is an idiot and just hurls the satellites wherever. Maybe an abandoned colony could house some clandestine operation. Maybe some pirates were holed in there, the satellite was used to gather exact intelligence on them, and by use of said intel they were eradicated, leaving no other evidence but the very satellite which yet hasn’t been relocated for the next operation? Yeaa, it’s just a big damn "we’re the Collective, we have the satellites and we’re not afraid to use them anywhere. Just watch us." Nobody even needs to be an idiot for that kind of thing. Or maybe these planets make for nice scenic feeds for all the Collective aesthetic needs Of course there’s the hiding point one, as Zitrus pointed out. That comment was so weird I’d actually expect something to happen in there is the future... or maybe it’s just an indicator where Reyes could be hiding in case the High noon goes south? But why would that be? Anyway, still not sure why the Collective would watch a pile of symbolic angaran ash. Reyes is chill but that would be extremely too chill even for him. Maybe Reyes is rude when he dumps his lovers. Or probably Zia just was altogether smitten (how could she not be?) and her heart was just shattered beyond repair, and with Reyes not giving a single fuck. And Zia would be stuck on Kadara too, having to endure seeing and hearing about Reyes everywhere. Oooo, maybe she even heard gossip about Ryder and Reyes flirting with each other, making her all the angrier? That’s very likely. But then imagine how nonchalant he’d sound saying something like that If perchance he couldn’t get back at her immediately... doubt he’d send his guys to sort out his personal problems so he might be stuck with her for a while before she’d conveniently got run over by a shuttle or something... Haha, yep, that will be it, she does seem to notice that one a lot... Might have spurred her into taking action in the first place. It does happen when the flirting’s well underway...; Don’t know if she got dumped rudely, though. Can’t imagine Reyes getting rude with someone who hasn’t really pissed him off... and if she had done that I’d expect him to not be so chill about her. That’s a hilarious thought. But yeah, Reyes has several reasons not to let any lovers’ tiff escalate too far. I don’t think he’d have all that much patience for that sort of thing anyway. Maybe he wouldn’t. But he should have at least some understanding....what if he decides to throw a tantrum himself one fine day? (Btw... let’s say the seducing for political gain would happen and Reyes would see right through Ryder .. think he’d play their game?) Yes, it would be great to see SAM learn from people like that. He could still be involved that way. That’s how he grows, isn’t it? Learning and perspectives and shit. I know Ryder is most important in this but it must be boring to respond only to them all the time. A good thought through and through, even for SAM. Not to mention he doesn’t look like he’s hopelessly fangirling because he can always blame it on Vetra Thanks. :smiles: Evfra doesn’t have a sense aesthetics, I’m afraid, just look at his foot mittens. :smh: Makes me wonder how well aliens can tell if a human is attractive or not (asari and other bullshit aliens excluded). Ryder would need to find Mr. Sniper Guy and collaborate with him to set the party up, and make sure Reyes is in attendance. Hm, a secret party would be fun. Ever been to an unlicensed bar in some cellar, strictly invitees only? It could be a fun side quest. If Reyes was the fêted party object, he couldn’t escape either, hee hee. Until Ryder had mercy on him and they eloped together somewhere quiet and private. Oh, those are.... errr.... unworthy of the leader of the Resistance? But whatever, what do we know, perhaps they’re a sign of being the biggest of all bigshots in the angara society... Hmmm, maybe they must just like them personally since they can’t have any sense of aesthetics in the matter, save for the most basic "is it thinkable to potentially mate with this" thing? That would make romancing aliens pretty cool, imo. Liking each other for them, not any parts of theirs. Mr. Sniper Guy? Think all Heleus needs to know there’s a party being hosted for Reyes to celebrate his clandestine grey eminence takeover? I think he should be invited last minute, just in case. (Who’d be the rest of the invitees? Reyes’ inner circle?) Nope, never, I don’t get invited anywhere, but it sounds fun enough and could get even funnier on Kadara... in some shady bootlegger’s hut in the hills, surrounded by geysers and a non-hostile architect overhead. That would be a lovely quest, yeah, especially if it had some branching about how to bring Reyes, with a possibility he can run away if something in the organization/party/fetching him to it goes wrong I’m scared there might be no sequel at all or that they move on from Jensen to somebody else. A bit like what we have with Mass Effect now. If the hiatus is a longer one, it’ll be harder to return to an unfinished story. Like in ten years’ time, will people still care to continue with Jensen’s unfinished story (or with Ryder), or will they just use a new protagonist? If Jensen returns, as he should, then Pritchard better be there too! Pritchard isn’t physically present, true. He also doesn’t get the infolink line all for himself, since the woman is also taking part in instructing Jensen. *sigh* I finished the base game and as I guessed, I’ve had a bad post-game blues going on... Still two DLCs to play, but I’m already considering replaying HR with the director’s commentary maybe. Don’t worry, I’m being insufferable as well Wasn’t the pink Phoenix the brightest armor in the entire game? Or do you mean the orange one? I actually sort of miss the ME armor styles. They were so sleek and futuristic. Well, the first two have different protagonists, right? But still, who remembers these? Could the hiatus really drag on for so long in either case, though? Seems strange enough, especially with Deus ex. The last game even seems to have a decent amount of DLC, surely it wasn’t all that badly received? Prtichard would be the worst loss should Jensen disappear, save for the horror of an unfinished story, that is. He should be there. He had a DLC so hopefully it’s known that he should be there Bah, that’s super lazy. They add minimal amount of Pritchard and some meddling anime chick. Won’t it be distracting to have some guy talking in the background while you’re trying to sneak around ? I had this turned on by accident only once in Alan Wake and it was... well, irritating. Oh, good, we’re both just insufferable, glad that’s cleared up. I admit I had to google it since I don’t remember the names specifically and it showed Phoenix as the red/white one. I remember desperately avoiding brighter ones in my PTs (and then putting the brightest one on Kaidan for science) I don’t know.. they look all the same in ME1 and in the later ones, especially in me3 I developed the habit of envying everyone else’s wear, save for Jack and Miranda’s, till I got finally saved by mods. No he doesn't have a language aug. However, he never speaks Czech I think. Because some people in the street call him Amerikanski or tell him to talk to him in Czech. For the books, take another look. They are next to the TV, under the table at the window and in one box. Ameri.... what??? Lmfao Yaay, how totally Czech, it seems I’m going to have a field day with Mankind divided. 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Post by orchid on Sept 25, 2017 16:01:27 GMT
no conspiracy theoring here either, just trying for some level-headed critique. i think the devs mean well, but they just aren't aware of how their actions and decisions are perceived and how they affect the very people they are trying to represent. see the whole hainley abrams debacle - it's only after the controversy started that they consulted with people about her. you'd think this is something they should have done while they were writing her lines to begin with. i guess all we can do is continue to critique bioware respectfully and hopefully with time they'll be more careful with stuff like this It’s a good question and worth asking; the conspiracy comment referred to my own thought about there perhaps having been a Reyes – Jaal sexual orientation switcheroo. The Reyes romance is great and I’m happy with it as is, but I think the feedback BioWare got was important. A lot of problems arose not from the content itself, but how marketing and the aftermath was handled. It seems they already got a lot of things right with fixing Jaal. Aria has a better scene with female Shepard in the end of Omega, though, ( ) but I know that one hardly counts. I don’t know how guy Zia would’ve worked to be honest, but I’m not really an expert and generally don’t even feel I’ve any right to discuss these matters, but they might’ve included Kian to the list of exes or something like that to make it obvious. Might also be interesting to know which decision would taken first, maybe there was some juggling who would get to be the straight exclusive male LI? They’re sort of customary, after all. Since -maybe- for plot reasons someone could have decided against Reyes, it had to be Jaal. Oh, wait, there’s actually Liam. I constantly forget that guy, huh? Anyway that theory probably doesn’t fly. Guess the Illuminati came and forbidden Jaal to be bi, seems like the only explanation. Mentioning a Kian relationship could’ve been good too (although it would be refreshing if a male ex was more prominent than a female one). I do like the casual sex idea with Kian, but I’m not sure though how many relationships in Andromeda Reyes could’ve had, considering the short timeline. Zia replaced by a guy wouldn’t need any chances, would it? There was nothing about her that required her to be a woman. The thing with (male) bi-erasure, the lack of which that tweet was proud of, is that bi guys so often are shown to have only girlfriends – so if you play as Sara, she’d never know Reyes likes men too. As such, I don’t think the devs should be patting each other smugly on the back for Reyes helping against male bi-erasure, when he really doesn't. If Zia had been a man they’d have a better cause for celebration. It's not really an issue for me personally and I'm completely fine with Zia as she is, but since that person tweeted about the topic, I can't help but comment. How does Aria’s scene differ for femShep? Anyway, still not sure why the Collective would watch a pile of symbolic angaran ash. It’s being livestreamed to Evfra 24/7, of course. It's all for feeding his perpetual anger that fuels the Resistance's efforts. That’s very likely. But then imagine how nonchalant he’d sound saying something like that If perchance he couldn’t get back at her immediately... doubt he’d send his guys to sort out his personal problems so he might be stuck with her for a while before she’d conveniently got run over by a shuttle or something... If someone tried to kill Reyes, I imagine he’d deal with it as fast he as possibly could. First run away from the situation if there’s a good chance he couldn’t kill the attacker himself, then immediately start planning the retaliatory strike to be executed as soon as possible. But yeah, Reyes has several reasons not to let any lovers’ tiff escalate too far. I don’t think he’d have all that much patience for that sort of thing anyway. Maybe he wouldn’t. But he should have at least some understanding....what if he decides to throw a tantrum himself one fine day? (Btw... let’s say the seducing for political gain would happen and Reyes would see right through Ryder .. think he’d play their game?) Reyes, throwing a tantrum? I can’t see that happening. He’s far too cool headed. Reyes likes to string people along, but then again he’s impatient about people messing with him. If it were someone that Reyes could profit from himself, he might play along for a while, then drop them and make his getaway. But I doubt he’d take the risk with the Pathfinder. Mr. Sniper Guy? Think all Heleus needs to know there’s a party being hosted for Reyes to celebrate his clandestine grey eminence takeover? I think he should be invited last minute, just in case. (Who’d be the rest of the invitees? Reyes’ inner circle?) Nope, never, I don’t get invited anywhere, but it sounds fun enough and could get even funnier on Kadara... in some shady bootlegger’s hut in the hills, surrounded by geysers and a non-hostile architect overhead. That would be a lovely quest, yeah, especially if it had some branching about how to bring Reyes, with a possibility he can run away if something in the organization/party/fetching him to it goes wrong Oh yeah, the Turian bootlegger. I liked him and his e-mail after buying. It's a shame Ryder couldn't buy from him for their own liquor cabinet. Wherever it is that he brews his hooch, that’s where the party happens! The invitee list would be... Ryder, Keema, Mr. Sniper Guy, the get-away shuttle crew. Maybe Drack could crash the party despite all the precautions. Also... I invite you to a... kitten party!  Okay that was terrible. Haha, the jogging picture, that's great . The blood in the second one looks weird, must be magic^^. Evfra looks like he wants to shoot Reyes in the third one lol. Thanks. Blood is really weird in this game. It looks like blocks or flakes rather than liquid. I have a pic of Kett ichor spraying on Ryder’s face and it looks like he's being smothered with yellow flower petals lol. Evfra’s grumpy face is made all the funnier from how completely zen and nonchalant Reyes is. It observes Suuricco. It says the place has a big symbolic meaning for the angara. H-148 in the neighbourhood has gold and aluminium deposits. -- Quality information as usual. Maybe the satellites are related to mining enterprises. That would make a good source of income for the Collective and maybe they could even use it for themselves, depending how advanced refinery tech they have in MEA. Poor Reyes lol. He calls the battle at Meridian a party though. I guess he likes the privacy better, yes, or just having a drink at the bar. Ah so, somebody must die violently for Reyes to get in the party mood. |
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Post by haolyn on Sept 25, 2017 19:15:42 GMT
no conspiracy theoring here either, just trying for some level-headed critique. i think the devs mean well, but they just aren't aware of how their actions and decisions are perceived and how they affect the very people they are trying to represent. see the whole hainley abrams debacle - it's only after the controversy started that they consulted with people about her. you'd think this is something they should have done while they were writing her lines to begin with. i guess all we can do is continue to critique bioware respectfully and hopefully with time they'll be more careful with stuff like this It’s a good question and worth asking; the conspiracy comment referred to my own thought about there perhaps having been a Reyes – Jaal sexual orientation switcheroo. The Reyes romance is great and I’m happy with it as is, but I think the feedback BioWare got was important. A lot of problems arose not from the content itself, but how marketing and the aftermath was handled. It seems they already got a lot of things right with fixing Jaal. ahh, gotcha. well it could be that they always planned to have either just jaal bi or both jaal and reyes, but with the deadline approaching they didn't have time to finish both, and had to choose one or the other. with reyes having less overall content it could be they judged it easier to quickly copy/paste in the scott/reyes scenes over the sara/reyes ones than to do the whole scott/jaal romance they did set things right in the end with jaal but the problem is that it was something that needed to be "fixed" to begin with. it was always a second thought, especially when you look at the scott/cora romance and how it was clearly their priority. i mean, i can understand that from their perspective they have more straight players in their fanbase and want to cater to them, but it still stings. this is the kind of thing i'd want bioware to learn for the future: if you want to be inclusive, you have to be 100% inclusive and prioritize everyone the same from the start. no more half measures. |
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Post by Zitrus on Sept 26, 2017 11:20:26 GMT
Of course there’s the hiding point one, as Zitrus pointed out. That comment was so weird I’d actually expect something to happen in there is the future... or maybe it’s just an indicator where Reyes could be hiding in case the High noon goes south? But why would that be? Anyway, still not sure why the Collective would watch a pile of symbolic angaran ash. I suppose so. The reason could be because it's just a small, uninteresting rock nobody is interested in. The perfect hiding place. Of course now that the Tempest has found it, potentially not so much anymore. Quality information as usual. Maybe the satellites are related to mining enterprises. That would make a good source of income for the Collective and maybe they could even use it for themselves, depending how advanced refinery tech they have in MEA. Thx, only too late did I discover that I could have just looked at the wiki for the planets instead of in-game but everybody can do easy^^. They probably have discovered the mining opportunity. Maybe they just want to make sure nobody secretly tries to hide in those old ruins. The Roekaar come to mind. That’s how he grows, isn’t it? Learning and perspectives and shit. I know Ryder is most important in this but it must be boring to respond only to them all the time. A good thought through and through, even for SAM. Not to mention he doesn’t look like he’s hopelessly fangirling because he can always blame it on Vetra SAM talks to others as well, he helps Lexi for example. In an early conversation he says that he is talking to several other people atm. In combat though Ryder is his top priority and the others have to wait. Blood is really weird in this game. It looks like blocks or flakes rather than liquid. I have a pic of Kett ichor spraying on Ryder’s face and it looks like he's being smothered with yellow flower petals lol. What? Flower power. Poor Reyes lol. He calls the battle at Meridian a party though. I guess he likes the privacy better, yes, or just having a drink at the bar. Ah so, somebody must die violently for Reyes to get in the party mood. I have to correct myself on that. He calls the Meridian fight an adventure and at the party he says he would never miss one. Isn't that nice though, he can enjoy a party without murder, whew. Well, the first two have different protagonists, right? But still, who remembers these? I do.  Won’t it be distracting to have some guy talking in the background while you’re trying to sneak around ? They are not talking the whole time, so it's fine. Pritchard is always like "Are you finally there, yet?" lol. Ok, I’ll look for the books. Can the titles be recognized (don’t mind me, I just can’t keep the curiosity in) You can read the titles but they are not real books I think. Lots of duplicates, too. Ameri.... what??? Lmfao Yaay, how totally Czech, it seems I’m going to have a field day with Mankind divided. Look at us, we are strangers and we speak exotic languages and that's alien and coooool, well, as long as you don't fucking know what shit we're saying. I’m sorely missing a rolling on the floor smiley right now, which I actually shouldn’t because I haven’t given a single thought to the topic of language change which... doesn’t change shit, really. 2029 is no far future. However, it’s still strange that something so basic as an auto translator would get overlooked among all those fancy augs. Ok, I’ll look for the books. Can the titles be recognized (don’t mind me, I just can’t keep the curiosity in) Now I absolutely want to hear your commentary on MD. I already saw a post about NPCs using an extremely rude Russian insult when casually addressing each other. I bet there’s much fun to unlock there. This is gonna be good lol. I read that lots of signs and even sentences have errors. You'd think they could hire one person with Czech skills to check (yes, I did that on purpose ) for mistakes. Oh and then I can finally learn what the announcements in the metro are about. I also looked this word up, it's very mean lol. And they even call Adam that. Haha! You know I'm not in the habit of killing if given the chance, I only KO people, you'll be fine . Toufaxis seems such a cool guy. Looks like he’s in The Expanse; I’ve been thinking about watching that show for some time now… And and and Pritchard’s VA retweeted a Jensen/Pritchard fanart. :lmfao: What a world. I hope he’ll record that reply once he finds the time. Yes, he really does. I watched some episodes of it a while ago. And they're working together on something again but it's not Deus Ex, damn. Considering how iconic he is, I think they'll bring him back, if there's a sequel. But you know me, insert the pessimist_garrus.gif here. Is the previous comic the one where Jensen, concurrently with HR events, gets a new girlfriend who gets fridged (because of course), disregarding him being all "MEGAN" in the game, and nothing makes sense? I can only hope that the comics were written by somebody else than Black Light's author, so that there's a chance of that novel being at least a decent read. I got hope. Is there also an optimist_garrus.gif? Yeah, that one. This plot was bad and so OOC for Adam. The comics are by other people, also new authors for the new one. James Swallow only wrote the novels and novellas. |
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Post by BloodOfShiagur on Sept 26, 2017 15:08:50 GMT
I made another attempt at screenshooting the cave scene today, some of the results are... passable, although the imgur version of them looks slightly worse. And there’s even Drack in the background. Edit: if they don’t show on the page, sorry for the inconvenience, I don’t know why this happens. But they look better full size anyway. i.imgur.com/T1PmVvY.jpgi.imgur.com/JbiIMep.jpgi.imgur.com/JJ9Mf5C.jpgMentioning a Kian relationship could’ve been good too (although it would be refreshing if a male ex was more prominent than a female one). I do like the casual sex idea with Kian, but I’m not sure though how many relationships in Andromeda Reyes could’ve had, considering the short timeline. Zia replaced by a guy wouldn’t need any chances, would it? There was nothing about her that required her to be a woman. The thing with (male) bi-erasure, the lack of which that tweet was proud of, is that bi guys so often are shown to have only girlfriends – so if you play as Sara, she’d never know Reyes likes men too. As such, I don’t think the devs should be patting each other smugly on the back for Reyes helping against male bi-erasure, when he really doesn't. If Zia had been a man they’d have a better cause for celebration. It's not really an issue for me personally and I'm completely fine with Zia as she is, but since that person tweeted about the topic, I can't help but comment. How does Aria’s scene differ for femShep? Not that many, but surely he could have squeezed some casual sex with a bartender in his busy schedule if he wanted to. He’s just downstairs all the time... No, it wouldn’t, I guess I’m just getting stereotypical in the matter (the utter shame, I know ) thinking that a possibly bitter vengeful ex who wants to kill you is just a part better suited for a female. I always wondered whether the girlfriends aren’t the norm so that those special snowflake entitled straight guys didn’t have another reason to whin e that they have to deal with other guys’ angry un-hot boyfriends now, the horror... after all, they can hardly stand anything that doesn’t have boobs anywhere in their vicinity, poor things. FemShep doesn’t shove her away, so it doesn’t look that awkward and wtf as a a result. Plus, there’s this rather lovely glance she shoots at Ryder afterwards. But it’s mostly just personal preference anyway, the scene simply works for some RPs and not for others. Imo, it should have been a choice, and not a gender-gated cutscene. It’s being livestreamed to Evfra 24/7, of course. It's all for feeding his perpetual anger that fuels the Resistance's efforts. Aaaah, yes, that must be it. Evfra used to be a normal happy guy till some Collective guys started to get him all depressed and angsty with their feeds of ruin. Reyes helped the war against the Kett way before the AI did If someone tried to kill Reyes, I imagine he’d deal with it as fast he as possibly could. First run away from the situation if there’s a good chance he couldn’t kill the attacker himself, then immediately start planning the retaliatory strike to be executed as soon as possible. Seems we’re back at the ages old and still perplexing question - how good is Reyes at a fight? If he works on his own and doesn’t use the Collective to solve his personal problems, his chances of successful strike are quite dependent on the answer, especially if the attackers teamed up or belong to a group by default. But there’s always a chance he might use sabotage or willing random strangers, e.g. Ryder. Reyes, throwing a tantrum? I can’t see that happening. He’s far too cool headed. Reyes likes to string people along, but then again he’s impatient about people messing with him. If it were someone that Reyes could profit from himself, he might play along for a while, then drop them and make his getaway. But I doubt he’d take the risk with the Pathfinder. I can’t really imagine it either, but there must be some point at which it can happen. No one’s that cool headed. Actually, the most cool headed people seem to throw the worst tantrums when they’ve just had enough of everyone’s shit. It might be best to hide from Reyes should that moment come Yeah, wonder how he’d react if he were in Ryder’s place in the High noon. BUt if he wanted something for himself from the Nexus, the Pathfinder might be the only person to get it from. Think he’d rather risk Kesh or Addison instead? Oh yeah, the Turian bootlegger. I liked him and his e-mail after buying. It's a shame Ryder couldn't buy from him for their own liquor cabinet. Wherever it is that he brews his hooch, that’s where the party happens! The invitee list would be... Ryder, Keema, Mr. Sniper Guy, the get-away shuttle crew. Maybe Drack could crash the party despite all the precautions. Also... I invite you to a... kitten party! Okay that was terrible. The turian might do, if he indeed has a hut somewhere, and not just the shuttle parked dangerously close to the AI outpost. Yeah, it's a shame Ryder doesn't get an opportunity to try local booze. Wonder if Reyes has.. or whether he still runs on whiskey stolen from the Nexus. Lmao, now I imagine Drack literally crashing the party... coming through a hole in the roof. I think him and Vetra could be invited anyway... also, maybe Umi or Kian to take care of the bar? Aw, thanks. I'm not sure if I could keep up with those hip kitties for long, though. I prefer my parties a bit calmer... Ah so, somebody must die violently for Reyes to get in the party mood. That could be arranged... one part of the make Reyes party quest: "kill someone violently". I suppose so. The reason could be because it's just a small, uninteresting rock nobody is interested in. The perfect hiding place. Of course now that the Tempest has found it, potentially not so much anymore. Not only has the Tempest found it, but also declared it a good hiding place. Poor Reyes, if he was planning to make a secret Illusive man-like hideout in there But maybe he doesn't know? The Tempest can't have been the first ship to fly by the planet. Yes, but Jensen’s story is not done yet, w hile JC’s was. I’m not happy until Megan gets her come-uppance, we figure out the truth about that one very disconcerting [???] in the [location retracted], learn who is, and also I want Jensen not die at the end, because it’s not thematically appropriate (he’s Adam, not Jesus, he’s not going to self-sacrifice). The thing with the hiatus is that if they’re now concentrating on Marvel games, it’ll take time before they even start planning the new DX game, so in any case it’ll be ages before even the development begins and once it finally comes out, who knows, maybe we’ve all died from boredom by then already.
The new female NPC is a decent character (her hair is very anime) and it’s funny to see Jensen suffer at having to deal with two hackers with terrible h4xx0r nicknames. Still I want more Pritchard, he just outshines most everybody else.
I think being insufferable is a requirement for a Premium V.I.P. membership in The Francis Pritchard Fan Club, so it’s all good.
Lol yeah in ME2 and ME3 femShep got the shit dress while broShep got the awesome jacket. Had to reverse the fortunes in MEA... I remember the Phoenix Phridays where Shep + every squaddie got outfitted with pink Phoenix armors. Garrus with the Turian helmet too. Good times.Ah, JC. I call him Paul when I happen to remember him. Don’t know why. It may or may not have to do with a certain Family guy scene that’s been stuck in my head for years now. Well, the first two have different protagonists, right? But still, who remembers these? I do. I remember the first one, never played the second (it’s allegedly quite bad??), but it seems like Jensen’s the first thing that comes to mind with DX. I thought Megan was done for in the story... I still don’t know what she actually did, but considered it settled when she apparently didn’t make it into the next game. Still, taking vengeance of a prim and proper lady scientist will be hard, unless she turns into a super-villain or something. Sound fun, yeah Did she and Pritchard team up to annoy Jensen or is it just coincidence? The more Pritchard the better, that’s for sure. I don’t know, there must surely be some perfectly nice people looking to get in... but I guess they can always be ignored, because, well, insufferable. Muehehe. Everyone secretly loved owning shit in bright pink armor. Years later when they reminisced about the Reaper war, they acknowledged that Phoenix fridays were the best in the galaxy. Sometimes I love doing shit like that to companions too (I may have made the most "hardass" synth in FO4 run around in a floral dress in a way of camouflage... and then forget all about it and have him die in it in the final battle) At least the shit dress could’ve been modded into no-so-shit dress. Still, a dress. And a short one to boot, when literally everyone else wears a more or less classy long one Now I absolutely want to hear your commentary on MD. I already saw a post about NPCs using an extremely rude Russian insult when casually addressing each other. I bet there’s much fun to unlock there. This is gonna be good lol. I read that lots of signs and even sentences have errors. You'd think they could hire one person with Czech skills to check (yes, I did that on purpose ) for mistakes. Oh and then I can finally learn what the announcements in the metro are about. I also looked this word up, it's very mean lol. And they even call Adam that. Hmm... I think it’s gonna sound a bit like "What the actual fuck? Lool, this is not Czech at all, which delusional oaf wrote it? And which even more delusional oaf didn't care to correct it? Now I wouldn't wonder if the chinese of HR just repeated permutations of "fried chicken, noodles, Mao Tse Tung, random chinese-sounding word from a google translator" and the like. In other words, I'm going to have tons of fun. Hell, this is going to be even better than the "Charles university standing proud in the 1141 and other nonsense, VTM edition" Seems quite a lot of care is put into the DX games, so it's weird when in some aspects there simply.. isn't any. We’ve got a body, sound the alarm!!! *muhehe, there goes the achievement * |
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Post by dmc1001 on Sept 26, 2017 19:10:17 GMT
Had a hard time seeing these images. Put the links into the "insert image" spot and voila! I made another attempt at screenshooting the cave scene today, some of the results are... passable, although the imgur version of them looks slightly worse. And there’s even Drack in the background. Edit: if they don’t show on the page, sorry for the inconvenience, I don’t know why this happens. But they look better full size anyway.    |
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Post by orchid on Sept 27, 2017 12:11:13 GMT
Thx, only too late did I discover that I could have just looked at the wiki for the planets instead of in-game but everybody can do easy^^. They probably have discovered the mining opportunity. Maybe they just want to make sure nobody secretly tries to hide in those old ruins. The Roekaar come to mind. Not only has the Tempest found it, but also declared it a good hiding place. Poor Reyes, if he was planning to make a secret Illusive man-like hideout in there The MEA wiki is really sparse, so who knows if they even have the info there. The hide-out option isn’t a bad one, too bad the cluster isn’t big enough for a secret lair with guaranteed privacy. Maybe the Collective is already researching how to use the black hole for intragalactic travel for better opportunities. I have to correct myself on that. He calls the Meridian fight an adventure and at the party he says he would never miss one. Isn't that nice though, he can enjoy a party without murder, whew. No, I'm 99% sure he does say something about how he loves/wouldn't miss a party during the battle (not sure of exact words, but he says the word 'party'); I heard it when I took those pics the other day. Unless the line varies for some reason. I think he also says ‘adventure’ at some point... I made another attempt at screenshooting the cave scene today, some of the results are... passable, although the imgur version of them looks slightly worse. And there’s even Drack in the background. Edit: if they don’t show on the page, sorry for the inconvenience, I don’t know why this happens. But they look better full size anyway. Ah these are excellent. I love the second and third ones. Looks like you figured how the fix the lightning too. You’re right about the size too, screenshots always look so much better full sized. It’s a pity the forum doesn’t allow expanding them for a better look. Not that many, but surely he could have squeezed some casual sex with a bartender in his busy schedule if he wanted to. He’s just downstairs all the time... No, it wouldn’t, I guess I’m just getting stereotypical in the matter (the utter shame, I know ) thinking that a possibly bitter vengeful ex who wants to kill you is just a part better suited for a female. I was always wonder whether the girlfriends aren’t the norm so that those special snowflake entitled straight guys didn’t have another reason to whine that they have to deal with other guys’ angry un-hot boyfriends now, the horror... after all, they can hardly stand anything that doesn’t have boobs anywhere in their vicinity, poor things. It’s a pity we’ll never learn what exactly Reyes and Kian’s deal was. Another mystery… Yes, that could easily be it, they didn’t want anyone getting uneasy over having to see Reyes talk about his ex-boyfriend. Even more the reason for the devs to not huff their own farts over playing it safe. Hm, in real life I’m pretty sure murderous exes are far more often men than women. Not sure about fiction. FemShep doesn’t shove her away, so it doesn’t look that awkward and wtf as a a result. Plus, there’s this rather lovely glance she shoots at Ryder afterwards. But it’s mostly just personal preference anyway, the scene simply works for some RPs and not for others. Imo, it should have been a choice, and not a gender-gated cutscene. Huh, never knew there was a difference. But I could have sworn that broShep doesn’t do that either… I had that scene take place with my male renegade Shepard and he just stood there slack like a mannequin without any reaction (such as shoving her ugly, harassing ass off the balcony, as would’ve been meet). Maybe I just misremember. Oh and byyyy theee wayyy… Now is it good and dandy for a video game protagonist to not shove a groper off them, huh?  Seems we’re back at the ages old and still perplexing question - how good is Reyes at a fight? If he works on his own and doesn’t use the Collective to solve his personal problems, his chances of successful strike are quite dependent on the answer, especially if the attackers teamed up or belong to a group by default. But there’s always a chance he might use sabotage or willing random strangers, e.g. Ryder. This question for some reason always makes me think how from the real life perspective of running away is usually the smartest option if somebody tries to fight you, maybe because Reyes runs if High Noon goes wrong... The game universe works somewhat differently, of course. I’m not sure Reyes would separate his personal problems from the Collective’s work. It’s a gang, after all, not just an eight hours a day job. I expect his thugs would handle the case regardless, if Reyes for some reason wasn't capable of handling it in person. Zia wasn’t all that special at combat either, though, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Reyes could take her out. Both seem like regular people in this regard. BUt if he wanted something for himself from the Nexus, the Pathfinder might be the only person to get it from. Think he’d rather risk Kesh or Addison instead? He’d just send someone sneaky, like the Krogan infiltrator, to get whatever it is he needs. Kandros is the hottest of the Nexus leaders, no, excuse me, the only sort of hot Nexus leader, so if Reyes absolutely had to seduce one of them… The turian might do, if he indeed has a hut somewhere, and not just the shuttle parked dangerously close to the AI outpost. Yeah, it's a shame Ryder doesn't get an opportunity to try local booze. Wonder if Reyes has.. or whether he still runs on whiskey stolen from the Nexus. Lmao, now I imagine Drack literally crashing the party... coming through a hole in the roof. I think him and Vetra could be invited anyway... also, maybe Umi or Kian to take care of the bar? Aw, thanks. I'm not sure if I could keep up with those hip kitties for long, though. 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Post by Zitrus on Sept 27, 2017 20:05:31 GMT
I made another attempt at screenshooting the cave scene today, some of the results are... passable, although the imgur version of them looks slightly worse. Aww, they already look smitten with each other. Not only has the Tempest found it, but also declared it a good hiding place. Poor Reyes, if he was planning to make a secret Illusive man-like hideout in there But maybe he doesn't know? The Tempest can't have been the first ship to fly by the planet. Maybe other ships saw it but didn't register it as a possible hidey-hole. And perhaps the Tempest crew was smart enbough to not stamp "hiding place" on the official star maps. The MEA wiki is really sparse, so who knows if they even have the info there. The hide-out option isn’t a bad one, too bad the cluster isn’t big enough for a secret lair with guaranteed privacy. Maybe the Collective is already researching how to use the black hole for intragalactic travel for better opportunities. They do, they copied the descriptions from the game. I noticed when I checked the spelling of a planet. I wouldn't dare to fly into it. However, it's classified as a Kerr black hole and if you look this up you find they could hypothetically act as wormholes.  No, I'm 99% sure he does say something about how he loves/wouldn't miss a party during the battle (not sure of exact words, but he says the word 'party'); I heard it when I took those pics the other day. Unless the line varies for some reason. I think he also says ‘adventure’ at some point... Right. I replayed this, he says both. First that he would never miss a party and after he joins you on the ground that he's always ready for an adventure. And at the party one non-romance conversation option has him say that Ryder should know him better, he would not miss out on the party. I should stick with the first memory my brain comes up with.  Hey guys! Long time no see! ^w^ I've been settling back into academic life and it' been super stressful. BloodOfShiagur your screen caps are awesome! Howdy! Ah, JC. I call him Paul when I happen to remember him. Lol. Paul, JC, they're just clones anyway, why not clone the names as well. I remember the first one, never played the second (it’s allegedly quite bad??), but it seems like Jensen’s the first thing that comes to mind with DX. It's not that bad of a game but not as good as the first or the new ones. Also tiny environments and gameplay simplification due to small console memory back then. Hmm... I think it’s gonna sound a bit like "What the actual fuck? Lool, this is not Czech at all, which delusional oaf wrote it? And which even more delusional oaf didn't care to correct it? Now I wouldn't wonder if the chinese of HR just repeated permutations of "fried chicken, noodles, Mao Tse Tung, random chinese-sounding word from a google translator" and the like. I read they admitted to using google translator. And as we all know the results of that are suboptimal a lot of times. I'm sure they tried but a consultant would have been good. The Chinese was supposedly passable in most cases but apparently the people they hired spoke too slowly and it sounded like they were reading a script. Guess sometimes it's a blessing if you're unable to notice these things. We’ve got a body, sound the alarm!!! *muhehe, there goes the achievement * Yeah, rub some salt into the wound, why don't you. I really didn't get it for some reason. There were no alarms I didn't reload into oblivion and I hid all the bodies so something else must have been my downfall. I didn't kill anybody and got credit for that at least. Are you guys saying you DON’T want Pritchard talking more often? No, he can talk more if he wants to just not constantly the whole way through. Lemme know if the other comics/books/things are worth a look. Also someone stop me from buying the Art of Deus Ex Universe book.  Will do. The two short stories are free. The one with Alex and a small comic should be in the extras folder or downloadable here. That's the one from HR with Malik. *Holds up a stop sign* It looks nice though. |
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Post by sixsmith on Sept 27, 2017 21:54:22 GMT
Thinking about Andromeda and Reyes and how I'll never get a satisfying conclusion regarding his romance with my mRyder makes me sad.
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Post by BloodOfShiagur on Sept 27, 2017 22:34:15 GMT
dmc1001 Much better. Thank you  starlord Hello :smiles: The MEA wiki is really sparse, so who knows if they even have the info there. The hide-out option isn’t a bad one, too bad the cluster isn’t big enough for a secret lair with guaranteed privacy. Maybe the Collective is already researching how to use the black hole for intragalactic travel for better opportunities. Thanks to Zitrus, we are probably better supplied with info than the wiki. Yay. Yeah, you'd think that you'll have your alone time when you travel to a cluster which is about as big as your home galaxy, you get there and.. nope. Everything is already occupied. The research would be useful, sure, but wouldn't that be too scientific for spies (and possibly assassins) that need to strengthen their position first? Save for taking all the best hiding spots before anyone else gets to them, the risks would probably oputweigh the benefits... and besides, they must be aware they can just land on their ass in the kett home cluster anytime... Maybe other ships saw it but didn't register it as a possible hidey-hole. And perhaps the Tempest crew was smart enbough to not stamp "hiding place" on the official star maps. It's the very model of a hidey hole, you know. Anyone who leisurely passes by can see that. Actually, it's so model that maybe Reyes shouldn't settle there after all. It's out of the box thinking to win the Collective's battles, after all, and there might be a few nasty surprises already hidden. But maybe they put it there nevertheless? What if some AI people need a hidey hole, wouldn't it be a Pathfinder's duty to inform them of the possibilities? Ah these are excellent. I love the second and third ones. Looks like you figured how the fix the lightning too. You’re right about the size too, screenshots always look so much better full sized. It’s a pity the forum doesn’t allow expanding them for a better look. Thanks. I don't know about the fixing, though... it seemed more like mashing any available settings button, and the light is still there, to a degree The only thing that got fixed was my up arrow key, which got mysteriously resurrected after several months of being presumed dead. Aww, they already look smitten with each other. Hehe, well it is the moment Ryder decided to be a bit impressed with the smug bastard, even though she still thought he should've shot the Roekaar right between the eyes and not waste time on trick shots just because he wanted to make an entrance... It’s a pity we’ll never learn what exactly Reyes and Kian’s deal was. Another mystery… Yes, that could easily be it, they didn’t want anyone getting uneasy over having to see Reyes talk about his ex-boyfriend. Even more the reason for the devs to not huff their own farts over playing it safe. Hm, in real life I’m pretty sure murderous exes are far more often men than women. Not sure about fiction. Well, they drank together, at least. It's in the computer.. or somewhere else around Tartarus. (btw it's kinda funny Reyes calls someone else "king") It's known that people Reyes drinks with sometimes come back feeling dumped, which might be a sign Seems to me like the murderous male exes in fiction are more likely to fall into the category of "dangerous psychopath to stalk you and then chase you with a knife all over the house" than the elaborately scheming and plotting one, but then again, maybe not. I do have a tendency to generalize. Huh, never knew there was a difference. But I could have sworn that broShep doesn’t do that either… I had that scene take place with my male renegade Shepard and he just stood there slack like a mannequin without any reaction (such as shoving her ugly, harassing ass off the balcony, as would’ve been meet). Maybe I just misremember. Oh and byyyy theee wayyy… Now is it good and dandy for a video game protagonist to not shove a groper off them, huh? Yeah, nevertheless, he somehow manages to stand there in a fashion that makes her stop whatever she’s doing. The whole scene gets pretty strange from that point. Hmm, while I must admit I know I’m being baited, what the hell, I’m all for it. You do realize this can’t pass for notable differences, right?
- Aria is not trying to have Shepard ingloriously humiliated and eventually killed by her action, while Shepard seems to hardly notice that fact and head straight towards their doom - The whole action itself is avoidable and moves no plot. (Should there have been an option to stop it nevertheless? Why the hell not. Might have even been fun.) -Plus, you know how I said personal preference? My Shepard doesn’t mind. It’s just making a point, just like anything else that passes between this odd pair. The other person being groped should pretty much mind. Especially with his non-influenceable tough guy attitude, which thereby gets ruined for good. That’s not just getting pawed, that’s a form of being attacked by the enemy. His damn life is at stake. Inaction is murderous. This question for some reason always makes me think how from the real life perspective of running away is usually the smartest option if somebody tries to fight you, maybe because Reyes runs if High Noon goes wrong... The game universe works somewhat differently, of course. I’m not sure Reyes would separate his personal problems from the Collective’s work. It’s a gang, after all, not just an eight hours a day job. I expect his thugs would handle the case regardless, if Reyes for some reason wasn't capable of handling it in person. Zia wasn’t all that special at combat either, though, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Reyes could take her out. Both seem like regular people in this regard. Agreed about running away, but it’s only possible if you have an escape route handy. As for high noon, well, it’s the most clever thing to do when you have a crazy -and royally pissed off- warlord shooting at you. Why not have Mr. Sniper Guy take another shot and attempt to finish the job in the meantime, or just wait and ambush her when she’s on her way back to the Port is quite another question, though. In a way, doesn’t he give up way too easy? He dealt with Zia himself, for one. If he sent his agents to do jobs like that, they might get unwanted clues or at least ask questions if something went wrong or not as expected.. if those "problems" were to say something, somebody might put two and two together. It seems a bit dangerous. But maybe if he did it carefully, so that they never knew what they did those things for, why not. Zia got torn to shreds by a biotic explosion. I don’t think she had time to raise her gun. Reyes probably had to scrape her off the walls for the rest of the day He’d just send someone sneaky, like the Krogan infiltrator, to get whatever it is he needs. Kandros is the hottest of the Nexus leaders, no, excuse me, the only sort of hot Nexus leader, so if Reyes absolutely had to seduce one of them… Yeah, that would solve any problem, save for making contacts. Btw the thought of the krogan infiltrator sneaking through Tann’s stuff is kind of priceless Well, almost nobody stands a chance before Reyes, so maybe Kandros would fall for it. BUt the Pathfinder already seems like a rather safe bet. Kittens are high energy, but they soon tire and take cute catnaps in a fluffy pile. Ahaha, I forgot that the Outpost gets erected right next to the Turian’s new place. First he had to leave the Port, and now the Initiative comes right where he’s found a good new spot for his business. Or maybe he had the foresight to know that the Pathfinder was aiming at getting their Outpost and that this would be the best site for it, and claimed the spot in advance. Now the new colonists are his best customers. I wouldn’t trust Umi to keep Reyes’ secret... Kian might, and he’d be easier on the party goers’ eyes too. That’s cute. Coupled with the party gif it becomes downright adorable. Also, it’s true. Guess the key is to come to the party later. It’s actually very clever of him. He can sell booze all over Kadara (especially when the Collective takes over) and maybe even export a bit. I don’t know, I think Umi woud keep it. How would she benefit from telling? Besides, she could get smug enough in conversations on the topic to give a subtle hint of knowing who the Charlatan really is. Mysterious I think they’re on even ground with this with Kian, though I’ll give you that he’s better looking. The game’s fault, though, really. I hold it we don’t really know what any asari in MEA looks like... I heard that in Reyes’ voice. Yikes, the thought of Reyes introducing Ryder to the most dangerous game lol. Probably too much even for the worst of worst Collective thugs. Wait, what, like Ryder is a stranger to any of that? You gotta start the new pt to find out. And surely you don’t want the DLC story spoiled just yet? I can spoil it, of course, but it’s more fun to experience all for yourself. Well the pleasant nice people will have to be satisfied with regular membership instead of the DeLuxe Premium Package. I guess so. Well, it won’t be long. Nope, no spoilers. If an answer to that would be considered a spoiler, guess I’ll just have to wait. Sounds fair. The nice people don’t have to get all the advantages, after all. There are downsides to being nice, muhahahahaha. Hee hee, sounds promising. I just hope you won't grow tired of the thread/forums in the meanwhile it takes for you to get to MD, because I don't want to miss this. Are you saying you're actually looking forward to my rants about the terrible linguistic situation in MD? You might come to regret it. If you're still around by the time it happens, that is. Are you guys saying you DON’T want Pritchard talking more often? How does Pritchard come in? He can talk all the time for all I care, but this was supposed to be the commentary? I read they admitted to using google translator. And as we all know the results of that are suboptimal a lot of times. I'm sure they tried but a consultant would have been good. The Chinese was supposedly passable in most cases but apparently the people they hired spoke too slowly and it sounded like they were reading a script. Guess sometimes it's a blessing if you're unable to notice these things. Lol. A google translator. That's just.. But since I love playing around with google transalor, this will no doubt prove educational. I think I'll at least try google translating back into English. It's only a limited blessing... you're fine because you never realize you're subtly being played for a fool. Yeah, rub some salt into the wound, why don't you. I really didn't get it for some reason. There were no alarms I didn't reload into oblivion and I hid all the bodies so something else must have been my downfall. I didn't kill anybody and got credit for that at least. Guess I’m just getting worse and worse. Hmm, I still don’t know how the quests where the guards are scripted to be suspicious work.. couldn’t one of them mess things up somehow? 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Post by Zitrus on Sept 28, 2017 9:33:43 GMT
It's the very model of a hidey hole, you know. Anyone who leisurely passes by can see that. Actually, it's so model that maybe Reyes shouldn't settle there after all. It's out of the box thinking to win the Collective's battles, after all, and there might be a few nasty surprises already hidden. But maybe they put it there nevertheless? What if some AI people need a hidey hole, wouldn't it be a Pathfinder's duty to inform them of the possibilities? But it's only on some maps and this is space, you don't see every planet while flying around, you need scanners for that. They probably update the AI maps with the location and if they add the info about hiding there, as long as no enemies have access to these charts it should be fine (except for Reyes if you didn't side with him and he wants to use it). It's also really cold there, -177°C, no wonder nobody has felt the urge to explore it. Hehe, well it is the moment Ryder decided to be a bit impressed with the smug bastard, even though she still thought he should've shot the Roekaar right between the eyes and not waste time on trick shots just because he wanted to make an entrance... That would have been boring^^. Also bought him some time to detonate the explosives while they were still out in the open. How does Pritchard come in? He can talk all the time for all I care, but this was supposed to be the commentary? Oh, that was my mistake. I thought the talking in the background was about Pritchard and the woman radioing in often while you sneak around and thus mentioned him above, sorry. Most of the comments (280 total) you have to find and activate manually and some are played over the cutscenes. Someone made a guide on Steam. There are also 3 that don't play due to bugs, the videos of them are embedded. Lol. A google translator. That's just.. But since I love playing around with google transalor, this will no doubt prove educational. I think I'll at least try google translating back into English. It's only a limited blessing... you're fine because you never realize you're subtly being played for a fool. As long as the NPCs or signs don't say "Player, you are a fool" or everything is wrong it's okay lol. I actually don't remember if there were funnily written signs or anything in the second game in Trier. I think they kept most things in English. Maybe it's time for a revisit, perhaps I can have a laugh as well. Guess I’m just getting worse and worse. Hmm, I still don’t know how the quests where the guards are scripted to be suspicious work.. couldn’t one of them mess things up somehow?  Yes... no . They always can but as long as you don't let them see you or the bodies it's fine. Or you hack all the panels, if there are any, so they can't raise an alarm. |
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Post by orchid on Sept 28, 2017 16:40:31 GMT
I wouldn't dare to fly into it. However, it's classified as a Kerr black hole and if you look this up you find they could hypothetically act as wormholes. Huh, that’s really interesting. I didn’t know there are rotating black holes. I've thought about there having to be some ancient means of travel system in the hole ever since I first saw it. It seems such a perfect thing for opening the galaxy up a bit in sequels, so I’m sure it was intended thus, especially with this new nugget of information. Good catch. The Collective probably has some better hidden satellites that the Tempest never saw. Who knows what intel those hold. Maybe they're better maintained, too. Right. I replayed this, he says both. First that he would never miss a party and after he joins you on the ground that he's always ready for an adventure. And at the party one non-romance conversation option has him say that Ryder should know him better, he would not miss out on the party. I should stick with the first memory my brain comes up with. Heh, I feel like I should just play through every Reyes related tidbit in the game and record all of them for posterity and future fact-checking. I’m still irritated by not remembering whether or not Drack straight-up called Sloane a traitor or if my brain dreamed that up. Thanks. I don't know about the fixing, though... it seemed more like mashing any available settings button, and the light is still there, to a degree The only thing that got fixed was my up arrow key, which got mysteriously resurrected after several months of being presumed dead. Hooray for the resurrected arrow key. At least you succeeded in making Reyes look less greasy, so his sweet soft smile and come hither eyes could be captured. I like that light though, sort of metallic and sharp, it’s a change. Hehe, well it is the moment Ryder decided to be a bit impressed with the smug bastard, even though she still thought he should've shot the Roekaar right between the eyes and not waste time on trick shots just because he wanted to make an entrance... Reyes does love his entrances. His one regret is not being able to do his trademark hand spreading introduction to the Roekaar, because his hands were busy holding a rifle. But then again this show was just to impress Ryder. And then Ryder tries to show off in their turn, significantly less impressively, by doing that unnecessary roll. I guess it showed Reyes that Ryder is flexible... Well, they drank together, at least. It's in the computer.. or somewhere else around Tartarus. (btw it's kinda funny Reyes calls someone else "king") It's known that people Reyes drinks with sometimes come back feeling dumped, which might be a sign If Reyes and Kian broke up, it must have been an amicable thing, since he stills drinks at Tartarus and gets to have the room for himself. Yeah, nevertheless, he somehow manages to stand there in a fashion that makes her stop whatever she’s doing. The whole scene gets pretty strange from that point. Hmm, while I must admit I know I’m being baited, what the hell, I’m all for it. You do realize this can’t pass for notable differences, right? I know, but I could not resist. But even so, the heart of the issue is the same, aka our character not given an option to react in a way we wish and what would make sense i.e. not allow themselves be kissed/pawed. Also I know this time it’s all my own fault ( ), but… - The whole action itself is avoidable and moves no plot. (Should there have been an option to stop it nevertheless? Why the hell not. Might have even been fun.) …I gotta to take issue with this one. If you’re RPing a renegade Shepard, avoiding this scene would require 1) foreknowledge that this will happen if you act as normal and 2) being forced to abandon your character’s playstyle. Furthermore, a renegade Shepard would be the most likely to, I don’t know, knee Aria in her crotch if once she brought her snout to Shep’s face, so not getting to do anything is irritating. I guess it can be read as Shepard just being stone cool and holding Aria in such contempt that they don’t even acknowledge her existence. But really, we both know that it’s just another case of the developers jerking their dicks raw over how much they love their asari babes. I think there absolutely ought to be an option to stop each and every molestation attempt. BioWare devs should be made to play a modded version of their game where every “sexy” asari was replaced by a male character and made play through them to see how they’d like them apples in all these scenes. Especially with his non-influenceable tough guy attitude, which thereby gets ruined for good. Get groped + one-time fuck up = shameful to the victim & results in your “attitude” being demolished forever, got it. I know, I know, just a fictional video game character, but still it’s such a callous approach... Also that’s a strange read on a character that’s shown to be fragile and insecure from the very first moment when the post-tutorial/opening cinematics game starts; the player is supposed to empathize, he’s not Duke Nukem or anything. Agreed about running away, but it’s only possible if you have an escape route handy. As for high noon, well, it’s the most clever thing to do when you have a crazy -and royally pissed off- warlord shooting at you. Why not have Mr. Sniper Guy take another shot and attempt to finish the job in the meantime, or just wait and ambush her when she’s on her way back to the Port is quite another question, though. In a way, doesn’t he give up way too easy? He dealt with Zia himself, for one. If he sent his agents to do jobs like that, they might get unwanted clues or at least ask questions if something went wrong or not as expected.. if those "problems" were to say something, somebody might put two and two together. It seems a bit dangerous. But maybe if he did it carefully, so that they never knew what they did those things for, why not. That's true, with the caveat that Ryder mostly handled Zia ( ), but I thought we were still talking about a hypothetical, direct murder attempt solely between Zia and Reyes. If there were no smuggling mystery related to it and just Reyes needing to have someone dead, it would be a straightforward mission for an agent of his. I bet Kadara people end up dead all the time, and the Collective probably knows how to dispose of a corpse. Reyes asked the sniper to cover for him, so I guess he didn’t consider himself to have good enough chances for a fair fight – and with good enough reason, since Ryder made it clear that they were ready to fight alongside Sloane. Just him with a Sidewinder and one sniper wouldn’t do well in a quick-paced bloodbath against Sloane (trained Alliance officer), Ryder (the wunderkind), Vetra and Drack. They’d be toast. Taking a getaway is the best option for Reyes. HEY WAIT A SEC here, we don’t see Mr. Sniper Guy get into the shuttle with Reyes, do we? Did he get left behind? :gasp: He can’t run ahead Reyes, because he has to do what he was told: to cover Reyes as he runs for it. He could come right behind him, but we see the shuttle leave right as Reyes gets aboard and he's obviously not there already. Sloane will fucking have his guts torn out if she gets her hand on Mr. Sniper Guy. Maybe failing to shoot Sloane is considered a fuck-up bad enough that the Charlatan will just cut you off and leave you to die... But then why would he obediently do as told even as Reyes was abandoning him? Tortured he could tattle ton of info to Sloane if captured alive. Is this just something the devs thought we wouldn’t think about? I mean, I haven’t previously, but then again I never take this horrible option. Well, maybe there is some little alternate tunnel out of the cave that Mr. Sniper Guy can take, especially since there’s no Sloane gloating about capturing the sniper afterwards. Yes, that must be it. Right?  I don’t know, I think Umi woud keep it. How would she benefit from telling? Besides, she could get smug enough in conversations on the topic to give a subtle hint of knowing who the Charlatan really is. Mysterious I think they’re on even ground with this with Kian, though I’ll give you that he’s better looking. I think Reyes would choose a bartender that wasn’t handpicked to work under Sloane. Kian is already Reyes’ buddy and setting his establishment in the slums, surely he is squarely in the anti-Sloane camp. And everyone at our party would already know who the Charlatan is, remember. Yikes, the thought of Reyes introducing Ryder to the most dangerous game lol. Probably too much even for the worst of worst Collective thugs. Wait, what, like Ryder is a stranger to any of that? :gasp: Are you saying that Ryder is familiar with hunting people for sport? Now how does THAT fit with the whole honor thing? I'm afraid this time it's going to be Reyes who will be met with terrible realizations with your Ryder. |
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I guess, but it still seems like a significant investment. If they just stole a couple of satellites from the Nexus, reprogrammed them and then dropped them at some key locations, maybe it’s not too tasking, then. 
Ok, at least one for the height issues
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Guess that's not how Reyes imagined it back in the Milky way while dreaming abut his merc intel setup. But he's a resourceful one, he'll make do, at worst he may start a tabloid service... reporting on the black hole inhabitants or Evfra's morning routine or something. Everyone has to start somewhere 
. But if the person joins because they are aware they will die if they refuse that's not going to be a healthy relationship.
I love the third one; your Ryder looks badass enough to cause Reyes some trouble. 
(Also how tiny is Sara? Reyes looks so tall and imposing in that shot. 
Dunno why his blood comes with weird orange sparkles though. Secret to his immortality?
Vetra could do so much more stuff on Kadara... Hell, she could even mention him being knowledgeable once and thus give SAM a reason for any future highlighting of him. If he’s that good she must’ve heard of him or perhaps even worked with him or his guys (knowingly or not) yet the only one who actually comments on anyone on Kadara is Cora... who has actually just met them and perhaps not even that.
but that would be extremely too chill even for him. 
What a stupid policy they must have had with micro transactions like that. Preorder stuff should just be pretty extra items IMO. 
) but I know that one hardly counts. I don’t know how guy Zia would’ve worked to be honest, but I’m not really an expert and generally don’t even feel I’ve any right to discuss these matters, but they might’ve included Kian to the list of exes or something like that to make it obvious.
Yes... no 