What did you do today in ME?

As a follow-up, more time-travelling Barbie!


Leviathan: Hw should I word the AI's directive?

Barbie: "How do I preserve the organic races?"

Leviathan: Eh, good enough. Let's go for lunch. (both leave)

Artificial Intelligence: Preserve? Like, in a jar or something? Oh, I know! I'll preserve them in cool robot bodies! Nailed it.

You're better at it than me then!  I never make backups.

Awesome, looking forward to seeing how she transfers into ME2

The classes in Mass Effect kind of change throughout the series because of how the mechanics change. With bonus powers and bonus weapons, they are also a bit more flexible than any sort of standard fantasy-based classes.

And by that I mean all classes are designed to use weapons and powers in concert with each other; some fantasy-based classes can skew closer to using only weapons or only powers.

1. Generally, the Soldier is supposed to the weapon specialist, and is fairly consistent with that throughout the series.

2. The Vanguard in ME1 was a biotic-combat hybrid. With Singularity, it can be considered a better Adept than the Adept. (In my opinion, the hybrid classes in ME1 tend to be better than the 'pure' classes.) Starting in ME2 and continuing in ME3, it is a Close Quarters Combat (CQC) or Assault specialist.

3. The Infiltrator is tech-combat hybrid, but has more of a focus on being a sniper specialist -- or natural sniper -- thanks to various bonuses and starting weapons in the series. That being said, shotgun Infiltrators are fairly popular. Or with the right bonus powers, an Infiltrator can somewhat mimic an Engineer but with some extra firepower.

4. The Adept is supposed to be the biotic specialist. In ME1, that meant it had all the biotic powers. In ME2, it morphed slightly into a biotic combo specialist; the ME2 Adept also excels at disabling and killing enemies with biotic powers. In ME3, the mechanics changes made it more deadly for killing enemies with biotic powers.

5. The Engineer is the tech specialist. That didn't mean much in ME1; I much prefer playing the Infiltrator like an Engineer than the Engineer. In ME2, the Engineer was more flexible, able to distract enemies, strip defenses, and disable enemies with tech powers. In ME3, it morphed into a power combo casting class.

6. Sentinel is tech-biotic hybrid. Like the other casting-heavy Adept and Engineer classes, the Sentinel changes throughout the series. In ME1, the Sentinel took some of the best bits of the Engineer and Adept classes, but it maintained a heavy crowd-control class, much like the Adept and Engineer. In ME2 -- thanks to its new Tech Armor power -- it could be played in generally two different ways: a type of power caster, or an assault-focused shooter. It morphed again in ME3 to become a power-combo caster class, much like the Adept and Engineer.

That's okay because the option to kill him remains.

Did Lair of the Shadow Broker today. IMO, the helmet recovered from Normandy Crash Site DLC made this dialogue way more powerful

I finally did it right. I avoided romancing Ashley but am still able to talk to her pleasantly. Last time I didn't realize simply talking to her nicely all the time gets you roped into a romance with her just like Liara. I am doing this because I want to see how different the romance in ME3 is for her. I've done this with Kaidan and there were enough differences to make this worth a try.

I am also getting Liara dead last in this run and it feels so right. I am currently done with all the story missions minus getting her. I am quite interested to see how Obbio will import into ME3 as I think he looks fairly good in ME1.

Just noticed the ships that are on Korlus' atmosphere are actually dropping trash to the planet surface.