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Post by Element Zero on Jul 26, 2021 3:31:53 GMT
dazk, you can reassign squadmates' skills aboard the Shadow Broker's ship. The terminal is to the far left, against the wall beside the left flight of stairs. It's pretty inexpensive, 1000 Eezo per use. I do it every playthrough, since some of the squadmates are better off with 3 fully evolved skills than 2 fulls and 2 partials. talyn82, you're fine without Squad Cryo on that mission. It was helpful, but not essential. Those two will still be a great team. Are you playing on Hardcore or Insanity? If not, the Husks won't be armored. You could swap in Jacob or Jack for an ammo power (and either Pull Field or Shockwave, respectively). Squad Incendiary or Squad Warp could be helpful against the Scions. Of course, Reave and Warp also destroy armor, so meh. Regardless, your Cryo Blast will kill unprotected Husks and has a nice, short cooldown. Your Throw Field will also destroy unprotected Husks, and has a super short cooldown. If they do get close enough to smack you around a bit, your Tech Armor will floor them and allow you to reposition. I think you're well equipped for the fight this time.
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Post by talyn82 on Jul 26, 2021 3:43:13 GMT
dazk , you can reassign squadmates' skills aboard the Shadow Broker's ship. The terminal is to to the far left, against the wall beside the left flight of stairs. It's pretty inexpensive, 1000 Eezo per use. I do it every playthrough, since some of the squadmates are better off with 3 fully evolved skills than 2 fulls and 2 partials. talyn82 , you're fine without Squad Cryo on that mission. It was helpful, but not essential. Those two will still be a great team. Are you playing on Hardcore or Insanity? If not, the Husks won't be armored. You could swap in Jacob or Jack for an ammo power (and either Pull Field or Shockwave, respectively). Squad Incendiary or Squad Warp could be helpful against the Scions. Of course, Reave and Warp also destroy armor, so meh. Regardless, your Cryo Blast will kill unprotected Husks and has a nice, short cooldown. Your Throw Field will also destroy unprotected Husks, and has a super short cooldown. If they do get close enough to smack you around a bit, your Tech Armor will floor them and allow you to reposition. I think you're well equipped for the fight this time. I am playing on Hardcore so armored Husks. The first time I played was as a Soldier and it took me a couple of times. The winning team was Jack and Grunt. But I will follow your advice and post the results.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 26, 2021 4:08:24 GMT
I finished up ME2 with Arrival today. It has a few "duh" moments, as do many other scenarios; but I enjoy it. It's the only time Shep gets to solo, which already makes it unique.
After resetting his skills and saving, I imported John Shepard, Vanguard into ME3. I ran out of time to play just after Grissom Academy. Really, I squeezed that one in and probably should've saved it for tomorrow.
I can't recall the last time I took Liara to Grissom Academy. Her interaction with Jack was entertaining. I wish Jack could've been a squadmate (with better skill assortment than in ME2). I also wish Jack could've gotten better clothes. Why couldn't they just put her in a uniform like Sanders or the students?
Anyway, Grissom Academy was my first opportunity to roll out the Biotic Death Squad of Vanguard Shep + Javik + Liara. They really do chew through everything with ease. In the final hall, Liara got dropped. While killing dudes with the Atlas, I watched Javik burninating Cerberus with Incendiary Burst PPR. He was running, rolling, ducking and shooting. I rather liked it.
It's been a very long time since I've played a Vanguard. I have to be invested by playing through ME2 first, or else I think I might get bored. Since I'm already invested, though, I can have fun playing the Super Biotic.
For now, but subject to change, I have the following: • Squad Incendiary Burst Ammo (4b, 5b, 6b) • Charge (4b, 5b, 6b) • Nova (4a, 5b, 6a) • Assault Mastery (4a, 5a, 6b) • Fitness 2 • Reave 4b
I think I'll finish evolving Reave and then Fitness before getting Squad Cryo. Beyond that, little matters. Pull, I guess, for disarming shields. I hate Shockwave, so it will get the leftovers.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 26, 2021 19:38:23 GMT
I just finished talking to Wreav on Surkesh. I love Javik.
Wreav: "They [the Reapers] know the minute we enter this war, their days are numbered."
Javik: "My kind were arrogant once. It's not strategy; it's stupidity."
W: "And what are you?"
J: "Prothean."
W: "Really? And how many of you are left?"
J: "Enough to kill you."
😆 I love Javik. He's Prothean Renegade Shepard born centuries too late to win the war of his cycle. If he'd been born earlier, maybe he leads the galaxy to victory.
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Post by sugarless on Jul 26, 2021 23:16:00 GMT
I did my classic/standard SM choices: * Tech Expert: Legion * Fire Team Leader: Garrus * Crew Escort: Kasumi* Biotic Shield: Samara * Squadmates: Miranda and Mordin Aside from Kasumi, who wasn't around yet, that's been my go-to lineup since my first PT. I deviate now and then, but that one just feels right to me, after so many runs.My classic sm choices are: Tech Expert: Legion Fire team: Garrus or Miranda (Garrus this time - at least he has experience) Crew escort: TaliBiotic Shield: Jack ... just because Squadmates: 1st: Jack and Zaeed; 2nd: Samara and Grunt; 3rd: Jack and Grunt... I change a little but this is typical. I might swap out Samara and Jack on the second leg. When I have tried something like this in the past, Mordin always dies Cannot deal with losing him, so I always send him as the crew escort.
Just adding my 2-bits worth anyway:
Tech Expert: Tali Fire Team: Garrus Crew Escort: Mordin Biotic Shield: Samara Squadmates: Samara & Miranda or Samara & Zaeed (first section), Miranda and Thane/Zaeed (second section), Miranda and Samara/Zaeed (third section)
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Post by dazk on Jul 26, 2021 23:59:42 GMT
So finished LoTSB and therefore my second play through of MELE2 I often struggle with the Tele Vasira and Shadow Broker fight but getting into the habit of using AR repeatedly and taking more Biotic Squaddies with me has made a real difference to making these fights easier as also with the Suicide Mission. Tried to start MELE3, imported my save but for some reason my character from my first PT of MELE was appearing not the one from MELE2 of my current PT. When I went back to paste in the code it worked but lets just say the character was an abomination!!!!! So looks like I will be creating a new one but I'll try and get it as close to my last one or not depending on my patience.
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Post by dragontartare on Jul 27, 2021 1:12:32 GMT
Not done playing yet for the day, but I spent at least an hour trying to fix the ME1 power wheel bug that hides Shepard's singularity. I had chosen decryption as a bonus power, then decided around level 20 or so that I wanted singularity instead. So I used the save editor to swap decryption (talent #93) for singularity (talent #57). Success! Or so I thought for a whole 30 seconds. Singularity showed up just fine on the squad screen, but refuses to show up on the pause screen. Even when I removed all talent points and ONLY put points in singularity, it won't show up. I can't map singularity to a quickslot via the save editor either, so it's completely unusable. Finally decided to put decryption back as the bonus power and will make sure I choose singularity in ME2. I can't believe there is no fix for this bug
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Post by colfoley on Jul 27, 2021 1:21:53 GMT
From the Personal Logs of Commander Shepard April 24th 2186
Wrex had us meet up with Arlakh company in a planet deep in the Attican Traverse to investigate signs of the Rachni in the region since a scouting party has already dissapeared. It provided the opprotunity to work with Grunt again as he has been put in command of the unit. He has certainly moved up quickly in the last several months but I am proud of him, and...it works, from everything he seems to have the unit well in hand.
The rumors of the Rachni's involvement proved to be true. The Reapers found the colony and then began converting the bugs into....well mobile artilery platforms and little bug containers. One of the more formidable Reaper Reaper units we have run into yet especially when used in coordination with other Reaper units.
The fighting was....tough. Some of the toughest of the war against the Reapers to this point. Had several near run ins and they Reapers had a lot of the forces down there, belying the importance of the whole facility. Javik and Garrus might not have been the most ideal to take down into a cave fighting...and I ended up going through a lot of medi gel.
In the end we discovered it was the same Queen we set free on Novaria. You know, I had recived an e-mail about indoctrination the other day. Rana Thenpolotis, the scientist I met on Virmire, was indoctrinated and ended up blowing up a bunch of Asari military leaders. I should have known. The whole situation seemed off on Virmire and I really should have done it during the mission to Korlus, but again I let her go. I was this in the back of my mind that the Queen assured me that she wasn't indoctrinated, somehow above Reaper influence. Where have I heard that before? And this is the seond time she has caused us a problem to begin with. And yet...I could not bring myself to do it. There was genuine fear there and well I just couuld not bring myself to wipe out an entire base...but it was in the back fo my head.
April 28th
Cerberus had hit the planet Benning, a human colony and were targeting random Civlians. The mission was fairly standard for once, just bail out the civilians we could and get them out of there, as the first wave of this operation. But, Hacket pointed out this was unusual tactics for Cerberus...wondering if there is a rogue faction. It would certainly explain somethings but on the other hand I did not see any differences in the leaddership, thugh it is possible with the difuse nature of the cells I suppose.
May 1st
Rescuing a Turian Platoon led by Primarch Victus's son on Tuchanka proved to not be much of a challenge. We threw down with Reaperized Harvesters for the first time and while their firepower is impressive they also provide a big enough target that its easy to poor fire power into them.
Tarquin, the son of Adrian Victus, seemed a bit on the green side to me. He made a mistake yes but his commitment to not see the mission through was a bit questionabl....which given what the mission is, is not something that really should be just let go. I suppose my experiences with the suicide mission might color me.
But, the Primarch is hiding something from me. Cerberus getting a bomb on Tuchanka just does not sound like their style or capable even with what we have seen. Why bomb the planet when you can hit it from orbit? No something else is up.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 27, 2021 3:22:35 GMT
I finished the Genophage Arc, sabotaging the genophage with Mordin's cooperation. Wreav was a looming menace, sure to finish what the Reapers started. After consecutive playthroughs, I think I'm finished with Wreav for a while. Time to welcome Wrex back to the crew next playthrough.
I think I will also save the Council next time, but we'll see. I kind of like Irissa, Isheel and Quintius; and I think parts of the story make more sense if the Council dies in ME1. Still, I really miss my favorite salesman on the Citadel, the Turian at Rodam Expeditions. His dramatically changed demeanor stings worse than any untrusting councilors. 😆
Anyway, I'm still Vanguarding through the Reapers. There really isn't a gameplay reason to take anyone but Javik and Liara into combat. You certainly can mix it up and be fine; but the biotic trio are unstoppable together.
I'm looking forward to Nyreen and Aria on Omega. (I still have the Coup, possibly my favorite mission, plus other stuff before Omega.) They won't be the insane pairing that Liara and Javik are, but the combos should be fun. Lash and Flare can detonate Reave, as can Nyreen's grenades. I like using Aria's Flare as a big ass grenade attack against out of reach pylons and the like. Of course, very little is out of reach for a Vanguard. I look forward to the team up, as always.
Before that, we have the Coup. I really love taking Garrus on that mission, no matter Shepard's class. I really enjoy taking James, too, but I should probably take Liara or Javik.
I maxed out Squad Cryo Ammo while on Tuchanka. I had it activated on my squaddies, but I didn't see much point. They were definitely freezing and shattering targets, but I still feel like Squad Incendiary Burst is significantly better. I'll likely only ever use Squad Cryo again against Geth, since they don't panic from burning.
Next, I'll finally max Fitness. Shepard's comparatively modest health and resistance hasn't been an issue, but I'll still gladly take the upgrades. After that, I'll max Double Pull, and then throw the leftovers at Shockwave. It sounds like I'm talking about far off stuff, but I'll be hitting 60 during Omega, so it's not far off.
Ooooh, I just remembered the clone battle. With MELE, I've started doing that after the Coup to get the Lancer. That will speed leveling even faster. I'll go ahead and get the Cerberus Spirit Armor, too, since it takes forever to get all the power-user armor pieces that I want. I've been using the Inferno Armor nearly all game, thus far.
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Post by talyn82 on Jul 27, 2021 4:26:28 GMT
Just finished The IFF quest. I used the advice given by @element Zero, and brought along Samara and Jack. This time around I completed it on my first try. When we got to the room with the generator there were a lot of Husks gathered around Legion. Jack used her shockwave to clear them out and Shepard focused on the exposed core of the generator. After it was destroyed the team brought Legion back to the Normandy. Jacob and Miranda debated on what to do with it. Shepard said he wanted to talk to it first.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 27, 2021 4:27:26 GMT
Ah, Lorik Qui'in. I'm so glad they left the eponymous "Qui'in Glitch" intact. As far as I'm concerned, it's the only way to play.
It lets me max out both Paragon and Renegade, granting bonus points (thus saving skill point investment), and granting access to both alignment missions. I'm more Paragon overall, but Lord Darius on Nonuel is definitely the better quest.
Then, I head into ME2 with 190 bonus points in each alignment, making it easier to play the Pragmatic Paragon/Paragade I most enjoy.
If only the Armor Glitch still worked on modern controllers. I've read that, rather than it having been patched, modern controllers reduced latency so much that the glitch cannot be executed. Sounds reasonable.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 27, 2021 4:37:04 GMT
Just finished The IFF quest. I used the advice given by Element Zero, and brought along Samara and Jack. This time around I completed it on my first try. When we got to the room with the generator there were a lot of Husks gathered around Legion. Jack used her shockwave to clear them out and Shepard focused on the exposed core of the generator. After it was destroyed the team brought Legion back to the Normandy. Jacob and Miranda debated on what to do with it. Shepard said he wanted to talk to it first. Nice! I'm glad I could be of help. I love Reave; both the ME2 and ME3 versions. It's such a standout power. I first got into playing games on higher difficulties with Uncharted in 2007. It was ME2, though, and the BSN community that caused me to start seeing character building through the optimization lens. I started playing all games on the high difficulty settings from then onward, and never looked back. Optimizing my characters, gear, etc... is a big part of the fun for me. FYI, in regard to tagging: My screen name has no space when creating a tag. Some members' names don't match their current screen names at all. You can see what a member's actual name is, for tagging purposes, by clicking on their name and viewing their profile.
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Post by talyn82 on Jul 27, 2021 5:27:19 GMT
Just finished The IFF quest. I used the advice given by Element Zero , and brought along Samara and Jack. This time around I completed it on my first try. When we got to the room with the generator there were a lot of Husks gathered around Legion. Jack used her shockwave to clear them out and Shepard focused on the exposed core of the generator. After it was destroyed the team brought Legion back to the Normandy. Jacob and Miranda debated on what to do with it. Shepard said he wanted to talk to it first. Nice! I'm glad I could be of help. I love Reave; both the ME2 and ME3 versions. It's such a standout power. I first got into playing games on higher difficulties with Uncharted in 2007. It was ME2, though, and the BSN community that caused me to start seeing character building through the optimization lens. I started playing all games on the high difficulty settings from then onward, and never looked back. Optimizing my characters, gear, etc... is a big part of the fun for me. FYI, in regard to tagging: My screen name has no space when creating a tag. Some members' names don't match their current screen names at all. You can see what a member's actual name is, for tagging purposes, by clicking on their name and viewing their profile. I usually play games on normal to hard difficulties. First I play on normal and if I enjoy the game I'll replay it on a harder difficulty. As for tagging usernames. I've been trying to correctly tag usernames, but now I know how thanks!
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Post by dazk on Jul 27, 2021 7:37:22 GMT
Nice! I'm glad I could be of help. I love Reave; both the ME2 and ME3 versions. It's such a standout power. I first got into playing games on higher difficulties with Uncharted in 2007. It was ME2, though, and the BSN community that caused me to start seeing character building through the optimization lens. I started playing all games on the high difficulty settings from then onward, and never looked back. Optimizing my characters, gear, etc... is a big part of the fun for me. FYI, in regard to tagging: My screen name has no space when creating a tag. Some members' names don't match their current screen names at all. You can see what a member's actual name is, for tagging purposes, by clicking on their name and viewing their profile. I usually play games on normal to hard difficulties. First I play on normal and if I enjoy the game I'll replay it on a harder difficulty. As for tagging usernames. I've been trying to correctly tag usernames, but now I know how thanks! With the tagging you can also use the icon on the toolbar with the @ symbol and the little blue person. Just type whatever name the person you are tagging is and it will figure it out.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Jul 27, 2021 13:05:24 GMT
From the journal of Mark Shepard: So we managed to retrieve the Turian Primarch for the war summit. And he wants to bring the Krogan to the summit. Oh boy, I can't wait! (Note to my future self: that was sarcasm).
Some good news: Garrus is back on the Normandy, ready to kick butt.
Some weird news: EDI took over the body of the Cerberus robot that we fought back on Mars, and EDI wants to use it to come with us on missions. That should be... something.
I visited Ashley in the hospital. We had a good talk. I don't know if things are completely patched up, but we are both willing to move forward. She also got asked by Udina to become a Spectre. I hope she takes the offer, although that will probably mean I will see her even less, assuming we can even win this war.
I now have a giant backlog of things on my TO DO list. Everyone on the Citadel seems to want something. And Aria wants me to help her retake Omega, and now I have got to go find this Leviathan thing... I need a stiff drink.
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Post by Psychevore on Jul 27, 2021 16:17:16 GMT
Lately I have just been going through ME3 without the hassle of going through mountains of screenshots. Mostly because another run has been brewing in my mind Have finished most of the game up until Thessia. Got a kiss from Aria in Omega, which wasn't my intention at all but it happened anyway. I only tried stopping her from strangling Petrovsky once and then just let her do what she wanted. Now on the hunt for Leviathan. I will do things differently in my other run. Not just decision wise, but also in how I structure it. Been leaving the DLC for the end and I don't like it. Cause in ME2 and 3 that means that by the time you're almost wrapping up the story there's still mountain of game left to do. Funny how this never seemed to bother me when I played the trilogy years ago. Anyway, let's finish this first.
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Post by Psychevore on Jul 27, 2021 16:22:23 GMT
Nice! I'm glad I could be of help. I love Reave; both the ME2 and ME3 versions. It's such a standout power. I first got into playing games on higher difficulties with Uncharted in 2007. It was ME2, though, and the BSN community that caused me to start seeing character building through the optimization lens. I started playing all games on the high difficulty settings from then onward, and never looked back. Optimizing my characters, gear, etc... is a big part of the fun for me. FYI, in regard to tagging: My screen name has no space when creating a tag. Some members' names don't match their current screen names at all. You can see what a member's actual name is, for tagging purposes, by clicking on their name and viewing their profile. I usually play games on normal to hard difficulties. First I play on normal and if I enjoy the game I'll replay it on a harder difficulty. As for tagging usernames. I've been trying to correctly tag usernames, but now I know how thanks! I used to start games on normal, but I found that that usually just teaches me things I have to unlearn when moving up in difficulties. Now I just start on the highest difficulty and only go down when the game repeatedly ruins me
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 27, 2021 18:04:38 GMT
I usually play games on normal to hard difficulties. First I play on normal and if I enjoy the game I'll replay it on a harder difficulty. As for tagging usernames. I've been trying to correctly tag usernames, but now I know how thanks! I used to start games on normal, but I found that that usually just teaches me things I have to unlearn when moving up in difficulties. Now I just start on the highest difficulty and only go down when the game repeatedly ruins me Same here. I figure I'll learn to play "the right way" from the start.
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Post by colfoley on Jul 27, 2021 23:16:02 GMT
I used to start games on normal, but I found that that usually just teaches me things I have to unlearn when moving up in difficulties. Now I just start on the highest difficulty and only go down when the game repeatedly ruins me Same here. I figure I'll learn to play "the right way" from the start. I tend to think of 'normal' as the baseline that the game companies are going for hence 'normal'. Really though one of the reasons why I play ME on the higher difficulties is because they tend to add higher levels of defenses to the enemy that you have to deal with hence making it more *realistic* **** So I had two pre comments to make before getting onto the logs but I kind of forgot one of them so we'lll see how this goes. First things first, another subtle reason that I prefer playing Fem Shep to Bro Shep...and this is especially in ME 3...is the gender appilations are a little bit more special to me. Now this could be kind of ridicilious but it just feels better hearing Wrex call Shepard "a sister to me." rather then a broker, same with Anderson's child versus son...the line that launched a million fan fictions. And boy is the Black Widow heavy...I do not think this is the comment but it is still fun to point out. From the Personal Logs of Abigail Shepard, May 2nd, 2186
We tracked down the Cerberus Bomb and it ended up being a...Turian Bomb. Based on my understanding of history it was certainly understandable to do so, a final little ace in the hole in case the Krogans get uppity in probably one of the only areas that the Krogan would have a heavy population. Thing is its a bit weird to have that deterrent without the Krogan knowing it was there...and it was also a bit of a problem since the Krogan are trying to be convinced to join into an alliance with the rest of our forces to defeat the Reapers....and no matter how understandable a bomb on ones planet could not exactly be an ice breaker. I do wonder how powerful the yield was on it. The other issue of course is that Cerberus had their hands on it....but I have spent enough time worrying about them. In the end it was a good thing I convinced Tarquin to stand considering he had to be the one to disable the bomb, we had to cover him from heavy Cerberus reinforcements. In the end must've triggered a fail safe, either from Cerberus or the original designers, the only way was for Tarquin to seperate the trigger device from the bomb itself...manually. He wasn't able to make it. Yet his sacrifice ensured the disaster didn't come to pass, and the Primarch says he is proud his son died with honor. Not sure how philosophical about it I want to be. May 3rd
Cerberus was going to take a ground canon on Tuchanka to clear the way for another one of their Cruisers. I wonder if this was the plan for the bomb to help clear the way for it. Of course there does not seem to be any long term support for it. Just more random chaos. Still we cleared them out. May 4th
The Dalatrass tried making a deal with me. Sabotage the genophage cure and get their best scientists and the full support of their military against the Reapers. Despite what I told her the idea stuck in my head. The Krogan have been decimitated by generations of the genophage and fighting. They have no industry. No fleets. No real military. As EDI claimed to we would have to provide the transport and their birth rates are a lot more insane then I gave them credit for. As a moral stance I am against the genophage. As a moral stance I believe the rights of all life should be respected, but that is a lot of babies. Makes me wonder if there should be a more moderate solution to the whole thing. And well the Salarians, despite their political machnications and all the questionable stuff they were up to on Sur'kesh with the Yagh...they are still a civilized species. The Krogan have a history of violent empire building and barbarism...even Wrex indicated he might want to expand again. Despite all this my morals won out for once. I just couldn't keep the Krogan down...it would have been an awkward conversation to have after the war had it all worked out. The Reapers however were there in force. One of the ground attack ships had landed and was blocking out path. I proposed a combined arms assault between Turian air support and Krogan ground support. Kind of a dry run for the alliance. But we were delayed, twice, so most of our forces were cut off and the Turians faced heavy casualties. So we had to improvise...which involved using the 'mother of all thresher maws' to attack it. I had front row seats to the heavy weight fight of the minnleium. And nature came out on top. And we distributed the cure...it wasn't without its losses though...Mordin had to sacrifice himself because the Shroud took heavy damage. But it was worth it. The Krogan are back in business. I haven't been sleeping well over the last few weeks. I know its a weird admission, this war has given me a lot of down time traveling between star systems but yet...I just have not been sleeping well. Been drinking a lot of coffeee...been having a recurring dream. Garrus noticed, which is why I even bring this up. The last few days have been stressful...and despite his admonishment I still couldn't bring myself to do it...except I fell asleep re reading one of Adams's reports on our fuel consumption. Probably not the best reading if I intended to stay awake...and I had that dream now. I heard....Kaidan again...and now Mordin. I saw that boy burn again. What I don't get is the weird whispering I hear and the shadows in it, who knows. In other news though Councilor Escheel has alerted me to a situation on the Citadel. Its something to monitor but I need to go gather the war assets I can first, seems the investigation is still ongoing.
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Post by dazk on Jul 27, 2021 23:37:19 GMT
I start on normal for ME games but other games sometimes casual just to figure out how it works. Funny this cam up above because for this PT of MELE I played Veteran in ME1 and 2 but that disappears for ME3 so I decided to give Hardcore a try and I am not much liking it. It's not dying which has happened twice on Mars once a one hit from grenades and the other for being a bit too bold it's just the chore of bullet sponge enemies and the extra time that involves.
That and the fact and I know I have complained about this previously but the lack of ammo dropping is ridiculous. Yesterday I was like hooray look at all that ammo to pick up and I killed the last enemy and it all just bloody disappeared. Had to do the next part in the office after doing the dodging the big gun tutorial at the door with just my SMG and abilities. I didn't die but it wasn't much fun.
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Post by talyn82 on Jul 28, 2021 0:17:45 GMT
Completed ME2 last night. For the SM I sent Legion into the ducts, and sent Garrus to lead the second team. Brought Miranda and Mordin for the first stage. Man was it difficult fighting off the Collector's while trying to save Legion at various intervals. But we made it to stage two and like before I sent Garrus to lead the second team. Sent Zaeed to escort the crew back to the Normandy. This time I brought Miranda and Legion with me with Samara holding up the barrier. At the third stage took Miranda and Legion again, while the rest of the team stayed behind and fight. Found the human Reaper and defeated it. Told TIM to f-off and blew up the Collector base. Everyone made it back to the Normandy safely both crew and companions. Game ended with the Reapers on their way.
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Post by talyn82 on Jul 28, 2021 3:55:18 GMT
Okay I have not started my second playthrough of ME3. But I wondering are there any N7 missions I don't know about. I only had one N7 mission is about locating a Cerberus operative who had damning information about Cerberus. I spoke to each crewmember after the SM and Thane, Samara, and Legion still had more to say. Thane told me about his wife, Samara told me that whenever I needed her she would be there, and Legion spoke about all of his programs, he also played a 300 year old file of when the Geth first started asking the Quarians if it had a soul. Do these three have more to say and are there anymore N7 quests so I can unlock more conversations from these three.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jul 28, 2021 11:29:42 GMT
I finished the Genophage Arc, sabotaging the genophage with Mordin's cooperation. Wreav was a looming menace, sure to finish what the Reapers started. After consecutive playthroughs, I think I'm finished with Wreav for a while. Time to welcome Wrex back to the crew next playthrough. I think I will also save the Council next time, but we'll see. I kind of like Irissa, Isheel and Quintius; and I think parts of the story make more sense if the Council dies in ME1. Still, I really miss my favorite salesman on the Citadel, the Turian at Rodam Expeditions. His dramatically changed demeanor stings worse than any untrusting councilors. 😆 Anyway, I'm still Vanguarding through the Reapers. There really isn't a gameplay reason to take anyone but Javik and Liara into combat. You certainly can mix it up and be fine; but the biotic trio are unstoppable together. I'm looking forward to Nyreen and Aria on Omega. (I still have the Coup, possibly my favorite mission, plus other stuff before Omega.) They won't be the insane pairing that Liara and Javik are, but the combos should be fun. Lash and Flare can detonate Reave, as can Nyreen's grenades. I like using Aria's Flare as a big ass grenade attack against out of reach pylons and the like. Of course, very little is out of reach for a Vanguard. I look forward to the team up, as always. Before that, we have the Coup. I really love taking Garrus on that mission, no matter Shepard's class. I really enjoy taking James, too, but I should probably take Liara or Javik.I maxed out Squad Cryo Ammo while on Tuchanka. I had it activated on my squaddies, but I didn't see much point. They were definitely freezing and shattering targets, but I still feel like Squad Incendiary Burst is significantly better. I'll likely only ever use Squad Cryo again against Geth, since they don't panic from burning. Next, I'll finally max Fitness. Shepard's comparatively modest health and resistance hasn't been an issue, but I'll still gladly take the upgrades. After that, I'll max Double Pull, and then throw the leftovers at Shockwave. It sounds like I'm talking about far off stuff, but I'll be hitting 60 during Omega, so it's not far off. Ooooh, I just remembered the clone battle. With MELE, I've started doing that after the Coup to get the Lancer. That will speed leveling even faster. I'll go ahead and get the Cerberus Spirit Armor, too, since it takes forever to get all the power-user armor pieces that I want. I've been using the Inferno Armor nearly all game, thus far. Yeah I tend to use Garrus and Liara fo rthe coup mission.
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