What did you do today in ME?

Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME3LE):
1. Tried to recover an artifact from a Thessian temple. Kai Lame lucked his way into stealing it. (I am never going to stop calling him Kai Lame.)

2. Tracked Kai Lame to Sanctuary. Discovered a hidden Cerberus Lab, but no Kai. Miranda threw her father out of a window.

3. Rescued a damsel in distress from a Communications Hub.

4. Upgrade a bunch of weapons in case I play NG+ in the future.

5. Met with crewmates on the Silver Sun strip, and threw a party.

6. Spent the night(? it's space, it's always night) with Liara. Attacked Cerberus Headquarters, and recovered the Catalyst. Beat the piss out of Kai Lame and then stabbed him to death.

7. Went to Earth with the Galaxy fleet. Destroyed a giant cannon.

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I think ME2 is the problem more so than the Engineer. For some reason, I just don't seem to be in the mood for it. I probably need to replay the full trilogy, to invest, since it's been months since this Shep finished ME1.

I started a ME3 Engineer (ME2 import, Fortification) and immediately had more fun. The super fast cooldowns change gameplay so much. Ash was alive in this import, so Mars was a constant series of fire and tech detonations, with Liara occasionally detonating her own Singularity. A single point in Drone and Turret was fine to start.

I'll have to read up on the Drone and Turret evolutions, or watch one of RedCaesar97's YouTube vids 😉, since I've never played a ME3 Engineer. I won't actually use Fortitude until it's fully evolved. I've always enjoyed its visuals and mechanics in ME3.

While I definitely had a bias toward Biotics, Andromeda cured me of that. Many of the powers that bring me the most fun are tech powers. I particularly enjoy Assault Turret in MEA, so playing an Engineer in MET is long overdue.

I don't have the patience to use a drone-focused build. I like killing everything as efficiently as possible, and I love combo detonations. I just need to read up on the Drones, see if there are any evolutions that don't work as advertised, etc...

There's a high probability that I jump back to ME1 before long. I generally enjoy ME3's gameplay the most, but if I don't get invested I probably won't play anything for very long.

Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME3LE):
1. Talked with everyone before the final assault. Took a stroll through London and killed a Reaper Destroyer with missiles.

2. Tanked a laser shot from Harbinger. Took an elevator ride to the Citadel. Had a brief chat with TIM before shooting him.

3. Some glowing thing talked my ear off before letting me go so I could shoot a big red thing. Reapers destroyed (supposedly).

4. Ending cutscenes. Slideshow. Credits. Exit game.


One more Legendary Edition trilogy playthrough to finish: Alex the Asshole Adept, waiting for import into ME3.

One more original trilogy playthrough to finish, waiting for import into MNE3. I think this was a shotgun/Claymore Soldier in ME2 but I cannot remember offhand. I cannot remember anything about this character; I would need to check before doing anything with it.

I have a few other characters I would like to create, but that would be in the future. I want to finish the other characters first. I might get to Alex soon/next, before the end of March. I think Dragons Dogma 2 is coming out before the end of March.

ME3 and MEA have the most fun combo system. I think that DA2 combos are the most complex. Anthem has sick combos if you have squad with different Javelins.
Since Jade Empire, every Bioware game have combo system in some way. ME1 has only Lift-Throw on low gravity worlds, if you can call that combo; maybe in most basic way.

Alex the Asshole Adept (ME3LE):
1. Reapers attacked Earth. Alex wanted to stay and fight, but got ordered by Anderson to leave and go the Council. Alex left Earth to fend for itself, then got ordered by Hackett to go to Mars and recover some Prothean data. He got the data, along with a slightly-damaged shuttle (thank James), a damaged robot, and Liara.

2. The Council refused to help (no surprise). So he took out his frustrations by sparring with James. They both got bloodied. Also recruited Dr. Michel to the Normandy.

3. Returned to Eden Prime to recover a different Prothean artifact. (Must resist urge to call Javik a popsicle for the umpteenth time in this thread).

4. Went to Palaven and picked up the latest Turian Primarch. Also Garrus, but who cares about him?

5. Citadel crap. Scanning crap. Recovered some Reaper tech from a Cerberus lab.

6. Rescued some students from Grissom Academy and reunited with Jack.

- Was sent to Horizon by the boss, and at least prevented half the colonists from being abducted by kicking some Collector ass. Kaidan was also there, but it didn't end very well. It would also not end well for the Illusive Man if he continued to use Shepard's closest friends to lure in the Collectors.
- Everyone wanted taken care of their personal problems, but Shepard really wanted a shiny Shotgun, so he did a couple side missions involving that blasted Hammerhead and a creaky shipwreck before being sent into Collector hands by the boss again. Shepard learned that the Collectors were once Protheans and that his squadmates are greedy because they ate all his medi-gel, and that they are not keen on following his position orders. Well, the girls do have their own preferences, mainly running up to a Praetorian to be killed by its stompy attack. Such fun!
Yelled some more at the Illusive Man afterwards, always satisfying.
- After all the stress, Shepard had dinner with Kelly, then got sidetracked as another Level up was within reach. Had a nice long walk with a YMIR through a canyon, protected the Sinmara colony, rid an archeological dig site of the Blue Suns and became a Demolisher afterwards.
- Went to look for Jacob's dad in hope they could be reunited for a happy end, but everything turned out differently. Shepard got so angry at what Jacob's father did to his crew that he did not even consider arresting him. They left him in the mess he created. A proper outcome for a proper scumbag. Shepard was just glad he could rescue the surviving crew, hoping they could have a normal life again someday.
- Headed to an Eclipse base to rescue a Cerberus operative, only he was dead and Shepard sent data on Cerberus to the Alliance. Rid a freighter and a mining facility of Blue Suns.
- Touched down on Tuchanka to deal with Grunt's aggressive behaviour. Bumped into his old friend Wrex, head-butted an asshole and ended up fighting a Thresher Maw on foot. Never a dull moment.
- Helped Mordin find his protegé Maelon, only he didn't need rescuing. He worked on a cure for the genophage and Shepard liked the idea of a salarian wanting to help the krogan, but not like this. Kept Mordin from shooting Maelon and kept the cure, encouraging Mordin to use it for helping the krogan. Seeing how Mordin apparently struggled with what he had done, chances weren't so bad.

"Hey buddy, don't you worry, I'll be back in a minute", the blond man crouching in front of the varren said. He scratched the tame beast thoroughly and chuckled at its affectionate rubbing against his hands.
Rorik briefly looked up to Miranda, a wide smile on his lips, his blue eyes beaming with joy.
"Isn't he adorable?"
Seeing the commander like this conjured a gentle smile on Miranda's face. He had this youthful, playful aura around him that was hard to resist. The more time she spent with him, the more she liked what she saw. But this was hardly the time for such foolishness. They had important things to do.
"Sure", the biotic woman replied softly before continuing with a firmer voice.
"But don't forget we have more urgent business here. Let's get Mordin and get it over with. I feel like I need a shower already."
Rorik sighed and got back on his feet, giving Urz a last pat on the head before looking at Miranda.
"I know, sorry. Let's go."

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I raged SO hard. Horizon was a piece of cake surprisingly (still kept me on my toes though!) in comparison to what went down on the Collector Ship I hate that mission so much, so so much (which is in large part due to Collector BS and dumb squadmates ).
At least I got the Shotgun now And slowly getting the hang of it more or less. Always takes some time getting used to.
Heading to Illium next to get Miri's LM out of the way and advance the romance soonish, mahaha.

I picked up my ME2 Engineer playthrough. Whatever mental hurdle was slowing me seems to have lifted, because I enjoyed it just fine, today.

We finished Mordin's recruitment and then recruited Archangel, as well. Finishing up on Omega, we headed to the Citadel. Some shopping, getting reinstated as a SPECTRE, and a few encounters later, we are headed to Bekenstein. I want to get the Locust ASAP. It will be my primary weapon until I later get access to Assault Rifles.

I love how most Alliance-named planets bear the names of physicists of the 20th (and early 21st) centuries. Some are still around, and some have died in the years since the MET was completed. Our present understanding of the universe is still largely the understanding they brought us. It's always pleasing to see them enshrined in this SciFi Milky Way. It both makes me think of them, and makes the game feel like it really is happening in our galactic backyard. Maybe someday our descendants will name alien worlds after those who helped get them there.