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Post by PenDev0us on May 17, 2017 16:37:51 GMT
Confession: I frequently forget Scott exists. Double confession: I put off going to speak with him using SAM, as I had other sidequests I wanted to do first... that were more interesting. My Sara voted as worst twin 2017
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Post by beholderess on May 17, 2017 16:38:43 GMT
This is really great. You make sound arguments for all of these. Now, if only we could have a lovely artist design all of these lovely cards. I love tarot decks. I have about 4 different ones. I keep seeming to collect them. >.> Thank you Which ones do you have? I only have one, and it features cats
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Post by janalilith on May 17, 2017 16:40:31 GMT
Good morning Jaal fans! It's another gorgeous day here and I'll be working in my gardens again later. Woo! Post-game, where do Jaal and your Ryder make their home? (Or do they stick to the Tempest?) Obviously not a place they'd be a lot with Pathfinder duties, but I still like to picture my Ryder and Jaal 'settling down' on Havarl. It's a beautiful planet and close to his family. Plus, I have massive amounts of distrust for Meridian. I enjoy this game more the more I play it, probably because I notice more of the details with each play through. It's rather neat. The plot can be considered bland when compared to the MET, but there are so many ways for them to take things now. It makes me very impatient for DLC. Happy gardening I agree with you - the more I play it, the more I discover and I marvel at the care they took with the game. It really is a lovely game. It's replaced DAI in my heart for my multiple play throughs. There is just so much potential and so many directions they can take this. I can see them having a place on Havarl to be close to his family, and I can see them spending some time on Aya as well. I do think they need another place away from his family though lol - might be a bit overwhelming for the Ryder siblings to be surrounded by his 10 bros and sis'.
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Post by lilyenachaos on May 17, 2017 16:40:44 GMT
If it's anything like Mordin's song in ME2, I'm keen to hear it Also, Jaal serenading Sara please, Bioware! This reminds me - when we first have the Angara show up on Nexus, and you walk into the Vortex the first time after that, there's than intense Angaran male up on the stage reciting something. The Angara are very serious about their poetry and arts, I feel. In my current game the people on the stage just stand there and do nothing. My first run I could hear what they were saying, this time it's just silence.
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Post by beholderess on May 17, 2017 16:40:52 GMT
Yeah, I don't fully understand my cold shoulder towards Scott either... (I also like m/m ships) maybe its because when I play as Sara, he had so little impact plot wise than all the other characters... I mean, the Archon only kidnaps him because of SAM... And yet, if you play as Scott, its Sara that sits around being Archon bait, and Scott would act as you'd like him to... but I'd still prefer Sara regardless... I don't get the logic with this! I think, in hindsight, I preferred the DA2 siblings to the ME:A ones. The DA2 sibs felt like people. I could bring them around with me for a large part of the game. Sure, Bethany nagged and Carver was a tit, but it felt like a genuine family relationship. Though I liked the Ryder Family Secrets quest chain, generally the Ryders felt less like family, and more like plot ticket. Agreed. I keep getting a feeling that we are family with the Tempest crew, but not with the sib. Heck, Sid is more my little sib than Scott is
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Post by Gwyvian on May 17, 2017 16:41:01 GMT
Enjoy! Do you want a tag? oohhh please! Done!
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Post by Onecrazymonkey1 on May 17, 2017 16:42:31 GMT
Ohhhh we're discussing decks? I have the necronomoicon lovecraft deck and angel deck by Robert place.
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Post by PenDev0us on May 17, 2017 16:43:38 GMT
I think, in hindsight, I preferred the DA2 siblings to the ME:A ones. The DA2 sibs felt like people. I could bring them around with me for a large part of the game. Sure, Bethany nagged and Carver was a tit, but it felt like a genuine family relationship. Though I liked the Ryder Family Secrets quest chain, generally the Ryders felt less like family, and more like plot ticket. Ohh mama playing a mage and having Carver be an utter ass to everyone, nearly drove me to insanity! Then again, what sibling doesn't make you want to hurl them off a cliff at least once in your life! Side note: DA2 was the game that finally put me off mages, and lured me over to the rogue class... I had played a mage in DA:O/A originally, but the sheer amount of mages in Kirkwall going "I'm not evil!" *proceeds to do evil things* slowly had my Hawke turn on his own kind (much to Fenris' approval)
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Post by kestrel on May 17, 2017 16:43:53 GMT
Confession: I frequently forget Scott exists. Double confession: I put off going to speak with him using SAM, as I had other sidequests I wanted to do first... that were more interesting. My Sara voted as worst twin 2017 I'm trying to get better about remembering to write him into my stories, at least, but there's really not much to do with him once he's awake. He basically has two things to say to you and then he goes and sulks on a bed.
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Post by janalilith on May 17, 2017 16:46:22 GMT
OOHH I've seen that one! I think I bailed a few chapters in though~ True that the fic isn't bad, I think it was the Scott focus that made me lose interest It is kind of weird - I am perfectly alright with m/m ships, but I specifically have no interest in Scott. Whatsoever. I hate that name, and his default appearance makes him look like a goofy frat boy. Sorry, dear twin, but I just can't take you seriously Well, since I'm married to a "Scott" I like the name LOL. But I agree with you on default Scott - he's so unappealing and I cannot play him. I am not crazy about my attempt at creating another Scott but it's still light years better. I do plan on a Scott centric fic, m/m but my Scott will be a cutie patooty so it'll be fun lol.
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Post by janalilith on May 17, 2017 16:47:19 GMT
This reminds me - when we first have the Angara show up on Nexus, and you walk into the Vortex the first time after that, there's than intense Angaran male up on the stage reciting something. The Angara are very serious about their poetry and arts, I feel. In my current game the people on the stage just stand there and do nothing. My first run I could hear what they were saying, this time it's just silence. That's a shame!! You really need to hear that moment - that Agaran male is orating the shit out of that speech.
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Post by Onecrazymonkey1 on May 17, 2017 16:47:57 GMT
I think, in hindsight, I preferred the DA2 siblings to the ME:A ones. The DA2 sibs felt like people. I could bring them around with me for a large part of the game. Sure, Bethany nagged and Carver was a tit, but it felt like a genuine family relationship. Though I liked the Ryder Family Secrets quest chain, generally the Ryders felt less like family, and more like plot ticket. Ohh mama playing a mage and having Carver be an utter ass to everyone, nearly drove me to insanity! Then again, what sibling doesn't make you want to hurl them off a cliff at least once in your life! Side note: DA2 was the game that finally put me off mages, and lured me over to the rogue class... I had played a mage in DA:O/A originally, but the sheer amount of mages in Kirkwall going "I'm not evil!" *proceeds to do evil things* slowly had my Hawke turn on his own kind (much to Fenris' approval) I think that's what I loved about carver as it felt more real to me and I found Bethany a little boring for my tastes. I love my brother but I can never picture getting along with him so sweetly.
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Post by beholderess on May 17, 2017 16:50:26 GMT
Good morning Jaal fans! It's another gorgeous day here and I'll be working in my gardens again later. Woo! Post-game, where do Jaal and your Ryder make their home? (Or do they stick to the Tempest?) Obviously not a place they'd be a lot with Pathfinder duties, but I still like to picture my Ryder and Jaal 'settling down' on Havarl. It's a beautiful planet and close to his family. Plus, I have massive amounts of distrust for Meridian. I enjoy this game more the more I play it, probably because I notice more of the details with each play through. It's rather neat. The plot can be considered bland when compared to the MET, but there are so many ways for them to take things now. It makes me very impatient for DLC. Have fun gardening! Hmm, I'm sure Jaal would prefer Havarl, but my Ryder is partial to Voeld (even though she complains about it a lot). Voeld is the one world where the cooperation between Angara and Initiative actually means something. I like how, according to the forward station messages, they start cooperating even before you "officially" establish relationships - they don't need no embassies to figure out how to behave like normal, sane people, both sides. I also liked getting Voeld to 100 viability before activating the Vault (surprisingly easy to do, by the way) - that is, our outpost perseveres and prospers solely through determination, enough good will with Angara and heroic efforts against the Kett. There are a lot of details that fall together perfectly. I still think that the "alien" story is much, much better than the Nexus one, since everything happening on Nexus relied on everybody there acting like psychopathic idiots. But the Remnant/Jaardan/Angara/Kett situation is actually written quite tightly, and there are lots of things that can be noticed in much earlier or unrelated quests that would point out to how things turn out to be.
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Post by Gwyvian on May 17, 2017 16:51:38 GMT
Ohhhh we're discussing decks? I have the necronomoicon lovecraft deck and angel deck by Robert place. Oracles!! I've got Aleister Crowley's, Osho Zen, Renaissance, Vampire, Lord of the Rings, Sacred Geometry, Fairy Ring and Lover's tarot decks, also the Ogham (not a deck but a Celtic oracle with sticks from different woods), the I Ching (special access to this one) and I had access for a long time to the Toltec, Rider-Waite, Symbolon decks and many sundry others, including all sorts of pagan and totally strange ones, too. I probably left out a bunch.
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Post by beholderess on May 17, 2017 16:52:48 GMT
Ohhhh we're discussing decks? I have the necronomoicon lovecraft deck and angel deck by Robert place. Necronomicon deck? Now that sounds cool!
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Post by Onecrazymonkey1 on May 17, 2017 16:57:30 GMT
Ohhhh we're discussing decks? I have the necronomoicon lovecraft deck and angel deck by Robert place. Oracles!! I've got Aleister Crowley's, Osho Zen, Renaissance, Vampire, Lord of the Rings, Sacred Geometry, Fairy Ring and Lover's tarot decks, also the Ogham (not a deck but a Celtic oracle with sticks from different woods), the I Ching (special access to this one) and I had access for a long time to the Toltec, Rider-Waite, Symbolon decks and many sundry others, including all sorts of pagan and totally strange ones, too. I probably left out a bunch. *gasps* Lord of the rings deck @_____@. I remember wanting to buy that one but never got around to it. I actually have a third deck that I don't really care for so I forgot the name but I love most Tarot decks just for their artwork alone. Do you have a particular favorite that I can check out? beholderessYeah, I love lovecraft! here are some pics if you're interested and want an idea of what it looks like.
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Post by beholderess on May 17, 2017 16:59:35 GMT
Good morning Jaal fans! It's another gorgeous day here and I'll be working in my gardens again later. Woo! Post-game, where do Jaal and your Ryder make their home? (Or do they stick to the Tempest?) Obviously not a place they'd be a lot with Pathfinder duties, but I still like to picture my Ryder and Jaal 'settling down' on Havarl. It's a beautiful planet and close to his family. Plus, I have massive amounts of distrust for Meridian. I enjoy this game more the more I play it, probably because I notice more of the details with each play through. It's rather neat. The plot can be considered bland when compared to the MET, but there are so many ways for them to take things now. It makes me very impatient for DLC. Happy gardening I agree with you - the more I play it, the more I discover and I marvel at the care they took with the game. It really is a lovely game. It's replaced DAI in my heart for my multiple play throughs. There is just so much potential and so many directions they can take this. I can see them having a place on Havarl to be close to his family, and I can see them spending some time on Aya as well. I do think they need another place away from his family though lol - might be a bit overwhelming for the Ryder siblings to be surrounded by his 10 bros and sis'. I still wish for the whole crew of Tempest to meet Jaal's family. Consider that Ryder explicitly regarded "the Tempest oddballs" as her kin, it has to happen! Also, I ship Liam and Teviint, because mutual hot-blooded trigger happiness and tendency to rash decisions+brutal honesty+Teviint still having issues with aliens and Liam being direct in "WTF is your problem?" way+his dogged insistence on getting along+the kind of personality that makes you want to throw him out of airlock at times but makes it impossible to stay mad at him+his bromance with Jaal... I think it is meant to be
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Post by fadburger on May 17, 2017 17:00:05 GMT
TOO mushy? I'm with you in thinking that should be impossible, I HAVE TO READ IT Here ya go Again, I'm not saying the fic is bad, it's just not entirely my thing. Just a heads-up, the fic is Scott-centric so it's not Jaal/Sara scenes only. I don't think that one is TOOOO bad but then again I've read a ton of really awful fics so maybe my quality filter is skewed lol. My main problem with that one is that Scott's anxiety gives ME anxiety so it makes it a bit tough to read.
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Post by beholderess on May 17, 2017 17:00:34 GMT
Oracles!! I've got Aleister Crowley's, Osho Zen, Renaissance, Vampire, Lord of the Rings, Sacred Geometry, Fairy Ring and Lover's tarot decks, also the Ogham (not a deck but a Celtic oracle with sticks from different woods), the I Ching (special access to this one) and I had access for a long time to the Toltec, Rider-Waite, Symbolon decks and many sundry others, including all sorts of pagan and totally strange ones, too. I probably left out a bunch. *gasps* Lord of the rings deck @_____@. I remember wanting to buy that one but never got around to it. I actually have a third deck that I don't really care for so I forgot the name but I love most Tarot decks just for their artwork alone. Do you have a particular favorite that I can check out? beholderess Yeah, I love lovecraft! here are some pics if you're interested and want an idea of what it looks like. That Deep One... is more attractive than he has any right to be
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Post by PenDev0us on May 17, 2017 17:01:08 GMT
Double confession: I put off going to speak with him using SAM, as I had other sidequests I wanted to do first... that were more interesting. My Sara voted as worst twin 2017 I'm trying to get better about remembering to write him into my stories, at least, but there's really not much to do with him once he's awake. He basically has two things to say to you and then he goes and sulks on a bed. Hopefully, he's expanded on a little more in DLC or a sequel, I'd hate for him to just fade into codex entries.
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Post by fadburger on May 17, 2017 17:02:16 GMT
Good morning Jaal fans! It's another gorgeous day here and I'll be working in my gardens again later. Woo! Post-game, where do Jaal and your Ryder make their home? (Or do they stick to the Tempest?) Obviously not a place they'd be a lot with Pathfinder duties, but I still like to picture my Ryder and Jaal 'settling down' on Havarl. It's a beautiful planet and close to his family. Plus, I have massive amounts of distrust for Meridian. I enjoy this game more the more I play it, probably because I notice more of the details with each play through. It's rather neat. The plot can be considered bland when compared to the MET, but there are so many ways for them to take things now. It makes me very impatient for DLC. I think they'd settle on Havarl too, it's my favorite planet plus it's close to Jaal's family so he can visit them whenever he wants.
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Post by fadburger on May 17, 2017 17:03:44 GMT
I'm trying to get better about remembering to write him into my stories, at least, but there's really not much to do with him once he's awake. He basically has two things to say to you and then he goes and sulks on a bed. Hopefully, he's expanded on a little more in DLC or a sequel, I'd hate for him to just fade into codex entries. I was very disappointed with the amount of content you get for your twin...at least post-game it'd be nice if they had like...one real dialogue tree.
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Post by kestrel on May 17, 2017 17:04:54 GMT
I mean, tbh, I forget that you can even play as a male Ryder, but I'm just awful.
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Post by beholderess on May 17, 2017 17:08:16 GMT
I'm trying to get better about remembering to write him into my stories, at least, but there's really not much to do with him once he's awake. He basically has two things to say to you and then he goes and sulks on a bed. Hopefully, he's expanded on a little more in DLC or a sequel, I'd hate for him to just fade into codex entries. I think that there is no excuse to not make the twin a squadmate in the sequel
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Post by fadburger on May 17, 2017 17:08:20 GMT
Spoiler tags in case anyone else wants to play this game unspoiled: I told her to go to Kaer Morhen. But I took Alexander's notes from her. I wasn't upset at her or anything, but her plan to go to Radovid was terrible, so I figured she wasn't the best person to walk around with a bioweapon formula Ok, that's exactly what I did and you just dodged a bullet, you should get the best possible outcome now. Having her go to Radovid ends up awful, as I found out from youtube but I didn't want to spoil anything. kestrel Yeah, Sara's new "makeover" wasn't to my liking but I just signed into my Scott playthrough and didn't realize they did it to him as well. He looked more natural to me before. Looks like they gave him some BB cream to smooth out his skin tone and a natural colored lipstick...
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