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Post by janalilith on May 31, 2017 2:21:01 GMT
I loved how his hand shakes!!!! I seriously really adore Aksul. He's so hurt and Jaal is making him face any doubts he has. And I noted that too, when Jaal points out it isn't his style to kill an Angara - and that's why Jaal's like, trust me (very squee-worthy lol). Face it, there has to be some charisma there to get all those to follow him even if he's a bit unhinged in the end there. That's why in my playthroughs I could NEVER kill him. Can't do it. Really, his gun is all over the place, and it is very obvious. At that rate, I am surprised that he managed to hit something at all. And no, it is not like that in other cutscenes when someone points a gun at someone - most people are much more steady. Maybe he is really a terrible shot Aww, I just don't think he really wanted to do it. He was probably telling himself he should do it, because everything he's stood for since his capture is being called into question by Jaal; so he should take out this "traitor," but he knows that Jaal is speaking the truth. I think it shows he's good at heart, just misguided from the pain he faced. AND I say all of this when he pointed a guy and SHOT at Jaal, so you know I've got to like him lol. I get annoyed when people make fun of the way he talks and they're not even shooting a gun at him lol.
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Post by janalilith on May 31, 2017 2:29:34 GMT
In German I guess that "pathfinder" can have a meaning? in French, it doesn't, and French people have trouble with the "th" pronounciation. The word means something, like "the one who finds the path/worlds to colonize" and has a role of Pioneer, so in French they called it Pionnier. I don't really like the sound of it, but at least it is a title directly connected to the role of Pathfinder. If it was an original name like "Dakana" or whatever, they would have kept it. Oh, and I guess that "salarians" sounds too much like "salariés" (employees), that's why they changed the first letter, I guess. Galariens sounds better in french and totally alien, "Salariens"... sounds... like a salaried employee... And they changed Kett into Kert, because I guess that "Kett" was too close to the "Geths" of the previous Mass effects. I've read some of the earlier pages of that thread, I wish I was there during the hype. I discover the game only know because I had other games to finish first. I still don't understand all the hate and the bashing around that game (outside of this thread), because I'm really enjoying it... I guess people had very high expectations after the original trilogy (which was nowhere near as perfect as some folks claim in retrospect, imho). MEA didn't live up to their expectations and now they are dissappointed and don't see the game for what it is, but what they wanted it to be. Let them complain, as long as the game is fun it is all it needs to be. I was late to the party with DAI, too. By the time I beat the game everything was already discussed to death and I just lurked in the old forum because I didn't want to bring up "old", but for me new, topics. Though back then there was still more activity in the threads than it is now with MEA after the same time. It has become really quiet here . Unfortunately Andromeda didn't deliver as much content storywise as DAI did, but I take what I can get, it's probably still years till the next DA game. Makes sense they didn't want the name of an alien race sound like "employees", could hardly get more boring. But not being able to properly pronounce "th" sadly has never stopped anyone here to try it anyway. The direct translation of pathfinder is Pfadfinder, basically the same word, but most people would think first of these guys: Not the sort of connotation you would want for the hero of the game, I guess. I'm probably lucky in a sense that I hadn't gotten very far in the trilogy because MEA was very fresh for me as a result. I feel the same way about not caring about all the hate to an extent - obviously the bad publicity over release affected sales and that's why we have the Montreal team being dispersed to other projects. Though, I think that would have happened pretty much anyway. But now I worry about the future. They really do have so much to work with here, though, good bones that they can build on and expand upon and really they could turn around any negativity with a great DLC and a great follow-up game, making the right decisions. They don't have to be perfect but they certainly can listen to most of the patterns of what people complained about and go from there. And even though I have not completed the trilogy (or even ME1 lol) I do feel this is a pretty good game. And I feel that plot holes are things that were left intentionally vague because the original plan was to address them later. I felt that way about a lot of the forum and only lurked on the old BSN except for a brief stint on the Dorian thread mainly. I'm glad now that I got this game fairly early so I could participate in some of the discussion. It has gone a bit quiet here but things are cyclical and it was just a holiday weekend after all. Here's to hoping peeps will make their way back .
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Post by beholderess on May 31, 2017 3:04:10 GMT
Really, his gun is all over the place, and it is very obvious. At that rate, I am surprised that he managed to hit something at all. And no, it is not like that in other cutscenes when someone points a gun at someone - most people are much more steady. Maybe he is really a terrible shot Aww, I just don't think he really wanted to do it. He was probably telling himself he should do it, because everything he's stood for since his capture is being called into question by Jaal; so he should take out this "traitor," but he knows that Jaal is speaking the truth. I think it shows he's good at heart, just misguided from the pain he faced. AND I say all of this when he pointed a guy and SHOT at Jaal, so you know I've got to like him lol. I get annoyed when people make fun of the way he talks and they're not even shooting a gun at him lol. I think that he did his best to shoot Jaal - if he didn't, then none of what followed would have made sense, since everybody reacted as if he shot to kill. However, he way way too conflicted about it to do a good job. So yes, I mostly agree
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Post by janalilith on May 31, 2017 4:42:30 GMT
Aww, I just don't think he really wanted to do it. He was probably telling himself he should do it, because everything he's stood for since his capture is being called into question by Jaal; so he should take out this "traitor," but he knows that Jaal is speaking the truth. I think it shows he's good at heart, just misguided from the pain he faced. AND I say all of this when he pointed a guy and SHOT at Jaal, so you know I've got to like him lol. I get annoyed when people make fun of the way he talks and they're not even shooting a gun at him lol. I think that he did his best to shoot Jaal - if he didn't, then none of what followed would have made sense, since everybody reacted as if he shot to kill. However, he way way too conflicted about it to do a good job. So yes, I mostly agree I think they were more disappointed and disillusioned with him as a leader. I think they could see how unhinged he had become. I'm sure the shock of him attempting to shoot Jaal was a great part of it, but I think the Roekkar were reacting to multiple things. Clearly he was leading them down paths they were uncomfortable with and that standoff made them see the light. It was the final straw. Gwyvian! Insomnia has afforded me the opportunity to catch up with Heart of the Forge. YES!! Such a good build up . Can't wait to see what happens next.
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Post by ninaskye on May 31, 2017 4:43:08 GMT
Just replayed Jaal's loyalty mission, and noticed a few neat things that point out that not shooting Akksul is the right decision and that he'd (probably ) miss 1) When exploring the welcome centre, there are signs of blood and struggle in one of the rooms. The party comments that Akksul won't kill an angara, but would definitely unload like crazy 2) The whole Teviint situation is basically a preview of what will happen soon - she shoots, it proves that she'd been wrong, but nobody dies 3) When Akksul points a gun at Jaal, his hand shakes. Very noticeably so I loved how his hand shakes!!!! I seriously really adore Aksul. He's so hurt and Jaal is making him face any doubts he has. And I noted that too, when Jaal points out it isn't his style to kill an Angara - and that's why Jaal's like, trust me (very squee-worthy lol). Face it, there has to be some charisma there to get all those to follow him even if he's a bit unhinged in the end there. That's why in my playthroughs I could NEVER kill him. Can't do it. Morning all. Back to work for me. Can't muster enthusiasm for it. *sparkle* vana , I love the French names for Remnant and The Scourge! Psychedelic , I mainly use the subtitles when a character is talking but they are standing too far away for some reason and you can't hear them. Like when talking to Nilij after rescuing him, another Angara is talking and this last time I played that scene for some reason they were standing too far and I couldn't hear them at all which at first made me think I was having a bug. Thankfully the subtitles were there lol. But honestly I hate when that happens, especially with Jaal. kestrel , Hmmm.... lol I understand your reticence. It could be either great or disastrous. I'll have to watch Bladerunner again- it's been a decade at least. ninaskye , wb. But with no biJaal we can't share in purple space bunny cat goodness with our friends! I actually don't think it will be such a bad thing if they offer it now even months later. It's clear that gay male gamers didn't get the experience everyone else did so they are more likely to play again if offered something like this. Now, I don't think anyone would argue to gay or bi male quarian AND bi Jaal. :amirite: lol I love that emoty. fadburger - Nice fanart. I love how they captured Evfra's bottom lip. And he has little fangs!!!! See, the Angara so needed them. Though, I do admit Evfra's teeth do seem a bit fang-like when he talks as opposed to other Angara for some reason. I know he's older but he's also literally "long in the tooth." N7Pathfinder thanks for the vids Oh and Gwyvian , on chapter 4 of Heart of the Forge . Me thinks the frost is melting. I never said bi-Jaal would be a bad thing. I'm actually neutral on the whole thing. Just that I don't think it's going to happen because it's been months since the game's release. Please don't think I'm against all of this.
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Post by janalilith on May 31, 2017 4:57:03 GMT
I loved how his hand shakes!!!! I seriously really adore Aksul. He's so hurt and Jaal is making him face any doubts he has. And I noted that too, when Jaal points out it isn't his style to kill an Angara - and that's why Jaal's like, trust me (very squee-worthy lol). Face it, there has to be some charisma there to get all those to follow him even if he's a bit unhinged in the end there. That's why in my playthroughs I could NEVER kill him. Can't do it. Morning all. Back to work for me. Can't muster enthusiasm for it. *sparkle* vana , I love the French names for Remnant and The Scourge! Psychedelic , I mainly use the subtitles when a character is talking but they are standing too far away for some reason and you can't hear them. Like when talking to Nilij after rescuing him, another Angara is talking and this last time I played that scene for some reason they were standing too far and I couldn't hear them at all which at first made me think I was having a bug. Thankfully the subtitles were there lol. But honestly I hate when that happens, especially with Jaal. kestrel , Hmmm.... lol I understand your reticence. It could be either great or disastrous. I'll have to watch Bladerunner again- it's been a decade at least. ninaskye , wb. But with no biJaal we can't share in purple space bunny cat goodness with our friends! I actually don't think it will be such a bad thing if they offer it now even months later. It's clear that gay male gamers didn't get the experience everyone else did so they are more likely to play again if offered something like this. Now, I don't think anyone would argue to gay or bi male quarian AND bi Jaal. :amirite: lol I love that emoty. fadburger - Nice fanart. I love how they captured Evfra's bottom lip. And he has little fangs!!!! See, the Angara so needed them. Though, I do admit Evfra's teeth do seem a bit fang-like when he talks as opposed to other Angara for some reason. I know he's older but he's also literally "long in the tooth." N7Pathfinder thanks for the vids Oh and Gwyvian , on chapter 4 of Heart of the Forge . Me thinks the frost is melting. I never said bi-Jaal would be a bad thing. I'm actually neutral on the whole thing. Just that I don't think it's going to happen because it's been months since the game's release. Please don't think I'm against all of this. Oh my gosh no, when I said it wouldn't be bad, I meant it wouldn't be a bad idea for bioware marketing wise, not bad in respect to what you said.
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Post by Gwyvian on May 31, 2017 5:42:35 GMT
Yeah, I can see how that would be off-putting, they did put a lot of gritty realism into it. Did you play the first and second installments? An app would be great, I'd love to be able to have a portable Gwent with me at all times, especially now. But I kind of want the original version, I WANT MY SPIES!!! Thank you guys! I am much better now, I had a three-day headache that turned into an all-night/all-day migraine, unfortunately I'm used to it - but it's gone now, hopefully I don't have to deal with it again for a while. OMG level 7, and you think I'm going to beat you?? I'm level 1, hahahaha. (Also, I really suck at beating Monster decks. Especially now that I don't have my beloved Northern Realms deck, or at least, I'm not used to the one I have.) But anyway, there is indeed a PVP function, I think you have to be friends on GOG Galaxy? I'm not sure, but when I clicked on the option it brought up my extremely empty friends list. If you want to try sometime (and probably massacre me) my gamer tag is the same as my username here. Well, when I play you I'll use my starter decks to be fair and maybe I'll try out the other decks as well, because a really good key to winning is understanding your opponents deck just as much as your own. Another thing is that you can be at level one and still have a pretty good deck. If you do all the single player challenges, you'll get some ore to buy kegs while you only stay at level one, your level will only go up by playing people. I swear I'm not that good though, I'll win a match and then lose one. Oh and another thing, there are some spying cards but they are mostly in the nilfgaard deck and each works a little different I believe. This one player did me really dirty by placing a spy card on my side and boosting it's points up every turn, but I thought "ok maybe that was the price for changing cards etc." (I was new to the game and had no idea what it did, but I always hover over their cards to check now). WELL, While this particular spycard was raking up points making me think I was winning, when I passed it suddenly switched back to his side giving him about 80 points. The card is called fake Ciri by the way, so If you have a lock ability shut that card down and if you have enough scraps make it for yourself. Good, good! Yeah, I've been doing the challenges, so hopefully I'll have a pretty decent deck, I mean, I've got some good cards but not all my decks are complete to my satisfaction. Plus I still have to get to know the cards in the first place, it's different enough from the in-game decks that I'm a little lost, but we'll see! Yeah, I tried working on a Nilfgaard deck, but I'm not as adept with it as I am with the Northern Realms; I gotta practice way more. Spy cards are awesome - unless they're used against you, then they really suck. Ooo, I'll keep an eye out for fake Ciri! Woot! Woot! To Walls of Text lol. I want to see the Expanse series. I've read the first 2 books and they are great. I liked the first one immensely - the 2nd wasn't as good but I feel it is a bridge so I've got to get to that 3rd book and so I've been wanting to see how they handled the series. Those books are terrifying!! But so good for space opera. I know what you mean about having a hard time choosing between films and books. Eventually I'll know that about games too . I have a few of the books you mention - I have WOT 1 and the first 2 books to the snow queen trilogy - they keep ending up on my back burner so maybe I'll push them forward. Cold Comfort Farm is great! I also am a Fassbender fan though I haven't seen the Assassins Creed movie yet - he is good casting for it. Maybe we should do a "your top ten" in film, series, books and games. I know I'll still run out of space. YEEEEES top 10 list!!! Maybe one at a time? Unless you want to read a novel-length post from me, hahahaha. Ohh, The Expanse is just stellar (pun intended)! I am so in love with that series, I didn't know about the books before but I'm definitely going to read them. As for WoT and Snow Queen - I can't recommend them enough. The Evfra is strong here! Makes me nostalgic for R&D. Just replayed Jaal's loyalty mission, and noticed a few neat things that point out that not shooting Akksul is the right decision and that he'd (probably ) miss 1) When exploring the welcome centre, there are signs of blood and struggle in one of the rooms. The party comments that Akksul won't kill an angara, but would definitely unload like crazy 2) The whole Teviint situation is basically a preview of what will happen soon - she shoots, it proves that she'd been wrong, but nobody dies 3) When Akksul points a gun at Jaal, his hand shakes. Very noticeably so I loved how his hand shakes!!!! I seriously really adore Aksul. He's so hurt and Jaal is making him face any doubts he has. And I noted that too, when Jaal points out it isn't his style to kill an Angara - and that's why Jaal's like, trust me (very squee-worthy lol). Face it, there has to be some charisma there to get all those to follow him even if he's a bit unhinged in the end there. That's why in my playthroughs I could NEVER kill him. Can't do it. Morning all. Back to work for me. Can't muster enthusiasm for it. *sparkle* vana , I love the French names for Remnant and The Scourge! Psychedelic , I mainly use the subtitles when a character is talking but they are standing too far away for some reason and you can't hear them. Like when talking to Nilij after rescuing him, another Angara is talking and this last time I played that scene for some reason they were standing too far and I couldn't hear them at all which at first made me think I was having a bug. Thankfully the subtitles were there lol. But honestly I hate when that happens, especially with Jaal. kestrel , Hmmm.... lol I understand your reticence. It could be either great or disastrous. I'll have to watch Bladerunner again- it's been a decade at least. ninaskye , wb. But with no biJaal we can't share in purple space bunny cat goodness with our friends! I actually don't think it will be such a bad thing if they offer it now even months later. It's clear that gay male gamers didn't get the experience everyone else did so they are more likely to play again if offered something like this. Now, I don't think anyone would argue to gay or bi male quarian AND bi Jaal. :amirite: lol I love that emoty. fadburger - Nice fanart. I love how they captured Evfra's bottom lip. And he has little fangs!!!! See, the Angara so needed them. Though, I do admit Evfra's teeth do seem a bit fang-like when he talks as opposed to other Angara for some reason. I know he's older but he's also literally "long in the tooth." N7Pathfinder thanks for the vids Oh and Gwyvian , on chapter 4 of Heart of the Forge . Me thinks the frost is melting. It is melting indeed, into large puddles! YOOO, can't believe I forgot that one! There was a time when rewatching it was part of my daily routine. And I was meaning to get into The Expanse too, because 1) sci fi, 2) Elias Toufexis I seriously love that movie, it always puts me in a good mood. You should definitely get into The Expanse! There is SO much to love about it!
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Post by Gwyvian on May 31, 2017 5:48:00 GMT
I think that he did his best to shoot Jaal - if he didn't, then none of what followed would have made sense, since everybody reacted as if he shot to kill. However, he way way too conflicted about it to do a good job. So yes, I mostly agree I think they were more disappointed and disillusioned with him as a leader. I think they could see how unhinged he had become. I'm sure the shock of him attempting to shoot Jaal was a great part of it, but I think the Roekkar were reacting to multiple things. Clearly he was leading them down paths they were uncomfortable with and that standoff made them see the light. It was the final straw. Gwyvian ! Insomnia has afforded me the opportunity to catch up with Heart of the Forge. YES!! Such a good build up . Can't wait to see what happens next. I'm so glad you liked it!
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Post by janalilith on May 31, 2017 12:05:46 GMT
Morning all! Gah, not ready for today lol. Ok, so list your top ten movies of all time. If you need a little wiggle room, go to 15 . 1. Romeo & Juliet, 1968 version by Franco Zeffirelli - love his movies 2. A Clockwork Orange. Malcolm McDowell, nuff said. 3. The Fellowship of the Ring - I saw it 8 times in the theater lol. 4. Train to Buzan - Korean Zombie flick and my all time favorite zombie film. Amazing. 5. Old Boy - directed by Park Chan-wook - cannot recommend his films enough and this is the best 6. Juon - (the grudge) Japanese horror film - I can watch it any time it's on. 7. The Conjuring - this movie made me literally scream in the movie theater lol. Lili Taylor. 8. Mother - another Korean film - noticing a trend? 9. Dogfight - River Phoenix and Lili Taylor 10. The Man from Nowhere - an action film done right in my opinion. And another Korean entry. And the lead actor also is in Mother. And he's dreamy. I will have honorable mentions later .
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Post by vana on May 31, 2017 12:41:44 GMT
I guess people had very high expectations after the original trilogy (which was nowhere near as perfect as some folks claim in retrospect, imho). MEA didn't live up to their expectations and now they are dissappointed and don't see the game for what it is, but what they wanted it to be. Let them complain, as long as the game is fun it is all it needs to be. I was late to the party with DAI, too. By the time I beat the game everything was already discussed to death and I just lurked in the old forum because I didn't want to bring up "old", but for me new, topics. Though back then there was still more activity in the threads than it is now with MEA after the same time. It has become really quiet here . Unfortunately Andromeda didn't deliver as much content storywise as DAI did, but I take what I can get, it's probably still years till the next DA game. Makes sense they didn't want the name of an alien race sound like "employees", could hardly get more boring. But not being able to properly pronounce "th" sadly has never stopped anyone here to try it anyway. The direct translation of pathfinder is Pfadfinder, basically the same word, but most people would think first of these guys: Not the sort of connotation you would want for the hero of the game, I guess. Yes you see in german it sounds almost the same so I understand that they kept it yes a literal translation would have been strange in that case and the French pronounce "Th" most of the time like "T" so if they see "Pathfinder" most of them would butcher the pronounciation and say... Patf-endair and it would be ugly. There is the same problem with my Star Wars favorite character, "Thrawn", even in the french version of the SW tv series some characters call him "Trawn" and some others "Srawn" and it's confusing. I played to DA:I quite late too, but there was still activity in the old BSN forum (I don't know why it was shut down). But yes now there is almost no one in the DA:I topics maybe the topics here will "revive" if a DLC is released, but I fear that because of the bashing they will do like for Dragon Age 2 and cancel the DLC projects and just wait long years before making any sequel... and THIS is sad... because it's obvious that there are answers in the sequels they wanted to make... I think that the problem also comes from all these people who were idealizing the first 3 Mass Effects. I played to all of them, it was cool, but there were many things I didn't like also about them, so I couldn't see them as perfect, far from that. They were not the "perfect games" the haters of ME:A are comparing ME:A to. I don't know what they were waiting for, maybe a carbon copy of an old ME, Bioware tried something else and the hardcore fans were disappointed. Because the bugs or strange facial expressions cannot alone justify all that hate. Oh, and are the pages of this thread being deleted automatically? we are still stuck around page 1969 and every time I try to remember what was the last page I've read, it seems it's changing all the time like if the first pages were deleted automatically. But I checked the first pages and they seem to be still there, so I don't understand? We can see that compared to the topics about other characters, Jaal's topic has waaay more pages, I hope it sends a message to Bioware if they happen to come here, to see that the character is loved by many people we are lucky because our favorite character has so much content (he is the one essential to many quests, he talks all the time, has always something to say, has a better romance than most of the other characters...) I guess the game must feel a bit empty for people who do not like him or do not take him in their squad during missions, they must miss many things. For example, is it possible NOT to take Jaal to the first trip to Meridian? without him, so much must be missing! (his reactions, his thoughts...) During the waterfall scene he said to Ryder "Wherever you go, take me with you", I think he must regret saying that because I take him EVERYWHERE even in places he doesn't like, like Kadara (I think he doesn't like bars and places like Kadara full of bad people), even on Eos. It reminded me when I took that poor Thane to the planet where Jack was, it was raining all the time, poor Thane What is strange about the Angara is that they love the sun and they need it, BUT they do not like dry/sunny/hot planets like Eos and prefer Voeld for example, even if there is almost no sun? strange. (Hey I got the "movie night", at first I saw Jaal next to the others and far from Ryder, I feared that there was a bug because I know that some people had a problem of "invisible Ryder" or things like this, but at the end of the movie he was next to her. Phew! I'm relieved ^^ that was cute) there are less scenes of hugs/kiss/romance than in DA:I it seems, I wish there were more moments like this or the possibility to have a hug or kiss from time to time. Like in a real relationship.
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Post by beholderess on May 31, 2017 14:52:38 GMT
I guess people had very high expectations after the original trilogy (which was nowhere near as perfect as some folks claim in retrospect, imho). MEA didn't live up to their expectations and now they are dissappointed and don't see the game for what it is, but what they wanted it to be. Let them complain, as long as the game is fun it is all it needs to be. I was late to the party with DAI, too. By the time I beat the game everything was already discussed to death and I just lurked in the old forum because I didn't want to bring up "old", but for me new, topics. Though back then there was still more activity in the threads than it is now with MEA after the same time. It has become really quiet here . Unfortunately Andromeda didn't deliver as much content storywise as DAI did, but I take what I can get, it's probably still years till the next DA game. Makes sense they didn't want the name of an alien race sound like "employees", could hardly get more boring. But not being able to properly pronounce "th" sadly has never stopped anyone here to try it anyway. The direct translation of pathfinder is Pfadfinder, basically the same word, but most people would think first of these guys: Not the sort of connotation you would want for the hero of the game, I guess. Yes you see in german it sounds almost the same so I understand that they kept it yes a literal translation would have been strange in that case and the French pronounce "Th" most of the time like "T" so if they see "Pathfinder" most of them would butcher the pronounciation and say... Patf-endair and it would be ugly. There is the same problem with my Star Wars favorite character, "Thrawn", even in the french version of the SW tv series some characters call him "Trawn" and some others "Srawn" and it's confusing. I played to DA:I quite late too, but there was still activity in the old BSN forum (I don't know why it was shut down). But yes now there is almost no one in the DA:I topics maybe the topics here will "revive" if a DLC is released, but I fear that because of the bashing they will do like for Dragon Age 2 and cancel the DLC projects and just wait long years before making any sequel... and THIS is sad... because it's obvious that there are answers in the sequels they wanted to make... I think that the problem also comes from all these people who were idealizing the first 3 Mass Effects. I played to all of them, it was cool, but there were many things I didn't like also about them, so I couldn't see them as perfect, far from that. They were not the "perfect games" the haters of ME:A are comparing ME:A to. I don't know what they were waiting for, maybe a carbon copy of an old ME, Bioware tried something else and the hardcore fans were disappointed. Because the bugs or strange facial expressions cannot alone justify all that hate. Oh, and are the pages of this thread being deleted automatically? we are still stuck around page 1969 and every time I try to remember what was the last page I've read, it seems it's changing all the time like if the first pages were deleted automatically. But I checked the first pages and they seem to be still there, so I don't understand? We can see that compared to the topics about other characters, Jaal's topic has waaay more pages, I hope it sends a message to Bioware if they happen to come here, to see that the character is loved by many people we are lucky because our favorite character has so much content (he is the one essential to many quests, he talks all the time, has always something to say, has a better romance than most of the other characters...) I guess the game must feel a bit empty for people who do not like him or do not take him in their squad during missions, they must miss many things. For example, is it possible NOT to take Jaal to the first trip to Meridian? without him, so much must be missing! (his reactions, his thoughts...) During the waterfall scene he said to Ryder "Wherever you go, take me with you", I think he must regret saying that because I take him EVERYWHERE even in places he doesn't like, like Kadara (I think he doesn't like bars and places like Kadara full of bad people), even on Eos. It reminded me when I took that poor Thane to the planet where Jack was, it was raining all the time, poor Thane What is strange about the Angara is that they love the sun and they need it, BUT they do not like dry/sunny/hot planets like Eos and prefer Voeld for example, even if there is almost no sun? strange.(Hey I got the "movie night", at first I saw Jaal next to the others and far from Ryder, I feared that there was a bug because I know that some people had a problem of "invisible Ryder" or things like this, but at the end of the movie he was next to her. Phew! I'm relieved ^^ that was cute) there are less scenes of hugs/kiss/romance than in DA:I it seems, I wish there were more moments like this or the possibility to have a hug or kiss from time to time. Like in a real relationship. I think it's the sand. Can you imagine trying to get all the sand out of whatever it is on their heads, or having it stuck there? But, speaking of sun, I hope that Tempest does not spend too much time "in transit" (the game never elaborates about how much time our travel really takes), because we don't have that lamp here, and I wonder how Jaal handles that
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Post by beholderess on May 31, 2017 15:03:28 GMT
Got an amusing banter bug today. You know how Nomad banter is extremely fragile and tends to be cut off by absolutely everything, from spotting a random kaerkyn to SAM's weather announcements? Well, not this time. I've got to the part where Peebee and Ryder pretend to make out in order to troll Jaal. Thing is, just as that banter triggered, we crashed full speed into an enemy camp - BIG one this time - and the shooting started. The party was not even in the Nomad anymore, but the banter continued. While everybody was running around shooting everything. So now I have a mental image of Ryder and Peebee doing their trolling in the middle of an intense firefight, and Jaal pretending to be asleep in between shooting and teleport-stabbing. Everybody in this team is crazy.
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Post by vana on May 31, 2017 15:16:55 GMT
Yes I hope they brought somewhere a portative lamp for Jaal on the Tempest. Maybe he worked on something like this in the Tech Lab? in my headcanon he does ^^ we can buy one in the Aya market for a mission so I guess it is easy.
- beholderess: you mean Ryder and Peebee fake being together to see Jaal's reaction? o_o why? and so he says nothing, he sleeps (or pretends to)?
It must be funny to hear that during a fight ^^ I'm mad sometimes when Jaal is starting a party banter and suddenly, it's cut -__- raaah.
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Post by beholderess on May 31, 2017 16:03:46 GMT
Yes I hope they brought somewhere a portative lamp for Jaal on the Tempest. Maybe he worked on something like this in the Tech Lab? in my headcanon he does ^^ we can buy one in the Aya market for a mission so I guess it is easy. - beholderess: you mean Ryder and Peebee fake being together to see Jaal's reaction? o_o why? and so he says nothing, he sleeps (or pretends to)? It must be funny to hear that during a fight ^^ I'm mad sometimes when Jaal is starting a party banter and suddenly, it's cut -__- raaah. Yep, PB pretends to really, really, really dramatically hit on Ryder (with which Ryder goes along, if not participates much), and eventually Jaal tells them to get a room already. Afterwards PB says that she just new he wasn't really sleeping, and was just messing with her. Everybody in this party is a freaking troll. But yes, to have this conversation triggered in the middle of firefight - now I am embarrassed before the enemies. What would they think of us? Good thing we killed them all and left no witnesses to our idiocy
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Post by janalilith on May 31, 2017 16:30:11 GMT
Yes you see in german it sounds almost the same so I understand that they kept it yes a literal translation would have been strange in that case and the French pronounce "Th" most of the time like "T" so if they see "Pathfinder" most of them would butcher the pronounciation and say... Patf-endair and it would be ugly. There is the same problem with my Star Wars favorite character, "Thrawn", even in the french version of the SW tv series some characters call him "Trawn" and some others "Srawn" and it's confusing. I played to DA:I quite late too, but there was still activity in the old BSN forum (I don't know why it was shut down). But yes now there is almost no one in the DA:I topics maybe the topics here will "revive" if a DLC is released, but I fear that because of the bashing they will do like for Dragon Age 2 and cancel the DLC projects and just wait long years before making any sequel... and THIS is sad... because it's obvious that there are answers in the sequels they wanted to make... I think that the problem also comes from all these people who were idealizing the first 3 Mass Effects. I played to all of them, it was cool, but there were many things I didn't like also about them, so I couldn't see them as perfect, far from that. They were not the "perfect games" the haters of ME:A are comparing ME:A to. I don't know what they were waiting for, maybe a carbon copy of an old ME, Bioware tried something else and the hardcore fans were disappointed. Because the bugs or strange facial expressions cannot alone justify all that hate. Oh, and are the pages of this thread being deleted automatically? we are still stuck around page 1969 and every time I try to remember what was the last page I've read, it seems it's changing all the time like if the first pages were deleted automatically. But I checked the first pages and they seem to be still there, so I don't understand? We can see that compared to the topics about other characters, Jaal's topic has waaay more pages, I hope it sends a message to Bioware if they happen to come here, to see that the character is loved by many people we are lucky because our favorite character has so much content (he is the one essential to many quests, he talks all the time, has always something to say, has a better romance than most of the other characters...) I guess the game must feel a bit empty for people who do not like him or do not take him in their squad during missions, they must miss many things. For example, is it possible NOT to take Jaal to the first trip to Meridian? without him, so much must be missing! (his reactions, his thoughts...) During the waterfall scene he said to Ryder "Wherever you go, take me with you", I think he must regret saying that because I take him EVERYWHERE even in places he doesn't like, like Kadara (I think he doesn't like bars and places like Kadara full of bad people), even on Eos. It reminded me when I took that poor Thane to the planet where Jack was, it was raining all the time, poor Thane What is strange about the Angara is that they love the sun and they need it, BUT they do not like dry/sunny/hot planets like Eos and prefer Voeld for example, even if there is almost no sun? strange. (Hey I got the "movie night", at first I saw Jaal next to the others and far from Ryder, I feared that there was a bug because I know that some people had a problem of "invisible Ryder" or things like this, but at the end of the movie he was next to her. Phew! I'm relieved ^^ that was cute) there are less scenes of hugs/kiss/romance than in DA:I it seems, I wish there were more moments like this or the possibility to have a hug or kiss from time to time. Like in a real relationship. YES to pretty much all of this! I saw recently a youtube video of some game blogger who had a copy of his still shrink wrapped MEA copy and he wasn't sure if he was going to open it but of course had to give his thoughts on MEA. He hasn't even played the game yet! And acts like his deigning to open the game is a big deal. So yes, I think a lot of the hate is stuff that just kind of came up because this game is different from the trilogy and many people don't like change? A lot of people are that way about DAO too. They want Bioware to harken back to those games and yes, you can love these games but things are going to change as people working on these games will change. It's just the nature of the beast. Yes, there are things that need to be addressed and hopefully will be fully addressed in patches. But it is a very fun game and there's lots of little love sprinkled all through out, like Nilij wanting to perfect a dumpling recipe in an email, Drack sending the pathfinder pics of guns to cheer her up, Kallo's death scene at movie night, etc. lol I do have fears about future content just because of this. I know we are getting promised fixes including the m/m improvement patch but will that be it? I hope not with so much left to discover and learn about all the loose ends left at the end of this game. And I don't want to see the Angaran stories end either. I'm also hoping that Jaal's popularity is getting through to the company so that they know to continue with the Angara in future games. I wonder if sand gets caught in Angaran neck flaps hence Jaal's hate of sandy planets lol.
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Post by beholderess on May 31, 2017 17:46:48 GMT
Yes you see in german it sounds almost the same so I understand that they kept it yes a literal translation would have been strange in that case and the French pronounce "Th" most of the time like "T" so if they see "Pathfinder" most of them would butcher the pronounciation and say... Patf-endair and it would be ugly. There is the same problem with my Star Wars favorite character, "Thrawn", even in the french version of the SW tv series some characters call him "Trawn" and some others "Srawn" and it's confusing. I played to DA:I quite late too, but there was still activity in the old BSN forum (I don't know why it was shut down). But yes now there is almost no one in the DA:I topics maybe the topics here will "revive" if a DLC is released, but I fear that because of the bashing they will do like for Dragon Age 2 and cancel the DLC projects and just wait long years before making any sequel... and THIS is sad... because it's obvious that there are answers in the sequels they wanted to make... I think that the problem also comes from all these people who were idealizing the first 3 Mass Effects. I played to all of them, it was cool, but there were many things I didn't like also about them, so I couldn't see them as perfect, far from that. They were not the "perfect games" the haters of ME:A are comparing ME:A to. I don't know what they were waiting for, maybe a carbon copy of an old ME, Bioware tried something else and the hardcore fans were disappointed. Because the bugs or strange facial expressions cannot alone justify all that hate. Oh, and are the pages of this thread being deleted automatically? we are still stuck around page 1969 and every time I try to remember what was the last page I've read, it seems it's changing all the time like if the first pages were deleted automatically. But I checked the first pages and they seem to be still there, so I don't understand? We can see that compared to the topics about other characters, Jaal's topic has waaay more pages, I hope it sends a message to Bioware if they happen to come here, to see that the character is loved by many people we are lucky because our favorite character has so much content (he is the one essential to many quests, he talks all the time, has always something to say, has a better romance than most of the other characters...) I guess the game must feel a bit empty for people who do not like him or do not take him in their squad during missions, they must miss many things. For example, is it possible NOT to take Jaal to the first trip to Meridian? without him, so much must be missing! (his reactions, his thoughts...) During the waterfall scene he said to Ryder "Wherever you go, take me with you", I think he must regret saying that because I take him EVERYWHERE even in places he doesn't like, like Kadara (I think he doesn't like bars and places like Kadara full of bad people), even on Eos. It reminded me when I took that poor Thane to the planet where Jack was, it was raining all the time, poor Thane What is strange about the Angara is that they love the sun and they need it, BUT they do not like dry/sunny/hot planets like Eos and prefer Voeld for example, even if there is almost no sun? strange. (Hey I got the "movie night", at first I saw Jaal next to the others and far from Ryder, I feared that there was a bug because I know that some people had a problem of "invisible Ryder" or things like this, but at the end of the movie he was next to her. Phew! I'm relieved ^^ that was cute) there are less scenes of hugs/kiss/romance than in DA:I it seems, I wish there were more moments like this or the possibility to have a hug or kiss from time to time. Like in a real relationship. YES to pretty much all of this! I saw recently a youtube video of some game blogger who had a copy of his still shrink wrapped MEA copy and he wasn't sure if he was going to open it but of course had to give his thoughts on MEA. He hasn't even played the game yet! And acts like his deigning to open the game is a big deal. So yes, I think a lot of the hate is stuff that just kind of came up because this game is different from the trilogy and many people don't like change? A lot of people are that way about DAO too. They want Bioware to harken back to those games and yes, you can love these games but things are going to change as people working on these games will change. It's just the nature of the beast. Yes, there are things that need to be addressed and hopefully will be fully addressed in patches. But it is a very fun game and there's lots of little love sprinkled all through out, like Nilij wanting to perfect a dumpling recipe in an email, Drack sending the pathfinder pics of guns to cheer her up, Kallo's death scene at movie night, etc. lol I do have fears about future content just because of this. I know we are getting promised fixes including the m/m improvement patch but will that be it? I hope not with so much left to discover and learn about all the loose ends left at the end of this game. And I don't want to see the Angaran stories end either. I'm also hoping that Jaal's popularity is getting through to the company so that they know to continue with the Angara in future games. I wonder if sand gets caught in Angaran neck flaps hence Jaal's hate of sandy planets lol. You know, the angara became such an integral part of the setting to me that right now I find MET slightly jarring because it does not have them And yes, I think it is the sand. Seriously, can you imagine getting sand in there? Ouch
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Post by beholderess on May 31, 2017 17:56:43 GMT
Random angara side characters continue to rock. That sniper from the minefield quest on Voeld is just so damn chipper. I guess she is bored out of her mind at her perch, so Pathfinder's misfortune is entertaining
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Post by vana on May 31, 2017 19:44:35 GMT
YES to pretty much all of this! I saw recently a youtube video of some game blogger who had a copy of his still shrink wrapped MEA copy and he wasn't sure if he was going to open it but of course had to give his thoughts on MEA. He hasn't even played the game yet! And acts like his deigning to open the game is a big deal. So yes, I think a lot of the hate is stuff that just kind of came up because this game is different from the trilogy and many people don't like change? A lot of people are that way about DAO too. They want Bioware to harken back to those games and yes, you can love these games but things are going to change as people working on these games will change. It's just the nature of the beast. Yes, there are things that need to be addressed and hopefully will be fully addressed in patches. But it is a very fun game and there's lots of little love sprinkled all through out, like Nilij wanting to perfect a dumpling recipe in an email, Drack sending the pathfinder pics of guns to cheer her up, Kallo's death scene at movie night, etc. lol I do have fears about future content just because of this. I know we are getting promised fixes including the m/m improvement patch but will that be it? I hope not with so much left to discover and learn about all the loose ends left at the end of this game. And I don't want to see the Angaran stories end either. I'm also hoping that Jaal's popularity is getting through to the company so that they know to continue with the Angara in future games. I wonder if sand gets caught in Angaran neck flaps hence Jaal's hate of sandy planets lol. So you mean a hot/dry planet but without sand would be ok for the Angara? I totally imagine them in a paradise planet with turquoise waters and islands. Sexy angaras + paradise islands = perfect golden world I had all the Mass effect games only on PC but my PC hard drive is a bit full so I bought the trilogy on PS3. I'll try them again, for the main quests and loyalty missions, I may avoid the side quests because I did them long ago and they were not always interesting. It's much more insteresting to be in the Nomad in ME:A than in the one of the old Mass effect, most of the planets were just... empty? oh, once I encountered a giant worm like in Dune, that was fun, but that's all And this time I'll try Garrus' romance. I asked about romances being locked or not if we romance Kaidan in the first ME, in the Kaidan thread, hahaha it seems there are agressive people there jumping at your throat if you dare say that you don't plan to romance Kaidan in all the games and if you DARE think about romancing someone else in ME2. I won't post there again. Some people forget that it's just a game. Kaidan is so grumpy all the time, I lost all will to romance him anyway. BUT I wonder how I will feel while playing again these games, it will lack Angaras! it will lack Jaal
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Post by vana on May 31, 2017 21:39:31 GMT
It seems I can still flirt at every conversation with Reyes even if I'm with Jaal and had all the romance scenes with Jaal. Is there still a risk somewhere to, I don't know, miss the last after-ending Jaal romance scene because of overflirting with Reyes? or break the romance by accident? It's just casual flirt but as a friend ended up locked with Reyes without knowing it, I don't know if there can still be a risk. Because there was that scene where there is a "prompt action" and I click by reflex and so Ryder and Reyes kissed. Haaa I didn't really want to do that, sorry Jaal. And: can the characters can run out of party banter? because I used the Nomad for quite a long time and didn't get any party banter anymore, strange. I should take someone else than Jaal, to try... but it sounds strange when there is no party banter anymore. It sounds like he's mad at Ryder and does not want to talk anymore. Come on Jaal. EDIT: yes it seems I run out of party banter with Jaal it's sad not to hear him anymore. I tried to take Peebee with him in the Nomad, which I never did because I wanted to avoid the flirt, and they started talking, so... it means I ran out of conversations with all the others. And Elaaden seems especially boring when no one is talking in the Nomad! I'll have to take other members than Jaal to hear some new conversations then. He doesn't like the sand anyway.
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Post by lilyenachaos on Jun 1, 2017 3:11:51 GMT
It seems I can still flirt at every conversation with Reyes even if I'm with Jaal and had all the romance scenes with Jaal. Is there still a risk somewhere to, I don't know, miss the last after-ending Jaal romance scene because of overflirting with Reyes? or break the romance by accident? It's just casual flirt but as a friend ended up locked with Reyes without knowing it, I don't know if there can still be a risk. Because there was that scene where there is a "prompt action" and I click by reflex and so Ryder and Reyes kissed. Haaa I didn't really want to do that, sorry Jaal. And: can the characters can run out of party banter? because I used the Nomad for quite a long time and didn't get any party banter anymore, strange. I should take someone else than Jaal, to try... but it sounds strange when there is no party banter anymore. It sounds like he's mad at Ryder and does not want to talk anymore. Come on Jaal. EDIT: yes it seems I run out of party banter with Jaal it's sad not to hear him anymore. I tried to take Peebee with him in the Nomad, which I never did because I wanted to avoid the flirt, and they started talking, so... it means I ran out of conversations with all the others. And Elaaden seems especially boring when no one is talking in the Nomad! I'll have to take other members than Jaal to hear some new conversations then. He doesn't like the sand anyway. I don't know if there is any reaction by Jaal to Reyes flirting or not. I too kissed him in my last game, but there was never any mention by him (or any of the others) about the flirting. That's something that's missing a bit, I think. More reactivity by the companions to choices you make, not just the major ones.
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Post by congokong on Jun 1, 2017 3:48:59 GMT
Hello, Jaal fans. You ever think to yourself that there is a character most worthy of the protagonist's love? For the ME trilogy, it was Liara. She gave her knowledge, her physical aid, her appreciation, and her love if Shepard wanted it. And for ME:A, Jaal is it for me. He is sweet, open with his affections, very appreciative, willing to make enemies among his own people to help your cause, chooses staying with you over advancement within angaran ranks, and has a heart of gold. Confession: I (somewhat shamefully) haven't romanced him because I find him too alien, much like how I couldn't bring myself to romance Garrus or Vetra, but the point stands. This is a sad image with him and my favorite Ryder.
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Post by lilyenachaos on Jun 1, 2017 14:11:11 GMT
Hello, Jaal fans. You ever think to yourself that there is a character most worthy of the protagonist's love? For the ME trilogy, it was Liara. She gave her knowledge, her physical aid, her appreciation, and her love if Shepard wanted it. And for ME:A, Jaal is it for me. He is sweet, open with his affections, very appreciative, willing to make enemies among his own people to help your cause, chooses staying with you over advancement within angaran ranks, and has a heart of gold. Confession: I (somewhat shamefully) haven't romanced him because I find him too alien, much like how I couldn't bring myself to romance Garrus or Vetra, but the point stands. This is a sad image with him and my favorite Ryder. Yet there are people that complain all of the aliens are too human looking. The only aliens that I can't ever see having one of my characters romance are Batarians, Vorcha, Hanar, Elcor, Kett...and of course Rachni. Too many eyes, legs, or tentacles with that group. Jaal is great, and it's obvious a great deal of effort was put into his character. I wish they'd put the same amount into ALL of our crew though. Suvi, Kallo, & Gil are great, but we don't get to see enough of them.
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Post by vana on Jun 1, 2017 15:49:08 GMT
I like aliens, too, most of the time I find them more attractive and exotic than humans (too basic), but only of course when they are not toooo alien like the ones Lilyenachaos said (Peebee's father is an Elcor! her mother had strange tastes ) I'm glad that Jaal has so many content, dialogues, scenes in the game. I ran out of party banter with him and I want more But I guess we're lucky that the party banter this time was quite regular (except for the ones who had the party banter bug before the patch), because it was a real problem in DA:I, they were talking once every 15 minutes and only if you were not interrupted by anything. I almost never had any party banter in DA:I because of that. I did a drawing of a chibi Jaal but he looks like a baby bunny, haha, maybe I'll post it when I'm happy with it.
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Post by yeah rip on Jun 1, 2017 17:18:40 GMT
Look at this bean :dumb: SauceFinally started the game again. Just had Sara explain the stalactites to Liam. She's my nerd hero. I will never get them mixed up with stalagmites again.
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Post by Onecrazymonkey1 on Jun 1, 2017 18:40:52 GMT
Well, when I play you I'll use my starter decks to be fair and maybe I'll try out the other decks as well, because a really good key to winning is understanding your opponents deck just as much as your own. Another thing is that you can be at level one and still have a pretty good deck. If you do all the single player challenges, you'll get some ore to buy kegs while you only stay at level one, your level will only go up by playing people. I swear I'm not that good though, I'll win a match and then lose one. Oh and another thing, there are some spying cards but they are mostly in the nilfgaard deck and each works a little different I believe. This one player did me really dirty by placing a spy card on my side and boosting it's points up every turn, but I thought "ok maybe that was the price for changing cards etc." (I was new to the game and had no idea what it did, but I always hover over their cards to check now). WELL, While this particular spycard was raking up points making me think I was winning, when I passed it suddenly switched back to his side giving him about 80 points. The card is called fake Ciri by the way, so If you have a lock ability shut that card down and if you have enough scraps make it for yourself. Good, good! Yeah, I've been doing the challenges, so hopefully I'll have a pretty decent deck, I mean, I've got some good cards but not all my decks are complete to my satisfaction. Plus I still have to get to know the cards in the first place, it's different enough from the in-game decks that I'm a little lost, but we'll see! Yeah, I tried working on a Nilfgaard deck, but I'm not as adept with it as I am with the Northern Realms; I gotta practice way more. Spy cards are awesome - unless they're used against you, then they really suck. Ooo, I'll keep an eye out for fake Ciri! Northern realms seems like a really sturdy deck in this game, it's pretty powerful and can make me sweat when I go up against it. As for the Nilfgaard spy deck, it's too OP and is a pure cheese deck imo so watch out for it. I don't always lose against them but when they spank me it's hard lol. Scoia'tael seems to have the hardest learning curve right now but I'm building my cards up for it slowly and intend on getting into it next for a second deck. I don't know if you've gone on here but pick a faction and look for a deck to get some ideas and than tweak them to fit your tastes. Some of the strategies really helped me. link
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