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Post by Kimberly on Feb 20, 2017 23:42:53 GMT
It's probably been talked about. Sometimes when this thread moves too fast, I don't read all the pages. Do you think Jaal is Solas(DAI) level of important to the story? They down played Solas when they reveled him back in the day.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 23:43:41 GMT
Hey! At least I got us some adjectives to speculate around But yeah Joanna just like Drack's writer is being tight lipped about it. They're not really responding to anything at this point. I really want to ask her more stuff but I don't want to be spamming her/being an annoyance. Yea I think I hit the reply limit with neil. Got him to tweet me 5 times and the guy hardly tweets so I'm satisfied. Had a conversation with him about how he as a writer feels about release. It was interesting to read his perspective. He wants people to meet the squad when Ryder meets them and writes so he can see in what direction his writing goes and how it gets tossed around among the fans. I can respect that Doubt he'll answer too many PeeBee related questions at this point anyway. Too close to release. Only thing I disagree with him about is withholding the orientations of our squadmates. There's not really any reason to. Doesn't really spoil the game and it kills the disappointment before release.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 23:44:11 GMT
As a male gamer I used to more easily identify with male characters, though I never had any trouble playing female characters either. I've always been able to easily switch. Mass Effect was the first major franchise my wife (who is on this forum too!) and I played together where you got to really pick gender (and have it be a meaningful option with depth), so we kind of naturally gravitated to our own genders, which allowed us the interesting experience of seeing both play out. I tend to gravitate to female characters these days, largely because we need more female heroes. In a world where men perceive themselves as dominating the gaming culture, I try to help dismantle that whenever I can. Spent all my life playing male heroes. I was just happy to finally play my own sex when I discovered BW lol Kimberly possibly, but he is not a Solas romance. We know that for sure.
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Post by Crim on Feb 20, 2017 23:44:44 GMT
We're grizzled veterans here Artemis the last defenders of blue. LOL I cannot tell a lie. I love the asari! Guilty as charged Me too.
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Post by Artemis on Feb 20, 2017 23:46:32 GMT
It's probably been talked about. Sometimes when this thread moves too fast, I don't read all the pages. Do you think Jaal is Solas(DAI) level of important to the story? They down played Solas when they reveled him back in the day. Hmm, I don't think we have any evidence of this so far. You might point to the devs' relative silence and compare it to their silence on pre-game Solas. But otherwise... I would actually like this to not be the case because I felt Solas dominated the narrative and made any other romance seem lesser in comparison.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 23:46:43 GMT
If you take away the fan hype that got Jaal noticed, we only had a wallpaper, his writer's name and told his voice was amazing, as well as he was a dapper Sir. They act like Jaal is in the spotlight and all anyone talks about. That's what annoys me. My guess is no other character caused articles and a vid to happen with hardly any info on them and Mike said he did not expect his reaction. This makes me think they had less about him to show and were not prepared for this. That wallpaper was made at the last moment even. You can tell. I think they fear the growing hype is more than they can handle and what they have to give is less than the fans expect. The delay is also partly because I think they are planning more now. I kind of get the impression that the nudges to focus on Peebee instead of Jaal may be deflection more than writer favoritism. Because it's possible that they didn't plan to talk about Jaal really at all at this point. Peebee is the one that's safest to talk about, so some devs may be like "haha yeah guys let's not get fans riled up about the squadmate we want to be most secretive about. Back to Peebee. Back to Peebee." Yeah this reaction was not expected at all. Even I didn't see it coming when Ashe and I and a bunch of others on Twitch were studying that trailer when they walk into the doors. We were making fun of them and everything lol but the gameplay trailer made me intrigued, then the latest trailer shocked me when I saw one up close finally!
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Post by Rynnju on Feb 20, 2017 23:47:53 GMT
It's probably been talked about. Sometimes when this thread moves too fast, I don't read all the pages. Do you think Jaal is Solas(DAI) level of important to the story? They down played Solas when they reveled him back in the day. Nah. But how could he be? Solas almost single-handedly orchestrated the entirety of DAI behind the scenes and shaped the Dragon Age world and lore we know into what it is. Solas is more narratively akin to a friggin Reaper than any Mass Effect squadmate. I think he'll be key to the Angara plot, though, which will no doubt be big. New, strong alien races that are natives in the new galaxy we're trying to colonize have to be big and important. I would actually like this to not be the case because I felt Solas dominated the narrative and made any other romance seem lesser in comparison. To be fair, Solas only dominated the narrative in hindsight. When you're actually playing through DAI, Cassandra is in the spotlight and Solas has very little focus by comparison. Jaal will probably be more like Cassandra and be focused on within the actual game instead of final cliffhanger scenes and add-ons, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 23:48:11 GMT
LOL I cannot tell a lie. I love the asari! Guilty as charged Me too. *has a Peebee sig so doesn't need to say anything*
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Post by Crim on Feb 20, 2017 23:51:08 GMT
I really want to ask her more stuff but I don't want to be spamming her/being an annoyance. Yea I think I hit the reply limit with neil. Got him to tweet me 5 times and the guy hardly tweets so I'm satisfied. Had a conversation with him about how he as a writer feels about release. It was interesting to read his perspective. He wants people to meet the squad when Ryder meets them and writes so he can see in what direction his writing goes and how it gets tossed around among the fans. I can respect that Doubt he'll answer too many PeeBee related questions at this point anyway. Too close to release. Only thing I disagree with him about is withholding the orientations of our squadmates. There's not really any reason to. Doesn't really spoil the game and it kills the disappointment before release.I'm pretty sure everyone here agrees that this policy blows too.
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Post by Illusive Pants on Feb 20, 2017 23:57:08 GMT
I don't dislike the asari, myself. But I'm also aware they're kind of treated as the male-gazey eye candy race by BioWare. I'm glad that they're also badass warrior scientists, so that certainly helps. And I guess the turians were the (arguably) female equivalent I guess. It was just frustrating that almost all the turians were warriors and the asari were, of course, quite commonly pole dancing. I guess that's a whole other discussion though. And certainly not everyone shares that frustration. That was mostly my own grievance.
I'm not surprised they're back though. They're such a predominant race that I would be very surprised to not see them make the journey to Andromeda, plus it helps tie the new game with the original franchise. I don't have a problem with Peebee yet either, since I know next to nothing about her. if she's closer to ME2-onwards Liara, I'm cool with that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 23:57:36 GMT
Well I'm off for the night. My monthly 3-day migraine is upon me. See you guys tomorrow!
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Post by fialka on Feb 20, 2017 23:57:38 GMT
10th (okay 20th!) Page Summary!Jeez you guys move quick! Also, the discussion was pretty all over the place this time. Since we didn't get any major info drops (videos, etc.) I'll just include the snippets of news in here: 1. So after hitting 300 pages, much merriment ensued. We even got Bioware's attention! Matt Lloyd Prince E Jaal's thread over at @bsnforums has hit 300 pages!!! 😁 guy's monocle should have its own twitter account Aaryn Flynn aarynflynn Wow! Matt Lloyd Prince E Could legit make a coffee table book from all the incredible fanart of him as well 👍 Aaryn Flynn aarynflynn Oh I have to check that out Ian S. Frazier @tibermoonIt's craaaaazy. I'm worried about people's health when we actually release info on Jaal. Michael Gamble @gamblemikeyou mean they'll be elderly and suffering from age related illness? 😂🤣😂🤣 Yaslana Feimorgan @yas_lana
okay, honest question: did you even remotely expect this? Michael Gamble @gamblemike
not really. We're really lucky to have y'all. People are loving the new crew. 2. When a decision you make in game doesn't pan out like you'd hoped, do you reload, or live with your choices? 3. Face codes will return!!!! YAAASS! (Edit: not face codes, but something better? Still! Yas!) 4. Some talk about ME3 and the organic/synthetic stroyline, and what if we'd gotten that dark matter plot line instead? 5. Not only can we customize out armor colors, but RGB wheel! *happy dance* 6. Jaal, the Cheshire Cat (they're both purple cats?), and mad tea parties... we're all little mad in here. 7. Some speculation on political marriages, and debates on whether we should see Jaal or Liam as Sara's LI in a trailer (why not both? ) 8. Why we love Salarians. 9. What might Jaal's teeth look like? 10. Yeah, some of us are still salty about not being able to romance Joker, Bioware... 11. A new Vetra phone wallpaper was released (relevant because tweets, but I'll share the image anyway for those who missed it but want it): Yeah, Bioware. Give us what we want. It's not much really: just Jaal's bio, his character kit, him in a trailer, him in combat, him speaking... 12. Some discussion on Sara's height (final verdict, according to the devs: 172 cm which is about 5'7" - did I say I was 5'6"? I meant 5'6" and a half! Which is like 5'7"! So there! ) 13. And another welcome from me to all the newbies and lurkers who came out of hiding! As you all know by now, the thread is awesome! 14. Also, we can expect more info Soon TM: 15. And some discussion on the Asari. Also, not Jaal related specifically, but one thing I noticed J'aal missed in this thread is that the green armor in the combat trailer? Someone asked a dev via tweet whether it was Angaran armor. The answer: Maaayybeee. (That's 'yes' in dev speak, practically. So we get to have Angaran armor for ourselves! )
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Post by Obliviousmiss on Feb 21, 2017 0:01:50 GMT
Well I'm off for the night. My monthly 3-day migraine is upon me. See you guys tomorrow! Feel better!! You are awesome fialka. Thank you for being so dedicated to the summaries!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 0:03:34 GMT
Well I'm off for the night. My monthly 3-day migraine is upon me. See you guys tomorrow! Feel better!! You are awesome fialka . Thank you for being so dedicated to the summaries!!! Thanks! I've had this all my life. I'm glad it's not chronic but once a month I get 3 days of this (especially in mild weather). And tomorrow we might get info. Fun lol Goodnight all!
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Post by Jaal Ama Darav (Kierro) on Feb 21, 2017 0:06:20 GMT
We just really, really need a pic of Jaal's ass so we can vote for it in the thread. Be careful what you wish for
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Post by Crim on Feb 21, 2017 0:09:01 GMT
Hey everyone! I'm brand new on these forums, but I guess like everyone here I've already decided that I NEED Jaal in my life so here I am. I was a pretty frequent user of the old Bioware forums and now that the Andromeda hype is up I'm kind of getting reacquainted with my love for my alien boyfriends (Garrus plz). I knew as soon as I saw Jaal in that trailer, that I would be banging him in the near future. It had to happen. Forgive me, as I haven't had time to sift through all 300+ pages here, but Bioware has still been silent on which Ryder would/would not be an LI option for Jaal, yes? I don't think I've seen this info anywhere as of right now but I've kind of been away from Bioware news until very recently. I just neeeeed more info like yesterday. It seemed like they were intentionally staying silent on that pre-launch but I don't know if anything has changed.
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Post by Artemis on Feb 21, 2017 0:10:11 GMT
Well I'm off for the night. My monthly 3-day migraine is upon me. See you guys tomorrow! You poor baby! I hope you feel better soon. I've been lucky enough to never feel a migraine but I understand they're awful.
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Post by Artemis on Feb 21, 2017 0:12:06 GMT
I don't dislike the asari, myself. But I'm also aware they're kind of treated as the male-gazey eye candy race by BioWare. I'm glad that they're also badass warrior scientists, so that certainly helps. And I guess the turians were the (arguably) female equivalent I guess. It was just frustrating that almost all the turians were warriors and the asari were, of course, quite commonly pole dancing. I guess that's a whole other discussion though. And certainly not everyone shares that frustration. That was mostly my own grievance. I'm not surprised they're back though. They're such a predominant race that I would be very surprised to not see them make the journey to Andromeda, plus it helps tie the new game with the original franchise. I don't have a problem with Peebee yet either, since I know next to nothing about her. if she's closer to ME2-onwards Liara, I'm cool with that. Not that there's anything wrong with pole-dancing, of course, but yeah, I totally see your point and 100% agree with it. I think with each game the depiction of the asari gets more progressive. I am actually very excited about ME:A asari and see how modern progressive writers handle them. I mean, by their nature asari are a progressive species; the whole "what is gender even?" thing I just love to itty-bitty pieces.
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Post by Artemis on Feb 21, 2017 0:12:51 GMT
Well I'm off for the night. My monthly 3-day migraine is upon me. See you guys tomorrow! Feel better!! You are awesome fialka . Thank you for being so dedicated to the summaries!!! Agree!! fialka seems to be the only one who remembers them; what would we do without her
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Post by Crim on Feb 21, 2017 0:15:38 GMT
Well I'm off for the night. My monthly 3-day migraine is upon me. See you guys tomorrow! You poor baby! I hope you feel better soon. I've been lucky enough to never feel a migraine but I understand they're awful. My mother and sister are frequent sufferers, it's pretty shitty.
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Post by Roxy on Feb 21, 2017 0:17:37 GMT
Well I'm off for the night. My monthly 3-day migraine is upon me. See you guys tomorrow! Get well. I will be praying for you.
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Post by Rynnju on Feb 21, 2017 0:24:06 GMT
Kind of Jaal related, but is anyone else disappointed that it seems like we won't get a true first contact moment with the Andromeda aliens? The devs kind of deprived us of it by making the Nexus get there a while before us, and clearly the Milky Way races already have contact with the Angara by the time we arrive. And I mean, I get it. It makes establishing lore and connections much quicker and easier, such as updating our language tech to include new races. But that kind of moment would be just epic and it feels like we're missing out big time.
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Post by Kimberly on Feb 21, 2017 0:29:44 GMT
Kind of Jaal related, but is anyone else disappointed that it seems like we won't get a true first contact moment with the Andromeda aliens? The devs kind of deprived us of it by making the Nexus get there a while before us, and clearly the Milky Way races already have contact with the Angara by the time we arrive. And I mean, I get it. It makes establishing lore and connections much quicker and easier, such as updating our language tech to include new races. But that kind of moment would be just epic and it feels like we're missing out big time. I agree. I would love to have a first contact in the game.
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Post by lilyenachaos on Feb 21, 2017 0:31:31 GMT
Kind of Jaal related, but is anyone else disappointed that it seems like we won't get a true first contact moment with the Andromeda aliens? The devs kind of deprived us of it by making the Nexus get there a while before us, and clearly the Milky Way races already have contact with the Angara by the time we arrive. And I mean, I get it. It makes establishing lore and connections much quicker and easier, such as updating our language tech to include new races. But that kind of moment would be just epic and it feels like we're missing out big time. They'll still be new to us and our characters though. So there is that. We just won't be the first hoomans they've met. Takes a little bit of the fun out, but not all. Just as long as we get to Jaal first.
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Post by Illusive Pants on Feb 21, 2017 0:32:53 GMT
I don't dislike the asari, myself. But I'm also aware they're kind of treated as the male-gazey eye candy race by BioWare. I'm glad that they're also badass warrior scientists, so that certainly helps. And I guess the turians were the (arguably) female equivalent I guess. It was just frustrating that almost all the turians were warriors and the asari were, of course, quite commonly pole dancing. I guess that's a whole other discussion though. And certainly not everyone shares that frustration. That was mostly my own grievance. I'm not surprised they're back though. They're such a predominant race that I would be very surprised to not see them make the journey to Andromeda, plus it helps tie the new game with the original franchise. I don't have a problem with Peebee yet either, since I know next to nothing about her. if she's closer to ME2-onwards Liara, I'm cool with that. Not that there's anything wrong with pole-dancing, of course, but yeah, I totally see your point and 100% agree with it. I think with each game the depiction of the asari gets more progressive. I am actually very excited about ME:A asari and see how modern progressive writers handle them. I mean, by their nature asari are a progressive species; the whole "what is gender even?" thing I just love to itty-bitty pieces. Yeah, for sure, it's not the pole dancing itself I take issue with. If that's what you enjoy, that's totes cool. It was more the "Hey let's have them as a species all gravitate to it in their youth and just about every club has them in it, because men play this game right?" But yeah, each game they got a little better and I'd like to think BioWare of 2017 is even better than it was in 2009, and even 2012. They were breaking barriers even then, so these were all mostly minor grievances, all things considered.
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