Stupid Newbie Questions, The Prequel: Mass Effect 1

This planet looks like someone's first semester 3D modeling project Seriously, it's all grass and rock, with a few metal objects plunked down randomly with no texture changes to the ground to indicate any sort of foot or vehicle traffic. Not that I can do any better (I can't), but I'm not the one getting paid the big bucks for this

Also, electronics skill is too low to salvage this probe, though I'm at level 4 in electronics. I guess I'll go check the last marker on this planet and see if that gives me enough points to level up again. If not, I may have to come back here.

"I never meant to offend you. I only meant that you would be an interesting specimen for in-depth study!"

Liara T'soni: the Dagna of the 22nd Century




Edit: that was an enlightening conversation. Now I know why I kept seeing Asari/Turian couples in the other games, and no "male" asari.

I mean, sure, I could have read a codex but...who does that? 

You can return to side planets afterwards to collect anything you missed the first time.  There are several squad mates who also have decryption and electronics skills (Kaidan, Garrus, and Tali).  It's a good idea to get at least one of them leveled to "hard" of each (9 pts)  so that you can open everything in the game as long as you bring the squad mate with you.

Well, way back when I was first starting out, upon my son's advice, I did back to back runs from the same save of the Fist fight, once on casual and once on normal.  During the first fight on casual, I did not get enough XP to Level up; on the second I did.  It was the same fight with the same Shepard at the start just repeated on a different difficulty.  Maybe it's more random or something to do with the % of kills I get as opposed to my squad mates, but that little test is what convinced that I at least tend to get more XP when I'm playing at a higher difficulty level.

In ME3 - I'm just now playing two simultaneous playthroughs, one on normal and one on insanity; and I'm clearly getting more XP for each medi-gel kit I open when I don't actually need medi-gel.  (same med kits on the same mission, just playing at different difficulty levels).  The only other change other than difficulty level is class.  The guy I'm playing on normal is a soldier, the one I'm playing on Insanity is an infiltrator.

First rule of ME1: there is always a thresher maw

I remember my first time playing and avoiding thresher maws.  Then I learned how easy it was to take them out with a mako.  I mean, really easy.  I decided to pick up on an unfinished ME2 PT but when it's done I may return to that adept waiting for me in ME1.  Then I'll take out thresher maws on foot.

You might not want to, but there is a cheat on Noveria that allows you to get, like, infinite renegade points.

There is another cheat for paragon points on another planet. Eletania.

Just sayin'

I think they all have comments about the cold. It's quite frozen out there.

Ok...I'm curious. What is the cheat?

If it involves talking to the Turian businessman and stealing his own data back for him, then the moment has probably passed.

Oh...no, I'm not there yet I'll have to decide whether I want to use the cheat or not...probably will, just to unlock all my dialogue options, since I don't think I will play ME1 again (2 and 3, definitely. But probably not this one.)