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Post by Element Zero on May 26, 2018 5:16:59 GMT
I'd been idling, waiting to tackle the return to Aya (after the Moshae rescue). I'm glad I waited, since I was in a good mindset for it tonight. I appreciated the details in a way that I haven't for a time. This happens after so many PTs. Aya is really beautiful. The lighting; the sunny and shadowy areas; the tavetaan and the quiet corners; the great textures and lines of the architecture; the colors and variety: it's all part of a great whole. I also took my time to really read all of the datapads and the like, which I rush through during some PTs. Basically, I just soaked it all in this time. I even encountered and completed the "Local Cuisine" Task for the first time, something ahglock mentioned recently. That little side quest actually has huge import. Pretty cool. I always wondered why I couldn't buy a paripo. Now I know how to make it happen. I spoke with Maariko. I always feel disappointed by his quest. He acts like such a reactionary, foolish child when he learns that MW exiles stole his satellites. It was okay if Angara did it, though. Somehow he can't reason out that, just as the bad Angara don't represent all, neither do the aggressive exiles. Fool. We can't even say as much to him. I am disappoint, and preemptively this time, since I've not actually visited Kadara, yet. Speaking of Kadara, it's handled so awkwardly in this game. We first hear about it in the early hours aboard the Nexus. Other chatter arises periodically. Vetra has trade contacts there that she mentions, as do others. Yet, Ryder seems completely in the dark as to what it is when he discusses Kadara Port with Evfra and Moshae Sjefa. It makes him look like an oblivious dunce. I think Kadara could've and should've been handled much better. Who knows how it was handled before cuts and editing? The standard chops to a game are often to blame for such issues. Backtracking, how stupid was Jien Garson to hide in the shuttered section of the Nexus? We know from the novel that she left the central offices and the company of senior leadership to die alone in that apartment. Someone chasing you, trying to kill you? Remaining in a public place amongst many faces might be a safer tactic than hiding alone in a room with no escape plan. Dummy. People always think I'm joking when I say that the Geth are the best candidate to be the Benefactor, but I'm not. They easily check a ton of boxes, and do so more believably than any other current candidate. I saved beside Liam's space junk, ready to tackle his LM. His VA is excellent. Before the mission, he's very believable as someone who knows they've screwed up epically. He's always good. He did a phenomenal job. So, I thoroughly enjoyed over an hour of MEA with no combat gameplay. When I jump back into it, I'll have a brilliant, if narratively infuriating, mission to tackle. I'm really feeling poorly today, and am trying to get to sleep earlier, or I'd likely still be playing. The RP and expositional stuff was perfect for my brief session tonight. I still look forward to priming, detonating, shooting and slashing some fools next time. A tangent upon which I've been ruminating: It's such a shame that DA got a TTRPG but ME did not. I always wondered why. As a lover of both RPG books and the MEU, it's always been a sad state of affairs, in my opinion.
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Post by dazk on May 26, 2018 6:27:34 GMT
I spoke with Maariko. I always feel disappointed by his quest. He acts like such a reactionary, foolish child when he learns that MW exiles stole his satellites. It was okay if Angara did it, though. Somehow he can't reason out that, just as the bad Angara don't represent all, neither do the aggressive exiles. Fool. We can't even say as much to him. I am disappoint, and preemptively this time, since I've not actually visited Kadara, yet. If you speak to him again after he gets cranky at you he admits he is being unreasonable but can't help it and apologises I think.People always think I'm joking when I say that the Geth are the best candidate to be the Benefactor, but I'm not. They easily check a ton of boxes, and do so more believably than any other current candidate. They get my vote and I think they are working with SAM!!!!!
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Post by dazk on May 26, 2018 6:35:36 GMT
SO not too much play for Sara the past two days. Yesterday just did the Roekaar attack on EOS which is one of my favourite fights in the game. Today got jiggy with PeeBee in the escape pod, then did Cora's LM to find the Asari ark and let Sarissa stay in charge but made her confess to letting Ashara die. Then did Jaal's LM and didn't kill Aksuul. Also went to Kadara and found Mariiko's missing satellites. Some pic's: Had the friendly Adhi bug on Kadar!!!! Sarissa and Cora hold the line That's gonna sting
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Post by dmc1001 on May 26, 2018 8:55:31 GMT
Voeld is at 100%. I know I have to go back for the Moshae and to try to track down the asari ark. Meanwhile, I cheated at poker against Gil, got SAM infected with a virus that failed to "free" me from being in contact with an AI, started investigating Spender and have returned to Eos to see what else I can do there.
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Post by DerekG on May 26, 2018 14:47:07 GMT
I finally had a chance to play a bit more... Scott, Cora and Vetra explored the brand new scientific outpost on Eos – Prodromos. They talked to Mayor Bradley and some of the other people who will be running it (and snooped through their emails ). This led to the discovery that a team of engineers had concocted some harebrained scheme to try and take control of some Remnant on the planet, so they rushed off to try and find them before they got themselves killed. Unfortunately we didn't make it in time and only one member of the team survived . We then returned to the Tempest, and after a quick debrief with everyone I checked in with each of the crew individually, including our new friends Drack and Peebee. Then back to the Nexus to explore more of the station, talking to / helping out various people. Spoke to Kesh, Drack, and Addison about the issues the krogan are having with Spender, and his possible involvement in the uprising. Met with Addison and her assistant to get details on how to get more people out of cryo, and the benefits that would result. Finished up the murder investigation involving Nilken – when Tann asked for a recommendation, I chose exile on the basis that attempted murder was still a serious crime even though it was someone else that fired the fatal shot. Also did some Strike Team and multiplayer stuff. I don't think the MP is as good as ME3, but I'm enjoying it well enough. Sticking to Bronze for the time being, mostly with the human female adept .
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Post by Element Zero on May 26, 2018 19:26:45 GMT
Damn. I thought of MEA while eating lunch, and thought of Warp specifically. I realized that I'd never even seen MEA Warp, since I don't play MP. I looked it up and found two sore spots in the form of the Human Commando.
The HC has Singularity/Turbocharge/Warp. The player using her had the Shorty shotgun: a human shotgun that doesn't suck. (I know the Piranha is pretty good, but it's ugly as hell and not what I'm looking for in a shotgun.) From what I saw, the Shorty has high RoF (even without Turbocharge) and pretty good range. With SP augmentations, mods and other perks, that thing would be badass. I wouldn't have to use Kett Booger-blasters when I want a good shotgun.
I know we'd never have received Warp in SP. That ship sailed before release. We could've gotten the MP weapons and new skins/armors via DLC/patch. It's such a shame this game was abandoned so quickly. I wish they'd deemed it worth salvaging.
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Post by dmc1001 on May 26, 2018 19:53:06 GMT
Did a lot of clearance work on Eos. Met with Bain Massani and with his help took out a bunch of kett bases. I placed two of the three seismic hammers but unfortunately don't have time to take out an Architect at the moment. Later...
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Post by dazk on May 28, 2018 2:02:41 GMT
So yesterday Sara Searched Spenders apartment and found a scrambler and a model spaceship. Took said scrambler to the Comm's officer to unscramble. Checked in with Wilma who said kesh enjoyed the beer, went to Pathfinder HQ and talked to Sarissa and got some slightly different dialogue based on Sara's choices on the Leusinia. Did Liam's LM, the laughs are fading and my spacebar is like Addison's face "tired" from being hit so many times but I did still enjoy it. I was mean to Liam at the end and regretted it. For all his faults teams benefit from having a team member like him and Sara felt bad about coming down hard on him. Have been using ZAP and got the damn bug where it spawns in The Tempest again. Took PeeBee to Kadara to get another piece of Rem Tech and Kalinda ended up stealing POC from the Tempest. Had to leave Kadara to get the next step to pop so went to EOS and surprise an email arrived immediately wanting me to go back to Kadara again. Anyway played some football with EOS peep's and told Liam what a good boy he was but no more horizontal dancing for him. Next back to Kaara then to Elaaden, my 2nd favourite planet after Havarl. Some pic's
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Post by melbella on May 28, 2018 16:00:18 GMT
I'm convinced that Dan Brown is a Mass Effect fan (no, I have no proof). However, in his last novel, Inferno, the "bad guy" released the equivalent of a genophage on Earth. And his latest book, Origin, has an AI character named Winston who I really want to keep calling SAM.
Oh, I installed some mods for MEA yesterday. Might get around to playing again eventually.
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Post by dazk on May 29, 2018 0:51:15 GMT
I'm convinced that Dan Brown is a Mass Effect fan (no, I have no proof). However, in his last novel, Inferno, the "bad guy" released the equivalent of a genophage on Earth. And his latest book, Origin, has an AI character named Winston who I really want to keep calling SAM.
Oh, I installed some mods for MEA yesterday. Might get around to playing again eventually. I am sticking with SAM, Winston doesn't quite cut it for me!!!!! I read a book by Kim Stanley Robinson called 2312 and the main character has an AI in her head called "Pauline". The name was so jarringly normal I really had problems associating it with an AI.
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Post by melbella on May 29, 2018 0:53:15 GMT
I'm convinced that Dan Brown is a Mass Effect fan (no, I have no proof). However, in his last novel, Inferno, the "bad guy" released the equivalent of a genophage on Earth. And his latest book, Origin, has an AI character named Winston who I really want to keep calling SAM.
Oh, I installed some mods for MEA yesterday. Might get around to playing again eventually. I am sticking with SAM, Winston doesn't quite cut it for me!!!!! I read a book by Kim Stanley Robinson called 2312 and the main character has an AI in her head called "Pauline". The name was so jarringly normal I really had problems associating it with an AI.
The main character in the book has described Winston as "Siri on steroids."
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Post by dazk on May 29, 2018 0:55:09 GMT
I am sticking with SAM, Winston doesn't quite cut it for me!!!!! I read a book by Kim Stanley Robinson called 2312 and the main character has an AI in her head called "Pauline". The name was so jarringly normal I really had problems associating it with an AI.
The main character in the book has described Winston as "Siri on steroids."
LOL, so EDI x 10 and with more of Joker's interests?
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Post by dazk on May 29, 2018 2:35:47 GMT
So another short session yesterday for Sara. Started off by heading back to Kadara to put the heavy on Samrick so we could find where Kalinda had taken POC. Then to Elaadenofthieves Scanned crazy people for Lexi, spoke to a Nexus security guy Kent who asked me to find his sister Isabelle, spoke to Ravenor Brenk (Sara wishes she could headbutt him) who just seems like a real weasel/toad. Also spoke to Annea whom Sara didn't trust at all and to Velonia. Element Zero another unbelievable Turian name? Decided to go crazy and do Elaaden in the reverse order of the way I would normally do it. I normally go from The Paradise anti-clockwise round the map but this time went clockwise with detours to start the monoliths. Strangely it paid dividends I hope for making it a bit quicker. Random Little Mouse quests etc all popped really quickly, took Axuius out and found Nora's catalyser before finding Nora, visted the secret vault in the South West and got me another remnant data core. Started all the monoliths, scanned some food and a rock, found some medical supplies, deployed most of the forward stations and started the vault. Some pic's Elaaden hot one day and not quite so hot after Ryder activates the vault. A trip to Elaaden wouldn't be the same without seeing Danny!!!! Strange place to die: Think I'll pass on drinking the home brew Maybe Sara had too much garlic for dinner but Drack and PB were very stand off'ish Scavenger Law says "you are an idiot"
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Post by DerekG on May 30, 2018 0:08:34 GMT
Scott spent some more time wandering around the Nexus. A researcher asked for SAMs help with some equations, but when he ran them they turned out to contain a trojan horse that almost took SAM down. When confronted, the researcher claimed innocence and pointed the finger at a group of troublemakers that was against AI. Scott made contact with the group via an Avina terminal they'd hacked, playing along by pretending that the plan had worked and he was now “free” from SAM, hoping to flush out the groups leader. The representative promised to be in touch in the future.
Went to the medical bay on the Hyperion and “spoke” to Sara, who was still in a coma, via the SAM implant. Kept Alec's death from her, figuring she had enough to deal with at the moment and that the grief of learning about her dad's death might be too much. Hopefully she won't hate me for keeping the truth from her when she wakes up.
Boarded the Tempest and set out for the Onaon System, the place referenced in the vault on Eos. En route, all hell broke loose, with the ship ending up trapped between the Scourge and a kett fleet, and the kett leader, the Archon, demanding to speak to the person who activated the vault. With SAMs help they were able to escape to the the Onaon System.
They were met by aliens called angara, who took Scott to their outpost on Aya. The angarans were engaged in their own war with the kett, and are unable help Scott access the Vault on Aya as the only one who knows how to access it, Moshae, has been captureed from the kett. An angaran named Jaal joined the Tempest crew as liason.
Also did a bit more multiplayer stuff, and recruited my second Strike Team.
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Post by dazk on May 30, 2018 0:15:19 GMT
Scott spent some more time wandering around the Nexus. A researcher asked for SAMs help with some equations, but when he ran them they turned out to contain a trojan horse that almost took SAM down. When confronted, the researcher claimed innocence and pointed the finger at a group of troublemakers that was against AI. Scott made contact with the group via an Avina terminal they'd hacked, playing along by pretending that the plan had worked and he was now “free” from SAM, hoping to flush out the groups leader. The representative promised to be in touch in the future. Did you interact with the terminal after you speak with the group and while its still red? It spouts down with AI messages using things like the Rogue VI on Lunar in ME1 as an example plus some others.
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Post by dazk on May 30, 2018 2:13:57 GMT
So yesterday Sara continued her exploration of Elaaden. Found Isabelle Halsey and let her stay, the rest of the world is a better place if she stays on Elaaden and Kent can get on with his life without his nutso sister. Got trapped by an EMP blast and found out it was a Scav, Scav died quickly. Found some Ark Natanus stasis pods, no survivors. Returned Nora's catalyser to her and picked up more parts to random quests. Sara will head to the Krogan Colony today and get that stuff moving. Some pic's The Nomad going nowhere Elaaden Scenery
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Post by Element Zero on May 30, 2018 2:18:33 GMT
I am sticking with SAM, Winston doesn't quite cut it for me!!!!! I read a book by Kim Stanley Robinson called 2312 and the main character has an AI in her head called "Pauline". The name was so jarringly normal I really had problems associating it with an AI.
The main character in the book has described Winston as "Siri on steroids."
This book featuring Winston is set in present times? I'd think that a Siri reference would be jarring, otherwise. I haven't played in days. My last session was Liam's LM. I just haven't felt like gaming. I'm sure I can get back into it if I just play for a while. I'll probably play a bit tomorrow. There's a lot of good stuff post-Kadara, and I'm headed directly there next.
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Post by melbella on May 30, 2018 3:27:31 GMT
The main character in the book has described Winston as "Siri on steroids."
This book featuring Winston is set in present times? I'd think that a Siri reference would be jarring, otherwise.
Oh yes. It came out last year and I'm pretty sure the events happen around the same time. Elon Musk got a mention also.
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Post by dazk on May 30, 2018 3:57:29 GMT
The main character in the book has described Winston as "Siri on steroids."
This book featuring Winston is set in present times? I'd think that a Siri reference would be jarring, otherwise. I haven't played in days. My last session was Liam's LM. I just haven't felt like gaming. I'm sure I can get back into it if I just play for a while. I'll probably play a bit tomorrow. There's a lot of good stuff post-Kadara, and I'm headed directly there next. I have been playing but not much in terms of time. Sydney is going through a nasty cold/flu thing at present (my doctors surgery had 9 doctors away of 16) and it wiped out our house on the weekend. Yesterday was the first day I felt I had any energy to do anything. I am glad to be on Elaaden, its all pretty straight forward
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Post by Element Zero on May 30, 2018 4:08:38 GMT
This book featuring Winston is set in present times? I'd think that a Siri reference would be jarring, otherwise. I haven't played in days. My last session was Liam's LM. I just haven't felt like gaming. I'm sure I can get back into it if I just play for a while. I'll probably play a bit tomorrow. There's a lot of good stuff post-Kadara, and I'm headed directly there next. I have been playing but not much in terms of time. Sydney is going through a nasty cold/flu thing at present (my doctors surgery had 9 doctors away of 16) and it wiped out our house on the weekend. Yesterday was the first day I felt I had any energy to do anything. I am glad to be on Elaaden, its all pretty straight forward Ugh. Flu is nasty. I hope you guys all shake it as well as possible, and only experience it once. I've been feeling crummy, too. I guess the story is mildly amusing. A friend came to visit. He looked crisply dressed, and smelled fine, but it was a hot day. After he left, I noticed that he'd left a very faint sweat odor on my sofa. (I have super senses, as most with allergies, asthma and chemical sensitivities have.) I decided to spray it with Febreeze, an odor-neutralizing product that I'd used successfully in years past. It turns out they've added perfumes to this product in the interim, and I sprayed them on my sofa. Those perfumes have caused my immune system to go into overdrive. (I have MCAS.) I've been sick as hell as they very slowly dissipate. No room in our home is truly safe, regardless of whether the perfume is detectable to my sense of smell. I feel like I have the flu, since that's how my body behaves. It's horrible. I usually read anything and everything before using it. I thought I was safe since I'd used this stuff previously, and my wife had brought it into our home. Fail. It's now on my "avoid at all costs" list.
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Post by dazk on May 30, 2018 4:32:42 GMT
I have been playing but not much in terms of time. Sydney is going through a nasty cold/flu thing at present (my doctors surgery had 9 doctors away of 16) and it wiped out our house on the weekend. Yesterday was the first day I felt I had any energy to do anything. I am glad to be on Elaaden, its all pretty straight forward Ugh. Flu is nasty. I hope you guys all shake it as well as possible, and only experience it once. I've been feeling crummy, too. I guess the story is mildly amusing. A friend came to visit. He looked crisply dressed, and smelled fine, but it was a hot day. After he left, I noticed that he'd left a very faint sweat odor on my sofa. (I have super senses, as most with allergies, asthma and chemical sensitivities have.) I decided to spray it with Febreeze, an odor-neutralizing product that I'd used successfully in years past. It turns out they've added perfumes to this product in the interim, and I sprayed them on my sofa. Those perfumes have caused my immune system to go into overdrive. (I have MCAS.) I've been sick as hell as they very slowly dissipate. No room in our home is truly safe, regardless of whether the perfume is detectable to my sense of smell. I feel like I have the flu, since that's how my body behaves. It's horrible. I usually read anything and everything before using it. I thought I was safe since I'd used this stuff previously, and my wife had brought it into our home. Fail. It's now on my "avoid at all costs" list. Damn that's terrible!!!!! On a similar note, about 6 months ago discovered I'd been feeling ill because I couldn't eat or drink anything made with cow's milk anymore. Once I figured out what it was I had to change my diet obviously but now trips to the shop are a nightmare as I have to read the ingredients of everything I buy. And cow's milk is insidious. So many things you would never associate with cow's milk can have it in them, like corn chips would you believe!!!!! I have also discovered I can't tolerate glutamates either, the most well known one is MSG so that pretty much rules out any processed food. I get so cranky with myself when I forget to check something!!!!!
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Post by Element Zero on May 30, 2018 4:46:02 GMT
Ugh. Flu is nasty. I hope you guys all shake it as well as possible, and only experience it once. I've been feeling crummy, too. I guess the story is mildly amusing. A friend came to visit. He looked crisply dressed, and smelled fine, but it was a hot day. After he left, I noticed that he'd left a very faint sweat odor on my sofa. (I have super senses, as most with allergies, asthma and chemical sensitivities have.) I decided to spray it with Febreeze, an odor-neutralizing product that I'd used successfully in years past. It turns out they've added perfumes to this product in the interim, and I sprayed them on my sofa. Those perfumes have caused my immune system to go into overdrive. (I have MCAS.) I've been sick as hell as they very slowly dissipate. No room in our home is truly safe, regardless of whether the perfume is detectable to my sense of smell. I feel like I have the flu, since that's how my body behaves. It's horrible. I usually read anything and everything before using it. I thought I was safe since I'd used this stuff previously, and my wife had brought it into our home. Fail. It's now on my "avoid at all costs" list. Damn that's terrible!!!!! On a similar note, about 6 months ago discovered I'd been feeling ill because I couldn't eat or drink anything made with cow's milk anymore. Once I figured out what it was I had to change my diet obviously but now trips to the shop are a nightmare as I have to read the ingredients of everything I buy. And cow's milk is insidious. So many things you would never associate with cow's milk can have it in them, like corn chips would you believe!!!!! I have also discovered I can't tolerate glutamates either, the most well known one is MSG so that pretty much rules out any processed food. I get so cranky with myself when I forget to check something!!!!! I understand exactly how this is. I'm allergic to both milk proteins, casein and whey. I'm allergic to corn, which is in everything in American supermarkets that isn't absolutely fresh. Same for soy. I'm allergic to seeds, and respond the same way to seed oils (despite the BS claim that no proteins survive that process). Nuts, peanuts... I could go on and on. It's easier to list the few things I can eat, at this point. I cannot eat anything that isn't freshly prepared by someone I really trust. No restaurants and no processed foods (which I quit eating by choice before most of the allergies) for me. I cannot have milk of any kind, since all alternatives to real milk are made of plants to which I have allergies. It sucks. I miss convenience. I miss pizza. I miss cheeses. I miss breads and sandwiches, since I can only eat a bread that contains a narrow list of ingredients and no seed oils. I miss being able to have the occasional piece of candy or sweets. I eat a narrow, rotating diet. I can't eat the same thing more than two or three times in quick succession, lest I develop an allergy to the few foods I can still tolerate. MCAS sucks, and it seems to be directly linked to EDS-HT, though the exact nature of the link has yet to be determined.
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Post by dazk on May 30, 2018 5:06:56 GMT
Damn that's terrible!!!!! On a similar note, about 6 months ago discovered I'd been feeling ill because I couldn't eat or drink anything made with cow's milk anymore. Once I figured out what it was I had to change my diet obviously but now trips to the shop are a nightmare as I have to read the ingredients of everything I buy. And cow's milk is insidious. So many things you would never associate with cow's milk can have it in them, like corn chips would you believe!!!!! I have also discovered I can't tolerate glutamates either, the most well known one is MSG so that pretty much rules out any processed food. I get so cranky with myself when I forget to check something!!!!! I understand exactly how this is. I'm allergic to both milk proteins, casein and whey. I'm allergic to corn, which is in everything in American supermarkets that isn't absolutely fresh. Same for soy. I'm allergic to seeds, and respond the same way to seed oils (despite the BS claim that no proteins survive that process). Nuts, peanuts... I could go on and on. It's easier to list the few things I can eat, at this point. I cannot eat anything that isn't freshly prepared by someone I really trust. No restaurants and no processed foods (which I quit eating by choice before most of the allergies) for me. I cannot have milk of any kind, since all alternatives to real milk are made of plants to which I have allergies. It sucks. I miss convenience. I miss pizza. I miss cheeses. I miss breads and sandwiches, since I can only eat a bread that contains a narrow list of ingredients and no seed oils. I miss being able to have the occasional piece of candy or sweets. I eat a narrow, rotating diet. I can't eat the same thing more than two or three times in quick succession, lest I develop an allergy to the few foods I can still tolerate. MCAS sucks, and it seems to be directly linked to EDS-HT, though the exact nature of the link has yet to be determined. Man that's tough. The convenience thing as you state is the worst thing and yeah I have basically discovered what I can eat and have a pretty stable daily routine in that regards. I have pretty much given up on dinner, I cook what the family wants and just skip it but have a bigger meal at lunch.
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Post by ahglock on May 30, 2018 18:35:47 GMT
SO not too much play for Sara the past two days. Yesterday just did the Roekaar attack on EOS which is one of my favourite fights in the game. Today got jiggy with PeeBee in the escape pod, then did Cora's LM to find the Asari ark and let Sarissa stay in charge but made her confess to letting Ashara die. Then did Jaal's LM and didn't kill Aksuul. Also went to Kadara and found Mariiko's missing satellites. Some pic's: Had the friendly Adhi bug on Kadar!!!! Sarissa and Cora hold the line That's gonna sting The Cora photo in the middle reminds me of something I had a issue with in all ME games, but Coras into scene deflecting lighting bothered me as well. If you are an adept why don't you step up. Like if Adept 4 or /Sentinel vanguard 5 you help with the shield. Coras deflecting lightning scene I just disliked because you do nothing, forced incompetence in order for her to get a good intro. If cut scene wise you'd just been further away it would have worked better for me.
Disclaimer if this doens't make sense i blame lack of sleep, been awake for over 30 hours, somehow got pulled into the forum while ordering pizza.
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Post by dazk on May 30, 2018 22:48:36 GMT
SO not too much play for Sara the past two days. Yesterday just did the Roekaar attack on EOS which is one of my favourite fights in the game. Today got jiggy with PeeBee in the escape pod, then did Cora's LM to find the Asari ark and let Sarissa stay in charge but made her confess to letting Ashara die. Then did Jaal's LM and didn't kill Aksuul. Also went to Kadara and found Mariiko's missing satellites. Some pic's: Had the friendly Adhi bug on Kadar!!!! Sarissa and Cora hold the line That's gonna sting The Cora photo in the middle reminds me of something I had a issue with in all ME games, but Coras into scene deflecting lighting bothered me as well. If you are an adept why don't you step up. Like if Adept 4 or /Sentinel vanguard 5 you help with the shield. Coras deflecting lightning scene I just disliked because you do nothing, forced incompetence in order for her to get a good intro. If cut scene wise you'd just been further away it would have worked better for me.
Disclaimer if this doens't make sense i blame lack of sleep, been awake for over 30 hours, somehow got pulled into the forum while ordering pizza.
LOL hope the pizza was good!!! I don't mind the Cora lightning scene on Habitat 7 but it was very "staged" for lack of a better term. The scene with Sarissa is more that she didn't want to help because she felt betrayed and was torn between protecting the Leusinia and helping someone she now had little respect for. Well that's my take.
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