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Post by Curious Crow on Sept 9, 2018 16:58:37 GMT
Learned that Vetra danced on tables in Omega. Well one time and it was disastrous, but still. Pity it was my Suvimancer so no head cannoning to ask for a repeat performance. Not like there are Voluses on the Tempest. So anyways, Eliza drove around a little on the designated Turian homeworld. But couldn't keep interest for long. Ended up switching to Devon and getting him to the Nexus. I always feel like the game is going to take a turn for Dead Space when you first enter the Nexus. Like there are going to be some spooky aliens who killed everybody and oh damn there is no place safe. Got him on the Tempest and widened his jaw. Was going to quit there but something changed my mind and I loaded up Scottie boy. Did Voeld and realized my team planning was off, so switched him from Vetra and Jaal to Liam and Drack. Must admit that the first three conversations really lowered my opinion on Drack. But he was a beast in combat, so it evened out. Got Peebee's rem tech, found the transponder for Cora, laid down some medical supplies and hacked into Kett communications. Then went to Aya to get Kadara to open up. Said hi to Avela and then headed out. Met with Sloanne and... Oh no... Don't think it's me you should be looking at funny Mr.Krogan... With that over, Scottie assisted in a jailbreak and ended the session at Reyes nightclub for some stiff drinks.
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Post by melbella on Sept 9, 2018 17:25:17 GMT
Curious Crow When I click on your pics to make them bigger, I get asked to sign in to the site to post images. PS - your Scott looks a lot like my last one, so wanted a closer view. Here is mine:
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Post by Curious Crow on Sept 9, 2018 17:42:52 GMT
melbella That's interesting, would have figured it would just send you to the image on the hosting site. But the picture would probably be the same size either way, since I do cut them down to 600-800 ish pixel size because of personal peeves. Here is a close up of his mug.
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Post by abedsbrother on Sept 9, 2018 20:11:27 GMT
That fight has a 50% chance to glitch, making the boss invincible. Last playthrough I just gave up. 50% on Insanity or in general? I never had it glitch once (15 full PT's) even on insanity but only did two insanity runs. I was playing on Normal. I thought the issue was that I was stripping the shields and destroying the turrets from a distance with a sniper rifle - I never entered combat during that time. Then to finish it I had to alert it, and it was invincible. Though I also tried to take it on straight-up, thinking that the whole sniping thing was the problem, and it glitched then as well. Currently on a new playthrough - just rescued the Moshae, so I have a bit to go before I get there, but I'll post back with what happens when I do.
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Post by dazk on Sept 10, 2018 2:37:37 GMT
Vid is uploaded. Doesn't look that hard in this instance, but as I wrote, I have to admit that I went down probably a dozen times before it worked out this way. Anyway, if someone wants to take a look, here it is: Sorry didn't watch all the video, I find if you use the cover on the other side from where you put your squad mates it gives you a clear line of sight at the Progenitor and better cover away from the other remnant. I also let my squad mates run around as they distract the other remnant (Zap is good for this or the turret) letting you focus just on the Progenitor. I also use a auto-fire modded Valkyrie AR which gives better rat of fire and a greater range. Plus I use tech skills (Incinerate/Overload/Energy Drain) which works really well against the Progenitor or Soldier skills like Turbocharge.
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Post by dazk on Sept 10, 2018 2:40:08 GMT
50% on Insanity or in general? I never had it glitch once (15 full PT's) even on insanity but only did two insanity runs. I was playing on Normal. I thought the issue was that I was stripping the shields and destroying the turrets from a distance with a sniper rifle - I never entered combat during that time. Then to finish it I had to alert it, and it was invincible. Though I also tried to take it on straight-up, thinking that the whole sniping thing was the problem, and it glitched then as well. Currently on a new playthrough - just rescued the Moshae, so I have a bit to go before I get there, but I'll post back with what happens when I do. I am pretty certain I have read that the Progenitor definitely glitches sometimes but it fortunately has never happened to me.
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Post by dazk on Sept 12, 2018 2:29:13 GMT
So been missing MEA and even with limited time thought I'd jump back into my latest PT. So Sara had recently landed on Elaaden and already activated one Monolith, so did the other two setting up some forward stations along the way. Also stopped along the way to kill random scavengers. Then to the vault which wasn't too bad but it was hard going back to MEA controls from DAI so combat took a little bit of adjusting to. Anyway, explored the vault finding the remnant data core and killing a destroyer/progenitor thing in the process which is always fun and then reset the vault and ran. I like the vaults, I like how they are all similar but different. The only exception I hate the Voeld vault. Some pics Drack speaking to Liam I like Elaaden Pretty Vault
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Post by abedsbrother on Sept 20, 2018 6:15:40 GMT
50% on Insanity or in general? I never had it glitch once (15 full PT's) even on insanity but only did two insanity runs. I was playing on Normal. I thought the issue was that I was stripping the shields and destroying the turrets from a distance with a sniper rifle - I never entered combat during that time. Then to finish it I had to alert it, and it was invincible. Though I also tried to take it on straight-up, thinking that the whole sniping thing was the problem, and it glitched then as well. Currently on a new playthrough - just rescued the Moshae, so I have a bit to go before I get there, but I'll post back with what happens when I do. Well, fought the Progenitor this evening, no issues. Don't know what happened last time.
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Post by dazk on Sept 20, 2018 6:33:33 GMT
I am itching to finish my current PT of MEA. Have been playing DAI but got a new computer and am having issues with DAI so as soon as I get some new speakers (hopefully tomorrow) I will get back to killing Kett and Scav's
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Post by Serza on Sept 21, 2018 7:40:06 GMT
Pictures of Elaaden remind me of something.
You guys know how the Abyssal ("Big snake thing") is made up of two separate parts?
It once happened to me that I ended up squarely between them. On my first playthrough no less.
Sara has something to tell grandkids.
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Post by saandrig on Sept 21, 2018 19:20:51 GMT
Just started a new game recently. When you know the game and the quests in it you really can streamline a lot of the pacing and actually create a proper and enjoyable progress through the story without feeling you have to jump back and forth through everywhere to get things done. Wish Bioware actually did that themselves to spare me shouting in the Tempest "Really, Peebee? You want to go back to Voeld now? After we were there like 5 minutes ago? And Vetra, couldn't you tell me you need stuff from Aya before we landed there and not after we left? And why we can't take 5 steps anywhere without someone needing us to go to Kadara again!!! Oh, Director Tann, how nice of you to mail and tell me to go back to Havarl right as I am stepping back on my ship leaving Havarl! Ever heard of comms?". (that last one is unavoidable unfortunately)
I swear, I finished this game like 4-5 times or so and I never noticed you can actually see the Turian ark in the sky above H-047c. I wonder why we are still looking for it even when it's right f*****g there. I know I am a blind bat to have never noticed it before, but what are my teammates and everyone on the Tempest doing? "Oh, we can't find the Turian ark because we haven't been to Eladeen yet to scan some pods. Yeah, there above us is something that looks, smells and feels like an ark, but you can never be sure unless you scan a pod bazillion miles away, amirite?". To be honest I never played in 1440p or with 100+ FPS before, so I was never truly tempted to just stop and enjoy how pretty everything looks in this game on Ultra settings. I wonder how many other things I missed that way.
Funny story, I also for the first time, stumbled on a quest on Voeld about finding battlefields. How did I drive through that planet to have missed all those spots is beyond me.
Also, for the first time, I stumbled on the talent night in the Nexus bar. I thought the bug that hides it will haunt me forever and I would just listen about that elusive and mystical event. So far I just heard a turian poem that made Dutch cry, but hoping there will be more.
P.S. I am loving the Ironman mod. You know the mini vault on H-047c where you can see the end right from the start but need to side track, run, fight, click and puzzle yourself mad to finally get to the tiller console? Well, Ironman active, 3 seconds later I am right at the console, just shoot the boss, done, back out in 3 seconds again. Such a time saver. Flying in the vaults with that mod is just epic.
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Post by dazk on Sept 22, 2018 3:40:05 GMT
Just started a new game recently. When you know the game and the quests in it you really can streamline a lot of the pacing and actually create a proper and enjoyable progress through the story without feeling you have to jump back and forth through everywhere to get things done. Wish Bioware actually did that themselves to spare me shouting in the Tempest "Really, Peebee? You want to go back to Voeld now? After we were there like 5 minutes ago? And Vetra, couldn't you tell me you need stuff from Aya before we landed there and not after we left? And why we can't take 5 steps anywhere without someone needing us to go to Kadara again!!! Oh, Director Tann, how nice of you to mail and tell me to go back to Havarl right as I am stepping back on my ship leaving Havarl! Ever heard of comms?". (that last one is unavoidable unfortunately)
I swear, I finished this game like 4-5 times or so and I never noticed you can actually see the Turian ark in the sky above H-047c. I wonder why we are still looking for it even when it's right f*****g there. I know I am a blind bat to have never noticed it before, but what are my teammates and everyone on the Tempest doing? "Oh, we can't find the Turian ark because we haven't been to Eladeen yet to scan some pods. Yeah, there above us is something that looks, smells and feels like an ark, but you can never be sure unless you scan a pod bazillion miles away, amirite?". To be honest I never played in 1440p or with 100+ FPS before, so I was never truly tempted to just stop and enjoy how pretty everything looks in this game on Ultra settings. I wonder how many other things I missed that way.
Funny story, I also for the first time, stumbled on a quest on Voeld about finding battlefields. How did I drive through that planet to have missed all those spots is beyond me.
Also, for the first time, I stumbled on the talent night in the Nexus bar. I thought the bug that hides it will haunt me forever and I would just listen about that elusive and mystical event. So far I just heard a turian poem that made Dutch cry, but hoping there will be more.
P.S. I am loving the Ironman mod. You know the mini vault on H-047c where you can see the end right from the start but need to side track, run, fight, click and puzzle yourself mad to finally get to the tiller console? Well, Ironman active, 3 seconds later I am right at the console, just shoot the boss, done, back out in 3 seconds again. Such a time saver. Flying in the vaults with that mod is just epic.
It took me at least 4 or 5 PT's to see the Turian Ark as well. I think someone mentioned ages ago that you can only see it if you speak to Avitus about the lead on the Turian ark on Elaaden before you go to H-047c but not sure if that's the case. I agree the more you play the game the better the pacing is as you can better plan when to do quests etc and yes when you do take the time to look, it really is a beautiful game.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Sept 22, 2018 6:55:01 GMT
I agree the more you play the game the better the pacing is as you can better plan when to do quests etc and yes when you do take the time to look, it really is a beautiful game. *AGREED* - Second run was so much clearer and better, I'm already planning third..
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Post by dazk on Sept 22, 2018 10:14:13 GMT
So I got new PC which is great but my speakers died, installed the new ones today and the bass is almost non-existent. My beloved Valkyrie sounds like a nerf gun, had to change to the Hornet with Beam emitter simply because the Valkyire sounded so terrible. It was like Rata tat tat where it used to have this great thud to it. Aaagghhh think I am going to have buy another set of speakers.
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Post by ArcadiaGrey on Sept 22, 2018 11:20:51 GMT
So I got new PC which is great but my speakers died, installed the new ones today and the bass is almost non-existent. My beloved Valkyrie sounds like a nerf gun, had to change to the Hornet with Beam emitter simply because the Valkyire sounded so terrible. It was like Rata tat tat where it used to have this great thud to it. Aaagghhh think I am going to have buy another set of speakers. You could make the sound effects yourself.
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Post by dazk on Sept 23, 2018 0:29:19 GMT
So I got new PC which is great but my speakers died, installed the new ones today and the bass is almost non-existent. My beloved Valkyrie sounds like a nerf gun, had to change to the Hornet with Beam emitter simply because the Valkyire sounded so terrible. It was like Rata tat tat where it used to have this great thud to it. Aaagghhh think I am going to have buy another set of speakers. You could make the sound effects yourself. You are a funny woman ArcadiaGrey and yes I could and unfortunately I'd sound better than my new speakers
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Post by dazk on Sept 23, 2018 4:40:30 GMT
So yesterday jumped back into MEA and knocked over multiple tasks on Elaaden. Gave Nora her thruster, found data pads re Little Mouse and canned dead bodies that had a disease. Set up some forward stations, found a relic for Avelja, scanned some rocks, found some edible plants, took down the Flophouse and then headed to the Krogan Colony. Will start there today and look forward to chatting with Overlord Morda. Some Pic's Clearing The Flop House A Sara Selfie, it'd be amazing to have a view like that. Drack and Liam walking underground???? Pathfinder to the rescue
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Post by dazk on Sept 24, 2018 2:34:25 GMT
So yesterday got a lot more of Elaaden done, picked up all the quests at the colony and interestingly got lots of background chatter that I had never heard before when walking around the colony and in Morda's throne room. Did the Dr Okeer mission, caught the fiend, cleared the Remnant Derelict and my new GPU (1070Ti) provided me with some extra detail which was great. Could actually see the scourge tendrils inside the ship and could see them pulsing. Tracked down the drive core and watched the amazing fight scene between Morda and Brenk. Did the ritual and fought the three fiends who seemed harder for some reason, none of them diverted to Gren or Varka they all just came after me. Spoke to Rorik, did Drack's LM and took Liam for the first time so got some different dialogue and let Aroane fall. Collected some memory triggers collected the last edible plant sample for the botanist, picked up the last Little Mouse data pad but will clear that when I plant the receiver today. Spoke to Velonia re Ljeta and had a bug I haven't encountered before where the game was running but my keyboard and mouse couldn't interact???? Some pic's Found this guy Taking down some Hydra Visited the Batman symbol and noticed that when you are near there the background music is very similar to the movie theme. My previous GPU (a 10602GB) didn't give me this much detail in the remnant Derelict
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Post by dazk on Sept 25, 2018 4:10:22 GMT
Okay, so yesterday Sara finished with Elaaden for now. Completed Little Mouse, placed the receiver, took down the Architect, spoke to Velonia re Ljeta and then headed to Havarl to retrieve a piece of Rem Tech for Pee Bee. Havarl was even more beautiful with the extra detail that my new PC provided. Did Jaal's loyalty mission. Then headed to Kadara to get the next piece and got duped by Kalinda and now that quests on hold. Found Maariko's missing satellites which were basically scrap metal, think I'll lie to him this time as I want the star maps. Got into a bar fight with Drack and found out Ljeta has gone to Aya thanks to Colt Dalton. Does anyone know if he and Vorn are voiced by the same person? Found the last ZK tracker but haven't gone to Voeld yet and went with Avitus to Ark Natanus and convinced him to become Pathfinder. Will probably do Voeld first today then go to Aya and to The Nexus to clean some stuff up. Some pics Another Sara Selfie These Scourge things have never been there with my old PC?? Fun fighting the Architect Pretty Havarl
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Post by melbella on Sept 25, 2018 12:06:30 GMT
These Scourge things have never been there with my old PC?? They've always been there as far as I know. Lots of them on both Elaaden and Eos. And you don't want to get too close! Didn't you also say you saw them on the derelict ship for the first time? Yay for better graphics!
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Post by saandrig on Sept 25, 2018 13:41:27 GMT
These Scourge things have never been there with my old PC?? They've always been there as far as I know. Lots of them on both Elaaden and Eos. And you don't want to get too close! Didn't you also say you saw them on the derelict ship for the first time? Yay for better graphics! I always had those Scourge, errm, "tentacles" visible even on my old GTX 660 at Medium settings. When I made the jump to GTX 1080ti and all Ultra, there definitely were more details, sparkles and light effects on the Scourge. But the biggest change was going from 1080p to a 1440p IPS monitor. Now, MEA isn't as amazing in the color department design as say Titanfall 2, despite using the same engine (I can run TF2 sometimes just to wow at the visuals). But still, the crispier image of 1440p and much better colors make you notice things you didn't pay attention to before. Havarl and Habitat 7 are probably the best looking ones. And I didn't really pay attention in earlier runs how the leaves pulsate with light or how nice the jungle looks from a distance.
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Post by dazk on Sept 25, 2018 22:31:25 GMT
These Scourge things have never been there with my old PC?? They've always been there as far as I know. Lots of them on both Elaaden and Eos. And you don't want to get too close! Didn't you also say you saw them on the derelict ship for the first time? Yay for better graphics! There were always some around at other sites near the pillars and where the remnant are on both EOS and Elaaden but I never had them at the site where you fight the architect on Elaaden before. And yeah the detail is far superior with the new card, the scourge looks alive rather than just dull grey transparent colour. Definitely been fried a few times by those scourge tendrils especially on Khi Tasira
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Post by dazk on Sept 25, 2018 22:37:35 GMT
They've always been there as far as I know. Lots of them on both Elaaden and Eos. And you don't want to get too close! Didn't you also say you saw them on the derelict ship for the first time? Yay for better graphics! I always had those Scourge, errm, "tentacles" visible even on my old GTX 660 at Medium settings. When I made the jump to GTX 1080ti and all Ultra, there definitely were more details, sparkles and light effects on the Scourge. But the biggest change was going from 1080p to a 1440p IPS monitor. Now, MEA isn't as amazing in the color department design as say Titanfall 2, despite using the same engine (I can run TF2 sometimes just to wow at the visuals). But still, the crispier image of 1440p and much better colors make you notice things you didn't pay attention to before. Havarl and Habitat 7 are probably the best looking ones. And I didn't really pay attention in earlier runs how the leaves pulsate with light or how nice the jungle looks from a distance. I have always had some of the scourge "tentacles" but never at the Elaaden site where you fight the architect and never as detailed. They look darker and in some you can see little orange flares. Havarl has always been my favourite planet, I could see the pulsing of the leaves before but not nearly as clearly or in as much detail. Yeah its fun to admire the Havarl jungle, it looks alive with all the pulsing and glowing stuff. And damn now you have me thinking about getting a new monitor I also noticed the extra detail on the mushrooms in an Elaaden cave.
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Post by dazk on Sept 25, 2018 23:29:32 GMT
So yesterday Sara tracked down Pee Bee's Rem Tech on Elaaden and got lucky with finding the final diseased body but then totally forgot to actually complete the mission. Headed to Voeld and saved Dr Kennedy and her newborn David Edward then went to The Nexus and got Spender exiled, chatted with Davis Qar re installing all his receivers, saw a memory in SAM bode of Ellen dying and went to The Vortex and had all three of Dutch's drinks in a row including the Leaping Leprechaun and woke up on the stage. The off to Aya to give Avela her last relic, spoke to The Governor, to Venn Tehrev, to Evfra and to Maariko who I lied to and feel really bad about it. Also spoke to Ljeta and hopefully she'll go back and visit Rorik. Landing on Voeld Leaving Kadara More pretty space pic's In Pathfinder HQ have only ever seen Alec on the memorial but got Macen and Matriach Ishara for the first time yesterday:
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Post by saandrig on Sept 26, 2018 7:49:18 GMT
And damn now you have me thinking about getting a new monitor Yes! Join the Dark side! We have G-sync, better colors, more frames and even more HD graphics 😎 I know it sounds like a bad sales pitch. I had to buy a new monitor because I had the 1080ti for a year and the card was just snoozing because of my 1080p, 60hz monitor. I mean getting it to 50% load was hard. Even with everything on Ultra. Now with the new hot display in town, the GPU had a bad wake up call. It can handle 1440p at 60fps with about 75% load. But the new monitor is 144hz and that really forces the 1080ti to go to 99% load in order to keep up 😈 I thought the 1440p and the higher framerate was going to be the highlight for me. And they are sweet, don't get me wrong. But what actually took the cake was the G-sync. Now MEA is quite poorly optimized. Not much of an issue if I lock the framerate at 60. But with a monitor that supports up to 144 you want to get as many frames as possible. And on Havarl that means I get jumps from 75 to 100 FPS all the time. Usually that would suck because you get screen tearing and visual stutters. But with G-sync I honestly can't see it at all. The picture runs butter smooth all the time. I would never know I play with such FPS jumps if I don't watch the OSD display. Well, unless you dip from 70 to 30 FPS in a second (looking at you Tempest bridge, worst coded area ever) but even then it's much better than on my old monitor. And I played a bit of the old ME games that I know inside out and wondered how did I enjoy them on my old monitor that apparently bleached all colors. Oh, on that note just played Peebee's mission for the first time on my new monitor. Man, I stared so long at the pretty lava. The colors are way more vibrant now 💗
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