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Post by dazk on Sept 14, 2021 1:59:17 GMT
So yesterday finished Havarl, hunted down Taavos and got him to do his thing with the gauntlet and then went to the vault and reset thatwithout too much difficulty. Also found the details of Amurd sister and chose the repsonse that I couldn't decide for him which I have never done before and it sort of left a bad taste in my mouth. Collected all the collectibles, Roekaar data pads, ancient artifacts and Turian wreckage. The headed back to the Tempest to talk toEvfra then back down to Havarl to talk to Addison and then the scientists. Got there quest to scan mutated animals and had forgotten how hard that is on Insanity but got it done without loss of life. Copied the data and deleted it and gave it to the AI scientists. Then didn't have much time left to play and headed to Voeld, man it's cold on Voeld almost died after finally landing. Game crashed twice trying to land which is a problem I have had before and it's due to a MOD I think. Started the game without MODS and it was fine but Sara looked weird without her face, complexion etc. mods. Then closed and reopened the game with the MODS and tran around talking to all the people and geting quests and thought what the hell I'll go straight away and save the Moshae. That seemed to be a decision the game thought was insulting or hilarious and some of the combat was obscenely difficult, something I haven't experienced for a while and had either forgotten or the game was having a wobble. First challenge was the pod room you can scan lots of pods trying to find The Moshae, found cover killed an Ascendant and thought one more and there were at least 4 more of the damn things. PeeBee went down early and I just ignored her as I spent the rest of the time running around like crazy kiling one Ascendant whilst avoiding the others. I caught Jaal hiding and doing nothing so used him as bait and ordered him to the centre of the room which awoke his fighting abilities which helped. Was stressful fight though. After that I was dreading the fight with the Cardinal or whatever she/he is called. Again I don't ever remember this being an overly difficult fight, I usually take a spot centre room and only move when the Cardinal sends one of those globes at you or appears right near you. Again this time I had to move almost constantly as there were so many Annointed it was insane. Gave up on trying to take out the Cardnial first and ran around killing all the other enemies then took down the cardinal who was far harder than I remember. So with that done told SAM we were going to blow the place up (Jaal was unhappy) and thought how the hell am I going to survive the end fight with all those damn Fiends. Anyway started alright eliminating the first wave of Anointed and riff raff but the damn Moshae got stuck with on Annointed left so had to go down and bump her to get her moving. That left me vulnerable for the second wave and the damn Fiends, so ruched back to the platform losing a fair bit of health but healed with a healing box thing and dug in. The number of Fiends was totally ridiculous and I spammed some Cobras but it was to no point so played piggy back instead. Just jump jetted on their backs and shooting when I could until I could jump to the other platform and get extracted. Fortunately dead Jaal and PeeBee soul travelled to the shuttle and reincorporated. Well at least that's over with, the Main Kett Base should be fun but at least the battles there are a little more open planned and easy to channel enemies. For the first time I thought about changing to Soldier and using Tactical cloak, Turbocharge and and the Turret or Flak Cannon for some extra firepower for the boss enemies. Overload and Energy drain are good for shield stripping etc on lesser enemies but they didn't really seem to help much with the Descendant and Fiends. Pic's Gave Sara a new look, mainly new hair and as always looks great in the CC and cut scenes but ordinary in game. Not sure i will stick with it or try another hair style. Havarl Voeld
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Post by talyn82 on Sept 14, 2021 2:16:59 GMT
Thanks, I just arrived on EOS. I've seen images of the Nomad reminds me of the Mako. It's a hell of a lot better handling wise than the Mako and a lot of fun to drive once you get the knack of it. Are you on PC or Console? I'm on PC.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Sept 14, 2021 3:07:54 GMT
Not so elegant Cora in death mode
I enjoyed the Liam romance. Just wish I didn't have to suffer Sara's VA to experience it though. I love Fryda’s performance as Sara.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 14, 2021 3:20:33 GMT
I enjoyed the Liam romance. Just wish I didn't have to suffer Sara's VA to experience it though. I am looking forward to it, I have only done it once before. I don't mind Sara's VA but she does have some bits that make me cringe or go WTF where she just misses the right tone or emotion but I think it is far better when you play her casual/emotional responses. Coming back to MEA after playing MELE 4 times in a row the VA work I think is far better in the trilogy but I think Liara and Sara have the same weaknesses but at least Sara doesn't say "By the Goddess" every 5 minutes. She also doesn't ninjamance you.
What yo udon't like being Ninjamanced shame on you
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 14, 2021 3:23:59 GMT
I enjoyed the Liam romance. Just wish I didn't have to suffer Sara's VA to experience it though. I love Fryda’s performance as Sara. So did I thought she did a great job.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 14, 2021 3:28:42 GMT
So yesterday finished Havarl, hunted down Taavos and got him to do his thing with the gauntlet and then went to the vault and reset thatwithout too much difficulty. Also found the details of Amurd sister and chose the repsonse that I couldn't decide for him which I have never done before and it sort of left a bad taste in my mouth. Collected all the collectibles, Roekaar data pads, ancient artifacts and Turian wreckage. The headed back to the Tempest to talk toEvfra then back down to Havarl to talk to Addison and then the scientists. Got there quest to scan mutated animals and had forgotten how hard that is on Insanity but got it done without loss of life. Copied the data and deleted it and gave it to the AI scientists. Then didn't have much time left to play and headed to Voeld, man it's cold on Voeld almost died after finally landing. Game crashed twice trying to land which is a problem I have had before and it's due to a MOD I think. Started the game without MODS and it was fine but Sara looked weird without her face, complexion etc. mods. Then closed and reopened the game with the MODS and tran around talking to all the people and geting quests and thought what the hell I'll go straight away and save the Moshae. That seemed to be a decision the game thought was insulting or hilarious and some of the combat was obscenely difficult, something I haven't experienced for a while and had either forgotten or the game was having a wobble. First challenge was the pod room you can scan lots of pods trying to find The Moshae, found cover killed an Ascendant and thought one more and there were at least 4 more of the damn things. PeeBee went down early and I just ignored her as I spent the rest of the time running around like crazy kiling one Ascendant whilst avoiding the others. I caught Jaal hiding and doing nothing so used him as bait and ordered him to the centre of the room which awoke his fighting abilities which helped. Was stressful fight though. After that I was dreading the fight with the Cardinal or whatever she/he is called. Again I don't ever remember this being an overly difficult fight, I usually take a spot centre room and only move when the Cardinal sends one of those globes at you or appears right near you. Again this time I had to move almost constantly as there were so many Annointed it was insane. Gave up on trying to take out the Cardnial first and ran around killing all the other enemies then took down the cardinal who was far harder than I remember.
So with that done told SAM we were going to blow the place up (Jaal was unhappy) and thought how the hell am I going to survive the end fight with all those damn Fiends. Anyway started alright eliminating the first wave of Anointed and riff raff but the damn Moshae got stuck with on Annointed left so had to go down and bump her to get her moving. That left me vulnerable for the second wave and the damn Fiends, so ruched back to the platform losing a fair bit of health but healed with a healing box thing and dug in. The number of Fiends was totally ridiculous and I spammed some Cobras but it was to no point so played piggy back instead. Just jump jetted on their backs and shooting when I could until I could jump to the other platform and get extracted. Fortunately dead Jaal and PeeBee soul travelled to the shuttle and reincorporated. Well at least that's over with, the Main Kett Base should be fun but at least the battles there are a little more open planned and easy to channel enemies. For the first time I thought about changing to Soldier and using Tactical cloak, Turbocharge and and the Turret or Flak Cannon for some extra firepower for the boss enemies. Overload and Energy drain are good for shield stripping etc on lesser enemies but they didn't really seem to help much with the Descendant and Fiends. Pic's Gave Sara a new look, mainly new hair and as always looks great in the CC and cut scenes but ordinary in game. Not sure i will stick with it or try another hair style. Havarl Voeld Ah yeah the acendantthey can be a handful if you don't keep an eye on them. They did manage to get me on my last playthrough of the Moshae quest
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Post by dazk on Sept 14, 2021 4:35:28 GMT
It's a hell of a lot better handling wise than the Mako and a lot of fun to drive once you get the knack of it. Are you on PC or Console? I'm on PC. If I remember the previous dialogue on BSN re the Nomad correctly, it is a more difficult than on Console to drive and if you are an achievement hunter there may be one achievement "Hang Time" you cannot get but there may be a MOD for it by now. Was the MOD you mentioned you installed MEA Fixpack? That is great as it repairs a few broken quests. I also use Better Squad which re-balances weapons and squad powers. If SAM gets annoying you can use a MOD called Shut Up SAM and choose various options. I hate doing the puzzles on the terminals so I use the Remnant Decryption keys and I use a MOD so you can buy them on the Tempest. It's called SK_Free Remenant Decryption Keys Stack
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Post by talyn82 on Sept 14, 2021 5:09:28 GMT
If I remember the previous dialogue on BSN re the Nomad correctly, it is a more difficult than on Console to drive and if you are an achievement hunter there may be one achievement "Hang Time" you cannot get but there may be a MOD for it by now. Was the MOD you mentioned you installed MEA Fixpack? That is great as it repairs a few broken quests. I also use Better Squad which re-balances weapons and squad powers. If SAM gets annoying you can use a MOD called Shut Up SAM and choose various options. I hate doing the puzzles on the terminals so I use the Remnant Decryption keys and I use a MOD so you can buy them on the Tempest. It's called SK_Free Remenant Decryption Keys Stack Yes, the only mod I'm using at the moment is the MEA Fixpack. I will checkout the Better Squad mod. So far SAM does not annoy me. Reminds me of EDI. R.I.P EDI. I have not run into any puzzles on terminals, if I do I'll first see how they're like and if they are annoying I will download the mod you mentioned. Right now I just activated the two pylons in Camp 1 on EOS, fought of some Kett, and now have access to the other buildings.
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Post by dazk on Sept 14, 2021 7:05:31 GMT
If I remember the previous dialogue on BSN re the Nomad correctly, it is a more difficult than on Console to drive and if you are an achievement hunter there may be one achievement "Hang Time" you cannot get but there may be a MOD for it by now. Was the MOD you mentioned you installed MEA Fixpack? That is great as it repairs a few broken quests. I also use Better Squad which re-balances weapons and squad powers. If SAM gets annoying you can use a MOD called Shut Up SAM and choose various options. I hate doing the puzzles on the terminals so I use the Remnant Decryption keys and I use a MOD so you can buy them on the Tempest. It's called SK_Free Remenant Decryption Keys Stack Yes, the only mod I'm using at the moment is the MEA Fixpack. I will checkout the Better Squad mod. So far SAM does not annoy me. Reminds me of EDI. R.I.P EDI. I have not run into any puzzles on terminals, if I do I'll first see how they're like and if they are annoying I will download the mod you mentioned. Right now I just activated the two pylons in Camp 1 on EOS, fought of some Kett, and now have access to the other buildings. Here's a page about the puzzles if you are interested. There are two or three that you have to solve manually that are quite hard and I am just terrible at this sort of thing and they were taking me 45 minutes or more to do so in the end I had to cheat by looking up the solutions as it was just too frustrating and a waste of time. www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-13-mass-effect-andromeda-remnant-decryption-puzzle-monolith-vault-4827
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 14, 2021 11:00:22 GMT
Yes, the only mod I'm using at the moment is the MEA Fixpack. I will checkout the Better Squad mod. So far SAM does not annoy me. Reminds me of EDI. R.I.P EDI. I have not run into any puzzles on terminals, if I do I'll first see how they're like and if they are annoying I will download the mod you mentioned. Right now I just activated the two pylons in Camp 1 on EOS, fought of some Kett, and now have access to the other buildings. Here's a page about the puzzles if you are interested. There are two or three that you have to solve manually that are quite hard and I am just terrible at this sort of thing and they were taking me 45 minutes or more to do so in the end I had to cheat by looking up the solutions as it was just too frustrating and a waste of time. www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-13-mass-effect-andromeda-remnant-decryption-puzzle-monolith-vault-4827 That's why I got the strategy guide. That way if I don' twantto figuer out the puzzles and I can' tfind any encryption keyd I can still get past them that way
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Post by talyn82 on Sept 14, 2021 17:33:53 GMT
Yes, the only mod I'm using at the moment is the MEA Fixpack. I will checkout the Better Squad mod. So far SAM does not annoy me. Reminds me of EDI. R.I.P EDI. I have not run into any puzzles on terminals, if I do I'll first see how they're like and if they are annoying I will download the mod you mentioned. Right now I just activated the two pylons in Camp 1 on EOS, fought of some Kett, and now have access to the other buildings. Here's a page about the puzzles if you are interested. There are two or three that you have to solve manually that are quite hard and I am just terrible at this sort of thing and they were taking me 45 minutes or more to do so in the end I had to cheat by looking up the solutions as it was just too frustrating and a waste of time. www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-13-mass-effect-andromeda-remnant-decryption-puzzle-monolith-vault-4827 Thanks for the link, but the more I read it the more of a headache I got. So I'll be downloading that mod.
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Post by dazk on Sept 14, 2021 22:46:51 GMT
Thanks for the link, but the more I read it the more of a headache I got. So I'll be downloading that mod. Where are you are you still on EOS? You should have had to do at least one of those puzzles on one of the monoliths I think. Anyway hope the link helps with the solutions, there is actually an achievement I think for doing them all manually. With Eos it's a bit like the hinterlands in DAI, once you set up the outpost go talk to all the people you can there but then head back to The Nexus. Don't try and do everything else there because it is gated by the Radiation and you'll just waste hours there trying to do things. Suvi and Kallo will tell you when you can return.
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Post by talyn82 on Sept 14, 2021 23:19:39 GMT
Thanks for the link, but the more I read it the more of a headache I got. So I'll be downloading that mod. Where are you are you still on EOS? You should have had to do at least one of those puzzles on one of the monoliths I think. Anyway hope the link helps with the solutions, there is actually an achievement I think for doing them all manually. With Eos it's a bit like the hinterlands in DAI, once you set up the outpost go talk to all the people you can there but then head back to The Nexus. Don't try and do everything else there because it is gated by the Radiation and you'll just waste hours there trying to do things. Suvi and Kallo will tell you when you can return. I only have some free time at night to play. I have not been to the Monolith on EOS, but it was mentioned already, SAM said it was just outside the first gate, so that means I have to find the Nomad to safely leave the gate.
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Post by melbella on Sept 15, 2021 0:00:04 GMT
Here's a page about the puzzles if you are interested. There are two or three that you have to solve manually that are quite hard and I am just terrible at this sort of thing and they were taking me 45 minutes or more to do so in the end I had to cheat by looking up the solutions as it was just too frustrating and a waste of time. Pish-posh! Solving the alien sudoku puzzles provides a nice break from all that crazy combat. Kind of like planet scanning in ME2.
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Post by dazk on Sept 15, 2021 0:27:40 GMT
Here's a page about the puzzles if you are interested. There are two or three that you have to solve manually that are quite hard and I am just terrible at this sort of thing and they were taking me 45 minutes or more to do so in the end I had to cheat by looking up the solutions as it was just too frustrating and a waste of time. Pish-posh! Solving the alien sudoku puzzles provides a nice break from all that crazy combat. Kind of like planet scanning in ME2. I like the scanning of planets. I am sure the puzzles are fun for some but I am just not very good at them so they are really frustrating for me and the hard ones were taking me 45 minutes +. I'd much rather be in combat than doing puzzles.
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Post by colfoley on Sept 15, 2021 1:51:42 GMT
I love Kadara. With Voeled I think its environmental issues are getting to me this PT so Kadara is probably my favorite planet and just such fun sniping lovely fun time and being able to blast away to my hearts content at my leisure without having to worry about freezing to death. On the flip side it seems like they have fixed the AI problem where you can just snipe the Ai and they don't react to you...either that or I am not far enough away. Still Andromeda is the second or third funnest time I have ever had with sniping outside of the Ghost Recon Games and Kadara is just nnniiiiiicccee. Even under fire popping head shots. So the biggest thing is that I had of course forgotten it just seems like you get to Kadara and things open up. Been waiting on a few things and trying to just sort of continue to predict how this PT will continue to flow from here...and continuing to do that even now...then all at once I get back to the Tempest from Kadara and of course first of all the 'I didn't say you could leave' cutscene happened then all at once Contagion, the next stage of the Firefighters, continued leads on both Arks, Eladaan, Jaal Ama Derav Friend and also I believe the beginnings of Vetra's loyalty mission all triggered at once. So...yeah. Lots to do. And well I don't plan on doing *all* of it before hitting the Archon's ship but well a lot of it may be done. I always like the symetry of finding the Salarian ark last, if Jaal's hissy fit don't resolve I will be trying out the friend foe thing to see if that works...and then Contagion I want to do, for reasons. And the Firefighters soon as well. Back to Kadara and did the first two quests working for the Charlatan, chuckled at the people asking if Cora came with the car, and then feeling like a tourist as I tried reading the map to get to some of this stuff and then still taking wrong turns so I have to backtrack. I also...genuinely like every memeber of this cast. Which while maybe a few of them not as strong overall its still unique among BioWare games in that category. Every BioWare game has one character at least I hate or dislike but Andromeda...they are all good. Sure Liam and Peebee and get annoying but Liam has some really great banter and has actually a pretty good perspective to offer to a game like this. 'The broken idealist'. So yeah you put that parrot up your arse buddy.
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Post by dazk on Sept 15, 2021 2:25:52 GMT
So yesterday did some driving around Voeld setting up Forward Stations and doing some side missions like rescuing Nils from the labor camp, killing a million Adhi at the strange meteor and helping Tej or rather taking down the whole Kett station for Tej since they were all dead before he even got there. Only one of the random quests popped after numerous attempts at stopping and killing Remnant and Kett, hopefully have more luck today. Left myself parked outside the main Kett Base. Forget when I started I still had the really cold Voeld bug so restarted and then got the it's not cold at all bug so that was fun. This morning logged in and headed straight into the Kett Station and took that down with no problems, The Prefect took a bit of time and Cora died and I revived her but overall wasn't much of a problem. Unlocked the optional storage area and gathered the data for Ari Vesjek. Next completing the medical caches and clearing up other side quests and hopefully the random quests pop especially the one you can get the Data Module from. Dead Prefect Nice View Buxill Sara
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Post by dazk on Sept 16, 2021 1:20:35 GMT
So yesterday finished all of Voeld except for activating the Vault then setting up the Outpost which will lead to fighting the Architect which on Insanity and with the monoliths activated means the really annoying cold (rapid loss of shields etc.) has appeared. So the vault will also be an absolute pain in the butt, so will skip trying to get the data module via the puzzle and just get in and out me thinks. Pic's - Spoilers Destroyed the AI to save the Angaran guy I am with you Cora
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Post by talyn82 on Sept 16, 2021 4:19:01 GMT
Got to play a bit today, I found the Nomad and activated the Monolith, then I met Peebee and she told me I had to activate two more monoliths. Now I have a problem finding these monoliths. The Nomad handles better than the Mako, but does it climb upwards like the Mako?
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Post by dazk on Sept 16, 2021 5:29:09 GMT
The Monoliths should be marked on the map otherwise go to your journal and select the relevant journal entry, sorry can't remember what it's called but it will be under Priority Missions.
They also should be pretty easy to actually see when you drive around. I'd recommend going to the one to the East last, it has the tougher fight there is a body inside the building you need to scan and terminals to investigate as well.
Also don't forget to scan around the monoliths some have dead bodies to find for a quest, if you looked around where you first landed on Eos near the big circle thing behind one off the buildings is a parked shuttle that has one near it in case you missed it.
The Mako does climb well but you'll need to use boost "SHIFT" on the keyboard for some places and some places are just unscalable.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Sept 16, 2021 6:38:32 GMT
Yeah use Boost on Nomad and change the gears if you have them already to climb mode from drive mode.
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Post by dazk on Sept 16, 2021 7:06:06 GMT
The Monoliths should be marked on the map otherwise go to your journal and select the relevant journal entry, sorry can't remember what it's called but it will be under Priority Missions. They also should be pretty easy to actually see when you drive around. I'd recommend going to the one to the East last, it has the tougher fight there is a body inside the building you need to scan and terminals to investigate as well. Also don't forget to scan around the monoliths some have dead bodies to find for a quest, if you looked around where you first landed on Eos near the big circle thing behind one off the buildings is a parked shuttle that has one near it in case you missed it. The Mako does climb well but you'll need to use boost "SHIFT" on the keyboard for some places and some places are just unscalable. EDIT as Unicephalon 40-D mentioned and as Gill does when you first get it you can change to All Terrain Mode using "CTRL" to help climb things. "SHIFT" makes you go faster. EDIT 2: it is RMB that sets the Nomad to All Terrain Mode and makes it easier to climb.
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Post by talyn82 on Sept 16, 2021 14:57:26 GMT
The Monoliths should be marked on the map otherwise go to your journal and select the relevant journal entry, sorry can't remember what it's called but it will be under Priority Missions. They also should be pretty easy to actually see when you drive around. I'd recommend going to the one to the East last, it has the tougher fight there is a body inside the building you need to scan and terminals to investigate as well. Also don't forget to scan around the monoliths some have dead bodies to find for a quest, if you looked around where you first landed on Eos near the big circle thing behind one off the buildings is a parked shuttle that has one near it in case you missed it. The Mako does climb well but you'll need to use boost "SHIFT" on the keyboard for some places and some places are just unscalable. `I've seen the Monoliths marked on my map it just seems to be far away, and I am afraid of losing protection from the radiation. I will scan around the monoliths like you said. The Nomad is easier to control it's like you said some places are unscalable.
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Post by colfoley on Sept 16, 2021 20:25:11 GMT
Pretty much all I did was the Firefighters and then I started Contagion...which might mess with my plans but then I had forgotten that Firefighters ended on the Nexsus in the first place...so yeah. Firefighters is still a pretty fascinating quest to. Maybe it wraps up a little quickly for my tastes but it did set up an interesting moral conundrum here and had some interesting connections to the trilogy. Of course this also feels like railroading from a philosophical sense since the player has no real choice but to agree with human AI hybridization in the end and just gets to resolve the quest by dealing with the plot full stop. So I guess A for setting up an interesting debate but B for actual execution because it occurs to me that, well it is cool that we were able to help out Alain and it is a good point that was made that an AI could help in that circumstance...but Knight's point is also pretty valid and is one of the two fears that I think most people have about the IRL singularity. Borg you know. So the player should have had a third option here to basically promise to take the matter to Nexus leadership and try and establish more safeguards that this won't happen. Too late for Ryrder or the pathfinders and I personally don't think SAM is out to assimilate the universe...but would've been more powerful of a statement, more philosophical. And of course Contagion is going to be a real doozy one of these super fictional plagues with 'no cure' 'no vaccine'. So lets see where this goes in the age of COVID.
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Post by dazk on Sept 17, 2021 2:08:17 GMT
The Monoliths should be marked on the map otherwise go to your journal and select the relevant journal entry, sorry can't remember what it's called but it will be under Priority Missions. They also should be pretty easy to actually see when you drive around. I'd recommend going to the one to the East last, it has the tougher fight there is a body inside the building you need to scan and terminals to investigate as well. Also don't forget to scan around the monoliths some have dead bodies to find for a quest, if you looked around where you first landed on Eos near the big circle thing behind one off the buildings is a parked shuttle that has one near it in case you missed it. The Mako does climb well but you'll need to use boost "SHIFT" on the keyboard for some places and some places are just unscalable. `I've seen the Monoliths marked on my map it just seems to be far away, and I am afraid of losing protection from the radiation. I will scan around the monoliths like you said. The Nomad is easier to control it's like you said some places are unscalable. In regard to the first missions to activate the monoliths and the vault you wont need to worry too much about the radiation as those sites are all protected from the Radiation. If you venture off a road etc. to get to something you'll be fine most of the time in The Nomad and to jump out scan something and get back in. SAM will also warn you about the radiation and if you urgently need to get out of a radiation zone just Fast Travel somewhere. My advice is after doing the monoliths, vault and setting up the outpost leave EOs and go to the Nexus and do the missions there and then follow the main quest to the next planets and come back to EOS later. I literally completed two other planets just the last few days before going back to EOS.
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