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Post by Finvola on Sept 11, 2022 19:40:21 GMT
Yes I agree with you on the not being able to save during priority or loyalty missions. I thought to myself "What in the hell kind of 1980's crap is this?" Why can't we quick save at least? Although I have not had many crashes, I have had one, as well as some error code. Not during those missions, but still--we should still have the ability to at least quick save. I can understand not being able to save during things with a timer but there aren't too many timed missions. I just grabbed a screenshot of of Assface Ryder (I was drawing a blank while trying to think of a name for her that night. ) during Peebee's mission to recover her bot. See, she doesn't really have an assface.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 11, 2022 19:49:30 GMT
And these if you don't want to worry about the puzzles: Remnant Decryption Key Limit Increased SK_Free Remnant Decryption Keys Stack
I like the Remnant puzzles....they are a nice break from combat!
Started a new game yesterday, well NG+ actually after downloading one of my old saves. I'm starting at level 70 but since I haven't played the game in a few years I'm sticking to normal difficulty. Playing as default Scott.
It's unfortunate that even when starting a NG+ you still get stuck with a level 1 shoddy pistol (and crapass helmet ) for Habitat 7. It's taking me a while to get used to the controls. I tried mapping them to match MELE but there are more functions to worry about even with fewer powers so it's not working as well as I'd like. Kinda makes me miss the multi-functional space bar of the trilogy.
A couple other things I forgot about: no quick save at all and no manual save during priority missions. I'd really like to know what idiot thought that set up was a good idea and give them a hard, swift kick in the arse. Also, no easy way to take screenshots. I'm gonna play around with my radeon settings to see if I can find something there.
As for playing, I finished Habitat 7, Scott is the new pathfinder, which many people aren't all that happy about. Addison is still annoying, Tann is still a tool, and Kesh is still awesome. Picked up a few quests on the Nexus, the sabotage and first murderer, and sent out some Apex teams. I actually had finished missions from the save I imported. dazk Didn't you mention there being ambient dialogue you didn't remember hearing before? I got the same thing while roaming the Nexus, but I'm wondering if perhaps it's because I have more processing power now and stuff that wasn't able to play before now can? Anyway, I heard comments about Girl Scout cookies and some salarian talking to his omnitool, neither of which I remember hearing before. Probably more but now I don't recall what.
I meant to finish up the sabotage mission but I hit the wrong hot spot on the travel map and ended up triggering the Tempest scene instead. Which was fine since that allowed me to finally change out of the way too white default casual outfit. I kept the same outfit but changed it to black with red and white trim. Just about to head to the bridge and start Pathfinding.
Personally I nevre saw i tas tha tbig a deal as the game autosaves pretty frequentl yanywa yand the autosaves work a heck of a lot better than on ME1.
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Post by melbella on Sept 11, 2022 22:09:46 GMT
I figured out how to take screenshots with the GeForce software but it only lets me take them from Ryder's back side.
Here they are on EOS Site 1, after turning the power back on. Kallo was not impressed with their choice of playground.
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Post by Finvola on Sept 11, 2022 23:45:36 GMT
Yes the Geforce screenshots end up rotating Ryder if I try to do it while she's on the ship, it just turns the camera angle around! I ended up taking a bit longer wrapping up side missions. I should have known I'd be going about 10 other places after the 5 I already went to. So I did those, finished up Peebee and Liam's loyalty missions, now there's nothing really left for me to do but go to Meridian. I'm not bothering with rocks, plants, or any of those things. I did a few before but maybe if I decide to go for all the achievements some day I will collect them all. I've done everything else I can do but I'll do the mission later when I have time to concentrate on it.
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Post by dazk on Sept 12, 2022 1:22:49 GMT
And these if you don't want to worry about the puzzles: Remnant Decryption Key Limit Increased SK_Free Remnant Decryption Keys Stack I like the Remnant puzzles....they are a nice break from combat! Started a new game yesterday, well NG+ actually after downloading one of my old saves. I'm starting at level 70 but since I haven't played the game in a few years I'm sticking to normal difficulty. Playing as default Scott.
It's unfortunate that even when starting a NG+ you still get stuck with a level 1 shoddy pistol (and crapass helmet ) for Habitat 7. It's taking me a while to get used to the controls. I tried mapping them to match MELE but there are more functions to worry about even with fewer powers so it's not working as well as I'd like. Kinda makes me miss the multi-functional space bar of the trilogy. A couple other things I forgot about: no quick save at all and no manual save during priority missions. I'd really like to know what idiot thought that set up was a good idea and give them a hard, swift kick in the arse. Also, no easy way to take screenshots. I'm gonna play around with my radeon settings to see if I can find something there. As for playing, I finished Habitat 7, Scott is the new pathfinder, which many people aren't all that happy about. Addison is still annoying, Tann is still a tool, and Kesh is still awesome. Picked up a few quests on the Nexus, the sabotage and first murderer, and sent out some Apex teams. I actually had finished missions from the save I imported. dazk Didn't you mention there being ambient dialogue you didn't remember hearing before? I got the same thing while roaming the Nexus, but I'm wondering if perhaps it's because I have more processing power now and stuff that wasn't able to play before now can? Anyway, I heard comments about Girl Scout cookies and some salarian talking to his omnitool, neither of which I remember hearing before. Probably more but now I don't recall what. I meant to finish up the sabotage mission but I hit the wrong hot spot on the travel map and ended up triggering the Tempest scene instead. Which was fine since that allowed me to finally change out of the way too white default casual outfit. I kept the same outfit but changed it to black with red and white trim. Just about to head to the bridge and start Pathfinding.
Watching Liadan videos I mentioned I had forgotten about a lot of the ambient dialogue in the Hyperion as having played so many times I generally rush and mash the hell out of the spacebar to skip dialogue etc. to get to Habitat 7. I did wander around the Cryo bay for a big and get stuff like Fisher I think it is talking after just coming out his Cryo Pod and a few other bits and pieces but my impatience one out again. That said even in my last PT (number 20) I came across dialogue and things I hadn't before.
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Post by dazk on Sept 12, 2022 1:27:03 GMT
Yes I agree with you on the not being able to save during priority or loyalty missions. I thought to myself "What in the hell kind of 1980's crap is this?" Why can't we quick save at least? Although I have not had many crashes, I have had one, as well as some error code. Not during those missions, but still--we should still have the ability to at least quick save. I can understand not being able to save during things with a timer but there aren't too many timed missions. I just grabbed a screenshot of of Assface Ryder (I was drawing a blank while trying to think of a name for her that night. ) during Peebee's mission to recover her bot. See, she doesn't really have an assface. Yeah no quick save is annoying but most of the time you can just hit ESC and then save game so it's not too bad. The Nomad you will honestly get used to on KB&M. Crashes, where are you getting crashes. Kadara tends to be the worst place for me but mainly when I go there the first time as it doesn't like the initial landing when I do it with MODS in use. Elaaden I have had some Graphics issues freeze the screen but rarely. No she is not an Ass Face but man she's laid that black lip stick on think!!!!
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Post by dazk on Sept 12, 2022 1:40:08 GMT
So started PT 21 yesterday NG+ on normal till I get used to the controls again after playing MELE, keep hitting SHIFT all the damn time!!!!! melbella you probably know but once you reach Cora on Habitat 7 you get access to other weapons. Got to the point of meeting with Dad on Habitat 7 before having to stop. tried the peaceful option with the Kett but they weren't interested. Tried to recreate an older Sara from my first Insanity PT but as usual (in every game) the CC doesn't represent properly in game so some tweaking will need to be done on the Tempest when it becomes available. Brighter red hair and a lighter complexion was intended. Straight out of Cryo Dad closing his eyes at just the wrong time or me being terrible with the timing of the screenshot "Catch me I am Falling" Hitting the ground NOT running
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Post by melbella on Sept 12, 2022 2:24:31 GMT
melbella you probably know but once you reach Cora on Habitat 7 you get access to other weapons. Ah yes, the mighty Avenger was available!
I was able to outfit Scott properly before landing on Eos, though I think I'm still using the damn Avenger... But, I also loaded up a Viper and Carnifex. Explored Site 1 after restoring the power, crafted a level IX asari sword in the tech lab, for more weapon damage. Turned on all the monoliths, met Peebee and Drack, and am ready to explore the first vault. That will have to wait until next time though.
I'm not sure what kind of game I want to play. Current powers are Overload, Tac Cloak, and Turbocharge, which don't seem to go together at all, especially when using an AR. Maybe I'll swap Turbocharge for Invasion, or even a biotic skill. I'm using Infiltrator profile to see through walls.
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Post by dazk on Sept 12, 2022 2:47:20 GMT
melbella you probably know but once you reach Cora on Habitat 7 you get access to other weapons. Ah yes, the mighty Avenger was available!
I was able to outfit Scott properly before landing on Eos, though I think I'm still using the damn Avenger... But, I also loaded up a Viper and Carnifex. Explored Site 1 after restoring the power, crafted a level IX asari sword in the tech lab, for more weapon damage. Turned on all the monoliths, met Peebee and Drack, and am ready to explore the first vault. That will have to wait until next time though.
I'm not sure what kind of game I want to play. Current powers are Overload, Tac Cloak, and Turbocharge, which don't seem to go together at all, especially when using an AR. Maybe I'll swap Turbocharge for Invasion, or even a biotic skill. I'm using Infiltrator profile to see through walls.
I was going to play as a Soldier and use Concussive Shot/Tactical Cloak and Turbocharge but forgot to change profile and am currently just doing my Sentinel Incinerate/Overload and Energy Drain. Turbocharge is great with an AR or an SMG using Auto Fire, you can demolish even the Destoyers in no time and if you use Tactical cloak with the right passives it gives you a damage bonus and you can also stay hidden for i think at least maybe 5 seconds whilst firing. I can't remember which SMG is best but think it's the EDIT: Hurricane it's the Hornet with Auto-Beam will check when I start playing but the SMG is also super powerful using the beam emitter. The Hurricane is also debated as the best due to its huge rate of fire. May swap between the two profiles. I just carry two level 10 Valkyries with Auto-fire mods and Dual Mod slots and 3 Kinetic Coils plus as you mentioned the Asari Sword with KC's on it to max damage out. This an example with me using the Hornet
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Post by Finvola on Sept 12, 2022 3:04:24 GMT
The Nomad you will honestly get used to on KB&M. Crashes, where are you getting crashes. Kadara tends to be the worst place for me but mainly when I go there the first time as it doesn't like the initial landing when I do it with MODS in use. Elaaden I have had some Graphics issues freeze the screen but rarely. No she is not an Ass Face but man she's laid that black lip stick on think!!!! I don't recall where the CTD happened but that was the only one I had. It might have been Elaaden but I can't say for certain. The other was a crash but it was some kind of error code. I was trying to talk to Suvi and then it threw some kind of error. I had to exit through the task manager for that one. On the reload, I tried again but a different conversation with Suvi triggered. I had one freeze while in the Nomad on Voeld (I think). It locked up and it kept driving around and around in circles. I couldn't do anything else but watch it go in circles until the game decided to unfreeze. I thought my keyboard was stuck at first, haha. I have no idea how long it stayed like that, maybe about 30 seconds.
I do like dramatic makeup. In Dragon Age, Quizzies, Hawkes, and Wardens get face paint and tattoos. It might be because I also play Sims and of course in these games we have a lack of customization options and I like to give them a bold look.
I haven't installed any mods yet but I'll be looking into it, especially bug fixes. I did encounter some bugs here and there. Nothing major, just mildly annoying more than anything.
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Post by dazk on Sept 12, 2022 3:23:16 GMT
The Nomad you will honestly get used to on KB&M. Crashes, where are you getting crashes. Kadara tends to be the worst place for me but mainly when I go there the first time as it doesn't like the initial landing when I do it with MODS in use. Elaaden I have had some Graphics issues freeze the screen but rarely. No she is not an Ass Face but man she's laid that black lip stick on think!!!! I don't recall where the CTD happened but that was the only one I had. It might have been Elaaden but I can't say for certain. The other was a crash but it was some kind of error code. I was trying to talk to Suvi and then it threw some kind of error. I had to exit through the task manager for that one. On the reload, I tried again but a different conversation with Suvi triggered. I had one freeze while in the Nomad on Voeld (I think). It locked up and it kept driving around and around in circles. I couldn't do anything else but watch it go in circles until the game decided to unfreeze. I thought my keyboard was stuck at first, haha. I have no idea how long it stayed like that, maybe about 30 seconds.
I do like dramatic makeup. In Dragon Age, Quizzies, Hawkes, and Wardens get face paint and tattoos. It might be because I also play Sims and of course in these games we have a lack of customization options and I like to give them a bold look.
I haven't installed any mods yet but I'll be looking into it, especially bug fixes. I did encounter some bugs here and there. Nothing major, just mildly annoying more than anything.
Would loved to have seen the Nomad doing circle work!!!!! The MEA FixPack mod is great it fixes a lot of stuff Bioware never got to after patch 10 when they raced off to save the unsavable Anthem. www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/541
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Post by Finvola on Sept 12, 2022 7:56:46 GMT
I finally finished my first playthrough more or less, there's just that one that pops up after but I needed to take a break from playing. Yes, I read through all of Ryder's emails after the final battle and was highly amused at all the DA references in there. I know there's always been a ME/DA connection and I had noticed a few things throughout, but the emails gave me a good laugh. I guess my thoughts are is that it took a good while for me to work through the story. I didn't expect it to take as long as it did, but I don't mean that in a bad way. My initial thoughts were that it would take about 35-40 hours. I suppose it would if you skipped over things if speed runs are your thing. But then the ending kind of came fast. I wasn't ready to finish yet. The crew grew on me over the course of the game. It took me 80 hours. And geez, is your twin useless or what? I mean they sleep through 75% of the game, appear for one mission, gets a useless pea shooter to fight kett with for about 30 seconds, then goes back to sleep and disappears? It's a good thing I didn't waste any time on his character design and left him default. As soon as I finish up the loose ends in this one I'll start a new one and come up with a more creative name for my Ryder than Assface. I might even give her a normal name!
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Post by dazk on Sept 12, 2022 9:48:26 GMT
I finally finished my first playthrough more or less, there's just that one that pops up after but I needed to take a break from playing. Yes, I read through all of Ryder's emails after the final battle and was highly amused at all the DA references in there. I know there's always been a ME/DA connection and I had noticed a few things throughout, but the emails gave me a good laugh. I guess my thoughts are is that it took a good while for me to work through the story. I didn't expect it to take as long as it did, but I don't mean that in a bad way. My initial thoughts were that it would take about 35-40 hours. I suppose it would if you skipped over things if speed runs are your thing. But then the ending kind of came fast. I wasn't ready to finish yet. The crew grew on me over the course of the game. It took me 80 hours. And geez, is your twin useless or what? I mean they sleep through 75% of the game, appear for one mission, gets a useless pea shooter to fight kett with for about 30 seconds, then goes back to sleep and disappears? It's a good thing I didn't waste any time on his character design and left him default. As soon as I finish up the loose ends in this one I'll start a new one and come up with a more creative name for my Ryder than Assface. I might even give her a normal name! Well done I think my first PT took 120 hours!!!! I think it a shame a lot of people quit after 10 or 20 hours because as you said the crew does grow on you and I think the story gets better the longer you play. As you said the end is hectic but that is something I like, it is really intense and you can feel the urgency. Did you find the hidden DA surprise and the get Suvi notifying you of an anomaly after you leave Khi Tisara? There is a hidden room to trigger those on Khi Tisara and it isn't obvious. If you just use the name Sara or Scott (the default) the game refers to you as that when talking to some NPC's and crew which I really like. Those emails make me chuckle every time. Did you have a favourite planet?
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Sept 12, 2022 10:11:37 GMT
I finally finished my first playthrough more or less, there's just that one that pops up after but I needed to take a break from playing. . The crew grew on me over the course of the game. It took me 80 hours. Well done I think my first PT took 120 hours!!!! My first PT took 140 something hours 😅 But it was great even with all the bugs in the beginning. My current PT has only the ending run, I've been moving it forward because I want to be in the game when I do it so to say, not just "ok quickie ending" I'm planning to do it this week, and then mope about no other game giving these feels and try to play some other still... ok ok too much ahead of meself
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Post by Ravenfeeder on Sept 12, 2022 16:00:30 GMT
A couple other things I forgot about: no quick save at all and no manual save during priority missions. I'd really like to know what idiot thought that set up was a good idea and give them a hard, swift kick in the arse Preach it!
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Post by Finvola on Sept 12, 2022 17:18:39 GMT
Well done I think my first PT took 120 hours!!!! I think it a shame a lot of people quit after 10 or 20 hours because as you said the crew does grow on you and I think the story gets better the longer you play. As you said the end is hectic but that is something I like, it is really intense and you can feel the urgency. Did you find the hidden DA surprise and the get Suvi notifying you of an anomaly after you leave Khi Tisara? There is a hidden room to trigger those on Khi Tisara and it isn't obvious. If you just use the name Sara or Scott (the default) the game refers to you as that when talking to some NPC's and crew which I really like. Those emails make me chuckle every time. Did you have a favourite planet? I didn't think I missed anything, but I don't think I saw the hidden DA surprise on Khi Tisara. But considering I seem to have not taken as long to finish my first run I wonder how many things I missed? I thought I had only skipped over rock and plant scans mostly and tried to do all the missions that popped up. Well I believe I did skip over the tiny task things too, or many of them. Maybe I missed more than I realized but I thought I was somewhat thorough. I didn't rush through but I'm sure I'll notice more the second time around.
Speaking of Suvi, I wonder if she is the same voice actress as the DAIMP Templar, Belinda? I'd say probably, unless they happen to employ several voice actresses with thick Scottish accents?
That was another fun little part for me, trying to see if I could recognize other VAs, I mean I know Reyes is Hawke and I think there were some others I recognized.
I haven't decided what my favorite planet was, other than I was doing Elaaden when it was extremely hot here and looking at Elaaden just made me feel even hotter and I just wanted to hurry up and do the vault so the temperature would be normal and stop reminding me about how hot it was outside, lol. Once I did that, I went back around the planet and took care of the Krogan stuff.
Kadara drove me a little bit crazy because of the loading screens. I mean once we've established an outpost, why do we have to go through the port, the slums, and then out into the fields? Why not just land us at the outpost like EOS? Especially during the Sloane/Reyes missions. I finished a bunch of missions, only to be told to go back on the Tempest and then back again just to meet Reyes at a party?
I'm going to start a new Ryder later this evening. I had gone into the game blindly so perhaps there were a lot of things I missed at the start. It took me until about level 20 to figure out how to use my consumables, so there's that. Haha.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 12, 2022 18:04:12 GMT
Speaking of Suvi, I wonder if she is the same voice actress as the DAIMP Templar, Belinda? I'd say probably, unless they happen to employ several voice actresses with thick Scottish accents? It's not the same Voice actress, Suvi's actress is Katy Townsend, who's (among other voices) known for voicing Cait in Fallout 4
...couldn't find Belinda's VA on the wikia, though someone on the internet suggested the Multiplayer characters are likely hidden within "additional voices", aside from Isabela I guess since they used her VA from DA2
as for other recognizable voices...there's several characters voiced by Miranda Raison (Cassandra), and Sloane's VA is Indira Varma (Vivienne)
Also I do the same when I play a new game to see if I can find voice actors I already know...I remember playing Skyrim first time around and hearing Fenris (several imperial soldiers have his voice) and Captain Bailey (General Tullius)
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 12, 2022 18:52:10 GMT
Speaking of Suvi, I wonder if she is the same voice actress as the DAIMP Templar, Belinda? I'd say probably, unless they happen to employ several voice actresses with thick Scottish accents? It's not the same Voice actress, Suvi's actress is Katy Townsend, who's (among other voices) known for voicing Cait in Fallout 4
...couldn't find Belinda's VA on the wikia, though someone on the internet suggested the Multiplayer characters are likely hidden within "additional voices", aside from Isabela I guess since they used her VA from DA2
as for other recognizable voices...there's several characters voiced by Miranda Raison (Cassandra), and Sloane's VA is Indira Varma (Vivienne)
Also I do the same when I play a new game to see if I can find voice actors I already know...I remember playing Skyrim first time around and hearing Fenris (several imperial soldiers have his voice) and Captain Bailey (General Tullius) Yeah Indira Varm aals ovoiced the Moshae in the game too. So she was kind o fgiven double duty on that.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 12, 2022 18:57:40 GMT
Well done I think my first PT took 120 hours!!!! My first PT took 140 something hours 😅 But it was great even with all the bugs in the beginning. My current PT has only the ending run, I've been moving it forward because I want to be in the game when I do it so to say, not just "ok quickie ending" I'm planning to do it this week, and then mope about no other game giving these feels and try to play some other still... ok ok too much ahead of meself Yeah I thin km yfirs trun was around 100 not suer I 100% everythin though. But I did ge t100% viability on al lthe planets and everything thoug has I alwayus at least tend to do that on pretty much every playthrough I do.
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Post by dazk on Sept 13, 2022 2:19:13 GMT
Well done I think my first PT took 120 hours!!!! I think it a shame a lot of people quit after 10 or 20 hours because as you said the crew does grow on you and I think the story gets better the longer you play. As you said the end is hectic but that is something I like, it is really intense and you can feel the urgency. Did you find the hidden DA surprise and the get Suvi notifying you of an anomaly after you leave Khi Tisara? There is a hidden room to trigger those on Khi Tisara and it isn't obvious. If you just use the name Sara or Scott (the default) the game refers to you as that when talking to some NPC's and crew which I really like. Those emails make me chuckle every time. Did you have a favourite planet? I didn't think I missed anything, but I don't think I saw the hidden DA surprise on Khi Tisara. But considering I seem to have not taken as long to finish my first run I wonder how many things I missed? I thought I had only skipped over rock and plant scans mostly and tried to do all the missions that popped up. Well I believe I did skip over the tiny task things too, or many of them. Maybe I missed more than I realized but I thought I was somewhat thorough. I didn't rush through but I'm sure I'll notice more the second time around.
Speaking of Suvi, I wonder if she is the same voice actress as the DAIMP Templar, Belinda? I'd say probably, unless they happen to employ several voice actresses with thick Scottish accents?
That was another fun little part for me, trying to see if I could recognize other VAs, I mean I know Reyes is Hawke and I think there were some others I recognized.
I haven't decided what my favorite planet was, other than I was doing Elaaden when it was extremely hot here and looking at Elaaden just made me feel even hotter and I just wanted to hurry up and do the vault so the temperature would be normal and stop reminding me about how hot it was outside, lol. Once I did that, I went back around the planet and took care of the Krogan stuff.
Kadara drove me a little bit crazy because of the loading screens. I mean once we've established an outpost, why do we have to go through the port, the slums, and then out into the fields? Why not just land us at the outpost like EOS? Especially during the Sloane/Reyes missions. I finished a bunch of missions, only to be told to go back on the Tempest and then back again just to meet Reyes at a party?
I'm going to start a new Ryder later this evening. I had gone into the game blindly so perhaps there were a lot of things I missed at the start. It took me until about level 20 to figure out how to use my consumables, so there's that. Haha.
Chasing the collectibles does add some time. On Khi Tisara the secret room has a really difficult puzzle to open it and you can't use a decryption key, I have a hard copy of it on my desk as I suck at those type of puzzles. You also need to jump off a walk-way where if you don't look over the side at the right point you wouldn't notice there is somewhere to jump. I only found it as it was pointed out to me by melbella as I couldn't figure out how her and some others had the anomaly discovery. On Havarl there is a small side mission to get probably the best Fusion Mod (of Adrenaline) that nearly everyone misses as it spawns after you finish the main stuff on Havarl and to start it you need to find a terminal in a small cave. There are a lot of these things throughout the game and if you are not using the MEA Fix Pack Mod some quests cannot be completed, well at least one that I can think of off the top of my head. There is a MOD to turn certain of the comments from SAM and also Ryder's complaining about the heat etc. on Elaaden. On Elaaden I knock the Monoliths over straight away to activate the vault. it took me ages to figure out the consumables as well, at least 3 PT's I had been selling the Cobra Grenades as I did not know how to use them yet they are a god send in the harder fights.
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Post by dazk on Sept 13, 2022 3:40:41 GMT
So yesterday, landed on Eos and got the power working and shot some Kett and then explored the sight finding Clancy's shuttle and a dead body that had been left behind. Contacted Lexi to giver the person's details. Then headed out to start the Monolith's and at the first one discovered another dead body and reported it in. Ryder was pretty cranky about the lack of respect. Started the 1st Monolith and got knocked down and jumped on by a PeeBee and for Ryder it was love at first sight and sound as she didn't shut up. Killed and scanned some Remnant then headed for the next Monolith but stopped at a Remnant site and found a datapad of a woman who was investigating the Remnant technology. Killed some wildlife and Remnant and Kett and will now be on the lookout for some more data pads from The Ghost of Promise. Got to the next Monolith and discovered another dead body that Ryder scanned and sent the info. to Lexi. Started the second Monolith, found a good site for an outpost and headed to the third Monolith. Took down the Kett base nearby and found another dead body and gave the info. to Lexi and also met a rather arrogant Krogan called Drack. Was glad Vetra who knew him intervened. Started the third Monolith and something appeared in the middle of the lake nearby and so we headed to check it out and found another Data Pad at a Remnant piece of building or something that had Kett and Remnant bot's there which were subsequently killed. Found a terminal that activated a bridge and then entered a vault. After killing plenty of Remnant bot's restarted the vault and then outran a field of death and discovered on a star map that there is another active vault in the system. First though off to set up a science-based outpost and check in with all the important people. Next exploration of the other two sites on Eos then back to The Nexus. Finvola just a tip re weapons if you don't know, your melee weapon adds damage to your primary attack so adding as may Kinetic Coils to it as possible boosts your primary weapon damage. Thanks to the suggestion of Unicephalon 40-D I use the Cryo Gauntlet as it has an extra slot (so does the Asari sword and Krogan hammer) plus when you use it it freezes nearby enemy's. Take that sneaky Wraiths. Pic's Got a ship Took it for its first exploration mission Discovered Eos Found this bunch of crew Set up an outpost and showed off my updated look for Ryder Art by SAM in the Tempest of Alec
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Post by Finvola on Sept 13, 2022 3:41:22 GMT
Yes I suck at the puzzles too. Before I realized you could buy decryption keys I had to look the solutions up. I like Sudoku, but I just couldn't wrap my head around the puzzles. Or maybe I just lacked the patience. When I started playing I was dealing with some stressful RL situations and I just really wanted to shoot things rather than spend time solving puzzles, haha. Now that I figured out consumables, I'm now trying to figure out Profiles. I get how you do them but it doesn't seem to let me set more than 1. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I did my first PT on casual so it didn't matter anyway. Now that I have more of an understanding I can take it up a notch so I need to learn these things. It also took me a while to figure out augmentations. I wondered if I missed some kind of tip about that or if it's just not fully explained. I got it now though. I'm going to have a look through mods now and see what else I could use in my game. Bugfixes are a given but I'll take a look through them and see what else might be handy. I did start a new Ryder, well sort of. I saw the New Game+ that I didn't know we had either and carried my stuff over. I made a new Ryder, although I was sort of sad to see Assface go. I named her Sonja but I noticed her own father calls her "Ryder" and I'm like "Well, that's a little weird." I forewent the bright hair and black lipstick but I couldn't help myself with makeup and scars. Oh right, that's definitely something I'll look for. Surely there's some hair and makeup mods that will give me more of a selection.
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Post by dazk on Sept 13, 2022 3:53:39 GMT
Yes I suck at the puzzles too. Before I realized you could buy decryption keys I had to look the solutions up. I like Sudoku, but I just couldn't wrap my head around the puzzles. Or maybe I just lacked the patience. When I started playing I was dealing with some stressful RL situations and I just really wanted to shoot things rather than spend time solving puzzles, haha. Now that I figured out consumables, I'm now trying to figure out Profiles. I get how you do them but it doesn't seem to let me set more than 1. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I did my first PT on casual so it didn't matter anyway. Now that I have more of an understanding I can take it up a notch so I need to learn these things. It also took me a while to figure out augmentations. I wondered if I missed some kind of tip about that or if it's just not fully explained. I got it now though. I'm going to have a look through mods now and see what else I could use in my game. Bugfixes are a given but I'll take a look through them and see what else might be handy. I did start a new Ryder, well sort of. I saw the New Game+ that I didn't know we had either. I made a new Ryder, although I was sort of sad to see Assface go. I named her Sonja but I noticed her own father calls her "Ryder" and I'm like "Well, that's a little weird." I forewent the bright hair and black lipstick but I couldn't help myself with makeup and scars. Oh right, that's definitely something I'll look for. Surely there's some hair and makeup mods that will give me more of a selection. EDIT: Just saw you said you got the Augmentation stuff but I'll leave what I wrote anyway. I like your new Ryder. For me some of the puzzles took 45 minutes, that is not why I play an RPG!!!!! I think I posted that you can use a MOD to add lots of Decryption Keys to the Tempests store. I think I posted an image above re the MOD I use if you want a guide as to what to look for. MODS are enhancements you can add to your weapon, you collect them but you can also make them with schematics and resources you collect. When you build a weapon you can add the MODS to them in my picture above you'll see the MODS attached to my weapons. You can also do this when you create armour. Augmentation MODS you have to unlock with AVP points I think or maybe not you attach them when you open the locker on the Tempest in the room opposite PeeBee's escape shuttle bedroom. You can attach them there by clicking on the blank Augmentation slot. Via AVP points though in one of the streams that has an ability you can unlock to get at least a 50% penalty reduction that the Augmentations have. I think it only unlocks after Kadara is 90% but you can invest in the prerequisite abilities before then. If you go with the default Sara name some people will call her that but if you make up a name they will just call you Ryder.
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Post by melbella on Sept 13, 2022 11:30:24 GMT
Then headed out to start the Monolith's and at the first one discovered another dead body and reported it in
I searched all over for the body at the first monolith and couldn't find it. Found the one at the second monolith and of course the one in the kett base.
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