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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Oct 6, 2022 7:00:34 GMT
Yeah if you have Jaal with you, you'll even get some recruits to Resistance.
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Post by Finvola on Oct 6, 2022 13:54:36 GMT
Yeah I tried to do that but the commander won't speak to me beyond the initial conversation. I guess I have to rescue the Moshae first. When I tried speaking to her again for the recruits she just says she's busy.
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Post by melbella on Oct 7, 2022 0:28:17 GMT
Played a bit last night. Fought the 3 fiends and thought "Warlord Ryder" has a nice ring to it. Then headed to the vault. Got turned around a few times and almost forgot to do the optional areas. But, I remembered and then spent a half hour working on the remnant puzzle (the one you can't use a key on). Thought I had it a couple times but had to backtrack to fix errors.
Afterwards tried to get to the Flophouse but the back door entrance wouldn't open and I couldn't find the right path to the other side (which I'd already managed to do when chasing the drive core). By then it was bed time so I just gave up until I can play again.
Edit: Cleared the Flophouse, managed to open the storage closet. This place has way too many alarms to be just a ramshackle place where scavs can crash for a nap. Vetra said something about it being one of the AI's failed mining outposts due to all the equipment scattered around. Found the message about the crashed ship so headed that way to help them out, then set up the outpost. Wandered the buildings to talk to everyone. I don't remember if there's a ship model here but I didn't find one if there is.
Next up will be the Architect.
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Post by Finvola on Oct 7, 2022 8:03:56 GMT
I'm still working my way through Voeld. I covered quite a lot of the big stuff, froze to death in the vault once. I'm doing ok (or was) on Hardcore. I just have to move around more and find cover more than I did before. And fights taking longer. I thought the Cardinal would never die. Seems she generates another orb kind of fast , or it might have been my imagination. It felt that way!
I did Earn Your Badge and surprisingly the 3 fiends went much better than I was bracing myself for. I just had to keep moving and taking shots at them and going for cover behind the Nomad when I could.
However, I did run into difficulty with the architect. I was on my way to do some other task and apparently went the wrong way and triggered the architect. I was trying to avoid that for a bit. The first couple attempts resulted in me freezing to death and my squadmates dying early on. I wasn't sure I could do it. That's when I really noticed the increase. I didn't feel it so much (apart from longer fights) until then. After dying a couple of times and restarts, I ragequit for a bit. Then I did some googling to try and figure out what I was doing wrong or what I could do better. I mostly use tech skills but it seemed like biotics was the way to go so that's what I ended up doing and it went much better.
I had to keep on the move a lot but the few pointers I read really made a difference. I never really had to think about switching profiles before. It took a while and I still wasn't sure I'd beat it, but I did. I had some lucky moments where I was able to get to safety just before dying. I also had to be more mindful about what Drack and Jaal were up to and direct them around, something else I never had to bother with on lower difficulties. The other architects shouldn't be too bad because I don't have to factor in environmental changes, like buttass cold Voeld. The only big thing I have left to do at this point is the kett base and the crazy AI part. I'm actually kind of glad I got the architect out of the way. I think the worst is over for challenging encounters on Voeld.
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Post by melbella on Oct 8, 2022 4:48:17 GMT
Elaaden isn't so bad once the vault is active. Took out the Architect....soooo much easier than the one on Voeld....then swept the map looking for stuff and hitting quest icons as I went. Found all the data modules for Cache Flow (bonus vault), made sure Hardy (the EMP guy) couldn't take advantage of any more travelers, killed a bunch of outlaws, 'rescued' Isabel and convinced her to go back to her brother (forgot to tell him the good news....oopsie!). found Annea's water source but agreed to keep it secret, found the other bonus vault, helped out Barrett but took the major weapons before he could put them to use, and blew up a shuttle full of explosives. I swapped Drack for Jaal so I could recruit the guy at Paradise and got a lead on Ljeta for Rorik.
Next will be meeting Avitus for the turian ark, then heading to H-047C for some fun and games. And Vetra's loyalty mission.
This is from the other day, after setting up the outpost:
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Post by Finvola on Oct 8, 2022 8:30:48 GMT
I did the rest of the stuff on Voeld but messed up with the resistance recruits I think. I got the sniper guy, but spoke to the guy at the base before confronting the map thief, so it cancelled that out, making him not recruitable. I don't know if 3 will do it or I need all 4. I was happy to leave Voeld after doing the command center. But this time I am not getting any of those kett devices at the remnant camps, on Voeld or Eos. I got some other one with datapads, but the one I actually wanted isn't happening. I drove around the place enough times so you'd think one would spawn, ha. Got SAM a crazy AI girlfriend too. So after that I went to Eos for Cora's Asari contact, then blew up that kett base and did all the other stuff I couldn't do before the radiation cleared. The architect was manageable enough, it just took me a while. The one on Voeld is the absolute worst because of the cold. I need to have a word with Drack because he keeps getting in my line of sight when I'm about to take a sniper shot. And one of my cats because he likes to run across the desk and block my monitor during tense battles So yeah, did the Eos stuff, only to end up back on Voeld after to continue Cora's Asari stuff. Because I hadn't gone to Havarl first, I couldn't start the Angaran artifact mission and have to go back to Voeld to go get the artifact but I won't go back for it until I have something else to do there, like the Dr. Kennedy/baby mission. I went to Havarl after, rescued the scientists and made a quick trip back to Aya so I could start the artifact mission and do other stuff. I think I had to get Suvi's plant for Movie Night, meet a drunken Peebee at the museum, and meet Liam and piss off the alien hating merchant. Then it was back to Havarl for the vault stuff. I found about 5 buried remnant things but went a little cross eyed. I know whereabouts I can find 3 more, but I just can't find them right now. Sometimes it feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. I know some parts can be found while doing other things but you don't pick up that mission until you meet the sages and have already been to some of the areas where the remnant parts are and have to backtrack, minus the nav points because you've already done those things. Like the turian salvage, or the woman you retrieve the data for. Anyway, I went back to the Tempest, only to be called back to Havarl to contact Addison and help the Nexus scientists with mutated animals. I did that too but am too blurry eyed to search for remnant stuff. I'll look for it when I return for Jaal or Peebee's missions later on. I covered quite a lot of things. (Not all at once, it was over the course of the past day.) Next stop will be Kadara, but I won't play again until later tonight. I might check in with SAM to see how he's getting on with his new girlfriend first.
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Post by melbella on Oct 9, 2022 1:57:33 GMT
Detoured to Liam's mission first, since it was in the system next door. Then flew allll the way to the other side of the cluster to meet up with Avitus. Convinced him to take over as Pathfinder. Yay, Scott isn't the only one any more!
Then landed on the asteroid formerly known as a planet, H-047C. Killed a bunch of outlaws and took over their helium-3 mining operation. Then followed up on Sid's lead with Vetra. Sid helped, then was caught, then was rescued. Should finally be able to get somewhere with the romance now. Well, maybe after the archon's ship. Then headed to the remnant tiller and turned it on. I can never figure out how to activate the second Observer needed for the other side's rooms. Only got them open on the first side.
Currently chasing Hang Time and not having much luck. I can't keep the Nomad up high enough before it either crashes into the chasm wall or I get black screen of "you are outside the playing area, dumbass" from the game.
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Post by dazk on Oct 9, 2022 2:08:13 GMT
Detoured to Liam's mission first, since it was in the system next door. Then flew allll the way to the other side of the cluster to meet up with Avitus. Convinced him to take over as Pathfinder. Yay, Scott isn't the only one any more!
Then landed on the asteroid formerly known as a planet, H-047C. Killed a bunch of outlaws and took over their helium-3 mining operation. Then followed up on Sid's lead with Vetra. Sid helped, then was caught, then was rescued. Should finally be able to get somewhere with the romance now. Well, maybe after the archon's ship. Then headed to the remnant tiller and turned it on. I can never figure out how to activate the second Observer needed for the other side's rooms. Only got them open on the first side.
Currently chasing Hang Time and not having much luck. I can't keep the Nomad up high enough before it either crashes into the chasm wall or I get black screen of "you are outside the playing area, dumbass" from the game. That second Observer you have to doble back to the first area IIRC. Check out the video I previously posted and the screenshots of doing the Hangtime thing somewhere else. I got it first time and maybe Finvola can help she did it recently.
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Post by Finvola on Oct 9, 2022 4:48:51 GMT
The planet just became available in my current save. If I can find "the spot" where it worked for me I'll take a screenshot and map location. I really wish I had that at the time but I was caught up in the excitement and went right back up to the Tempest after doing it. I looked for it again later but everything looked the same to me because I had tried so many times over the course of a couple of days. I'll recognize it if I see it again.
I found this video that looks to be where I did it from. It lasts 50 seconds and they hit barrier at the end, which is around how long I was in the air for and I hit barrier at the end. I'm not 100% certain, as I think it was flatter where I started from but it certainly looks like the area I did it in. If it's not exactly there, it's close. I only had to boost twice and readjust my tilt once.
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Post by Finvola on Oct 9, 2022 8:30:04 GMT
I did a bit of this and that. Oh right, I had a couple of weird bugs pop up the other day. I had just entered the big kett facility on Eos when my sound went. There was no way I could have done that whole mission without sound. I had no choice but to exit and reload and go back to wherever it had autosaved before as you can't save there. I was kind of annoyed that I had to start it all over again but that was the first time I encountered that particular bug. Then I started having issues with the Apex missions. I guess if they fail, the UI stops responding and you have to F4 out of the game. That's happened several times. Maybe there isn't much point in doing them anyway. This is the 3rd save with this same set of Ryders so I have tons of materials, credits, weapons, and whatever else you get with those crates. So I started my evening by finding 3 more unearthed remnant devices on Havarl. I would have preferred to have done it all at once because I couldn't remember what ones I'd already found and ended up looking in vain because I had already found those ones the night before. I kind of just hopped around, started some of the longer missions and LMs. Like Contagion, Three Sabers, first few parts of the baby one. Things you have to go all over the place for. I've been experimenting with different weapons. I finally crafted the PAW and the whole "No Ammo" thing is a major bonus. Just have to keep an eye out for overheating but hey, it wasn't like we didn't have to deal with overheating in ME1, right? I also made a Scorpion pistol because how can you say no to a mini grenade launcher? I messed a few groups of outlaws up with it and had , uh, a blast! I got a few more achievements, like the one for punching 25 floating enemies, killing 100 enemies while hovering. I did the trip mine one the other day. I've gotten most of them now, only 4 left to do. So I see that EA app is out of beta and it's now being rolled out and we will have to switch over to that in the near future. Apart from Mac users I guess. So what does that mean for FMM? Will mods still run with the EA app or is there an issue with it, or was that just an issue during beta testing? Is there a fix for it, or is there even a problem with MEA or is the issue with other Frosty games? I'm a bit nervous. I hate changes and I'm not particularly thrilled about having to move to this EA App. I mean I spent like the first 5 years detesting Origin, now I have to detest a new launcher all over again. I did Liam's LM as his popped up first. I remember how utterly frustrated with that mission I was during my first PT. The sideways and floating stuff and not knowing where to go. Having to jump jet or crawl into some little cubby to find a switch. It was maddening, I kind of wished we had the option to launch him out of an escape pod in the middle of a volcano with Verand instead. I can breeze through it now and it is a funny mission. I just didn't find it very funny the first time I did it. I did Jaal's as well because I had already made a pitstop on Havarl for Peebee's remtech. I checked in on SAM and his new lady friend. I kind of feel bad for SAM being stuck with her all the time. It's for all the for all the AVP and non existent email reminders, SAM, that's why! I did a bit of Kadara. Mostly got the transponder and did the vault and left to go do other things for a bit. This was the first time I went the aggressive route with meeting Sloane the first time. In my other PTs, she was ok with me if I agreed to let her execute the traitor Angaran after getting the info. The other times I planned on giving him back to the resistance but was truthful with her about why I needed him. This time I told her it was none of her damn business what I needed him for and Kaetus pulled a gun on me, I did the interrupt to disarm him and then I got tossed out of her office. Oh right, there was a big nasty Remnant in the Kadara vault. One of those Hydra/Destroyer things and it just blasted away any cover I had and if I left the room to escape, it would respawn with full health. I decided to make a mad dash for the other side of his room and keep moving around. I had to get through him if I wanted to bonus stuff. I couldn't pass up the goodies. You get 2 skill points and a rem core part and if I wanted it bad enough I'd figure out a way to make it happen. So I left Kadara after the vault because I want to pace the area a bit better, so I went to Aya for the meeting with Aksuul and whatever Aya business I had. Then of course it was back to Eos for Akssul's raid. So I finished off the Aksuul drama by doing Jaal's LM after that. I guess I did a whole lot of nothing, or wrapped up some stuff and got other things started. Cora's LM will be next. Then I'll probably pop back over to Kadara for a bit, then head over to the lovely H047 for Vetra's. If I can find the exact spot I launched from before, I'll post it. I am fairly certain that was the area I did it in, but perhaps not the precise spot. I didn't have any chasms to cross over or obstacles to avoid, it was pretty straight on. I would suggest binding your E key for the tilt, though. That's what made it more manageable for me. That way you can keep accelerate and tilt constantly pressed with ease and then all you have to really focus on is tapping the space bar when it needs it and keeping an eye for a boost here and there and perhaps a slight retilt.
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Post by melbella on Oct 9, 2022 21:00:42 GMT
Got it! (though Origin hasn't figured it out yet ). I'm going to blame last night's failures on having played all afternoon and being tired by the time I got to it.
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Post by Finvola on Oct 9, 2022 22:37:15 GMT
Yeah Origin is doing that to me too with achievements not registering right away. Refreshing Origin immediately after made that one show up for me, but some of the others took a day or so to show up and I didn't even know I had done them.
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Post by dazk on Oct 9, 2022 23:44:30 GMT
Got it! (though Origin hasn't figured it out yet ). I'm going to blame last night's failures on having played all afternoon and being tired by the time I got to it.
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Post by melbella on Oct 10, 2022 0:52:25 GMT
Proof! An achievement 5+ years in the making!
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Post by dazk on Oct 10, 2022 0:59:29 GMT
Proof! An achievement 5+ years in the making!
Well done, hard to believe it's been 5 years since the game was released. What's next after MEA?
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Post by Finvola on Oct 10, 2022 8:23:11 GMT
Mostly did Kadara, made a few side trips in between, and Cora's LM. When I did Cora's LM, the floaty stupid orb boss (whatever his name is) didn't even float around. He just floated in the same place after I killed all the other kett, so that made it super easy. He kept sending the orbs in the wrong direction and he was on the opposite side of the room. I notice that happens with Fiends sometimes, they just stand there and let you shoot them. Definitely not a complaint. Anyway I just finished the Kadara stuff, set up the outpost and went for the architect. That was a bit chaotic. Like when Drack says to Cora that she looks like a Salarian tied to a ceiling fan when she fights? Yeah that's what this fight felt like. And I forgot to scan it for my last Apex enemy thing. I'm at 19/20 scanned enemies and I always forget to scan those. Other times it's hard to scan things like Hydras while you're fighting them because you don't get a chance to scan them when they're dead, unless you manage to get in a quick scan before it blows up. So that was about all I did. Next stop is Elaaden. I heard it's really hot there.
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Post by dazk on Oct 10, 2022 22:56:30 GMT
Mostly did Kadara, made a few side trips in between, and Cora's LM. When I did Cora's LM, the floaty stupid orb boss (whatever his name is) didn't even float around. He just floated in the same place after I killed all the other kett, so that made it super easy. He kept sending the orbs in the wrong direction and he was on the opposite side of the room. I notice that happens with Fiends sometimes, they just stand there and let you shoot them. Definitely not a complaint. Anyway I just finished the Kadara stuff, set up the outpost and went for the architect. That was a bit chaotic. Like when Drack says to Cora that she looks like a Salarian tied to a ceiling fan when she fights? Yeah that's what this fight felt like. And I forgot to scan it for my last Apex enemy thing. I'm at 19/20 scanned enemies and I always forget to scan those. Other times it's hard to scan things like Hydras while you're fighting them because you don't get a chance to scan them when they're dead, unless you manage to get in a quick scan before it blows up. So that was about all I did. Next stop is Elaaden. I heard it's really hot there. I find scanning the Destroyers/Hydras etc. is best before they detect you so I try and get close enough without firing a shot and scan them. Mmmm wonder if Tactical Cloak would work?
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Post by melbella on Oct 10, 2022 23:10:21 GMT
Trying the reply again....
I still have a ways to go in MEA but what's up next is bubbling in the background. I might replay Greedfall with the male PC I created a while back or I might go with something new (for me) and load up Horizon Zero Dawn. Mmmm wonder if Tactical Cloak would work? It works to get you close but as soon as you pull out the scanner you de-cloak.
Edit: wow, no idea what happened to that post. It removed my reply and added the quote section multiple times!
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Post by dazk on Oct 11, 2022 0:47:35 GMT
Trying the reply again....
I still have a ways to go in MEA but what's up next is bubbling in the background. I might replay Greedfall with the male PC I created a while back or I might go with something new (for me) and load up Horizon Zero Dawn. Mmmm wonder if Tactical Cloak would work? It works to get you close but as soon as you pull out the scanner you de-cloak.
Edit: wow, no idea what happened to that post. It removed my reply and added the quote section multiple times! Play HZD it's great. Are you going to try AC Games now you have a PC that can hopefully play them? I especially think you will like AC Origins and AC Odyssey's player characters.
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Post by melbella on Oct 11, 2022 2:57:42 GMT
Are you going to try AC Games now you have a PC that can hopefully play them? I especially think you will like AC Origins and AC Odyssey's player characters. Most likely. I thought about buying them when they were just on sale but I think I'll wait until the winter sales since I have other stuff to play until then. Especially at the rate I'm going.
Did Drack's loyalty mission. I love Vorn. Did not drop Aroane though I did have to think about it for a minute. And, the best part, Drack's line on the way back wasn't cut off so I finally got to hear the whole conversation again.
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Post by Finvola on Oct 11, 2022 3:48:18 GMT
I haven't gotten the chance to play yet, I'm about to fire it up now. I went into a pet store to buy cat food and ended up leaving with cat food and a hamster. Not a chubby little cereal eating space hamster, but a hamster nevertheless. I'm not sure if it's male or female but he/she was in a cage all alone with no toys or exercise thingies and I felt bad. And for the low low price of €5. I couldn't say no, I love all animals. Since the hamster is a baby and I have no idea if they're male or female yet, maybe I should give the hamster a neutral name like SAM? I guess the sale of all live animals in pet shops is being phased out here in Spain so I guess I got a cut price hammy. Or should I call them BLASTO? Haha, I'm having fun with this! Only one of my cats was a bit of a nuisance and I had to move the cage 3 times but he eventually stopped being nosy. He was just being curious, hopefully the novelty will wear off for him soon. Now that my new furry friend is settled in I can relax and play for a bit.
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Post by dazk on Oct 11, 2022 4:17:35 GMT
I haven't gotten the chance to play yet, I'm about to fire it up now. I went into a pet store to buy cat food and ended up leaving with cat food and a hamster. Not a chubby little cereal eating space hamster, but a hamster nevertheless. I'm not sure if it's male or female but he/she was in a cage all alone with no toys or exercise thingies and I felt bad. And for the low low price of €5. I couldn't say no, I love all animals. Since the hamster is a baby and I have no idea if they're male or female yet, maybe I should give the hamster a neutral name like SAM? I guess the sale of all live animals in pet shops is being phased out here in Spain so I guess I got a cut price hammy. Or should I call them BLASTO? Haha, I'm having fun with this! Only one of my cats was a bit of a nuisance and I had to move the cage 3 times but he eventually stopped being nosy. He was just being curious, hopefully the novelty will wear off for him soon. Now that my new furry friend is settled in I can relax and play for a bit. Of course you have to call it "Boo".
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Post by Finvola on Oct 11, 2022 4:28:05 GMT
Shall I teach Boo to go for the eyes? I ended up going to H047. I think when I said last night I was going to Elaaden I was trying to forget H047 existed. I want to get that out of the way first. I do actually think I did my Hang Time pretty close to that spot in the video, just not in the exact spot. It's a handy reference for another good area to try from if the others aren't working out. I wonder why the big chasm is the most popular choice? The majority of the videos show just that one spot when I bet there's several others other than the ones we did. It might be more manageable with a controller, I don't know. I did see a video where a guy ate a hot chili for every failed Hang Time attempt.
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Post by dazk on Oct 11, 2022 4:55:11 GMT
Shall I teach Boo to go for the eyes? I ended up going to H047. I think when I said last night I was going to Elaaden I was trying to forget H047 existed. I want to get that out of the way first. I do actually think I did my Hang Time pretty close to that spot in the video, just not in the exact spot. It's a handy reference for another good area to try from if the others aren't working out. I wonder why the big chasm is the most popular choice? The majority of the videos show just that one spot when I bet there's several others other than the ones we did. It might be more manageable with a controller, I don't know. I did see a video where a guy ate a hot chili for every failed Hang Time attempt. Of course. Re the Chilli guy, man people do stupid things.
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Post by Finvola on Oct 11, 2022 6:22:56 GMT
I just encountered the Progenitor while doing the tiller on H047 and I've got two words for it and they're not "Happy Birthday". I wasn't expecting that nasty of an encounter. It just keeps crapping out observers. I'm like STAWWWWWWP! It's a good thing I've been saving those Cobra RPGs for a rainy day. I didn't die but I wasn't getting anywhere so I'm going to reload and try again.
EDIT: I managed to do two things on the reload. Vetra and Drack were useless during this fight so I got my 25 revival achievement by reviving them a total of 9 times, but I ended up blowing it up with a Cobra RPG. I wasn't fast enough taking the turrets out and things got a little dicey but I got there in the end. I wasn't expecting that because I don't remember it being anything much at all on the lower difficulties, as in I didn't recognize it as a fight I needed to be ready for. I thought it was just another one of those destroyer things.
Just 3 more achievements to go. One of them is level 6 profiles, which I should be able to do without paying to respec Apple Tart a bunch of times. I only have to put some more points into biotics, which I should be able to do during this PT. I'm level 115 (I think?), then Cryptographer and Insanity. My next run will be on insanity. Whether or not I'll be able to pull that off remains to be seen.
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