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Post by melbella on Apr 5, 2017 12:49:58 GMT
Drove around Eos doing this and that. Picked up a bunch of quests in Prodromos (am I the only only who hates that name and mentally calls it "Podromos" instead? They gave it too many "R"s).
Met Bain Massani and helped him take out a kett barracks. The power station is up next. Can't have those guys milling around so close to the new outpost. Took Cora to meet an asari refugee who had a lead on finding the ark. Followed the trail of one of the early settlers to another remnant location. Took a few attempts to take out the Destroyer (I miss Casual mode) but found a container full of goodies as a reward.
Alas, no flirting with Jaal today since most everything was done planetside. He had some interesting comments about Eos while driving around though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 13:07:27 GMT
made it to the century mark level 100 Grats!!! I don't think I have ever seen a level 100 character, not only in Andromeda, in all my gaming.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 13:09:24 GMT
Drove around Eos doing this and that. Picked up a bunch of quests in Prodromos (am I the only only who hates that name and mentally calls it "Podromos" instead? They gave it too many "R"s).
Met Bain Massani and helped him take out a kett barracks. The power station is up next. Can't have those guys milling around so close to the new outpost. Took Cora to meet an asari refugee who had a lead on finding the ark. Followed the trail of one of the early settlers to another remnant location. Took a few attempts to take out the Destroyer (I miss Casual mode) but found a container full of goodies as a reward.
Alas, no flirting with Jaal today since most everything was done planetside. He had some interesting comments about Eos while driving around though. Yes, I also say "Podromos". It would have helped if I knew what Prodromos was referencing, but I am drawing a blank in my common knowledge. Most of the names are related to lore, and I wish we had an option to ask about it from Addison or Avina or something.
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Post by osito on Apr 5, 2017 13:23:57 GMT
Drove around Eos doing this and that. Picked up a bunch of quests in Prodromos (am I the only only who hates that name and mentally calls it "Podromos" instead? They gave it too many "R"s).
Met Bain Massani and helped him take out a kett barracks. The power station is up next. Can't have those guys milling around so close to the new outpost. Took Cora to meet an asari refugee who had a lead on finding the ark. Followed the trail of one of the early settlers to another remnant location. Took a few attempts to take out the Destroyer (I miss Casual mode) but found a container full of goodies as a reward.
Alas, no flirting with Jaal today since most everything was done planetside. He had some interesting comments about Eos while driving around though. Yes, I also say "Podromos". It would have helped if I knew what Prodromos was referencing, but I am drawing a blank in my common knowledge. Most of the names are related to lore, and I wish we had an option to ask about it from Addison or Avina or something. I'm 99% certain there was some dialogue explaining the meaning of Prodromos, but unfortunately I can't remember what it said.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 13:25:04 GMT
According to the internet, Prodromos is from ancient greek and means "Forerunner" or a skirmisher cavalry unit used for scouting ahead of the main force. Which kind of fits the camp on Eos since it is the basis for the outposts the pathfinder sets. Haven't done anything in Andromeda today, but spent a part of yesterday arguing with Yamoko's face. I don't like it, it animates weirdly and she refuses to look at the things she's speaking at. So why do I love it so much?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 13:35:11 GMT
According to the internet, Prodromos is from ancient greek and means "Forerunner" or a skirmisher cavalry unit used for scouting ahead of the main force. Which kind of fits the camp on Eos since it is the basis for the outposts the pathfinder sets. :) Haven't done anything in Andromeda today, but spent a part of yesterday arguing with Yamoko's face. I don't like it, it animates weirdly and she refuses to look at the things she's speaking at. So why do I love it so much? See, now it makes sense to say Pro-dromos. I thought it sounded Greek. I'll look more closely for the dialogue on the second PT. Awesome name!
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Post by themikefest on Apr 5, 2017 13:35:16 GMT
made it to the century mark level 100 Grats!!! I don't think I have ever seen a level 100 character, not only in Andromeda, in all my gaming. Thanks I just got to level 102. I need to pickup the pace. I like to finish this playthrough today. I just finished Jaal's loyalty mission. After crafting an item, Ryder moves at half speed. When I enter the loadout room, Ryder is back to normal speed. Its not a big deal, just glad that I don't have to restart the game to fix it. This is on the ps4.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 13:38:42 GMT
Grats!!! I don't think I have ever seen a level 100 character, not only in Andromeda, in all my gaming. Thanks I just got to level 102. I need to pickup the pace. I like to finish this playthrough today. I just finished Jaal's loyalty mission. After crafting an item, Ryder moves at half speed. When I enter the loadout room, Ryder is back to normal speed. Its not a big deal, just glad that I don't have to restart the game to fix it. This is on the ps4. You, Sir, are a machine. But we know it already :) Okay, everyone, I am sufficiently charged by your combined energy to get over my Monday Trespasser fiasco and come back to gaming. OMG, two days of not gaming! That was almost leaving FOREVAR! Just gotta survive my workday and then I can go do Cora's mission I drove to last time I was on tempest :) Good gaming, everyone!
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Post by bigevil on Apr 5, 2017 18:32:22 GMT
Today I flew about trying to push the quests to the point of being able to start the loyalty missions. Ready to go for Cora and Vetra, still need to do a bunch of things for everyone else.
Main quest is up to the point of going to the Archon's ship or checking out Eladaan and H-blah-blah-blah.
Also encountered a bunch of bugs due to it being new game plus, like giving Lexi wine for the movie night, before Liam has suggested the movie night (reloaded and talked to Liam first, that seems to be progressing it normally, apart from giving Lexi the wine before she asks for it. I can still get the other ones though, I'll just have to be careful about talking to Liam, I think.) Damn it Lexi. Fell through the level in the Kett Exaltation facility, that was fun. It's also a lot of fun when the game constantly tells me that enemies are not valid targets for charge, even when they are, or that they're blocked from sight when they're out in the open and I'm standing two feet away.
Other than that, things are going good. Reached level 64, well on my way to buying my last strike team, and Sara seems to be dedicated to romancing PeeBee despite constantly flirting with Suvi, and Keri (until she decided to stop that relationship), Vetra, pretty much anyone with a pulse. She'd flirt with Drack if she could. Ironic that this is the character I'm playing as always logical, un-emotional, professional, stand-offish. Yet her attitude to every flirt icon is hit dat with the power of a thousand biotic charges.
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Post by melbella on Apr 5, 2017 19:34:11 GMT
I'm 99% certain there was some dialogue explaining the meaning of Prodromos, but unfortunately I can't remember what it said. Bradley (the new mayor) tells you what it means if you ask him about it.
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Post by themikefest on Apr 5, 2017 23:38:00 GMT
found the salarian ark Going to do the asari's loyalty mission, then head to Meridain
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 0:24:14 GMT
Richard went ahead and visited Meridian. Which is a lot easier when you don't get lost for an hour and trigger the Fiend fight three times (almost) in a row. Also, Gil was teasing Ryder about his falling skills and PeeBee sent him the darkest look. Like she'd beat him up if Ryder asked. It was sweet. She did not offer to beat up the backlog, which would have truly made her the best bae. But she's close. Her children are at least useful in combat. And the debate of bailing on the backlog rages on. Few quests have become casualties and the crossing seems nowhere close to ending.
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Post by melisan on Apr 6, 2017 3:30:30 GMT
Grats!!! I don't think I have ever seen a level 100 character, not only in Andromeda, in all my gaming. Thanks I just got to level 102. I need to pickup the pace. I like to finish this playthrough today. I just finished Jaal's loyalty mission. After crafting an item, Ryder moves at half speed. When I enter the loadout room, Ryder is back to normal speed. Its not a big deal, just glad that I don't have to restart the game to fix it. This is on the ps4. First off, Grats! I only just made 80 at 100 hours. Second, There is a general lag around that part of the Tempest: Crafting to Loadout room. This has happened to me, always, on XBO. Also, sometimes Peebee locks herself in her room, and the aft section of the Tempest requires a bit of a stall to open doors, despite not having a particular cut scene like the smaller rooms.
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Post by melbella on Apr 6, 2017 4:22:24 GMT
Ugh, I hate Normal mode with shit weapons. At level 18 with a lvl 3 Black Widow and Pathfinder AR, I could barely do any damage to the Eos Architect. Died multiple times before even taking out 1 leg. Finally whittled it down to the last leg and died again, so I decided to come back later. After that, I switched out the BW for the Indra but the recoil was so terrible I couldn't hit anything with it. WTF did they do to weapons in this game? They turned a rapid fire SR into a useless piece of junk - not even the Incisor was ever that bad. There is also apparently no such thing as continuous hold and fire? My poor mouse is gonna die slowly. I'm tempted to go back to the Sandstorm AR I used all last game since it also worked well for sniping.
Finished up just about everything else on Eos. Currently at the kett power station trying to get SAM to be a little more specific about WHERE the alarm console is. Obviously I can't get to it until everything is dead and by then it won't matter. Oh, and while trying to head back out the main entrance to find a nice place to save, all the enemies, including the 2 turrets, had respawned. Before I even left the area!
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Post by zipzap2000 on Apr 6, 2017 4:38:15 GMT
Aza Ryder (whos name is suddenly scott again...)
Got rejected by Dr Lexi he took it well and managed to get taken down a notch in the next sentence.
Reccomend.
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Post by themikefest on Apr 6, 2017 5:10:49 GMT
completed my 3rd playthrough. Even got the matchmaker trophy. excellent finished at level 109 52 hours 82% completion Will start my 4th playthrough later. It will be my insanity run
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Post by fraggle on Apr 6, 2017 7:25:11 GMT
Ugh, I hate Normal mode with shit weapons. At level 18 with a lvl 3 Black Widow and Pathfinder AR, I could barely do any damage to the Eos Architect. Died multiple times before even taking out 1 leg. Finally whittled it down to the last leg and died again, so I decided to come back later. After that, I switched out the BW for the Indra but the recoil was so terrible I couldn't hit anything with it. WTF did they do to weapons in this game? They turned a rapid fire SR into a useless piece of junk - not even the Incisor was ever that bad. There is also apparently no such thing as continuous hold and fire? My poor mouse is gonna die slowly. I'm tempted to go back to the Sandstorm AR I used all last game since it also worked well for sniping. I hate the current gameplay balancing, everything is just tedious and enemies are bullet sponges. It was okay on Casual but it's super annoying on higher difficulties. Even the combos don't do a lot of damage. It seems they do something to the balance in their patch today (or some time in the future), so I hope it's getting a little better.
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Post by RakiaTime on Apr 6, 2017 7:44:50 GMT
I screwed around in CC, its the only part of the game that i can run until my new CPU arrives xD
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Post by Psychevore on Apr 6, 2017 8:34:33 GMT
Sara and crew were looking for another vault when they came across the Kett and their leader, the Archon. In escape they stumbled upon the Angara, a species of space emos. Adorable. Their leader wasn't all that nice though, so Sara went out of her way and not only met with the resistance and did some shit for them, but also saved the scientists. Evra didn't mention this extra mile, Sara felt slighted.
Also did the first parts of most loyalty missions.
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Post by RakiaTime on Apr 6, 2017 12:54:21 GMT
And to summarize my CC experience, i managed to make a white male, i was pissed off by the lack of hairstyles and i made the best female character i've done in any game
Oh, and i made a clown
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 13:09:54 GMT
I did Cora's loyalty mission yesterday. It was almost heartbreaking to see how much stock she places in Asari. I am doing right-sided quest solutions mostly, so I have kept the old girl in charge, rather than promoting Cora's new BFF.
I echo that battles are really tedious with drop weapons. Shooting down the orbs on the Acendant takes ages. And the Orb restores so fast, it's annoying as all hells. I don't think the comps are clever enough to shoot the Orb either. Seriously hope they will bring the AR closer to the SR.
Then I returned to Eos and started sweeping the planet for all the leftover fetch quests to get to 100% - it is needed, right? Or is 80% good enough for the game's conclusion?
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Post by themikefest on Apr 6, 2017 13:59:39 GMT
I hate the current gameplay balancing, everything is just tedious and enemies are bullet sponges. It was okay on Casual but it's super annoying on higher difficulties. Even the combos don't do a lot of damage. I agree. I started my insanity run. On Habitat 7, I had a level 10 pistol and a level 10 avenger. I was barely doing any damage at all. Most of my shots were headshots. And as you say, combos don't do a lot of damage.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 19:25:28 GMT
Oh, lords. Just got clued in what everyone is talking about when they say Architects. Was just clearing up the sidequests on Eos. 94% viability... gonna give it a shot on Casual, but it might be time to get off Eos for now!
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Post by themikefest on Apr 6, 2017 19:59:47 GMT
I agree. I started my insanity run. On Habitat 7, I had a level 10 pistol and a level 10 avenger. I was barely doing any damage at all. Most of my shots were headshots. And as you say, combos don't do a lot of damage. I quoted myself to say that when I got the tempest, I was able to arm my Ryder with level 10 weapons with all augmentations and mods that I used on the previous playthrough. It made a difference when dealing with kett on Eos. I even switched to the armor that has better stats that help.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 20:08:08 GMT
And, yay! I managed to down the Architect on Casual. Okay, I know, that's nothing to write home about, but... yay! Eos is at 100% now. Damn, I gotta go, but fingers crossed I can head for Aya to see a couple companion-related conversations (Peebs and Jaal, iirc) later today. Ah, I am having an awesome day off! I think Jaal's mission gets me to start talking to the anti-alien Angara or something like that, I can't wait. Also, hoping it will get the romance to progress to.
Jaal said on the Eos in respect to the hammer that he wants one. For very important reasons. I can't help but wonder....
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