What Did You Do Today in Andromeda

Dec 29, 2018 16:18:59 GMT ahglock said:

I was finishing up eos. I thought I was done actually. Saw some random kett group and decided to kill them all. They had a remnant device. Sigh another find 3 device as random spots on the map quest. As I pretty much stop and kill every kett group I see how this quest took this long to spawn I don’t know. So many random quests on eos I forget when I haven’t done them.

I think im walking away from eos for a bit though. I need kadara at 90% to reduce the fusion mods flaws by 1/2. Not a fan of Reyes though so I kind of hate that quest chain. I hate slaone more though. Got to admit. Least objectionable leader is a good way for Kadara to go. It would feel off for it to be an actually good leader. From the stories at the nexus I thought they’d be largely sympathetic. Get to kadara and I’m like how the fuck did you psychotic nutbags get in the AI. Don’t we have any base level of screening. Though you do find a handful of decent people who got caught up in the mess.

For me, these quests often didn't trigger … not just on Eos, but Kadara, Elaadan, Voeld … all had issues. I have two or maybe three runs that reach end game at a lower level than the rest, because I eventually gave up on getting the device or body quests to trigger.

Another one, the Nomad EMP sabotage on Elaadan, I never knew it existed until the last three runs (of 14).  On one run, it partially triggered, but the Nomad didn't break down.  But I knew something was up, checked out the Wiki and so was aware and prepared for it, the last two runs.  Given that I went about almost every square inch of Elaadan each time, it wasn't a matter of not being in the right place, just had to troll for it until it triggered.  Played out both options with the "bad guy" … then went back to the run where it partially triggered and executed (so to speak) my preferred option for that side quest.

But back to the other quests … three runs, could not get them to trigger.  Eventually, out of frustration, I just gave up.  I think I ended up with level 62 or 63 at endgame, instead of the usual 65-67.  My first two runs were the least efficient, both Ryders got to 71 or 72 by endgame, even though I didn't get all the side quests.  My first run was on casual (or whatever easy is called that's not "narrative"), the next was normal, then hardcore … all the rest were on insanity.  The focus on the first two was the story and opposite personalities, then upped the combat in subsequent runs, while I varied a few of the game choices each time.  Eventually, I figured out a way to get the device side quests to reliably trigger on Elaadan … not sure I ever got there on Eos, Kadara or Voeld.

So what did I do today? I dumped my APEX/strike team loot into the next-to-last of my two Ryders, that have under 200K credits.  Early on, I wasted a lot of my research points on stuff I didn't need/care about.  So I dumped research loot into those runs, after I finished SP and kept playing MP.  Eventually, all my Ryders ended up with enough research points to gain the blueprints for the desired level X weapons and armor.  Will never actually use those points (absent a DLC).  In SP, I eventually realized that I was wasting research points, so my last few runs, Ryder only needed a few research points to support level X blueprints … those Ryders had substantially fewer credits than the other Ryders, so I've been boosting their credits with APEX/strike team loot.  Will come to nothing, but it keeps my loot box numbers well below the 200 limit.

And if a DLC does hit?  All my Ryders will be ready for level X weapon and armor manufacture (plenty of required resources), as well as plenty of credits to buy level X mods.  Probably enough to buy a condo on Havarl, with a nice view of the valley where I can snipe mutant fauna and Roekaar.