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Post by melbella on Apr 11, 2017 12:56:17 GMT
That Eos vault is huge so it's pretty easy to miss stuff in it. I'm glad they didn't make them all that big. Getting to the stuff behind the shielded doors is hard enough - I had to skip it in the Kadara vault because I couldn't get to it before the fog got me. Also, the door was somehow closed/locked in one attempt, and the shield still there in another. I'd rather not talk about Kadara Vault... I spent at least an hour trying to figure out what do they want me to do to get across to the last set of doors. Who knew there were two settings on that console, and one took you across to another console?! Kadara Vault... argh.
I know! I had the same problem the first time. That's what I get for listening to SAM when he says, "That may complicate things later, Ryder." I felt like an idiot afterwards, and gave SAM many virtual glares for misleading me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 12:59:55 GMT
So did you mix Eladeen and Kadara to make Reyes romance last? There got to be a way with mixing the two planets and the main missions to kinda fake a long relationship... mmgh, that gets me thinking.... Not at this point. I left it after getting back to Tantalus and picked up my current game. Not sure how I would do it though, without knowing exactly how much content there is after that point. The game does send you back to Kadara often, though, so it would be pretty easy to check in each time to see if anything is new. I think Kadara quest has three main stages, and then the final show down. So I think I will fit Eladeen and either a major mission or companion LMs between each stage. It will be a lot of back and forth flying, but will pace the romance better than getting it all at one go.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 16:49:35 GMT
So, I spent quite a bit of my weekend and yesterday getting caught up in MEA. A recap of Sara's adventures under the cut. I got Voeld up to acceptable viability and setup an outpost, then continued the main story and saved the Moshae. As for the kett facility, I blew it up to make a statement that Sara's going to fuck up the Archon's shit. Jaal was initially upset. But after completing his loyalty mission later on, he and Sara rebuilt the bridge in their working friendship. It seems they might be more than just friends, because Sara expressed interest in Jaal. However, she was also getting a bit close to Peebee as well. Speaking of Peebee, she made Sara a Remnant VI droid and I put in some ability points to see how this thing fared in a firefight. Turned out this droid is bloody amazing! But it follows Sara around on the Tempest... Another reason for re-skilling my points was there were some abilities that I rarely used. I also finished the majority of loyalty missions aside from Jaal's. I'm still pissed at Liam for going all gung ho and praying for the best. At least the fights were fun. Cora's mission wasn't bad. I got Sarissa replaced with another Asari pathfinder after exposing the truth about her. Vetra and Drack's missions were also fun. For Vetra's, I liked that Sid helped out with the hacking and gave Sara's team an edge on the fights. Driving around that broken moon planet was interesting at first, but it quickly got boring and I wanted out of there. (Didn't know you had to hold down triangle to board the Tempest.) As for Drack's mission, Sara and her team shot gangsters; threw a jerk off of the landing platform; jailed a double crossing jackass and got into a bar fight on Kadara. Aside from saving the Asari ark during Cora's mission, I found the Turian ark and encouraged Avitus to take on the pathfinder role. The Salarians are the only ones left finding. Right now, I'm back on Kadara solving the monoliths and getting into the vault. The fun part so far is sniping oblivious outlaw raiders from high mountains. Target practice Oh, and I despise Reyes. Charismatic snakelike bastard. I'm sorry, but I can't stand people like him (in the real world). I hope I get to kill him at some point. After I finish the quests on Kadara, I'll travel back to Elaaden. Still thinking about what to do with a certain piece of remnant tech, because when Sara initially met Drack's other granddaughter, let's say I was rather.... Disappointed. I think that'll change. To be continued...
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Post by bigevil on Apr 11, 2017 17:11:30 GMT
Ok we have a possible security breach. After going thru emails from those thanking me. I ran across this and think this needs immediate attention. You can't imagine how hard I laughed the first time I saw this. I also laughed when I saw the passive aggressive 'I could have done this if I had a SAM' from a certain C. Hawke. The Mazzy Fentan one got me all nostalgic. Today, I continued my 3rd playthrough with Ella Ryder, female soldier and provider of snark, flirts and concussive shots to the face. Ella has reached Eos, met PeeBee and Drack, activated the monoliths and is off to find the vault soon. She has so far flirted with Lexi, Cora, Gil, Suvi, Keri and Vetra. I'd put some screenshots up, but I need to move them from PS4 to PC first. Not sure if I'll push on tonight or wait til another day, since I think the new Overwatch event will be starting at some point tonight.
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Post by Rascoth on Apr 11, 2017 17:27:03 GMT
You can't imagine how hard I laughed the first time I saw this. I also laughed when I saw the passive aggressive 'I could have done this if I had a SAM' from a certain C. Hawke. The Mazzy Fentan one got me all nostalgic. Who could that mysterious C. be, I wonder? Seriously, there was so many references. The message from Mugman was the end of me
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Post by themikefest on Apr 11, 2017 17:56:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 18:07:26 GMT
Is that the Heleus Defender armour your Ryder's wearing?
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Post by Rascoth on Apr 11, 2017 18:09:01 GMT
Is that the Heleus Defender armour your Ryder's wearing? Yep. Btw, nice job on skills themikefest ! I'll get there one day, I'll get there...
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Post by dmc1001 on Apr 11, 2017 18:19:17 GMT
Scott:
- Rescued a lost scout. - I put Scott in N7 armor, mainly because of the stats, but I can tell it won't last. Feels wrong on him. - Invaded a Kett base to rescue to Moshae. Rescued her and a lot of angarans. Left the facility intact but killed the cardinal.
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Post by themikefest on Apr 11, 2017 18:22:40 GMT
Is that the Heleus Defender armour your Ryder's wearing? It is. Its too bad the squadmates can't wear it.
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Post by MrGDL87 on Apr 11, 2017 19:13:46 GMT
Scott Ryder on insanity...
Began by fighting the Architect on Voeld with Vetra and Jaal. After many unsuccessful attempts, I had to swallow my pride and switch Jaal with Drack.
This team was successful, first time .
So I'm on cloud 9 defeating it on lv 14 with only a pistol and some biotic powers (even though the battle itself took me about an hour and half to do).
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Post by themikefest on Apr 11, 2017 22:01:06 GMT
Just finished my 5th playthrough at level 132. I helped the asari ship, but not the turian ship. Captain Dunn died parking the Hyperion in the dirt. Did movie night. Someone is missing. I wonder if Bioware will fix that? I will start my speedrun shortly. I'm sure I will be able to finish under 15 hours, but will make an effort to finish under 10.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 22:05:49 GMT
Honestly, it looks funnier without Ryder. Sort of an inside joke vs cheap syrupy moment.
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Post by themikefest on Apr 11, 2017 23:36:14 GMT
Just got the hang time trophy
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Post by melbella on Apr 12, 2017 0:06:39 GMT
I love that there is no level cap but that is some serious grinding. I only made it to lvl 62 in my first game, so that's more than double!
On an unrelated note - why is AdBlock Plus suddenly not blocking any ads anywhere?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 1:45:45 GMT
Mommy, it's oooover! Okay, I decided to finish that Salarian Spy Mystery quest and... finished the game. Will gash tomorrow. For now, I am finally reading my e-mail from Anders, and Alora and Mazzy and some mysterious no one particular yet...
COOOOL!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 2:07:01 GMT
Was in no shape to stage a rescue, so instead Yamoko spent her session restarting the vault on Voeld. Found a new chest and learned that the Destroyer can't handle large obstructions very well. So had way more fun than being gunned down by Kett constantly. Which leads to the question, in the Stage a rescue quest, do the Kett keep respawning until all the cages are opened? Or can Yamoko camp somewhere cozy and just focus on outlasting the Kett? In other news, Jaal's thirst is intensifying, am tempted to take Peebee with next and see if they get it on and lock Yamoko out of the romance. A too bad, so sad but kinda prefer single maneuver. Oh and also made an asari shotgun called Doc Discipline. He replaced the Carbine. Not as pretty or fun, but packs a decent punch and keep the team disciplined. Was also going to make a Piranha called Dirty Fish, but didn't have enough research points to make one with augmentations. Because I think I heard someone say there was an augmentation that makes the rounds explode and that sounds like fun. Kinda enjoying the desire to experiment while playing this one.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 3:09:38 GMT
More of Sara's adventures in Andromeda! Got Kadara to acceptable viability after completing the remnant vault. But had to work on a shopping list of side missions within a big side mission just to install an outpost.
Gawd I hate working with Reyes.. every place where he "supposedly" makes an appearance, it always ended up a firefight and more favours being asked... Asshat! 🙄 At least there was one mission where Sara helped Sloane Kelly dish out a group of kett. I also got Sara to help Knight's son, Alain and convinced Knight that SAM wasn't a threat.
The fun parts while zig zagging around Kadara were again, sniping outlaws from mountain tops. Vetra and Drack kept saying they loved that 😆
Then those big, ugly, purple, blue alien gorilla whatevers... Unfortunately, one mangled Sara while she was sniping from behind a rock outside of the remnant vault. Ouch... 😅 At a different part of the area, three purple, blue gorillas chased Sara and her squad mates. Suddenly, two poison raptor aliens joined in the fray! OMFG this was like a nightmare marathon trying to outrun these things! I pretty much had Sara sprint halfway down the map, while the poor nomad was left by its lonesome somewhere. 🤣
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Post by themikefest on Apr 12, 2017 4:38:15 GMT
Sara doesn't need a cape to fly. I finished my speedrun. I said I would make an effort to finish the game under 10 hours. Yeah. I blew that number away. It took me 4 hours 23 minutes. Yes. You read correctly. I played on hardcore. And it appears that the level cap is 132. Makes sense since all powers would be maxed out. A few things. Obviously I didn't talk to anyone. I ignored Scotts pod at the beginning. I did not talk to him when he was unconscious. When I talked with him after he woke up, he was upset. He even wouldn't hug Sara. Before heading to Meridian, its the LI on the bridge that talks with Ryder. In my case it was Cora. So I guess she is the default character for that. After defeating Archie the Archon, usually the LI is there to greet Ryder. Suvi was there to say a couple of things. I guess she would be the default character for that part.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 10:56:14 GMT
themikefest: 4 hours 23 minutes! That gotta be a record. And, it's good to know who defaults are. Poor Scott :) I looked up mine final hour investment: 53 hours, 42 minutes.
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Post by melbella on Apr 12, 2017 12:42:42 GMT
Sara fought 3 fiends with some new krogan buddies.
Got the vault on Elaaden up and running. Missed one of the shielded areas on the way back - not enough time.
Found some jettisoned escape pods from the turian ark - no survivors. But Avitis has another lead to check out.
Set up an outpost next to New Tuchanka, or maybe as part of it? Talked to all the VIPs in the area, then headed back to the Nexus.
Time to expose Spender for the weasel he is, then go archon hunting.
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Post by wereleopard58 on Apr 12, 2017 12:50:54 GMT
So far had Scott flirt with Gil, and had an email about poker.
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Post by Rascoth on Apr 12, 2017 13:57:09 GMT
I finished my speedrun. I said I would make an effort to finish the game under 10 hours. Yeah. I blew that number away. It took me 4 hours 23 minutes. Yes. You read correctly. I played on hardcore.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 1:32:28 GMT
I thought about a DA2 run, but instead made my M!Ryder and decided to try him as an NG+ It's actually pretty cool, the game by default gives you your twin's appearance for NG lead. Nice touch. I've recustomized because making chars is fun.
I've called him Vasco after da Gamma, explorer and all, plus that way his initials are invert ones for Reyes Vidal. Well, he won't mention it if he ends up with Cora. Picked the cute preset #6, but did too much to the eyes, so he does have those crow feet when he is emotional. Got him to the planetfall autosave, and that's that for a bit.
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