What Did You Do Today in Andromeda

Yeah I was never able to turn those two blue either, a pet hate!!!!!! 

A year isn't enough for me to forget. One of the reasons I have issues replaying BG1/BG2/ME1/ME2/ME3 these days, I know them by heart so it become an automatism and the fun disappear. 

MEA is and isn't massive. The length is mostly the result of:
- travel time (Nexus tram/planet transition/nomad/gravity wells)
- exploration requirements for certain task/quests (jumping puzzles, finding stuff in an area, random encounters items, quest on hold because of X, etc)
- dialogue amount but these are mostly optional.

If it had the same amount of side content but only (bigger) Eos/Voeld instead of Eos/Voeld/Havarl/Kadara/Elaadeen, it would be a shorter game. 

My next character plan was to make a character who totally doesn't care about anyone but a few exclusive person (basically the squad, might even ignore Liam, but that means no movie night  ). I won't talk to anyone else unless it is quest required.

I was thinking of making a militaristic tech based character: incinerate, energy drain, turret/zap. I'm on the fence for the weapon. I really like my Vintage Talon, but it might not fit what I'm planning. I think I need to try more models, I barely tried the Remnant/Heleus weapons in the game. My try Scott again for this character.

That's not healthy, especially licking alien rocks. Just ask Suvi.


I might replay ME1 after I'm done with this MEA playthrough.

Of all the LM's Vetra's was the one I liked least and I am surprised you found it tense, I just found it tedious and there was a really weird dialogue issue IIRC between Ryder and Vetra in the conversations when they first get trapped about Vetra's involvement.

Re what you should focus on, I do everything before doing the Archon's ship which is one of my favourite missions combat wise and story wise. That final fight sequence with the hordes of Kett on Insanity is so intense/good. 

I like Vetra's mission. It is one of the few instances where you actually get to see other people doing stuff, too. Meaing Sid trying to help those refugees.

Neville Ryder also did a few things: He went to the Nexus to confront spender, and then to Kadara to find evidence against him. The later was actually successful, The crook Aroane left as soon as the Nomad drove around the corner, leaving ample evidence against Spender behind. Sadly its nothing Tann or Addison would act upon, so Ryder has to search Spender's quarters next.

But it's a dry heat.

There was carnivorous plants on Tuchanka? Why didn't we see any in ME3?

So Sara finally made it to New Tuchanka, not after a detour on Eos to murder lots and lots of Roekaars because their boss came up with the idea of attacking Prodomos. You think that by now they would know that they are just wasting their life...

Once on NT, she tried to navigate the place but just managed to get lost...and found a miniature of the Destiny Ascension. Why would a Krogan have that?

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There was also a detour to the Nexus, to see dad's memories. I did the "who murdered Jien Garson" quest. There is a datapad in her room that suggest the Benefactor knew about the Reapers back in 2179.

Sara got a new Outpost on Elaaden and the planet was at 100% before it happened. Looks like Eos is the hardest planet to get to 100%, the others seems to only requires to set the stations, fix the vault and set up an outpost with a nice speech to get to 100%. Now only Kadara is left to do...meh at criminal faction politics.

I had totally forgotten what the vault on that planet looked like for some reasons.  Peebee + Drack in the Remnant Core mission is an hilarious combo.

Cleared out the Flophouse before getting the core too...and I was a bit annoyed that everyone acted like it was a super hard battle with near death experience...I never lost my shields and I don't bother with covers.

I even stopped crafting new gear. I reached level 40 (now 44 or maybe 46...leveling way faster since hitting 30, no idea why) and combat is too easy so I'm not bothering with upgrading.

Also, I think I found the weapon I'm going to use on my next character: N7 Falcon. I used it a bit on my current Sara (those "protect area" objectives are annoying on a Vanguard) and grenade launcher are great when enemies drop form their ship. I might go with the Scorpion as its companion for the lulz. Or that might be too much grenades? 

A pilot is mentioned in Vetra's loyalty quest.

Happens to me too. Especially past level 30. I'm not really into unlocking all the powers for the sake of it. I stick to my planned build, but at some point I have everything I wanted so I just forget to go to the level up screen.

Sometimes cause issues like forgetting to level up a squadmate and doing their loyalty mission with them missing half their points. Oups.

I think the Flop House is hard the first time you do it but it is as you say pretty easy afterwards beause it plays out the same way every time and there are only a couple of difficult enemies who actually aren't that difficult.

Re the shuttle drops, you can actually hit the shuttle before the troops jump out and just watch the dead bodies fall out!!!!!    

I discovered it by accident doing the quest on Elaaden where you capture a fort/compound for some guy and on insanity it was pretty intense. A shuttle came in to drop troops off and I shot inaccurately with the Cobra and it caught fire and the troops fell out!!!!   

It became my tactic of expediency (like where I just felt like being lazy), like for the quest in the photo which is one of those countdown missions, the one to get Dr. Okeers's data. 

EDIT: found an actual pic with the troops falling out: