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Post by Element Zero on Apr 21, 2017 4:16:01 GMT
It's been a busy week of MEA. We pursued the Archon, today, all the way to a climactic battle on Meridian. I've nearly concluded my NG+, now, with only minor post-campaign activities to tie up. I'll wipe out a couple more trophies, tomorrow. I achieved three or four, today, including "Unwavering" for completing the game on Insanity. (Looks like this Sara will be temporarily shelved at Level-114.) Most of the rest that I need simply involve power combinations that I haven't yet equipped.
After completing this NG+, I think I'm ready to start a fresh Level-1 Scott. I want to see if the patch helped Brewis-Ryder's crazy eyes, jumpy brows and bizarre lids. If not, I'll maybe import my current Sara's brother. I'll need to involve him with Cora, in order to get the romance-based achievement. I hope she shows more personality in a romance, since she's not overly interesting. I've seen Jaal's and PeeBee's arcs, and they've been well done. I usually find non-Asari aliens icky, but Jaal is the only heterosexual adult male on the ship for Sara; and his personality is great. (Liam's "real age" is 7 yo. True story.)
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Post by melbella on Apr 21, 2017 4:33:52 GMT
Found remnant core #7 - I didn't pick up the Eos Architect goodies. Probably because that was the first one I fought and was just happy to be done with it. Next stop is Elaaden vault and Architect battlefield.
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I'm around 90% finished and that Watchers task is also bugged.
-Destroys the three surveillance devices. -Approaches navpoint. -Next objective doesn't come up (eliminate Kett, do the hacking thing).
SAM: Standby. -Kills kett inside. SAM: Standby.
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Post by lexi82 on Apr 21, 2017 8:36:44 GMT
Sara Ryder Emotional/Casual/Flirtatious- Main personality traits. (Hardcore Difficulty)
I woke up on the Ark after 600 years in stasis. It's still a little hard to believe we actually made it. We're in Andromeda. Doctor T'Perro, or resident Asari examined me, but I was more focused on my coffee and the adventure before us. We tested my connection to Sam and were about to wake Scott, my twin brother, when disaster struck.
The ship shook violently around us and the doctor and I were nearly crushed by a stasis pod, but the gravity went out and it flew just over our heads. We were all left flooding until Cora, another member of our Pathfinder team, made her way in and turned the gravity back on. I think I bruised my boobs when I hit the ground, but at least I want helpless anymore. Ouch!
We heard my father, The Pathfinder call us to the bridge, but I was more concerned with my brother. After examining his pod, the doctor told me he would be fine, but we'd have to wait for him to wake up naturally. Can't say that didn't leave me a little worried but there was nothing I could do.
As I was following Cora I took a moment to say hi to my team members, most of whom I hadn't seen in over six hundred years, and one dark skinned man I'd never met. Kirkland just wanted a cop of coffee and I could relate. Most of my cup had spilled in the chaos. I also overheard a newly revived man asking one of the doctors for pancakes and it made my stomach growl. It would have to wait though.
Cora and I were having for the tram, when a counsel exploded. Apparently the only one important enough to have a scanner, it feel on me to find the fault. Cora was very encouraging! I found it and, it would seem saved a number of stasis pods in the effort.
On the bridge we watched Habitat 7 come into view. I'm as optimistic as anyone but it looked like a shit hole. A cloud of black covered half the surface, not to mention the weird ass every tentacles which seemed to pervade the entire system. Captain Dunn wanted to leave said shit hole in the cosmic dust, but dad disagreed. I had to give it to Dunn on this one, but even dad is set on something there's no changing his mind. He told us to be ready for planet fall in thirty. I went to find some more coffee and went to the locker room to prep.
In the locker room Cora and I talked about Scott a bit while I gathered my armor and weapons. Apparently some of the others heard about the disagreement on the bridge. I tried to play dumb but finally called them out as nothing but rumors when I was called out. I took a look at Dad's lucky rock - I guess it saved his life out something. Dad and I didn't talk much so I had no idea. Cora and I talked about exploration, maps, and dragons - which got the nerd in me a little excited and we meet up with my father in the shuttle bay.
Doctor Carlyle was there, eager to join us and I applauded his spirit. Dad gave an impassioned speech, told me Scott would be ok - said he was never an early riser. Will dad jokes never die? We then boarded the shuttle and set out.
En route, the dark skinned man from earlier introduced himself as Liam. We passed the planet's moon so closely I thought I could each out and touch it. As we entered the atmosphere things went to hell. Immediately after ole' Liam mentioned the mountains were floating, we were not. The wall of the shuttle blew out and Liam flew out. I tried to catch him, but I was blown out for my trouble and left to free fall. Sam got my jump jet working at the last minute so instead of dying I wound up with some more bruises, and a cracked faceplate. At least I could fix that with my omni tool.
Liam found me shortly after and we set out to find the rest of our team. I tried scanning the local plant life, which put me in mind of coral and under sea growth, but without Sam I could only make so much of it. A little ways down the path, after repeated his from electrical discharge I saw what I could only assume were honest to god dragons. I thought of Cora.
Liam told me he used to be a cop. That's how dad found him. Crisis response our something like that. He offered to tell me more over a beer later. Beer sounded great right then. After scaling a ledge we found the front half of our shuttle, Fisher, and lifeforms we'd never seen before. I tried to approach them peacefully, but that fell through pretty quickly. Between my cloak and blade, and Liam's grenades, we made short work of them. Fisher was alive, but his leg appeared to be broken. We scanned the aliens, raided the supplies, making sure to leave enough for Fisher, and began to scout the area.
We encountered another group if the aliens. We took them out but they landed a few good hits and left me hurting. We examined some of the architecture. Looks to be around 400 years old or so, which means it probably wasn't here even we left the Milky Way. It reminded me of working around Prothean Ruins.
After that we found another group pinning Kirkland down. We did what we could but we weren't fast enough and they killed him. What the hell is wrong with these guys? I promised Kirkland I'd have a cop of coffee for him and we set out again, promising we'd come back for the body. I couldn't help but worry about the others.
Walking down a narrow valley we were attacked by a beat that seemed to posses the ability to cloak naturally. Wish I could do that without the suit. We killed out and moved on.
Across a gap, leading from pillar to pillar we found a tree in a cavern that seemed reminiscent of what we were expecting. There was also an animal caught in a trap that appeared to have been set recently.
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Post by lexi82 on Apr 21, 2017 19:14:57 GMT
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We continued scouting, and we continued running into enemy forces. I still don't understand what the Hell we did to make them so damn mad. Liam, doesn't seem to care. He just sees "The Enemy", and I guess that's enough for him. Watched the bastards get struck by the same electrical discharges that have been giving us Hell this whole time. Can't say it wasn't a little satisfying and it gave me reason to believe they're not native to this world. If they were, they'd probably be more effective at dealing with it.
We found Greer, alive no less. He'd been backed into the corner of a shallow cavern by the hostiles. Liam and I managed to come up behind them and take them down before they could do to him what they'd done to Kirkland. Greer said he'd been tapping his com, just hoping somebody would hear him. I told him to head back to the shuttle and meet up with Fisher.
After that we came across, what seemed to be a research station. The entire surrounding area was being hammered by the lightning, but we made it inside. It was dark, power seemed to be out. I did what I do best, which is fiddling with things until I get a result. Tripped a generator. Damn thing sounded like it was going to explode. Scared the shit out of Liam, but at least we had the lights on. Nothing else seemed to do anything, but we did notice an open door where once it was sealed. Through the course of our investigation we found a couple of logs. Couldn't understand a word, but it sounded like the same language our attackers were using. There was a large door at the end and my scanner read massive amounts of energy on the other side. Couldn't open it anyway, but even if we could I didn't need Sam to tell me it would be a bad idea. As we were prepping to leave the area a small... robot... I guess? activated and attacked. With my cloak I was able to get close enough to drive my blade into its casing before it had time to do any real damage. There were hostiles waiting for us outside, but with the help of the lightning, we took them down with little trouble.
A short time later, after scaling a few small cliff faces, we came across a much larger installation. It was surrounded by a force field. I didn't see any guards, not that we could get passed the damn field to begin with, but the entire situation seemed to make Liam extremely uneasy. I took the time to look a round a little bit, but he spent the entire time telling me we should leave.
We picked up on Cora's signal and followed it to the shuttle. Naturally it was under attack. We fought off the first wave from behind cover near the shuttle. When the second wave came I used my cloak and jump jet to get across the field and behind them. I was doing well until one of the bastards pinned me behind a rock. I would have been okay but one of his friends took the opportunity to flank me. I really thought I'd had it until Liam came running through, gun blazing and grenades flying. Reckless bastard saved my damn life. I owe him. We both made our way back to cover for the third wave and took them down. Once they were gone we reestablished contact with Sam, who told me my father wanted to speak to us. We told him the situation and suggested we haul ass off this rock. He said it wouldn't work with the lightning and I told him, for the sake of the injured, we should risk it. He then suggested we "turn the lightning off." He told us to meet him near the larger installation Liam and I had encountered. With Cora in tow and Doctor Carlyle remaining behind to treat the injured, we set out. Even without knowing his position Dad wouldn't have been hard to find. We just had to follow the trail of dead hostiles. I guess it was that N7 training at work.
Earlier the place had looked empty, but now it was swarming with aggressive aliens intent on our destruction. Oh, and dear old dad seemed completely surprised that I'd actually been doing my job up to this point. When we pointed out the numbers, he said we should change the math. Somehow he redirected the lightning and took out their shield generators and several of their forces. From their it was a frenzied dash to the top of the base, fighting off hostiles at every turn. I heard him shout something about profiles and then I watched him tear through the enemy like a sharp wind. When I asked him about it, he got all vague in typical Alec Ryder fashion. At the top we found ourselves outside another set of massive doors. Dad needed time to translate the console so it fell on us to defend him. Cora and Liam took up position on either side to keep the enemy from flanking and I moved back and forth between them, helping where needed. He finally finished and I had to help him open the damn door. I followed him inside where we found a... um... weird... floating... triangle... thing? I guess. He reached out toward it and... I guess talked to it. When we stepped back outside, there was a definite difference. The lightning had died down substantially. We were in the middle of congratulating ourselves when a massive wave blasted out behind us, knocking us off of the platform. I hit the ground hard, destroying my face plate well beyond the ability of my omni tool to repair. I was sure I was dead. Then I saw him approaching. It's pretty fuzzy, but I remember him removing my helmet and giving me his.
I woke up sometime later in Sam Node. Liam, my savior from the battle of the shuttle, was there waiting. Sam said he was using our private channel, and when I responded Liam looked at me like I was crazy. Before long Doctor T'Perro and Cora were there too. The Doctor told me I'd been dead for a short time, cardiac arrest. I asked about Dad and Cora told me he'd died saving me. Dad and I were never that close, and maybe that made this hurt all the more. He'd apparently cared more than I thought. Sam told me I was the new Pathfinder and I thought that was ridiculous. I suggested that maybe it should be Cora. She seemed to agree, but she said it didn't matter. The Doctor then told me that Sam was a part of me on a much deeper level now and that trying to unravel him could kill me. So great. I could tell Cora wasn't happy with this, she's kinda shit at hiding her emotions, but she was trying. We were, I was told, approaching the rally point.
The Nexus was dark. It certainly wasn't the vibrant metropolis we'd been led to expect. We spoke to the local VI Avina who's information seemed extremely out of date before we wound a worker. We were then introduced to Kandros, the Turian in charge of security aboard the Nexus. On the way to the Operations Center he told us that the leadership was fractured and that most of them were filling in for the initial leaders who had been killed by the energy tentacles. He also informed us that they had encountered the aliens we'd been fighting and that they were calling them the Kett. To add to the delicious shit salad that had become the Initiative here, apparently there had been a mutiny and a large number of Nexus residents were exiled. This was just getting better and better.
In operations we met Director Tann, Director of Colonial Affairs Addison, and Superintendent Kesh. Oddly enough between the Turian, the Human, the Salarian, and the Krogan, it was the Krogan who seemed the friendliest and most level headed. Tann seemed like an opportunist, and Addison was just a bitch. To be fair, with everything that's gone wrong, and me being untested I completely understand her concerns, but she could have been a little more tactful about it. Kesh told me that Jien Garson, the founder of the Initiative, was dead and that most of her people had left after the Director failed to honor a deal with them to help quell the mutiny. Tann said they would see about getting me a scout ship, and took Cora to his office to discuss the particulars. I followed a short time later. We talked and we got political. I thought he was giving me a headache, but Sam told me it was him, and that I should go see him in Sam Node.
I did so. Along the way, back on the Hyperion I encountered Captain Dunn. With the bridge powered down, and all of the colonists still in waiting to be awoken, she seemed to have little to do. When I asked her why she came to Andromeda, she more or less told me it was her sense of adventure, and I could totally relate.
In Sam Node, Sam told me that the connection between us was deeper than he had said before, and that he had access to my entire physiology. Not creepy at all. He also told me that I could view memories of my father's if I encountered triggers. These triggers would not be in specific locations, he told me, but would tie to my experience. He then sent me to a specific location in my father's cabin where I found a trigger. When I viewed it I saw my dad fighting with a human ambassador over his AI, and I learned how he found out about mom.
After that it was time to visit my new ship, the Tempest. A Turian named Vetra was waiting for us outside and, when somebody tried to stop us from taking off, she talked him into granting us access. I decided to take the ship for a test run and we spent the next few days traveling through the system and putting her through her paces. I used that time to get to know a few of my crew.
Suvi was cute, and I have to say I'm rather fond of the accent. She's a scientist by trade and, if her email is any indication, she knows a lot about dirt! I offered to take her on a mission sometime, promised I'd protect her and show her the ropes, and she said maybe some day when things have quieted down.
I also spoke to Kallo. He was the Tempest test pilot and helped design her. He's the only one from the original design team who made the trip to Andromeda. Can't say I blame him at all.
I helped Liam move his couch and we sat down and had that beer. Maybe it's just because he saved my life but I feel a bit of a spark there.
Honestly I need to try and keep my hormones in check. I even invited Doctor T'Perro to dinner before I realized what I was doing. I guess I'm not her type.
I need to try and keep my hormones in check. We have a job to do! Still, six hundred years is a really long time to go without...
Anyway... we've landed back on the Nexus. I spoke to a young Asari reporter and told her that leadership was just as responsible for pitching in and helping to fix things as everybody else. I kind of hope Tann doesn't like that. She was kind of cute too... Actually, she looks a lot like Doctor T-Perro. Wonder if they're related?
Time to talk to Tann about the missing Arks and tie up any loose ends before we leave for Eos.
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 21, 2017 19:50:45 GMT
I've wrapped up post-campaign interactions and Tasks. I went to Eos and quickly napped a handful of PS Trophies I was lacking. I'm pretty annoyed that the APEX Trophy requires a PS+ account. Locking Trophies behind a paywall, especially for an IP like Mass Effect, is crappy. Maybe I'll use a free trial to nab it, at some point. The remaining Trophies I lack, only two or three (I'm at 94%), I'll nab in my new game I intend to start. After two complete runs for Sara, it's time for Scott to get off the bench. I'll start him as a fresh Level-1 Scrub. It ought to be interesting, starting fresh again. I've grown used to a full compliment of skills and upgrades. I might use the default faces. That would be the only way I'll ever see Sara's in-game. Hopefully, Brewis-Ryder was improved by the patch.
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Post by Psychevore on Apr 21, 2017 21:35:05 GMT
I made a new Sara and I also finally learned myself to take screenshots on my PS4 Pro easily. So this happened: Kinda started out as a joke, because I kept reading it was impossible to create a hot white girl. I'm so happy with the results though that I'll quit my other playthrough and just do this one.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 1:24:18 GMT
Chosen kett look like mutated popcorn with legs for some reason. Weird. I finished Jaal's loyalty mission before Hunting the Archon. Your first post said it happened after, but then again, I was quite unclear with my question. Last leg was supposed to mean last combat part of it, but realize now it could have been easily read as the stargazing bit . Also, I could easily imagine the Kett armor being glued on popcorn. Which begs the question, was the Kadara popcorn just ground down Kett and thus the reason why it wasn't shown being eaten during movie night? "Scanning the popcorn reveals a high concentration of Kett DNA..." cue the popcorn being spilled into the nearest trashcan. --- Yamoko did all sorts of stuff today. Started at Voeld and found nav points for a ship. Then drove around H-047c (Ryder, no!) and had a grand old time with Vetra's loyalty mission and Remnant tilling. Also realized that the observer thingies opened holes in the walls, not the big doors. So bunch of loot was found. Stopped at the Nexus to fill up the quest log, then went to party on Archie's ship. Stupid sexy monkey boy, why you do this. Also like that Vetra was just freaking out while Jaal just said "It has been a pleasure". Thanks Jaal, love you too. Anyways. Raeka won the coin toss, so now Yamoko owns Drack a few pro Krogan moves. Back to the Nexus to see a bunch of Salarians, move on the main quest and start Dracks loyalty quest. Also realized that Scott needs to eat more, since he's looking a bit to skinny around the face. Then it was time to hit Havarl, meet with a mystery contact and be reminded that the next bit takes part on Voeld and not Eladen so the whole plan is down the drain. Boo. Also met Jaal's family. Yamoko gave his mom a hug and then locked in with Jaal. (Damn that conversation is creepy, but at least Yamoko now has a lifetime supply of pie. Yum.) Also checked the rejection scene, it was hilarious and some test loading resulted in a small party at Jaals place and out-of-map jogging. But no heartbreak for Jaal this run, so reload ahoy. Yamoko then continued on the Eladen, when the game decided enough is enough and crashed. Which was fine, since the room was getting quite warm. Which is another pro for the game, since when winter returns, it can double up as a heating device .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 2:25:51 GMT
Your first post said it happened after, but then again, I was quite unclear with my question. Last leg was supposed to mean last combat part of it, but realize now it could have been easily read as the stargazing bit . Sorry, I got my writing mixed up. My first post meant Jaal's romance scene on Aya takes place after Hunting the Archon. That's the last part of his romance. My second post referred to Jaal's loyalty mission, where he and Ryder confront Akksul in Havarl. I didn't kill Akksul, but his followers leave him after seeing the truth about him. Vetra was eating Kadara popcorn during movie night. I recall she was the one, who suggested buying it after getting snacks on Aya.
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Post by melbella on Apr 22, 2017 2:37:03 GMT
Welp, I am stuck at 8/9 Remnant Cores. Boo. The 3 I don't have are in vaults I can't go back to. Oh well, clean up was a pretty mellow way to spend the week. Now it's the weekend so I'm importing Scott into NG+. I plan to up the difficulty to Hardcore and start putting points into biotic skills so I can get some more achievements out of the way.
Not sure on who to romance this time around. Maybe Cora if I can get past her asari fixation. Not interested in Peebee or Gil, and Reyes is staying single until Sara is up again.
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Post by themikefest on Apr 22, 2017 2:51:25 GMT
I've wrapped up post-campaign interactions and Tasks. I went to Eos and quickly napped a handful of PS Trophies I was lacking. I'm pretty annoyed that the APEX Trophy requires a PS+ account. Locking Trophies behind a paywall, especially for an IP like Mass Effect, is crappy. Maybe I'll use a free trial to nab it, at some point. That's what I had to do. PSN offered a 2 day free trial. I clicked yes. A short time later got the trophy.
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Post by melbella on Apr 22, 2017 3:19:27 GMT
Just started my new game, crash-landed on Habitat 7 and.....OMG! I didn't realize the butt straps were still in the game!
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Post by Petroshenko on Apr 22, 2017 4:21:57 GMT
Just started my new game, crash-landed on Habitat 7 and.....OMG! I didn't realize the butt straps were still in the game!
Apparently bioware forgot about it too cause they don't apply custom colors...
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Post by Rascoth on Apr 22, 2017 8:18:52 GMT
Apparently bioware forgot about it too cause they don't apply custom colors... Or it's a clever BW move... People complained they were distracting? Then have them stand out even more with custom colours!
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Post by Psychevore on Apr 22, 2017 12:55:24 GMT
Sara Ryder woke up in Andromeda. Because that's how you start a proper RPG since 1980 or something: by waking up. She was weary after 600 years of sleep, but overal rather excited to finally get out. But again, in proper RPG fashion, shit guickly hit the fan and she found herself strapping on armor and weaponry to set foot on a new planet. Cora was also there. Sara likes Cora... who knows. Either way, on the way to habitat 7 shit hat the fan even harder and she saw herself flying down to the ground after the shuttle broke in half. Luckily, Liam was there. It didn't take long before we ran into aliens though, and we soon found ourselves fighting aliens quite a lot as Liam and Sara explored habitat 7 together, saving various Pathfinder team members and investigating multiple weird structures, as well as finding almost all shuttle parts. With her father dead and her new role as pathfinder, Sara and her team find themselves at the Nexus. Hopefully, things are better there. Bonus: leveling
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Post by themikefest on Apr 22, 2017 14:11:39 GMT
finished another playthrough Sara and Scott I finshed at level 59 with 93% completion. Never put any point into any powers. What was odd about this playthrough is that the very first playthrough of MEA, I finished at level 85 whereas with this one, I finished at level 59 with the same amount of completion. Maybe the patch has something to do with that? Don't know. This was a good playthrough. I found several ways to reduce the time that I had for my first speedrun. I'm sure I can cut at least an hour. This weekend I plan on doing two speedruns. One on casual and the next on insanity just to see the difference in time.
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Post by vonuber on Apr 22, 2017 14:40:33 GMT
Oh cool, I liked this thread on the old BSN. Be prepared for screenshot spam
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Post by Rascoth on Apr 22, 2017 14:45:13 GMT
12 If I didn't know before, it would take a moment to realise it's the same preset. The difference hairstyle can make. That's my Eva btw. CC experiment that may get full pt, after I'm done with my current DA2 pt (casual Ryder reminded me of not-so-serious-protag awesomeness and really made me miss sarcastic Hawke).
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Post by bryanky5 on Apr 22, 2017 15:16:23 GMT
Today I asked Peebee if we're getting together later for 10,000th time. The answer is always yes
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Post by Psychevore on Apr 22, 2017 15:34:43 GMT
12 If I didn't know before, it would take a moment to realise it's the same preset. The difference hairstyle can make. That's my Eva btw. CC experiment that may get full pt, after I'm done with my current DA2 pt (casual Ryder reminded me of not-so-serious-protag awesomeness and really made me miss sarcastic Hawke). I messed with the chin, mouth, nose and brow positions more than you have, I think. I lowered the mouth and nose, while pushing the chin up and the brow up and forward. Also lowered the eyes I think and set them a bit farther apart. Also pushed the mouth forward, cause that's what I do on every character. I blame the duckface period.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 16:21:59 GMT
Just started my new game, crash-landed on Habitat 7 and.....OMG! I didn't realize the butt straps were still in the game!
What armour is that? If you start NG+ with the same character, are you at level one or the level you finished the game with? Just wondering, because for Scott's run that I'm playing right now, I started a clean slate instead of NG+.
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Post by Rascoth on Apr 22, 2017 16:38:39 GMT
What armour is that? If you start NG+ with the same character, are you at level one or the level you finished the game with? Just wondering, because for Scott's run that I'm playing right now, I started a clean slate instead of NG+. That's Initiative armor V+, with custom colours. You start with the same level you finished the game, all skill points assigned the same way you finished, skills and profiles set the same way (only first skill gets replaced with the one according to your background), with all items in your inventory (thought you can't access them at the beginning).
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Post by melbella on Apr 22, 2017 16:43:03 GMT
Just started my new game, crash-landed on Habitat 7 and.....OMG! I didn't realize the butt straps were still in the game!
What armour is that? If you start NG+ with the same character, are you at level one or the level you finished the game with? Just wondering, because for Scott's run that I'm playing right now, I started a clean slate instead of NG+.
I think it's Pathfinder armor? Not sure since it wasn't anything I picked - just happened to be wearing it. I ended my prior game wearing angaran commando stuff, so it put me back into default I guess. At least the armor pieces were lvl X, except for the helmet, which is probably why it broke.
Yes, Scott imported at level 69, with all powers, inventory, and everything else intact. (I didn't re-spec before exiting my old game, so not sure if that might affect anything.) Squaddie powers are all maxed as well. Inventory wasn't accessible however, so I had to play the first few encounters using a crappy (albeit lvl X) Predator pistol with no mods until I got the Avenger (also lvl X).
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Post by Psychevore on Apr 22, 2017 17:39:25 GMT
I'm going to mix and match my armor this time around, I think.
Heleus Defender Helmet Remnant Heritage Chest N7 arms and legs
Or maybe do one N7 part and for the remaining one use that Kett thing that gives extra weapon/weakpoint damage.
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Post by themikefest on Apr 22, 2017 19:29:17 GMT
I think it's Pathfinder armor? Not sure since it wasn't anything I picked - just happened to be wearing it. I ended my prior game wearing angaran commando stuff, so it put me back into default I guess. At least the armor pieces were lvl X, except for the helmet, which is probably why it broke.
Yes, Scott imported at level 69, with all powers, inventory, and everything else intact. (I didn't re-spec before exiting my old game, so not sure if that might affect anything.) Squaddie powers are all maxed as well. Inventory wasn't accessible however, so I had to play the first few encounters using a crappy (albeit lvl X) Predator pistol with no mods until I got the Avenger (also lvl X).
When starting a new game plus, Ryder is wearing the default armor at level whatever. The same for weapons until she/he gets on the tempest. One thing I did before starting a new game plus, was craft weapons and armor with an extra slot. I made a save. Started new game plus. On the tempest switched to the armor and weapons I crafted.
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