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Post by melbella on Jun 21, 2017 12:45:07 GMT
dragontartare I think the TAB thing is a "fix" from the latest patch. It was never actually a keybind before; it just worked.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 21, 2017 20:57:18 GMT
So the kett base is done on eos. Next up voeld. Enjoyed myself a bit this time.
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Post by dragontartare on Jun 22, 2017 3:50:49 GMT
Today I learned that Ryder learned to dance by watching Shepard.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 23, 2017 1:19:50 GMT
Last night did everything up to ripping out the heart on. Voeld. Plus white death (fun little quest) and the medical caches.
Not much to report other then i think I've finally nailed down Cassandras character arc for the game. I mean from the vague ideas to the specifics....took me long enough.
Up next. Not sure but think I'm Aya bound.
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Post by cmoe on Jun 23, 2017 8:44:29 GMT
Was tackled by a flying Asari and then proceeded to activate the monolith. After defeating several Remnant and Kett, got to meet the big guy!
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Post by colfoley on Jun 24, 2017 1:21:40 GMT
Not much to report. A lot of busy work. Didn't fire a shot. But i did start contagion.
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Post by melbella on Jun 24, 2017 22:17:29 GMT
I'm making my first attempt at using the CC to create a custom Sara and OMG, this thing is horrendous. I'm not even talking about the options (or lack thereof - eyebrows selected via complexion, really? ) but rather the UI of the thing. I keep hitting "select" to pick something and it thinks that means I'm done? No, I'm just done with that part and want to move along to the next one. Ugh. This is going to take me forever.
Edit: The make-up options? Why do most of them look like (bad) tattoos? I mean, who's got time to put that face on every morning?
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Post by Curious Crow on Jun 24, 2017 23:14:21 GMT
Tried to make a Hawke Ryder. Had a good laugh about it at least. Then loaded up Eric to see what he was doing. Was reminded how little regard npcs have for my personal space. Backlog is so big and so many unlogged quests hiding in the bushes, ready to leap out and bite him. But they are quick to do once gotten to. Which is either good or bad, not sure. So Eric, Drack and Jaal had a lovely winter date on Voeld today while I tried to plan their next session.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 24, 2017 23:15:53 GMT
Do did contagion and the firefighters last night .just.seems to make sense to do them beck to back. And despite the rushed conclusion to the firefighters still is one of.my.favorites. in the future have to remember to charge then cloak instead.of the other way around. The game encourages you to do it cloak then charge but it'll be way more effective to do it the other way around. Still the explorer has become one of my favorite profiles in the game.
Up next. Puttering around on Voeld before going kett hunting.
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Post by melbella on Jun 24, 2017 23:21:26 GMT
I'm hanging out in the cryo bay, taking the time to read all the codex entries unlocked so far. Harry was trolling Liam something fierce, all in the name of making sure he didn't have a concussion from bumping his head when the gravity came back on. Pretty funny sequence that I don't recall hearing before.
Here's how Sara turned out:
Once I was done with her, then I had to do go back into the monstrosity of a CC to create a semi-similar looking Scott.
I think I'll just stick to the defaults in the future. This is way too much work for too little reward (ie control over how they look).
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Post by melbella on Jun 25, 2017 0:56:04 GMT
Was it really necessary to make the painful to use UI even more painful, Bioware?
Not only has TAB been removed as a shortcut out of the menu but mouse wheel can no longer be used to make the map bigger and smaller. I can use it to do ONE of those things (had to re-assign the function to do so since they were unassigned) but not both for some asinine reason. It worked fine before - WHY CHANGE IT?!
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Post by Curious Crow on Jun 25, 2017 1:16:23 GMT
Ended up doing stuff. Mostly just scanning all the little systems around the big planets. A very important job, yes, yes. Also stuffed Drack, Liam and Eric in a cozy shipping container sandwich and started Liams loyalty mission. Am idling around the last stretch since I kind of want to take the detainment option at the end, but I don't want Eric to sound mad and am feeling to lazy to reload if he does. So if anyone knows if you can take the detainment but be chill about it, it would be nice to know. Or I might just push Anika to that point and test it out, since I'm fine with her being mad. She fancies herself a professional person. And she hasn't done the flagship mission, so I can be smart and thin out some of those sidequests. She ended up visiting Elaaden. Found a Turian named A something and his fellows, who were admiring someone's armor. Then she killed them. Found some new mini sidequests and a mini vault which I think is bugged? It was weird. Also did one of the drive core, scourge attracting thingies, but those are quite hard so not sure how many of those will be done.
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Post by melbella on Jun 25, 2017 2:46:58 GMT
This is new: when I take my hand of the mouse and just have Ryder stand in place, the screen view wobbles? Is this due to a setting or ???
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This is new: when I take my hand of the mouse and just have Ryder stand in place, the screen view wobbles? Is this due to a setting or ??? I think that's a glitch. At least, the game sits still when I let go of the mouse. Think you can fix it by turning the game off then back on. I can also zoom in and out on the map with the wheel on the mouse, but it is a bit finicky on the zoom out bit. Need to push the wheel with a tiny bit more firmness and slowly. Seemed to work both when the keys were unbound and when they were bound to the num buttons.
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Post by melbella on Jun 25, 2017 5:36:04 GMT
This is new: when I take my hand of the mouse and just have Ryder stand in place, the screen view wobbles? Is this due to a setting or ??? I think that's a glitch. At least, the game sits still when I let go of the mouse. Think you can fix it by turning the game off then back on. I can also zoom in and out on the map with the wheel on the mouse, but it is a bit finicky on the zoom out bit. Need to push the wheel with a tiny bit more firmness and slowly. Seemed to work both when the keys were unbound and when they were bound to the num buttons.
I'll check it out again tomorrow. I didn't do the "reset to default" thing for the keybindings when I loaded up the game (first time since latest patch) so that might be why the mouse wheel for the map is broken. I don't really want to have redo the keys every time the game gets patched. Sigh.
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Post by cmoe on Jun 25, 2017 9:39:25 GMT
I activated the first vault on EOS. Recruited the flying Asari and the big guy! Successfully started my first outpost, Prodromos.
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Post by gplayer on Jun 25, 2017 14:31:09 GMT
So I am on my 4th PT and overall enjoying myself since I started avoiding all fetch quests and cut certain squaddies out of my game (never speak to Vetra/Liam and only minimally to Peebee/Drack). The mods I installed make a big difference as well (modding forum has more details).
Anyways, for the first time I did Havarl before Voeld. It makes a big difference. On Havarl you get a cool reception regardless of what you did on Voeld, and I assumed it would be the same vice versa. But no, on Voeld everyone is nice to you and mentions your Heroics on Havarl. I am posting this because one of my complaints was how every PT on MEA feels the same, no variation. So this was a very welcome surprise!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2017 15:20:10 GMT
Got to know the crew a bit better before departing for my first mission on Eos.
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Post by Monica21 on Jun 25, 2017 22:14:47 GMT
Finished a playthrough with a Logical/Professional Ryder and almost immediately started a new pt with a Ryder who'll be Emotional/Casual. Not sure what kind of character she'll be yet. Thinking of having her just flirt with everyone until she settles on Reyes. Because Reyes.
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Post by dragontartare on Jun 25, 2017 22:23:05 GMT
Was it really necessary to make the painful to use UI even more painful, Bioware? Not only has TAB been removed as a shortcut out of the menu but mouse wheel can no longer be used to make the map bigger and smaller. I can use it to do ONE of those things (had to re-assign the function to do so since they were unassigned) but not both for some asinine reason. It worked fine before - WHY CHANGE IT?! The TAB thing is really annoying, but I don't think the mouse wheel zooming was removed? It still works for me, most of the time, though it tends to get "stuck" somehow when I'm zoomed in (so that I can't zoom back out) which didn't happen before.
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Post by melbella on Jun 25, 2017 23:04:32 GMT
The TAB thing is really annoying, but I don't think the mouse wheel zooming was removed? It still works for me, most of the time, though it tends to get "stuck" somehow when I'm zoomed in (so that I can't zoom back out) which didn't happen before. I'm not sure about the mouse wheel. It seems strange that when I went into my keybindings (that I didn't change or reset since the last time I played) that both options were blanked out, as if they had been removed for some reason. It definitely doesn't work as well as it did before 1.08. At least my wibbly-wobbly screen at rest has stopped, thank goodness. That was making my head hurt.
Another (unlisted) change from 1.08: they added instructions while in the Nomad for how to exit and extract. Nice, since I know some people had trouble figuring out how to get back to the Tempest, but it would better if it was optional text since it clutters the screen up even more.
It seems they also added a bunch of negative traits to many of the best augments. For example: Vintage Heat Sink now reduces clip size by 60%. I'm pretty sure it didn't do that before. Is there a reason SP has to be nerfed? I just don't get it.
As for what I've done today: explored Site 1 and Site 2. Got my butt kicked (on Normal!) by the kett + fiend at Site 2 several times before I was finally able to survive the mission (I did kill them all once but died while proclaiming my victory ). Scanned all the dead, activated the 3 monoliths, killed some more kett, met Peebee and Drack, and am now getting ready to enter the vault.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2017 23:11:35 GMT
After wrapping things up on Eos, Sara had a beer with Liam before heading to the Nexus. Fate intervened and forced her onto a planet with a new species. Sara being the awkward and embarrassing flirt she is, will now attempt to woo the new species, and the results seem promising judging by his smile.
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Post by melbella on Jun 26, 2017 4:27:38 GMT
Sara and Liam in the vault
I am undecided on whether to romance Liam this time around. I skipped the first flirt opportunity (during the couch scene) since I haven't made up my mind yet. I know Reyes is out there....
Activated the Eos vault, then went around talking to everyone talkable at Prodromos. Saved the work crew from Remnant and found 3 of 4 muster locations for "Doesn't Add Up." The last one is in a level 3 radiation zone. On the way back to the Nexus, stopped off in the Pfeiffer system to scan everything, then scanned everything in the Nexus system.
First stop after docking on the Nexus: the bar.
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Sara and Liam in the vault
I am undecided on whether to romance Liam this time around. I skipped the first flirt opportunity (during the couch scene) since I haven't made up my mind yet. I know Reyes is out there....
Activated the Eos vault, then went around talking to everyone talkable at Prodromos. Saved the work crew from Remnant and found 3 of 4 muster locations for "Doesn't Add Up." The last one is in a level 3 radiation zone. On the way back to the Nexus, stopped off in the Pfeiffer system to scan everything, then scanned everything in the Nexus system.
First stop after docking on the Nexus: the bar.
Love your Sara! I'm going to be so terrible this time around haha I will start off with a no strings attached romp with PeeBee, a one-night stand with Liam, a romance with Reyes that I'll end at the cave and then I will romance Jaal.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 26, 2017 5:33:08 GMT
Been marathoning of and on most of the day so far. Got lost for nearly an hour trying to 'remove the heart' on Voeld. Though on the way to doing it I also did 'know your enemy'. Finally found my way up the mountain and through the cave and rapidly proceeded to kick ass, and downloaded the files for Fact or Fiction. The Voeld base still remains fun...though Vetra did pick a fight with one of the turrets...and lost. RPGed the Ascendant, and...oh yes since my fiancee was elsewhere so I was able to put on my headphones and...the sound design, the sound design in this game is truly awesome. Can't give them enough credit. But..after that, it was onto healing the world. Voeld is probably the most annoying of the vaults/ monoliths...so...here we go.
After that I was a bit sick and tired of Voeld...actually...so onto the Tempst I went. To really chat with the crew and unwind from all that combat...and cold. Dealt with the quest with the exo suit. Dealt with the Kallo Gil conflict. I actually agreed with Kallo and was pleasently surprised by the point Cassandra made. It actually sounded...reasonable.
Then onto Remav where I did Vetra's loyalty mission. I liked it. My first loyalty mission this round. Actually one of the better loyalty missions in the game...fourth best actually. lol. But, it was unique.
Wrapped it up with doing the Eladden plot. I like doing it all in one go. Its good, well written, but honestly it also probably has the most cringe worthy dialogue in the entire game. I mean, on the one hand there are bad lines in this game in places. On the other hand, this game has hundreds of thousands (millions?) of lions. That's a pretty good track record.
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