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Post by Ogred on Jul 27, 2017 1:04:19 GMT
Hello guys! New to this forum and wanted to share my experience with the game so far. I have exactly 69 hours played and I've had a lot of fun with this game. I have completed 4 planets so far and today I did some stuff on Aya like the Jaal quest and helping the asari with the angara that want to move to the Nexus, not much but it was fun. I hope to get more time to play the game during the next few days before returning to college. Anyway, here's my Ryder. I took my time creating him and I really like how he looks. Thanks for reading, I will be writting more of my experience with the game whenever I get the time to play!
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Post by dazk on Jul 27, 2017 1:05:24 GMT
So haven't posted for a few days, damn PC issues. Not sure if it was a part of a Windows 10 update (my screen keeps freezing) or if my under powered GPU is finally telling me it has had enough Anyway, finished Kadara and went with The Collective and Reyes - AGAIN. I just cannot find any reason to ally with Sloane and generally have no respect for anyone that'd wear a travel pillow all the time Tied up a few loose ends like Three Sabers and The sad Aya Astronomer mission, I so hate disappointing that guy Then off to Elaaden, yes Ryder its hot OK!!!!! Under orders from someone on these boards that will remain un-named, been taking Liam around and whilst I don't mind his banter I had to finally drop him, as of all the squad mates he is an absolute pain for me in combat. For me in 50% of combat he stands right in front of me blocking my line of sight and even when you shoot he often doesn't duck. So added PB instead, she sets up nice biotic combos for me and I never get sick of hearing about how her dad was an elcor and the mnore lively one in the family Finished the vault and various other missions on Elaaden and now just working through the New Tuchanka missions.
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Post by dazk on Jul 27, 2017 1:08:24 GMT
Hello guys! New to this forum and wanted to share my experience with the game so far. I have exactly 69 hours played and I've had a lot of fun with this game. I have completed 4 planets so far and today I did some stuff on Aya like the Jaal quest and helping the asari with the angara that want to move to the Nexus, not much but it was fun. I hope to get more time to play the game during the next few days before returning to college. Anyway, here's my Ryder. I took my time creating him and I really like how he looks. Thanks for reading, I will be writting more of my experience with the game whenever I get the time to play! Hi and welcome Ogred. I can't see you picture unfortunately, if you can get the image up, there is also a thread that you can post your Ryders on if you feel like it bsn.boards.net/thread/3876/share-ryders-good-looking-edition?page=82&scrollTo=819817
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Post by cmoe on Jul 27, 2017 1:14:47 GMT
Hello guys! New to this forum and wanted to share my experience with the game so far. I have exactly 69 hours played and I've had a lot of fun with this game. I have completed 4 planets so far and today I did some stuff on Aya like the Jaal quest and helping the asari with the angara that want to move to the Nexus, not much but it was fun. I hope to get more time to play the game during the next few days before returning to college. Anyway, here's my Ryder. I took my time creating him and I really like how he looks. Thanks for reading, I will be writting more of my experience with the game whenever I get the time to play! He is a good looking Ryder! I'm glad you are enjoying the game.
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Post by Curious Crow on Jul 27, 2017 1:40:58 GMT
Loaded up Sazerac today because of reasons. Checked out Site 2 with him and had an surprisingly easy time with it. Normally it feels like endless waves of Kett, but this time it took half the time it normally does and the Fiend was gentle like a scabby kitten. Think I found a glitch with Vetra. Saze also met Sid on the Nexus before this chat, but picked the "We've met option" instead of being a smart ass. Sid promised that she hadn't told Saze about all of Vetra's disgusting habits, then the convo cut short, so no option to flirt about her laser sight.
Saze also did a bunch of more stuff. Found Aya, visited Havarl and warmed up on Eos. Some ponders. I love the governors "Jaal plz stop embarrassing me in front of the alien!" and he's just "Lol, nope, personal space invasion is a go!". Also got the long distant jump achievement by trying to short cut by jumping straight into the ravine. Got teleported back, but the achievement was nice. If we put multi color films on the remnant scanners, could they create strobe lights? Wild remnant raves. Saze did the rose petal flirt with Cora, was severely missing an "Ugh that was bad" and a hand on the back of the neck. Was surprised how well Cora took the flirt. Got some Kett to spawn/exit the shuttle high off in the air. Sadly they were not as amusing as the DAI giants and didn't fall down to splatter on the ground. Had to shoot them down and got the amusing sight of one falling down while lit on fire. Found Grace Lito on Eos. Which was nice.
Anyways, next session for him will probably be cooling down on Voeld, but he might take a bathroom break on the Nexus first.
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Post by dazk on Jul 27, 2017 2:06:24 GMT
If we put multi color films on the remnant scanners, could they create strobe lights? Wild remnant raves. Now that'd be a really cool MOD!!!! FYI I posted this elsewhere but I found this observer yesterday:
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Post by vonuber on Jul 28, 2017 19:45:24 GMT
Last night Sara activated the vault on Eos.
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Post by phoray on Jul 30, 2017 1:39:54 GMT
Making myself watch a Let's Play ME: Andromeda of Female Ryder. I hated the battle mechanics and...pretty much everything between cut scenes... and even some of the cutscenes, especially concerning the transfer of Pathfinder power. So I quit playing 8 hours into my 10 hour trial. But so many people seem to love it, but I didn't want to chance a purchase, so now I'm watching a Let's play and seeing if there is anything that wins me over. I was boring a friend with my thoughts as the LEt's play happened, so I'll start posting them here. I'm near 4 hours of "all the cut scenes" pasted together on Youtube. If I try to forget that her dad just died...and that Cora should be pathfinder... And that any Ryder should be waaaaay more upset about SAM being in their head than what is represented... roll my eyes at the awkward dialogue... and happily skip all the battles and resource collection... Vetra seems okay. The promise she made to that guy to bring his kid randomly to the front of the line seemed.... shady, I guess. Suvi seems cute but I'm not particularly religious. Kallo is interesting The little speech Sam has about the first outpost representing who the Iniitiative is and who they're going to be is cool- mixed in with "cleaning" a planet, feels satisfying. Drack just seems like a Oghren/krogan from the last game clone. Peebee is like... Liara with an energetic personality. Wish they'd made Cora an Asari and let Peebee be the human but then I guess Suvi would be up a creek- two scientist companions? Liam is so boring how can he make going to a new galaxy sound like so much of an after thought. Their first "meeting" where they do an overview of their accomplishments was pretty funny. It felt very casual though, like a bunch of guys who went on a hunting trip. I like it but it does leave me wondering if that's the right tone? And then Cora brings up Krogan's blowing themselves up and I want to punch her. Oh ya- I'd forgotten I'd disliked the woman. Also for her "implant" blaming when it comes to her temper. And then right after saying the Pathfinder was the one to call all the shots....they all leave the meeting with Ryder yelling after them to finish the conversation. @_@ The argument between Tann, Female Krogan, and Male Turian about Ryder's choice about the outpost reminds me very strongly of the Pre Skyhold "Templars vs Mages" decision conversations between Lel, Cullen, and Jose. ----- "They're scanning us!" "Well scan them back!" Also, when did scanning become a thing, isn't that a Star Trek thing? Why do TVs and holograms always have such crappy resolution in games? -----Why is a dirt scientist at the helm anyway o-o There only ever seems to be 2 dialogue options for every answer. For a game that went on about all the voice acted lines, some of the budget should have been cut for useless ambient and been given back to the protaganist. ---- Oh my god. First contact with the Koala people is in a baby blue hoodie sweater suit. ----- They don't speak english and then they are suddenly completely and utterly fluent. @_@ Then another meeting where Cora back seat drives you into a wall. So much for being happy to be second. I don't care so much that they speak english but the fact that they use slang that only humans would use seems lazy. That first conversation with Jaal on the Tempest was quite pleasant. What with his "raw profound" comment. Suvi's smile when she saw the giant flying things for the first time was quite beautiful and well done. Even if those flying creatures look like they're part of the zerg from Starcraft. Honestly, the idea of meeting other Pathfinders, and having a coalition of sorts-- equals to interact with. Macen the Turian sounds particularly interesting. I don't know how gravity wells work but why would they build a building that required using such a thing... Haha the koala is all like, "How did you get in here? we cant help you because reincarnated souls aren't working. We could get them to work but bad guys block us. but maybe you..." all hopeful. the guy went from "Blasted intruder!--- you are our only hope!" oh cool, a bioelectric glove with like memories in it that react to the DNA of it's wearer like a key... They're really experimenting with their Sci Fi boundaries in this game. So funny the complete lack of reaction of falling through the floors using gravity wells. "Just another day of totally trusting alien technology to work!" Curious though. Are all angara inherently bisexual? These memory artifacts bring up this idea of... memories. If you remember being a woman that liked men, would that not carry over? Wow, that Angaran sage dropped the tenets of his religion at the drop of a hat. Kiraan Daals VA sounds really famliar... "Pathfinder was always a symbol." huh... sounds familiar. Like Inquisitor. Wow. Ryder makes some lame speeches for the "archive." Professional writers really decided these underwhelming things were the final word? HONESTY makes Ryder different from the KEtt? Didn't the Kett just barge in blasting and taking what they wanted? did they even bother to have a conversation, let alone lie during it? Stay strong and clear? What the heck kind of Alien goodbye is that? May as well say 'live long and prosper.' Still can't stand the Turian white wash face. Did they ever update that? They have random security footage of a meeting between mutineers on a random planet? unlikely. This investigating random family memories thing is weird... Aww. The way Jaal comforts that dying angara Raekor...something. Feeling a weeeeee crush. 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Post by Curious Crow on Jul 30, 2017 3:53:59 GMT
Loaded up Saze for a quick questing on Voeld, ended up saving the Moshae, activating the monoliths and bunch of other quests until my luck/patience ran out at the Kett communication base. So stole some from the elves. Then wrapped up the base, activated the vault and set up an outpost. So woo, Saze is done with that. \o/ Have also named his turret Ashley. She has cryo rounds and seems to be the only one who wants to indulge in some combo detonations. I mean Cora and Drack are literally going out there and kicking butts, but explosions are also fun. Also realized I forgot to talk to Drack and get his quest. Oops. Anyways, next up for Saze is probably Kadara and as much as he can wrap up there. Then loyalty, loyalty, loyalty. Which I have finally learned how to spell correctly. Yay.
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Post by melbella on Jul 30, 2017 5:45:42 GMT
Thinking about starting another game to romance Peebee. She's not my favorite character, but I do like her way more than Sera in DAI, so I'm not opposed to romancing her. Question is, if I NG+ it, do I replay with Sara or switch over to Scott?
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Post by phoray on Jul 30, 2017 13:27:34 GMT
Continuing the Let's Play viewing: Havaryl sky is pretty. it took them this long to notice a giant mech welded to the ship? o-o timing is weird. I can't help but feel the scene with Jaal and Liam undressed is purely a random reason to see them undressed. I've noticed that SAM seems to be Scout Harding when it comes to entering new locations. Scout Harding is way cuter. So this planet is an ice ball...because the vault stopped working... So we fix the vault and we can live on it. But what happens if the vault stops working again? Do we seriously want to colonize planets that depend on mysterious alien technology to be livable? oh nuuuuu no face zoom in for conversations? when will they learn? how can SAM do all this stuff... it makes no sense.... Which made me ask if AI , or synthethtics, just was totally off the radar in this galaxy. but then we meet... First ethical decision I've seen so far: the Ancient Angaran AI vs random nameless angara. Wow game. You didn't imply one way was better there. Although, to be honest, I would have killed the AI. Screw her drama and murder happy self. Such underwhelming flag waving speeches delivered out of Ryder's mouth...her tone is like, "Even I think this is bull." This next battle reminded me of the desert planet. Why didn't the kett ship attack the unprotected tempest? such an obvious and huge target. is peebee seriously still wearing a bare mid riff outfit in this snow? that's believable. So the whole kett reveal is actually rather absorbing. rumors had implied that it was a super duper bad guy rip off from the original trilogy in that they used the victims against the rebels. and that's true. But it's got a rather different feeling to it anyway. and at least the new hybrid people have thoughts and feelings, even if they are warped by a cult/religion. And ya, Moshae, maybe they might fill it up again- but who's to say they only have one transformer facility or that Ryder would drag her feet long enough to let it get filled up again. So may as well save the angaran's Is it just me, or is cora always bringing up Dad Ryder...and pretty much any other Pathfinder and/or expert as someone to get "ideas, plans, and experience" from. Seriously. I wanted the fact that Ryder isn't trained to be pathfinder brought up, but all this indirect talk just makes Core feel passive aggressive and judgemental when at this point, Ryder is finally earning the title. All these doubts should have been expressed at the start. WTF- Liam sends you spying without telling you that. I don't even know what to call that, but it's wrong for at least two reasons. Then he goes on about things feeling normal-- didn't you come out here because you wanted things to stop being so normal?---- oh wow. Liam. Who would have guessed that tepid laid back man would be the one to screw stuff up and go off half cocked. I know I asked for people to do their own thing in spite of the protag, but in his case, he has direct access to the Pathfinder and a couple of words from her could have smoothed quite a lot over and gotten him what he needed with little fuss. So his going off and being independent is mostly just dumb. Its not like Ryder would be against learning how to live on these planets better. At this point, I'm 5.5 hours into cutscenes alone, which has gotta translate to 10 or so hours of actual game playing time. I'm ready for some smooching. I don't know who this Let's Play player is going to romance, it seems to be Peebee or Jaal. I'm hoping Jaal! he reminds me of Thane and Zevran. Even if he is an ugly Koala man face with a burn victim's body. (they seriously relying on most females to look past looks, aren't they.) he's got complimentary flowery words dialogue the others don't seem to have access to.
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Post by vonuber on Jul 30, 2017 14:08:02 GMT
Last night Sara founded a colony, expressed distrust to both Addison and Tann (seriously fun dialogue options there) then almost killed her brother.
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Post by vonuber on Jul 30, 2017 14:22:10 GMT
Leaving Addison hanging: Not being impressed by Tann:
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Post by phoray on Jul 30, 2017 15:42:03 GMT
Continuing Let's play viewing: I super don't approve of Liam sharing our ship specs. No getting around that being the stupidest thing he's done all game and no real supporting argument to justify it. I do approve of cutting off Video's of threatening pirates. In this mission, it actually seems the protag has a personality, even if it's not of my own making. It just occurred to me that companions stand around while Ryder talks to SAM in her head. That's gotta be...awkward. Best way to use a gun, turn off annoying pirate! This mission is great!---oh my gosh! If the whole game had been like this mission! Being called Pathfinder is kinda...too formal for a very informal group. If I ever do play, I'll keep the name Sara or Scott. Do you guys ever feel like bullets shouldn't work against mech? Me: ya it does. What are you even talking about Ryder. he's a pirate using forced slave labor. I can't even. Don't ruin this mission with your bad dialogue. Oh oh oh. I totally ship Liam and Verand. So, Prodomos is all well and good, but why aren't the Kett just constantly hitting it hard when it would draw the pathfinder, their target, to them? Huh. Liam rips himself his own new one, saving Ryder the trouble. Still.... oddly enough, I feel more loyal to Liam than when I started and all I did was watch. We actually survived a trial together. Actually, a total clusterf*** mess. I don't think I felt this way much in the other ME games. Maybe Jacks loyalty mission in ME2. Maybe because it never felt like Shepard was out of control of the situation? My outlook on Liam went from tepid idiot to... solid friend material there. Kallo/Gil fight: I would have sided with Kallo. Especially cuz Gil isn't talking over major system's changes with Ryder. Or apparently anyone else. Unilateral decisions by the engineer should only be performed in emergencies. I'm noticing the middle of this game is far stronger than it's start. But I hear the ending is pretty weak too. I'm kinda torn. The start of the game is rage quit worthy. The middle of the game is enjoyable. I couldn't hack the battle mechanics so all the fighting was super frustrating with death after death at the start. But I've finally reached a point in this LEt's play where I am...invested. And wanting to see this game play out my way with my own Ryder. At the start of watching this Let's Play, it was confirming for me every reason why I hadn't bought the game. I was thinking, the entire first 5 hours of cutscenes, that I was glad I hadn't bought it because it certainly wasn't worth a second play. Now I'm on the fence. Should I continue this 100% spoilers LEt's Play or actually spend some dough on this....
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Continuing Let's play viewing: I super don't approve of Liam sharing our ship specs. No getting around that being the stupidest thing he's done all game and no real supporting argument to justify it. I do approve of cutting off Video's of threatening pirates. In this mission, it actually seems the protag has a personality, even if it's not of my own making. It just occurred to me that companions stand around while Ryder talks to SAM in her head. That's gotta be...awkward. Best way to use a gun, turn off annoying pirate! This mission is great!---oh my gosh! If the whole game had been like this mission! Being called Pathfinder is kinda...too formal for a very informal group. If I ever do play, I'll keep the name Sara or Scott. Do you guys ever feel like bullets shouldn't work against mech? Me: ya it does. What are you even talking about Ryder. he's a pirate using forced slave labor. I can't even. Don't ruin this mission with your bad dialogue. Oh oh oh. I totally ship Liam and Verand. So, Prodomos is all well and good, but why aren't the Kett just constantly hitting it hard when it would draw the pathfinder, their target, to them? Huh. Liam rips himself his own new one, saving Ryder the trouble. Still.... oddly enough, I feel more loyal to Liam than when I started and all I did was watch. We actually survived a trial together. Actually, a total clusterf*** mess. I don't think I felt this way much in the other ME games. Maybe Jacks loyalty mission in ME2. Maybe because it never felt like Shepard was out of control of the situation? My outlook on Liam went from tepid idiot to... solid friend material there. Kallo/Gil fight: I would have sided with Kallo. Especially cuz Gil isn't talking over major system's changes with Ryder. Or apparently anyone else. Unilateral decisions by the engineer should only be performed in emergencies. I'm noticing the middle of this game is far stronger than it's start. But I hear the ending is pretty weak too. I'm kinda torn. The start of the game is rage quit worthy. The middle of the game is enjoyable. I couldn't hack the battle mechanics so all the fighting was super frustrating with death after death at the start. But I've finally reached a point in this LEt's play where I am...invested. And wanting to see this game play out my way with my own Ryder. At the start of watching this Let's Play, it was confirming for me every reason why I hadn't bought the game. I was thinking, the entire first 5 hours of cutscenes, that I was glad I hadn't bought it because it certainly wasn't worth a second play. Now I'm on the fence. Should I continue this 100% spoilers LEt's Play or actually spend some dough on this....
As several people around here are quick to point out, you can get the game at a discounted price pretty much anywhere. So, if you want to see the rest without spoilers, wait for it to go on sale again. The standard edition is $40 on Origin right now, Deluxe is $50, but you might be able to get a disk copy (standard only) for less somewhere.
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Post by vonuber on Jul 30, 2017 16:51:53 GMT
Should I continue this 100% spoilers LEt's Play or actually spend some dough on this.... Definitely worth it in my opinion.
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Post by phoray on Jul 30, 2017 16:59:51 GMT
Now I'm on the fence. Should I continue this 100% spoilers LEt's Play or actually spend some dough on this.... As several people around here are quick to point out, you can get the game at a discounted price pretty much anywhere. So, if you want to see the rest without spoilers, wait for it to go on sale again. The standard edition is $40 on Origin right now, Deluxe is $50, but you might be able to get a disk copy (standard only) for less somewhere. I see it as low as $30 on amazon for Prime members (delivery) but all they give you is a case and a code paper so it seems dumb. otherwise Standard comes across as $40 and Deluxe on Origin is $50. All deluxe seems to give you is different skins and a pet monkey o-o Is there a mod that bypasses the requirement to upgrade the nomad? I rage quit my trial because my car couldn't go up a hill and the story was too lame to go through the trouble of resource gathering just to make it do what it should have done to start with.
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Post by vonuber on Jul 30, 2017 17:04:05 GMT
The nomad can go up any hill from the start, it's just the speed that changes. Did you change drive mode?
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Post by phoray on Jul 30, 2017 17:34:07 GMT
The nomad can go up any hill from the start, it's just the speed that changes. Did you change drive mode? I don't recall that being an option. I remember Liam suggesting an action that sounded like telling me to get an upgrade. On another front, I guess I'm downloading a patch at the moment. I still had the trial on my computer, so that should shorten additional download time. And is there a way to get Jaal sooner than Ryder usually does? Like Liam more now after seeing the LM, but as far as I can tell, he likes to state the obvious. And I hate Cora. General tips on mission order for maximum enjoyment and narrative cohesion?
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Post by vonuber on Jul 30, 2017 17:43:36 GMT
The Nomad has two drive modes, one for going fast and one for hills, as standard. You don't need the upgrades, but it does make travelling quicker. On pc it's the right mouse button to switch.
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Post by melbella on Jul 30, 2017 17:51:30 GMT
The nomad can go up any hill from the start, it's just the speed that changes. Did you change drive mode? I don't recall that being an option. I remember Liam suggesting an action that sounded like telling me to get an upgrade. On another front, I guess I'm downloading a patch at the moment. I still had the trial on my computer, so that should shorten additional download time. And is there a way to get Jaal sooner than Ryder usually does? Like Liam more now after seeing the LM, but as far as I can tell, he likes to state the obvious. And I hate Cora. General tips on mission order for maximum enjoyment and narrative cohesion?
That would have been Gil, over the comm, telling you to put it in 6 wheel drive (RMB if using kb/m).
You only get Jaal after going to Aya, and you can't go there until after activating the vault and planting an outpost on Eos, then going back to the Nexus to talk with Tann, etc. It wouldn't really make sense to meet him before then. Cora grew on me when I romanced her but yeah, her asari love and need for "a plan" is very annoying. Her shield boost, otoh, is quite useful.
As with most ME/DA games, do everything you can before the next main mission. This can lead to a holding pattern w/ regard to romances though since they don't progress until after a certain main mission (like the Collector ship in ME2). I like to clear Havarl and Voeld of everything I can, as well as go back to Eos for a bunch of stuff that wasn't accessible, before I move ahead with the main story. Then, do everything everywhere possible before the next main story mission (equiv of SM in ME2).
General tip: biotics are fun but I think tech powers are more useful overall.
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Post by phoray on Jul 30, 2017 18:15:01 GMT
I don't recall that being an option. I remember Liam suggesting an action that sounded like telling me to get an upgrade. On another front, I guess I'm downloading a patch at the moment. I still had the trial on my computer, so that should shorten additional download time. And is there a way to get Jaal sooner than Ryder usually does? Like Liam more now after seeing the LM, but as far as I can tell, he likes to state the obvious. And I hate Cora. General tips on mission order for maximum enjoyment and narrative cohesion?
That would have been Gil, over the comm, telling you to put it in 6 wheel drive (RMB if using kb/m).
You only get Jaal after going to Aya, and you can't go there until after activating the vault and planting an outpost on Eos, then going back to the Nexus to talk with Tann, etc. It wouldn't really make sense to meet him before then. Cora grew on me when I romanced her but yeah, her asari love and need for "a plan" is very annoying. Her shield boost, otoh, is quite useful.
As with most ME/DA games, do everything you can before the next main mission. This can lead to a holding pattern w/ regard to romances though since they don't progress until after a certain main mission (like the Collector ship in ME2). I like to clear Havarl and Voeld of everything I can, as well as go back to Eos for a bunch of stuff that wasn't accessible, before I move ahead with the main story. Then, do everything everywhere possible before the next main story mission (equiv of SM in ME2).
General tip: biotics are fun but I think tech powers are more useful overall.
I use controller. Right middle back = RBM? okay. I'll wait for Jaal. But I'm switching out Cora for Vetra pronto. the minute she kicked a wall and blamed her implant, I was kind enraged on behalf of Kaidan. He was such a mellow friendly guy and his implant actually gave him horrible headaches. Are Main Missions pretty much "each planet" ? I liked sharp shooter in ME2 then got a mix of sharp shooter and like...bombs in ME3. Another annoyance in MEA at first was I was aiming my grenade and it blew up in my hand. I guess I need to make sure to sign up for "proximity" based things. Grenades require too much skill for me apparently. I don't want to be a biotic. Honestly, there is always the "I'm so awesome at biotics that people fear my name" in both ME series. So what is Shepard/Ryder supposed to be? they must be average in comparison because they don't have a back story of being feared and respected for their "great biotic power."
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Post by vonuber on Jul 30, 2017 18:31:17 GMT
Ryder is a rookie, and she starts out as such. However she actually has a character ark, and grows through the game.
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Post by melbella on Jul 30, 2017 20:07:28 GMT
phoray RBM is me being dyslexic. Should be RMB for right mouse button. I have no clue what the controller options might be. "Main mission" = quests that show up under "Main mission" category in the quest log. They are pretty hard to miss.
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