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Post by dazk on Sept 10, 2017 6:00:16 GMT
Yeah I don't know why they added that mechanic, it made no sense except to trick you. A dialogue choice would have achieved the same thing and as you said would have given time to make a considered choice... Why should Ryder get time to make a considered choice? It's nice to have that, but the universe doesn't owe you that time. I just don't think in the context it is used that it is a very good mechanic. It adds nothing to the games excitement or entertainment, my first time through I missed one because I had turned to talk to my son.
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Post by dazk on Sept 10, 2017 6:01:28 GMT
Just got killed at the Flophouse. A lot. I really can't play ME:A after drinking. Time to fire up a Dragon Age game. Those, I can play drunk. I have no idea whether that means anything. I find it impossible to play most games after even a few beers, usually ends in rage quitting
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Post by dazk on Sept 10, 2017 7:05:10 GMT
So today Sara, did Vetra and PeeBee's loyalty missions which was fun, I mean who doesn't like being shot into a volcano????? It is of course also hysterical when the passengers in the Nomad laugh when you get airborne So this time Kalinda got to live and I locked in with PeeBee romance wise so got jumped again this time in the vid con room Survived all Meriweather could thor at us and now Vetra has a Sid kick . Pic of the day: View of Ark Natanus from H-047c Sara on the volcano:
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Post by MarilynRobert on Sept 10, 2017 19:03:30 GMT
snip Completed the monoliths but not the vault yet, found Dirk Bareett a new home (minus the guns), retrieved stolen med's for the Nexus, scanned dead bodies but yet to do the end stage, found all Little Mouses data pads but again need to do the last stage. Discovered firing Cobras at shuttles as they fly in kills all the occupants
snip You are a horrible, horrible person!
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Post by MarilynRobert on Sept 10, 2017 19:10:43 GMT
Just got killed at the Flophouse. A lot. I really can't play ME:A after drinking. Time to fire up a Dragon Age game. Those, I can play drunk. I have no idea whether that means anything. I'm pretty sure I'd fall sleep with my face planted in my keyboard, if I drank and played. DA's combat mechanics have always seemed easier to me than ME's but then I never played a shooting game until Jan of this year. Almost didn't recognize you without your generic avatar.
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Post by dazk on Sept 10, 2017 21:19:20 GMT
snip Completed the monoliths but not the vault yet, found Dirk Bareett a new home (minus the guns), retrieved stolen med's for the Nexus, scanned dead bodies but yet to do the end stage, found all Little Mouses data pads but again need to do the last stage. Discovered firing Cobras at shuttles as they fly in kills all the occupants
snip You are a horrible, horrible person! Wow harsh It is very effective for those timed missions where you have wave after wave of enemies shuttle in. On Elaaden when I was getting Dr. Okeer's research data it seemed like the game got pissed off as after I shot the first shuttle no more came and I just stood there for 2 minutes watching the timer count down
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Post by MarilynRobert on Sept 10, 2017 22:40:20 GMT
You are a horrible, horrible person! Wow harsh It is very effective for those timed missions where you have wave after wave of enemies shuttle in. On Elaaden when I was getting Dr. Okeer's research data it seemed like the game got pissed off as after I shot the first shuttle no more came and I just stood there for 2 minutes watching the timer count down Oh, sounds great then. I was picturing you shooting down Andromeda shuttles, as they were landing in Prodromos. (Maybe I have a bad imagination)
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Post by dazk on Sept 11, 2017 0:57:39 GMT
Wow harsh It is very effective for those timed missions where you have wave after wave of enemies shuttle in. On Elaaden when I was getting Dr. Okeer's research data it seemed like the game got pissed off as after I shot the first shuttle no more came and I just stood there for 2 minutes watching the timer count down Oh, sounds great then. I was picturing you shooting down Andromeda shuttles, as they were landing in Prodromos. (Maybe I have a bad imagination) LOL, I understand your comment better now No not randomly shooting initiative shuttles only ones full of bad people
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Post by Element Zero on Sept 11, 2017 5:24:15 GMT
You are a horrible, horrible person! Wow harsh It is very effective for those timed missions where you have wave after wave of enemies shuttle in. On Elaaden when I was getting Dr. Okeer's research data it seemed like the game got pissed off as after I shot the first shuttle no more came and I just stood there for 2 minutes watching the timer count down I may finally have a use for all of those RPGs I have hoarded. I forget to use them, PT after PT. (I think I've only ever used two of them in 6+ PTs.) They're cool, I guess, but completely unneeded. Now, though, I can start killing dropship foes before they drop! I used to shoot Cerberus dudes while they were still in their shuttles, but MEA doesn't allow this. I'll try to remember to use RPGs, now. I had a lot of major stuff to handle in the last two weeks. I also enjoyed watching Rafa Nadal win his 16th Major at the US Open. (I wasn't there, but watching ESPN.) I've been a fan of the guy since he was an unknown teenager. When not watching tennis, I finally got invested in another MEA PT (default Scott) and have been having fun with it. I stuck with the gun specialist concept I'd been talking about trying, with slight tweaks. Tactical Cloak remained my main skill, with 3 points in Assault Turret for an on-Command, hands-free distraction. Next, I moved into the Combat tree with Combat Fitness, Turbocharge and Assault Rifles. Returning to Tech, I maxed out Team Support, which is an incredible skill path. Now, I'm back into Combat, buffing weapon trees and driving those passive Combat perks upward. I''ve been using the Soldier profile for the first time, and it's incredible. The damage, accuracy and durability boosts are great; and that cumulative damage bonus for iterative kills is nuts. Stacking that onto Tac Cloak and Turbocharge is insane. In the tradition of ME2 and ME3, weapons specialists are definitely the most powerful characters in the game. As soon as you obtain the "Fusion Mod of Adrenaline" on Havarl, the difficulty of most combats is trivialized (assuming you can shoot quickly and accurately). Tac Cloak kill(s) -> Turbocharge kill(s). That initial Turbocharge kill resets Tac Cloak's cooldown, so rinse and repeat. You can spend nearly every second of combat cloaked. I like Assault Turret a lot because it runs independently, its cooldown happens while it's still active; and it can freeze/weaken/disable enemies. Invisible enemies uncloak to attack it. Berserkers sometimes focus their wrath on it, rather than on Ryder. It's an awesome tool. I plan on trying Remnant VI specced for detonations, later in the game. I used to love that power until Assault Turret got fixed/buffed. Since I don't really detonate combos with this build, I figure that Zap could do it for me. That could pair well with Cora/Drack/Vetra elemental ammo evolutions, later. I might also evolve Concussive Shot this PT and give it a try. It would benefit from the insane cooldown reset of FMoAdrenaline. This could be almost as fun as ME3 Incendiary Explosion Soldier. There'd be fewer explosions, but he has Tac Cloak. 0_o The fact that I'm still trying new things 6mos later shows how good the combat and classless system are. It's everything I'd hoped.
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Post by MarilynRobert on Sept 11, 2017 6:22:25 GMT
Oh, sounds great then. I was picturing you shooting down Andromeda shuttles, as they were landing in Prodromos. (Maybe I have a bad imagination) LOL, I understand your comment better now No not randomly shooting initiative shuttles only ones full of bad people I'll have to try blowing up shuttles of bad guys now. My first game was the only time I backed Sloane and this time, playing a very professional Sara, I backed her again. As much as I don't like being tricked by Reyes, now that I've talked to everyone after Sloane is in charge, I can see what a bad mistake it is to have her running Kadara...everybody hates her and her heavy handed ways. Won't back her again. Also spent a lot of time drinking beer with Liam. For the first time, my Ryder is not flirting with anyone but her final romantic interest. I'm going to finally do a full Liam romance so I figure that calls for a lot of beer drinking bonding time.
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Post by Element Zero on Sept 11, 2017 6:40:41 GMT
LOL, I understand your comment better now No not randomly shooting initiative shuttles only ones full of bad people I'll have to try blowing up shuttles of bad guys now. My first game was the only time I backed Sloane and this time, playing a very professional Sara, I backed her again. As much as I don't like being tricked by Reyes, now that I've talked to everyone after Sloane is in charge, I can see what a bad mistake it is to have her running Kadara...everybody hates her and her heavy handed ways. Won't back her again. Also spent a lot of time drinking beer with Liam. For the first time, my Ryder is not flirting with anyone but her final romantic interest. I'm going to finally do a full Liam romance so I figure that calls for a lot of beer drinking bonding time. I'll always pick Sloane over The Collective, due to their being a greater, unpredictable threat. That's a discussion for another thread, though. Liam's romance arc is cool. I disliked his character, despite really trying to like him, for months. Only after completing his arc did I begin to like him more. Any future Sara PTs w/romance will definitely feature Liam, for me.
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Post by MarilynRobert on Sept 11, 2017 6:45:25 GMT
I'll have to try blowing up shuttles of bad guys now. My first game was the only time I backed Sloane and this time, playing a very professional Sara, I backed her again. As much as I don't like being tricked by Reyes, now that I've talked to everyone after Sloane is in charge, I can see what a bad mistake it is to have her running Kadara...everybody hates her and her heavy handed ways. Won't back her again. Also spent a lot of time drinking beer with Liam. For the first time, my Ryder is not flirting with anyone but her final romantic interest. I'm going to finally do a full Liam romance so I figure that calls for a lot of beer drinking bonding time. I'll always pick Sloane over The Collective, due to their being a greater, unpredictable threat. That's a discussion for another thread, though. Liam's romance arc is cool. I disliked his character, despite really trying to like him, for months. Only after completing his arc did I begin to like him more. Any future Sara PTs w/romance will definitely feature Liam, for me. When I first tried to romance Liam, I just didn't like him enough to follow through but after playing so many games all the way through and becoming friends with him, I really do like him and think he'd be a fun guy to be around. So now I'm able to try the romance, really wanting to see it to the end. I think it's actually going to feel the most real to me.
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Post by dazk on Sept 11, 2017 6:46:05 GMT
Wow harsh It is very effective for those timed missions where you have wave after wave of enemies shuttle in. On Elaaden when I was getting Dr. Okeer's research data it seemed like the game got pissed off as after I shot the first shuttle no more came and I just stood there for 2 minutes watching the timer count down I may finally have a use for all of those RPGs I have hoarded. I forget to use them, PT after PT. I used to sell them till I got a tip off about them.
I''ve been using the Soldier profile for the first time, and it's incredible. The damage, accuracy and durability boosts are great; and that cumulative damage bonus for iterative kills is nuts. I gave up trying different profiles after my 2nd time through and just use the Soldier profile all the time now The fact that I'm still trying new things 6mos later shows how good the combat and classless system are. It's everything I'd hoped. Yeah so pissed at all the negativity re the game as it has a lot going for it
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Post by dazk on Sept 11, 2017 6:47:32 GMT
LOL, I understand your comment better now No not randomly shooting initiative shuttles only ones full of bad people I'll have to try blowing up shuttles of bad guys now. My first game was the only time I backed Sloane and this time, playing a very professional Sara, I backed her again. As much as I don't like being tricked by Reyes, now that I've talked to everyone after Sloane is in charge, I can see what a bad mistake it is to have her running Kadara...everybody hates her and her heavy handed ways. Won't back her again. Also spent a lot of time drinking beer with Liam. For the first time, my Ryder is not flirting with anyone but her final romantic interest. I'm going to finally do a full Liam romance so I figure that calls for a lot of beer drinking bonding time. On my 9th time through and have never considered picking Sloane!!!!
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Post by Element Zero on Sept 11, 2017 6:51:27 GMT
I may finally have a use for all of those RPGs I have hoarded. I forget to use them, PT after PT. I used to sell them till I got a tip off about them.
I''ve been using the Soldier profile for the first time, and it's incredible. The damage, accuracy and durability boosts are great; and that cumulative damage bonus for iterative kills is nuts. I gave up trying different profiles after my 2nd time through and just use the Soldier profile all the time now The fact that I'm still trying new things 6mos later shows how good the combat and classless system are. It's everything I'd hoped. Yeah so pissed at all the negativity re the game as it has a lot going for it I wouldn't give up my Biotic Echoes (Adept) or Combo Damage boosts (Sentinel) on a caster build; but Soldier is definitely king of the shooter builds, as it should be. Explorer is a great all-rounder, too. I suspect that I'll use it less frequently, though, now that I've beheld Soldier's glory. Edit: I really don't want to have the Sloane/Reyes conversation here, as it gets long. That said, I'll assume you didn't read Nexus Uprising? That's where Sloane got all of her character development.
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Post by dazk on Sept 11, 2017 7:16:41 GMT
I wouldn't give up my Biotic Echoes (Adept) or Combo Damage boosts (Sentinel) on a caster build; but Soldier is definitely king of the shooter builds, as it should be. Explorer is a great all-rounder, too. I suspect that I'll use it less frequently, though, now that I've beheld Soldier's glory. Edit: I really don't want to have the Sloane/Reyes conversation here, as it gets long. That said, I'll assume you didn't read Nexus Uprising? That's where Sloane got all of her character development. I came to playing MEA straight from 700hrs of The Division so soldier profile was an easy way to start I tried Sentinel based on your recommendation and it was definitely good especially the combo damage but I just found the combat easier with what I was used to and found the stat boosts to be too great an incentive Yeah going to get the books soon but haven't read them yet. Having said that I'd heard about the difference people said it made but when I play any game I try to not worry about books etc just RP what is in front of me. In the context of what you see in the game she has no redeeming features so it just became a default choice for me
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Post by MarilynRobert on Sept 11, 2017 7:36:59 GMT
I wouldn't give up my Biotic Echoes (Adept) or Combo Damage boosts (Sentinel) on a caster build; but Soldier is definitely king of the shooter builds, as it should be. Explorer is a great all-rounder, too. I suspect that I'll use it less frequently, though, now that I've beheld Soldier's glory. Edit: I really don't want to have the Sloane/Reyes conversation here, as it gets long. That said, I'll assume you didn't read Nexus Uprising? That's where Sloane got all of her character development.I read the book and that's why I have a hard time letting her get shot by the sniper. I see her as a person who tried to do the right things back then. I think Lexi should have us scan Sloane. Sloane esp may have been affected by the same thing that the scavengers on the Krogan planet were affected by.
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Post by Inosha T'Rynn on Sept 11, 2017 16:25:22 GMT
Alex saved the Leusinia. She understood why Sarissa did what she did, but there are too many questions considering she found a datapad showing that Sarissa and Ishara were the only ones awake the time she died. Additionally, knowing the situation that the asari will be going into on the Nexus, transparency is everything. She decided to make Vederia Pathfinder on this playthrough, but now is afraid Sarissa will be a problem. Alex thinks Vederia might find a lot in common with Suvi. She may be hatching plans to introduce them.
She felt sorry for Cora and spent some extra time with her. Cora is her best friend.
She also died saving Ark Paarchero. Everything about the situation on Paarchero unnerved her. The decision to leave Raeka behind was painful, but Alex was happy she was able to recover Drack's soldiers. Cora was right, Keri will yell at her once she finds out that she was killed during the mission. The tongue lashing from Lexi was only the beginning.
To make matters worse, Tann had Keri arrested. Unbeknownst to Alex, Keri was sent anonymous photos of Alex getting injured during various missions and information about her death on the Archon's ship. This upset her, and out of anger and stubbornness, she went ahead with airing the footage, and bits from Alex's last interview which were also censored (fic). Alex visited her in jail. Keri made Alex promise she wouldn't try to break her out or "do anything stupid." Keri also made Alex promise to write her...as if Alex needs to promise her that.
Then, Alex had to sit around the table in the Pathfinder Headquarters and listen to Tann's racist banter, bicker with Kesh, and listen to Addison worry about inconsequential things. Perhaps Sloane was right in hitting Tann and taking Addison down a peg or three.
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Post by Psychevore on Sept 11, 2017 18:36:39 GMT
I made a Sara called Victrix. Cause, obviously, that's the proper female version of Victor. Anyway: Pretty heavily edited preset 1 with complexion 8. Really liking the results. edit: lol at the creepy ass bones in the first picture. Dayumn.
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Post by dazk on Sept 11, 2017 23:44:33 GMT
A quiet day for my Sara yesterday, after defying Tann and the rest of the Nexus leadership Sara Drack and Liam went hunting for the Archon and also found the Paarchero. During the process Sara got jabbed with a big ass needle, died and made the difficult choice to save the Krogan scouts leaving Raeka to die. Sara then took Cora to EOS to plant a garden, then met Jill and Gil and did the rounds of the people at Prodromos. Today off to Meridian. Pics of the day: Sara and Cora One of the messages on the EOS forward station terminals - glad the think Sara is sexy as F# k
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Post by melbella on Sept 12, 2017 0:17:32 GMT
They only say that because they are swimming in data. That's what they really find sexy.
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Post by dazk on Sept 12, 2017 0:59:53 GMT
They only say that because they are swimming in data. That's what they really find sexy. I thought it was just because they had a few too many to drink!!!!!! Nah I am sure its cause Sara's "sexy and she knows it"
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Post by Element Zero on Sept 12, 2017 5:08:02 GMT
Scott and team resolved the situation on Voeld, today. Kett operations in this important theatre are crippled as a major Command and Control Center was destroyed. To add insult to injury, the formerly impenetrable Exaltation facility was breached and many angara, including Moshae Sjefa, were freed. While the facts uncovered there are disturbing, they should also invigorate the angara in their fight against the kett. Between the truth of Exaltation, and all of the good the Pathfinder team has accomplished on Havarl and Voeld, a true alliance seems highly likely. This was probably the worst day the kett have experienced since arriving in Heleus some 80 years ago.
Next, the team will stop by the Nexus for rest and reprovisioning. Scott wants to get a look at another of Alec's memories, and tie up a couple of other loose ends. Then, it will be time to return triumphantly to Aya. The Aya vault and negotiations with the angara await.
This weapons specialist PT has been very fun. Much as in the OT, weapons-focused builds are insanely powerful. I can take down an entire mini-base of kett within seconds via Tactical Cloak, Turbocharge, my full-auto Valkyrie and accurate shooting. It really gives a military SpecOps feel to the game. Clearing a base so swiftly and violently matches my imagination of a CT-team clearing a room. Swift and deadly
From a gameplay perspective, I've just been continuing to max my Combat passives. I'm nearly finished with the last, Pistols, and will move on to Offensive Tech (Tech tree) and maybe Auxiliary Systems, most likely. I think I'll evolve Concussive Shot as my next active skill; but that's yet several levels in the future. I'm also intending to add Invasion and Remnant VI down the road.
Biotics are clearly on the back burner this PT, as much as I'd love to max Barrier ASAP. We'll see how things go. I generally hit Level 77 by the end of a PT, so I'm sure I'll get to that tree. I may make it a priority to try some Combat skills that I've never really used, though. Having a very lean evolution of the Biotic tree would make this a fun NG+ Biotic import. There'd be room for actual development, instead of simply maxing passives and achieving invincibility.
I'm still rocking the Ai line of armor for the XP boost, including the Ai Elite helmet. I went ahead and crafted a chest piece at Tier 5 in order to benefit from the Shield Oscillator. I'm around Level 40, at the moment. I'll finally switch to the Pathfinder Armor line once I surpass level 50, or so. I look forward to finally being able to craft my Hesh-FA (that's fullauto) and Incisor-FA, eventually. I've only been able to buy one Autofire augment the entire game. I'm also looting noticeably terrible weapons mods this PT. It's like the game knows I'm specializing in weapons and wants to slow my roll. 😒 Stores aren't helping with their barren stock. I'm sure it will improve, eventually. The salarian on Kadara, when I eventually get there, always has the best mods.
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Post by obatalaryder on Sept 12, 2017 6:58:00 GMT
Played soccer FUTBOL with Liam.
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