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Post by dazk on Feb 16, 2018 23:11:19 GMT
So yesterday was all about EOS for Scott in Andromeda. Investigated The First Murder, found the dead researcher in Ghost of Promise, scanned some rocks, found an edible plant, got attacked by a giant Fiend, counted dead bodies, Little Duck killed Kett for Bain Massani, destroyed devices spying on Prodromos and their source, found lost drones and placed beacons for Eric Snr. For the first time ever in 12 PT's, the guy Clancy you meet when you first land on EOS was actually still on EOS near the shuttle you can scan that is next to the dead body you scan at the first site. He has never been there before for me, is this normal? Pic's: Clancy on EOS where I have never seen him before:Bain Massani - Little Duck EnthusiastFound this old shot when going through my screenshots and thought I'd share.Ryder hanging in there - this is from Habitat7 after Alec and Scott get hit by the death cloud from the Monolith. I am impressed myself with my timing of this shot
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Post by traks on Feb 17, 2018 10:32:36 GMT
My Ryder is right now trying to find out as much about the remnant as he can, so I went for the first time after the Adrenaline Fusion mod on Havarl and into the third vault on Eladaan in the north. Funny that I never stumbled about those before. The way up to the fusion mod was very cool, in the third vault wasn't much going on for me. Is it tied to a quest I haven't done or is there really just that one remnant puzzle (which BTW funnily I hadn't to do before opening the remnant container but after it)?
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Post by dmc1001 on Feb 17, 2018 15:13:36 GMT
Last night, I had to battle the Architect again. Didn't lose too much, but was practically standing in front of the spot where I had to place the third hammer. Hadn't been sure about what went on with Advent but my journal said I failed their mission. In retrospect, I think I'm okay with it. Sure, Advent wants to have their own thing without Tann ruling the, but that's not happening anyway. Tann is on the Nexus. He can affect things on Eos but, especially as the planet improves, it's really theirs to do with as they please. The real problem is Spender, and I'm working on him anyway. I'd rather allow Podromos to thrive, because in the long run it's going to help far more people than Advent ever would. And I can still mine for natural gases on behalf of Podromos. Given the large numbers of people still in stasis, it makes more sense to grow the larger colony than to give valuable resources to a few exiles. For the record, I even tracked down the exiles who were stealing resources dropped by the Nexus. Rather than simply kick them off planet (where would they go?) I sent them to Podromos. Advent could follow suit if it really wants to make a difference.
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Post by dazk on Feb 17, 2018 22:23:45 GMT
My Ryder is right now trying to find out as much about the remnant as he can, so I went for the first time after the Adrenaline Fusion mod on Havarl and into the third vault on Eladaan in the north. Funny that I never stumbled about those before. The way up to the fusion mod was very cool, in the third vault wasn't much going on for me. Is it tied to a quest I haven't done or is there really just that one remnant puzzle (which BTW funnily I hadn't to do before opening the remnant container but after it)? The Adrenaline Mod mission is really cool, one of my favourites. If I am understanding correctly the 3rd vault you are talking about is in the NE corner of the map with several vehicles parked outside. It is related to the mission "Cache Flow". The main thing you get from it is there is a lot of data you can scan which I think SAM comments on. Other than that I don't think there is anything else other than the Remnant Container you mentioned.
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Post by dazk on Feb 17, 2018 22:34:51 GMT
Last night, I had to battle the Architect again. Didn't lose too much, but was practically standing in front of the spot where I had to place the third hammer. Hadn't been sure about what went on with Advent but my journal said I failed their mission. In retrospect, I think I'm okay with it. Sure, Advent wants to have their own thing without Tann ruling the, but that's not happening anyway. Tann is on the Nexus. He can affect things on Eos but, especially as the planet improves, it's really theirs to do with as they please. The real problem is Spender, and I'm working on him anyway. I'd rather allow Podromos to thrive, because in the long run it's going to help far more people than Advent ever would. And I can still mine for natural gases on behalf of Podromos. Given the large numbers of people still in stasis, it makes more sense to grow the larger colony than to give valuable resources to a few exiles. For the record, I even tracked down the exiles who were stealing resources dropped by the Nexus. Rather than simply kick them off planet (where would they go?) I sent them to Podromos. Advent could follow suit if it really wants to make a difference. Yeah it really makes no sense to me the whole Advent thing. As you stated Tann's reach isn't that great or strong and surely having come so far chances of survival and quality of life would be much better if people stick together and work together.
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Post by traks on Feb 17, 2018 23:09:44 GMT
Yeah, Advent is really a bogus idea IMO. When the guy said something like "we didn't come to Andromeda to be ruled by the Initiative" I thought: "that's exactly what you signed up for". No idea why anyone would help people abandoning the Initiative. They can gladly come back and rejoin, but why should any Initiative pathfinder help anyone that's not doing the job he or she got waken up for?
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Post by traks on Feb 17, 2018 23:11:41 GMT
My Ryder is right now trying to find out as much about the remnant as he can, so I went for the first time after the Adrenaline Fusion mod on Havarl and into the third vault on Eladaan in the north. Funny that I never stumbled about those before. The way up to the fusion mod was very cool, in the third vault wasn't much going on for me. Is it tied to a quest I haven't done or is there really just that one remnant puzzle (which BTW funnily I hadn't to do before opening the remnant container but after it)? The Adrenaline Mod mission is really cool, one of my favourites. If I am understanding correctly the 3rd vault you are talking about is in the NE corner of the map with several vehicles parked outside. It is related to the mission "Cache Flow". The main thing you get from it is there is a lot of data you can scan which I think SAM comments on. Other than that I don't think there is anything else other than the Remnant Container you mentioned. Definitely in the NE corner of the map, but I don't remember any vehicles - have to check again. But maybe those are also quest related!? I was especially surprised, that inside that little vault were no harder enemies (usually we find a destroyer there).
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Post by dazk on Feb 18, 2018 1:06:06 GMT
The Adrenaline Mod mission is really cool, one of my favourites. If I am understanding correctly the 3rd vault you are talking about is in the NE corner of the map with several vehicles parked outside. It is related to the mission "Cache Flow". The main thing you get from it is there is a lot of data you can scan which I think SAM comments on. Other than that I don't think there is anything else other than the Remnant Container you mentioned. Definitely in the NE corner of the map, but I don't remember any vehicles - have to check again. But maybe those are also quest related!? I was especially surprised, that inside that little vault were no harder enemies (usually we find a destroyer there). Every time I have gone there it has been for the quest Cache Flow, which is one of the random locations quests that you get from Remnant sites. I haven't ever been there randomly, so yeah maybe the vehicles only appear as part of the quest??? Yeah I remember there being a Destroyer there as well, so again if you just go there randomly maybe you just get some scavengers and not the Destroyer. The walkthrough mentions the destroyer: masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Task:_Cache_FlowHere's a pic of the vault and the vehicles outside:
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Post by dazk on Feb 18, 2018 1:07:13 GMT
Yeah, Advent is really a bogus idea IMO. When the guy said something like "we didn't come to Andromeda to be ruled by the Initiative" I thought: "that's exactly what you signed up for". No idea why anyone would help people abandoning the Initiative. They can gladly come back and rejoin, but why should any Initiative pathfinder help anyone that's not doing the job he or she got waken up for? Exactly, your quote nails it.
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Post by dazk on Feb 18, 2018 1:39:40 GMT
So yesterday in Andromeda finished what I needed to do on EOS including planting the survey hammers, ignoring Advents request and fighting the Architect. Then returned to The Nexus and did the power failure quest (had been ignoring it), got Hainly's fiancée out of Cryo as well as Grace Lito. Investigated Jien Garson's death, spoke to Tann who as ever was useless. Spoke to the Angaran Ambassador and picked up the earn your badge quest.
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Post by traks on Feb 18, 2018 8:44:12 GMT
Definitely in the NE corner of the map, but I don't remember any vehicles - have to check again. But maybe those are also quest related!? I was especially surprised, that inside that little vault were no harder enemies (usually we find a destroyer there). Every time I have gone there it has been for the quest Cache Flow, which is one of the random locations quests that you get from Remnant sites. I haven't ever been there randomly, so yeah maybe the vehicles only appear as part of the quest??? Yeah I remember there being a Destroyer there as well, so again if you just go there randomly maybe you just get some scavengers and not the Destroyer. The walkthrough mentions the destroyer: masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Task:_Cache_FlowHere's a pic of the vault and the vehicles outside: Ah, OK, so it is quest related. I went there for the puzzle and read that somewhere in the North/East should be another vault, so I simply searched the region for it. No destroyer (so only half the fun).
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Post by melbella on Feb 18, 2018 16:54:29 GMT
You can enter those bonus vaults attached to quests without doing the quest first, but you won't be able to get the loot/data that you get from the quest. In the Eos one, there's a console you get data from, but it isn't active if the quest hasn't progressed properly. Also, the right enemies don't spawn.
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Post by traks on Feb 18, 2018 17:53:23 GMT
I met Captain Dunn on the Hyperion in Meridian today - even though I had only Raeka as another Pathfinder for the final mission. I was pleasantly surprised after I thought she died while landing the ark. In the meantime Sarissa and Avitus are on board, so maybe that is the game's reason, but I will pretend, that we found her in the rubble.
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Post by traks on Feb 18, 2018 17:56:32 GMT
You can enter those bonus vaults attached to quests without doing the quest first, but you won't be able to get the loot/ data that you get from the quest. In the Eos one, there's a console you get data from, but it isn't active if the quest hasn't progressed properly. Also, the right enemies don't spawn. A shame that such data never comes up again. Especially finding all data cores should've let to some revelation IMO instead of being a checklist quest. On the plus side it helps us go to some cool places, but there is still something missing in that quest design.
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Post by colfoley on Feb 19, 2018 2:09:40 GMT
Personal Logs: Robert Ryder, Pathfinder.
Mission Day: 225.
It has been an interesting day so far. On the good side I have discovered well...my mom is still alive and I owe my Dad a big appology. I did not actually think he cared. Its like a veil has been lifted from me. The sacrifices he made for her, for us, it makes me wish I didn't spend so much time trying to compete with him and more time trying to understand him. But, mom is alive, just in stasis. I can honor his memory by trying my damndest to cure her and get to know her again, show her all the wonders we have seen. We have a long way to go before this glorious day however.
On the flip side though seems the Milky Way...might be...gone. I don't know how to break this news to the rest of the Iniative but it seems after they left our galaxy was invaded by a force known as the 'Reapers'. Its hard feeling anything, I do not know what to feel. We are here now, they are there. They could have been dead for centuries. but, Its chilling. Listening to the logs we somehow recieved, the reports, the sounds of the Reaper attack ships. We can't lose focus but...to know we are the last of humanity, and this is our last chance at home...well likely this is the case...it makes our struggle against the Archon that much more meaningful.
Maybe Movie night will help.
Mission Day: 232
Back when I was a kid I used to watch old sports vids of with my Dad, it was a hobby of his...when he was home anyways. Cricket, Baseball, football. In football if a team was loosing there was one last play they could do. It was called a 'hail marry'. One last attempt to pull a win out of the abyss. Everything coming down to one last desperate toss of the ball.
We are facing our own Hail Marry. The Archon has Sara, has the Hyperion, has access to SAM and my sister's implant, if he wins, he will kill us all...or worse. It is up to stop them.
Its hard to believe it has all come down to this. One last drastic action. I only hope my choices and actions in the cluster has been the right ones. I know I have tried being strong but the doubt is back. *sigh*. I just wonder how Dad dealt with this...but, I have no choice but to forge ahead.
Mission Day: 238.
We did it. I did it. Despite everything, my doubts, my lack of training...we made it. We defeated the Archon. The Kett are in disarray, Meridian is ours and Ark Hyperion has landed on the planet as our first human port. Despite everything we have all we would have wanted. A home. I have proven myself without SAM and I bought the cluster together. I have proven myself capable of command and have...really come into my own. But no arrogance, none of that chip I used to have, the need to compete with my Dad's ghost. I am great because of him, and because of the choices I may and who I am. I can now honor the past while forging forward. I am sure there will be other challenges, other threats, but at least I know I can face them now.
But now the hard work begins. With Hyperion on Meridian apparently it has caused some other problems, an accelearation of the time table, a proposal to form a new Heleus Council which could one day represent our interests throughout the galaxy. I nominated Bradley for it. He is a practical, dependable man. He knows how to get things done and if the politicians in the Iniative gives him red tape, he will be able to cut it...hopefully without stepping on too many toes.
My hope is this will be the start of a Coalition. The differences between us and the angarra, let alone the Krogan and the exiles, are too different and vast to truly knit together with a government. We need a council of equal voices, helping coordinate and guide all our efforts, but not having a say in the internal politics. I just hope Tann is smart enough to realize it.
As for the sacrifices we made, we musst honor those who died. The Iniative lost over 1000 people in the battle itself and who knows what the Angarra sacrifices are. Hyperion, Meridian, will serve as this honor.
Mission Day: 242
Today is the day. Back where we started. I can now make peace with everything. With the Archon defeated we can now start terraforming Habitat 7. It will eventually be a home for us...and I am not going to call it Ryder-1...at least for now.
But now, more and more of us are waking up. About 90% of the Iniative is now out of stasis.
So, this is essentially the end. This will be my last log. At least on this issue. The Kett are defeated, the Archon is dead. Until my next big adventure...I don't know...a vacation? I am sure we will still have lots to do, but, the current format is just lacking. Neverthless this is Pathfinder Robert Ryder, sighning off.
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Post by dazk on Feb 19, 2018 2:39:17 GMT
Personal Logs: Robert Ryder, Pathfinder. Mission Day: 225. It has been an interesting day so far. On the good side I have discovered well...my mom is still alive and I owe my Dad a big appology. I did not actually think he cared. Its like a veil has been lifted from me. The sacrifices he made for her, for us, it makes me wish I didn't spend so much time trying to compete with him and more time trying to understand him. But, mom is alive, just in stasis. I can honor his memory by trying my damndest to cure her and get to know her again, show her all the wonders we have seen. We have a long way to go before this glorious day however. On the flip side though seems the Milky Way...might be...gone. I don't know how to break this news to the rest of the Iniative but it seems after they left our galaxy was invaded by a force known as the 'Reapers'. Its hard feeling anything, I do not know what to feel. We are here now, they are there. They could have been dead for centuries. but, Its chilling. Listening to the logs we somehow recieved, the reports, the sounds of the Reaper attack ships. We can't lose focus but...to know we are the last of humanity, and this is our last chance at home...well likely this is the case...it makes our struggle against the Archon that much more meaningful. Maybe Movie night will help. Mission Day: 232 Back when I was a kid I used to watch old sports vids of with my Dad, it was a hobby of his...when he was home anyways. Cricket, Baseball, football. In football if a team was loosing there was one last play they could do. It was called a 'hail marry'. One last attempt to pull a win out of the abyss. Everything coming down to one last desperate toss of the ball. We are facing our own Hail Marry. The Archon has Sara, has the Hyperion, has access to SAM and my sister's implant, if he wins, he will kill us all...or worse. It is up to stop them. Its hard to believe it has all come down to this. One last drastic action. I only hope my choices and actions in the cluster has been the right ones. I know I have tried being strong but the doubt is back. *sigh*. I just wonder how Dad dealt with this...but, I have no choice but to forge ahead. Mission Day: 238. We did it. I did it. Despite everything, my doubts, my lack of training...we made it. We defeated the Archon. The Kett are in disarray, Meridian is ours and Ark Hyperion has landed on the planet as our first human port. Despite everything we have all we would have wanted. A home. I have proven myself without SAM and I bought the cluster together. I have proven myself capable of command and have...really come into my own. But no arrogance, none of that chip I used to have, the need to compete with my Dad's ghost. I am great because of him, and because of the choices I may and who I am. I can now honor the past while forging forward. I am sure there will be other challenges, other threats, but at least I know I can face them now. But now the hard work begins. With Hyperion on Meridian apparently it has caused some other problems, an accelearation of the time table, a proposal to form a new Heleus Council which could one day represent our interests throughout the galaxy. I nominated Bradley for it. He is a practical, dependable man. He knows how to get things done and if the politicians in the Iniative gives him red tape, he will be able to cut it...hopefully without stepping on too many toes. My hope is this will be the start of a Coalition. The differences between us and the angarra, let alone the Krogan and the exiles, are too different and vast to truly knit together with a government. We need a council of equal voices, helping coordinate and guide all our efforts, but not having a say in the internal politics. I just hope Tann is smart enough to realize it. As for the sacrifices we made, we musst honor those who died. The Iniative lost over 1000 people in the battle itself and who knows what the Angarra sacrifices are. Hyperion, Meridian, will serve as this honor. Mission Day: 242 Today is the day. Back where we started. I can now make peace with everything. With the Archon defeated we can now start terraforming Habitat 7. It will eventually be a home for us...and I am not going to call it Ryder-1...at least for now. But now, more and more of us are waking up. About 90% of the Iniative is now out of stasis. So, this is essentially the end. This will be my last log. At least on this issue. The Kett are defeated, the Archon is dead. Until my next big adventure...I don't know...a vacation? I am sure we will still have lots to do, but, the current format is just lacking. Neverthless this is Pathfinder Robert Ryder, sighning off. Hey colfoley thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed your story telling approach in your daily reports, incorporating fiction and non-fiction. Cheers
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Post by colfoley on Feb 19, 2018 4:01:19 GMT
Personal Logs: Robert Ryder, Pathfinder. Mission Day: 225. It has been an interesting day so far. On the good side I have discovered well...my mom is still alive and I owe my Dad a big appology. I did not actually think he cared. Its like a veil has been lifted from me. The sacrifices he made for her, for us, it makes me wish I didn't spend so much time trying to compete with him and more time trying to understand him. But, mom is alive, just in stasis. I can honor his memory by trying my damndest to cure her and get to know her again, show her all the wonders we have seen. We have a long way to go before this glorious day however. On the flip side though seems the Milky Way...might be...gone. I don't know how to break this news to the rest of the Iniative but it seems after they left our galaxy was invaded by a force known as the 'Reapers'. Its hard feeling anything, I do not know what to feel. We are here now, they are there. They could have been dead for centuries. but, Its chilling. Listening to the logs we somehow recieved, the reports, the sounds of the Reaper attack ships. We can't lose focus but...to know we are the last of humanity, and this is our last chance at home...well likely this is the case...it makes our struggle against the Archon that much more meaningful. Maybe Movie night will help. Mission Day: 232 Back when I was a kid I used to watch old sports vids of with my Dad, it was a hobby of his...when he was home anyways. Cricket, Baseball, football. In football if a team was loosing there was one last play they could do. It was called a 'hail marry'. One last attempt to pull a win out of the abyss. Everything coming down to one last desperate toss of the ball. We are facing our own Hail Marry. The Archon has Sara, has the Hyperion, has access to SAM and my sister's implant, if he wins, he will kill us all...or worse. It is up to stop them. Its hard to believe it has all come down to this. One last drastic action. I only hope my choices and actions in the cluster has been the right ones. I know I have tried being strong but the doubt is back. *sigh*. I just wonder how Dad dealt with this...but, I have no choice but to forge ahead. Mission Day: 238. We did it. I did it. Despite everything, my doubts, my lack of training...we made it. We defeated the Archon. The Kett are in disarray, Meridian is ours and Ark Hyperion has landed on the planet as our first human port. Despite everything we have all we would have wanted. A home. I have proven myself without SAM and I bought the cluster together. I have proven myself capable of command and have...really come into my own. But no arrogance, none of that chip I used to have, the need to compete with my Dad's ghost. I am great because of him, and because of the choices I may and who I am. I can now honor the past while forging forward. I am sure there will be other challenges, other threats, but at least I know I can face them now. But now the hard work begins. With Hyperion on Meridian apparently it has caused some other problems, an accelearation of the time table, a proposal to form a new Heleus Council which could one day represent our interests throughout the galaxy. I nominated Bradley for it. He is a practical, dependable man. He knows how to get things done and if the politicians in the Iniative gives him red tape, he will be able to cut it...hopefully without stepping on too many toes. My hope is this will be the start of a Coalition. The differences between us and the angarra, let alone the Krogan and the exiles, are too different and vast to truly knit together with a government. We need a council of equal voices, helping coordinate and guide all our efforts, but not having a say in the internal politics. I just hope Tann is smart enough to realize it. As for the sacrifices we made, we musst honor those who died. The Iniative lost over 1000 people in the battle itself and who knows what the Angarra sacrifices are. Hyperion, Meridian, will serve as this honor. Mission Day: 242 Today is the day. Back where we started. I can now make peace with everything. With the Archon defeated we can now start terraforming Habitat 7. It will eventually be a home for us...and I am not going to call it Ryder-1...at least for now. But now, more and more of us are waking up. About 90% of the Iniative is now out of stasis. So, this is essentially the end. This will be my last log. At least on this issue. The Kett are defeated, the Archon is dead. Until my next big adventure...I don't know...a vacation? I am sure we will still have lots to do, but, the current format is just lacking. Neverthless this is Pathfinder Robert Ryder, sighning off. Hey colfoley thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed your story telling approach in your daily reports, incorporating fiction and non-fiction. Cheers I'm not quite done actually. As this next post will share just I wanted to go start dinner before continuing and I...cut the post in two...or three. Heh I could have done that anyways. Anyway. Robert Ryder psychological Analysis: From the desk of Dr. Lexi T'perro, attending physician. Introduction: I had no idea when I began compiling my psychological reports for the Iniative on the Pathfinder that I would be recording living history. I obviously knew the Pathfinder was important, but the extent of that importance? How historic it would wind up being? Historians may one day be pooling over these reports for insight in their own anyalisis decades and centuries after the fact. Neverthless it remains my duty to report on Ryder's psychology as if he were a normal patient. Whatever that means. It is also worth noting that Director Jarun Tann has specifically asked me to compile this final report as a recommendation as to if the Pathfinder is still fit to be the human Pathfinder should the Iniative decide to move on from the boarders of Heleus in an attempt to explore the rest of the Andromeda Galaxy. The political implications are obvious, but are also beyond my perview. Body: Let me first start by addressing the eight hundred pound gorilla in the room (A quaint human expression), yes Ryder's sense of sarcasm and humor can range from abrasive, to making him come across as a 'big jerk', to utterly charming. He uses it to ease tension within himself and others in serious situations, making light of them as a coping mechanism or to deflect situations he feels is uncomfortable back onto the assailant. He also uses humor to mock figures in authority that he views as being irresponsible or 'bullies'. He thus bristles under these authority figures considering his relationship with his father, though with his recent efforts to make peace with his father it remains to be seen if this aspect of his personality will change and if he will be more accepting of 'bullies.' This does, however, explain his occasional sarcasm when dealing with Iniative leadership, warlord Morda, and especially Sloane Kelley. However, under this sense of humor remains a professional, logical mind. In fact he often uses his humor as a cover for these sensibilities, his humor is as much a weapon as his Assault Rifle. He carries himself strictly proffesional other then with the above instances, he has a keen and tactical mind in combat which he can bring out when talking about scientific matters with Peebee or Suvi Anwar or when the situation calls for it in combat, see the log on Ark Leusinia for more details especially. When one meets him one should realize he is the consumate professional, and his humor is more an extension for that. Underneath both personality traits, which I should make clear is a part of one whole functioning individual and not a part of some psychological break, is his own sense of doubts. Ryder was incredibly insecure. It is true he wanted to compete with his Father, the former Pathfinder Alec Ryder, and prove himself better in the end, he wasn't quite ready for the enourmous responsibility of 'command.' He knew, in theory what it entailed and imagined himself ready but everything he did from his sense of extreme duty, to his deflecting sarcasm, and his abrasiveness was merely an attempt to hide his own doubts. Stress which plagued him almost daily evnen in excess of the stress he was facing throughout this mission. This led to mal nourishment and lack of sleep which he hid by bouring himself in his constant duties much like Lieutenant Harper, however the latter individual buried herself in her duty because that is who she is. Though in regards to Cora her and the Pathfinder have found stability and a completeness together. They have found something in each other that they could not get elsewhere. With Cora a sense of finally belonging and having someone to depend on, and Robert has found a way to relieve stress and blow off steam...through confiding in her. Robert has exhibited a single minded devotion to duty in all things. He is practical in all things, some might even call it cold blooded. He fears he is making the wrong choices though and often doubts himself, the moral cost to his psyche is worthy of note, however with the defeat of the Archon and the Kett it should relieve this stress considerably, I recommend a very extended vacation or period of light work for the Pathfinder, it is, in the end, his call. The current situation has also done wonders for his confidence, he has seen himself and the Iniative through a difficult situation, high stress, full of combat, more so then most other soldiers that I have read up on (which my experience with such situations is considerable thank you). It remains to be seen what this confidence in himself will lead to in the future, if the stabilization of his psyche and proven ability to see difficult solutions through to their conclusion might lead him to make reckless choices in the future. However, his ability to make the practical choice should lead him through. In conclusion: Despie his obvious psychologica issues, many of them he has gotten over the course of this mission, I fully recommend him for further being the human Pathfinder in the future. He has shown an indomitable will capable of plowing through and solving any problem despite any problems, both external and internal. He may have his doubts, and those may continue to manifest, he may even make mistakes, but he has the ability of making the right, most practical choice, even if its not the most morally best or politically convinient. It should be noted that despite this practically and grinding against political machinery his practicality still succeeded in uniting the Cluster against the Kett when the politicians and the Iniative could not after months. He didn't do this because it was the right thing to do or the best for political points, but it was the most effective course of action to deal with the Kett problem when the Iniative leadership, in his view, was failing us.
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Post by dmc1001 on Feb 19, 2018 5:35:13 GMT
You can enter those bonus vaults attached to quests without doing the quest first, but you won't be able to get the loot/ data that you get from the quest. In the Eos one, there's a console you get data from, but it isn't active if the quest hasn't progressed properly. Also, the right enemies don't spawn. A shame that such data never comes up again. Especially finding all data cores should've let to some revelation IMO instead of being a checklist quest. On the plus side it helps us go to some cool places, but there is still something missing in that quest design. It seems equivalent to a lot of similar ME1 missions that, given more games, might have amounted to something like war assets.
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Post by dazk on Feb 20, 2018 2:32:51 GMT
So didn't get a lot done yesterday, cleaned up some memory triggers, started another monolith,went Charybidis Point and investigated the murder clues and killed the ugliest Turian in the game (appearance wise and character wise) for poisoning the angara. Found the Angaran instrument, answered the SOS and Scott may have ingested some Kadaran antibiotics that he may have enjoyed, but a General keeps his secrets!!!!! Few pic's: Scott blames these two: SAM agrees with Scott's decision to "never talk about this again, EVER" That's a face even a mother might not love :
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Post by traks on Feb 20, 2018 21:32:52 GMT
Still adding a few vids from my latest playthrough to youtube. For example swimming on Kadara: These quiet moments can sometimes be pretty good in MEA in my opinion.
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Post by dazk on Feb 21, 2018 0:47:57 GMT
Still adding a few vids from my latest playthrough to youtube. For example swimming on Kadara: These quiet moments can sometimes be pretty good in MEA in my opinion. Cool I had a swim at that same place last PT as well LOL.
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Post by dazk on Feb 21, 2018 1:31:37 GMT
So yesterday, Scott was still roaming around Kadara. Did the last monolith and activated the vault, does anyone else have problems in the Kadara vault when you run from it after activating it? Nearly everytime I have done it at the very first jump across the acid lake to the first set of half submerged pillars I swear "spacebar" does not fully activate the jump. Which it did again yesterday and I ended up with 50% health and no shields!!!!! Anyway to rub salt into the wounds the game crashed after I climbed out of the acid - DOH So restarted and tried smacking the spacebar really hard on that first jump and it worked, sorry keyboard So smacked down Farah the Roekaar leader murdering citizens in Kadara Port, found the genius playing the Outcasts versus the Collective DEAD, so yeah how'd that work out for you???? Found another memory trigger, found another rock to scan, killed lots of wildlife, seemed to get attacked more than usual. Can't remember if I mentioned this before but downloaded a cool MOD that gives PeeBee armor instead of her casual clothes when outside, far less immersion breaking)thanks Kitsumi . So today hopefully get Kadara over and done with for what I can do. Pic's: PeeBee'st new armor There's something that feels good about killing Farah Reye's to the rescue
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Post by dmc1001 on Feb 21, 2018 7:18:41 GMT
I've done loads of stuff lately but not put it out there. First, I brought Kadara up to 100% and started an outpost there. It might not seem like the right place to go, being full of people exiled from the Nexus before the Hyperion even showed up. But I'd reviewed a lot of what went on. I saw a lot of missteps, though I can somewhat understand it given how tense things had gotten. Still, enough time had passed and we couldn't afford to be enemies with ourselves in Andromeda, not with the kett wanting to kill us all (exalting is death, as I see it). Problem was, there were two factions on Kadara. The Outcasts were the one running the show, led by Sloane Kelly, former security of chief on the Nexus until she switched sides. She had actually wanted to avoid bloodshed but made some piss poor decisions that made it worse. Thing is, she turned pirate on Kadara, and I don't mean that in any sort of good way. She was harsh, her rules hurt people and I was cleaning up a lot of her messes. Then was the other faction, the Collective, led by the mysterious "Charlatan". I knew little about them except that I often encountered them fighting Outcasts in the wastelands.
Speaking of wastelands, that place had water on fire and you couldn't drink it without water filtration that only the angara understood. (Except one group who murdered a small angaran town that had those filters; I brought justice for that behavior.) Meanwhile, despite expressing interest in Gil, I found myself quite attracted to a smuggler on Kadara named Reyes Vidal. Think I just like the roguish types. Reyes had me help him with all sorts of things. He didn't seem so bad, and I needed an ally. Sloane was pretty clear that she neither trusted me nor thought I could in any way be useful to her. That meant looking elsewhere and the Charlatan wasn't an option until we met. Thing was, Sloane did eventually reach out to me for help to watch her back when the Charlatan wanted to meet in a cave way out in the wastes to settle things one on one. It was Reyes all along. I caught sight of a hidden sharpshooter. Could have warned Sloane but, honestly, I kind of hated her. Regardless of fault, there was enough bad blood between she and the Nexus leadership that I thought it might complicate things. Whereas I was already pretty much into Reyes. Not saying we'll couple up or anything but until I settle down I don't see anything wrong with a "boy in every port". End result was that we were able to settle an outpost on Kadara. This was greatly helped by activating all of the monoliths and the vault, making the water drinkable - but still on fire somehow.
Went back to Voeld with Cora since we'd found hints that the asari ark might have been there. It wasn't but we did learn that the kett had attacked them. That didn't give us any clues at the moment so I decided it was time to end the deep freeze. Activated the monoliths and went into the vault with Cora and Jaal. (I'm a bit curious about the angara - saw him buck naked with Liam in some weird cultural exchange thing they were doing.)
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Feb 21, 2018 8:09:50 GMT
Anyway to rub salt into the wounds the game crashed after I climbed out of the acid - DOH So restarted and tried smacking the spacebar really hard on that first jump and it worked, sorry keyboard Can't remember if I mentioned this before but downloaded a cool MOD that gives PeeBee armor instead of her casual clothes when outside, far less immersion breaking)thanks Kitsumi . Hi, have you noticed more crashes after modding the game? I'm going to do it also when I get to the point I have enough free time to sink.. just asking so I can be ready
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