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Post by correctamundo on Apr 22, 2018 11:03:52 GMT
Oh, yes! I finished the Incisor challenge yesterday. Moved on to Widow but I may hold off on that til I get a bulwark, concussive or siphon variant on it. My Widow is rank VIII now. Phalanx or Zalkin siphon for now?
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 22, 2018 17:20:37 GMT
I think the trilogy was better at telling a focused story. It’s tone was much more appealing to me. The dialogue was generally not cringy. (We had plenty of cringy stuff that wasn’t writing: Miranda’s ass cam, Samara’s horrifying outfit and similar things). MEA is better in nearly every way mechanically and technically. ME3 did have great gameplay already, but MEA improved it in most ways. I think the trilogy are much better games, but I like MEA okay. I’m not sure I’d like it much if it weren’t ME. The ME trappings keep me engaged. Going open world was a risk, but it went okay I think. I play for hours at a time, though. I think persons with smaller gaming windows have a more difficult time connecting with the story in such a game. It’s easy to get lost or disconnected between sessions, since it’s possible that nothing of real import happens for long periods. I think MEA feels really rushed and unfinished in a great many ways. Bugs everywhere. Missing physics. Unpolished, uncharacteristically sloppy plot and character writing. The product matches the story from that article regarding its troubled dev cycle (was it Kotaku?). It’s still a fun, good game. It’s just not what it could’ve or should’ve been. Without the runaway hate train, I think we would’ve gotten a much better sequel. I'm just never going to understand the "uncharacteristically sloppy plot and character writing" critique leveled at MEA coming from ME2-3. I mean, project lazarus, ME2 plot (?), terminator reaper, Scooby Harby, Kai Lame, Crucible, Cerberus secret army. And "cringy" dialogue...poor, poor Jacob but he really isn't alone in there. If anything it is characteristically sloppy plot and character writing. But horses for courses I guess. I mean that is generally the price you have to pay in order to get a game out there. I like all the Mass Effect games and they all have good to great characterv moments but as far as I'm concerned they also have not so great moments. All of them. And no particular one stands out too much to me. Well, maybe Kai Leng. Andromeda fails in some parts as well to me but overall it is a exciting and powerful journey. Comparatively, backgrounds, plots and concepts are shallow and poorly developed. MEA is all over the place, in terms of writing. I suspect that nothing I say will sway you, so we can agree to disagree.
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 22, 2018 19:57:17 GMT
Rather than continuing Adept Scott today, I created a new pair of twins (#1 Asian options). I tweaked them quite a bit and came up with some nice, non-cookie cutter results.
I’m trying to play as Sara. The VA inconsistency does annoy me. It’s flat, emotionless lines followed by very good lines followed by overly exuberant ones, all in one conversation. Then, there’s lots of yelling as if we aren’t all in close proximity and connected via comms. Why are you yelling? Still, I’m really going to try. In every other ME I had a 50/50 split in terms of gender. I’d like to be able to enjoy Sara now and then.
The driving force for the switch was to change builds and gear. Between the spent research points and the gated skills that I wanted, it was best to start fresh. I’m playing a Tactical Cloak + Assault Rifle Soldier, essentially. I’ll be adding Turbocharge and Assault Turret when I can. The highly aggressive, “charge in shooting and stabbing” gameplay is both more effective and more satisfying than lobbing underpowered combos. I’m relieved to have made the switch. Now, I just have to learn to deal with Fryda’s Sara. She’s a pretty good VA; but she was all over the place in this game.
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Post by DerekG on Apr 22, 2018 19:59:59 GMT
Scott Ryder explored the Remnant vault on Eos, along with Cora and Vetra. Peebee tagged along as well.
Activating the main console caused some sort of defence mechanism to try and kill them, so they had to run to escape the vault. Whatever they did seemed to help the planet's atmosphere. Peebee decided to join up with the Tempest crew to help explore the other vaults they'd discovered upon activating this one.
They investigated the site of the murder Scott had been told about on the Nexus. It turned out that the accused was "innocent", but apparently only due to bad aim. Scott's not sure what he's going to say about it when he gets back to the Nexus.
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Don't knock the little winds. They're important - for morale.
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Post by correctamundo on Apr 22, 2018 20:27:38 GMT
I need a name for my human male adept. He doesn't look like a Kaiden but maybe a Kai Dan? I'm respeccing him into pull mastery as well.
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 22, 2018 21:35:06 GMT
I need a name for my human male adept. He doesn't look like a Kaiden but maybe a Kai Dan? I'm respeccing him into pull mastery as well. How about Fai Dan? U C Wut I did there?
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Post by dazk on Apr 22, 2018 23:23:24 GMT
Rather than continuing Adept Scott today, I created a new pair of twins (#1 Asian options). I tweaked them quite a bit and came up with some nice, non-cookie cutter results. I’m trying to play as Sara. The VA inconsistency does annoy me. It’s flat, emotionless lines followed by very good lines followed by overly exuberant ones, all in one conversation. Then, there’s lots of yelling as if we aren’t all in close proximity and connected via comms. Why are you yelling? Still, I’m really going to try. In every other ME I had a 50/50 split in terms of gender. I’d like to be able to enjoy Sara now and then. The driving force for the switch was to change builds and gear. Between the spent research points and the gated skills that I wanted, it was best to start fresh. I’m playing a Tactical Cloak + Assault Rifle Soldier, essentially. I’ll be adding Turbocharge and Assault Turret when I can. The highly aggressive, “charge in shooting and stabbing” gameplay is both more effective and more satisfying than lobbing underpowered combos. I’m relieved to have made the switch. Now, I just have to learn to deal with Fryda’s Sara. She’s a pretty good VA; but she was all over the place in this game. I already have an Asian twin set but was thinking about my next Sara yesterday and had also settled on another Asian character. However that'll probably change ten times before I finish ME3 and play again!!!!! Soldier build is my favourite by a mile for MEA and the AR in any game is usually my favourite. Used the Striker in ME3 to start with as I had never used it again, was fun but have gone back to the Avenger for its accuracy. Just need to get to Sanctuary to get the M-99 Saber!!!!
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 23, 2018 0:02:21 GMT
Rather than continuing Adept Scott today, I created a new pair of twins (#1 Asian options). I tweaked them quite a bit and came up with some nice, non-cookie cutter results. I’m trying to play as Sara. The VA inconsistency does annoy me. It’s flat, emotionless lines followed by very good lines followed by overly exuberant ones, all in one conversation. Then, there’s lots of yelling as if we aren’t all in close proximity and connected via comms. Why are you yelling? Still, I’m really going to try. In every other ME I had a 50/50 split in terms of gender. I’d like to be able to enjoy Sara now and then. The driving force for the switch was to change builds and gear. Between the spent research points and the gated skills that I wanted, it was best to start fresh. I’m playing a Tactical Cloak + Assault Rifle Soldier, essentially. I’ll be adding Turbocharge and Assault Turret when I can. The highly aggressive, “charge in shooting and stabbing” gameplay is both more effective and more satisfying than lobbing underpowered combos. I’m relieved to have made the switch. Now, I just have to learn to deal with Fryda’s Sara. She’s a pretty good VA; but she was all over the place in this game. I already have an Asian twin set but was thinking about my next Sara yesterday and had also settled on another Asian character. However that'll probably change ten times before I finish ME3 and play again!!!!! Soldier build is my favourite by a mile for MEA and the AR in any game is usually my favourite. Used the Striker in ME3 to start with as I had never used it again, was fun but have gone back to the Avenger for its accuracy. Just need to get to Sanctuary to get the M-99 Saber!!!! I use Gibbed to unlock the M7 Lancer from the start. If I didn’t have it, I’d use a Phaeston I guess. I only play Soldier in ME3 if I have a full-auto weapon that enables my Incendiary Burst + Amplified Concussive Shot for constant fire detonations. Soldier was so good in ME2/3. The way these games are built, it’s always easiest to optimize weapon damage in comparison with anything else. One of my favorite weapons in ME3 was the M90 Indra. It’s a great full-auto SR that plays like an AR with time dilation. Every shot a headshot. It has a huge shot capacity, so I carry it alone. That’s my preferred Infiltrator weapon in ME3. The Indra is in MEA, but it’s really weak. They overcompensated for FA with overly low damage numbers. Then, when the AF Augmentation was added, all those more damaging weapons got FA and kept their crazy damage. The existing FA weapons fell even further behind. If I could get one more patch for MEA, I’d want it to rebalance weapons and boost power combo damage. The Ghost should also have no research cost, or be improved to par for a rare weapon. It’s missing an augmentation slot and pales in comparison with the Valkyrie and M25 Pistol/SMG.
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Post by Curious Crow on Apr 23, 2018 0:12:01 GMT
Indulged in insanity, so chop chop chop Hayate had to run through the Nexus prologue to get his hair did. And face. And make up. Pretty much everything. Cora, why you no stash Asari sword and stuff for me? You being a huntress and all. Wondering if Addisons delayal was to try and nick as much food and stuff from the ship, since at that point she's basically letting an untrained slacker make off with her fancy ship, food and stuff. Personally my head canon is that the twins were a last minute add on, only getting on because Alex vouched for them and totally did train them off screen, like do you want SAM or not? Either way, got him all glittered up and let him loose on Eos. There he got shot at, sat on and poisoned with radiation. Took a break at the second Kett outpost since I may or may not have died and lost interest.
Loaded up Benji to see what he was doing, since I'm a moron and didn't keep note of character motivations and stuff. Well he was open to meeting the Archon and go on his first visit to Aya. The talk afterward is so weird, like have none of you played video games before? You need to scratch their back before they'll even think about touching yours. Also Cora, why would you not ask Jaal what to do next? He's a frigging high-ish up native. Wrote down Benji's bio. It was stupid but it's down. Then visited Voeld and loafed around shooting Kett with Peebs and Jaal. Then got distracted by a friend, so that session didn't last longer. But had fun.
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Post by dazk on Apr 23, 2018 1:24:47 GMT
I already have an Asian twin set but was thinking about my next Sara yesterday and had also settled on another Asian character. However that'll probably change ten times before I finish ME3 and play again!!!!! Soldier build is my favourite by a mile for MEA and the AR in any game is usually my favourite. Used the Striker in ME3 to start with as I had never used it again, was fun but have gone back to the Avenger for its accuracy. Just need to get to Sanctuary to get the M-99 Saber!!!! I use Gibbed to unlock the M7 Lancer from the start. If I didn’t have it, I’d use a Phaeston I guess. I only play Soldier in ME3 if I have a full-auto weapon that enables my Incendiary Burst + Amplified Concussive Shot for constant fire detonations. Soldier was so good in ME2/3. The way these games are built, it’s always easiest to optimize weapon damage in comparison with anything else. One of my favorite weapons in ME3 was the M90 Indra. It’s a great full-auto SR that plays like an AR with time dilation. Every shot a headshot. It has a huge shot capacity, so I carry it alone. That’s my preferred Infiltrator weapon in ME3. The Indra is in MEA, but it’s really weak. They overcompensated for FA with overly low damage numbers. Then, when the AF Augmentation was added, all those more damaging weapons got FA and kept their crazy damage. The existing FA weapons fell even further behind. If I could get one more patch for MEA, I’d want it to rebalance weapons and boost power combo damage. The Ghost should also have no research cost, or be improved to par for a rare weapon. It’s missing an augmentation slot and pales in comparison with the Valkyrie and M25 Pistol/SMG. I normally Gibbed the M99-Saber in at the start of every game as well (it one shots Cerberus troopers on normal) but I wanted to do the trilogy from scratch, no NG+ and no Gibbed except to give my self some credits at the start of the game to buy the mods etc from the shops!!!! Its been really annoying in ME3 constantly doubling back to make sure I get all the upgrades etc. you find on missions.
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 23, 2018 2:23:11 GMT
I’m presently playing Eos for the second time in as many days, and it’s still awesome. I’m in the vault, at the moment. I looooove this vault! The knocked it out of the park with the Remnant designs: vaults, battlefield printing of troops; the lights, shadows and particles... it’s all amazing.
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve targeted Vetra with an attack in the last year, I’d have recouped the cost of the game. I’d have been really good at a First Contact War game.
“HERE THEY COME!” Relax, Ryder. They’re bugs.
Lol at nearkybdying if radiation while investigating Chief Reynolds’ body. They really needed to dial down the lethality of environmental hazards on Insanity. Honestly, those probably shouldn’t scale. Just set them at Normal and let it be.
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Post by dazk on Apr 23, 2018 2:28:30 GMT
I’m presently playing Eos for the second time in as many days, and it’s still awesome. I’m in the vault, at the moment. I looooove this vault! The knocked it out of the park with the Remnant designs: vaults, battlefield printing of troops; the lights, shadows and particles... it’s all amazing. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve targeted Vetra with an attack in the last year, I’d have recouped the cost of the game. I’d have been really good at a First Contact War game. “HERE THEY COME!” Relax, Ryder. They’re bugs. Lol at nearkybdying if radiation while investigating Chief Reynolds’ body. They really needed to dial down the lethality of environmental hazards on Insanity. Honestly, those probably shouldn’t scale. Just set them at Normal and let it be. Yeah that is an OMG moment, just wished we could have wandered and explored more. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve targeted Vetra with an attack in the last year, I’d have recouped the cost of the game. I’d have been really good at a First Contact War game.
LOL that is so funny, Yeah I agree the elemental stuff didn't need scaling especially on insanity it just got a bit stupid!!!!
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 23, 2018 6:36:29 GMT
I finally shut it down 2 hours later than planned.
I’ve hit Level-11 with Sara. Her current build is as follows: * Assault Turret Evo 2 * Tactical Cloak Evo 4 * Turbocharge Evo 3 * Assault Rifles Full Evo 6
I like how this Soldier develops at a nice steady pace, right in step with the escalating challenges. I just crafted a Tier 3 Valkyrie to be her primary weapon over the next 10 levels. Until now, I’d been using the Pathfinder AR. She’s still wearing the Deep Space Explorer Armor for +XP and +10% Weapon Damage. The Andromeda Elite Helmet gives +10% XP and +4% Shields. I’ll swap this for the similar Ai series once I get the FMoA on Havarl.
I am a creature of habit. I nearly always have my Pathfinders in the shortsleeves outfit with a grey/blue/off-white color scheme that perfectly matches the crew’s gear. I had Sara in all white + Ai blue for a time, but got an urge to experiment. Now I have her wearing a dark blue base with Ai blue (actually the teal like the triangle on the chest) and white trim. It’s funny how little things add variety. She feels slightly less cookie cutter with the new clothes. I also modified her face mid-game, which I never do. She’s perfected, now. I’ll almost definitely use this character again at some point.
Anyway, Eos is finished until the radiation dissipates. We’ve visited the Nexus, and returned to Eos to speak with newly awakened Darket and Grace. I saved aboard Tempest, trailing the Kett drop shipments Darket predicted we’d find. We’ll follow that lead on another vault tomorrow.
It’s nice to be enjoying MEA again.
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Don't knock the little winds. They're important - for morale.
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Post by correctamundo on Apr 23, 2018 7:06:34 GMT
This morning Jannisara went to the Nexus and revisited a family gathering. It felt odd, dad was initially his old awkward self but loosened up. Janni remembers while thinking back that she noticed it back then as well. Something about Alec trying to open up more. Even so he still kept his cards close to himself. There must be a reason. Chief engineer Grace Lito is now redeployed on Eos. M-90 Indra was truly a beast in ME3. Death at every range. It was still pretty awesome in early days of MEA:MP before they started to nerf it. I haven't used my Indra there in a while now. @element Zero Fai Dan is already taken For some reason he tends to never survive ME1 when I play.
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 24, 2018 2:37:43 GMT
Now that it's a good time for me to get ready for bed, I fire up the PS4P and head into Havarl's jungles. Sara and friends are off to find some Turians reclusive hermits. I have Drack in the party, but might swap him for Liam. Liam's Havarl chatter is pretty damn funny. He always has some clever goofiness to lighten the mood.
Oh, Autofire Valkyrie, how I missed thee (combined with Tac Cloak and/or Turbocharge, that is). What a ridiculously good weapon.
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Post by dazk on Apr 24, 2018 3:35:00 GMT
Now that it's a good time for me to get ready for bed, I fire up the PS4P and head into Havarl's jungles. Sara and friends are off to find some Turians reclusive hermits. I have Drack in the party, but might swap him for Liam. Liam's Havarl chatter is pretty damn funny. He always has some clever goofiness to lighten the mood. Oh, Autofire Valkyrie, how I missed thee (combined with Tac Cloak and/or Turbocharge, that is). What a ridiculously good weapon. Huh I am not sure I have ever taken Drack on Havarl. I wish there had been more exotic planets like Havarl, I didn't mind EOS and Voeld but Elaaden was one too many desert planets. Yes the Valkyrie is and thank you for bringing it to my attention
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 24, 2018 3:44:03 GMT
Now that it's a good time for me to get ready for bed, I fire up the PS4P and head into Havarl's jungles. Sara and friends are off to find some Turians reclusive hermits. I have Drack in the party, but might swap him for Liam. Liam's Havarl chatter is pretty damn funny. He always has some clever goofiness to lighten the mood. Oh, Autofire Valkyrie, how I missed thee (combined with Tac Cloak and/or Turbocharge, that is). What a ridiculously good weapon. Huh I am not sur I have ever taken rack on Havarl. I wish there had been more exotic planets like Havarl, I didn't mind EOS and Voeld but Elaaden was one too many desert planets. Yes the Valkyrie is and thank you for bringing it to my attention Since I've tried pretty much every build imaginable at this point, I might try some BioConverter Cheese at high levels. I'll craft some Remnant Armor for its crazy boosts to Power Restoration and Defense and Health Regen. Then, in combo with the Tech passives, it might nearly cancel out the BioConverter health losses. I'll swap out Assault Turret for something fun (that I never use) like Cryobeam or Flamethrower. There's really no need, since commanding the Turret or Zap to target a foe counts as activating a Tech Power. Still, it will be fun to use something different. I got one-shotted by a Roekarr sniper. Time to invest a few points into survivability. I'll have new armor and the FMoA before I leave Havarl, so that will also help. I'm on my way to find Zorai's artifact. I love vaults!
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 24, 2018 8:04:49 GMT
I'd gone to Havarl a bit earlier this PT, completely on accident. No big deal. I finished up Havarl around Level-16, I think. I nabbed part, but not all, of my needed armor upgrades from Coby before leaving. I grabbed the rest upon returning to the Nexus. Sara is wearing the Ai Recon series with the Andromeda Elite Helmet and Pathfinder Arms (no way I was passing up those perks for 4% shields). She loses some XP and weapon damage, but now had the FMoA equipped.
We broke up a protest in Hydroponics aboard the Nexus. The protestors family members will be awoken only once we can afford to do so. We grabbed a vid for Liam's movie night, and Gil kicked Sara's butt in Poker. I like Gil. Ran into Nylken and Marietta (what a very Turian name that is) in Operations. He's been released and given community service. I don't think his wife knows all the details just yet.
We headed back to Eos and got started on some new tasks to help the colonists. We may also have a strong lead on the missing Site 2 personnel. An escaping shuttle used Turian escape maneuvers, and SAM extrapolated a vector. We'll see where that leads us tomorrow.
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 25, 2018 20:27:38 GMT
I played a ton of MEA yesterday. I've been feeling pretty poorly, and probably played too much. Havarl and Eos are in the rearview and Voeld is nearly complete. I'm presently fighting the Architect for the third f-ing time. I keep getting it to the second stage of the fight without taking a blip of damage, as usual. Then, its stupid legs won't open. I'm going to go back to an earlier save, before even finding the missing miners. I hope it helps. This had been a shockingly smooth PT until now.
Ugh. Now I'm experiencing the "takes 10 minutes to load on Voeld" bug, introduced after the excessive autosave feature. EA is criminal for pulling support on this game before it was fully functional.
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Post by dazk on Apr 25, 2018 23:13:40 GMT
I finally shut it down 2 hours later than planned. I’ve hit Level-11 with Sara. Her current build is as follows: * Assault Turret Evo 2 * Tactical Cloak Evo 4 * Turbocharge Evo 3 * Assault Rifles Full Evo 6 I like how this Soldier develops at a nice steady pace, right in step with the escalating challenges. I just crafted a Tier 3 Valkyrie to be her primary weapon over the next 10 levels. Until now, I’d been using the Pathfinder AR. She’s still wearing the Deep Space Explorer Armor for +XP and +10% Weapon Damage. The Andromeda Elite Helmet gives +10% XP and +4% Shields. I’ll swap this for the similar Ai series once I get the FMoA on Havarl. I am a creature of habit. I nearly always have my Pathfinders in the shortsleeves outfit with a grey/blue/off-white color scheme that perfectly matches the crew’s gear. I had Sara in all white + Ai blue for a time, but got an urge to experiment. Now I have her wearing a dark blue base with Ai blue (actually the teal like the triangle on the chest) and white trim. It’s funny how little things add variety. She feels slightly less cookie cutter with the new clothes. I also modified her face mid-game, which I never do. She’s perfected, now. I’ll almost definitely use this character again at some point. Anyway, Eos is finished until the radiation dissipates. We’ve visited the Nexus, and returned to Eos to speak with newly awakened Darket and Grace. I saved aboard Tempest, trailing the Kett drop shipments Darket predicted we’d find. We’ll follow that lead on another vault tomorrow. It’s nice to be enjoying MEA again. Do we get to see a pic of your Ryder Element Zero?
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 25, 2018 23:23:59 GMT
dazk , it’s so much hassle to move from PS4 to PC to a hosting site. If I could easily do so directly from the PS4, I’d probably share all the time. I have hundreds of pics from my assorted PTs. I’ve sctually barely saved any pics of this Sara, simply because I have around 1000 MEA pics already. I already have a different face in mind for next time. If I can get blonde hair to look good, I might make a blonde Sara. I feel that they haven’t done blonde correctly since ME2. I got past the Architect bug by just letting it go nuts with its electrical and grenade attacks. Then it spawned more Remnant which we destroyed. Then, the legs opened! I’ve now finished Voeld, rescued Moshae Sjefa and returned for Raelis’ intel. I saved outside PeeBee’s apartment. It’s ibefficiebt, but I wanted to visit her and view an Alec memory before heading to Aya. I have obligations tonight, so I might not get to play anymore. Of course, I might stay up too late as I often do. If it hurts to sleep, just play until your eyes are closing on their own! A couple of observations: Sara head-scan #1 has a big ass head! It looks sort of huge, at times, on her little neck and shoulders. (Mine isn't as bad as default, either, as I customized quite a bit.) I realized how very different the morphs are. They aren’t face-scans; they’re head-scans. Secondly, a huge portion of Fryda’s VA work that I dislike is front-loaded. It gets better as the game progresses. I still like Scott’s writing and VA better; but at least I now recall how I was able to complete so many previous Sara PTs.
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Post by dazk on Apr 26, 2018 0:12:33 GMT
dazk , it’s so much hassle to move from PS4 to PC to a hosting site. If I could easily do so directly from the PS4, I’d probably share all the time. I have hundreds of pics from my assorted PTs. I’ve sctually barely saved any pics of this Sara, simply because I have around 1000 MEA pics already. I already have a different face in mind for next time. If I can get blonde hair to look good, I might make a blonde Sara. I feel that they haven’t done blonde correctly since ME2. I got past the Architect bug by just letting it go nuts with its electrical and grenade attacks. Then it spawned more Remnant which we destroyed. Then, the legs opened! I’ve now finished Voeld, rescued Moshae Sjefa and returned for Raelis’ intel. I saved outside PeeBee’s apartment. It’s ibefficiebt, but I wanted to visit her and view an Alec memory before heading to Aya. I have obligations tonight, so I might not get to play anymore. Of course, I might stay up too late as I often do. If it hurts to sleep, just play until your eyes are closing on their own! A couple of observations: Sara head-scan #1 has a big ass head! It looks sort of huge, at times, on her little neck and shoulders. (Mine is t as bad as default, either, as I customized quite a but.) I realized how very different the morphs are. They aren’t face-scans; they’re head-scans. Secondly, a huge portion of Fryda’s VA work that I dislike is front-loaded. It gets better as the game progresses. I still like Scott’s writing and VA better; but at least I now recall how I was able to complete so many previous Sara PTs. Oh sorry EZ I didn't think and forgot you were on PS4. Yeah I have tried unsuccessfully several times to get Blonde hair to work on males and females with zero success. The Voeld architect is always hit and miss for me, I actually think my insanity run was easier than some of my lower difficulty levels cause of that bug. You seem to be flying through MEA this time, was hoping to get to MEA before you finished but like yourself I have had stuff yesterday and today that will prevent me getting much if anything done in ME3!!!!!! I love your observations re the head presets LOL. There are 3 of them I have never used in 12 PT's because there is just something in-human looking about them.
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Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 26, 2018 0:32:19 GMT
dazk , it’s so much hassle to move from PS4 to PC to a hosting site. If I could easily do so directly from the PS4, I’d probably share all the time. I have hundreds of pics from my assorted PTs. I’ve sctually barely saved any pics of this Sara, simply because I have around 1000 MEA pics already. I already have a different face in mind for next time. If I can get blonde hair to look good, I might make a blonde Sara. I feel that they haven’t done blonde correctly since ME2. I got past the Architect bug by just letting it go nuts with its electrical and grenade attacks. Then it spawned more Remnant which we destroyed. Then, the legs opened! I’ve now finished Voeld, rescued Moshae Sjefa and returned for Raelis’ intel. I saved outside PeeBee’s apartment. It’s ibefficiebt, but I wanted to visit her and view an Alec memory before heading to Aya. I have obligations tonight, so I might not get to play anymore. Of course, I might stay up too late as I often do. If it hurts to sleep, just play until your eyes are closing on their own! A couple of observations: Sara head-scan #1 has a big ass head! It looks sort of huge, at times, on her little neck and shoulders. (Mine is t as bad as default, either, as I customized quite a but.) I realized how very different the morphs are. They aren’t face-scans; they’re head-scans. Secondly, a huge portion of Fryda’s VA work that I dislike is front-loaded. It gets better as the game progresses. I still like Scott’s writing and VA better; but at least I now recall how I was able to complete so many previous Sara PTs. Oh sorry EZ I didn't think and forgot you were on PS4. Yeah I have tried unsuccessfully several times to get Blonde hair to work on males and females with zero success. The Voeld architect is always hit and miss for me, I actually think my insanity run was easier than some of my lower difficulty levels cause of that bug. You seem to be flying through MEA this time, was hoping to get to MEA before you finished but like yourself I have had stuff yesterday and today that will prevent me getting much if anything done in ME3!!!!!! I love your observations re the head presets LOL. There are 3 of them I have never used in 12 PT's because there is just something in-human looking about them. Haha! None of the 20 head-scan subjects are traditional beauties, but most can be turned into solid-looking Ryders. Sara #1 has a fairly pretty starting face, in my opinion. She’s probably in the best shape of the 20. I struggle with Scott and Sara #9. Scott looks old as hell. Sara has a huge forehead. It’s like a smokestack. It’s also hilarious that she’s attached to Black Dad! I’ve wanted Black Dad so many times, but can’t get him when he’s needed. Then, I come online and read complaints about so many white Ryder-kids with biological Black Dad! 😆 (It happens, I guess, but it’s super rare.) If she did t have that forehead, I’m sure I could make a good-looking mixed race Sara. (Most of my characters are ethnically mixed.) That head, though... ☹️ There’s one face I’ve always wanted to make, but can’t with the options provided. If we had Cassidy Shaw’s hair as an option in the CC, I could’ve done it. It annoys me so much.
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Post by dazk on Apr 26, 2018 0:46:52 GMT
Oh sorry EZ I didn't think and forgot you were on PS4. Yeah I have tried unsuccessfully several times to get Blonde hair to work on males and females with zero success. The Voeld architect is always hit and miss for me, I actually think my insanity run was easier than some of my lower difficulty levels cause of that bug. You seem to be flying through MEA this time, was hoping to get to MEA before you finished but like yourself I have had stuff yesterday and today that will prevent me getting much if anything done in ME3!!!!!! I love your observations re the head presets LOL. There are 3 of them I have never used in 12 PT's because there is just something in-human looking about them. There’s one face I’ve always wanted to make, but can’t with the options provided. If we had Cassidy Shaw’s hair as an option in the CC, I could’ve done it. It annoys me so much. There's a couple of MODS for PC that give you the option of the Cassidy Shaw hair, have never used them I like the hairstyle but not on my Female Ryders. I also like the cornrow braids but I have tried that twice and I always end up changing it in game as in some scenes it looks like she is bald. See looks good but in game (rather than a cut scene) it doesn't translate: I made a Sara that looked like a younger version of Ellen Ryder which I was happy with but the hairstyle is annoying because if the scene is shot from the right of screen as you look at it you can't see Ryder's face properly. This probably my favourite Sara:
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Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
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Post by Element Zero on Apr 26, 2018 0:51:30 GMT
No, not the cornrows. We have that style. (I do use those on one of my Scott Ryders.) Cassidy Shaw has the ridiculous grayish purple hair on the Nexus. She is the witness we interview in connection with the Reynolds murder case. Such a great style! I feel like they always hold back the best style, like they're intentionally trolling us.
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