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Post by stysiaq on May 7, 2017 17:33:08 GMT
I thought objects defying laws of physics is the 101 of the universe. It's like, in the title. Why aren't they saying sth like "I wonder what generates mass effect fields here?" or "this planet... is it inherently biotic?"?
Sorry if it was discussed before, but it just struck me now. Earlier I had a gripe with this because space explorers should expect the unexpected in the first place and floating rocks isn't some kind of mind-boggling concept. It's just I never realised that of all things floating rocks is probably THE thing that should be 'been there, done that'. It gets even funnier that in the same prologue Cora comes out as a biotic, like, you know, the kind of person who makes things float in the air and nobody is like WHOOAAAH WHAT DID YOU DO so that kills a possible theory that AI recruited some space rednecks who spent their lives on a space farms watching space cows milk themselves.
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Post by Addictress on May 7, 2017 17:49:27 GMT
the laws of physics apply everywhere. Biotics don't occur naturally. You have to have some kind of technological engine that converts eezo into mass effect fields.
Although, as a sci-fi trope, floating rocks is far from novel and quite cliche, in a realistic context and even with mass effect lore, floating rocks would still be weird.
They never really explain it, now that I think of it. Of course the remnant tech has gravity wells and I think the scourge messes around with gravity but unfortunately the game doesn't really explore the logistics of this.
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Post by joglee on May 7, 2017 18:11:01 GMT
Because they defy physics.
In Mass effect elemtn zero is used to generate Mass effect fields, but a planet shouldn't have naturally floating rocks, because element zero is more of a space thing.
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Post by MarilynRobert on May 7, 2017 18:12:54 GMT
I think they were trying to show that Liam and Sara/Scott are not Shepherd, by having them act extra goofy and immature, when they saw strange things. I think they go overboard in that area though and wish they wouldn't do that.
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Post by suikoden on May 7, 2017 18:14:55 GMT
I thought objects defying laws of physics is the 101 of the universe. It's like, in the title. Why aren't they saying sth like "I wonder what generates mass effect fields here?" or "this planet... is it inherently biotic?"? Sorry if it was discussed before, but it just struck me now. Earlier I had a gripe with this because space explorers should expect the unexpected in the first place and floating rocks isn't some kind of mind-boggling concept. It's just I never realised that of all things floating rocks is probably THE thing that should be 'been there, done that'. It gets even funnier that in the same prologue Cora comes out as a biotic, like, you know, the kind of person who makes things float in the air and nobody is like WHOOAAAH WHAT DID YOU DO so that kills a possible theory that AI recruited some space rednecks who spent their lives on a space farms watching space cows milk themselves. Because the writers for Andromeda have a background of writing fan-fiction, not science fiction. |
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Post by Serza on May 7, 2017 18:35:47 GMT
The lot of you bosh'tets need to listen to Addictress.
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Post by Link"Guess"ski on May 7, 2017 18:37:24 GMT
Keep playing. You'll be asking more "why"s as it keeps going.
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Post by docklenator on May 7, 2017 18:41:10 GMT
The main protagonists at that time weren't as experienced as Shepard. Also in the OT a planet with floating mountains would have been worth mentioning too. Not really a common thing.
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Post by fchopin on May 7, 2017 18:41:51 GMT
What you should be asking is why was Ryder not floating and instead was falling.
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Post by Serza on May 7, 2017 18:59:51 GMT
What you should be asking is why was Ryder not floating and instead was falling. Exactly. Gravity was working normally, yet there were anomalies in forms of floating rocks that were often struck by lightning moments later. That warrants a whiskey tango foxtrot. |
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Post by UutIVvdPw7END0Ef on May 7, 2017 19:09:18 GMT
I don't remember any flying rocks in the previous games. Habitat 7 Codex: "Intense magnetic activity in unknown metallic elements interacts with the storms, causing interesting but highly destructive electrical phenomena." " Ryder-I remains storm-wracked, with intense magnetic activity." |
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Post by dreman999 on May 7, 2017 19:28:44 GMT
Dude...what? Do you not understand how impossible it is to have naturally float rocks in nature even with element zero? Even element zero in it's natural state does not float on it's own. The effect that is going on that planet is called electrostatic levitation. It an effect that use static electricity to repel objects for one another. What amazing about that planet it the the electric storms are so frequent and so powerful it's causing a constant electricstatic levitation effect with the rocks.
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Post by dreman999 on May 7, 2017 19:34:51 GMT
Keep playing. You'll be asking more "why"s as it keeps going. funny that the person who like hard science fiction so much does not not when the story uses hard science friction. |
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Post by KaiserShep on May 7, 2017 19:39:40 GMT
I think they were trying to show that Liam and Sara/Scott are not Shepherd, by having them act extra goofy and immature, when they saw strange things. I think they go overboard in that area though and wish they wouldn't do that. What did they say that was particularly goofy or immature when they observed them? I didn't hear anything. But really, what would Shepard say? My guess is probably similar if not identical to what Liam said, judging by her dialogue in the trilogy. |
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Post by mattvm on May 7, 2017 19:41:29 GMT
I swear people will find a way to complain and make a big deal out of everything.
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Post by dreman999 on May 7, 2017 19:43:33 GMT
I think they were trying to show that Liam and Sara/Scott are not Shepherd, by having them act extra goofy and immature, when they saw strange things. I think they go overboard in that area though and wish they wouldn't do that. What did they say that was particularly goofy or immature when they observed them? I didn't hear anything. yep, they did not say anything goofy or immature when they saw the floating rock....They only did that when they fought the kett. |
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Post by MarilynRobert on May 7, 2017 19:51:18 GMT
I think they were trying to show that Liam and Sara/Scott are not Shepherd, by having them act extra goofy and immature, when they saw strange things. I think they go overboard in that area though and wish they wouldn't do that. What did they say that was particularly goofy or immature when they observed them? I didn't hear anything. But really, what would Shepard say? My guess is probably similar if not identical to what Liam said, judging by her dialogue in the trilogy. Liam sounded like he was smoking something with his comments about that planet but then he always sounds like he's smoking something  I'm old so maybe I'm not used to hearing young'uns talk. |
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Post by KaiserShep on May 7, 2017 19:55:11 GMT
I didn't really get any notable impressions either way. It just seemed like something weird that was mentioned in a passing comment. We just didn't have some scientist to really get into the nitty gritty of why it was even happening, but then, in Mass Effect, we usually never did.
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Post by slimgrin on May 7, 2017 20:07:49 GMT
The way Liam and Ryder react to their new circumstances was like they were on a nature hike. Dialog was just off.
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Post by griffith82 on May 7, 2017 20:10:13 GMT
I swear people will find a way to complain and make a big deal out of everything.Soon people will complain about the lack of actually being able to pee or shit in the game because well reasons. |
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Post by KaiserShep on May 7, 2017 20:14:01 GMT
I swear people will find a way to complain and make a big deal out of everything.Soon people will complain about the lack of actually being able to pee or shit in the game because well reasons. Well, if taking a shit adds +10 agility, I'm game. |
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Post by dreman999 on May 7, 2017 20:20:42 GMT
The way Liam and Ryder react to their new circumstances was like they were on a nature hike. Dialog was just off. the two acted bewildered , panicked and confused. What nature hikes have you been on. |
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Post by KaiserShep on May 7, 2017 20:22:04 GMT
The way Liam and Ryder react to their new circumstances was like they were on a nature hike. Dialog was just off. I'm actually extremely jealous that people get to go on these insane ass nature hikes. The ones I've been on were boring as hell. |
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Post by dreman999 on May 7, 2017 20:23:49 GMT
I didn't really get any notable impressions either way. It just seemed like something weird that was mentioned in a passing comment. We just didn't have some scientist to really get into the nitty gritty of why it was even happening, but then, in Mass Effect, we usually never did. we don't have the time to. But anyone who knows science knows what going on.....magnetic levitation and electrostatic levitation. All caused by the massive electric storms that are on the planet which the faulty vault is causing. It also hint to how the vaults effect planets as well. |
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Post by slimgrin on May 7, 2017 20:27:17 GMT
The way Liam and Ryder react to their new circumstances was like they were on a nature hike. Dialog was just off. the two acted bewildered , panicked and confused. What nature hikes have you been on. I didn't get that impression playing through that. To each their own. But then, I felt the dialog frequently did not match the situations the characters were in. |
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