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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 23, 2024 17:46:49 GMT
Dimitri Shepard (Soldier, ME3): 1. Picked up a Primarch.
2. Citadel stuff and system scanning.
I screwed up the Hanar/Jondum Bau quest; I meant to save the Hanar homeworld and let Bau die, but I accidentally hit the Renegade prompt and saved Bau. It was the last task I was doing on the Citadel and the last save pre-quest was the start of the Citadel, so I was not going to do everything again. Oh well.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 23, 2024 1:47:17 GMT
I think I am going to wait to play Dragon's Dogma until the first patch, so I decided to turn on the Xbox and complete my only unfinished playthrough: Dimitri Shepard.
1. Started ME2 and loaded the last Dimitri Shepard save file, trying to figure out how I was previously playing the character. (Last manual save: 2021/05/04.) - Soldier with Revenant, so no sniper or shotgun focus. - Six (6) squadmates alive: Legion, Samara, Tali (unloyal, so), Mordin, Garrus, Grunt - No love interest from what I could tell (no picture in cabin) - Could not tell if I saved or destoyed the genophage data - Appeared to have a mix of Paragon and Renegade, but mostly Paragon
2. Started ME1 and loaded the last Dimitri Shepard save file. - Appeared to have a mix of Paragon and Renegade, but mostly Paragon. No points spent on persuasion talents. - Wrex alive - Kaiden alive - Rachni Queen dead
3. Started the import. Council was saved, genophage data was saved. Confirmed no romances (so probably a no-romance playthrough).
4. Vancouver > Mars > Citadel.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 16, 2024 20:00:36 GMT
Alex the Asshole Adept (ME3LE): 1. Went to Thessia to recover an artifact. Kai Lame stole it.
2. Went to Sanctuary and uncovered a secret Cerberus facility. Miranda threw her dad out a window, then died.
3. Rescued someone at a communications hub.
4. Threw a party.
5. Destroyed Cerberus HQ.
6. Went to Earth. Destroyed a giant cannon (and killed Morinth). Killed a Reaper Destroyer. Took a beam to the Citadel. Shot the Illusive Man. Talked to a stupid AI. Destroyed the Reapers.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 16, 2024 2:13:30 GMT
Alex the Asshole Adept (ME3LE): 1. Finished the Armax Arena challenges.
2. Joined up with Tali and won the war versus the Geth.
3. More meetups on the Silver Sun Strip.
4. More galaxy scans. Restarted a fuel reactor. Made some deliveries to the Citadel.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 15, 2024 1:00:57 GMT
Alex the Asshole Adept (ME3LE): 1. Rescued a Turian Platoon, then helped them disarm a giant bomb.
2. Survived an ambush attempt. Killed my clone.
3. Met up with some of the crew on the Silver Sun Strip. Played some matches in the simulator.
I quit playing after getting annoyed as an Adept in the simulator. Everyone dodging or throwing smoke. And I always hate it when enemies spawn at the same point (when I am getting the bonus), meaning I cannot position my squadmates correctly. I'll try it again tomorrow when I am less irritated.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 14, 2024 2:46:26 GMT
Alex the Asshole Adept (ME3LE): 1. Met with ambassadors at the war summit. Bunch of whiny babies. Grabbed Mordin and a Krogan female from an STG facility.
2. Took control of giant cannon on Tuchanka, then used it to blow up a Cerberus cruiser.
3. Took out a Rachni nest and a Reaper-made Rachni Queen.
4. Rescued some civilians being attacked by Cerberus.
5. Made a deal with the Dalatrass and sabotaged the cure. Convinced Mordin to join the Crucible team.
6. Stopped a Cerberus coup. Killed Ashley (whoops, missed those Renegade prompts and Intimidate option), then killed Udina. Completed some Citadel chores.
7. Blew up some Asari monastery, no survivors. Rescued some scientists from Cerberus.
8. Scanned more of the galaxy. Captured a fighter base from Cerberus. Spent time on the Citadel with squadmates and delivering packages.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 13, 2024 1:42:59 GMT
Alex the Asshole Adept (ME3LE): 1. Helped Aria retake Omega. (I wanted to stop Aria from choking Petrovsky and then shoot him myself, but apparently the option to shoot him is not available to complete Renegades. So I reloaded and let Aria kill him.)
2. Searched for Dr. Garneau. Found his body and another artifact.
3. Tracked down the next lead for Leviation: Ann Bryson. Rescued Ann Bryson from a dig site.
4. Used Ann Bryson to locate Leviathan. Ann died in the process, or fell into a coma or something. Who really cares. Found Leviathans (there was more than one), and bullied them into joining the war.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 11, 2024 1:55:31 GMT
Alex the Asshole Adept (ME3LE): 1. Reapers attacked Earth. Alex wanted to stay and fight, but got ordered by Anderson to leave and go the Council. Alex left Earth to fend for itself, then got ordered by Hackett to go to Mars and recover some Prothean data. He got the data, along with a slightly-damaged shuttle (thank James), a damaged robot, and Liara.
2. The Council refused to help (no surprise). So he took out his frustrations by sparring with James. They both got bloodied. Also recruited Dr. Michel to the Normandy.
3. Returned to Eden Prime to recover a different Prothean artifact. (Must resist urge to call Javik a popsicle for the umpteenth time in this thread).
4. Went to Palaven and picked up the latest Turian Primarch. Also Garrus, but who cares about him?
5. Citadel crap. Scanning crap. Recovered some Reaper tech from a Cerberus lab.
6. Rescued some students from Grissom Academy and reunited with Jack.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 10, 2024 0:59:09 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME3LE): 1. Talked with everyone before the final assault. Took a stroll through London and killed a Reaper Destroyer with missiles.
2. Tanked a laser shot from Harbinger. Took an elevator ride to the Citadel. Had a brief chat with TIM before shooting him.
3. Some glowing thing talked my ear off before letting me go so I could shoot a big red thing. Reapers destroyed (supposedly).
4. Ending cutscenes. Slideshow. Credits. Exit game.
One more Legendary Edition trilogy playthrough to finish: Alex the Asshole Adept, waiting for import into ME3.
One more original trilogy playthrough to finish, waiting for import into MNE3. I think this was a shotgun/Claymore Soldier in ME2 but I cannot remember offhand. I cannot remember anything about this character; I would need to check before doing anything with it.
I have a few other characters I would like to create, but that would be in the future. I want to finish the other characters first. I might get to Alex soon/next, before the end of March. I think Dragons Dogma 2 is coming out before the end of March.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 10, 2024 0:36:46 GMT
I'll have to read up on the Drone and Turret evolutions, since I've never played a ME3 Engineer. I don't have the patience to use a drone-focused build. I like killing everything as efficiently as possible, and I love combo detonations. I just need to read up on the Drones, see if there are any evolutions that don't work as advertised, etc... For combo detonations, just focus on using Sabotage, Overload, and Incinerate. My usual evolutions: - Sabotage: Backfire, Explosive Hack, Tech Vulnerability - Overload: Damage, Neural Shock, Shield Damage - Incinerate: Damage, Burning Damage, Armor Damage Note that you can go chain Overload or area incinerate if you prefer, but I find that you want/need the extra damage and the combos will do most of the control and damage for you anyway. Basically, Sabotage should be your combo starter on everyone. It primes tech bursts (electrical combos). Sabotage > Overload cannot be dodged. You can alternate Overload and Incinerate to alternate fire and electrical explosions on the tougher enemies, so starting with Sabotage > Incinerate > Overload (and then alternating Incinerate and Overload if they are still alive) should be your go-to method for dealing with these tougher enemies. Video examples:
Stack up on power damage for armor since Engineer really relies on power damage. You can also add power damage from Intel bonuses, and Fortification rank 5 adds power damage. For drone and turret, you can get away with a 1-point drone early to get Cerberus Guardians to turn around. After you get a piercing mod on your preferred weapon, drone will not be needed. Combat Drone and Sentry Turret evolutions work as advertised, but they are kind of bad since they just do not do as much distracting, crowd-control, or damage as you want. Sabotage can stagger some of those same enemies anyways.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 9, 2024 3:49:38 GMT
I'm struggling with my ME2 Engineer, not in terms of gameplay, but just in keeping my interest. I might be too in love with other classes. Not everyone has to like all classes. I like all classes in ME2, although the ME2 Engineer is my favorite. I know some people on this forum really love the Soldier, while others think the Soldier is boring (too much shooty shooty). Engineer is boring if you play it as a defense stripper; crowd-control focus is the way to go. Typically for a crowd-control Engineer Dominate would be chosen as a bonus power. I haven't tried out a Slam Engineer yet, which I've been meaning to. That would represent an offensive/crowd control mix depending on how its handled. Engineer is quite flexible in ME2. Defense stripping is where most players gravitate towards. Mordin pairs really well with this type of Engineer, since Mordin's rank 4 Cryo Blast gets a 4.5-second cooldown, which meshes really well with the Engineer's Overload and Incinerate with +20% cooldown from rank 4 Tech Mastery (Destroyer/Mechanic). Add Reave (or swap Incinerate for Reave) to strip all defenses. Focusing more on crowd control can also be fun. Slam is a fun bonus power to pair with Miranda/Thane for Warp bombs and Full Cryo Blast for unprotected groups. I have some examples in this playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJjws92UJ3EJfE5cIMT4mZyFfNvL7Qk3L
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 9, 2024 3:39:18 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME3LE): 1. Tried to recover an artifact from a Thessian temple. Kai Lame lucked his way into stealing it. (I am never going to stop calling him Kai Lame.)
2. Tracked Kai Lame to Sanctuary. Discovered a hidden Cerberus Lab, but no Kai. Miranda threw her father out of a window.
3. Rescued a damsel in distress from a Communications Hub.
4. Upgrade a bunch of weapons in case I play NG+ in the future.
5. Met with crewmates on the Silver Sun strip, and threw a party.
6. Spent the night(? it's space, it's always night) with Liara. Attacked Cerberus Headquarters, and recovered the Catalyst. Beat the piss out of Kai Lame and then stabbed him to death.
7. Went to Earth with the Galaxy fleet. Destroyed a giant cannon.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 8, 2024 2:34:57 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME3LE): 1. Met with the Quarian Admirals. Destoryed a Geth Dreadnaut and recovered a Geth VI.
2. Helped the Geth VI to shut down a Geth server.
3. Destroyed some Geth jamming towers and rescued Admiral Korris.
4. Shut down a Reaper Transmitter by killing a Reaper Destoyer. Took the opportunity to destroy the Geth fleet.
5. Restarted a fuel reactor.
6. Delivered some packages to people on the Citadel, spoke with the Asari Councilor, then spent time with some crewmates on the Silver Sun Strip.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 8, 2024 2:34:41 GMT
... So far, it's been humorous to see just how powerful the Combat Drone is. I imagine Praetorians and Geth Primes units will ignore it, but it really exerts a lot of crowd control on common enemies. ... I chose Warp Ammo as my bonus power. I may never even invest any additional points into it. It was an easy, basic choice that will be useful for at least a while. I've never used Dominate, because it bugs me, but I might retrain into Dominate later in the game. Geth Primes will be distracted by the Combat Drone. The ME2 Combat Drone is your best friend. The Praetorians will be confused by the drone, occasionally swiveling around to laser it, but they are the only enemy that will not be reliably distracted by the orange ball of awesome. My favorite class ever is ME2 Engineer with Drone, AI Hacking, and Dominate absolutely distracting and controlling everyone.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 7, 2024 3:33:00 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME3LE): 1. Visited Anderson's apartment. Had lunch with Joker. Got attacked by mercs. Went to a casino, then the Citadel archives. Met my clone. Got trapped by the clone. Escaped from the trap. Clone tried to steal the Normandy. Beat the crap out of the clone then literally kicked her off the ship.
2. Spent time crewmates at the apartment and the Silver Sun Strip.
3. Completed challenges in the Armax Arsenal Arena.
I really struggled with the final Unusual Scores mission (Fatal Error). I kept dying on the final wave. Not really sure why. I am just glad that is done.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 6, 2024 1:58:31 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME3LE): 1. Blew up a monastery. Only one survivor.
2. Rescued some former Cerberus scientists.
3. Rescued Ann Bryson
4. Citadel meetups. Used Ann Bryson as an antenna to locate Leviathan. She got a bloody nose.
5. Found Leviathan. Convinced the idiot to join the war effort.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 4, 2024 3:25:24 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME3LE): 1. Raided a Cerberus lab and recovered some Reaper artifacts.
2. The Dalatrass offered full Salarian support in exchange for sabotaging the cure. Took the deal, and convinced Mordin to accept the deal as well.
3. Attacked a Cerberus base and took all their fighters.
4. Caught up with Aralakh Company. Destroyed a Rachni nest and a fake Rachni Queen. Dagg died. My first (or maybe second?) time doing this mission post-Shroud, so I got to hear some different early-mission dialogue.
5. Searched for Dr. Garneau at a mining facility on an asteroid. Garneau was dead and Leviathan was not there.
6. Helped Aria take back Omega from Cerberus. She choked out Petrovsky.
7. Stopped Cerberus from taking over the Citadel. Kirrahe took a bullet for the Salarian Councilor.
8. Citadel chores. Got another lead on Leviathan. Joker saluted me because Kaiden took off or something (I never got the scene with Kaiden because I went to the Normandy from Bryson's office I guess?)
9. Galaxy scans. Back to the Citadel for more chores. This time took the proper exit, talked with Kaiden and invited him back on board the Normandy (not that he will ever be used since Liara and Javik are better).
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 3, 2024 20:08:56 GMT
Edited my previous post, since I forgot I did Eden Prime and picked up Javik.
Did some testing with Defense Drone. Looks like rank 5 Fire Rate is still bugged in the Legendary Edition. I will post a video showing it some time later tonight or tomorrow. Depends when I get to it.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 3, 2024 3:13:30 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME3LE): 1. Reapers started reaping. Karen went to Mars. Recovered Prothean plans for an anti-Reaper weapon, an Asari, a broken robot, and an injured squadmate (Kaiden). Presented the plans to the council, who did nothing.
2. Traveled to Eden Prime to pick up a Prothean relic. Had to fight off some Cerberus vultures to get it. The relic was some frozen Prothean soldier. He's a bit grumpy.
3. Went to Palaven and recovered the new Turian Primarch. (Had to reload an autosave mid-mission because a husk got stuck somewhere.)
4. Citadel chores.
5. Rescured the students from Grissom Academy.
6. Met with diplomats for a war summit. Extracted a Krogan female from a Salarian STG facility. Wreav is an ass. Mordin is still an eccentric genius.
7. Wrested control of a giant cannon from Cerberus hands.
8. Extracted a Turian platoon from Tuchanka, then helped them finish their mission to defuse a giant bomb.
9. Rescued some civilians from being abducted by Cerberus.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Mar 1, 2024 0:18:24 GMT
Voeld to see how dramatic the transformation of the planet is after the Vault and Meridian are activated. "Still cold."
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 24, 2024 19:06:10 GMT
I chose Samara's recruitment mission. I play on Insanity, so I have the basic upgrades by that point and there is a good variety of enemy protections (shields, armor, and barrier) which makes it interesting. The gunship battle is the only really mid part of the mission (bullet sponge), but the final fight is great since I always like to try to kill Wasaea before she has a chance to move the fight into the second area.
Garrus's recruitment could be fun -- you fight all three merc groups -- but it happens early and I just do not have the upgrades I really need by that point to make it more fun, namely no armor/shield/barrier damage upgrades for most weapons yet. Most of the early recruitment missions have that problem. That makes it even harder for NG+ when enemies are already at max strength.
Post-Horizon you should have all the basic upgrades you need but only three recruitment missions are left: Thane, Samara, and Tali. Tali's recruitment mission is really fun if you have AI Hacking.
Oh crap, I feel like I am talking myself into another Engineer run (I really need to do another Puppet Master Engineer playthrough) but I have not finished all my current trilogy playthroughs yet.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 24, 2024 18:53:35 GMT
Didn't have this scene for AGES. On PS4, whenever I proceeded to the workers after taking care of everyone in Chora's Den, the fight started automatically. I am now on PS5 and I will have to see in the next run if I can trigger this scene from now on I have played original ME1 on Xbox and the legendary edition on PC. For me, I always get that conversation when I have enough Paragon or Renegade points to persuade them to leave. If I do not have enough points, then the fight starts automatically.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 22, 2024 3:35:18 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME2 LE): 1. Went to Tali's trial. Shot some geth, then yelled at the admirals until they found Tali innocent. 2. Launched the suicide mission. Highlights: - Kasumi died in the engine room (no shield upgrade)
- Garrus got crushed by debris (no weapon upgrade)
- All crew dead (waited too long), but Chakwas survived (sent Tali as an escort)
- Destroyed the base. The remaining squad held the line.
3. Rescued Dr. Kenson, then threw an asteroid into a relay whch destroyed a small system. Only Batarians died, so no loss to the galaxy. 4. Went shopping to buy armor in case I do NG+ (so I do not have to buy them again). Karen is now ready for ME3.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 19, 2024 2:27:40 GMT
Karen Shepard (ME2 LE): 1. Went to the derelict Reaper and recovered the Reaper IFF. Gave the bot to Cerberus 2. Jacob's loyalty mission. Left his dad in the hell he created. 3. Jack's loyalty mission. Convinced Jack to shoot Aresh. 4. Took the squad out for drinks. While Shepard was away, the Collector's abducted the crew. 5. Mordin's loyalty mission. Mordin shot Maelon, then destroyed the data. 6. Garrus's loyalty mission. Garrus shot Harkin in the leg, then shot Sidonis in the head. 7. Miranda's loyalty mission. Let Miranda shoot Niket. Following Miranda's lead, left before Oriana saw her. 8. Zaeed's loyalty mission. Let the workers die to kill Vido.
I am thinking I should have left Zaeed's mission until after the suicide mission, then kill him, but whatever. What's done is done.
TO DO: Tali's loyalty mission, then decide who I want to live/die, then suicide mission, then Arrival.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 19, 2024 2:27:28 GMT
In the Legendary Edition, I thought they removed the ability to get in the tank in the Noveria garage. Is one of the mods you installed add that back in?
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