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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 15, 2024 2:03:40 GMT
I recommend switching from Power Armor to Assault Armor instead. Assault Armor gives you a vastly larger detonation radius, and essentially more shields than Power Armor. Power Armor gives you +100% shields, but leaves you at health after breaking. Assault Armor gives you +75% shields, but then gives you +50% shields after breaking (so essentially +125% shields before enemy fire hits your health. Yeah, but that depends on weapon choice. If I pick up AR Guardian/Power Armor is better combo for lets say "support", for Shotgun Assault Armor/Raider is the best. I would argue (which I did in my previous post) that Assault Armor is better regardless of weapon choice. But in the end, as long as you are having fun with the game, use whatever you want.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 14, 2024 0:01:57 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME2 LE) shut down Project Overlord. Sent David Archer to Grissom Academy and pistol-whipped Gavin Archer.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 14, 2024 0:00:47 GMT
Finished Firewalker, picked up Jack, Grunt and finished few N7 missions. Reached level 16 already and maxed out Tech Armor to Power armor and Sentinel to Guardian for now; still torn between AR or Shotgun pick. I recommend switching from Power Armor to Assault Armor instead. Assault Armor gives you a vastly larger detonation radius, and essentially more shields than Power Armor. Power Armor gives you +100% shields, but leaves you at health after breaking. Assault Armor gives you +75% shields, but then gives you +50% shields after breaking (so essentially +125% shields before enemy fire hits your health.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 13, 2024 1:41:17 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME2 LE): 1. Went to go visit Liara, only to find her apartment was now a crime scene. Met another Spectre named Tela Vasir. Tracked Liara down to a trade center, which was promptly bombed. Fought a bunch of mercs, found Liara, then found out Vasir was working with the Shadow Broker.
2. Chased down Vasir and killed her.
3. Hunted down the Shadow Broker and killed him. Installed Liara as the new Shadow Broker.
4. Saved 20 crates, downloaded logs from a crashed ship, then used the Hammerhead to recover some artifacts from the Geth.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 11, 2024 3:01:54 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME2 LE): 1. Interrupted a Collector attack on Horizon. Argued with Kaiden.
2. Took a tour of Illium, did some quests. Apparently Karen romanced Liara in ME1. Forgot about that. (Or maybe I ninjamanced by Liara in ME1, but kicked Liara out of the cabin pre-Ilos. I forget. I assume I did the proper ME1 romance since I do not remember anymore).
3. Saved a ship from crashing into a colony. Took out some Geth on a foggy planet, and recovered some data. Destroyed a Blood Pack weapons facility.
4. Went to sunny (and radioactive) Tuchanka. Shot some pyjacks and did some shopping.
5. Saved Tali from the Geth on Haestrom. Kal-Reegar survived (without the Paragon interrupt).
6. Took the Hammerhead to a really cold planet and recovered some data before everyone froze to death.
7. TIM sent Karen to a disabled Collector ship. It was a trap. The Collectors barely survived and managed to escape before Karen and her crew tore the ship apart.
8. More shopping.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 10, 2024 19:58:24 GMT
Karen Shepard (Sentinel, ME2 LE): 1. Scanned some planets. Picked up the Hammerhead, grabbed some data from a volcano, and then found a Prothean artifact.
2. Screwed up by not completing one or more open small side missions so I could gain a level. I was about 50 XP away from the next level, which would have given me enough points to max Tech Armor before the next mission. (Oops.) Screwed up again when I forgot to research some upgrades before the next mission, so no SMG Shield Piercing. (Woof.)
3. Helped Kasumi steal a greybox, but it was kind of a trap and had to fight my way out (without Assault Armor or the extra SMG shield damage) by killing a bunch of mercs, mechs, and a gunship.
4. Went to pick up Jack from prison, but the warden tried double-crossing me. So I started a prison riot and shot my out (and shot him dead).
5. Landed on a garbage planet to pick up Warlord Okeer. He ended up dying and I picked up some tank holding another Krogan instead.
Here is the current plan: leave Grunt in the tank. Will recruit Tali but not Samara or Thane. Not sure about squadmate deaths yet. Not sure about the crew surviving yet. I am leaning towards letting them die while I finish loyalty missions, but I may change my mind.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 10, 2024 3:19:34 GMT
I have two existing characters in the Legendary Edition that are still waiting to finish the trilogy, so...
1. Briefly checked out Karen Shepard in ME1, saw that I had finished the game and that she had a full Renegade bar with a lot of Paragon as well (because I guess I saved a bunch of the colonists on Feros I guess). Loaded up ME2 and saw that I had no save file for Karen. Imported Karen and briefly checked her history. Ashley, Wrex, and the Council were dead. I forgot to check the romance status so I have no idea or care. I think she is supposed to be single but I do not remember.
2. The Normandy got attacked and was destroyed. Karen woke up two years later, really pissed off. The place where she woke up was under attack, which did not help her mood. Fought her way out and picked up some new squadmates along the way. Met the Illusive Man, who pointed her at a colony to investigate.
3. Met Tali at the colony. Discovered the Collectors were behind vanishing human colonies. The Collectors just became her number one target.
4. Recruited more crew members (Kasumi and Zaeed). Did some shopping. Punched a reporter for the second time.
5. Recruited Mordin from Omega and cured a plague. Recovered some dog tags and placed a memorial at the Normandy Crash Site. Rescued an old friend Garrus from Omega and killed a whole lot or mercs. Did some planet scanning.
I need to do some more planet scanning, then recruit Jack and Grunt. Not sure if I will wake Grunt; Karen will be an Assault Sentinel, so I kind of want the extra shotgun damage mod from Grunt's loyalty mission (plus shop discount), so I may wake him. Not sure who I want to live or die, so I need to decide that before I recruit anyone post-Horizon.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 6, 2024 23:57:23 GMT
It's so annoying that we can't fight Thresher Maw on foot anymore. You can fight the Thresher Maw on foot, but you must get back in the Mako during the tentacle phase, otherwise it is an instant-kill.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 3, 2024 23:30:47 GMT
I did nothing in any Mass Effect game today. But I did finally log back in to BSN for the first time in almost a year. (Some boring IRL stuff and general laziness/procrastination caused the time away). I had to recover my password so I could log in from another computer. I am now trying to catch back up on this thread, so my apologies if you end up getting spammed with a bunch of messages about how I liked your post.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 16, 2023 23:45:40 GMT
BK Shepard (Vanguard, ME3 LE): 1. Replayed the final Leviathan mission. Kept all my credits this time.
2. Finished the remaining N7 missions: Fuel Reactor > Cerberus Fighter Base > Communications Hub.
3. Final shopping spree, bought some shotguns and some armor pieces. Upgraded most of weapons to V for any future NG+.
4. Bought party supplies and had a quick meetup with Joker. No one was buying his story.
5. Threw a party.
6. Went to Cerberus HQ. Kicked ass, destroyed a "Legion Assassin", and kicked Kai Leng's teeth down his throat ("That was for Thane and Miranda"). Kai Leng lasted longer than the Phantoms this time, because I did not want those Phantoms to become a threat and backstab me. Kai Leng is hardly a threat.
7. Went to Earth. Took out the Hades Cannon. Took out a Destroyer. Took a beam to the Citadel.
8. Met the Illusive Man, made him mad, then shot him. Talked to the Catalyst, chose destroy.
4 of 6 classes complete in the Legendary Edition. Just Sentinel (Karen) and Adept (Alex the A--hole) left to complete the 6-class circuit. Not sure when I will get to them as I want to move on to other games for the foreseeable future. I also have a few more playthroughs planned if I ever feel like it.
I also have the original trilogy on PC (never played). I also have one final original trilogy playthrough on Xbox 360 waiting in ME3 (Dimitri, Soldier).
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 16, 2023 1:41:47 GMT
BK Shepard (Vanguard, ME3 LE): 1. Completed the Unusual Scores mission in the arena. (First attempt today.)
2. Attempted to recover an artifact from Thessia. It was a Prothean VI. Kai Leng activated his cutscene powers to steal it from Shepard.
3. Went to Sanctuary and discovered a hidden Cerberus lab. Cerberus was studying indoctrination and trying to find a way to control the Reapers. Miranda died saving her sister from her father. Joker later commented on the squadmate deaths this playthrough (Miranda, Samara, Wrex, Ashley).
4. Tried to find Dr. Garneau, but only found more questions.
5. Met some crew/squaddies on the Silversun Strip and apartment.
6. Rescued Ann Bryson from Reapers. She helped Shepard find possible locations for Leviathan.
7. Found Leviathan and convinced it to join the war effort. *
* Weird glitch, either from a death or tabbing out of the game at an awkward time, but I lost all my credits during this mission (it also reset my medi-gel to 0 at some point during the mission). I loaded an older save and will replay this mission again at another time so I can keep my credits. Good thing I have been keeping multiple saves this playthrough; normally I just keep 1 save.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 13, 2023 23:19:39 GMT
Going back to my comments about classes in ME2, I think Vanguard may have my least favorite point-allocation and ability scheme (It isn't my least favorite class, however.) Aside from Pull being locked behind Shockwave-2, Pull and Cryo Ammo on one class is a bit odd. I feel like I can do less with the Vanguard compared to Engineer and Infiltrator, so it might end up ranked behind them. Sentinel and Soldier have some problems with their allocation and ability schemes too, in my opinion. Adept, Engineer, and Infiltrator I find pretty satisfactory in that regard. All opinions expressed are entirely subjective. I generally do not like how any of the ME games handle point allocation. ME1 and ME2 require you to spend points on some talents to unlock other talents (Shockwave into Pull to use the example you provided.) I believe ME3 locks talents behind your level, but you will not notice it on an import. That being said: locking some your talents does reduce choice indecision with new players, so I can agree with that idea on some base level. However, more experienced players like us would prefer to get some other talents sooner, or just skip the talent we do not want. Removing talent unlock requirements would increase build variety. Now I will disagree somewhat with your opinion on Vanguard and Soldier. For Vanguards specifically, Cryo Ammo and Pull/Shockwave do not work well together. If you want to be more of a caster Vanguard, then you will not be using Cryo Ammo anyway. If you are a charge-focused Vanguard, then you will not be using Shockwave or Pull (although having Pull before Shockwave would be nice). Soldier also does not really suffer at all from their talent schemes: - First two missions (Lazarus Station and Freedom's Progress) are against mechs, and Disruptor Ammo rank 2 adds synthetic stun as crowd control. You start rank 1 Disruptor Ammo in Lazarus Station, and can level up and get rank 2 before Freedom's Progress. - After the first two missions you should recruit Mordin to unlock the research terminal. This mission is mainly Vorcha and Krogan. Incendiary Ammo will stop Vorcha and Krogan health regeneration. You can get Incendiary Ammo by level 3 which will be at a minimum after completing the first two missions. I suppose if you want Cryo Ammo on Soldier earlier, then I can understand that to some degree, although Disruptor Ammo rank 3 can also overheat enemy weapons and Squad Disruptor Ammo gives that to all squadmates when they use it. That weapon overheat will debuff the enemy so it helps reduce damage to Shepard even if it is not as obvious as cryo ammo's crowd control. And Concussive Shot has a 6-second cooldown (with no possible cooldown bonuses) so it simply is not attractive enough to use. You can very easily ignore it.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 12, 2023 18:11:33 GMT
Started a NG+ last night with a focus on combat abilities, particularly the skills that use power cells. No matter how many times I play Habitat 7, I always seem to get smoked by regular Chosen. I was using the M3 Predator most of the time, but still. NG+ is so weird. I can have level 6 skills from the start, but can't change my armor, equip guns from my inventory, apply consumables are even collect mods because the inventory is beyond full. The NG+ needs better balancing IMO Weirdly(?), I have never played NG+ in Mass Effect Andromeda, so I cannot comment on it. Although in regular new game I have gotten into the habit of making sure I do not carry a lot of items. As for Combat powers with power cells, I ran a power-cells build with Concussive Shot, Flak Cannon, and Frag Grenades. It was one of the more fun builds I have done. You could replace any one of those with mines if you are so inclined. You could probably make the portable barrier power (I forget the actual name) work I suppose, but it never fits my preferred playstyle. You could probably mix+match the power-cell powers into several profile setups, and since they do not have cooldowns you can switch between them without problem. There is an armor piece (Kett chest I think) that adds +1 power cell which can help.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 12, 2023 17:57:05 GMT
Last night I played some more BK Shepard (Vanguard, ME3 LE). I did the first two Unusual Scores missions, then got fed up and quit after dying a few times in the third/final mission.
I (jokingly) blamed the frame rate for my issues earlier in this thread, but I do not recall dying this much the last time I played a Charge+Nova Vanguard in ME3. I know original ME3 has issues where enemies are affected by the game's frame rate; enemies can react faster and shoot sooner on higher frame rates. (I recall someone once mentioned that setting the frame rate higher -- such as 240 FPS -- could cause enemies to shoot and hit Shepard before they even turned around to face Shepard). I am not sure if the Legendary Edition has the same issue.
Previously, I played original ME3 on Xbox 360 which is capped at 30 FPS. I am playing the Legendary Edition on PC; I checked some of the INI files at some point, but I do not recall what the FPS was set at.
Maybe I am just getting worse at the game over time. It happens. I know I am not as motivated to play the games as I used to be. I have played each game in the trilogy about three dozen times at this point; I was bound to get tired of playing them.
I should fire up the ol' Xbox and load up my original Charge+Nova playthrough and maybe record some gameplay to see if there is actually a visible difference or if I am just projecting. I just do not recall it being as hard as it used to be (on Insanity) in my limited memory. There have been several times where immediately after a charge my shields just get shot off, so no chance for a Nova at all. Normally I would charge > shoot > nova > nova > repeat and I can still do that somewhat, but now I find I have difficulty even just trying to charge > nova > nova (no shooting) as I have to frantically mash Nova and hope it comes out in time.
Again, this could just be me not remembering my original Charge+Nova playthrough on the Xbox (it was several years ago) versus now on PC. It just seems inconsistent at times, but again that just may be me playing really badly instead of actual framerate/game issue.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 11, 2023 22:19:18 GMT
Do you think you will get to 100% completion this time? No I have never been able to get 100%, I gave up trying. Even following a mission list and completing everything on it that should have meant I'd get 100% I always end up on 99%. I deliberately skip certain missions these days. I have about a half-dozen Ryders. I have 100% completion in exactly 1 of those playthroughs... and there is an uncompleted mission in that playthrough (that cannot actually be completed). I have at least 1 Ryder that has no active missions (I completed everything I came across), and it is stuck at 99%. So who the heck knows?
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 10, 2023 0:16:54 GMT
BK Shepard (Vanguard, ME3 LE): 1. Hackett ordered Shepard to get some shore leave, so he visited Anderson's apartment. Then he got a message from Joker asking to join him for lunch, which led to an ambush by some mercs. He escaped mostly unharmed.
2. They tracked the mercs to a Casino owner. Shepard went to the Casino and managed to sneak in to his office, but he was already dead. Shepard managed to call back his would-be assassin on the comms and they yelled at each other. Shepard took the computer back to the apartment along with some credits he pilfered from some casino ATMs.
3. Went to the Citadel archives where Shepard met his clone. Very surprising, but kind of par for the course by this point. Shepard chased after the clone, but was trapped in a vault. Glyph helped them escape.
4. Traynor help the real Shepard board the Normandy before it took off, and he finally cornered the clone in the cargo bay. Vanguard clone was no match for the real Vanguard, mainly because the clone had poor choice in shotguns (the Wraith? Really? You use the Claymore dumbass, like a real Vanguard should! ALL HAIL HIGH LORD CLAYMORE!). In the end, Shepard took pity on the clone and offered to spare his life, but the clone committed suicide instead.
5. Shot Brooks.
6. Met some squadmates on the Silversun Strip. Played some matches in the combat simulator. (Decided to call it quits for the night before starting the Unusual Scores.)
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 10, 2023 0:08:13 GMT
So far I'm on ME1 and have found something out I didn't know before. I'm trying to kill Wrex on Virmire but he's just rolling over and accepting whatever dialogue choices I make. After looking at the wiki this is because I haven't recruited either Liara or Garrus. If you go this path you can't kill him. Seems like an odd choice to me since you'd still have the VS and Tali at the end of the mission. Maybe there is some dialogue during the squad meetings that absolutely must have more than two squadmates present that I can't think of at the moment. At one point on Virmire, one human squadmate is with the Salarians and the other human squadmate is guarding the bomb. With the exception of a brief moment on Eden Prime, ME1 requires that you have two squadmates at all times. So that means you need any two of Tali, Liara, Wrex, and Garrus. Since you have not recruited Liara or Garrus, that leaves Tali and Wrex and so the game needs to have Wrex stand down so you can fill that second squadmate slot.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 9, 2023 15:55:36 GMT
I assume the Wrex thing happens if you don't cure the Genophage and lie about it? I am hopeless and could never not cure the Genophage or broker peace between the Quarians and Geth. One day I will be brave and try. Correct. If Wrex is alive and you do not tell him about the Dalatrass's deal and then you destroy the cure (shoot Mordin/Padok to prevent the cure), Wrex will confront you later about it on the Citadel. Depending on what prompts you take or do not take, Shepard or C-Sec can shoot Wrex, and then either Shepard will kill Wrex or C-Sec will kill Wrex. Of course if Wrex is already dead, then it is much easier to sabotage the cure. Even easier if Eve is also dead (Maelon's data destroyed). Depending on previous choices in ME2 (and one choice in ME3), sometimes you CANNOT broker peace between Quarians and Geth and so YOU MUST pick a side. When forced to pick a side, I generally side with the organics and destroy the flashlight heads, but sometimes I will pick the Geth to win and then watch Tali or Raan commit suicide.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 8, 2023 21:11:23 GMT
BK Shepard (Vanguard, ME3 LE): 1. Took down a Geth Dreadnaught, brought back a Geth VI. (Apparently I gave 'Legion' to Cerberus in ME2. I forgot about that.)
2. Went into a Geth server to shut down some Geth fighters.
3. Rescued Admiral Korris.
4. Went to the Geth base, destroyed a Reaper. Ended the Quarian-Geth conflict; sided with the Quarians and watched the Geth get destroyed.
5. Went back to the Citadel briefly. Was confronted by a very angry Wrex. C-Sec killed Wrex. (And no Wrex, Shepard did not kill Ashley. Javik killed Ashley. You big, stupid Lizard.)
6. Scanned a bunch of systems.
7. Saved a Turian platoon.
8. Helped disarm a big old Turian bomb before Cerberus could detonate it.
9. Delivered a bunch of packages to people on the Citadel.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 7, 2023 14:30:47 GMT
Past few days for BK Shepard (ME3 LE): 1. Helped Aria retake Omega from Cerberus. Aria choked Petrovsky to death.
2. Rescued some ex-Cerberus scientists from Cerberus forces.
3. Met with the Quarian Admirals. They asked for help in their war with the Geth.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 5, 2023 17:52:04 GMT
I do agree that the reactions to the revelation about Kett did not feel as shocked as they should have. I blame cinematic direction. I blame blatant telegraphing of the 'revelation'. By the time I saw the Kett transforming an Angaran into a Kett, I had already read enough datapads and scanned enough objects that I predicted it in my head several hours earlier. Seeing it was not shocking, more of a "okay yeah I was right".
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 5, 2023 2:46:05 GMT
I did not know what game I should play next, so I decided to play some more Mass Effect instead. Decided I wanted to play finish the story of BK Shepard (Vanguard). Burger King Shepard What does the BK actually stand for?
Heck if I know. I think I originally wanted to go with "BJ" but then later changed it to BK without actually caring what it would stand for. Anyway, more BK Shepard (Vanguard, ME3 LE): 1. Went to Tuchanka. Shot Padok Wiks to ensure the genophage cure did not work. Hope Wrex never finds out. SPOILER: Wrex finds out (later). 2. Stopped a Cerberus Coup attempt on the Citadel. Javik shot Ashley during a tense standoff. Shepard shot Udina. Kind of wish I had recorded some the post-Citadel dialog with the crew's reaction to Ashley's death. I can always go bac I suppose since I have an earlier save (pre-Shroud though). 3. Citadel stuff + galaxy scanning. 4. Investigated an Ardat-Yakshi Monastery. Detonated a bomb. Samara shot herself to fulfil the Justicar Code so she would not kill her last daughter. Left the daughter alone at the monastery.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 4, 2023 10:53:05 GMT
BK Shepard (Vanguard, ME3 LE): 1. Rescued students from Grissom Academy. Prangley died (because Jack dead). Died a lot in the final fight because I refused to take the mech and I kept screwing up at stupid moments.
2. Took control of a giant cannon on Tuchanka away from Cerberus control, and then used it to destroy a Cerberus cruiser.
3. Rescued civilians from Cerberus on Benning.
4. Grabbed some Reaper tech from a Cerberus Lab on Sanctum.
5. Delivered some packages to people on the Citadel.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 3, 2023 0:21:26 GMT
BK Shepard (Vanguard, ME3 LE): 1. Talked the Normandy crew post-Menae.
2. Went to the Citadel. Talked to people, eavesdropped on others. Met Bryson, watched Bryson get shot, figured out where to go next.
3. Scanned the available galaxy.
4. Went to the war summit. Wrex was angry. Went to Sur'Kesh to recover some Krogan females. Wrex stayed angry (something about Shepard destroying Maelon's data). Cerberus attacked. Wrex cracked a smile, but was still angry.
5. Talked to more people.
6. Investigated some missing Krogan scouts. Oh hi Grunt! Found a Reaper-made Rachni Queen. Left the fake queen to die.
7. Padok Wiks has figured out a cure for the genophage and is ready to deploy it.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Apr 2, 2023 1:30:08 GMT
I did not know what game I should play next, so I decided to play some more Mass Effect instead. Decided I wanted to play finish the story of BK Shepard (Vanguard).
1. Booted up the Legendary Edition. 2. Loaded the last save of BK Shepard in ME1 to check the decisions made and renegade/paragon status. Seemed to be about 50/50 Paragon and Renegade. Rachni Queen dead, Wrex alive. 3. Loaded the last save of BK Shepard in ME2 to check the decisions made and renegade/paragon status. Maelon's data destroyed, about half the squad dead. About 50/50 Paragon and Renegade.
4. Imported BK Shepard into ME3.
5. Reapers attacked, left Earth. Hackett redirected the Normandy to Mars. Recovered Liara, Prothean data, and a Cerberus AI from Mars. Talked to the Citadel Council. They redirected Shepard to go to a war summit instead. Went to sleep, had a nightmare. Talked to the Normandy crew. Got into a sparring match with James.
6. Recovered a Prothean from Eden Prime. (I died a lot. I guess I forgot how to Charge-Nova correctly. Blame the frame rate I guess? (even though I have no idea what the frame rate even is)).
7. Recovered the new Turian Primarch for the war summit. No Garrus (he dead).
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