amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
Just got all of the new DLC, and so far all I've done is the Kasumi quest. (didn't realize she voiced the girl monster on AHHH! Real Monsters until I looked it up, because her voice was familiar)
I love the Arc Projector. That thing has made clearing hordes so much easier.
Overlord's writing is top-notch, not so much for the dialogue, of which there isn't a whole lot, but for all of the clever little "Heh" moments, and Shepard's immaculately timed reactions to them. The entire mission, of course, leads up to Shepard Pressing A Button, and before he presses it he says to his teammates, "Get ready, I wouldn't be surprised if pushing this thing summons a Reaper."
Shepard was pretty annoyed throughout, like he couldn't believe Cerberus called him for this shit again.
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FairchildRabbit used short words that were easy to understand, like "Hello Pooh, how about Lunch ?"Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
"Don't tell me, let me guess, the Illusive Man was about to shut this project down so you threw all caution to the winds and went with the craziest, most risky plan while disabling all safeguards, right ?"
So I started an Insanity run with a Vanguard. Dear God is it slow going. The fights take forever it seems. Am I missing something with my strategy. I am still low level so my Charge is like level 2. Which does not seem to matter as I cannot charge until the end of a fight as I end up surrounding and out of luck. Any suggestions? I played Soldier last time so this is all new to me.
This is my first run with Zaeed and Kasumi though. She is pretty awesome with her Shadowstrike. Zaeed is one scary looking mutha'.
honestly i would import a level 60 save just so you can max charge at the beginning
Overlord's writing is top-notch, not so much for the dialogue, of which there isn't a whole lot, but for all of the clever little "Heh" moments, and Shepard's immaculately timed reactions to them. The entire mission, of course, leads up to Shepard Pressing A Button, and before he presses it he says to his teammates, "Get ready, I wouldn't be surprised if pushing this thing summons a Reaper."
Shepard was pretty annoyed throughout, like he couldn't believe Cerberus called him for this shit again.
So here's a new one... all my xbox disk's are working fine except my ME2 disk 1.
I discovered this when I was asked to put in disk 1 and it wouldn't work. It's lurching while trying to spin the disk, and then it won't work. On my dashboard it says my tray is open.
My ME2 disk 1 looks in perfect condition on the bottom compared to my disk 2 which has some scratches but works fine.
Finally finished ME2 on the weekend, and holy shit was that a crazy ride. They ramped the Epic up past what I expected, and having been a bit of a completionist before I went on the final run, it was very, very satisfying to see my work pay off without even knowing how it would do so.
Without any help I managed to get 9/10 back on the the suicide run (for some reason when Miranda was my Biotic shield, Jack got eaten by the swarm. Had Samara as the shield on my second playthrough of that section, and everyone made it back easily).
As an FYI on your squad member death there...
Miranda's actually not a strong enough biotic for the shield. Jack and Samara are the only ones who can pull it off properly. Despite being a perfectly good choice as a SQUAD LEADER, she manages to give some questionable advice on that choice. "In theory" indeed.
Finished ME1 on the weekend, and immediatly started ME2... I'm glad I played ME1, since I got to know the story, and especially the characters and get to care about them, but goddamn, ME2 is so much better.
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FairchildRabbit used short words that were easy to understand, like "Hello Pooh, how about Lunch ?"Registered Userregular
Finished ME1 on the weekend, and immediatly started ME2... I'm glad I played ME1, since I got to know the story, and especially the characters and get to care about them, but goddamn, ME2 is so much better.
Isn't it, tho ? It seems like ME1 was created just to demonstrate further what a brilliant freakin' game ME2 really is.
Finally finished ME2 on the weekend, and holy shit was that a crazy ride. They ramped the Epic up past what I expected, and having been a bit of a completionist before I went on the final run, it was very, very satisfying to see my work pay off without even knowing how it would do so.
Without any help I managed to get 9/10 back on the the suicide run (for some reason when Miranda was my Biotic shield, Jack got eaten by the swarm. Had Samara as the shield on my second playthrough of that section, and everyone made it back easily).
As an FYI on your squad member death there...
Miranda's actually not a strong enough biotic for the shield. Jack and Samara are the only ones who can pull it off properly. Despite being a perfectly good choice as a SQUAD LEADER, she manages to give some questionable advice on that choice. "In theory" indeed.
Good to know.
I based my choice off the cutscene where you see Jack and Miranda sparring, and figured they were about equal in strength, so hopefully either would've been a fine choice. Apparently not.
However, one thing I did feel was a bit off was the fact the swarm was able to get Jack at all? If any biotic could produce the protective shield (though some better than others), couldn't Jack have at least protected herself? I actually stacked my party for that section with (I believe) Jack and Samara, hoping that the extra biotic strength would cover any gaps. The way the cutscene plays out, it's not like the swarm gets the drop on her either, so she totally should've been able to throw up some kind of personal shield or augmented what Miranda had in place?
But that's probably a little too much anal retentive attention to detail. I just seemed conspicuous that it'd be specifically pointed out that any Biotic could've put up the shield, and then... a Biotic gets eaten?
Stranger yet that apparently Jack is one of the two people who can do it properly? Bitch, if you can support the whole group for five minutes, surely you could've protected yourself for 10 seconds?
Bah! It would've made more sense if I'd had a non-Biotic in the group, and they'd gotten eaten instead, but somehow one of the most badass Biotics in the universe goes down like a little bitch (well, I suppose one could argue that she'd been throwing powers and paying attention to getting the group there, showing that the faith in "the cheerleader" was misplaced, but that's another issue).
But seriously, it was awesome.
Oh, and I'm a pansy and ignored all of the romance options, in the hopes that it leads to something good in ME3.
But I did youtube the results. >.>
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First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
I had it installed before, then I uninstalled ME to make room for something else.
now i reinstall ME, and Bring DOwn the Sky keeps canceling after the CDkey entry.
I tried uninstalling ME, deleting everything that the uninstall didnt take care of, rebooting, then reinstalling and Bring Down the Sky still wont install
Isn't the biotic the only job that doesn't have 3 valid choices?
Squad Leader: Garrus, Miranda, Jacob
Vents: Tali, Legion, Kasumi
Biotic: Jack, Samara
Hold the Line: Grunt, Zaeed, Garrus
That leaves Thane and Mordin. Most people use Mordin to send the crew back (and he technically already completed the job that he was recruited for anyways), but what about Thane? I actually wouldn't mind Thane being allowed to be a valid biotic choice though it would seem a little strange since most people think of him as an assassin instead of a biotic and allowing him to do that implies he's a better biotic than Miranda.
Thane's job was to sell the game. His role was 2-part:
1) Be on the cover (surprise! New alien race that you didn't have in the first game!)
2) Star in an absolutely mind-blowing teaser video that gets everyone frothing over the Assassin they'll be recruiting.
Finally finished ME2 on the weekend, and holy shit was that a crazy ride. They ramped the Epic up past what I expected, and having been a bit of a completionist before I went on the final run, it was very, very satisfying to see my work pay off without even knowing how it would do so.
Without any help I managed to get 9/10 back on the the suicide run (for some reason when Miranda was my Biotic shield, Jack got eaten by the swarm. Had Samara as the shield on my second playthrough of that section, and everyone made it back easily).
As an FYI on your squad member death there...
Miranda's actually not a strong enough biotic for the shield. Jack and Samara are the only ones who can pull it off properly. Despite being a perfectly good choice as a SQUAD LEADER, she manages to give some questionable advice on that choice. "In theory" indeed.
Heard the same thing myself. Used Jack to project the bubble.
I'm a little embarrassed to admit how much I enjoyed that one section though. I mean, it's not an incredible concept--basically, you're trapped in a small area and you tell your biotic when to move up, but something about the execution made it fun as hell.
So I started an Insanity run with a Vanguard. Dear God is it slow going. The fights take forever it seems. Am I missing something with my strategy. I am still low level so my Charge is like level 2. Which does not seem to matter as I cannot charge until the end of a fight as I end up surrounding and out of luck. Any suggestions? I played Soldier last time so this is all new to me.
This is my first run with Zaeed and Kasumi though. She is pretty awesome with her Shadowstrike. Zaeed is one scary looking mutha'.
Get Heavy Charge as soon as possible. If you have points in anything else, take them out and get heavy charge. Equip the Eviscerator. Flank with charge and shoot with charge and recharge shields with charge.
So, ME1 isn't a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, but it is pretty astoundingly bland.
Hopefully the second game is good enough to be worth slogging through the first.
I want to play mass effect but I wont play it without bring down the sky why wont you let me install bring down the sky mass effect i've shown you nothing but gracious love and admiration
Finally finished ME2 on the weekend, and holy shit was that a crazy ride. They ramped the Epic up past what I expected, and having been a bit of a completionist before I went on the final run, it was very, very satisfying to see my work pay off without even knowing how it would do so.
Without any help I managed to get 9/10 back on the the suicide run (for some reason when Miranda was my Biotic shield, Jack got eaten by the swarm. Had Samara as the shield on my second playthrough of that section, and everyone made it back easily).
As an FYI on your squad member death there...
Miranda's actually not a strong enough biotic for the shield. Jack and Samara are the only ones who can pull it off properly. Despite being a perfectly good choice as a SQUAD LEADER, she manages to give some questionable advice on that choice. "In theory" indeed.
Heard the same thing myself. Used Jack to project the bubble.
I'm a little embarrassed to admit how much I enjoyed that one section though. I mean, it's not an incredible concept--basically, you're trapped in a small area and you tell your biotic when to move up, but something about the execution made it fun as hell.
I really enjoyed the last "mission" in ME2.
Also, gotta go get my hands on Overlord.
I don't really love that section and I'm generally not a fan of Jack, but the way that section ends if you're using Jack is pretty awesome.
I didn't do a whole lot of actually playing the game, so when things quieted down in the last month and I actually got to play, I ran into the exact same problem in the endgame section where I chose Miranda to maintain the bubble. Don't worry, you guys aren't alone.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
Replaying ME1 is hard work. Guys please stop shooting me in the back and standing in the open taking rockets to the face and running in front of me when I'm aiming at dudes. Is a lobotomy a standard Alliance entry requirement or something?
Also can't decide whether to romance Ashley, which I always find really annoying, or Liara, which I find really awkward. Tempted to go with Ashley specifically so I can cheat on her in ME2.
Replaying ME1 is hard work. Guys please stop shooting me in the back and standing in the open taking rockets to the face and running in front of me when I'm aiming at dudes. Is a lobotomy a standard Alliance entry requirement or something?
Also can't decide whether to romance Ashley, which I always find really annoying, or Liara, which I find really awkward. Tempted to go with Ashley specifically so I can cheat on her in ME2.
Why yes, yes it is. Otherwise, your companions wouldn't insist on square dancing around cover (instead of using it as cover) and shooting at walls endlessly.
Also, I'm with you on Ashley. I fully planned to romance her, but she seems way too eager to jump down my throat. I don't think she's particularly racist or anything like that--I do think she needs to chill the fuck down from time to time in casual conversation.
Granted, you are on a dangerous mission. Everyone else seems to be handling it better though.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
I just find every topic of conversation she brings up annoying. I don't care about your family, Ashley, or your hyper-sensitivity about your military record, or your religion, or your views on aliens, and shut up with your poetry.
I just find every topic of conversation she brings up annoying. I don't care about your family, Ashley, or your hyper-sensitivity about your military record, or your religion, or your views on aliens, and shut up and die in nuclear fire
I found Kaiden to be annoying, the extant of his conversations were "Waaa! I killed a Turian, but he was a jerk, and you see, there are aliens that are jerks and then there are nice aliens, they are just like us! And if we all hold hands things we'll be wonderful!"
Kaiden is always one with the atom in my playthroughs.
I've never played a game of ME where Ashley didnt die in the glory of nuclear fire.
same here. she wants to redeem her family name, and i ain't gonna stand in her way.
i always have kaiden guarding the nuke, so when decision time comes up, it's the mission first and ashley second. even the one time i WANTED to actually save her, (i was aiming for both kaiden's and ashley's companion achievements) kaiden's hadn't triggered yet. sooo yet again she bites the nuclear dust. i think it's fate.
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See a lot of people reckon Kaiden or Jacob are the boring characters but I can't help thinking their stories are more interesting than Ashley's. I mean ME1 people alone-
Kaiden: I have magical powers and murdered my teacher
Wrex: My race is going extinct because of biological warfare and I vent my annoyance by killing everyone
Liara: I also have magical powers, and I've been studying a super-advanced extinct alien race for a century
Tali: My people attempted to genocide a slave race we created, oops
Garrus: I was a space cop and this one time I hunted down a crazy doctor who was harvesting organs from inside living people
Ashley: This one time my sister totally punched a guy who was coming on to her
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I love the Arc Projector. That thing has made clearing hordes so much easier.
ive been using the Arc projector to annihilate the shields of the big "boss" type enemies (gunships & YMIRs)
am i doing it wrong?
Shepard was pretty annoyed throughout, like he couldn't believe Cerberus called him for this shit again.
"Um, yes, pretty much."
"Slap him for me, Grunt."
honestly i would import a level 60 save just so you can max charge at the beginning
nope
it's probably the most versatile heavy weapon :^:
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does the arc jump through crowds and stuff?
sure does
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"You've got to be kidding me."
I discovered this when I was asked to put in disk 1 and it wouldn't work. It's lurching while trying to spin the disk, and then it won't work. On my dashboard it says my tray is open.
My ME2 disk 1 looks in perfect condition on the bottom compared to my disk 2 which has some scratches but works fine.
HALP!
Godspeed, Ironsides.
As an FYI on your squad member death there...
Good to know.
However, one thing I did feel was a bit off was the fact the swarm was able to get Jack at all? If any biotic could produce the protective shield (though some better than others), couldn't Jack have at least protected herself? I actually stacked my party for that section with (I believe) Jack and Samara, hoping that the extra biotic strength would cover any gaps. The way the cutscene plays out, it's not like the swarm gets the drop on her either, so she totally should've been able to throw up some kind of personal shield or augmented what Miranda had in place?
But that's probably a little too much anal retentive attention to detail. I just seemed conspicuous that it'd be specifically pointed out that any Biotic could've put up the shield, and then... a Biotic gets eaten?
Stranger yet that apparently Jack is one of the two people who can do it properly? Bitch, if you can support the whole group for five minutes, surely you could've protected yourself for 10 seconds?
Bah! It would've made more sense if I'd had a non-Biotic in the group, and they'd gotten eaten instead, but somehow one of the most badass Biotics in the universe goes down like a little bitch (well, I suppose one could argue that she'd been throwing powers and paying attention to getting the group there, showing that the faith in "the cheerleader" was misplaced, but that's another issue).
But seriously, it was awesome.
Oh, and I'm a pansy and ignored all of the romance options, in the hopes that it leads to something good in ME3.
But I did youtube the results. >.>
I had it installed before, then I uninstalled ME to make room for something else.
now i reinstall ME, and Bring DOwn the Sky keeps canceling after the CDkey entry.
I tried uninstalling ME, deleting everything that the uninstall didnt take care of, rebooting, then reinstalling and Bring Down the Sky still wont install
Youtube Mordin's comments on them as well.
Goddamn, that felt good. It's MY ship now, bitch, don't call me again.
I love these games so much.
Squad Leader: Garrus, Miranda, Jacob
Vents: Tali, Legion, Kasumi
Biotic: Jack, Samara
Hold the Line: Grunt, Zaeed, Garrus
That leaves Thane and Mordin. Most people use Mordin to send the crew back (and he technically already completed the job that he was recruited for anyways), but what about Thane? I actually wouldn't mind Thane being allowed to be a valid biotic choice though it would seem a little strange since most people think of him as an assassin instead of a biotic and allowing him to do that implies he's a better biotic than Miranda.
1) Be on the cover (surprise! New alien race that you didn't have in the first game!)
2) Star in an absolutely mind-blowing teaser video that gets everyone frothing over the Assassin they'll be recruiting.
Heard the same thing myself. Used Jack to project the bubble.
I'm a little embarrassed to admit how much I enjoyed that one section though. I mean, it's not an incredible concept--basically, you're trapped in a small area and you tell your biotic when to move up, but something about the execution made it fun as hell.
I really enjoyed the last "mission" in ME2.
Also, gotta go get my hands on Overlord.
Get Heavy Charge as soon as possible. If you have points in anything else, take them out and get heavy charge. Equip the Eviscerator. Flank with charge and shoot with charge and recharge shields with charge.
Hopefully the second game is good enough to be worth slogging through the first.
I don't really love that section and I'm generally not a fan of Jack, but the way that section ends if you're using Jack is pretty awesome.
Edit: About 5 minutes in on this video
Also can't decide whether to romance Ashley, which I always find really annoying, or Liara, which I find really awkward. Tempted to go with Ashley specifically so I can cheat on her in ME2.
I've never played a game of ME where Ashley didnt die in the glory of nuclear fire.
Edit: Also, I'm two pages late, but no matter! Team Sovereign represent!
Why yes, yes it is. Otherwise, your companions wouldn't insist on square dancing around cover (instead of using it as cover) and shooting at walls endlessly.
Also, I'm with you on Ashley. I fully planned to romance her, but she seems way too eager to jump down my throat. I don't think she's particularly racist or anything like that--I do think she needs to chill the fuck down from time to time in casual conversation.
Granted, you are on a dangerous mission. Everyone else seems to be handling it better though.
Kaiden is always one with the atom in my playthroughs.
same here. she wants to redeem her family name, and i ain't gonna stand in her way.
i always have kaiden guarding the nuke, so when decision time comes up, it's the mission first and ashley second. even the one time i WANTED to actually save her, (i was aiming for both kaiden's and ashley's companion achievements) kaiden's hadn't triggered yet. sooo yet again she bites the nuclear dust. i think it's fate.
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Kaiden: I have magical powers and murdered my teacher
Wrex: My race is going extinct because of biological warfare and I vent my annoyance by killing everyone
Liara: I also have magical powers, and I've been studying a super-advanced extinct alien race for a century
Tali: My people attempted to genocide a slave race we created, oops
Garrus: I was a space cop and this one time I hunted down a crazy doctor who was harvesting organs from inside living people
Ashley: This one time my sister totally punched a guy who was coming on to her
But hey, opinions/assholes
i wanted to take jacob along on horizon
i figure reasonable guy B should be able to convince reasonable guy A to come to an equitable meeting of the minds
but if jacob and kaiden ever met it'd probably end the universe or something
TOO MUCH BLAND AMIRITE
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Jacob or Kaiden
but can they withstand
a full-on biotic kick
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