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[Mass Effect] - Headbutting and Face Punching For The Fate Of Humanity!

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    GalielmusGalielmus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Christ Pancake, what is your resolution setting? LOLxWTF?

    Also, great pics. Reminds me I should have turned off that film grain crap in the first game. Seems to be toned done much more in the second.

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    DrunkMcDrunkMc Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.

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    DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    DrunkMc wrote: »
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.

    YOU DIDN'T LOVE HIM ENOUGH!
    He's the easiest to lose. You can stop him from dying by having him with you during the final fight, however. Also, did you happen to talk to him all the way until he brought up his nephew? Those conversations might help.

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    DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    DrunkMc wrote: »
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.
    You probably assigned him to a task that someone else could have done better

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    DunxcoDunxco Should get a suit Never skips breakfastRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    DrunkMc wrote: »
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.
    Mordin seems to die randomly for people. Like, they will choose him for nothing and he will still die for no reason. What were your choices in the Collector Base? Did you upgrade his omni-tool? Did you talk to him up to and including the discussion of his nephew? I don't know if the last two are relevant but with Mordin, who the fuck knows?

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2010
    DrunkMc wrote: »
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.
    You probably assigned him to a task that someone else could have done better

    5 bucks says he assigned ihm as tech.

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    Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Preacher wrote: »
    -Loki- wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    Nocturne wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    I like that they mocked this in ME2

    The H/A bar scene?

    Nah there's a couple talking in a shop on the Citadel
    They are talking about getting something health-related for their son, and at one point say something like "Maybe we should just ask a stranger on the street."

    It's funny I damn sure no my first time through I missed this, but replaying I found it.

    And man they really didn't have many unique enviros in the first game. Which I remember writing off with "Yeah early space colonization wouldn't have a lot non prefab construction" but christ it gets super repetitious when you are doing every mission you can.

    Also I didn't run across the crazy escaped slave girl on this run through.

    The bases on unexplored worlds. Gah. They could have done a couple more building types.

    And some different space missions, holy crap there is only one freighter/private ship in the god damn galaxy.

    Yeah but the sections of transparent floor on those were pretty awesome.

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    JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    seriously though, where is taky?

    i wanna thank him personally for writing mordin so well

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    ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    DrunkMc wrote: »
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.
    You probably assigned him to a task that someone else could have done better

    5 bucks says he assigned ihm as tech.
    Mordin has a tendency to die no matter what you do.

    I picked all the right choices my first run, and still lost him at the very end.

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    LookFreeGrenadeLookFreeGrenade Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    DrunkMc wrote: »
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.
    You probably assigned him to a task that someone else could have done better

    5 bucks says he assigned ihm as tech.
    Mordin has a tendency to die no matter what you do.

    I picked all the right choices my first run, and still lost him at the very end.
    Mordin is best off taking the crew back to the ship or in your party. Everyone else is usually completely fine

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    Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Joolander wrote: »
    seriously though, where is taky?

    i wanna thank him personally for writing mordin so well

    Hopefully hard at work writing ME3. :D

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    Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    DrunkMc wrote: »
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.
    You probably assigned him to a task that someone else could have done better

    5 bucks says he assigned ihm as tech.
    Mordin has a tendency to die no matter what you do.

    I picked all the right choices my first run, and still lost him at the very end.
    For those who had Mordin die, did you research his upgraded omni tool? No idea if it makes a difference, just trying to figure out what decisions can affect his survival in the endgame.

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    ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    DrunkMc wrote: »
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.
    You probably assigned him to a task that someone else could have done better

    5 bucks says he assigned ihm as tech.
    Mordin has a tendency to die no matter what you do.

    I picked all the right choices my first run, and still lost him at the very end.
    For those who had Mordin die, did you research his upgraded omni tool? No idea if it makes a difference, just trying to figure out what decisions can affect his survival in the endgame.
    Yeah.

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    DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I did his loyalty mission and bought his upgrade. Never talked to him at all. He survived, but I never assigned him to anything.
    I lost Tali when I assigned her to the shaft, but I didn't do her loyalty mission properly. Lost Zaeed when I assigned him to lead squad 2. Don't know why he died, maybe someone else would have been a better choice, since he was loyal.

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    TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Joolander wrote: »
    seriously though, where is taky?

    i wanna thank him personally for writing mordin so well

    Hopefully hard at work writing ME3. :D

    Remember when he dressed up as Jack aka SuZe?
    D:

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    PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Galielmus wrote: »
    Christ Pancake, what is your resolution setting? LOLxWTF?

    Also, great pics. Reminds me I should have turned off that film grain crap in the first game. Seems to be toned done much more in the second.

    All UE3 games support a feature called "tiledshot." It makes huge images like so:
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    It freezes the game and multiplies the current image's resolution by the multiplier you set. It then spends a while grabbing your resolution sized snippets of the greater image. If you, say, play with a resolution of 1920x1080 and take a tiledshot with a multiplier of 8, it will produce an image that is 15840x8640 by taking smaller 1920x1080 images of the whole thing and combining them into a larger image.

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    Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Lost Zaeed when I assigned him to lead squad 2. Don't know why he died, maybe someone else would have been a better choice, since he was loyal.
    Zaeed doesn't strike me as much of a team player. He's mostly a lone wolf mercing it up, right? So it probably wasn't a good idea making him a squad leader.

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    DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Lost Zaeed when I assigned him to lead squad 2. Don't know why he died, maybe someone else would have been a better choice, since he was loyal.
    Zaeed doesn't strike me as much of a team player. He's mostly a lone wolf mercing it up, right? So it probably wasn't a good idea making him a squad leader.

    Probably not.
    I couldn't think of anyone else to do it, though. Garrus and Miranda were in my squad, and I kept Jacob back and used him to escort the survivors. I'm betting he is probably the best choice for squad 2 leader.

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    ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Lost Zaeed when I assigned him to lead squad 2. Don't know why he died, maybe someone else would have been a better choice, since he was loyal.
    Zaeed doesn't strike me as much of a team player. He's mostly a lone wolf mercing it up, right? So it probably wasn't a good idea making him a squad leader.
    It really should be reiterated just how often Zaeed's stories end with "everybody but me died"

    It does not bode terribly well for his leadership skills

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    DunxcoDunxco Should get a suit Never skips breakfastRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I did his loyalty mission and bought his upgrade. Never talked to him at all. He survived, but I never assigned him to anything.
    I lost Tali when I assigned her to the shaft, but I didn't do her loyalty mission properly. Lost Zaeed when I assigned him to lead squad 2. Don't know why he died, maybe someone else would have been a better choice, since he was loyal.
    Ever listen to Zaeed's stories? How he is usually the only guy to make it out alive? And how his former partner-in-crime and his gang completely sold him out? Zaeed is nothing but a selfish old fuck who doesn't care if anyone dies, so long as he gets out alive.

    I still fucking love the guys character though.

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    ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Lost Zaeed when I assigned him to lead squad 2. Don't know why he died, maybe someone else would have been a better choice, since he was loyal.
    Zaeed doesn't strike me as much of a team player. He's mostly a lone wolf mercing it up, right? So it probably wasn't a good idea making him a squad leader.

    Probably not.
    I couldn't think of anyone else to do it, though. Garrus and Miranda were in my squad, and I kept Jacob back and used him to escort the survivors. I'm betting he is probably the best choice for squad 2 leader.
    Garrus, Miranda, and Jacob, are, I believe, your options for team leaders. Garrus and Miranda definitely.

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    subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    Lost Zaeed when I assigned him to lead squad 2. Don't know why he died, maybe someone else would have been a better choice, since he was loyal.
    Zaeed doesn't strike me as much of a team player. He's mostly a lone wolf mercing it up, right? So it probably wasn't a good idea making him a squad leader.
    It really should be reiterated just how often Zaeed's stories end with "everybody but me died"

    It does not bode terribly well for his leadership skills
    Yeah, surprisingly you have to bear in mind people's skillsets and strengths when assigning them to specific roles. You want people with experience of commanding like Miranda or Garrus. For the swarm, you want extra powerful biotics like Jack or Samara. The initial pipeline, good Tech's like Legion or Tali.

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    Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    what happens if (endgame)
    the person in the vents dies? Who opens the doors?

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    ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    You'd think
    Tali might be an option, since she's apparently been running her own little quarian special ops group. Then again, her record doesn't look much better than Zaeed's.

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    DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    subedii wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    Lost Zaeed when I assigned him to lead squad 2. Don't know why he died, maybe someone else would have been a better choice, since he was loyal.
    Zaeed doesn't strike me as much of a team player. He's mostly a lone wolf mercing it up, right? So it probably wasn't a good idea making him a squad leader.
    It really should be reiterated just how often Zaeed's stories end with "everybody but me died"

    It does not bode terribly well for his leadership skills
    Yeah, surprisingly you have to bear in mind people's skillsets and strengths when assigning them to specific roles. You want people with experience of commanding like Miranda or Garrus. For the swarm, you want extra powerful biotics like Jack or Samara. The initial pipeline, good Tech's like Legion or Tali.
    Well, my (bad) logic was more along the lines of "he does have experience!". And Garrus and Miranda were in my personal squad, didn't want to risk losing them. Only Zaeed died, though, the rest of his squad made it. I'm assuming Tali was the right person for the shaft, but I had a feeling she'd die, given that she was the only team member who's loyalty mission I fucked up on.

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    GalielmusGalielmus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pancake wrote: »
    Galielmus wrote: »
    Christ Pancake, what is your resolution setting? LOLxWTF?

    Also, great pics. Reminds me I should have turned off that film grain crap in the first game. Seems to be toned done much more in the second.

    All UE3 games support a feature called "tiledshot." It makes huge images like so:

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    It freezes the game and multiplies the current image's resolution by the multiplier you set. It then spends a while grabbing your resolution sized snippets of the greater image. If you, say, play with a resolution of 1920x1080 and take a tiledshot with a multiplier of 8, it will produce an image that is 15840x8640 by taking smaller 1920x1080 images of the whole thing and combining them into a larger image.

    Why thank you, pancake! That is awfully useful information. Will definitely be making some new desktop wallpapers soon. Might result in a biotic charge suicide or two, but it'll be worth it :P

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    JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    She wasn't running it, she was being escorted by it.

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    Mild ConfusionMild Confusion Smash All Things Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I had all my people live, made Garrus the group leader since he has experiance leading a fire team, sent Tali down the shaft, made Sumara be my biotic, and sent Thane as escort. For my final part, I have Miranda and Garrus.

    Also, I loved Zaeed, he's like Shepard, but takes checks.

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    JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pancake wrote: »
    Galielmus wrote: »
    Christ Pancake, what is your resolution setting? LOLxWTF?

    Also, great pics. Reminds me I should have turned off that film grain crap in the first game. Seems to be toned done much more in the second.

    All UE3 games support a feature called "tiledshot." It makes huge images like so:
    highresscreenshot00000.jpg

    It freezes the game and multiplies the current image's resolution by the multiplier you set. It then spends a while grabbing your resolution sized snippets of the greater image. If you, say, play with a resolution of 1920x1080 and take a tiledshot with a multiplier of 8, it will produce an image that is 15840x8640 by taking smaller 1920x1080 images of the whole thing and combining them into a larger image.

    Does it work for ME2? If so, how do I use it? Bear in mind I'm a complete idiot.

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    ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    People keep forgetting Jacob is also a viable leader

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    DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Zzulu wrote: »
    People keep forgetting Jacob is also a viable leader

    No, I used him as the escort leader.

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    PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Jintor wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    Galielmus wrote: »
    Christ Pancake, what is your resolution setting? LOLxWTF?

    Also, great pics. Reminds me I should have turned off that film grain crap in the first game. Seems to be toned done much more in the second.

    All UE3 games support a feature called "tiledshot." It makes huge images like so:
    highresscreenshot00000.jpg

    It freezes the game and multiplies the current image's resolution by the multiplier you set. It then spends a while grabbing your resolution sized snippets of the greater image. If you, say, play with a resolution of 1920x1080 and take a tiledshot with a multiplier of 8, it will produce an image that is 15840x8640 by taking smaller 1920x1080 images of the whole thing and combining them into a larger image.

    Does it work for ME2? If so, how do I use it? Bear in mind I'm a complete idiot.

    Technically, yes, but since ME2 has that vignette effect, it looks pretty bad. It tiles that too, so you'll come up with an image filled with dark boxes.

    ME1 had the same thing, but it was fairly easily turned off with no discernible drop in visual quality. The last I saw, no one knew how to get rid of it in ME2 without completely disabling post-processing, which makes the game look... not good.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Zzulu wrote: »
    People keep forgetting Jacob is also a viable leader

    No, I used him as the escort leader.

    I was under the impression you can send anyone back as escort, as long as you send someone loyal.

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    DrunkMcDrunkMc Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    DrunkMc wrote: »
    So I completed ME2, great fucking game. I have one question though, End Spoilers

    It seems Mordin, the Salarian died.......why did he die? Did I miss an upgrade? He was Loyal, everyone was loyal.
    You probably assigned him to a task that someone else could have done better

    5 bucks says he assigned ihm as tech.
    Mordin has a tendency to die no matter what you do.

    I picked all the right choices my first run, and still lost him at the very end.
    For those who had Mordin die, did you research his upgraded omni tool? No idea if it makes a difference, just trying to figure out what decisions can affect his survival in the endgame.
    Yeah.

    I didn't assign Mordin to anything. I had Tali do the vent walk. And I had Garrus lead the other team as well as do teh defense. I brought Grunt and Miranda with me for the final battle.

    I researched his Omni Tool, but never heard about his nephew. :'(

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    ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Preacher wrote: »
    Zzulu wrote: »
    People keep forgetting Jacob is also a viable leader

    No, I used him as the escort leader.

    I was under the impression you can send anyone back as escort, as long as you send someone loyal.

    Pretty much. I used Mordin

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    temperature!temperature! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I lost
    Grunt and Jack. I don't really care about Jack, but I liked Grunt. I assigned him to the second team and he didn't make it. I figured if anyone was able to cause a distraction it was gonna be a huge krogan tearing through crowds of collectors. Sadly, I was wrong. I still don't know why Jack died.

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    electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I lost
    Grunt and Jack. I don't really care about Jack, but I liked Grunt. I assigned him to the second team and he didn't make it. I figured if anyone was able to cause a distraction it was gonna be a huge krogan tearing through crowds of collectors. Sadly, I was wrong. I still don't know why Jack died.

    I liked Grunt for
    the escort for the crew. I mean you basically need a guy who'll make a path of dead collectors through. A guy who will make everyone in the way think "holy shit run!!".

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    NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I was not expecting the game to be that thorough when it came to the choices at the end.

    Like I know it hints at it, but I was expecting a simple loyalty check or something. Considering how organic a squadmate's personality is (i.e. the correct choice isn't the member that is a Knight or Black Mage), I didn't think it would be taking that into account.

    Needless to say I was impressed that it did, though I lost a couple of people because I wasn't planning on it doing so.

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    DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Magic cutscene bullets kill Krogan dead, as you should know from previously.

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    temperature!temperature! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Magic cutscene bullets kill Krogan dead, as you should know from previously.

    I was thinking I have awful luck with Krogans. I know its sacrilegious 'round these parts but
    Wrex didn't make it to the second game for me.

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