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Mass Effect - Tycho: He does WORK!

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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I keep on restarting my canon run to make my femshep look different. Even picked longer hair to somewhat alleviate the giraffe neck she always inevitably sports.

    This lead to a daydream about everyone eating in the Normandy mess hall and my Shep just grazing on some leaves.

    My femshep looked like Charly from "The Long Kiss Goodnight", but with a pointy nose.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    The twist in ME3 is they need to go back and rescue a pair of humpback whales.

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  • XeddicusXeddicus Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    You think Jenkin's shields were really that crap? He's behind the entire thing! What better way to seize control of the universe than by doing it when you're 'dead'?

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Xeddicus wrote: »
    You think Jenkin's shields were really that crap? He's behind the entire thing! What better way to seize control of the universe than by doing it when you're 'dead'?
    Nihilus is actually an agent from the future who sabotaged Jenkins' shields. Saren knew this and killed Nihilus but had to pretend to be evil to keep from fucking up the timeline.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    This is all a ruse. Jenkins faked his death in order to slip away and assume his rightful place as the Geth Leader.

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Goddammit, I've put about 10 hours into my "canon" run on 360

    And then Black Friday hit and on impulse I bought stuff to upgrade my PC, meaning it will be able to run ME now.

    So now I want to get it on PC, but uuugggh, all that wasted time I just spent

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Woah woah. From some pages back - you can save the commander of the Salarians? I did every assist part of the plot and the commander always goes down, and the XO is the one who survives.

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  • JucJuc EdmontonRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Woah woah. From some pages back - you can save the commander of the Salarians? I did every assist part of the plot and the commander always goes down, and the XO is the one who survives.

    If I remember right, what you need to do after getting off the beach is, shoot some drones, shoot a satelite dish, uhhh play wiht some console somewhere. and maybe something else, my memory is a bit fuzzy.

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  • Wet BanditWet Bandit Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Got level 60 on my canon Shepard today. I've done every single mission I could find, even going galaxy by galaxy selecting every planet and landing on every one possible. All I've got left now is half of Noveria and then the finale.

    I can't wait to see how some of these missions tie into ME2. The Cerberus/Kahoku/Shadow Broker one especially.

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  • Wet BanditWet Bandit Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Woah woah. From some pages back - you can save the commander of the Salarians? I did every assist part of the plot and the commander always goes down, and the XO is the one who survives.

    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Virmire:_Assisting_Kirrahe's_Team

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Gotta take out the Geth drones to save the Salarian commander.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I am playing through on Hardcore for my main Shepard right now but if I get all the way to 59 I might have to playthrough once more in order to nail level 60.

    Attempted Pinnacle Station for the first time, but a first run on Hardcore with an Infiltrator is not the best of ideas. I'll just beat it on normal with my Soldier female Shepard during her canon run. I won't be as thorough with her as my main, so it shouldn't take as long.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Pinnacle Station = Space Olympics

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  • LuxLux Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Just saw the Tali video. I was kinda hoping the flotilla was made up of more ships, closely flying together, like a swarm or cloud drifting in space. I also imagined them to be in worse shape - rusty and mismatched and almost dangerous to fly in.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Lux wrote: »
    Just saw the Tali video. I was kinda hoping the flotilla was made up of more ships, closely flying together, like a swarm or cloud drifting in space. I also imagined them to be in worse shape - rusty and mismatched and almost dangerous to fly in.

    So basically, you're projecting BSG

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    why would a race of people who rely on these ships let them get rusty and dangerous

    they'd be patchwork and ugly for sure, but space-gypsies don't let their space-wagons get woodworm

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  • MachaMacha Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Spoit wrote: »
    Lux wrote: »
    Just saw the Tali video. I was kinda hoping the flotilla was made up of more ships, closely flying together, like a swarm or cloud drifting in space. I also imagined them to be in worse shape - rusty and mismatched and almost dangerous to fly in.

    So basically, you're projecting BSG

    Come on now, as if the quarians weren't ripped straight from BSG. I fully expect that at some point in ME2, the Shohreh Aghdashloo-voiced quarian will look into the camera and intone, in a voice of horror, "the geth look like us now."

    Then she'll order one of the geth plants to be tossed out an airlock and it'll be awesome.

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  • LuxLux Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Nuzak wrote: »
    why would a race of people who rely on these ships let them get rusty and dangerous

    they'd be patchwork and ugly for sure, but space-gypsies don't let their space-wagons get woodworm

    Doesn't make sense to me either, but I read the description as being an opportunity to create a vastly different-looking environment.

    (never watched bsg)

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    true

    i am excited for ME2 because a lot of the super-glossy citadel presidium environments weren't my kinda thing, bring on the asteroid mining space stations

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    So I just found out my Hardcore playthrough is actually a Veteran playthrough.

    Fuck!

    Well, guess this means I can just crank it to normal to finish off Pinnacle Station, then. But it's back up to Veteran after that, I'm leveling pretty fast that way.

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Juc wrote: »
    Woah woah. From some pages back - you can save the commander of the Salarians? I did every assist part of the plot and the commander always goes down, and the XO is the one who survives.

    If I remember right, what you need to do after getting off the beach is, shoot some drones, shoot a satelite dish, uhhh play wiht some console somewhere. and maybe something else, my memory is a bit fuzzy.

    No no I know they survive. It's the number one reason I rescue Ashley - she gets up into the AA tower getting shot at (coz I let her lead) and presumably is there with the survivors, hence unfortunately morality says go rescue the more people.

    What I mean is, I'm pretty sure the commander who gives the speech always dies. And the guy you talk to is the XO who sells stuff.

    The commander's speech is actually one of my favorite for the Salarians, who always seem so meek.

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  • NightslyrNightslyr Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Juc wrote: »
    Woah woah. From some pages back - you can save the commander of the Salarians? I did every assist part of the plot and the commander always goes down, and the XO is the one who survives.

    If I remember right, what you need to do after getting off the beach is, shoot some drones, shoot a satelite dish, uhhh play wiht some console somewhere. and maybe something else, my memory is a bit fuzzy.

    No no I know they survive. It's the number one reason I rescue Ashley - she gets up into the AA tower getting shot at (coz I let her lead) and presumably is there with the survivors, hence unfortunately morality says go rescue the more people.

    What I mean is, I'm pretty sure the commander who gives the speech always dies. And the guy you talk to is the XO who sells stuff.

    The commander's speech is actually one of my favorite for the Salarians, who always seem so meek.

    The commander lives if you do all of the side missions to help them during the assault. It's easy to miss the satellite dish, so you may be forgetting that one.

    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Virmire:_Assisting_Kirrahe%27s_Team
    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Kirrahe

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  • JazzBlackJazzBlack Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Nightslyr wrote: »
    Juc wrote: »
    Woah woah. From some pages back - you can save the commander of the Salarians? I did every assist part of the plot and the commander always goes down, and the XO is the one who survives.

    If I remember right, what you need to do after getting off the beach is, shoot some drones, shoot a satelite dish, uhhh play wiht some console somewhere. and maybe something else, my memory is a bit fuzzy.

    No no I know they survive. It's the number one reason I rescue Ashley - she gets up into the AA tower getting shot at (coz I let her lead) and presumably is there with the survivors, hence unfortunately morality says go rescue the more people.

    What I mean is, I'm pretty sure the commander who gives the speech always dies. And the guy you talk to is the XO who sells stuff.

    The commander's speech is actually one of my favorite for the Salarians, who always seem so meek.

    The commander lives if you do all of the side missions to help them during the assault. It's easy to miss the satellite dish, so you may be forgetting that one.

    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Virmire:_Assisting_Kirrahe%27s_Team
    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Kirrahe

    ye they survived when i did this because they where on the normandy for a while until the next stop

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  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    In a surprising display of subtlety by the Bioware guys, there's actually more/less Salarians on board the Normandy after Virmire. If you do none of the optionals, there's like three left. More results in more survivors.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited November 2009

    Fixed that for you.

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    JazzBlack wrote: »
    Nightslyr wrote: »
    Juc wrote: »
    Woah woah. From some pages back - you can save the commander of the Salarians? I did every assist part of the plot and the commander always goes down, and the XO is the one who survives.

    If I remember right, what you need to do after getting off the beach is, shoot some drones, shoot a satelite dish, uhhh play wiht some console somewhere. and maybe something else, my memory is a bit fuzzy.

    No no I know they survive. It's the number one reason I rescue Ashley - she gets up into the AA tower getting shot at (coz I let her lead) and presumably is there with the survivors, hence unfortunately morality says go rescue the more people.

    What I mean is, I'm pretty sure the commander who gives the speech always dies. And the guy you talk to is the XO who sells stuff.

    The commander's speech is actually one of my favorite for the Salarians, who always seem so meek.

    The commander lives if you do all of the side missions to help them during the assault. It's easy to miss the satellite dish, so you may be forgetting that one.

    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Virmire:_Assisting_Kirrahe%27s_Team
    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Kirrahe

    ye they survived when i did this because they where on the normandy for a while until the next stop

    I'm pretty sure I took out all the optional objectives, but conversely I may have missed one coz Kirrahe always seems to go down for me. Then again it sounds like 2 are just given to you and a 3rd one may result in optionally spearing off away from the main base which would mean I don't hear it.

    But in both my playthrough's the captain has always gone down but most of the Salarians are alive.

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  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Well, there's four points that determine the Salarian survival rate, and I'm pretty sure you have to tag them all for Rentola to survive. Three outside, and the alarms. You should get the satellite uplink dish message before you end up on the drone refueling platform.

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Rainfall wrote: »
    Well, there's four points that determine the Salarian survival rate, and I'm pretty sure you have to tag them all for Rentola to survive. Three outside, and the alarms. You should get the satellite uplink dish message before you end up on the drone refueling platform.

    Weird. I think I must've only nailed two each time outside + the alarms. Oddly enough I'm kind of satisfied with that, since it felt like an attack that should go badly - hence the reason I always ended up sending Ashley along anyway, purely so she could redeem her family pride that sort of thing.

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Just landed on Virmire.

    All of the Salarians must live if they are to re-populate Neo-Salaria, which gets destroyed in ME2 or ME3.

    They can't re-populate and keep the species going if you don't save every single one on Virmire.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I really hope we get to see more Salarian action in ME2. They were kind of the forgotten third in comparison to the Asari and the Turians.

    Mordin gives me hope, of course.

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Tali's judge had a whole episode of Flash Forward to herself last night.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Did I miss FlashForward again?

    It is hilarious just how little I care at this point.

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    BUT THE FUTURE!

    THE TWO MINUTES.

    Yeah, it's stupid as fuck, but who cares, it's entertaining.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    BlackDove wrote: »
    Tali's judge had a whole episode of Flash Forward to herself last night.

    Did they change the air date? Thought it was Thursdays.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    BlackDove wrote: »
    BUT THE FUTURE!

    THE TWO MINUTES.

    Yeah, it's stupid as fuck, but who cares, it's entertaining.

    Oh, I know. I actually really love the conspiracy story that's unfolding, but damn the characters and writing are awful.

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  • Wet BanditWet Bandit Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    So earlier I was talking about wanting a cooler asari squad member in ME2. Well, I know exactly who that should be:

    Aleena.

    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Aleena

    Shiala would be cool, but she could die in ME1, so she's probably unlikely to play a big role in ME2.

    But Aleena, she'd be perfect. I mean, in just every possible way, she'd be perfect.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I have been saying that since forever. It's literally the only Asari party member possibility that might be able to compel me to get over my hatred of Asari.

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I just saved all of the motherfucking Salarians, captain/commander included, and the Space Hitler died the death she wanted so she could clear her family's name.
    Kirrahe and his surviving men can be found in the engineering section, sympathetic to Shepard's loss; Kirrahe says they will get off when the Normandy next makes port and find their way home. Kirrahe hopes he and Shepard might have the opportunity to work together again in the future.

    Yes indeed, he says he's sure we'll work together in the future.

    BEST NOT BE TROLLING BIOWARE.

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  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Nuzak wrote: »
    why would a race of people who rely on these ships let them get rusty and dangerous

    they'd be patchwork and ugly for sure, but space-gypsies don't let their space-wagons get woodworm

    Also: According to the books, the Quarian defense ships and Liveships are absolutely top of the line, and easily a match for anything any other race has. Their population lives on the rustbuckets, which are well maintained despite being jerry rigged.

    All of their ships are armed to some extent though, so they'd be able to defeat every council race's fleet put together (while taking millions of casualties) if they had to.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I like the quarians.

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