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Mass Effect - Use spoiler tags for ME2 information.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    The only thing I want from customizing Sheperd's leisure wear is the ability to command a spaceship while wearing shorts and a hawaiin shirt.

    Don't forget the straw hat.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    übergeek wrote: »
    Well, I wanted to go Shep, Wrex, and Garrus for unstoppable badasses. Is the human armor from that mission better than the Spectre stuff you end up with? What's the Quarian armor called, I'm looking at the types in the wiki, but it doesn't say which is from that mission. It tells you which omni tool is from that mission though.

    There is no Spectre armor, so yes it's better than the Spectre stuff you end up with. The armor is Colossus which is the best in the game.

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  • übergeekübergeek Sector 2814Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    übergeek wrote: »
    Well, I wanted to go Shep, Wrex, and Garrus for unstoppable badasses. Is the human armor from that mission better than the Spectre stuff you end up with? What's the Quarian armor called, I'm looking at the types in the wiki, but it doesn't say which is from that mission. It tells you which omni tool is from that mission though.

    There is no Spectre armor, so yes it's better than the Spectre stuff you end up with. The armor is Colossus which is the best in the game.

    The wiki says there's Spectre Quarian made by Hahne-Kedar Shadow Works. It could be wrong though.

    EDIT You can just do BDtS in multiple playthroughs and grab everything anyway, right?

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    übergeek wrote: »
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    übergeek wrote: »
    Well, I wanted to go Shep, Wrex, and Garrus for unstoppable badasses. Is the human armor from that mission better than the Spectre stuff you end up with? What's the Quarian armor called, I'm looking at the types in the wiki, but it doesn't say which is from that mission. It tells you which omni tool is from that mission though.

    There is no Spectre armor, so yes it's better than the Spectre stuff you end up with. The armor is Colossus which is the best in the game.

    The wiki says there's Spectre Quarian made by Hahne-Kedar Shadow Works. It could be wrong though.

    EDIT You can just do BDtS in multiple playthroughs and grab everything anyway, right?
    That stuff's from cheats I think.

    And yeah, you can. None of the stuff is actually unique, either, just uncommon, so chances are you won't need some of it eventually.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So I bought ME on Steam and tried it out now and for some reason the game runs like ass once I arrived on Eden Prime. And it can't be my computer,because no matter what settings I set the game to (I even tried low textures in 800x600) the game decides to completely drop the FPS when I look into specific directions. It's really weird. I look to the left: Smooth FPS. I look to the right: 5fps.

    Anyone have an idea how to fix this?

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  • übergeekübergeek Sector 2814Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    übergeek wrote: »
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    übergeek wrote: »
    Well, I wanted to go Shep, Wrex, and Garrus for unstoppable badasses. Is the human armor from that mission better than the Spectre stuff you end up with? What's the Quarian armor called, I'm looking at the types in the wiki, but it doesn't say which is from that mission. It tells you which omni tool is from that mission though.

    There is no Spectre armor, so yes it's better than the Spectre stuff you end up with. The armor is Colossus which is the best in the game.

    The wiki says there's Spectre Quarian made by Hahne-Kedar Shadow Works. It could be wrong though.

    EDIT You can just do BDtS in multiple playthroughs and grab everything anyway, right?
    That stuff's from cheats I think.

    And yeah, you can. None of the stuff is actually unique, either, just uncommon, so chances are you won't need some of it eventually.

    The only thing they mention for console cheats when i looked was 3 grades of Omni tools.

    Oh another good question......can you use that console cheat for talent points on the charm and intimidate skills? That way I don't need to play -6- times in order to max them both out and use the dialog that I want to use.

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Have we had any hints about preordering ME2 from Steam? I recall the Dragon Age preorder went up about two weeks before release, so there's still time. But I'm curious and impatient.

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  • AlegisAlegis Impeckable Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    If they'd open pre-orders right now they'd lose their momentum in all the Steam sales craziness going on. In two days the regular 'coming soon' tabs and stuff are back.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    The voices really don't suit black shepards.

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Probably has something to do with both voice actors being white.

    If you need more info like this, call 1-800-SHERLOCK-HOLMES.

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  • AlegisAlegis Impeckable Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    What did you expect differently from black shepards?

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    And what kind of voice would suit a black person?

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    shaft.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    racism thread

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  • JelloblimpJelloblimp Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    And what kind of voice would suit a black person?
    Chris Tucker (Fifth Element).

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    What's sad, is that is probably one of his most entertaining roles.

    "Omigod omigod!"

    And Mass Effect's guns always reminded me of these little guys.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pxjnl1yuXk

    5th Element has the better guns methinks...

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I should really get the DVD for that movie one of these days.

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    übergeek wrote: »
    Oh another good question......can you use that console cheat for talent points on the charm and intimidate skills? that way I don't need to play -6- times in order to max them both out and use the dialog that I want to use.

    I believe you can cheat anything using the console. However, you only need to play three times if you wanted to max out Charm and Intimidate without actively putting any points into them. That is, unless the patch fixed those exploits. You can certainly do it on the 360.

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    my god, Insanity is like having everyone be a krogan.

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    You can also be a space cowboy.

    But can you also be a gangster of love?

    On a serious note, hello Mass Effect thread. Sorry if the following question has been asked before, but I'm far too lazy to read this entire thread again to possibly find the answer.

    So, I'm going through a Paragon Fem-Shep "Do a bunch of side quests and leave Therum for last so I can giggle at crazy Liara and bang emo biotic boy" run in preparation for ME2. If I have time to start a NG+ and take the Renegade/Liara-banging/side-quest-ignoring path, which of those choices will get imported to ME2?

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    They will each have a separate save file that you will choose upon starting ME2.

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Egos wrote: »
    my god, Insanity is like having everyone be a krogan.

    Spoilers
    In Mass Effect 2, YOU... are Krogan.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Lawndart wrote: »
    You can also be a space cowboy.

    But can you also be a gangster of love?

    Well, you can be Maurice Shepard.

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  • AlegisAlegis Impeckable Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Egos wrote: »
    my god, Insanity is like having everyone be a krogan.

    Spoilers
    In Mass Effect 2, YOU... are Krogan.
    I knew something was up when Udina didn't trust me.

    They had me brainwashed all along!

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Alegis wrote: »
    Egos wrote: »
    my god, Insanity is like having everyone be a krogan.

    Spoilers
    In Mass Effect 2, YOU... are Krogan.
    I knew something was up when Udina didn't trust me.

    They had me brainwashed all along!
    In hindsight, the four testicles should have been a dead giveaway.

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  • travathiantravathian Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So is there really no save game editor or respec tool?

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  • übergeekübergeek Sector 2814Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    übergeek wrote: »
    Oh another good question......can you use that console cheat for talent points on the charm and intimidate skills? that way I don't need to play -6- times in order to max them both out and use the dialog that I want to use.

    I believe you can cheat anything using the console. However, you only need to play three times if you wanted to max out Charm and Intimidate without actively putting any points into them. That is, unless the patch fixed those exploits. You can certainly do it on the 360.

    Oh I wasn't going to use that one exploit I read about a while ago....but I think you need to play through mostly paragon 3 times and mostly renegade 3 times to max them both. I could be wrong.

    The listing for console commands on the Wiki says nothing about Charm, Intimidate, or the specialized classes.

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  • l337CrappyJackl337CrappyJack Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    You do. But if you use the exploit, you can become mostly paragon AND mostly renegade in the same playthrough.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    There is also an exploit that allows you to gain infinite paragon or renegade points that I think works with both systems.

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Yeah, you're not going to want to play through one character six times

    that is kind of crazy

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    And who cares about min/maxing ME1 anyway. It's ME2 time, baby!

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  • übergeekübergeek Sector 2814Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    And who cares about min/maxing ME1 anyway. It's ME2 time, baby!

    I have upwards of 20 games to go through. I haven't even -touched- Dragon Age yet. So playing ME 2 is a long way off. I just don't like not having all the dialog options available to play the way I'd like to play.

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    And who cares about min/maxing ME1 anyway. It's ME2 time, baby!

    We should be debating whether Samara is doable or not, y'all

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    How many charm/intimidate points does it take to obtain the most items from the smuggling dockworker and the farmers helping him?

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    How many charm/intimidate points does it take to obtain the most items from the smuggling dockworker and the farmers helping him?

    Not a whole lot....like 6 maybe . You should be able to get it with at the most 8.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Okay, thanks.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    You don't even need that much. I think you're good with 3 or 4. It is right at the start of the game and unless you're doing New Game+, you aren't going to be able to put in more than 3 or 4 points anyway.

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  • übergeekübergeek Sector 2814Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Oh, there seems to be a command to just give talent points you can spend anywhere you want, that will work fine. I can do everything I want in 2 runs or so then.

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    am I the only one who maxed both charm and intimidate before putting points into anything else? Maybe cause I was an infiltrator and all i really needed to put points in was pistols and the pistol berserking cooldown whatever it was called but none of the other things ever truly felt necessary and the extra charm/intimidate options added some cool dialogue to the story

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    so just wondering this are which is right or wrong in these two scenarios (in yho)

    help the gambler cheat or give the device to the guy who runs Flux
    help the asari Spy on potentially corrupt businessman or not

    pick

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