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Mass Effect 1&2 - Ahhhhhh yes, the "REAPERS".

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  • Captain FordoCaptain Fordo Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dyscord wrote: »
    advanced training isn't a power, you just get another gun to use

    I meant when you can spend 5000 eezo at the upgrades thing and get one of your squadmates bonus power. Ive been a soldier both times so idk if it's different for other classes and it lets you get a new gun instead of abilities

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I think it's sort of funny to imagine what the story would be like if saren and/or sovereign had been just a little bit smarter.

    I mean, what if sovereign had just had saren fly it back to the citadel and say "look! I found an awesome piece of prothean tech that can plug into the citadel!"

    that turian council member would totally have supported it

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Stigma wrote: »
    So does interrupting dialogue in ME2 work any differently than it did in ME1?

    Since there was no interrupting dialogue in ME1, and there are both Paragon and Renegade interrupts in ME2, I'd have to say "yes".

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  • PaperPrittPaperPritt Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Insanity run with my Adept isn't going too badly so far. The key is to strip someone quickly of his biotics/shields, then launch a Pull/Warp combo. The resulting blast usually removes half armor of everyone around.

    A few Warp ammo rounds (bonus power) and then it's party time. You can finish the remaining however you like.

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dyscord wrote: »
    advanced training isn't a power, you just get another gun to use

    I meant when you can spend 5000 eezo at the upgrades thing and get one of your squadmates bonus power. Ive been a soldier both times so idk if it's different for other classes and it lets you get a new gun instead of abilities

    oh, no. It's just for picking/changing loyalty powers

    Eat it You Nasty Pig. on
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    hold your head high soldier, it ain't over yet
    that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dyscord wrote: »
    I think it's sort of funny to imagine what the story would be like if saren and/or sovereign had been just a little bit smarter.

    I mean, what if sovereign had just had saren fly it back to the citadel and say "look! I found an awesome piece of prothean tech that can plug into the citadel!"

    that turian council member would totally have supported it

    Or even
    Let me just dock it at the Citadel for a while. Yeah just ignore that buzzing sound in your head, it's nothing.

    Nocturne on
  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    If they had a Reaper that looked like a pink flower, no one would ever suspect a thing.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Lawndart wrote: »
    Stigma wrote: »
    So does interrupting dialogue in ME2 work any differently than it did in ME1?

    Since there was no interrupting dialogue in ME1, and there are both Paragon and Renegade interrupts in ME2, I'd have to say "yes".

    I think he might be referring to pressing the space bar to skip dialogue. In which case, it works the same clunky way as it did in ME1.

    edit: Or not, he's talking about something he didn't know if it was in the game in the first place.

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  • StigmaStigma Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Lawndart wrote: »
    Stigma wrote: »
    So does interrupting dialogue in ME2 work any differently than it did in ME1?

    Since there was no interrupting dialogue in ME1, and there are both Paragon and Renegade interrupts in ME2, I'd have to say "yes".

    Ah okay. I remember Bioware talking about interrupts in ME1 and while I could select dialogue before someone was finished it really didn't affect anything besides what I did and didn't hear.
    Cooowel.

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  • Wet BanditWet Bandit Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dyscord wrote: »
    I think it's sort of funny to imagine what the story would be like if saren and/or sovereign had been just a little bit smarter.

    I mean, what if sovereign had just had saren fly it back to the citadel and say "look! I found an awesome piece of prothean tech that can plug into the citadel!"

    that turian council member would totally have supported it

    Off-topic, but I've got a book that actually explores stuff like that, albeit looking at actual historical events. Very cool.

    http://www.amazon.com/What-If-Foremost-Military-Historians/dp/0425176428

    Wet Bandit on
  • mwoodymwoody Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    august wrote: »
    Houn wrote: »
    I just beat this.
    Not bad. The final mission was kinda easy (I hit level 30 during it, playing on veteran). Everything was fully upgraded, barring a few shotty and AR that I couldn't afford at the time.

    It was pretty cool, but didn't feel anywhere near as epic as the ending to ME1. And seriously, what's the point of a human-shaped Reaper? Especially if all the others in that final cutscene are shaped exactly the same as Sovereign. I expected some variation there, depending on which species was dominant at the time of each reaper's construction.

    Still, a satisfying game. Would play again.

    They aren't shaped exactly the same. Similar critters but they're mostly different.
    Perhaps finished reapers are encased in a tomblike shell for interstellar travel, so that inside those differently shaped structures, the creature running things resembles its parent race. Remember that giant skeleton thing is still very early in construction.

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    yeah, counterfactuals are fun to think about

    Eat it You Nasty Pig. on
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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    mwoody wrote: »
    august wrote: »
    Houn wrote: »
    I just beat this.
    Not bad. The final mission was kinda easy (I hit level 30 during it, playing on veteran). Everything was fully upgraded, barring a few shotty and AR that I couldn't afford at the time.

    It was pretty cool, but didn't feel anywhere near as epic as the ending to ME1. And seriously, what's the point of a human-shaped Reaper? Especially if all the others in that final cutscene are shaped exactly the same as Sovereign. I expected some variation there, depending on which species was dominant at the time of each reaper's construction.

    Still, a satisfying game. Would play again.

    They aren't shaped exactly the same. Similar critters but they're mostly different.
    Perhaps finished reapers are encased in a tomblike shell for interstellar travel, so that inside those differently shaped structures, the creature running things resembles its parent race. Remember that giant skeleton thing is still very early in construction.
    Maybe, or it could just be that anthropomorphism is a recent development.

    august on
  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Stigma wrote: »
    Lawndart wrote: »
    Stigma wrote: »
    So does interrupting dialogue in ME2 work any differently than it did in ME1?

    Since there was no interrupting dialogue in ME1, and there are both Paragon and Renegade interrupts in ME2, I'd have to say "yes".

    Ah okay. I remember Bioware talking about interrupts in ME1 and while I could select dialogue before someone was finished it really didn't affect anything besides what I did and didn't hear.
    Cooowel.

    Yeah, you can still awkwardly skip ahead through dialogue by hitting the spacebar in ME2 (and it still sometimes causes you to choose a dialogue option by accident).

    What's different in ME2 is that you can actually interrupt NPC dialogue in ways that changes the plot (or at least earns you Paragon or Renegade points).

    Many of these boil down to entertaining variations of the following quote from The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly: "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Question. About ME1. Only. I haven't started ME2 yet.

    So I started ME1 over and something occurred to me. Remember the scientists that lock themselves up in the beginning? The woman and the crazy old one that you can punch?
    Are they ExoGeni? They are wearing the ExoGeni uniforms. Also, was that guy hepped up on Thorian spores?

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    august wrote: »
    mwoody wrote: »
    august wrote: »
    Houn wrote: »
    I just beat this.
    Not bad. The final mission was kinda easy (I hit level 30 during it, playing on veteran). Everything was fully upgraded, barring a few shotty and AR that I couldn't afford at the time.

    It was pretty cool, but didn't feel anywhere near as epic as the ending to ME1. And seriously, what's the point of a human-shaped Reaper? Especially if all the others in that final cutscene are shaped exactly the same as Sovereign. I expected some variation there, depending on which species was dominant at the time of each reaper's construction.

    Still, a satisfying game. Would play again.

    They aren't shaped exactly the same. Similar critters but they're mostly different.
    Perhaps finished reapers are encased in a tomblike shell for interstellar travel, so that inside those differently shaped structures, the creature running things resembles its parent race. Remember that giant skeleton thing is still very early in construction.
    Maybe, or it could just be that anthropomorphism is a recent development.
    Seriously. They look like giant space squids because they were made out of giant space squids.

    This is pretty simple, people.

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    well feros is an exogeni colony so anyone there probably was affiliated with them

    if the people on eden prime are wearing the uniform, then sure, why not?

    Eat it You Nasty Pig. on
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  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    If I remember correctly, ExoGeni is responsible for a shitload of human colonization. As for the second question
    I don't think so. The Thorian experiment was relatively recent. I think that dude just freaked the fuck out because of the attack.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I don't think you understand.

    You think the Reapers are just machines, ready to kill everyone without feeling.

    Even genocidal robots have a certain sense of style.

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Wet Bandit wrote: »
    Dyscord wrote: »
    I think it's sort of funny to imagine what the story would be like if saren and/or sovereign had been just a little bit smarter.

    I mean, what if sovereign had just had saren fly it back to the citadel and say "look! I found an awesome piece of prothean tech that can plug into the citadel!"

    that turian council member would totally have supported it

    Off-topic, but I've got a book that actually explores stuff like that, albeit looking at actual historical events. Very cool.

    http://www.amazon.com/What-If-Foremost-Military-Historians/dp/0425176428

    This is something I can sink my teeth into. Thank you.

    TrippyJing on
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  • Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Ashley got some thick thighs this time around. A+

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Nocturne wrote: »
    If I remember correctly, ExoGeni is responsible for a shitload of human colonization. As for the second question
    I don't think so. The Thorian experiment was relatively recent. I think that dude just freaked the fuck out because of the attack.
    It also might have been foreshadowing Sovereign's indoctrination effect, since the "Hey, give me your pistol" guy also talks about the horrible sound that Sovereign made during the attack.

    Lawndart on
  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Man, what does it take for the IFF to finish?

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    What you have ultimately done to the Reapers is
    forced them to wake up prematurely and straight-up infiltrate the Milky Way head-on, not the ideal plan for them and a pretty dark oncoming fight for us.

    And yet that is the best possible solution because,
    It forces the Reapers into a standup fight, which they don't like doing.

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  • VrayVray Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I hope Aria returns as a romance option in ME3. I want my renegade Shep to break Omega's one rule properly.

    Vray on
  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    Man, what does it take for the IFF to finish?

    You'll know. There's a pretty obvious plot development when it does.
    You can do about one mission, then the moment you access the galaxy map, shit goes down and the "you might want to wrap things up" clock starts.

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  • Captain FordoCaptain Fordo Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Vray wrote: »
    I hope Aria returns as a romance option in ME3. I want my renegade Shep to break Omega's one rule properly.

    I'm Captain Fordo, and this is my favorite post on the forums

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Wait. Are people seriously arguing that the stakes weren't high enough in ME2?
    YOU SAVED HUMANITY

    LITERALLY

    They were going to target earth and turn all the humans into a Reaper. Stopping a galactic-scale genocide seems like high enough stakes to me.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Lawndart wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Man, what does it take for the IFF to finish?

    You'll know. There's a pretty obvious plot development when it does.
    You can do about one mission, then the moment you access the galaxy map, shit goes down and the "you might want to wrap things up" clock starts.
    This is my second playthrough, but the dang thing just won't get done. I've been traveling around the galaxy doing whatever sidequests I can find. Does it have to be a loyalty or recruitment mission?

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Looks like some of the devs liked the third Riddick movie....although the sun doesn't outright kill you in this.

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    there was a third riddick movie?

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  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    Lawndart wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Man, what does it take for the IFF to finish?

    You'll know. There's a pretty obvious plot development when it does.
    You can do about one mission, then the moment you access the galaxy map, shit goes down and the "you might want to wrap things up" clock starts.
    This is my second playthrough, but the dang thing just won't get done. I've been traveling around the galaxy doing whatever sidequests I can find. Does it have to be a loyalty or recruitment mission?
    I accessed the galaxy map while I had 0 side missions available and 0 loyalty quests available (I hadn't woken up Legion yet) and it triggered instantly.

    So it obviously checks the missions you have available, surely you wouldn't have to do more than a couple of those for it to trigger.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Joolander wrote: »
    there was a third riddick movie?

    Chronicles.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    Lawndart wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Man, what does it take for the IFF to finish?

    You'll know. There's a pretty obvious plot development when it does.
    You can do about one mission, then the moment you access the galaxy map, shit goes down and the "you might want to wrap things up" clock starts.
    This is my second playthrough, but the dang thing just won't get done. I've been traveling around the galaxy doing whatever sidequests I can find. Does it have to be a loyalty or recruitment mission?
    I got it on an N7 mission.

    It's probably just random or something.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So..Oral contact with drell cause mild halucinations.

    Mordin you and your interspecies knowledge is terrifying

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    He's probably got an Interspecies Kama Sutra hidden in the lab somewhere.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Nocturne wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Lawndart wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Man, what does it take for the IFF to finish?

    You'll know. There's a pretty obvious plot development when it does.
    You can do about one mission, then the moment you access the galaxy map, shit goes down and the "you might want to wrap things up" clock starts.
    This is my second playthrough, but the dang thing just won't get done. I've been traveling around the galaxy doing whatever sidequests I can find. Does it have to be a loyalty or recruitment mission?
    I accessed the galaxy map while I had 0 side missions available and 0 loyalty quests available (I hadn't woken up Legion yet) and it triggered instantly.

    So it obviously checks the missions you have available, surely you wouldn't have to do more than a couple of those for it to trigger.
    I have a few loyalty quests available and the quest to wake up Grunt, but I don't want to do them because I'm trying to see how close I can get to death without actually dying. Any N7 or planet side quest I've been doing.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    He's probably got an Interspecies Kama Sutra hidden in the lab somewhere.

    He probably has a subscription to Fornax.

    Behemoth on
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  • StigmaStigma Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Joolander wrote: »
    there was a third riddick movie?

    Chronicles.

    Pitch Black, Chronicles, annndd?

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    oh the iff finally worked

    wish that took a little less random wandering for half an hour, but ok

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