Mass Effect 2: Ah yes, "Reapers"

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MASS EFFECT 2

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~~~DLC~~~

Blood Armour - Buy dragonage
Collector's Armor - Buy a CE version of the game
Collector's Rifle - Also in the CE version
The Cerberus Card - Pay content, but every new game comes with on in pack! Saves you fifteen dolla!
Inferno Armour - Pre-order code from whomever you bought it from
Black Hole Gun - Gamestop only preorder gun.
Incisor Rifle - Digital Deluxe Edition
Umbra Visor, Recon Hood, Sentry Interfact - Dr. Pepper promotion

~~~Characters (Locations, When You Get Them)~~~

Jacob - Initial Party Member
Miranda - Initial Party Member
Zaeed - Use the Cerberus Network card, Download the Content, he will be on Omega.

Garrus - The Archangel Mission; Omega; 1st half of game
Mordin - The Scientist Mission; Omega; 1st half of the game
Grunt - The Warlord Mission; 1st half of Game
Jack - The Convict Mission; 1st half of Game

*AFTER HORIZON MISSION, 2ND HALF OF GAME BEGINS*

Saranda - The Justicar Mission; 2nd half of the game
Thane - The Assassin Mission; 2nd half of game
Tali; 2nd half of game

Legion; The IFF Mission; Immediately Prior to Endgame

'Secret' Character:

Morinth - Saranda's Loyalty Mission. You must resist her mind control at her apartment and then choose to ally yourself with her over her mother.
Don't have sex with her.

ROMANCE FAQ (plot spoilers here):

Who can I romance?
Male Shepard can romance Tali, Kelly, Miranda, Jack
Female Shep can romance Jacob, Garrus, Kelly, Thane
There is also Morinth, but there's no reason to bang a chick who's just going to kill you. Right, fellas?

When do we get to banging it?
All romances end prior to the start of the suicide mission. Except for Kelly. She won't bed you unless you have beaten the suicide mission, saved the entire crew, and not romanced another character.

ENDGAME FAQ (Because you will have questions):

Do the Normandy Upgrades actually help?
Yes! If you don't upgrade your ship, you will lose: Grunt, Jack, Tali, Legion, and Thane. Immediately, prior to landing on the collector base.

Does loyalty matter?
It is the singlemost important aspect to determining the survival of a party member. It's a given that any low loyalty members will die at some point and/or cause others to die.

WHY DO MY MEN KEEP DYING!?!?!
Using the following, I was able to complete the mission without trouble:
1st choice: Miranda (or Garrus) leads the group, Legion (or Tali) is the technician.
2nd choice: Anyone who is loyal leads the crew to the ship, Miranda (or Garrus) leads the secondary group, the Asari or Jack provides the biotics (Using either Jacob or Miranda here will cause one person in your squad to die horribly.
3rd choice: Mordin died if I didn't bring him along on the final assault. While it may be possible that this is necessary, what is more likely is that taking too long on the final boss will cause you to lose a teammate. There is some speculation that the choosing conversation choice "We Better Hurry" prior to engaging the final battle will cause a time limit to be set on the fight, where the longer you take the more of your squad will die.
PLEASE NOTE: Sometimes the person that gets killed is not the person who did their job poorly. I lost Legion and Tali during my first two attempts because the persons leading the secondary team were not competent enough (Zaeed and Thane)



Pay attention to peoples' biographies! Power does not equal good leadership! Remember that Zaeed solved his problems by blowing shit up and killing everyone but himself.

SUPER SPECIAL BONUS LINKS!!!

MASS EFFECT 1 SAVE FILES
Pissed off that Bioware won't let you choose how to make a new shepard? Want to get the benefits of an imported Shep but want to save the council? Check out: http://www.annakie.com/me/home.htm

They have compiled a lot of ME1 save files, so you can download and import them over. This is very useful for anyone who has burned their ME1 files to the ground and salted them.

MASS EFFECT 2 FACE CODES

Did you know you can input a code at the bottom of the character customization screen and it will make a face? This is how you can share your horrendous (or beautiful) Shep with the world! A collection of such codes is found here:

http://www.masseffect2faces.com/

For example, the code for Munkus' Female Shepard face is: 743.W9G.1M7.F8A.JDQ.62Q.1DA.711.966.413.2G6.276

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

It's got lore, answers and pictures! Neat!

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