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Mass Effect 2

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    wakkawakka wrote:
    I watched those videos of the collector ship, and it just doesn't work like that. My team literally dies in seconds. No matter what I do, they just fucking keel over instantly.

    Garrus and Miranda. I tried miranda and grunt and the same fucking thing happens.
    That's... odd. Do you tell them to take cover?

    I basically tell them to take the farthest cover, then use Warp a bunch. Sometimes there are places they get confused and die easier, but I haven't had it happen too often.

    I had them both under cover, and they would just die from full health to nothing. The scions weren't even shitting at the time!

    I just finally beat it though. The last harbinger got stuck on something which made it a lot easier.

    wakkawa on
  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Death Mask, Black and Orange color scheme, and I was awesome.

    I wish there were more armor parts, I loved mixing and matching them for a neat visual effect.

    Its amazing and sad that most of the head pieces come from Dr. Pepper.

    Egos on
  • KasanagiKasanagi Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    -Loki- wrote: »
    Kasanagi wrote: »
    So I'm pretty much at the point of no return I think:
    Wrapped up just about all the side shit, then picked up Mr. Roboto and the Reaper IFF. Wasn't prepared for what happened after that. At first I was like "wait, why am I getting in a shuttle? I've done like everything ever." and then SHITSTORM.

    Despite having run out of fresh dialog with them, I miss the crew D:

    Yup, now head right through the relay. Otherwise... bad things happen.

    I would certainly do it now, but the powergamer in me is confused and upset.

    I've bought everything at every shop in the game except for the high lord researcher's shop on tuchanka. I used every discount possible, and got nearly all of the available credits in the game up to this point, but I still need another 250k to get the last few upgrades at the shop. Is this normal for ME2 first playthrough? I imported my ME1 paragon, but he had only done a single playthrough so he was only level 50.

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Egos wrote: »
    Death Mask, Black and Orange color scheme, and I was awesome.

    I wish there were more armor parts, I loved mixing and matching them for a neat visual effect.

    Its amazing and sad that most of the head pieces come from Dr. Pepper.

    Shepard shouldn't be wearing any head gear anyway.

    tofu on
  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    tofu wrote: »
    Egos wrote: »
    Death Mask, Black and Orange color scheme, and I was awesome.

    I wish there were more armor parts, I loved mixing and matching them for a neat visual effect.

    Its amazing and sad that most of the head pieces come from Dr. Pepper.

    Shepard shouldn't be wearing any head gear anyway.

    That's ridiculous. Shepard should wear the best head gear.

    Pancake on
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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    tofu wrote: »
    Egos wrote: »
    Death Mask, Black and Orange color scheme, and I was awesome.

    I wish there were more armor parts, I loved mixing and matching them for a neat visual effect.

    Its amazing and sad that most of the head pieces come from Dr. Pepper.

    Shepard shouldn't be wearing any head gear anyway.

    Always be wearing I think you mean.

    Head gear for missions, man. I'm not going to contribute to the silly "no helmets on the protagonist" cliche. This is a war, dammit. I can go headgearless on the Normandy.

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'm not convinced it's possible to buy everything, even with imported cash.

    Scooter on
  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    the space monocle is the best

    Elendil on
  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    the space monocle is the best

    Incorrect.

    Pancake on
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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    -Loki- wrote: »
    Inferno armour would have looked so much better if yo could take the helmet off. Same goes for all of the pre order armour.

    Seriously. What's the point of customizing your Shepard, if you don't ever get to see what he/she looks like?

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Scooter wrote: »
    I'm not convinced it's possible to buy everything, even with imported cash.
    you certainly can with the big wad of cash you get with the long service achievement

    Elendil on
  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pancake wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    the space monocle is the best

    Incorrect.

    It's the best balance between seeing your face and also wearing something cool. Next time I play I might try the Dragon armor though.

    Scooter on
  • EnbotEnbot Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    wakkawa wrote: »

    I had them both under cover, and they would just die from full health to nothing. The scions weren't even shitting at the time!

    I just finally beat it though. The last harbinger got stuck on something which made it a lot easier.

    I believe a more aggressive playstyle with you in front getting aggro on everything helps your squadmates live. You gotta make sure you're the nearest target for your enemies, not your squad.

    Even so your squad will get killed very easily, especially on higher difficulties. Unless it's Grunt with his loyalty power maxed.

    Enbot on
  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Scooter wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    the space monocle is the best

    Incorrect.

    It's the best balance between seeing your face and also wearing something cool. Next time I play I might try the Dragon armor though.

    It is not cool. It has that huge metal thing that goes around the back of the head where it's bolted to Shepard's scalp with magic and the whole thing is just too much bulky metal. And the eyepiece clips through cool hair.

    Pancake on
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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    if anything really needs some work for the third game it's the squad AI

    way to often am I walking around minding my business only to have those bozos run way off into the distance and start a fight while standing on top of, not behind, cover

    Elendil on
  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    tofu wrote: »
    Egos wrote: »
    Death Mask, Black and Orange color scheme, and I was awesome.

    I wish there were more armor parts, I loved mixing and matching them for a neat visual effect.

    Its amazing and sad that most of the head pieces come from Dr. Pepper.

    Shepard shouldn't be wearing any head gear anyway.

    Always be wearing I think you mean.

    Head gear for missions, man. I'm not going to contribute to the silly "no helmets on the protagonist" cliche. This is a war, dammit. I can go headgearless on the Normandy.
    Silly? How would I be able to to see Shepard smirking at people if he had a helmet on?

    tofu on
  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pancake wrote: »
    Scooter wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    the space monocle is the best

    Incorrect.

    It's the best balance between seeing your face and also wearing something cool. Next time I play I might try the Dragon armor though.

    It is not cool. It has that huge metal thing that goes around the back of the head where it's bolted to Shepard's scalp with magic and the whole thing is just too much bulky metal. And the eyepiece clips through cool hair.
    are you using it with a dude or something

    because all my monocle wearers have been ladies and the hair covers it

    Elendil on
  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Only ugly Shepards wear helmets. The rest of us stun enemy troops with our beauty.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    Scooter wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    the space monocle is the best

    Incorrect.

    It's the best balance between seeing your face and also wearing something cool. Next time I play I might try the Dragon armor though.

    It is not cool. It has that huge metal thing that goes around the back of the head where it's bolted to Shepard's scalp with magic and the whole thing is just too much bulky metal. And the eyepiece clips through cool hair.
    are you using it with a dude or something

    because all my monocle wearers have been ladies and the hair covers it

    The big metal thing on the back still clips through all the hairs. And some of the big metal parts show anyway. And the eyepiece clips through hair too.

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  • KasanagiKasanagi Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I've pretty much worn the visor since I picked it up on omega. Widow-geared infiltrator with warp ammo + visor = beautiful one-shot kills on just about everything.

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    Only ugly Shepards wear helmets. The rest of us stun enemy troops with our beauty.
    e1v9w.jpg

    tofu on
  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Frankly speaking, I'm happy with the squad AI. This is pretty much due to the fact that my first experience with party AI in an RPG was Fallout, and I'm just really happy I'm not being shot in the back anymore.

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I might try those crazy night vision goggles for my vanguard

    they seem like the sort of thing that'd only go with an engineer, but I don't want to play engineer so whatevs

    Elendil on
  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Kasanagi wrote: »
    I've pretty much worn the visor since I picked it up on omega. Widow-geared infiltrator with warp ammo + visor = beautiful one-shot kills on just about everything.

    That thing is so ugly. The little targeting recticle doesn't even line up with Shepard's eye.

    If they had a small one like Garrus' I might wear that but the one's they provide for you are gigantic.

    tofu on
  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    tofu wrote: »
    Egos wrote: »
    Death Mask, Black and Orange color scheme, and I was awesome.

    I wish there were more armor parts, I loved mixing and matching them for a neat visual effect.

    Its amazing and sad that most of the head pieces come from Dr. Pepper.

    Shepard shouldn't be wearing any head gear anyway.

    Recon Hood > Shepard Smile

    Egos on
  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    tofu wrote: »
    Egos wrote: »
    Death Mask, Black and Orange color scheme, and I was awesome.

    I wish there were more armor parts, I loved mixing and matching them for a neat visual effect.

    Its amazing and sad that most of the head pieces come from Dr. Pepper.

    Shepard shouldn't be wearing any head gear anyway.

    Always be wearing I think you mean.

    Head gear for missions, man. I'm not going to contribute to the silly "no helmets on the protagonist" cliche. This is a war, dammit. I can go headgearless on the Normandy.

    Agreed, helmets are for people who don't want bullets to go into them.

    manwiththemachinegun on
  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Recon Hood is the one that covers your whole face right?

    Yeah, I ditched that after I got tired of people recognizing me in cutscenes before I even said anything.

    Not to mention to blocked my awesome face. That could not stand.

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  • EnbotEnbot Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Headbutting just isn't the same with headgear.

    Enbot on
  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    You know what's better than the recon hood and the visor?

    This:
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  • LookFreeGrenadeLookFreeGrenade Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Nice line graph shepard is looking at.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pancake wrote: »
    You know what's better than the recon hood and the visor?

    This:
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    This is true. It's like you're checking your stocks during combat.

    Dragkonias on
  • DavorDavor Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    That would actually look so much better in motion if they took all the static crap off of it and just left the animated bits.

    Davor on
  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I want to know why Bioware isn't brave enough to let me fight in casual wear.

    -Tal on
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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dragkonias: My guy's face has an uncanny valley thing going ;I tried to make my male Shepard pretty... :(

    Pancake: I can't help but think of Star Trek: TNG with that one. I tried it..

    Egos on
  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    tofu wrote: »
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    Only ugly Shepards wear helmets. The rest of us stun enemy troops with our beauty.
    e1v9w.jpg

    That will haunt my dreams tonight. D:

    My first playthrough was using the Blood Dragon Armor from Dragon Age DLC purchase. I used it on my male Paragon Shepard Infiltrator with the default Shepard look. Suited me fine that I couldn't see his face, just as much as using Collector Armor now on my Vanguard is fine too. I see Shep's face in uniform on the Normandy enough that I don't really care.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    But I mean even without the atrocity of not being able to see your face...the DLC armor...is bad.

    Cerberus is the only acceptable one and even it is horrible because of the helmet.

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    The recon hood would definitely be my favorite, if only wearing it didn't fuck with the non-combat convo scenes so much.

    Scooter on
  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dragkonias, have you posted a picture of your Man Shepard in all his pretty glory?

    edit:
    Terminus doesn't look horrid, except you look like you would be a villain in Tron.
    Dragon = Cylon
    Collector = "why the fuck are people not scared?"

    Egos on
  • EnbotEnbot Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    You know what's better than the recon hood and the visor?

    This:
    masseffect2201002081837.jpg

    This is true. It's like you're checking your stocks during combat.

    Don't be silly. Shepard's just managing her iTunes playlist.

    I know it's been said before but Pancake, your Shepard sure is pretty!

    Enbot on
  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Egos wrote: »
    Dragkonias, have you posted a picture of your Man Shepard in all his pretty glory?

    360 version. Though still I would have to change my hair, until I can have a fabio mane he will not be perfect. Sadly, it is not an option.

    Dragkonias on
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