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[Mass Effect]: 4 months in, feeling old yet?

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Graviija wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Orca wrote: »
    Popesnax wrote: »
    but Jack is so much more agreeable than Miranda

    she didn't kidnap no babies

    Jack needs some hair. And to show some respect. I'm the goddamn Shepard, and you don't fuck with Shepard.
    You know, it kind of pisses me off that a lot of characters in ME2 think they can take you. Samara's like, "I'll have to kill you if you do bad stuff in this mission." Jack is like, "Don't fuck with me or I'll kill you." Zaeed is like, "Don't stop me from taking down Vido or I'll kill you." (though, to be fair, you can say to Zaeed "Who do you think you're dealing with?) And of course all the 'bad guys' who try to take you down.

    There should be more people who say, "No fucking way am I going to fight Shepard." I want more people to bow down to Shepard's obvious superiority.
    isn't that basically the point of the intimidate options

    "fuck, I ain't gettin' paid enough for this"
    Hah, you know, I've never actually taken the Renegade choices, so I guess I've just been missing out.

    I think it would be pretty cool, really late in the game, if every 1 in 20 mercs that you came across just straight up ran away screaming. Like, actually make your badass-itude have a (minor) effect on the gameplay. Then again, I'd love that for just about every game where you ultimately become an invincible supergod.

    The renegade interrupts are the best part of the game.

    Scooter on
  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    well the interrupts tend to be straight-up murdering the dude, not so much "fuck you, I'm shepard"

    still

    they are awesome

    Elendil on
  • deowolfdeowolf is allowed to do that. Traffic.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    well the interrupts tend to be straight-up murdering the dude, not so much "fuck you, I'm shepard"

    still

    they are awesome

    They mean the same thing, in most languages.

    deowolf on
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  • envoy1envoy1 the old continentRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The running away from shep's awesomeness should really only work for renegade shepard. It would be a bit boring for the game though. Oh, I guess I didn't need my Quadbuster 4000 to taked down these mercs because they all ran away.

    envoy1 on
  • PopesnaxPopesnax Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Orca wrote: »
    Popesnax wrote: »
    but Jack is so much more agreeable than Miranda

    she didn't kidnap no babies

    Jack needs some hair. And to show some respect. I'm the goddamn Shepard, and you don't fuck with Shepard.
    You know, it kind of pisses me off that a lot of characters in ME2 think they can take you. Samara's like, "I'll have to kill you if you do bad stuff in this mission." Jack is like, "Don't fuck with me or I'll kill you." Zaeed is like, "Don't stop me from taking down Vido or I'll kill you." (though, to be fair, you can say to Zaeed "Who do you think you're dealing with?) And of course all the 'bad guys' who try to take you down.

    There should be more people who say, "No fucking way am I going to fight Shepard." I want more people to bow down to Shepard's obvious superiority.
    isn't that basically the point of the intimidate options

    "fuck, I ain't gettin' paid enough for this"

    I never noticed this until my third playthrough, but when you wake up grunt there's a renegade interrupt where you actually do shoot him repeatedly in the face until he backs down.

    Popesnax on
  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    It's such an awesome renegade interrupt that if you don't take it, Shepard goes ahead and takes it for you.

    Shepard won't tolerate your weak shit.

    SoundsPlush on
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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Graviija wrote: »
    Orca wrote: »
    Popesnax wrote: »
    but Jack is so much more agreeable than Miranda

    she didn't kidnap no babies

    Jack needs some hair. And to show some respect. I'm the goddamn Shepard, and you don't fuck with Shepard.
    You know, it kind of pisses me off that a lot of characters in ME2 think they can take you. Samara's like, "I'll have to kill you if you do bad stuff in this mission." Jack is like, "Don't fuck with me or I'll kill you." Zaeed is like, "Don't stop me from taking down Vido or I'll kill you." (though, to be fair, you can say to Zaeed "Who do you think you're dealing with?) And of course all the 'bad guys' who try to take you down.

    There should be more people who say, "No fucking way am I going to fight Shepard." I want more people to bow down to Shepard's obvious superiority.

    I'm massively with you on this. The Paragon response for such a threat should just be Shepherd raising an eyebrow disbelievingly. The Renegade one is the cracking of knuckles. Or kneecapping. I mean, there's always room for more kneecapping.

    Solar on
  • GraviijaGraviija Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    envoy1 wrote: »
    The running away from shep's awesomeness should really only work for renegade shepard. It would be a bit boring for the game though. Oh, I guess I didn't need my Quadbuster 4000 to taked down these mercs because they all ran away.
    I wouldn't want them all to run away. Just have one guy every few missions who freaks out a little and tries to run. Then you could let him go/leave him alone or shoot him in the face.

    Graviija on
  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Solar wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Orca wrote: »
    Popesnax wrote: »
    but Jack is so much more agreeable than Miranda

    she didn't kidnap no babies

    Jack needs some hair. And to show some respect. I'm the goddamn Shepard, and you don't fuck with Shepard.
    You know, it kind of pisses me off that a lot of characters in ME2 think they can take you. Samara's like, "I'll have to kill you if you do bad stuff in this mission." Jack is like, "Don't fuck with me or I'll kill you." Zaeed is like, "Don't stop me from taking down Vido or I'll kill you." (though, to be fair, you can say to Zaeed "Who do you think you're dealing with?) And of course all the 'bad guys' who try to take you down.

    There should be more people who say, "No fucking way am I going to fight Shepard." I want more people to bow down to Shepard's obvious superiority.

    I'm massively with you on this. The Paragon response for such a threat should just be Shepherd raising an eyebrow disbelievingly. The Renegade one is the cracking of knuckles. Or kneecapping. I mean, there's always room for more kneecapping.

    The paragon response whould be shepard tickling the mouthy NPC stating "There don't you feel silly now?"

    Jubal77 on
  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Popesnax wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Orca wrote: »
    Popesnax wrote: »
    but Jack is so much more agreeable than Miranda

    she didn't kidnap no babies

    Jack needs some hair. And to show some respect. I'm the goddamn Shepard, and you don't fuck with Shepard.
    You know, it kind of pisses me off that a lot of characters in ME2 think they can take you. Samara's like, "I'll have to kill you if you do bad stuff in this mission." Jack is like, "Don't fuck with me or I'll kill you." Zaeed is like, "Don't stop me from taking down Vido or I'll kill you." (though, to be fair, you can say to Zaeed "Who do you think you're dealing with?) And of course all the 'bad guys' who try to take you down.

    There should be more people who say, "No fucking way am I going to fight Shepard." I want more people to bow down to Shepard's obvious superiority.
    isn't that basically the point of the intimidate options

    "fuck, I ain't gettin' paid enough for this"

    I never noticed this until my third playthrough, but when you wake up grunt there's a renegade interrupt where you actually do shoot him repeatedly in the face until he backs down.

    I tried that during my Insanity run. I was like, "I wonder what would happen if I didn't use the colored text options to talk him down?"

    I was so glad I did that interrupt.

    Stilts on
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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Graviija wrote: »
    envoy1 wrote: »
    The running away from shep's awesomeness should really only work for renegade shepard. It would be a bit boring for the game though. Oh, I guess I didn't need my Quadbuster 4000 to taked down these mercs because they all ran away.
    I wouldn't want them all to run away. Just have one guy every few missions who freaks out a little and tries to run. Then you could let him go/leave him alone or shoot him in the face.
    vanguard charge

    Elendil on
  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    envoy1 wrote: »
    The running away from shep's awesomeness should really only work for renegade shepard. It would be a bit boring for the game though. Oh, I guess I didn't need my Quadbuster 4000 to taked down these mercs because they all ran away.
    I wouldn't want them all to run away. Just have one guy every few missions who freaks out a little and tries to run. Then you could let him go/leave him alone or shoot him in the face.
    vanguard charge

    You cannot run from me, fool.

    Solar on
  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Stilts wrote: »
    Popesnax wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Orca wrote: »
    Popesnax wrote: »
    but Jack is so much more agreeable than Miranda

    she didn't kidnap no babies

    Jack needs some hair. And to show some respect. I'm the goddamn Shepard, and you don't fuck with Shepard.
    You know, it kind of pisses me off that a lot of characters in ME2 think they can take you. Samara's like, "I'll have to kill you if you do bad stuff in this mission." Jack is like, "Don't fuck with me or I'll kill you." Zaeed is like, "Don't stop me from taking down Vido or I'll kill you." (though, to be fair, you can say to Zaeed "Who do you think you're dealing with?) And of course all the 'bad guys' who try to take you down.

    There should be more people who say, "No fucking way am I going to fight Shepard." I want more people to bow down to Shepard's obvious superiority.
    isn't that basically the point of the intimidate options

    "fuck, I ain't gettin' paid enough for this"

    I never noticed this until my third playthrough, but when you wake up grunt there's a renegade interrupt where you actually do shoot him repeatedly in the face until he backs down.

    I tried that during my Insanity run. I was like, "I wonder what would happen if I didn't use the colored text options to talk him down?"

    I was so glad I did that interrupt.

    Woah, really? Does anyone have a clip of this?

    Didgeridoo on
  • ArteenArteen Adept ValeRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Thank you, Arteen!

    Didgeridoo on
  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I wish the Vanguard Charge worked a little like the TF2 Targe charge.

    TrippyJing on
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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    I wish the Vanguard Charge worked a little like the TF2 Targe charge.

    How's that?

    Orca on
  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Orca wrote: »
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    I wish the Vanguard Charge worked a little like the TF2 Targe charge.

    How's that?

    Screaming scotsman? Or maybe a critical shot if timed just so.

    Skeith on
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  • BobbleBobble Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    envoy1 wrote: »
    EDIT: and another thing: for two bitches who supposedly hate each other, Miranda and Jack are an absolute killer combo as a team. Very, very complementary, particularly on collector heavy missions. It's a shame in a way that character interaction cannot be developed through combat experience.

    I've gotta say, I would be fascinated if a game added something like this. 2 characters spend a lot of time around each other? They develop a relationship. Maybe you bring Zaeed and Jacob on a few missions, then see them chatting in the mess in between at some point. Maybe a long-standing Miranda/Jack combo nets them a begrudging respect that entirely prevents the catfight. Maybe femshep flirts with both Garrus and Jacob, brings them both on a mission, and they duke it out after some 'accidental' friendly fire, necessitating Shepard intervention.

    Lots of content that'd never be seen, etc. etc. but still, the possibilities are fun to consider.

    Bobble on
  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Orca wrote: »
    Popesnax wrote: »
    but Jack is so much more agreeable than Miranda

    she didn't kidnap no babies

    Jack needs some hair. And to show some respect. I'm the goddamn Shepard, and you don't fuck with Shepard.

    Paragon Romancing Jack should turn her into

    jack.jpg

    in ME3

    Buttcleft on
  • deowolfdeowolf is allowed to do that. Traffic.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Improvement.

    deowolf on
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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Bobble wrote: »
    envoy1 wrote: »
    EDIT: and another thing: for two bitches who supposedly hate each other, Miranda and Jack are an absolute killer combo as a team. Very, very complementary, particularly on collector heavy missions. It's a shame in a way that character interaction cannot be developed through combat experience.

    I've gotta say, I would be fascinated if a game added something like this. 2 characters spend a lot of time around each other? They develop a relationship.

    Fire Emblem. Not considerable depth to it, since there's so many characters and the pairings only have three or four levels, but the idea has been done.

    It'd be excellent to see squad relations in games with more involved stories like ME, though. One of the nascent gems of KoTOR II.

    SoundsPlush on
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  • battledrillbattledrill Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Mass Effect 2 is 19.99 this week at Kmart Stores.

    Apologies if this has been noted before.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Bobble wrote: »
    Maybe you bring Zaeed and Jacob on a few missions, then see them chatting in the mess in between at some point.

    Zaeed isn't big on "chatting".

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Bobble wrote: »
    Maybe you bring Zaeed and Jacob on a few missions, then see them chatting in the mess in between at some point.

    Zaeed isn't big on "chatting".

    Zaeed in the mess, lovingly stroking Jessie, as he eats mashed potatoes

    Reminiscently mumbling about their past adventures

    Buttcleft on
  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Zaeed got stabbed by a pole in my recent playthrough

    his death grunt sounded like a roar

    -Tal on
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  • GraviijaGraviija Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Bobble wrote: »
    Maybe you bring Zaeed and Jacob on a few missions, then see them chatting in the mess in between at some point.

    Zaeed isn't big on "chatting".

    Zaeed in the mess, lovingly stroking Jessie, as he eats mashed potatoes

    Reminiscently mumbling about their past adventures
    Zaeed in the mess, telling Garrus about all the times his team died and he got out, feeling great about it.

    Garrus's left eye twitches furiously.

    Graviija on
  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Graviija wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Bobble wrote: »
    Maybe you bring Zaeed and Jacob on a few missions, then see them chatting in the mess in between at some point.

    Zaeed isn't big on "chatting".

    Zaeed in the mess, lovingly stroking Jessie, as he eats mashed potatoes

    Reminiscently mumbling about their past adventures
    Zaeed in the mess, telling Garrus about all the times his team died and he got out, feeling great about it.

    Garrus's left eye twitches furiously.

    no, Garrus's mandible twitches. Like Nih's in ME1

    Buttcleft on
  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Graviija wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Bobble wrote: »
    Maybe you bring Zaeed and Jacob on a few missions, then see them chatting in the mess in between at some point.

    Zaeed isn't big on "chatting".

    Zaeed in the mess, lovingly stroking Jessie, as he eats mashed potatoes

    Reminiscently mumbling about their past adventures
    Zaeed in the mess, telling Garrus about all the times his team died and he got out, feeling great about it.

    Garrus's left eye twitches furiously.

    no, Garrus's mandible twitches. Like Nih's in ME1

    ME3 Garrus needs a robo mandible. When asked about it, he notes that he did it exacty to look more awesome.

    electricitylikesme on
  • SnowblindvictimSnowblindvictim Flying casual Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Okay quick question.
    I just finished doing the collector ship mission.
    Now then, can I go back to doing side assignments without being interrupted by TIM?

    Snowblindvictim on
  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Okay quick question.
    I just finished doing the collector ship mission.
    Now then, can I go back to doing side assignments without being interrupted by TIM?

    yep

    also this is a funny picture of Jack
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    also also, Overlord!

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Is Overlord out? I just finished up Vanguarding things and need more ME2.

    electricitylikesme on
  • TethTeth __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    I still haven't played the Kasumi DLC. I should get on that. I also was thinking that if you put pigtails and a miniskirt on Jack she could be a Suicide Girl.

    Teth on
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  • LeoniusLeonius Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Teth wrote: »
    I still haven't played the Kasumi DLC. I should get on that. I also was thinking that if you put pigtails and a miniskirt on Jack she could be a Suicide Girl.

    i would thoroughly enjoy a jack with hair. maybe enough for bad fanfiction.

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  • TethTeth __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    Leonius wrote: »
    Teth wrote: »
    I still haven't played the Kasumi DLC. I should get on that. I also was thinking that if you put pigtails and a miniskirt on Jack she could be a Suicide Girl.

    i would thoroughly enjoy a jack with hair. maybe enough for bad fanfiction.

    I hate to admit it, but yea, I'd dig Jack with hair more than Miranda Lawson's elegant buttocks.

    Teth on
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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Teth wrote: »
    Leonius wrote: »
    Teth wrote: »
    I still haven't played the Kasumi DLC. I should get on that. I also was thinking that if you put pigtails and a miniskirt on Jack she could be a Suicide Girl.

    i would thoroughly enjoy a jack with hair. maybe enough for bad fanfiction.

    I hate to admit it, but yea, I'd dig Jack with hair more than Miranda Lawson's elegant buttocks.

    You cannot deny 'dat ass.

    Orca on
  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I kinda dig shaved chicks, but I would also enjoy seeing what Jack would look like with hair in ME3.

    Scooter on
  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Scooter wrote: »
    I kinda dig shaved chicks, but I would also enjoy seeing what Jack would look like with hair in ME3.

    That would cover up some of her tattoos and that is COMPLETELY unacceptable.

    Plus I'm not really seeing a reason why she'd stick around for ME3. I guess it's time for the Mass Effect thread to start talking about who's going to make the cut for ME3?

    Orca on
  • ArteenArteen Adept ValeRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Overlord is out on Xbox now.

    Arteen on
  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Arteen wrote: »
    Overlord is out on Xbox now.

    Bastards. It's still not showing up on Bioware's social site yet.

    Orca on
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