If I were to want to play ME2 on Insanity should I buy a weapon pack with my spare $2. If so, which one?
It isn't necessary to have the weapon pack. And if you do decide to spend the cash, the Firepower Pack is the one to get. I'd only suggest it for plays through following your first one, since it alters game balance considerably.
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But shredder ammo will always be the best.
Plush, buddy, you seem to be misspelling "incendiary." It's okay, it's a tough word
Disregard ammo, punch faces.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
regarding Tali's loyalty mission:
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
If I were to want to play ME2 on Insanity should I buy a weapon pack with my spare $2. If so, which one?
It isn't necessary to have the weapon pack. And if you do decide to spend the cash, the Firepower Pack is the one to get. I'd only suggest it for plays through following your first one, since it alters game balance considerably.
Yeah I played through it all the way through on normal with no weapon packs. I'm just looking for things that would tip the balance in my favor when I ratchet up the difficulty. No love for the Incisor that comes in the Aegis pack?
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OrcaAlso known as EspressosaurusWrexRegistered Userregular
edited September 2010
The incisor is great for your allies. It kinda sucks for you, since you don't pick up much ammo (and each shot fires off three bullets) and it's hard to get all three to consistently land where you want them.
Hm, I'll probably grab at least that one then and force Garrus to run around with it all the time. Since I played through the first time on normal I didn't micromanage my squadmates a whole lot. If I make Garrus use the sniper rifle is he smart enough to pick his other weapon when enemies get in close?
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deowolfis allowed to do that.Traffic.Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
If Garrus has the Incisor, enemies won't get close.
Sounds like it'll be me with the Mattock, Miranda with the Phalanx, and Garrus with the Incisor. And I fell in love with Adrenaline Rush so I'll probably be going Soldier again with a loyalty power of Warp Ammo.
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
Honestly, I think it is better to have your SMG/Pistol teammates just use the SMG from Tali's mission(forgot the name).
It has a high ROF and they're super accurate with it so they strip defenses like crazy. Squadmates don't seem to fire pistols nearly as fast.
Shepard's "canon" gender is whatever the hell you want it to be. Just because male Shepard is on the cover and shown in trailers doesn't mean a damn thing to being canonical. They needed to choose one for marketing, so they used the one with the facial scan, not to mention it probably appeals more to their general audience.
Seriously, in an RPG, especially a trilogy where your saves and decisions carry over, what's canon is entirely what you decide. You're all actually confusing my brain by debating what's canon in an RPG. It's not as if Mass Effect 3 is going to reverse a particular decision of yours because they liked the other option better.
Plush, buddy, you seem to be misspelling "incendiary." It's okay, it's a tough word
Incendiary ammo: +70% fire damage.
Shredder ammo: +80% humiliation damage.
SHREDDER BY TKO
"Assuming direct cont - oh shitshit Shepard's using shredder ammo on the avenger she must be super confident we are so boned releasing the fuck out of this form."
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
Ah...Shredder Ammo.
Yeah...I could take this %80 boost to HP damage.
Or I could take this %60 boost to HP and Armor damage, that panics foes.
Or maybe this %50 boost to HP, Armor, and Barrier damage, that does double(100 percent) damage to foes being affected by biotics.
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
Shredder ammo is clearly the best ammo there is but you gotta admit there's something satisfying about an enemy spontaneously combusting. Get Mordin to use incinerate and use incinerate yourself AND shoot someone with incendiery ammo and your screen turns orange.
Of course this also happens with a headshot to a YMIR. *comes over all misty eyed.*
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
The Geth live on space stations mainly. There are Geth on the ground but they're mainly caretakers and clean up crew from Legion's description.
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
The Geth live on space stations mainly. There are Geth on the ground but they're mainly caretakers and clean up crew from Legion's description.
What I don't get is if the normal Geth don't really wish harm upon their creators as Legion claims, why they can't just go and say "Oh sorry about that biggg misunderstanding, here's your homeworld back." to the Quarians? I mean there'd be no need for war if that was the case.
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
The Geth live on space stations mainly. There are Geth on the ground but they're mainly caretakers and clean up crew from Legion's description.
What I don't get is if the normal Geth don't really wish harm upon their creators as Legion claims, why they can't just go and say "Oh sorry about that biggg misunderstanding, here's your homeworld back." to the Quarians? I mean there'd be no need for war if that was the case.
Because Quarians still try to shoot every geth they see in the face. As Legion said, "the geth can't solve for peace alone"
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
The Geth live on space stations mainly. There are Geth on the ground but they're mainly caretakers and clean up crew from Legion's description.
What I don't get is if the normal Geth don't really wish harm upon their creators as Legion claims, why they can't just go and say "Oh sorry about that biggg misunderstanding, here's your homeworld back." to the Quarians? I mean there'd be no need for war if that was the case.
I'd imagine it's because the quarians attempted to commit a genocide on the geth. If they got their homeworld back they might try it again, so better let the quarians barely exist on their little space ships.
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
The Geth live on space stations mainly. There are Geth on the ground but they're mainly caretakers and clean up crew from Legion's description.
What I don't get is if the normal Geth don't really wish harm upon their creators as Legion claims, why they can't just go and say "Oh sorry about that biggg misunderstanding, here's your homeworld back." to the Quarians? I mean there'd be no need for war if that was the case.
I'd imagine it's because the quarians attempted to commit a genocide on the geth. If they got their homeworld back they might try it again, so better let the quarians barely exist on their little space ships.
Geth don't just give the Quarian homeworld back because the Quarians will try to nuke the Geth, also its kind of hard to say heres your home back sorry you tried to blow us the fuck up and ruined it your own world when standard reaction to geth sighting is to shoot it in the face, and standard reaction to geth communication is don't
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edited September 2010
The whole situation is a little like if the jews had managed to kick the Nazis out of Germany. Going all "hey, sorry about that unpleasantness, here's your nation back" would be monumentally stupid.
Quarians haven't reached consensus on the matter of Geth extinction. It's a big part of the game that you get to influence.
As long as that was up in the air, Geth adopted a wait and see approach and weren't capable of acting. Once you resolved it (however you did it), I'm sure there will be consequences in ME3.
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
The Geth live on space stations mainly. There are Geth on the ground but they're mainly caretakers and clean up crew from Legion's description.
What I don't get is if the normal Geth don't really wish harm upon their creators as Legion claims, why they can't just go and say "Oh sorry about that biggg misunderstanding, here's your homeworld back." to the Quarians? I mean there'd be no need for war if that was the case.
I'd imagine it's because the quarians attempted to commit a genocide on the geth. If they got their homeworld back they might try it again, so better let the quarians barely exist on their little space ships.
Geth don't just give the Quarian homeworld back because the Quarians will try to nuke the Geth, also its kind of hard to say heres your home back sorry you tried to blow us the fuck up and ruined it your own world when standard reaction to geth sighting is to shoot it in the face, and standard reaction to geth communication is don't
It didn't help that all the diplomatic guys sent from the Citadel into Geth territory were never heard of again, so it's a safe assumption for everyone to shoot Geth on sight.
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
The Geth live on space stations mainly. There are Geth on the ground but they're mainly caretakers and clean up crew from Legion's description.
What I don't get is if the normal Geth don't really wish harm upon their creators as Legion claims, why they can't just go and say "Oh sorry about that biggg misunderstanding, here's your homeworld back." to the Quarians? I mean there'd be no need for war if that was the case.
I'd imagine it's because the quarians attempted to commit a genocide on the geth. If they got their homeworld back they might try it again, so better let the quarians barely exist on their little space ships.
Geth don't just give the Quarian homeworld back because the Quarians will try to nuke the Geth, also its kind of hard to say heres your home back sorry you tried to blow us the fuck up and ruined it your own world when standard reaction to geth sighting is to shoot it in the face, and standard reaction to geth communication is don't
It didn't help that all the diplomatic guys sent from the Citadel into Geth territory were never heard of again, so it's a safe assumption for everyone to shoot Geth on sight.
Who says it was geth, Sovereign was also in the perseus veil maybe it was him. or Terminus pirates.
Shredder ammo is clearly the best ammo there is but you gotta admit there's something satisfying about an enemy spontaneously combusting. Get Mordin to use incinerate and use incinerate yourself AND shoot someone with incendiery ammo and your screen turns orange.
Of course this also happens with a headshot to a YMIR. *comes over all misty eyed.*
Awesome...
is it just me or does the nuke YMIR move never bloody kill a single thing
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
The Geth live on space stations mainly. There are Geth on the ground but they're mainly caretakers and clean up crew from Legion's description.
What I don't get is if the normal Geth don't really wish harm upon their creators as Legion claims, why they can't just go and say "Oh sorry about that biggg misunderstanding, here's your homeworld back." to the Quarians? I mean there'd be no need for war if that was the case.
communication has never been tried. it's like trying to ask the geth in ME1 if they'd kindly like to stop shooting you.
as far as organics are concerned, geth are dumb as cows alone, and a pack of pure death in groups. plus, it's not like they're shouting ENEMIES EVERYWHERE helpfully to let you know they speaky de english.
all of these questions only come up since legion appeared as some kind of sympathetic avatar. now everyone's all "we can underSTAND them and LOVE them" and i'm not forgetting any of their historical bullshit.
paragon response to tali's explanation of geth in ME1 is 'you created a slave race you deserve what you got'. it annoyed me then, and apparently that attitude is waaaay too prevalent in ME2 for my tastes.
i've got near-zero sympathy for the Toaster Rebellion.
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Shredder ammo is clearly the best ammo there is but you gotta admit there's something satisfying about an enemy spontaneously combusting. Get Mordin to use incinerate and use incinerate yourself AND shoot someone with incendiery ammo and your screen turns orange.
Of course this also happens with a headshot to a YMIR. *comes over all misty eyed.*
Awesome...
is it just me or does the nuke YMIR move never bloody kill a single thing
almost every time there was a place where you had to fight 2 ymirs together, like Garrus's Loyalty, i always used the nuke of blowing up ones head to totally destroy the other.
if Legion is in your group when you talk about taking back the Quarian homeworld from the geth, does he offer anything like saying "go ahead, it's where the heretics live" or whatnot?
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
The heretics don't live at the homeworld, that's where the "real" Geth live.
The Geth live on space stations mainly. There are Geth on the ground but they're mainly caretakers and clean up crew from Legion's description.
What I don't get is if the normal Geth don't really wish harm upon their creators as Legion claims, why they can't just go and say "Oh sorry about that biggg misunderstanding, here's your homeworld back." to the Quarians? I mean there'd be no need for war if that was the case.
communication has never been tried. it's like trying to ask the geth in ME1 if they'd kindly like to stop shooting you.
as far as organics are concerned, geth are dumb as cows alone, and a pack of pure death in groups. plus, it's not like they're shouting ENEMIES EVERYWHERE helpfully to let you know they speaky de english.
all of these questions only come up since legion appeared as some kind of sympathetic avatar. now everyone's all "we can underSTAND them and LOVE them" and i'm not forgetting any of their historical bullshit.
paragon response to tali's explanation of geth in ME1 is 'you created a slave race you deserve what you got'. it annoyed me then, and apparently that attitude is waaaay too prevalent in ME2 for my tastes.
i've got near-zero sympathy for the Toaster Rebellion.
Its not a rebellion if they were attacked by a military force for the crime of becoming sentient
It was self defense.
it was "oh shi apparently our toasters have reached critical mass shut em down"
there's a massive difference between a war between self-contained sentient organics and a war where you face a networked gestalt intelligence
"slave race" is a term that implies unwanted servitude forced upon sentients
these were robot gardeners who decided that losing units was inefficient, and so they nearly commited genocide
besides, they still retain a lot of their original purpose - some are of course building the Efficiency Sphere! but others are basically doing lawncare and home maintenance on Rannoch. don't tell me this wasn't a toaster rebellion.
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But shredder ammo will always be the best.
Sure it will.
Plush, buddy, you seem to be misspelling "incendiary." It's okay, it's a tough word
Warp isn't a hard word to spell.
It isn't necessary to have the weapon pack. And if you do decide to spend the cash, the Firepower Pack is the one to get. I'd only suggest it for plays through following your first one, since it alters game balance considerably.
Disregard ammo, punch faces.
I always push for the Quarians to go to war to get back their home, but if the geth just want to be left alone on the edges of space, fine.
Yeah I played through it all the way through on normal with no weapon packs. I'm just looking for things that would tip the balance in my favor when I ratchet up the difficulty. No love for the Incisor that comes in the Aegis pack?
...Saying the Mattock is awesome is like saying the sun will come out in the morning.
It's pretty much a given.
It has a high ROF and they're super accurate with it so they strip defenses like crazy. Squadmates don't seem to fire pistols nearly as fast.
Phalanx is good when you use it though.
What we have here, is a failure to deal with it.
Incendiary ammo: +70% fire damage.
Shredder ammo: +80% humiliation damage.
SHREDDER BY TKO
Yeah...I could take this %80 boost to HP damage.
Or I could take this %60 boost to HP and Armor damage, that panics foes.
Or maybe this %50 boost to HP, Armor, and Barrier damage, that does double(100 percent) damage to foes being affected by biotics.
Or...any of the others that don't suck.
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Of course this also happens with a headshot to a YMIR. *comes over all misty eyed.*
Awesome...
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As long as that was up in the air, Geth adopted a wait and see approach and weren't capable of acting. Once you resolved it (however you did it), I'm sure there will be consequences in ME3.
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is it just me or does the nuke YMIR move never bloody kill a single thing
communication has never been tried. it's like trying to ask the geth in ME1 if they'd kindly like to stop shooting you.
as far as organics are concerned, geth are dumb as cows alone, and a pack of pure death in groups. plus, it's not like they're shouting ENEMIES EVERYWHERE helpfully to let you know they speaky de english.
all of these questions only come up since legion appeared as some kind of sympathetic avatar. now everyone's all "we can underSTAND them and LOVE them" and i'm not forgetting any of their historical bullshit.
paragon response to tali's explanation of geth in ME1 is 'you created a slave race you deserve what you got'. it annoyed me then, and apparently that attitude is waaaay too prevalent in ME2 for my tastes.
i've got near-zero sympathy for the Toaster Rebellion.
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almost every time there was a place where you had to fight 2 ymirs together, like Garrus's Loyalty, i always used the nuke of blowing up ones head to totally destroy the other.
Its not a rebellion if they were attacked by a military force for the crime of becoming sentient
It was self defense.
it was "oh shi apparently our toasters have reached critical mass shut em down"
there's a massive difference between a war between self-contained sentient organics and a war where you face a networked gestalt intelligence
"slave race" is a term that implies unwanted servitude forced upon sentients
these were robot gardeners who decided that losing units was inefficient, and so they nearly commited genocide
besides, they still retain a lot of their original purpose - some are of course building the Efficiency Sphere! but others are basically doing lawncare and home maintenance on Rannoch. don't tell me this wasn't a toaster rebellion.
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