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[Mass Effect] Put all ME3 discussion in spoiler tags. ALL OF IT.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    you either find a way to win that doesn't involve playing god with a sentient race or you die

    deal with it

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I wish Nihlus from the first game was on your team. That guy had his shit together.

    yeah, he sure did have some dialogue and then appear in three scenes and get killed offscreen

    so what you're saying is that he's probably still alive

    because if zaeed died offscreen everyone'd be all HAHA HE'S GONNA KILL YOU LATERS ;0

    well that's because Zaeed's entire thing is surviving impossible scenarios

    nah, his entire thing is getting caught on fire and exploding

    you just made zaeed's list

    it's not a good list to be on

    oh no a mercenary is mad at me oh nooooooooooooo

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    playing god?

    please

    the genophage is a more finely crafted work of art than one any god ever produced

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    I mean jesus haven't any of these assholes heard of the prime directive

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    it's a pretty crummy directive

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    I mean jesus haven't any of these assholes heard of the prime directive

    To be fair Star Trek didn't exist when these wars happened.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    all science is playing god if you want to pull that phrase into the argument

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    I mean jesus haven't any of these assholes heard of the prime directive

    well but the idea is that they already fucked with the krogan so they needed to fuck with them some more to account for the initial fucking

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    I wish Nihlus from the first game was on your team. That guy had his shit together.

    yeah, he sure did have some dialogue and then appear in three scenes and get killed offscreen

    so what you're saying is that he's probably still alive

    because if zaeed died offscreen everyone'd be all HAHA HE'S GONNA KILL YOU LATERS ;0

    well that's because Zaeed's entire thing is surviving impossible scenarios

    nah, his entire thing is getting caught on fire and exploding

    you just made zaeed's list

    it's not a good list to be on

    oh no a mercenary is mad at me oh nooooooooooooo


    Man just stay out of any Refinery missions in three. That's all we're saying.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    also they tell you who to send in to the suicide mission!

    they're like SOMEONE WITH TECH ABILITIES SHOULD PROBABLY GO HERE

    YOU KNOW

    SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT TECH STUFF

    MAYBE AN ENGINEER? JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.

  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    I know! i'll send Mordin in! he loves learning new things!

  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    nihlus had cooler face paint than garrus

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    that is true

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Melding wrote: »
    I know! i'll send Mordin in! he loves learning new things!

    Man you send Jacob in for that shit. Dudes allways talking about his new Omnitool.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    nihlus has one thing going for him

    the first time I played ME I saw the thing with the footage from eden prime and it cuts back to nihlus and his mandibles twitch

    and I though that is a good touch this will be a thing that I will enjoy

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    Langly wrote: »
    that is true

    but he also went out like a bitch

    furthering the boba fett comparison

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    nihlus has one thing going for him

    the first time I played ME I saw the thing with the footage from eden prime and it cuts back to nihlus and his mandibles twitch

    and I though that is a good touch this will be a thing that I will enjoy

    i always thought that twitch of recognition meant that it wasn't the first time he'd seen sovereign

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  • Renegade WolfRenegade Wolf Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    nihlus has one thing going for him

    the first time I played ME I saw the thing with the footage from eden prime and it cuts back to nihlus and his mandibles twitch

    and I though that is a good touch this will be a thing that I will enjoy

    I look forward to that mandible twitch whenever I play ME1

    and I thought Nihlus and Garrus were both good

    Most Turians are pretty cool really

  • biggitiobiggitio Registered User regular
    I always took it as a moment when a council Spectre had a legitimate moment of uncertainty and fear.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    nihlus has one thing going for him

    the first time I played ME I saw the thing with the footage from eden prime and it cuts back to nihlus and his mandibles twitch

    and I though that is a good touch this will be a thing that I will enjoy

    i always thought that twitch of recognition meant that it wasn't the first time he'd seen sovereign

    Soveregin is apparently known as Saren's Flagship but if that was the case he definitely should not have turned his back on Saren.

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    biggitio wrote: »
    I always took it as a moment when a council Spectre had a legitimate moment of uncertainty and fear.

    Same here.

    Regardless of the meaning, though, it's a great bit of body language.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    Langly wrote: »
    also they tell you who to send in to the suicide mission!

    they're like SOMEONE WITH TECH ABILITIES SHOULD PROBABLY GO HERE

    YOU KNOW

    SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT TECH STUFF

    MAYBE AN ENGINEER? JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.

    I sent in Legion

    the problem is I picked a bad guy to lead the fireteam and he got shot in the head

    then I picked grunt to lead the other fireteam and he got shot in the gut

    and then I didn't send mordin back with the crew so he died too

    none of this shit was clear to me the first time

    I picked a good hacker and a good biotic and that's it

    you'd think any of these cunts could lead a fireteam with all the combat they see but NO APPARENTLY NOT

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    i beat mass effect and mass effect 2
    saved my entire crew and squad

  • Renegade WolfRenegade Wolf Registered User regular
    Langly wrote: »
    also they tell you who to send in to the suicide mission!

    they're like SOMEONE WITH TECH ABILITIES SHOULD PROBABLY GO HERE

    YOU KNOW

    SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT TECH STUFF

    MAYBE AN ENGINEER? JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.

    I sent in Legion

    the problem is I picked a bad guy to lead the fireteam and he got shot in the head

    then I picked grunt to lead the other fireteam and he got shot in the gut

    and then I didn't send mordin back with the crew so he died too

    none of this shit was clear to me the first time

    I picked a good hacker and a good biotic and that's it

    you'd think any of these cunts could lead a fireteam with all the combat they see but NO APPARENTLY NOT

    I sent Grunt with the second fire team as well

    It said it was for a distraction so I figured the biggest and angriest squad mate was the best choice

  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    but I'm glad I have a playthrough with a few people dead

    hopefully that will be addressed with some story complexity rather than straight up "WELP TOO BAD NOW YOU CAN'T DO THIS"

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    Man, either I've just been crowned God Sentinel King of all Turians and didn't get the memo, or there's some bugginess in how the power amp applies bonuses to AoE overload.

    Cuz I was just playing some silver rounds with pubbies and suddenly I'm able to kill turrets with one overload. From full health. And nemesis. AND phantoms. I've even seen nemesis' die from the secondary shocks, the ones that're supposedly only 60% of your base damage. That seems most definitely off. My tank sentinel should really not be getting 50+ tech kills on silver. Or even on bronze!

    Normally overload with stun you kinda see a first flash that does the damage, and then a second shock which's the stun. I'm sort of wondering if the power bonus isn't accidentally giving both shocks full damage or something. Because right now I feel like I'm cheating...

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    yeah, something is broken with chain overload

    like as in chain overload does more damage to a single target than overload specced solely for damage to a single target

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited March 2012
    So what you're saying is I haven't been crowned God Sentinel King?

    o_O

    Kana on
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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    Langly wrote: »
    also they tell you who to send in to the suicide mission!

    they're like SOMEONE WITH TECH ABILITIES SHOULD PROBABLY GO HERE

    YOU KNOW

    SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT TECH STUFF

    MAYBE AN ENGINEER? JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.

    I sent in Legion

    the problem is I picked a bad guy to lead the fireteam and he got shot in the head

    then I picked grunt to lead the other fireteam and he got shot in the gut

    and then I didn't send mordin back with the crew so he died too

    none of this shit was clear to me the first time

    I picked a good hacker and a good biotic and that's it

    you'd think any of these cunts could lead a fireteam with all the combat they see but NO APPARENTLY NOT

    I sent Grunt with the second fire team as well

    It said it was for a distraction so I figured the biggest and angriest squad mate was the best choice

    looking back I'm pretty sure that was my rationale as well

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited March 2012
    Stilts wrote: »
    biggitio wrote: »
    I always took it as a moment when a council Spectre had a legitimate moment of uncertainty and fear.

    Same here.

    Regardless of the meaning, though, it's a great bit of body language.
    Agreed. I loved that little touch; it's the same thing with Legion and his 'faceplates'. The fact that BW took the time to animate something as minute like a nostril flare was great.

    Langly wrote: »
    can anyone give me infiltrator advice?

    I don't have anything other than human female. Right now I have full cloak and full Alliance training, and two in sticky grenade and three in cryo blast and two in fitness.

    Which one should I pump up? Cryo blast or sticky grenade?

    Also it seemed like fitness would be a waste since I should be trying to not get hit.
    Pump Fitness and Sticky Grenade.

    If you're sniping, things that take damage from Cryo are easily killed with your gun, and Sticky Grenades are more useful as an AoE thing anyway.

    Sorce on
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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    Samara as biotic
    Legion as hacker
    Garrus as fire team leader
    I think these were my choices

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    Oh god finally finished a gold wave! 330k xp and 60k credits in one run!
    To bad level 19 needs like 500k, and I'm guessing 20 is at a million

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    Man I am not convinced by the carnifex. I think I like the M5-phalanx better for an adept

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited March 2012
    I never lost anyone.

    Because I thought things through.

    Weaver on
  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    well shucks if'n I had them brain smarts like you I 'spose I wouldn'ta lost nobody neither!

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    Weaver wrote: »
    I never lost anyone.

    Because I thought things through.

    Same here

    This requires a biotic? How about the most powerful biotic in the galaxy

    This requires a military leader? How about a dude who led an extremely successful vigilante band

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Langly wrote: »
    does anyone want to pc game?

    What is your PC origin account @Langly?

    Mine is munkusbeaver

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    I never lost anyone.

    Because I thought things through.

    Same here

    This requires a biotic? How about the most powerful biotic in the galaxy

    This requires a military leader? How about a dude who led an extremely successful vigilante band
    You need a hacker? How about the single most advanced AI in the galaxy apart from the reapers?
    The choices were pretty clear, but of course there have to be wrong choices, too

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    Man I can totally understand why someone would prefer the mattock, it does really nice damage

    but god damn if my finger is going to put up with clicking for every single bullet I want to shoot.

    Also this stepped-up unlock is nice and all, if we hadn't spent the last week unlocking all those guys the hard way already.

    And I still don't have my revenant. Just gimme a few rounds with the revenant bioware, and then I can retire from the demo in peace!

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    I never lost anyone.

    Because I thought things through.

    Same here

    This requires a biotic? How about the most powerful biotic in the galaxy

    This requires a military leader? How about a dude who led an extremely successful vigilante band

    until they got killed, anyway

    well you guys can masturbate over your BRILLIANT TACTICAL MINDS all you want

    I saved everyone eventually, but I am looking forward to my casualties playthrough more

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