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You are a highly trained X sent on a simple mission to Y fighting the Evil Z. Or is it? Soon after the adventure begins, it is clear there is more to your hero X than meets the eye! After taking advice from the wise M, you and your rag tag band of misfits begin a great quest to end the great conflict ABC. Each location visited brings you closer to your goal until! A shocking revelation rocks you to your core! As you rush until the final confrontation with overlord H!
At some level, there has to be that sort of branching out and then collapsing back into a single narrative, or the game would be too large to produce. But the extraordinarily predictable "first town you hit you will lose access to at some point" thing was surprising in ME2 because it didn't happen. I was expecting Omega to get taken out by the Collectors sooner or later, because the same thing had happened with every prior game, all the way back to Baldur's Gate.
Let's be honest, they just forgot.
But there isn't more to Shepard than meets the eye.
She's Commander Shepard, SPACE BADASS. And everyone else just has to deal with it.
Most of the time you started as an apparent chump, like the newly recruited jedi, the student monk, or the little baby from Candlekeep who would die a million fucking times because of goddamned wolves. Shepard already starting as massive badass N7 was a break from tradition.
Suddenly having a GPS X doesnt seem so unfair when I have no other gold weapon above VI
Tried it on my Geth Engi. Key point - I did this as host. OMG
Just played another game as host on this. Nobody complained of lag - I think I will just host from now on.
Me - 140k
2nd place - 65k
3rd - 60k
4th - 50k
This is insane. I've gone from being able to hit basically nothing with the GPS ever, to being a walking god. Maybe i should try this on my Geth Infiltrator.
Oh man, are you in for a treat with the Infiltrator. Hunter bonus plus Cloak bonus.
Pound for pound, the Gethfiltrator with a GPS X is the best Gold killing machine around. One-shots most mooks, two-shots the rest, and does severe damage to bosses. Only a few minor drawbacks: inconsistent ability to one-shot drop Guardians, can be difficult to drop a Banshee quickly unless a teammate is locking her, and the GPS has some susceptibility to bad connections.
Your mom.
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chiasaur11Never doubt a raccoon.Do you think it's trademarked?Registered Userregular
This talk about Baldur's Gate made me realize something.
Thresher Maws are just Space Ankhegs.
Farmers in the Mass Effect universe have it really rough!
This could explain why the Quarians consider the Widow sniper rifle to be an agricultural tool.
As a side note, I just re-played the Geth Consensus bit.
The Widow isn't an agricultral tool, it was an agricultural geth that picked up the thing to protect domestic geth. So the gun was still a gun, but somehow the farming platform understood how to kill some Creator bitches with it better than the domestic geth platforms.
Of course, that doesn't preclude the Widow being an agricultural tool; they just never mention it specifically. I still like to think that they use it to dig holes for fenceposts.
I heard from a guy that heard from a guy that this is Dragon Age 3's ending:
rocks fall, everybody dies
Well it worked for
NWN2.
Now there was an ending that pissed me right off. I still have a bad enough taste in my mouth that I still can't start Mask of the Betrayer.
Anyway, I played one MP match last weekend. I specified Bronze/Unknown/Unknown, but got dumped in a silver match during wave 3, with my level 14 human sentinel and my Tempest I.
I finished 2nd in points on a full extraction. I was immediately booted in the lobby.
AchireIsn't life disappointing? Yes, it is.Registered Userregular
Mask of the Betrayer is really quite good. I would definitely recommend it if you like Planescape: Torment.
Also, the "evil" ending of NWN2 was quite satisfying. I got that first and kept wondering why everyone hated the ending.
I don't understand why people kick on Silver. Most of the time there seems to be at least one person who could solo the whole thing if they wanted to. To me, people being too good for Silver making it a boring competition to get kills is more of a problem than someone joining with a level 1.
There are just a lot of assholes who are terrible players, that's really it. Silver is their first taste of how them screwing up can lead to everyone else getting killed but they refuse to blame themselves. No, we didn't wipe because that guy is only level 14, we wiped because you ran into the first cluster of enemies you saw and got yourself killed, then someone else died trying to save your stupid ass.
That being said, it's really fun to be the only one refusing to vote kick and listening to them complain on the rare occasion someone has a working microphone.
Why do so many high N7 rating players run straight for the extraction? You'd think they would have realized by now that drawing every single enemy to the extract isn't an awesome idea, and quite often fucks over the entire team.
Why do so many high N7 rating players run straight for the extraction? You'd think they would have realized by now that drawing every single enemy to the extract isn't an awesome idea, and quite often fucks over the entire team.
On some maps, the extraction point is very easy to defend if you have an explosion-oriented team. Geth White Gold, for example, is very easy to defend the extraction point, and very difficult to flee from the normal defensive points.
Why do so many high N7 rating players run straight for the extraction? You'd think they would have realized by now that drawing every single enemy to the extract isn't an awesome idea, and quite often fucks over the entire team.
On some maps, the extraction point is very easy to defend if you have an explosion-oriented team. Geth White Gold, for example, is very easy to defend the extraction point, and very difficult to flee from the normal defensive points.
For some reason, every time I play on Reactor, everyone insists on defending the evac point, despite the fact that it gets overrun every time.
Why do so many high N7 rating players run straight for the extraction? You'd think they would have realized by now that drawing every single enemy to the extract isn't an awesome idea, and quite often fucks over the entire team.
On some maps, the extraction point is very easy to defend if you have an explosion-oriented team. Geth White Gold, for example, is very easy to defend the extraction point, and very difficult to flee from the normal defensive points.
For some reason, every time I play on Reactor, everyone insists on defending the evac point, despite the fact that it gets overrun every time.
I played in 2-3 games where some event or somebody knew how to change the extraction point during the extraction period. It would be in one spot, we'd start to get overrun, and somehow it got reassigned to the alternate spot on the map.
if people don't have mics, you may as well go to the extraction point, because that's where everyone else is gonna go
everybody has their own extraction methods, and it doesn't do anyone any favors if one guy goes running off to the ass end of the map to wait it out while everyone else goes straight to extraction anyway, leaving the first guy completely isolated and the other three down a man
you really need to be able to coordinate that shit
I dunno. I don't think you need mics. It should be pretty obvious what the majority of the group wants to do. By Wave 11 I've pretty much made up my mind who has their shit together as well.
if people don't have mics, you may as well go to the extraction point, because that's where everyone else is gonna go
everybody has their own extraction methods, and it doesn't do anyone any favors if one guy goes running off to the ass end of the map to wait it out while everyone else goes straight to extraction anyway, leaving the first guy completely isolated and the other three down a man
you really need to be able to coordinate that shit
Imean, if he's somehow able to pull enemies away to the ass end of the map. And most importantly, not die
if people don't have mics, you may as well go to the extraction point, because that's where everyone else is gonna go
everybody has their own extraction methods, and it doesn't do anyone any favors if one guy goes running off to the ass end of the map to wait it out while everyone else goes straight to extraction anyway, leaving the first guy completely isolated and the other three down a man
you really need to be able to coordinate that shit
Imean, if he's somehow able to pull enemies away to the ass end of the map. And most importantly, not die
That's typically what I do when I'm playing a kroguard: find a Banshee or an Atlas and kite that fucker around so it's not jumping on my team.
More importantly it means that I'm not hanging around the extraction point waiting for a Banshee or a Phantom to instakill me because they're everywhere and i'm right next to them and oh god
Leveled another soldier to 20 last night and had to decide what to do with my credits - either 5 vet packs to fill out my uncommons or one PSP. I've been using my uncommon weapons a great deal so I was really tempted to go for quantity over (potential) quality. But I finally decided I was feeling lucky and got the PSP... and a Black Widow I! Good choice affirmed.
> turn on light Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
Dhalphirdon't you open that trapdooryou're a fool if you dareRegistered Userregular
I always wonder why an entire group will leave after a highly successful run. I mean, I get that one or two of them might have been on their last game of the night, but surely at least 1 or 2 would stick around.
I always wonder why an entire group will leave after a highly successful run. I mean, I get that one or two of them might have been on their last game of the night, but surely at least 1 or 2 would stick around.
I used to, until I started getting kicked for not being "ready" as soon as the round ends. If I want to tinker with my loadout, or even just take 10 seconds to do equipment, I drop from the lobby.
I always wonder why an entire group will leave after a highly successful run. I mean, I get that one or two of them might have been on their last game of the night, but surely at least 1 or 2 would stick around.
Keep in mind there is a surprising number of people who don't realize that the window that pops up when the host leaves doesn't have to be clicked so they automatically bail if the host leaves by closing the popup out of habit.
I always wonder why an entire group will leave after a highly successful run. I mean, I get that one or two of them might have been on their last game of the night, but surely at least 1 or 2 would stick around.
It depends. Sometimes, I just didn't have fun and want a new group. Sometimes, I'm just content with what I've done and want something different, because the group might be sticking to one enemy or one map.
I always wonder why an entire group will leave after a highly successful run. I mean, I get that one or two of them might have been on their last game of the night, but surely at least 1 or 2 would stick around.
Keep in mind there is a surprising number of people who don't realize that the window that pops up when the host leaves doesn't have to be clicked so they automatically bail if the host leaves by closing the popup out of habit.
It's just a really badly designed UI element. People want to click "OK" but there's only the exit game button.
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But there isn't more to Shepard than meets the eye.
She's Commander Shepard, SPACE BADASS. And everyone else just has to deal with it.
Why I fear the ocean.
Pound for pound, the Gethfiltrator with a GPS X is the best Gold killing machine around. One-shots most mooks, two-shots the rest, and does severe damage to bosses. Only a few minor drawbacks: inconsistent ability to one-shot drop Guardians, can be difficult to drop a Banshee quickly unless a teammate is locking her, and the GPS has some susceptibility to bad connections.
Shepard's three origins:
Military brat, child of one of the best soldiers in the Alliance
Self raised gang member, part of one of the toughest bands of street punks on Earth
Farmer.
Why I fear the ocean.
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
Wildlife-terrorized farmer
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It's fun to think about Colonist Shepard's first days in the marines.
I mean, with over a decade to cool off, she still punches reporters and makes loud, public death threats in the direction of anyone who irritates her.
Imagine what she was like right off the farm, powered entirely by revenge and whiskey.
Why I fear the ocean.
This could explain why the Quarians consider the Widow sniper rifle to be an agricultural tool.
As a side note, I just re-played the Geth Consensus bit.
Of course, that doesn't preclude the Widow being an agricultural tool; they just never mention it specifically. I still like to think that they use it to dig holes for fenceposts.
That Mass Effect saw your posts about the gunplay in 2 as compares to Alpha Protocol, and it bares a grudge.
Why I fear the ocean.
Sure, if you want the seeds to be planted somewhere in the mantle of a planet.
Now there was an ending that pissed me right off. I still have a bad enough taste in my mouth that I still can't start Mask of the Betrayer.
Anyway, I played one MP match last weekend. I specified Bronze/Unknown/Unknown, but got dumped in a silver match during wave 3, with my level 14 human sentinel and my Tempest I.
I finished 2nd in points on a full extraction. I was immediately booted in the lobby.
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I don't understand why people kick on Silver. Most of the time there seems to be at least one person who could solo the whole thing if they wanted to. To me, people being too good for Silver making it a boring competition to get kills is more of a problem than someone joining with a level 1.
That being said, it's really fun to be the only one refusing to vote kick and listening to them complain on the rare occasion someone has a working microphone.
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Other than the fact that Quarians are generally complete idiots?
On some maps, the extraction point is very easy to defend if you have an explosion-oriented team. Geth White Gold, for example, is very easy to defend the extraction point, and very difficult to flee from the normal defensive points.
For some reason, every time I play on Reactor, everyone insists on defending the evac point, despite the fact that it gets overrun every time.
I played in 2-3 games where some event or somebody knew how to change the extraction point during the extraction period. It would be in one spot, we'd start to get overrun, and somehow it got reassigned to the alternate spot on the map.
everybody has their own extraction methods, and it doesn't do anyone any favors if one guy goes running off to the ass end of the map to wait it out while everyone else goes straight to extraction anyway, leaving the first guy completely isolated and the other three down a man
you really need to be able to coordinate that shit
Hey, no one said life on Rannoch would be easy.
Imean, if he's somehow able to pull enemies away to the ass end of the map. And most importantly, not die
That's typically what I do when I'm playing a kroguard: find a Banshee or an Atlas and kite that fucker around so it's not jumping on my team.
More importantly it means that I'm not hanging around the extraction point waiting for a Banshee or a Phantom to instakill me because they're everywhere and i'm right next to them and oh god
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
I used to, until I started getting kicked for not being "ready" as soon as the round ends. If I want to tinker with my loadout, or even just take 10 seconds to do equipment, I drop from the lobby.
Keep in mind there is a surprising number of people who don't realize that the window that pops up when the host leaves doesn't have to be clicked so they automatically bail if the host leaves by closing the popup out of habit.
It depends. Sometimes, I just didn't have fun and want a new group. Sometimes, I'm just content with what I've done and want something different, because the group might be sticking to one enemy or one map.
And some days, I just feel like constant pubs.
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Where the hell has this thing been all my life?
hAmmONd IsnT A mAin TAnk
It's just a really badly designed UI element. People want to click "OK" but there's only the exit game button.
Also see: Legion--snazzy dancer, compulsive liar.