Can anyone spoil the paragon specific quest for me? I ask because I missed it on my first paragon run through and after going through the game as a renegade I don't think I'm ever going back to the side of unflinching morality.
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I would have thought Wrex would have had some shoulder mounted rail gun or Tali had like a geth recon drone minion.
all the characters have exactly the same 4 weapons means on anything less than hardcore you just have to equip their best weapon and never bother using any skills or anything.
would love some variety there. i mean, just looking at wrex you imagine some vigoro sized cannon with which he can dispatch enemies with one shot.
When each of your romances asks about the other potential romance, never choose the 'X is special' option because that lets them know you are interested in the other. It will immediately end the romance with that person, even if you've already blown it with the other. You could end up with no lovin'!
False! I chose this option my first time through.
I still got the confrontation/catfight scene after one of the missions. I went with Liara as she was bristling with nipples. Shame, really I've fucked it up w/ Ashley every time since and now I'm playing as a girl.
This was one of the things I enjoyed the most about my Renegade run... my Shep was a hot redhead with green-eyes, and I did my level best to choose the renengade responses as much as possible (although seriously I call shenanigans. There should NEVER be a time where choosing the intimidate option results in harsh words, and the lower right option is to cold-cock someone. Thats not cool. I completely missed the chance to deck that reporter because of intimidate).
Anyway, I took particular pleasure from the fact that my Sheppard was a miserable bitch to everyone she met, but when she was alone with Liara... all of a sudden its all "Yeah.. I feel it too!<3"
Anyway, I probably would not have bothered, but I wanted to get the Paramour achievement out of the way so I wouldnt have to worry about it. Besides I have no interest in seeing Kaidan's naked ass.
Yeah, I love it when a dialog option which reads "I disagree," or something, turns into Shepard saying, "Fuck you, and fuck your damn dog, too!" ;-)
Even more annoying is when (don't read if you haven't beat'd the game)
The politician dude takes the normandy away from you and you don't kill him. Like seriously the second I realized he was grounding me I chose the renegade answer and yelled at the game for not pullin out the pistol and shooting him. I mean the text said something like "nobody double crosses me!" Which in my mind means I'm about to cap a bitch in the head.
Yeah, I love it when a dialog option which reads "I disagree," or something, turns into Shepard saying, "Fuck you, and fuck your damn dog, too!" ;-)
Even more annoying is when (don't read if you haven't beat'd the game)
The politician dude takes the normandy away from you and you don't kill him. Like seriously the second I realized he was grounding me I chose the renegade answer and yelled at the game for not pullin out the pistol and shooting him. I mean the text said something like "nobody double crosses me!" Which in my mind means I'm about to cap a bitch in the head.
I would have thought Wrex would have had some shoulder mounted rail gun or Tali had like a geth recon drone minion.
all the characters have exactly the same 4 weapons means on anything less than hardcore you just have to equip their best weapon and never bother using any skills or anything.
would love some variety there. i mean, just looking at wrex you imagine some vigoro sized cannon with which he can dispatch enemies with one shot.
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How will the downloadable content work? Will there be free stuff or will it require MS points, or something in between? Also, how limited are you with what you can put in? For example, would it be possible to insert new "quest planets" such as Noveria and Virimire or will you have to settle for something more modest, such as new UCW's with a few settlements spread out over the planet area?
I was not aware that when you hear one of your companions go "huh?" it leads to some unique dialogue.
WTF?! I didn't know that either.
Shit. I think I missed out on a lot.
Wait what? You mean like when you're 'ashore' and you just get a little quip from them when you talk to them?
It means they have something relevant to the environment to say. Haul them past the Statues on the Presidium, or down to Chlora's Den. (Ashley's especially funny in the later.)
Do you have to actively Talk to them (Press A), or will they start yapping on their own?
Press A.
Motherfucker
I did not know that. Thanks for telling me before I start my second play through.
EDIT: PAragon specific quest? Huh? I never saw a Renegade specific quest. Fuck me, I missed a lot of shit apparently.
I would have thought Wrex would have had some shoulder mounted rail gun or Tali had like a geth recon drone minion.
all the characters have exactly the same 4 weapons means on anything less than hardcore you just have to equip their best weapon and never bother using any skills or anything.
would love some variety there. i mean, just looking at wrex you imagine some vigoro sized cannon with which he can dispatch enemies with one shot.
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not a day goes by that i dont make a skies reference. im not talking exclusively forum posts either.
and im not making this up.
gilder is so quotable i use him in everyday conversation.
Also let me take the fucking weapons I never use off my god damn back. God dammit.
Please. Number one on the list for ME2.
That's stupid.
What we really need is freckle options in the character creator.
Yeah.
How about some non-asian eyes while they're at it.
Indeed, I can't make a white looking guy in the character editor. I usually end up with a pasty asian dude.
My first Shep ended up looking pretty awesome. He was white, and actually looked alot like my brother. I'll post some pic's later.
My male Shepard turned out very well also. Reminds me of Jason Smith (Captain of the Edmonton Oilers for quite a while, until we traded him ). The only problem is the eyes sometimes clip a bit when he blinks.
So I'm about 3 hours in on my Renegade Sentinel playthrough.
I added Shotguns as my prestige, and let me tell you, I get the job done.
Right now I'm gonna go through with Garrus and Wrex and try and make every single enemy suffer for as long as possible. I can't wait until I've improved Lift, Neural Shock and Carnage and have some awesome fun.
Quick question though, I went with a Ruthless Colonist background. Where can I find the Colonist quest?
So I'm about 3 hours in on my Renegade Sentinel playthrough.
I added Shotguns as my prestige, and let me tell you, I get the job done.
Right now I'm gonna go through with Garrus and Wrex and try and make every single enemy suffer for as long as possible. I can't wait until I've improved Lift, Neural Shock and Carnage and have some awesome fun.
Quick question though, I went with a Ruthless Colonist background. Where can I find the Colonist quest?
I think you get it some time after you have completed one quest planet. It's in the dockingbay on the Citadel, so you won't miss it.
What's this about a prestige skill? I don't remember doing anything like that when I started my game, but that doesn't mean I didn't do it. Is it something you're forced to do automatically?
What's this about a prestige skill? I don't remember doing anything like that when I started my game, but that doesn't mean I didn't do it. Is it something you're forced to do automatically?
When you use a certain item or power (such as a shotgun or Warp) 150 for a gun and 75 for a power, you unlock the ability to use that item/power on a new character.
I finished my first playthrough on Monday and loved every second of it (Paragon, Vanguard). Started my second playthrough on Tuesday (Paragon, Infiltrator) and got the RROD on Wednesday. Sigh.
On my way to work today, I was thinking how the RROD is lurking deep inside every 360. It's their genophage.
I've been reading these threads pretty often, and I can't beleive no one has talked about:
When Sovereign was basically comatose after his avatar got destroyed by Shepard, all I could think of was, "DISENGAGE ATTACKS ON SOVEREIGN" so that we could harvest the ship's sweet sweet technology to use against the reapers in ME2. Was NO one thinking that there should have been another side quest to gather and reverse engineer Sovereign bits?
So I just beat Mass Effect, and i'm wondering, after I beat
Soverign
can I still play the same character? Or do I have to re-roll?
You can.
What you do is select start new game and instead of choosing create new custom you select an existing career. You start the game with the same stats and items as you ended the game with.
I was fairly satisfied with my some-what Indian looking female Shep. More hair options would be appreciated, though. I haven't made a male character yet, so I can't really comment on the guy's hair cuts, but most of the female ones were a bit bleh.
What's this about a prestige skill? I don't remember doing anything like that when I started my game, but that doesn't mean I didn't do it. Is it something you're forced to do automatically?
When you use a certain item or power (such as a shotgun or Warp) 150 for a gun and 75 for a power, you unlock the ability to use that item/power on a new character.
Ohh...does that mean a new created character at the start of a new game, or an NPC as well? I assume the former.
The gun on the Mako can zoom in by holding the left trigger, then clicking the right stick in.
Wow, I played through the whole game without knowing this
Exactly my point! I managed to get most of the way through without using Barrier (not knowing what it did, and for some reason never trying it), and that grenades can be detonated by hitting 'back' for a second time.
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On the Reapers...
Any explanation that involves them harvesting "fuel" from organics would be, to say the least, disappointing. It was part of what was so retarded about The Matrix. Organic life is just a way (a very inefficient way) to convert sunlight and other EM radiation into chemical energy - the sensible place to get energy is from the stars themselves.
I think the Bioware guys will come up with something cooler than that, though.
Been playing Mass Effect religiously for the past few days and I've got to say, it's one the best RPG's I've ever played. It's just so good.
On a side note, I wonder why people are having issues with the Ally achievements. I got the Krogan and whatever the race Tali is, quite easily. Heck, I got them before Virmire and I still have more side missions to go through. Same with the Completionist achievement.
So there's one thing that's really bugging me... (Virmire spoiler)
I was disappointed that you can't choose to steal and spread the cure to the genophage. It just struck me as another solid "being the nice guy vs obvious negative consequences" choice that the game does fairly well. I imagine they might just be saving that issue for another ME game though.
When each of your romances asks about the other potential romance, never choose the 'X is special' option because that lets them know you are interested in the other. It will immediately end the romance with that person, even if you've already blown it with the other. You could end up with no lovin'!
False! I chose this option my first time through.
I still got the confrontation/catfight scene after one of the missions. I went with Liara as she was bristling with nipples. Shame, really I've fucked it up w/ Ashley every time since and now I'm playing as a girl.
The moral of this story is that
Liara is a little blue hussy
I think Fatty has it right on, because choosing that option with Ashley or Kaiden would most assuredly cause the romance to fail.
I'm wondering if there simply is no way to cause the romance with Liara to fail other than to simply not choose her. O_o
Any explanation that involves them harvesting "fuel" from organics would be, to say the least, disappointing. It was part of what was so retarded about The Matrix. Organic life is just a way (a very inefficient way) to convert sunlight and other EM radiation into chemical energy - the sensible place to get energy is from the stars themselves.
I think the Bioware guys will come up with something cooler than that, though.
My opinion on this was that the Reapers were afraid of Humanity/Organic Life evolving in a unpredictable or technologically surpassed way so that the Reaper's destryoed all Organic Life just to keep everything in check so to speak.
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My opinion on this was that the Reapers were afraid of Humanity/Organic Life evolving in a unpredictable or technologically surpassed way so that the Reaper's destryoed all Organic Life just to keep everything in check so to speak.
But if that were the case then they'd be better off just scouring the galaxy of all life, even plankton. As someone pointed out upthread, humans and the other races were around 50,000 years ago, just not starfaring. The Reapers would save a lot of work if they just killed anything that might someday evolve into a competitor.
Any explanation that involves them harvesting "fuel" from organics would be, to say the least, disappointing. It was part of what was so retarded about The Matrix. Organic life is just a way (a very inefficient way) to convert sunlight and other EM radiation into chemical energy - the sensible place to get energy is from the stars themselves.
I think the Bioware guys will come up with something cooler than that, though.
My opinion on this was that the Reapers were afraid of Humanity/Organic Life evolving in a unpredictable or technologically surpassed way so that the Reaper's destryoed all Organic Life just to keep everything in check so to speak.
I think that Reapers were created by a species and designed to carry out what they do, so that when they are finally defeated the species that defeats them is 'worthy' of inheriting the galaxy. you probably end up working with all the species of the galaxy, uniting them under one force to work against the reapers. defeat the reapers, find out they are pleased because organic life has finally matured. blah blah
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all the characters have exactly the same 4 weapons means on anything less than hardcore you just have to equip their best weapon and never bother using any skills or anything.
would love some variety there. i mean, just looking at wrex you imagine some vigoro sized cannon with which he can dispatch enemies with one shot.
The moral of this story is that
This was one of the things I enjoyed the most about my Renegade run... my Shep was a hot redhead with green-eyes, and I did my level best to choose the renengade responses as much as possible (although seriously I call shenanigans. There should NEVER be a time where choosing the intimidate option results in harsh words, and the lower right option is to cold-cock someone. Thats not cool. I completely missed the chance to deck that reporter because of intimidate).
Anyway, I took particular pleasure from the fact that my Sheppard was a miserable bitch to everyone she met, but when she was alone with Liara... all of a sudden its all "Yeah.. I feel it too!<3"
Anyway, I probably would not have bothered, but I wanted to get the Paramour achievement out of the way so I wouldnt have to worry about it. Besides I have no interest in seeing Kaidan's naked ass.
So you were role-playing a very realistic character?
Even more annoying is when (don't read if you haven't beat'd the game)
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I did not know that. Thanks for telling me before I start my second play through.
EDIT: PAragon specific quest? Huh? I never saw a Renegade specific quest. Fuck me, I missed a lot of shit apparently.
not a day goes by that i dont make a skies reference. im not talking exclusively forum posts either.
and im not making this up.
gilder is so quotable i use him in everyday conversation.
How about some non-asian eyes while they're at it.
I like Grant, from Mythbusters, as much as anyone, but... :P
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My male Shepard turned out very well also. Reminds me of Jason Smith (Captain of the Edmonton Oilers for quite a while, until we traded him
After playing around mine looked white/hispanic.
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No one knew what he was up to!
I added Shotguns as my prestige, and let me tell you, I get the job done.
Right now I'm gonna go through with Garrus and Wrex and try and make every single enemy suffer for as long as possible. I can't wait until I've improved Lift, Neural Shock and Carnage and have some awesome fun.
Quick question though, I went with a Ruthless Colonist background. Where can I find the Colonist quest?
but my renegade infiltrator?
big white badass with a chip on his shoulder and a hate for kaiden so deep he makes him cry emo tears
I chose some squinty eyes
it was pretty much
with squintier eyes and a scar on his cheek
When you use a certain item or power (such as a shotgun or Warp) 150 for a gun and 75 for a power, you unlock the ability to use that item/power on a new character.
On my way to work today, I was thinking how the RROD is lurking deep inside every 360. It's their genophage.
You can.
What you do is select start new game and instead of choosing create new custom you select an existing career. You start the game with the same stats and items as you ended the game with.
I didn't think most of the eyes for either gender looked asian.
Maybe you guys just don't see enough asians.
Exactly my point! I managed to get most of the way through without using Barrier (not knowing what it did, and for some reason never trying it), and that grenades can be detonated by hitting 'back' for a second time.
I think the Bioware guys will come up with something cooler than that, though.
On a side note, I wonder why people are having issues with the Ally achievements. I got the Krogan and whatever the race Tali is, quite easily. Heck, I got them before Virmire and I still have more side missions to go through. Same with the Completionist achievement.
I think Fatty has it right on, because choosing that option with Ashley or Kaiden would most assuredly cause the romance to fail.
I'm wondering if there simply is no way to cause the romance with Liara to fail other than to simply not choose her. O_o