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  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    when you break up with a woman she literally dies

    this is an important thing you must learn about relationships
    Only Miranda, because she sucks.

    Everyone else can deal, because they're troopers.

    This is the real truth.

    Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart
    On my sleeve, let the runway start
  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    priority: horizon
    miranda's death was for me pretty morbidly hilarious

    she sends me an email all "we should meet up next time you're on the citadel!"
    I say okay this is a thing I am interested in doing
    I forget


    a few missions later, she sends me another
    "we missed each other last time but I'll be on the citadel again, we should talk"
    and I say okay I am going to actually meet her this time
    whoops, forget again


    see her on horizon
    I imagine shepard waving eagerly all "hey miranda!!"

    then she dies

    possibly because I kept forgetting about her

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    man this multiplayer makes me slightly regret the PS3 thing
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Anyone who wants to play MP on PSN today @Kochikens me thanksthanks

    i am multiplayering now @Kochikens

    my PSN is Hoofbeat

    @horseshoe you still on??

  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    Hey, PC peeps.

    My friend and I are gonna do some multi. Feel free to join us.

    My Origin is StiltsTheGM if you don't have it yet.

    Though you probably do, 'cuz holy damn I have a big friends list.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Being a renegade is hard you guys.

    I'm still working on ME2 and I'm doing the loyalty missions.

    In Jack's loyalty mission I stopped her from shooting Aresh.

    So I said I need to step it up a bit with this renegade thing and just did Garrus's.

    Despite everything and having already played it through in my paragon run back when ME2 came out (thus knowing how it turned out)... I just clicked the options and let him go through with it.

    I felt dirty afterward.

    So basically I am the Worst. Renegade. Ever.

    And having already beaten ME3 boy howdy that certainly lends a new perspective on Mordin's loyalty mission. I think I'm saving that one for last.

    ASimPerson on
  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    So has the trailer shown at the BioWare panel been discussed yet?

    (Also, 80 pages late, but sorry about my break down in the last thread. <3 you guys.)

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Being a renegade is hard you guys.

    I'm still working on ME2 and I'm doing the loyalty missions.

    In Jack's loyalty mission I stopped her from shooting Aresh.

    So I said I need to step it up a bit with this renegade thing and just did Garrus's.

    Despite everything and having already played it through in my paragon run back when ME2 came out (thus knowing how it turned out)... I just clicked the options and let him go through with it.

    I felt dirty afterward.

    So basically I am the Worst. Renegade. Ever.

    And having already beaten ME3 boy howdy that certainly lends a new perspective on Mordin's loyalty mission. I think I'm saving that one for last.

    Yeah, I know how that is.

    [shameless plug]I was once like you.[/shameless plug]

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  • HorseshoeHorseshoe Registered User regular
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    man this multiplayer makes me slightly regret the PS3 thing
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Anyone who wants to play MP on PSN today @Kochikens me thanksthanks

    i am multiplayering now @Kochikens

    my PSN is Hoofbeat

    @horseshoe you still on??

    i am!

    i will be available in a few minutes

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  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    RE: That interview (ending stuff)
    There were dots to connect to Joker's sister being dead? Last I remember he was hopeful because she was a teenager and the survivors from Tiptree didn't include adults

    ambient dialogue spoiler
    the PTSD asari in the hospital killed his sister

    the asari only names her once or twice and it may have been deep in the conversation line but i dont remember
    Oh fuck.

    I went all the way through that ambient dialogue because a friend pointed out how good it was, but I had long forgotten the details of the farm girl.

    Goddamn.
    She also almost definitely killed his dad. Everyone but Gunny at the farm was indoctrinated, and she ripped them to shreds with her biotics.

    Man, for the only guy guaranteed to live through the series, Joker really goes through the ringer.

    La la la la, not listening.

    PTSD Asari fairly major minor spoilers
    yeah

    I caught Joker's side of the story before the Asari's


    so I knew as soon as I heard Tiptree it was going to be bad

    but I didn't think it would be

    that bad

    and then I checked into the Specter office and was like what the fuck, game?!

  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    By the way, things learned during the BioWare panel...

    (Several critical spoilers.)
    5/1000 people killed Wrex in ME1.

    5/1000 people killed Mordin.

    Damn near everybody saved both the geth and quarians.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    So has the trailer shown at the BioWare panel been discussed yet?

    (Also, 80 pages late, but sorry about my break down in the last thread. <3 you guys.)

    yeah they released it online at the same time, so we ended up seeing the trailer before we saw anything about it showing up in the panel

    A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    I felt dirty afterward.

    So basically I am the Worst. Renegade. Ever.

    that feeling never really goes away

    but you can take some small solace in the knowledge that your conscience has been sacrificed for the greater good

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    Seriously wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    RE: That interview (ending stuff)
    There were dots to connect to Joker's sister being dead? Last I remember he was hopeful because she was a teenager and the survivors from Tiptree didn't include adults

    ambient dialogue spoiler
    the PTSD asari in the hospital killed his sister

    the asari only names her once or twice and it may have been deep in the conversation line but i dont remember
    Oh fuck.

    I went all the way through that ambient dialogue because a friend pointed out how good it was, but I had long forgotten the details of the farm girl.

    Goddamn.
    She also almost definitely killed his dad. Everyone but Gunny at the farm was indoctrinated, and she ripped them to shreds with her biotics.

    Man, for the only guy guaranteed to live through the series, Joker really goes through the ringer.

    La la la la, not listening.

    PTSD Asari fairly major minor spoilers
    yeah

    I caught Joker's side of the story before the Asari's


    so I knew as soon as I heard Tiptree it was going to be bad

    but I didn't think it would be

    that bad

    and then I checked into the Specter office and was like what the fuck, game?!

    According to one of the BioWare writers...
    They wanted to include an option for the people who wanted to "punish" her for killing Joker's sister.

    They also claimed these people were may have been jerks.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    I felt dirty afterward.

    So basically I am the Worst. Renegade. Ever.

    that feeling never really goes away

    but you can take some small solace in the knowledge that your conscience has been sacrificed for the greater good

    actually no doing garrus's loyalty mission the renegade way doesn't really serve any greater good, you are literally a dracula

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    Even I don't let Garrus kill Sidonis.

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    So has the trailer shown at the BioWare panel been discussed yet?

    (Also, 80 pages late, but sorry about my break down in the last thread. <3 you guys.)

    The new multi stuff?

    Yes. We're really excited. Also, there's been more talk of what's going down with the modified ending on Weeke's twitter and in the ether of forum chatter. It's looking better already.

  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    always let garrus kill sidonis

    that dude is a pathetic sad sack

  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    So has the trailer shown at the BioWare panel been discussed yet?

    (Also, 80 pages late, but sorry about my break down in the last thread. <3 you guys.)

    yeah they released it online at the same time, so we ended up seeing the trailer before we saw anything about it showing up in the panel

    I cheered for Batarian Engineer.

    I screamed for Geth Infiltrator.

    I shit my pants at Krogan Vanguard.

    I exploded at the mention of "free content."

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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    I ain't got time to hold garrus' hand. Shoot the guy and lets move on.

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  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    4 brogan vanguard is going to be so fun

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    By the way, things learned during the BioWare panel...

    (Several critical spoilers.)
    5/1000 people killed Wrex in ME1.

    5/1000 people killed Mordin.

    Damn near everybody saved both the geth and quarians.

    no statistic shall dampen my conviction

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    always let garrus kill sidonis

    that dude is a pathetic sad sack

    even by this reasoning, it's only been like 2 weeks since it happened

    dude can get some therapy and get over it if you don't murder him just because your bro wants to

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  • 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
    rannoch
    I feel like peace should have been a much more difficult thing to pull off

    like, to the extent that the vast majority of players would be locked out of it on their first playthrough

  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    rannoch
    I feel like peace should have been a much more difficult thing to pull off

    like, to the extent that the vast majority of players would be locked out of it on their first playthrough

    I feel this way about basically every choice

    punish me, Bioware

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  • 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
    garrus' loyalty mission is sort of a wash for me

    on one hand there isn't all that much to be gained by killing him

    but on the other hand you mow down entire armies every day, just because sidonis has a sob story doesn't really elevate him in my eyes

  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    I felt dirty afterward.

    So basically I am the Worst. Renegade. Ever.

    that feeling never really goes away

    but you can take some small solace in the knowledge that your conscience has been sacrificed for the greater good

    I think one reason the renegade path is so totally terrible is

    (ending)
    You never get to see that the vicious decisions you had to make as a renegade ended up helping the cause at all. If anything it tends to make things worse. And with the ending so vague and the same basically no matter what you do, it just ends up feeling like cruelty to no purpose, instead of being the guy that had to make the hard decisions.
    Your paragon choices might make shit bad in the future, but that's all speculation on the part of the player.
    Whereas you see every damn consequence of going renegade.

    Which sort of makes sense thematically, since 3 is all about friendship, trust, and cooperation, but as far as gameplay goes it does just end up seeming like the bad route.

    A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    Seriously wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    RE: That interview (ending stuff)
    There were dots to connect to Joker's sister being dead? Last I remember he was hopeful because she was a teenager and the survivors from Tiptree didn't include adults

    ambient dialogue spoiler
    the PTSD asari in the hospital killed his sister

    the asari only names her once or twice and it may have been deep in the conversation line but i dont remember
    Oh fuck.

    I went all the way through that ambient dialogue because a friend pointed out how good it was, but I had long forgotten the details of the farm girl.

    Goddamn.
    She also almost definitely killed his dad. Everyone but Gunny at the farm was indoctrinated, and she ripped them to shreds with her biotics.

    Man, for the only guy guaranteed to live through the series, Joker really goes through the ringer.

    La la la la, not listening.

    PTSD Asari fairly major minor spoilers
    yeah

    I caught Joker's side of the story before the Asari's


    so I knew as soon as I heard Tiptree it was going to be bad

    but I didn't think it would be

    that bad

    and then I checked into the Specter office and was like what the fuck, game?!

    According to one of the BioWare writers...
    They wanted to include an option for the people who wanted to "punish" her for killing Joker's sister.

    They also claimed these people were may have been jerks.

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/22440436#Comment_22440436

  • 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
    Kana wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    I felt dirty afterward.

    So basically I am the Worst. Renegade. Ever.

    that feeling never really goes away

    but you can take some small solace in the knowledge that your conscience has been sacrificed for the greater good

    I think one reason the renegade path is so totally terrible is

    (ending)
    You never get to see that the vicious decisions you had to make as a renegade ended up helping the cause at all. If anything it tends to make things worse. And with the ending so vague and the same basically no matter what you do, it just ends up feeling like cruelty to no purpose, instead of being the guy that had to make the hard decisions.
    Your paragon choices might make shit bad in the future, but that's all speculation on the part of the player.
    Whereas you see every damn consequence of going renegade.

    Which sort of makes sense thematically, since 3 is all about friendship, trust, and cooperation, but as far as gameplay goes it does just end up seeming like the bad route.

    tuchanka
    at least in the case of the genophage, the only way to get maximum war assets is to go hardline renegade in all three games. Without Wrex and Eve around the krogan fall for your trick and support you, and the salarians also pitch in full support. And as a bonus you don't have to kill Mordin.

  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    I'm doing a kind of renegade run now. And I forgot how when you get enough Renegade points your shepard starts to look like Evilguy McScars

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    man this multiplayer makes me slightly regret the PS3 thing
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Anyone who wants to play MP on PSN today @Kochikens me thanksthanks

    i am multiplayering now @Kochikens

    my PSN is Hoofbeat

    @horseshoe you still on??

    i am!

    i will be available in a few minutes

    I got 2 friends with me, we'll send an invitewhen we're donethis match

  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    I felt dirty afterward.

    So basically I am the Worst. Renegade. Ever.

    that feeling never really goes away

    but you can take some small solace in the knowledge that your conscience has been sacrificed for the greater good

    I think one reason the renegade path is so totally terrible is

    (ending)
    You never get to see that the vicious decisions you had to make as a renegade ended up helping the cause at all. If anything it tends to make things worse. And with the ending so vague and the same basically no matter what you do, it just ends up feeling like cruelty to no purpose, instead of being the guy that had to make the hard decisions.
    Your paragon choices might make shit bad in the future, but that's all speculation on the part of the player.
    Whereas you see every damn consequence of going renegade.

    Which sort of makes sense thematically, since 3 is all about friendship, trust, and cooperation, but as far as gameplay goes it does just end up seeming like the bad route.

    tuchanka
    at least in the case of the genophage, the only way to get maximum war assets is to go hardline renegade in all three games. Without Wrex and Eve around the krogan fall for your trick and support you, and the salarians also pitch in full support. And as a bonus you don't have to kill Mordin.
    AND the renegade option makes Rannoch much easier to settle.

    Kill the heretics, less Quarians died so far and peace is easier. Let them live, and missing any other points for peace will ensure a bloodbath.

    Renegade sometimes pays off in this one without making you feel like shit.

  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    I felt dirty afterward.

    So basically I am the Worst. Renegade. Ever.

    that feeling never really goes away

    but you can take some small solace in the knowledge that your conscience has been sacrificed for the greater good

    actually no doing garrus's loyalty mission the renegade way doesn't really serve any greater good, you are literally a dracula

    I know right?

    Though in some ways I think doing Jack's mission renegade is worse since (as paragon Shep points out) Aresh likely can't do anything and is harmless. Sidonis is, at least, guilty.
    Stilts wrote: »
    Yeah, I know how that is.

    [shameless plug]I was once like you.[/shameless plug]

    I actually read that last week as I was resuming my renegade run. I definitely know what you're getting at.

    What I'm finding as I do this run is that to make up for things that I think are horrible I go around and do the renengade options for the sidequests. I call it, "well, I stopped Jack from murdering that guy, time to go kick some puppies".

  • 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 could've sworn that on my renegade shep I saved the queen and told mordin to work on the genophage cure because hell yes I wanted an army of bugs and dinosaurs

    but evidently I killed the queen and destroyed the cure

    whoooooooooops

  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Nikolai wrote: »
    I'm doing a kind of renegade run now. And I forgot how when you get enough Renegade points your shepard starts to look like Evilguy McScars

    I actually figured it was more evil to get them fixed up, so I did that as soon as they started showing (which was after I used the intimidate options during Tali's loyalty mission).

    Actually Tali's loyalty mission is about the same either way as long as you don't actually present the evidence. Watching Shep bullshit in front of the admirals is hilarious either way.

    Edit: The Charm option is "I don't need evidence" and I just always hear that in my head as "Evidence? Where we're going we don't need evidence."

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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    I let Sidonis die. It's not something I had a hard time deciding. Dude was a traitorous wretch, and this it's not my call to spare him or not.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    jeez
    everyone's always on my case for my decisions and nobody bats an eye at this "yeah I let garrus kill sidonis for wasting my time" talk

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    @hoofbeat accept a friendrequest from mybro shes adding you ad hosting

  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Killing people is bad, and if there's a situation where I can stop it, it's not gunna happen. All there is to it.

  • BaidolBaidol I will hold him off Escape while you canRegistered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    jeez
    everyone's always on my case for my decisions and nobody bats an eye at this "yeah I let garrus kill sidonis for wasting my time" talk

    There are levels of evil.

    Steam Overwatch: Baidol#1957
  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    I just don't buy into the "eye for an eye" philosophy I guess. In my paragon run it sort of felt like the last chance to get Garrus to see that as well. (Which, as I recall, is something you work on in ME1.)

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