Mass Effect series discussion

F8AL · Feb 19, 2012

LivewiresXe said:
I have a question. Did any Canadians on here pre-order Mass Effect 3 from Amazon.ca? I'm asking because for some reason my ME3 order details show the delivery estimate (which I guess is the received date) to be March 14th-16th, even though I used Express shipping which should be like...2-3 business days. So I'm wondering...anyone else have this problem, would it make they're not getting it/shipping it on day of release, or what?

I mean, my copy of KOFXIII shipped on the release date when it said it wouldn't ship until the 25th, but still, hype for this game's got me anxious.

They love to screw us over, you'll get used to it.

It'll prolly update as that date comes closer.

LivewiresXe · Feb 19, 2012

Yeah, you're probably right. Hopefully I'm just overreacting.

Pluvia · Feb 19, 2012

The 2 spoiler squadmates dialogue from the demo files. Spoilers obviously:

Male: http://youtu.be/ixk9ORP-U28

Female: http://youtu.be/GOCqcmJRr5M

LivewiresXe · Feb 20, 2012

I don't want to sound racist but...the male one sounds kinda Jamaican.

theeboredone · Feb 20, 2012

Getting a bit bored with the MP...meh lol. I know all games are repetitive, but this is a bit too much for me.

LivewiresXe · Feb 20, 2012

theeboredone said:
Getting a bit bored with the MP...meh lol. I know all games are repetitive, but this is a bit too much for me.

Maybe you're playing too much of it at a time? I know it's not feeling boring or repetitive to me, but that's probably because when I play it I only put in about an hour.

sakuraZaKi · Feb 20, 2012

I'm playing with a friend w/ voice chat and have been on it for about 3 hours, lol.

LivewiresXe · Feb 20, 2012

[S9] S4kurazaki said:
I'm playing with a friend w/ voice chat and have been on it for about 3 hours, lol.

It's actually a lot more fun when you have people with voice chat that you're playing with since you can go over things a lot more and it's easier to get back-up when needed, an idea of what's going on, etc. Plus, you feel more like a team and all that.

theeboredone · Feb 20, 2012

I dunno, I usually play 2-3 matches per session. Even though I've only totaled about 5 sessions, it's just getting a bit repetitive for me. I mean, it's just something I might think about if I decide to buy this game used or not.

Pluvia · Feb 20, 2012

Are you playing on difficulties harder than Bronze?

Anyway he's not Jamaican he's got an African accent Livewire.

Pikaville · Feb 20, 2012

Yeah I was having a blast playing with Pluvia lastnight.

Speaking of which sorry I like disappeared.

My controller died and I wasn't arsed fixing it because I was going out anyway.

Did you guys survive that Wave?

Pluvia · Feb 20, 2012

No we died a couple of seconds after you left.

LivewiresXe · Feb 20, 2012

Pluvia said:
Are you playing on difficulties harder than Bronze?

Anyway he's not Jamaican he's got an African accent Livewire.

Oh, okay. His voice made me think of Kofi Kingston, who has Jamaican sounding entrance music...but...he's Ghanaian American so...that's still not Jamaican. Well crap, I'll stop now.

F8AL · Feb 20, 2012

theeboredone said:
I dunno, I usually play 2-3 matches per session. Even though I've only totaled about 5 sessions, it's just getting a bit repetitive for me. I mean, it's just something I might think about if I decide to buy this game used or not.

It comes with an online pass.

theeboredone · Feb 20, 2012

Pluvia said:
Are you playing on difficulties harder than Bronze?

Anyway he's not Jamaican he's got an African accent Livewire.

Played one in silver. Didn't go so well, but the overall theme was the same. I guess the MP would be more interesting if it had more modes, perhaps more story oriented. I could have sworn that's what Bioware was aiming for.

F8AL said:
It comes with an online pass.

I know, I'm just saying, I might not bother with it by buying it used.

Pluvia · Feb 20, 2012

It is story oriented, you're the strike team sent in to fight in areas that Shepard clears in the campaign, and your progress in multiplayer will have effects in single player.

Silver is much different from Bronze. It's the same thing technically, but the whole experience is completely different as it gets more intense. Bronze is like a boring stroll in the park.

LivewiresXe · Feb 20, 2012

Pluvia said:
It is story oriented, you're the strike team sent in to fight in areas that Shepard clears in the campaign, and your progress in multiplayer will have effects in single player.

Silver is much different from Bronze. It's the same thing technically, but the whole experience is completely different as it gets more intense. Bronze is like a boring stroll in the park.

The way I always figured it worked Pluvia was that Bronze is what you do until you get decent equipment, a decent level, and more familiarity with the game. So, kind of like...Bronze is preparing you for Silver.

theeboredone · Feb 20, 2012

Pluvia said:
It is story oriented, you're the strike team sent in to fight in areas that Shepard clears in the campaign, and your progress in multiplayer will have effects in single player.

Right, it's more story oriented then it is being made out to be in the demo. But I also read that Bioware does not plan on "blocking" the best ending if you don't bother with MP. Meaning there will be a way to achieve it, rendering the MP a bit useless. Though I guess I'll wait and see how the full MP is. I was also hoping for more "mission" based gameplay, where you and two people online run through an area and finish a task. Sort of like co-op story I suppose.

LivewiresXe · Feb 20, 2012

theeboredone said:
Right, it's more story oriented then it is being made out to be in the demo. But I also read that Bioware does not plan on "blocking" the best ending if you don't bother with MP. Meaning there will be a way to achieve it, rendering the MP a bit useless. Though I guess I'll wait and see how the full MP is. I was also hoping for more "mission" based gameplay, where you and two people online run through an area and finish a task. Sort of like co-op story I suppose.

I think the Multiplayer just makes it easier so you can do a bit of each. Like, if I have an hour or more, I'll play single player, but if I have say, just half an 20-45 minutes to kill, I'll probably bust out Multiplayer for a round or two.

Grey Belnades · Feb 20, 2012

Pluvia said:
Are you playing on difficulties harder than Bronze?

Anyway he's not Jamaican he's got an African accent Livewire.

He sounds Jamaican to me.

O D I N · Feb 20, 2012

My favorite part about using Shockwave...

Aka the Dubstep Beam...

F8AL · Feb 20, 2012

Hahaha, I had fun playing w/you and your other friend earlier, ODIN.

O D I N · Feb 20, 2012

I'm glad. Me too.

This game is a blast with a party.

Same to you Pluvia. I'm so jelly of your Widow. D:

mood4food77 · Feb 20, 2012

i am officially upgraded to the max, now just to retrain my squaddies powers, and then take on the final mission

jeez...took me long enough

sakuraZaKi · Feb 20, 2012

So are we able to fully max out our characters stats?

I'm level 11/12-ish, I think. I'm a bit lazy to do the math.

And what's that # next to the 'N7'?

Pluvia · Feb 20, 2012

No you can get 3 fully upgraded and 2 to level 4 I think.

Anyway there's spoilers jumping around the place. Apparently someone got their hands on a copy of the game.

LivewiresXe · Feb 20, 2012

Pluvia said:
No you can get 3 fully upgraded and 2 to level 4 I think.

Anyway there's spoilers jumping around the place. Apparently someone got their hands on a copy of the game.

Already? Curse you, weather balloons!! CURSE YOU!!!

sakuraZaKi · Feb 20, 2012

Hmmm. I wonder why they just don't let us max out on stats.

Pluvia · Feb 20, 2012

So here's a weird gameplay mechanic, but I'm not sure if it counts as a spoiler, but I'll spoiler it anyway:

It's technically possible to get the absolute best ending in the game by just playing multiplayer, no matter how bad your single player playthroughs were in all 3 games. But to get it you'd have to get a character to level 20 about 150 times, so in the hours it'd take you to do that you could play through ME1, 2 and 3 numerous times.

F8AL · Feb 20, 2012

Good games tonight, Nate and Old Man Grey!

O D I N · Feb 20, 2012

http://imgur.com/a/gzThI#0

Link showing weapons in ME3.

Now, I don't know if these weapons are pulled from the demo or not (I'm assuming so) but assume they're only available in the full game.

Obviously, click the link at your own risk. It's an album.

I will say this, no Heavy Weapons listed in that album.

LivewiresXe · Feb 21, 2012

[S9] S4kurazaki said:
Hmmm. I wonder why they just don't let us max out on stats.

I think you can actually max out all your powers in multi-player, to be honest.

However, I know with single-player, it probably has to do with wanting you to decide which powers are most important to you as a player. For example, in ME2, I put as few points towards Concussive Shot as possible, so everything else could be higher for whatever character had it.

sakuraZaKi · Feb 21, 2012

Well, Pluvia said this:

"No you can get 3 fully upgraded [skills] and 2 to level 4 I think."

Unless that was directed to someone else... Or single-player mode.

LivewiresXe · Feb 21, 2012

[S9] S4kurazaki said:
Well, Pluvia said this:

"No you can get 3 fully upgraded [skills] and 2 to level 4 I think."

Unless that was directed to someone else... Or single-player mode.

Yeah, I think that was single-player mode because I have a level 14 Engineer with maxed out drone, a couple on 5, 1 on 2, and one on 4.

sakuraZaKi · Feb 21, 2012

That's cool, then.

As a Vanguard in ME2, I didn't put any stats on Charge, and only on Pull, some ammo power, and Throw. Never used Charge except for mis-clicks.

On ME3 multiplayer, I'm doing the same thing, lol. But I am using Charge A LOT when it seems useful. It's really fun.

Who has PC here again? I have the demo on all consoles, but I prefer PC or 360 since I have voice chat on. My PS3 mic; I dunno how to work it, lol. I've only been playing on PC though, since I have a cousin who wanted me to party up.

Pluvia · Feb 21, 2012

No I was talking about multiplayer.

Also if you haven't noticed I have an insane amount of knowledge on Mass Effect. I like how everyone just ignores what I say despite the fact I'm like an encyclopedia for the technical aspects of this game.

sakuraZaKi · Feb 21, 2012

If you're referring to the Vanguard sucking, I just don't care. I personally feel like BW screwed them over with the powers. If it was about the level points, that could be done with simple math given the max level, right?

And tbh, I really haven't noticed. I don't check this thread often enough, I guess... Not holding it against you or anything. Looking back at your posts, I see enough proof.

Anyway, I'm getting used to the controls with the new dodge mechanics. Starting to fly like a free bird~

Maybe once the game releases, we can update the OP with our game IDs and their respective consoles? Unless we have something like that already elsewhere.

Pluvia · Feb 21, 2012

The Vanguard isn't as bad as I first presumed, you can upgrade his Charge so it restores 100% of your shield, which is incredibly handy.

I guess that makes Sentinel the worst class now.

sakuraZaKi · Feb 21, 2012

Well, that's still a lot of points to spend, lol. Good thing you said that, actually. I was thinking about maxing out other things.

Do you suggest any sort of build for Vanguard so I don't screw myself over? xD

mood4food77 · Feb 21, 2012

doing this as an adept is such a pain in the ***

i even have every single upgrade, just the adepts low life forces me to take much longer on missions, there was one mission with varren attacking an injured quarian, biggest pain ever since my guy is definitely not meant for CQC at all, thank god for the arc projector

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