Mass Effect series discussion

[LivewiresXe]

What's not the case? Not sure we're thinking of the same thing.

Dark Matter.

 

[Pluvia]

You mean

Spoiler

how the Reapers are harvesting life in the galaxy to save them from the Dark Matter and eventual heat death of the universe by making them immortal?

Edit:

That's not a spoiler I dunno why I spoilered it.

 

[LivewiresXe]

Ah, all right. And I guess some people might not want any potential ideas for what the team was thinking at any post ME2 point in time? I mean, my best friend wants to go in completely 100% dark, and so he's not watching ANY online footage, interviews, or anything. Hell, he forgot about Vega until I mentioned him once, thinking he knew, and said "I thought his name was Sanders?".

 

[F8AL]

So one of the romance scenes are on the Internet, it's the gay one, I would link it but as always it takes place right before the last mission so it has spoilers.

It looks like you can't accidently fall into it though, you need to previously romance him then you have to click 3 gay dialogue options to get it.

I'm just waiting for the Miranda one again.

 

[theeboredone]

Just got the widow.

 

[O D I N]

Just got the widow.

Me too!

Like, the last game I just played with Grey.

My one regret with my Salarian is not taking the Sniper Rifle Weight reduction...

 

[LivewiresXe]

I was going to bust out the Multiplayer demo again but...with the game literally being in my hands a week from now (adding 2 days to the 5 days when it's out to take into consideration Canada Post delivery), and knowing I'll have to start my Human male Engineer and Turian Sentinel all over again...I'd rather kinda just let it go and all that, lol.

 

[Pluvia]

Yeah I've stopped playing it too.

But I can't wait to play the real demo, where all the characters and weapons will be available, and you can prestige your classes, and there's a 50k pack to buy.

That is going to be awesome.

 

[LivewiresXe]

Yeah I've stopped playing it too.

But I can't wait to play the real demo, where all the characters and weapons will be available, and you can prestige your classes, and there's a 50k pack to buy.

That is going to be awesome.

There's a 50k pack? Maan...what, does that guarantee a new character class and weapon or something?


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[Pluvia]

You should remove that. I stopped watching when I realised it was the first cutscene of the final mission.

 

[LivewiresXe]

You should remove that. I stopped watching when I realised it was the first cutscene of the final mission.

Holy crap, THAT'S what it is? Well uh....good thing nothing too much happens 20 seconds in then. Man, THAT was close.

 

[Pluvia]

Yeah, even I don't want to see that, text is fine for me but seeing it is different.

Anyway to your question about the 50k pack? I don't know what it holds but possibly 1 guaranteed gold class. Apparetly it's worth it though.

 

[theeboredone]

Me too!

Like, the last game I just played with Grey.

My one regret with my Salarian is not taking the Sniper Rifle Weight reduction...

Yep, I did the same thing, opting for the bonus damage. I hope there's a way to re-spec in the full game (assuming I get it down the road.)

 

[Pluvia]

You can prestige your class (as in Adept, rather than a single character) in the full game which will reset them and give you some readiness points for your single player game. Plus upgrading your weapon will also make it lighter, so a Widow IV will be much lighter.

 

[Grey Belnades]

There's a 50k pack? Maan...what, does that guarantee a new character class and weapon or something?


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Wait, I missed it.

 

[LivewiresXe]

Wait, I missed it.

If you REALLY want to see if, despite it, according to Pluvia, being pretty spoiler heavy, then I can link you via PM if you send me one asking for it, otherwise, to keep people in here from accidentally being spoiled, I probably shouldn't post it again.

 

[Master Xanthan]

I think I have every super rare weapon in this game now. Only gun I'm missing is the Locust.

Edit: Well all the weapons except the Locust in the demo I mean.

 

[theeboredone]

It's one thing to solo Silver when your teammates die, but it's another thing on Gold. I wish the teammates I get were a bit more competent.

 

[Pikaville]

You could play with me and Pluvia some time.

We are pretty competent.

 

[Pluvia]

I think the demo goes down in 2 days though.

 

[O D I N]

Really?! D:

Well, that gives me time to finish up my Vanguard run.

I'm gonna miss the demo. T__T

I mean, it IS a demo. But it's fun as hell. I have no problem starting over.

 

[Pikaville]

Me either.

You level up really quickly if you have a good team.

I'll also level up my Turian Sentinel correctly this time.

Probably not gonna bother even leveling tech shield at all and just have maxed out overload and warp instead.

 

[LivewiresXe]

Me either.

You level up really quickly if you have a good team.

I'll also level up my Turian Sentinel correctly this time.

Probably not gonna bother even leveling tech shield at all and just have maxed out overload and warp instead.

I know exactly what you mean. I think with mine I put Tech Armour up to Level 2 and then just kind of...left it. I always seem to forget to level up Fitness though.

 

[O D I N]

Me either.

You level up really quickly if you have a good team.

I'll also level up my Turian Sentinel correctly this time.

Probably not gonna bother even leveling tech shield at all and just have maxed out overload and warp instead.

I know exactly what you mean. I think with mine I put Tech Armour up to Level 2 and then just kind of...left it. I always seem to forget to level up Fitness though.

I did the exact opposite.

I leveled Tech Armor to be a last ditch "OH ****! DURABILITY! NOW!!" kind of skill.

The way I look at it, it's not meant to be on all the time. Not really.

I also ditched Warp, in favor of Overload, Chain Lightning+Neural Shock+Chain Lightning part deux flavor. I'm having A LOT of fun with that. Even carrying one weapon and having Tech Armor on, I don't have that high of a cooldown for Overload.

My other trees then can get maxed out (speccing health and shields for my durability), and I'm going power rather than weapon damage to get shield dropped a little faster for Silver and Gold.

The Mattock/Avenger is nice, decent weight reduction, and with the eventual weight reduction perk, I'll probably pick up the Revenant. Overload enemies while they're far away, hose them when they get close.

All in all, not bad.

 

[theeboredone]

You could play with me and Pluvia some time.

We are pretty competent.

Unfortunately, I play on the PS3 lol. I'm just playing the heck out of the demo, cause I realized I won't buy this game until it gets much cheaper and all the DLC has come out.

 

[LivewiresXe]

For those that care there's a 2 minute Official Launch "Take Earth Back" trailer that Bioware themselves put out (so it should be fine).

I guess if you want to go in totally dark, then you might want to skip it, but it doesn't really give all that much away except for showing maybe 1 or 2 characters from ME2, so it should be fine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_eF3Na1U8&feature=g-all&context=G232cdf9FAAAAAAAADAA

 

[O D I N]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_eF3Na1U8&feature=g-all&context=G232cdf9FAAAAAAAADAA

I need to watch that with sound later.

Holy balls, this game is going to be amazing.


The "Do you have a Quad?" Gold Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A0TRbNEl4s&hd=1

Also, myself, Xanthan, his friend, and Mitch beat Gold last night. 2 Salarians and 2 Vanguards if I remember correctly.

Wave: Extraction was pain in my *******s.

 

[theeboredone]

After this demo ends, I will sit and wait for the GOTY edition. I wonder how much it will cost to get all the DLC missions/characters by the end of it all.

 

[Master Xanthan]

After this demo ends, I will sit and wait for the GOTY edition. I wonder how much it will cost to get all the DLC missions/characters by the end of it all.

Don't hold your breath, they never made an edition of ME1 that had all the dlc. Only version of ME2 to feature included dlc was the PS3 version and I think that was because it was released a while after the 360 and PC versions were released. So chances are, ME3 won't have an edition that comes with dlc.

 

[F8AL]

http://kotaku.com/5890122/xbox-360-mass-effect-3-cant-import-your-saved-game-from-the-cloud

EA has warned Xbox 360 gamers that their Mass Effect 3 saved games won't import if they're stored in the 360's data cloud. They'll have to be located on or transferred from the console on which they were created.

 

[theeboredone]

Don't hold your breath, they never made an edition of ME1 that had all the dlc. Only version of ME2 to feature included dlc was the PS3 version and I think that was because it was released a while after the 360 and PC versions were released. So chances are, ME3 won't have an edition that comes with dlc.

Hm, well I figure they would, since I expect it to win a few GOTY awards. In any case, if it doesn't, I may consider playing it all on PC then.

 

[F8AL]

Does the PS3 version of ME2 have all the DLC or just some of it?

 

[Master Xanthan]

Does the PS3 version of ME2 have all the DLC or just some of it?

I'm not sure. I know you get lair of the shadow broker, and that ME comic that lets you make all the choices. I think it might give you collector armor and collector assault rifle. It might come with more but I'm not sure.

 

[LivewiresXe]

I'm not sure. I know you get lair of the shadow broker, and that ME comic that lets you make all the choices. I think it might give you collector armor and collector assault rifle. It might come with more but I'm not sure.

The PS3 version gives you, to the best of my knowledge:

Zaeed
Eviscerator Shottie
Kasumi
Locust SMG
Firewalker DLC
Project Overlord
Lair of the Shadow Broker
Blood Dragon Armor
Arc Projector
Cerebrus Network


There's more too, I'm sure, but I can't remember it, and I'm not sure what comes with the Cerebrus Network.

 

[O D I N]

Okay, so I'm getting ready for work, and I look at the towel over the back of the bathroom door.

I'm not THAT crazy, am I?

 

[LivewiresXe]

It's all right. When my sister was talking about sometimes getting cravings for Shepherd's Pie, I had a "wait, what?" moment. And don't get me started on the World War 2 documentary that's airing on TV now.

 

[O D I N]

It's all right. When my sister was talking about sometimes getting cravings for Shepherd's Pie, I had a "wait, what?" moment. And don't get me started on the World War 2 documentary that's airing on TV now.

When my sister was talking about sometimes getting cravings for Shepherd's Pie, I had a "wait, what?"

cravings for Shepherd's Pie,

Shepherd's Pie

Spoiler

More like Reaper's Pie.

TASTY.

 

[LivewiresXe]

Naaah, I don't like seafood.

 

[O D I N]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/995452-mass-effect-3/62132637

Found a link from reddit to gamefaqs that shows what choices are made for you IF YOU MAKE A NEW CHARACTER IN ME3.

As it's a link, click at your own risk.

Some of those choices seem impossible otherwise, but of course, that's assuming you never played 1 and 2. Still, interesting to read and see based on what will be different.

It's not ME3 spoiler heavy (first post anyway), but still click (and read the rest) at your own risk.

 

[Pluvia]

Lol, it's all the worst possible choices.

Anyway I might disappear from here until Thursday or Friday when I get the game.