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Son of Rodney posted:One thing I've wondered about since I started the game, and which hasn't been mentioned at all, is why there is no news from the milky way. The initiative appearantly uses some weird geth technology to scope out the andromeda galaxy before making the trip, but shouldn't there be some form of ftl communication? I just read that appearntly ME explains instantaneous communication with comm buoys that need to be placed every 150.000km, as well as the mass effect portals, but couldn't the milkyway people just send some miniature comm ships after the arcs in certain intervals? Andromeda is 2.5 million LY from Earth. There probably isn't enough material in the Milky Way to make enough comm buoys to span the dark space between galaxies. They could use QEC, but there's still the 600 year difference. SettingSun fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Mar 25, 2017 |
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Question time before I give up and buy in to this supposedly lovely game tonight. Are build choices as permanent as they have been in the previous ME games or can you respec at any time? I'm shamed to admit that that's the #1 reason I never beat ME3, because I couldn't make up my mind on what kind of Shepard I wanted to play.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:08
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Ciaphas posted:Question time before I give up and buy in to this supposedly lovely game tonight. Are build choices as permanent as they have been in the previous ME games or can you respec at any time? I'm shamed to admit that that's the #1 reason I never beat ME3, because I couldn't make up my mind on what kind of Shepard I wanted to play. You can respec really cheaply on the Tempest.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:07
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Doctor Spaceman posted:You can respec really cheaply on the Tempest. How completely? Are we talking totally rechoose your character or is it "you're still a Vanguard but now you can take Nova instead of Charge if you want I guess"? (made up example ofc)
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Mar 25, 2017 01:09
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SettingSun posted:Andromeda is 2.5 million LY from Earth. There probably isn't enough material in the Milky Way to make enough comm buoys to span the dark space between galaxies. They could use QEC, but there's still the 600 year difference. hey now you only need about uhh 157,678,840,000,000 relays Ciaphas posted:How completely? Are we talking totally rechoose your character or is it "you're still a Vanguard but now you can take Nova instead of Charge if you want I guess"? (made up example ofc) completely
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Mar 25, 2017 01:09
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Son of Rodney posted:One thing I've wondered about since I started the game, and which hasn't been mentioned at all, is why there is no news from the milky way. The initiative appearantly uses some weird geth technology to scope out the andromeda galaxy before making the trip, but shouldn't there be some form of ftl communication? I just read that appearntly ME explains instantaneous communication with comm buoys that need to be placed every 150.000km, as well as the mass effect portals, but couldn't the milkyway people just send some miniature comm ships after the arcs in certain intervals? I love when questions like this come up, by the way, because it means more people being exposed to just how loving big galactic distances are 
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Mar 25, 2017 01:10
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If I wanted to mess with the graphics settings file, what program should i use? i opened it in notebook and it was all jumbled up together. I opened it in Word and when I went to save it I got a warning about it possibly using things not compatible with word so I bailed on it, worried I would break the game and lose all my progress. I was thinking of setting some to 3, most of those were set to 1-- the Mesh Quality was set to 0 (what the hell?). I've got an Nvidia 970 4gb, i7-6700k and 16gigs of ram.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:10
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Ciaphas posted:How completely? Are we talking totally rechoose your character or is it "you're still a Vanguard but now you can take Nova instead of Charge if you want I guess"? (made up example ofc) Classes are now bonuses for having a skillpoints in certain areas, so you can completely redo your character's skills if you want.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:11
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There's something broken about making guns sometimes. Either that or the areas I was in had way too high levels for me to be there or something. When I made a Widow with a legacy heatsink, I only got a single shot before overheating. Which would've been fine if it had done absolutely any damage. I'm not saying it did very little damage, I mean it did no damage at all. Straight up headshots did not affect health whatsoever.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:14
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Raaaaaaad. I knew I was eventually gonna get this for the multiplayer anyway but that makes it even easier.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:13
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Ciaphas posted:I love when questions like this come up, by the way, because it means more people being exposed to just how loving big galactic distances are On the other hand while we know IRL that quantum entanglement can't be used for superluminal communication apparently that's how they do it in Mass Effect and it allows for instantaneous long range communication over unlimited distances So dunno why they didn't just bring one. Avalanche posted:There's an email somewhere on a terminal in the docking bay/hydroponics area that states some beacon was activated indicating the arrival of the Andromeda Initiative people, but no one in the Milky Way has responded reject ending confirmed canon
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Mar 25, 2017 01:14
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SettingSun posted:They could use QEC, but there's still the 600 year difference. Quantum Entanglement Communication? Wouldn't distance be irrelevant/communication instantaneous -- putting aside that afaik the whole concept is considered theoretically impossible?
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Mar 25, 2017 01:14
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Does the M-97 Viper still work like it did in ME3? How does it stack up against the other sniper rifles?
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Mar 25, 2017 01:14
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i wish i knew but the investment required to use any given gun is immense and i dont have the patience to try out every single one with saves. a shooting range would be so loving nice
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Mar 25, 2017 01:16
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SettingSun posted:Andromeda is 2.5 million LY from Earth. There probably isn't enough material in the Milky Way to make enough comm buoys to span the dark space between galaxies. They could use QEC, but there's still the 600 year difference. Yeah, but what if they send physical data stores after the ships, like they are planning with the other arcs? There'd be no time-lag aside the launch delay. I'm guessing there will be some answers either in a DLC or the innevitable sequel anyhow.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:18
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Verviticus posted:i wish i knew but the investment required to use any given gun is immense and i dont have the patience to try out every single one with saves. a shooting range would be so loving nice Agreed. Especially with the newer guns available. I just saw the Revenent pop up in my list and I've got such a soft spot for tha gun...but just not sure how it will handle in this game. Loved it in 2 & 3.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:20
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Rinkles posted:Quantum Entanglement Communication? Wouldn't distance be irrelevant/communication instantaneous -- putting aside that afaik the whole concept is considered theoretically impossible? I meant that who knows what happened to the Milky Way receiver after 600 years.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:21
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Mar 25, 2017 01:23
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So Feros is finally clear. Literally as I hop aboard the Normandy, one of the things my not-crew says is literally "How about that scientist over at Artemis Tau? She's the daughter of the Matriarch and all.", and I'm just like shut up we'll get to her eventually god dammit Think I'll do Noveria, then the DLC. Any repercussions besides the Council being asshats?
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Mar 25, 2017 01:23
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Ryder's face after tasting the "tall moose." loving classic!
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Mar 25, 2017 01:24
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The order in which you do the plot missions is totally illusory except that Virmire (which becomes available after the second major planet you do) has some pretty difficult speech checks that you might want to have either Charm/Intimidate maxed out for.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:25
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SgtSteel91 posted:Does the M-97 Viper still work like it did in ME3? Yes. It's good when you get it but I'd say the Black Widow outclasses it.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:26
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Nope, just confirmed: My newly crafted Black Widow 3 with Legacy heatsink does zero damage.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:28
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Son of Rodney posted:Yeah, but what if they send physical data stores after the ships, like they are planning with the other arcs? There'd be no time-lag aside the launch delay. I think it's implied that it's really goddamn expensive to send ships to Andromeda, and they sent their whole leadership there in the first wave so maybe who they left in charge got cold feet. Not to mention that the reaper invasion kinda happened. I bet that put a damper on things.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:29
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evilmiera posted:Nope, just confirmed: My newly crafted Black Widow 3 with Legacy heatsink does zero damage. I've heard there's obscene bullet drop on some guns.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:30
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evilmiera posted:Nope, just confirmed: My newly crafted Black Widow 3 with Legacy heatsink does zero damage. And it has to cool down after one shot? Is it a bug maybe? If not, why would they make it that bad?
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Mar 25, 2017 01:30
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exquisite tea posted:The order in which you do the plot missions is totally illusory except that Virmire (which becomes available after the second major planet you do) has some pretty difficult speech checks that you might want to have either Charm/Intimidate maxed out for. There's a speech check on Feros that can be hard to pass but it's not as important as the Virmire stuff. I think Therum, Feros, Noveria, Virmire feels the most natural. DLC can fit wherever.
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SgtSteel91 posted:And it has to cool down after one shot? Presuming a bug. I tried slapping one of those extended clips on it to get more shots out of "heatsinks", but it did nothing.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:31
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The Widow did need a nerf after ME3 where it could kill an entire corridor of enemies, TIM, Harbinger, and Casey Hudson's computer with a single shot
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Mar 25, 2017 01:32
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McCoy Pauley posted:Has anyone encountered problems starting a new single player campaign after you've already tried the single player once?
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Mar 25, 2017 01:35
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exquisite tea posted:The order in which you do the plot missions is totally illusory except that Virmire (which becomes available after the second major planet you do) has some pretty difficult speech checks that you might want to have either Charm/Intimidate maxed out for. That works. I'll go elsewhere then. Side note: THEY REALLY WANT ME TO GO TO ARTEMIS TAU, WHY. I mean, I could just do the side mission before the actual mission but for gently caress's sake was this necessary
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Mar 25, 2017 01:36
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widespread posted:That works. I'll go elsewhere then. If you don't go before the second plot mission you won't have enough time to romance Liara, and in ME1 Bioware really, really wanted you to gently caress the blue alien spacebabe.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:37
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widespread posted:Side note: THEY REALLY WANT ME TO GO TO ARTEMIS TAU, WHY. I mean, I could just do the side mission before the actual mission but for gently caress's sake was this necessary Because the default waifu of the series awaits you there.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:38
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evilmiera posted:Presuming a bug. I tried slapping one of those extended clips on it to get more shots out of "heatsinks", but it did nothing. Yeah, I think a lot of weapon crafting is just bugged as gently caress. I noticed that Beam weapons that have the same LISTED damage as non-beam weapons do much less actual damage and initially assumed it was just a bizarre design decision, but the more I think about it I think the whole system just received almost zero testing... like basically everything else in the game  For now I'd just stick to guns with conventional ammo and seeking plasma, which seem to work normally (seeking plasma is more likely to hit but much less likely to headshot). This also explains why Vintage Heatsinks is incredibly good on some guns (the Scattershot) and utter garbage on others. It's too bad, I really WANTED to like this system. Random Asshole fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Mar 25, 2017 |
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Mar 25, 2017 01:39
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widespread posted:That works. I'll go elsewhere then. Liara is kinda important if you want to figure out wtf is happening. It makes sense to see her as early as possible. Also she's a follower, of course they don't want you to overlook one.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:40
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Rinkles posted:Liara is kinda important if you want to figure out wtf is happening. It makes sense to see her as early as possible. Also she's a follower, of course they don't want you to overlook one. Actually if you grab Liara last Shepard & Co. have no trouble figuring out everything, which leads to an incredibly funny scene back on the Normandy where you tell her you've killed her mom and upended her life's work in the span of about 30 seconds.
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Mar 25, 2017 01:43
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Son of Rodney posted:One thing I've wondered about since I started the game, and which hasn't been mentioned at all, is why there is no news from the milky way. The initiative appearantly uses some weird geth technology to scope out the andromeda galaxy before making the trip, but shouldn't there be some form of ftl communication? I just read that appearntly ME explains instantaneous communication with comm buoys that need to be placed every 150.000km, as well as the mass effect portals, but couldn't the milkyway people just send some miniature comm ships after the arcs in certain intervals? SettingSun posted:Andromeda is 2.5 million LY from Earth. There probably isn't enough material in the Milky Way to make enough comm buoys to span the dark space between galaxies. They could use QEC, but there's still the 600 year difference. Ciaphas posted:How completely? Are we talking totally rechoose your character or is it "you're still a Vanguard but now you can take Nova instead of Charge if you want I guess"? (made up example ofc) I respecced around level 30 and can't see why I would ever respec again, I don't even know where to put my skill points right now anymore. You get way too many skill points, it's ridiculous. I just downloaded the APEX app on my tablet and phone and discovered that there are a lot more options for your apex teams. You can also rename your teams. So now I have "Turian Fuckboys" and "Krogan Fuckboys" doing my bidding. 
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exquisite tea posted:Actually if you grab Liara last Shepard & Co. have no trouble figuring out everything, which leads to an incredibly funny scene back on the Normandy where you tell her you've killed her mom and upended her life's work in the span of about 30 seconds. I meant in terms of how the story presents things at the beginning. She's the expert that should be able to makes sense of what you went through.
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SettingSun posted:Andromeda is 2.5 million LY from Earth. There probably isn't enough material in the Milky Way to make enough comm buoys to span the dark space between galaxies. They could use QEC, but there's still the 600 year difference. Actually the dumb thing is that at one point it mentions the SAM connection is done via quantum entanglement. If they have that technology it would theoretically be able to communicate instantaneously back to the milky way.
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Random rear end in a top hat posted:Yeah, I think a lot of weapon crafting is just bugged as gently caress. I noticed that Beam weapons that have the same LISTED damage as non-beam weapons do much less actual damage and initially assumed it was just a bizarre design decision, but the more I think about it I think the whole system just received almost zero testing... like basically everything else in the game It is really unfortunate because it took me ages to find the proper material to craft some of these. Would've been so fun to see what the guns actually did in the end. Presuming it is just some variable someplace not being added correctly.
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