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fruit on the bottom posted:Lol if refusal is the canon ending I never really thought about this, but I would be 100% okay if this turned out to be true. This would mean that if we did get contact from the Milky Way, then it would be from a new species finding one of our quantam entaglement devices. All of the spacefaring races would have been destroyed by the reapers, and the new race that finds our communications equipment would presumably not be aware of the reapers existence. Likewise, everyone in Andromeda left before knowing the reapers were real so we can't warn them. As far as lore goes that means Bioware still get to ignore the reapers existence and anything related to them and get an excuse to come up with a whole new set of races to inhabit the Milky Way. The stories could just continue on from there in any direction they want in either galaxy. Really would just give them a poo poo load of writing opportunities. I mean the next reaper cycle wouldn't be for about 49,000 more years, and the 600 years we spent in cryo is more than enough time for new races to find the citadel which is where I'm assuming the other end of our magic quantum gmail terminal is.
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Mar 25, 2017 17:52
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So is the game good or bad? Also, have I missed any good gifs in the last 100 pages.
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Mar 25, 2017 17:53
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It's good just rough and ugly
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Mar 25, 2017 18:00
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AndrewFL9 posted:I never really thought about this, but I would be 100% okay if this turned out to be true. This would mean that if we did get contact from the Milky Way, then it would be from a new species finding one of our quantam entaglement devices. All of the spacefaring races would have been destroyed by the reapers, and the new race that finds our communications equipment would presumably not be aware of the reapers existence. Likewise, everyone in Andromeda left before knowing the reapers were real so we can't warn them. Nah, the Reapers don't stick to a 50,000 year cycle as a rule, they just leave behind a ship (probably the annoying one) to notify the main fleet/open the Citadel relay when the native Milky Way species start getting a little too froggy. Usually that takes ~50k years after the reapers are done reaping all space faring species/species capable of space flight, but if a particularly troublesome race appeared they'd come around sooner than that. Nobody would find the QEC on the Citadel because the Keepers would remove it pretty soon after the harvest. WarpedLichen posted:So is the game good or bad? The game is fun enough to play but has enough annoyances, like the lack of a quick save or save during priority missions, that if you aren't invested enough you'll wait for the next update.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:01
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WarpedLichen posted:So is the game good or bad? I have tried to get some of the good gifs in the second op.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:01
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On an on single player note is anyone here playing multiplayer? I played a lot of ME 3 multi and loved it and am just starting to get into the new one. If you are a PC goon add me on origin. Name is AndrewFL9
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Mar 25, 2017 18:02
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AndrewFL9 posted:On an on single player note is anyone here playing multiplayer? I played a lot of ME 3 multi and loved it and am just starting to get into the new one. There's a whole thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3814183
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Mar 25, 2017 18:08
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Admiral Ray posted:Nah, the Reapers don't stick to a 50,000 year cycle as a rule, they just leave behind a ship (probably the annoying one) to notify the main fleet/open the Citadel relay when the native Milky Way species start getting a little too froggy. Usually that takes ~50k years after the reapers are done reaping all space faring species/species capable of space flight, but if a particularly troublesome race appeared they'd come around sooner than that. Nobody would find the QEC on the Citadel because the Keepers would remove it pretty soon after the harvest. Well I guess what I'm really trying to say is I'm totally okay with everyone in the Milky Way being dead and us finding that out somehow. Also it would be a lot of fun to play a mass effect where you just go full manifest destiny on this new galaxy as humans befriending or attacking new species as you met them.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:10
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Admiral Ray posted:Nah, the Reapers don't stick to a 50,000 year cycle as a rule, they just leave behind a ship (probably the annoying one) to notify the main fleet/open the Citadel relay when the native Milky Way species start getting a little too froggy. Usually that takes ~50k years after the reapers are done reaping all space faring species/species capable of space flight, but if a particularly troublesome race appeared they'd come around sooner than that. Well the lone ship left behind is just a failsafe, what's meant to happen is that the Citadel activates automatically and the Reapers pour through, which iirc is automatic around 50k years.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:19
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It always kinda bothered me that the names for the two reaper antagonists in Mass Effect should have been switched around. Harbinger should have been the name for the dude who activates the Citadel and calls forth all the other reapers. Sovereign for the autonomous big bad guy bossing the Collectors around.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:22
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2house2fly posted:Well the lone ship left behind is just a failsafe, what's meant to happen is that the Citadel activates automatically and the Reapers pour through, which iirc is automatic around 50k years. Nah, it ain't automatic. The ship left behind has to get the Citadel to open the relay to dark space some way or another. Per wiki: quote:However, once an organic species has settled on the Citadel and reached the required level of technological advancement, the Reapers' current vanguard, a single Reaper left behind to monitor the situation, sends a signal to the Citadel, which in turn signals the keepers, compelling them to activate the Citadel relay to dark space, and begin the process of genocide. The Protheans succeeded in altering the Citadel's signal so that the keepers ignored it, though too late to save the Protheans themselves from extinction at the hands of the Reapers.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:29
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Lightning Knight posted:I love this game and enjoy playing it but I know it isn't going to be "iconic" for me, it's not going to be something I feel deeply nostalgic for years later the way I do for ME: 2 or DA: O. And when I stop playing it I realize that it feels overall "phoned in," not so much in that they didn't try, but that it's something that doesn't really have a reason to exist other than to fill out EA's balance sheet for the year. this. its fine game and definitely mass effect though plot is kinda eh, it will grow on me but i don't think i will ever have massive amounts of nostalgia for it. AndrewFL9 posted:I never really thought about this, but I would be 100% okay if this turned out to be true. This would mean that if we did get contact from the Milky Way, then it would be from a new species finding one of our quantam entaglement devices. All of the spacefaring races would have been destroyed by the reapers, and the new race that finds our communications equipment would presumably not be aware of the reapers existence. Likewise, everyone in Andromeda left before knowing the reapers were real so we can't warn them. id be pissed, yeah it helps them with the lore with this game, but it feels like petty gently caress you to the angry fans. i prefer the destroy ending with Sheppard living but thats just me. my guess is that so much poo poo happend(reapers, plus six hundred years or so) that people just forgot about the initiative.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:34
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2house2fly posted:Well the lone ship left behind is just a failsafe, what's meant to happen is that the Citadel activates automatically and the Reapers pour through, which iirc is automatic around 50k years. Wouldn't it open and be activated by the spacefaring races and THEN call the reapers through? Not be just an auto call?
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Mar 25, 2017 18:35
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I've been experiencing frequent freezes during the transitional cutscenes when you land on or depart from a planet. I'm playing on PC. It's done this from launch, but it seems to be getting more and more frequent as I get further into the story.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:35
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Dexo posted:Also you have a super smart AI that is able to interface with ancient alien tech it had literally never seen before. To be fair, SAM is actually older than the Remnant tech. The Remnant Tech isn't like the Prothean stuff, it's only a few hundred years old. Everything, literally everything, that the Nexus brought on the trip is older than these fuckers.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:41
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Burkion posted:To be fair, SAM is actually older than the Remnant tech. That doesn't seem quite right? I think the Remnant tech started malfunctioning only recently, but it was present in early angara history. Some of them lived in monoliths and vaults luke cave people, which is actually a cool detail.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:50
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StarbloodKiss posted:If ME:A had 1-4 player co-op as an option for the main story related game, along with a co-op dialogue system like SWTOR or Divinity: Original Sin, I think their new model for ME could work quite well. As a solo experience though, it definitely doesn't live up to the original series. It's not a terrible start, they just need to focus on what they want and excel at it, really. So far, ME:A feels like a mix of both small-scale MMO and single player romp.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:52
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does anybody know how much data is needed to start on ps4 digital version?
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Mar 25, 2017 18:53
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23 gigs I think.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:53
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Why does the first Krogan I meet have the voice of a big gay dandy?
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Mar 25, 2017 18:55
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DrNutt posted:Man I'm sorry to admit it, but it's me, I'm the guy who loves the new Galaxy map and slowly travelling between beautifully rendered planets and scanning stuff. I posted the same thing like 100 pages ago when I first got the game. Yeah, it's really chill and looks good, and the way it dynamically tracks your route is neat, it's fun to pick out what order to check the planets to result in the most interesting flight path. You have to do it so rarely (only once per system and there are way less systems than in previous games) and you do get decent XP and sometimes rare minerals or whatever, plus I like hearing Suvi's unique dialogue for every little thing, Scottish accents are cool (was gonna go see Trainspotting 2 today but I'm still sick so MEAMP here I come) Speaking of Suvi though, remember the leaked scene that everyone hated? I finally got to it last night. It's really strange because my Ryder had already flirted with Suvi like 3 times before that scene in ways that weren't nearly so awkward. I think that scene is one of the ones they missed in QA because it just doesn't fit with when it happens. Also if it's not just a result of Too Many Writers, I'm assuming Suvi and Ashley believing in God is seen as "unique" because Earth is a fascist military state run by an AI of Richard Dawkins, nobody ever calls out the Asari on their Goddess bullshit
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Mar 25, 2017 18:56
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bloodysabbath posted:Why does the first Krogan I meet have the voice of a big gay dandy? That's a woman.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:56
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Tiny Deer posted:That's a woman. 
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Mar 25, 2017 18:57
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Biotic blink owns bones and that asari sword. Best Mass Effect game.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:00
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Biotic Blink isn't any functionally different in gameplay than normal dodge, right? It just looks cool?
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Mar 25, 2017 19:05
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Tiny Deer posted:That's a woman. I really hate her voice, and she's the voice they used for the Krogan Engineer in MP which is awful because that class is pretty fantastic but hearing her talk is sooooo annoying. I will say though, it's really annoying that you can't ever skip the docking/taking off animations in this one (I'm guessing because they're actually loading screens this time since there aren't any loading screens).
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Mar 25, 2017 19:04
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Drifter posted:Biotic Blink isn't any functionally different in gameplay than normal dodge, right? It just looks cool? It can phase through solid objects.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:05
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Drifter posted:Biotic Blink isn't any functionally different in gameplay than normal dodge, right? It just looks cool? You can blink through walls, though I doubt it ever lets you sequence break or anything, just an "oh poo poo" button in some arenas.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:05
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Drifter posted:Biotic Blink isn't any functionally different in gameplay than normal dodge, right? It just looks cool? You can phase through walls which is heck of confusing if you are used to dashing into cover. Now you dash past it. Which has taken some getting used to.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:16
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When you get the option of the two new planets, I hear the jungle one (Voerl or whatever) is the worst planet in the game and the other one (ice planet?) is much better, true? I just started hanging out on jungle base alpha but it doesn't seem too bad.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:20
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Havarl is the jungle planet. Most people who don't like the driving around open world experience think that Voerl (ice planet) is there worse planet.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:25
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precision posted:When you get the option of the two new planets, I hear the jungle one (Voerl or whatever) is the worst planet in the game and the other one (ice planet?) is much better, true? I just started hanging out on jungle base alpha but it doesn't seem too bad. Havarl has critters everywhere, so navigation can be a little annoying. I liked Voerl but I enjoy snowy mountains / driving around.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:39
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I'm doing the Asari ark right now and everytime Cora opens her mouth I just want to punch her. She's a total weeb.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:39
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I honestly liked the jungle planet, felt very claustrophobic and lush, and it has a few good setpieces.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:41
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Mar 25, 2017 19:42
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Anyone else have a bug on Voeld where after you blow up the hangar consoles it just turns solid white seizure flashes if you get anywhere near that area? It hurt and I ended up having to reload a save because I couldn't even walk around without falling off.
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Mar 25, 2017 19:44
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http://i.imgur.com/y80EjTr.gifv
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Mar 25, 2017 19:45
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who's one with the ship now joker? 
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Mar 25, 2017 19:47
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The AI team mates in this game are on a whole other level of dog poo poo
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