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B-Mac posted:Has there been any announcement on the DLCs this game is sure to get? Nothing official but good money is on a "find and rescue the quarian ark oh no a shocking twist and/or revelation" DLC. Someone else (sorry I forgot who) suggested a "explore Meridian" DLC which I can also see as basically a dungeon crawler. Then maybe a Kett themed DLC where you hunt a genetic gizmo to cure mom and thaw her?
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I'm assuming we'll get an idea of DLC next week, especially for multiplayer.
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Mar 31, 2017 13:37
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Hedrigall posted:Let the sexiest alien race rule. It's hard to beat all those Hanar tentacles beating you off.
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Mar 31, 2017 14:03
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Hedrigall posted:Let the sexiest alien race rule. As if that isn't already the case. Do you think it's a coincidence all the Council races are bipeds with features the asari find fuckable? Is it a 'coincidence' the race that just happens to resemble the asari the most got a Council seat years ahead of less asari-esque species?! Wake up, people! The only reason humanity didn't get genophaged was because the asari want our pinkish-brownish sexy women!! Humans are the token sexy alien race!
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Mar 31, 2017 14:15
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look you bring krogan because you're gonna need them to beat something up at some point, and they're happy to do it so long as you don't screw them over or even if you do semi-screw them over like not rescuing Drack's scouts but you say "hey I'm sorry I understand this is disappointing" because krogan just want some dignity, man
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Mar 31, 2017 14:16
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Tiny Deer posted:As if that isn't already the case. Creepy and accurate. We're the weird sex monsters mimicking the others. No wonder the others are kind of freaked out by us.
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Mar 31, 2017 14:17
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The Remnant Gauntlet is pretty cool. Doesn't do much damage, but massively increases the damage they take from the subsequent shotgun blast.
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Mar 31, 2017 14:24
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Haledjian posted:Hahah That was my thought too. I'm not sure dropping a jetfuel-spewing radio station with guns in it is all that respectful of the Angaran beliefs.
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Mar 31, 2017 14:26
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The Lone Badger posted:You can change loadout at a forward station. It was on the alien city planet when you gain full access to the city & I was wearing a hoodie. Maybe there's a spot to gently caress with that kinda poo poo but I was at the end of the gaming day at that point anyway.
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Mar 31, 2017 14:26
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I've been using the Remnant drone thing you get on the Tech tree during Peebee's quest chain. It seems okay but I'm not noticing it making a huge difference. Also sometimes it bugs out and stays summoned when I get onto the Tempest, then follows me around on the Tempest buzzing loudly, haha. I'll probably replace it with Energy Drain in my build because I need a good way to deal with shields and I'm sick of Overload.
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Mar 31, 2017 14:26
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Jesus, my kingdom for a fourth ability slot. I was okay with it on my first playthrough (Charge + Nova + Singularity is all you really need with shield-healing melee), but I REALLY want to add Cryo Beam to my Engineer build. I've tried swapping favorites but it just seems like way more trouble then it's worth. Who playtested this and said "This is a good, fun system that encourages experimentation instead of just immediately maxing and using the same three skills forever'? And on that note, who the gently caress decided to make respecs cost money?
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Mar 31, 2017 14:34
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BrianWilly posted:So still the Krogan, then. Agreed  Cythereal posted:I'm okay with the turians running the galaxy. Also agreed Number Ten Cocks posted:It's hard to beat all those Hanar tentacles beating you off. A...agreed?  Tiny Deer posted:Humans are the token sexy alien race! Don't be gross.
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Mar 31, 2017 14:57
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Random rear end in a top hat posted:Jesus, my kingdom for a fourth ability slot. I was okay with it on my first playthrough (Charge + Nova + Singularity is all you really need with shield-healing melee), but I REALLY want to add Cryo Beam to my Engineer build. I've tried swapping favorites but it just seems like way more trouble then it's worth. Who playtested this and said "This is a good, fun system that encourages experimentation instead of just immediately maxing and using the same three skills forever'? And on that note, who the gently caress decided to make respecs cost money? Yeah when I first heard about loadouts I thought they'd be really cool, but the way skills increase in cost and are way better maxed out than not it seems better to just max 3 out and then toss a bunch of points into passives. I'm at the point where we can go to Meridian, but I have a slew of side/loyalty quests left so I'm gonna go knock all that out before I go.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I play as a vanguard and I mostly use tech powers as my primer. The vanguard profile is awesome but I'm having a bitch of a time leveling it up because I'm out of useful passives on the combat tree. At some point you start dumping points into skills you don't even want (maybe in alternate builds?) just to unlock the higher tier passives from the SAM mode switching thing your dad was doing in the opening mission. I forget what it's called. I just set it to "biotic adept" and left it alone for the rest of the game. If you go close to all out (I got some complimentary combat stuff to round it out) then you'll reach tier 5 by end of game. Tier 6 will be NG+ unless you want to just grind it out I guess.
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Random rear end in a top hat posted:Jesus, my kingdom for a fourth ability slot. I was okay with it on my first playthrough (Charge + Nova + Singularity is all you really need with shield-healing melee), but I REALLY want to add Cryo Beam to my Engineer build. I've tried swapping favorites but it just seems like way more trouble then it's worth. Who playtested this and said "This is a good, fun system that encourages experimentation instead of just immediately maxing and using the same three skills forever'? And on that note, who the gently caress decided to make respecs cost money? I also wish for a 4th ability slot and hate that respect costs money. But this system totally encourages experimentation. It cost the same to go from level 1-3 on an ability that it costs from 5-6. The game showers you in skills points and even if you are min/maxing you'll soon have extra points. If you aren't min/maxing it's easy to pick up some side skills and try them out. The way I play, I have one favorite setup that is my go to "I have been using this set of abilities all game" fallback. I use the other profiles to try new combinations for awhile, knowing that if my experimental build sucks, I can switch mid combat to the tried and true. Every now and then, I'll respec to clean out skills I never liked. It's fun!
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evilmiera posted:That was my thought too. I'm not sure dropping a jetfuel-spewing radio station with guns in it is all that respectful of the Angaran beliefs. Who cares, within 3 generations they'll be regarded as savages richly deserving their subjugation.
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DO IT TO IT posted:I've been using the Remnant drone thing you get on the Tech tree during Peebee's quest chain. It seems okay but I'm not noticing it making a huge difference. Also sometimes it bugs out and stays summoned when I get onto the Tempest, then follows me around on the Tempest buzzing loudly, haha. I'll probably replace it with Energy Drain in my build because I need a good way to deal with shields and I'm sick of Overload. I upgraded it to go in close on enemies and I gave it the missiles that detonate combos. I'm trying a build that is it plus Singularity plus Throw. It drives people out of cover, which my Black Widow appreciates and we are explosion buds now.
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I am pretty amazed at getting congratulations from Meridian when gaining 100 percent viability on all outpost planets, considering I haven't visited it yet.
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And it's odd, because they're pretty careful to only mention Prodromos and the vault on Eos as things you've done before that. I guess they originally planned to have it much harder to 100% viability. 
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evilmiera posted:I am pretty amazed at getting congratulations from Meridian when gaining 100 percent viability on all outpost planets, considering I haven't visited it yet. The usual lack of attention to details that is a common theme for all of the game. Funny enough, there are many elements they did actually take that attention, like getting an new approach movie to the Nexus post main mission or quests reacting to you having resolved the political situation on Kadara.
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I finished with 85% completion and that was with my game breaking mission chain broken bug on the ice planet where I can't talk to the kett prisoners to free them and they just stand in their open cages forever. 100% should be easily achievable by any completionist. At least once a bunch of bug fixes are patched in 
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Decius posted:The usual lack of attention to details that is a common theme for all of the game. Funny enough, there are many elements they did actually take that attention, like getting an new approach movie to the Nexus post main mission or quests reacting to you having resolved the political situation on Kadara. it's really weird because there's a shitload of post-game dialogue. like you can have several full conversations with each squadmate and major NPCs. clearly someone was on the ball when planning all this out so it's noticeable how sloppy they are elsewhere
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Pattonesque posted:it's really weird because there's a shitload of post-game dialogue. like you can have several full conversations with each squadmate and major NPCs. clearly someone was on the ball when planning all this out so it's noticeable how sloppy they are elsewhere Yeah, that's what I was getting at. Someone planned a lot of it, but either they run out of time or out of care. They exchange for example the Nexus approach movie correctly to show how many Arks you have found. Except for some reason it never showed the Salarian Ark for me. And the picture of the Nexus always lagged one Ark behind. I think they simply wanted to get it out on March, hell or high water, and that's why we got this buggy, QA-less game that feels like playing a Early Access Alpha at many times, while being really great and wonderful at others.
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Tei posted:I score this game 0/10 subjetive-points. it's for the best, romancing and games is always creepy and overrated.
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I'm romancing the Pyjak.
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Aha ha ha make drat sure you don't die on the 'boss' of Vetra's loyalty mission. The autosave puts me behind a door that won't open.
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anime tupac posted:this will probably already have been dealt with by the time you read this, but everyone should do the super fast/easy tutorial mission for MP, and then also you should try to complete the steps in the "tutorial" category in your achievements or whatever they're called. You get credits for every step, or at least most of them, and it's a really nice boost compared to starting out in ME3 MP and just grinding out waves as a lowly douchebag and hoping to complete an objective wave Hot tip, I never would've realized.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Why are people so enthusiastic about the Asari sword? When I tried to use it I found the blink kept putting me places I didn't want to be or made me miss. The kett sword with fire damage is way more powerful. You have to be focused in on the guy you wanna kill. If the crosshairs are too far off it seems to dump you randomly near them. If you're on target and at the right distance it'll actually blink you behind them for a sweet backstab.
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Vitamin P posted:Aha ha ha make drat sure you don't die on the 'boss' of Vetra's loyalty mission. Same happened here. The game keeps a lot of autosaves though, you lose like 5 minutes at the most.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:You're over-correcting with the sword, try using it like a shotgun; aim from a short distance away instead of point-blank. I've noticed when i'm real close it'll often reposition me a few steps back but still in the correct spot if my aiming is good. Best distance IMO is about five-seven strides away, so I guess about shotgun distance is right.
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DancingShade posted:At some point you start dumping points into skills you don't even want (maybe in alternate builds?) just to unlock the higher tier passives from the SAM mode switching thing your dad was doing in the opening mission. Yeah, my vanguard profile is level 3, I just wish I was getting something out of the combat passives I'm leveling up. The biotic ones are awesome. Barriers has made me basically unkillable.
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Hedrigall posted:Don't be gross. Hey, I'm not gross, the asari are gross. Blame them for uplifting the only other species with breasts they've found.
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Vitamin P posted:Aha ha ha make drat sure you don't die on the 'boss' of Vetra's loyalty mission. Yup. Happened to me too. If you didn't work this out already: the autosave one step back means you have to fight the previous room again so this is not the end of the game. Decius posted:Yeah, that's what I was getting at. Someone planned a lot of it, but either they run out of time or out of care. They exchange for example the Nexus approach movie correctly to show how many Arks you have found. Except for some reason it never showed the Salarian Ark for me. And the picture of the Nexus always lagged one Ark behind. I think they simply wanted to get it out on March, hell or high water, and that's why we got this buggy, QA-less game that feels like playing a Early Access Alpha at many times, while being really great and wonderful at others. Yeah there is a lot of stuff in this game that screams "attention to detail on design collided with hitting this date on QA". All the problems I am seeing around progression breaks feel like plot flags not being set or checked correctly. The problem they made for themselves is that the more they tried to make a game that was reactive to player choices the more opportunities they gave themselves to mess that up, which would have needed even more QA than if they'd never tried in the first place. After Hunting the Archon, you have a meeting with Nexus bigwigs. I'd need a save editor or a debug build to check this, but it seemed like every one of the Nexus leadership weighed in in ways that reflected my actions so far in the game, implying that there are dozens of slightly different ways that scene could have played out (I assume that it always ends the same way). People love to hate on the tasks, but I keep coming across little changes to the world that reflect what I did in them. For example, on Aya you get asked to talk to three Angaran who might want to transfer to the Nexus. You can succeed or fail at this depending on what you say. One of them was worried about being in touch with his family. Later, while walking around the Nexus I overheard an Anagran talking about how he's calling his family every day. It took a minute for me to connect those two things.
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Pattonesque posted:look you bring krogan because you're gonna need them to beat something up at some point, and they're happy to do it so long as you don't screw them over Hell, if you end up not needing them at all just leave them in the freezer.
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Decius posted:Yeah, that's what I was getting at. Someone planned a lot of it, but either they run out of time or out of care. They exchange for example the Nexus approach movie correctly to show how many Arks you have found. Except for some reason it never showed the Salarian Ark for me. And the picture of the Nexus always lagged one Ark behind. I think they simply wanted to get it out on March, hell or high water, and that's why we got this buggy, QA-less game that feels like playing a Early Access Alpha at many times, while being really great and wonderful at others. Personally I'm pretty convinced it was a time issue. With all the upper management turmoil this game, I would be really surprised if 5 years was actually spent on this Mass Effect Andromeda, as opposed to a sizeable portion being spent on other iterations that never saw the light of day.
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Captain Oblivious posted:Personally I'm pretty convinced it was a time issue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law Is not confirmed but a lot of people suspect that when you find a software that require many stupid intermediate steps to complete a dumb simple task, it comes from companies where to complete a simple dumb task you have to comply with dumb bureaucracy steps. The updated version of hell is not a place with large pools of lava on fire, but a cubicle where you have to solve paradoxical requirements and fill forms for ever and ever. Tei fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Mar 31, 2017 |
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Roger Ebert once wrote an article about how he could tell when a movie was made by cocaine addicts.
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