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GreatGreen posted:In Mass Effect 1, have they figured out the difference between the Level Scaling "Legendary" and "Classic" settings? I'm pretty sure that Legendary has you level faster and get more points with each one. I was able to unlock stuff much quicker than back in the day. I think it's because they know you're probably not gonna replay the first game again, so they want to get you your powers much faster.
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chaosapiant posted:Mass Effect has two play styles: You can't be the bullet in ME1
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May 16, 2021 23:52
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Piell posted:You can't be the bullet in ME1 That's kind of why I asked the question. In ME2 I had a riot playing Vanguard but that playstyle doesn't really exist in ME1... and it's been long enough that I kinda forgot how these classes play.
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May 17, 2021 00:04
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Basically - Tech abilities are debuffs + damage. Each one locks down - weapons, abilities, shields or a stun. Combat classes specialize in certain weapons. If you have a specialization you should probably use one of those as your main weapon, however now with the LE weapon changes you can use all 4 depending on the situation. I'm playing an adept (pistols only) and I have put no points into pistol and swap between all of them, usually sniper/AR though Biotic abilities are Crowd Control. Hit scary enemies to knock them down, as that prevents them from A. hurting you B. using their own abilities. You can KO enemies before they can use defensive abilities to make them easier to kill. Whichever class you pick will have one or two of those, you'll mix and match what you want to do. Classes in 1 do not have 'signature' abilities that you put a whole playstyle around like in 2 or 3. edit: Classes are Soldier (combat) - Vanguard (combat + biotics) - Adept (biotics) - Sentinel (tech + biotics) - Engineer (tech) - Infiltrator (combat + tech) DourCricket fucked around with this message at 00:15 on May 17, 2021 |
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May 17, 2021 00:12
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Codependent Poster posted:I'm pretty sure that Legendary has you level faster and get more points with each one. I was able to unlock stuff much quicker than back in the day. I think it's because they know you're probably not gonna replay the first game again, so they want to get you your powers much faster. Yeah, I'm level 19 after doing Feros and Therum and some side quests, with Noveria and everything else still to go after that. I was never level 38 by that point in the original. It's possible the other changes they made to XP, like full XP in the Mako, are offsetting that some; did anyone go with classic leveling mode to make a comparison?
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May 17, 2021 00:24
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Vichan posted:A lot of enemies tend to rush you as soon as you enter the combat zones, this isn't as egregious in main missions but the sidequests can be unbearable due to this, especially when you're facing biotics. The side quest with the biotics on the ship is horrible poo poo. Getting hit by throw 5 times every few seconds and completely unable to do anything about it.
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May 17, 2021 00:47
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Piell posted:You can't be the bullet in ME1 "Believe in the bullet, and shoot yourself."
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May 17, 2021 00:50
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I'm not sure if I missed the listening post missions before, but how do those rachni's existence not invalidate the big rachni decision? Is it because a lack of a Queen? They've spread across multiple planets on that mission. I have to have missed/not paid attention to an explantation in the mission.
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May 17, 2021 00:56
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Thom12255 posted:The side quest with the biotics on the ship is horrible poo poo. Getting hit by throw 5 times every few seconds and completely unable to do anything about it. My biggest complaint about those biotics is that if you get hit by warp while standing near a wall you get clipped into it and you can't get iut
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May 17, 2021 00:58
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Anybody else on PC not being able to even get past the launcher? I boot up ME1 and it just crashes. Extremely cool.
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May 17, 2021 00:58
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Wow doing the Thorian as an adept on Insane is a slog. The thralls take a million shots to go down and if they get near you they'll one shot you because your up/armor is crap. Plus your biotic powers don't do too much because there are so many of them. I ended up putting everyone on shotguns with knockback ammo and just kept cycling who we were attacking to knock them over. Took like an hour.
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May 17, 2021 00:58
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I used snipers (same as you, with knock back) and Liara. Doubling up on warp / lift / singularity kept us safe so no deaths but yeah - very very slow.
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May 17, 2021 01:02
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Tim Whatley posted:Anybody else on PC not being able to even get past the launcher? I boot up ME1 and it just crashes. Extremely cool. Try opening the regular origin client if you have it installed. I've seen some people report crashes like that with just the thin client running
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May 17, 2021 01:17
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DarkLich posted:I've had some PS4 bugs. Two crashes, both near the Citadel Financial District. I've also had Shephard randomly freeze and stop moving, while the rest of the game around her functions. Now I've got the habit of manually saving every 5 minutes. Sombrerotron posted:I just murdered a geth armature with the Mako by driving over it and then jump-jetting in place on top of it until it died. A+ GOTY It was on the planet where you get the last squad mate, right before you go into the cave there's a big fight with a bunch of shooty bois, jumpy bois, and one big tripod cannon thing. I finally got Wrex to take cover with me but I still couldn't figure out how to kill the things that were jumping all over the place, I think I just sat in cover long enough that my squad took care of them. Then I was able to snipe everything else. After that my guys kept getting killed by these little drones that seem like they are meant to be like, goomba level enemies. I don't think I really picked up on how the combat and powers interact with each other during the introductory act battles, I just shot my way out of every situation. I still have no idea what the biotic powers do lol, but maybe that's cuz I picked a main character that doesn't have them. DourCricket posted:Combat classes specialize in certain weapons. If you have a specialization you should probably use one of those as your main weapon, however now with the LE weapon changes you can use all 4 depending on the situation. Ohhhhhhhh, I was wondering why I could equip everyone with every weapon. But what does the last part mean, cuz I can't seem to actually draw every weapon in combat?
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May 17, 2021 01:39
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Vichan posted:The former needs 9 charm, I had to do a lot of side missions as well as a bit of Noveria before coming back to the Citadel. I swear I made it during my playthrough with Feros as my second main planet, but no longer, even with 10 Charm (current max). Any way to edit Paragon/Renegade (or the raw Intimidate/Charm scores) yet? Also, does killing Jeong screw the colony if you do all the other nice things (spare the colonists and the asari, did all the subquests) or am I OK if I can't spare the idiot?
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May 17, 2021 01:43
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You know with the combat changes I'd actually recommend going Soldier in ME1 and playing on Normal.
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:
Hold LB/L1 to pull up the weapon wheel. In the original you could equip all 4 guns but only the soldier can actually make use of them. Now all classes can aim/shoot with them.
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May 17, 2021 01:54
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I think I do Dig Site - Noveria - Feros every time. Dig Site is first because of Liara, but I think it's mostly because Noveria is more interesting than Feros overall to me. Plus the infinite paragon/renegade points at Noveria, which is still in.
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bobjr posted:I think I do Dig Site - Noveria - Feros every time. Dig Site is first because of Liara, but I think it's mostly because Noveria is more interesting than Feros overall to me. I go Therum > Feros > Bring Down The Sky/Pinacle Station > Noveria because the confrontation with Benezia at the end of Novera feels like it's a big end of act 1 moment, with Virmire and the Citadel return being act 2 and then Ilos-onwards being act 3 of the game. There's also a more logical progression on the path to Saren this way. You find Benezia's daughter on Therum, you fight Benezia's acolyte on Feros, you fight Benezia herself on Noveria, and Benezia then leads you to Saren.
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Zedd posted:Roses Are Red Therum is Red The Normandy's Blue Feros is Grey Noveria is Grey Citadel is Grey Ilos is Grey Spaceships are Grey Outposts are Grey The best guns are Grey Burma-Shave Though in all honesty, they did spruce things up a bit for the remaster so it's not quite as monotonous. e: Jennifer Hale's take on Renegade Shepard as "done putting up with bullshit" is great. Gianna Parasini: "You can't bludgeon your way through corporate bureaucracy." Shepard: "I can bludgeon pretty hard." Wingnut Ninja fucked around with this message at 06:30 on May 17, 2021 |
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May 17, 2021 02:33
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ME2 is getting Legion early worth it? I heard you have to essentially sacrifice people for it somehow but I want him for Tali's mission, if possible.
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Inzombiac posted:ME2 Remember that if the kidnapping does happen, you can't do any more missions before going through the Omega 4 relay or you will lose part of your crew.
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EDIT: Legion's better left for a second or third playthrough Spacebump posted:I'm not sure if I missed the listening post missions before, but how do those rachni's existence not invalidate the big rachni decision? Is it because a lack of a Queen? They've spread across multiple planets on that mission. I have to have missed/not paid attention to an explantation in the mission. It's another out of control experiment by humanity's answer to the Salarian STG, Cerberus Outpost22 fucked around with this message at 03:12 on May 17, 2021 |
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May 17, 2021 03:09
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Outpost22 posted:EDIT: Legion's better left for a second or third playthrough Also if you have the PC version you can edit Legion into your party immediately after Freedom's Progress with one of the readily available and easy to use save editors and see all the dialog that was recorded for him for every mission that 90% of people never got to witness because BioWare stuck him at the end of the game essentially after the Point of No Return. That said you won't get any of his characterization dialog on the Normany until after you finish his loyalty mission/the game itself. Taking him into the Derelict Reaper also breaks the game, so don't do that.
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Hmm, sounds like a hassle. I've completed ME2 once before, way back when, so maybe I'll just look it up on YouTube.
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MadDogMike posted:I swear I made it during my playthrough with Feros as my second main planet, but no longer, even with 10 Charm (current max). Any way to edit Paragon/Renegade (or the raw Intimidate/Charm scores) yet? Also, does killing Jeong screw the colony if you do all the other nice things (spare the colonists and the asari, did all the subquests) or am I OK if I can't spare the idiot? If you did all the other stuff it survives.
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Vichan posted:The bottom one is the best solely because the face doesn't look as derpy as the others. The blonde one would be my second choice. I remember that blonde one was met with full on Gamer Derision because eww stupid blonde bimbo girls.
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goblin week posted:I remember that blonde one was met with full on Gamer Derision because eww stupid blonde bimbo girls. My first Shep was blonde and is my head canon Shep. Haters gonna hate. 
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Why is this thread obsessed with what gamers did 10 years ago.
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I forgot how wordy 1 was. You can see the old school RPG design showing when you make it to the Citadel for the first time an hour in and have to wade through a bunch conversations about politics and corruption and such.
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Why is this thread obsessed with what gamers did 10 years ago. Because they rose up, and now Biden is president?
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Why is this thread obsessed with what gamers did 10 years ago. I mean, the thread is about games that came out 10 years ago. It seems like a fair topic of discussion to me, but I haven't been a close follower of Mass Effect drama. I think any of those Shepards look fine, it's not like it has any impact on my game, it's something that shows up in the occasional promotional artwork or default character option that I immediately click off of.
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Blue Raider posted:I forgot how wordy 1 was. You can see the old school RPG design showing when you make it to the Citadel for the first time an hour in and have to wade through a bunch conversations about politics and corruption and such. Oh yeah. You can spend the first 4 hours or so there and it really drags. 2 is much more punchy.
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Why is this thread obsessed with what gamers did 10 years ago. It’s called having a working memory! You should try that out someday.
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ME1 down, 100% completion! Barely level 29 and because I forgot to click ONE DIALOGUE OPTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME - I missed only 1 achievement. Apparently it'll only take 30-45m to get it in ng+ but still... Why the hell is there only one chance to learn about Protheans. On to ME2 insanity! Horizon calls to me 😩
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goblin week posted:It’s called having a working memory! You should try that out someday. I don't give a turd about what your imaginary gamer strawman from ten years ago thought about which mass effect lady looked good or bad, and I'm glad my mind automatically deletes useless poo poo like that.
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My mind perfectly recalls all memories and it is tearing my family apart.
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Inzombiac posted:Oh yeah. You can spend the first 4 hours or so there and it really drags. It’s not just that either. I had completely forgotten about the text blurbs that pop up when you complete one of the game’s throwaway side quests. There’s like 500 words describing the vision when you put the consort’s artifact in that random sphere you find by exploring some planet. Games don’t really do that much anymore.
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DourCricket posted:ME1 down, 100% completion! Barely level 29 and because I forgot to click ONE DIALOGUE OPTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME - I missed only 1 achievement. Some of the codex entries have weird triggers, since I got the "Collect all main codex entries for council races" only after I talked to the Elcor vendor on Noveria, and that could easily be missed, unless it can pop up in a few places. Also one thing I just noticed this run is most characters have a solid yes/no on should we have killed the Rachni Queen or not if it comes up, but Kaiden is the only one to go "We should have just pushed this decision on someone else" without a clear answer. bobjr fucked around with this message at 04:36 on May 17, 2021 |
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Knuc U Kinte posted:I don't give a turd about what your imaginary gamer strawman from ten years ago thought about which mass effect lady looked good or bad, and I'm glad my mind automatically deletes useless poo poo like that. Someone please think of this poor person struggling to keep up with the blistering pace of this ten post per hour thread because some people talk about things they don't care about
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