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Drifter posted:I don't remember Samara saying there were 'only 3' Yakshis, just that all of her daughters were them. She does - she says "As far as I know, only three exist today. Two chose a life of seclusion. The third ran." Then once she discloses that Morinth is her daughter, if Shepard asks her how many children she has, she says "Three. And three Ardat-Yakshi are in existence today. It is as it sounds."
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 02:02 |
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Seemlar posted:Multiple people on the Citadel in ME2 talk about the monastery and know about Ardat-Yakshi. There's no retcon, Samara just doesn't tell you the truth. It could be the truth as she knows it, it could be a retcon, it could sort of not matter. quote:Samara: As far as I know, only three exist today. Two chose a life of seclusion. The third ran. to me the simplest explanation is the ME3 writers chose to discard that because of what they wanted to do on the monastery mission and/or with banshees. And so, whatever. e: fffffff
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 02:02 |
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Trast posted:Well she was an ageless serial killer who devoured her victim's souls to sustain herself with no remorse what so ever. How did you want them to sugar coat that? Change it so that Mornith is more like Dexter. She knows she has to kill but she tries to do good by targeting bad people like gang leaders, warlords, and drug dealers. And in their confrontation, have Mornith point out that while she has a compulsion, she's making an effort to change or to redirect it. If you do something that goes against The Code, Samara will kill without a second thought, because she's that devoted to The Code.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 02:05 |
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SgtSteel91 posted:Change it so that Mornith is more like Dexter. Make Morinth more like Batman and use the "logic" of the writers behind Mass Effect 3. Such that Morinth killed her Parent, and since a criminal killed her mom, she fights (and kills) other criminals so that no other criminal has to go through the act of killing their own parents. The cycle continues...
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 02:15 |
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Seemlar posted:Multiple people on the Citadel in ME2 talk about the monastery and know about Ardat-Yakshi. There's no retcon, Samara just doesn't tell you the truth. There was no monastery to talk about in ME2. Bioware wanted a better reason for Banshees than "Reapers did it" and retconned it in.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 02:17 |
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In ME3 how do you increase the standard 50% galactic readiness? Was that the multiplayer side of things?
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 02:20 |
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Drifter posted:In ME3 how do you increase the standard 50% galactic readiness? Was that the multiplayer side of things? Yes, playing multiplayer will increase the readiness percentage. It isn't necessary to get all the endings, anymore.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 02:31 |
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Kibayasu posted:There was no monastery to talk about in ME2. Bioware wanted a better reason for Banshees than "Reapers did it" and retconned it in.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 02:32 |
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Falere and Rila are obviously very busy making enough booze for the whole galaxy on their own. They must be making a killing!
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 02:58 |
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aegof posted:Yes, playing multiplayer will increase the readiness percentage. It isn't necessary to get all the endings, anymore. I figured. Don't need to do that, thankfully. I've got like 7000 war assets, when all you need are 3500 for maximum Destroy.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 03:01 |
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Kibayasu posted:There was no monastery to talk about in ME2. Bioware wanted a better reason for Banshees than "Reapers did it" and retconned it in. No, this isn't true. Even aside from the image Seemlar posted, Samara herself tells you about it. A life of seclusion, I believe, is the exact phrase she uses, but it's there. Drifter posted:In ME3 how do you increase the standard 50% galactic readiness? Was that the multiplayer side of things? Multiplayer and the defunct phone games - Infiltrator and Datapad. The N7HQ site lets you raise readiness without playing MP, you just click on some poo poo and wait - it basically replaced Datapad. http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/N7_HQ#Galaxy_at_War
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 03:03 |
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SgtSteel91 posted:Change it so that Mornith is more like Dexter. Dexter is terrible but Bioware would find a way to top it. It is really okay if Morinth embraces what a monster she is given the rest of the asari are portrayed as zealots, strippers, or snooty aristocrats. It is another side of the space elf coin.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 04:38 |
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YA BOY ETHAN COUCH posted:Ryder: *pulls sheet of paper out of pocket. it's just a long check list of alien races and whether they have a vag or a cloaca* Don't forget ovipositors!
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 04:43 |
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Yo, that clone boss final battle royale in Citadel dlc is fuckin' hard as gently caress when you're an awesome Vanguard. She just keeps teleporting and then throwing nova blasts all day. And the hot black chick just won't stay fuckin dead. she's come back to life like four times now and the Clone just constantly keeps regaining health. The mooks keep reappearing as well. I don't even get it - I don't remember what I did way back in 2013 to beat this...is it like just a time thing - hold out for X minutes and then you win? It's pretty tough and fun but then it just doesn't stop?
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 09:29 |
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Drifter posted:Yo, that clone boss final battle royale in Citadel dlc is fuckin' hard as gently caress when you're an awesome Vanguard. She just keeps teleporting and then throwing nova blasts all day. Evil Shepard has 5 packs of medigel, same as regular Shepard. You need to kill her until her stock runs out to win. She can also revive her partner when she goes down, but that gives you a chance to pummel them both. Just focus on Shepard.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 09:37 |
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Drifter posted:Yo, that clone boss final battle royale in Citadel dlc is fuckin' hard as gently caress when you're an awesome Vanguard. She just keeps teleporting and then throwing nova blasts all day. The clone has a certain number of Medi-gels, not sure if it changes based on difficulty level, and you have to get them to use them all up by wearing their health down each time, once they have none left and you wear them down again a cutscene should trigger. There should be a display on screen saying how many medi-gels the clone has. It's a fun fight, having all your own dirty tricks thrown back at you! This is what the rest of the galaxy experiences when Shepard comes to town!
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 09:39 |
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chiasaur11 posted:Evil Shepard has 5 packs of medigel, same as regular Shepard. You need to kill her until her stock runs out to win. She can also revive her partner when she goes down, but that gives you a chance to pummel them both. Just focus on Shepard. Uhhhh my medigel capacity is around 10. Do I have to kill her ten goddamned times? smh
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 09:41 |
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Drifter posted:Uhhhh my medigel capacity is around 10. No, just six. Fortunately.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 09:46 |
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Kai Leng posted:Do I have to kill her ten goddamned times?
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 09:49 |
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I will never forget that one boss fight from ME2 that starts off with the asari lady drinking red wine out of a plastic solo cup.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 09:51 |
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Helith posted:There's a conversation option with her when she gives you the mission where she says something along the lines of "I have 3 children, there are 3 Ardat-Yakshi in existence. It is as it sounds" I remember that line because it was a great scene with excellent voice work on the delivery. Another fine thing ruined by ME3 Beefstew posted:I will never forget that one boss fight from ME2 that starts off with the asari lady drinking red wine out of a plastic solo cup. Hey nobody likes their space coffee being interrupted.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 12:03 |
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 23:43 |
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I'm getting a strong Johnny Five-aces vibe off BroRyder there.
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# ? Dec 22, 2016 23:58 |
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The Asari in this game is a weirdo that tries to date and gently caress both Ryders at the same time.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 00:28 |
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I always liked the last bit of ME3 in London where you're saying your goodbyes to your group. EDI really seemed to be inserted into a lot of the parts of the game. She was mostly fun as a character, I think, but dang.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 00:29 |
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Drifter posted:I always liked the last bit of ME3 in London where you're saying your goodbyes to your group. I sometimes wonder if she got the robot body because Tricia Helfer is great and they wanted her more involved in the game than the ship based stuff. Well at least I'd like to think it's that and not the more likely "sexy robot body" reason.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 00:55 |
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Well, Marauder Shields, at least you tried. edit: Haha, Dang, I forgot how badly they really wanted you to choose synthesis. The starkid literally tells you it's the happy ending. Destroy all the way. Shame about Anderson, but at least he got a chance to tell you one last time how proud of you he was. Drifter fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Dec 23, 2016 |
# ? Dec 23, 2016 01:50 |
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When your roommate crash your netflix and chill
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 02:14 |
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I give ME3 some flak sometimes but still, it's kinda sad saying goodbye to dudes you've played three games with (+ EDI) When Liara and the team is crowded around the name memorial in the Normandy right before putting your name on that board it's kind of a downer. And then Anderson's and EDI's name just chillin' there as well Ah well. We'll see what ME4 brings. I hope to god they learned from DAINQ about what not to do regarding collectathoning poo poo.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 02:45 |
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Drifter posted:Ah well. We'll see what ME4 brings. I hope to god they learned from DAINQ about what not to do regarding collectathoning poo poo. Are you ready to scan?
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 03:16 |
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hampig posted:Are you ready to scan? Haha, yeah, I saw that part of the preview.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 03:19 |
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To be fair, it could be fun if used well as Witcher senses in space, but I also see scanning rocks in my future.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 03:25 |
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Drifter posted:Well, Marauder Shields, at least you tried. hahahaha. I still can't believe anyone would be dumb enough to choose synthesis. What a monstrous choice. Destroy and Control are legitimately good/interesting choices, if nothing else. The ME3 ending would be way better if there simply wasn't a way to get synthesis.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 04:32 |
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The Iron Rose posted:Destroy and Control are legitimately good/interesting choices, if nothing else. The ME3 ending would be way better if there simply wasn't a way to get synthesis. Now that we know the premise of Andromeda, I think low EMS Destroy is my favorite option. Burn it all down.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 04:42 |
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IN Synthesis the robot tells you that the Reaper "civilizations" within each reaper will be shared amongst the rest of the poeple in the Universe and I'm just thinking like, if there's anything left that's recognizably cognizant within those reapers then they must be living some I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream life in there, what with the literally evil poo poo the reapers have been doing for millions of years. I don't think the rest of the Galaxy would appreciate a bunch of old civilizations/alien races screaming their digital voices raw from accumulated horror.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 04:46 |
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What if every cycle inside the reapers is basically living in the Matrix but without the red-pill option, and from their perspective civilization has continued without the reapers? What is Andromeda is just that...but for this cycle?
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 04:52 |
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marshmallow creep posted:What if every cycle inside the reapers is basically living in the Matrix but without the red-pill option, and from their perspective civilization has continued without the reapers? Andromeda ends with everything exploding for no apparent reason. The last shot is Shepard flipping a double bird at Starkid as she falls from the collapsing Citadel.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 04:55 |
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Crabtree posted:The Asari in this game is a weirdo that tries to date and gently caress both Ryders at the same time. what a weirdo, trying to gently caress all the aliens in sight
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 05:04 |
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Crabtree posted:The Asari in this game is a weirdo that tries to date and gently caress both Ryders at the same time. Instead of you romancing someone, Pheebee romances you and this manifests as her visiting your quarters after every mission to check and see if you have something new to say
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 05:24 |
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^^^ That is a terrible design practice and I despise Bioware games for using it. I never romanced anyone in this playthrough (I try to avoid most Bioware romances), but it might have been appropriate for Liara, in London at the very end, to take on your DNA randomizer and get pregnant or whatever (after asking you) instead of just showing you some weird memory. I'd have allowed that if you guys were good friends and poo poo. We all knew Shepard wasn't coming back from that final assault into the Citadel. ...this probably outs me as some closet furry or something, but I swear I'm not.
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