The thought of fighting a Banshee and Praetorian at the same time is frightening.
[QUOTE=Tortekr;35557531]The thought of fighting a Banshee and Praetorian at the same time is frightening.[/QUOTE]
Sounds pretty kickass, actually.
[QUOTE=Tortekr;35557531]The thought of fighting a Banshee and Praetorian at the same time is frightening.[/QUOTE]
I always thought a banshee riding a Praetorian in to battle would be pretty kickass.
Fight that thing, a half-Banshee half-Praetorian (looks like Quelaag from Dark Souls, only Reaperised), on maximum difficulty, no medi-gel, powers only, Harbinger Interior.
[QUOTE=Greeneyes;35553631]If you didn't do arrival they never say, so its assumed Sheps detained due to working for Cerberus.[/QUOTE]
That can't be it, because you tell the Council you're working with Cerberus in ME2 and although they object, they're fine with giving you your Specter status back and obviously aren't going to make a big fuss about it, which means you never should have answered to the Alliance in the first place. They had no business detaining you for that long, and to forcibly detain you would be violating a shitload of Council laws.
Basically, if you didn't do Arrival, the intro makes no sense.
[QUOTE=GetBent;35554794]I imported one of my saves from ME2 that didn't do Arrival, that never gets mentioned in the intro.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's different if you didn't do Arrival, according to the wiki:
[quote]...if the Arrival wasn't completed in Mass Effect 2, then the Alliance 103rd Marine Division war asset will decrease by 50 in military strength, since the outcome of the rescue operation was the same as if Shepard went, but the marines were killed in action.[/quote]
I wonder what happens if you didn't do the Lair of Shadow Broker.
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;35557568]Sounds pretty kickass, actually.[/QUOTE]
Pretty kickass? Maybe, if you are on casual difficulty. Could you imagine doing that on insanity...as a Vanguard...alone?
[editline]13th April 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Grim Joker;35557819]That can't be it, because you tell the Council you're working with Cerberus in ME2 and although they object, they're fine with giving you your Specter status back and obviously aren't going to make a big fuss about it, which means you never should have answered to the Alliance in the first place. They had no business detaining you for that long, and to forcibly detain you would be violating a shitload of Council laws.
Basically, if you didn't do Arrival, the intro makes no sense.[/QUOTE]
Which is why I say that no matter whether you do Arrival or not, the game should assume you did. It doesn't make sense that Bioware let you get around destroying the relay because the house arrest makes no sense without it.
[QUOTE=jp_rsardeto;35557823]I wonder what happens if you didn't do the Lair of Shadow Broker.[/QUOTE]
Liara had to hire a couple dozen mercenaries to storm the Shadow Broker's Lair. Her friend dies and the base self-destructs, but she succeeds in getting some assets out and killing the Shadow Broker. I think all it does is not give you as many war effort points, gameplay wise.
Every decision is just a War Asset.
what happened to the explodey husks though?
[QUOTE=Lambeth;35557976]what happened to the explodey husks though?[/QUOTE]
They're still around. I almost think that normal husks explode if you shoot enough Incinerary bullets into one.
This Geth Hunter Mod is awesome. I thougth it lasts for a few seconds, but it is infinite.
[QUOTE=Gripen2;35557948]Every decision is just a War Asset.[/QUOTE]
Honestly, the whole war asset system was handled really badly, it basically turned every decision you made into a number that had no meaning other than to add to the readiness gauge. And seeing as how [sp]there's not much change to the endings themselves due to this it's really pointless to begin with.[/sp]
Special mention goes to the [sp]final ME2 choice where the only effect it has on ME3 is a different number.[/sp]
Who made the decision to put that stupid scanner right in between the war room and the cic
[QUOTE=Lambeth;35558250]Who made the decision to put that stupid scanner right in between the war room and the cic[/QUOTE]
It's a loading bar. I don't know why it's there, specifically, but I do know that it is a "seamless" load between the CIC and the Conference/War Room/Comm Room.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;35557834]Which is why I say that no matter whether you do Arrival or not, the game should assume you did. It doesn't make sense that Bioware let you get around destroying the relay because the house arrest makes no sense without it.[/QUOTE]
Except if you play a Shepard that didn't play Arrival they explicitly say "You did not do Arrival. Another team did."
If it was just plain black and white canon that Shepard did Arrival, they would have said "Shepard did Arrival." regardless of whether or not you did the DLC. I mean, they say you did all the shit from the first two games even if you didn't play them, right? So why wouldn't they say you did Arrival if it was canon?
[QUOTE=Lambeth;35558250]Who made the decision to put that stupid scanner right in between the war room and the cic[/QUOTE]
I's there as a "loading screen" for consoles when going between those two rooms.
[QUOTE=Grim Joker;35558359]Except if you play a Shepard that didn't play Arrival they explicitly say "You did not do Arrival. Another team did."
If it was just plain black and white canon that Shepard did Arrival, they would have said "Shepard did Arrival." regardless of whether or not you did the DLC. I mean, they say you did all the shit from the first two games even if you didn't play them, right? So why wouldn't they say you did Arrival if it was canon?[/QUOTE]
I know, I'm agreeing with you here. Bioware shouldn't have said a Spec Op team or whatever did the Alpha Relay shit. It's Shepard, that's the whole justification for being on Earth and house arrest.
[QUOTE=Aperture fan;35554120]But Anderson would still mention the 200,000 (I think it was) dead Batarians.
And I just experienced what I can only assume was a horrible case of lag in MP. Enemies would not target me directly, but I could still get hit slightly. I couldn't activate or revive anything or anybody, I couldn't pick up ammo from the ammo caches, my ammo didn't replenish after each round, and my melee attacks were ineffective. But it didn't act like lag. Everyone else was moving normally and it wasn't jumping around like lag normally does, and at the end of the round I still got credits and experience.[/QUOTE]
You weren't lagging, you fell through the map.
i feel like it's kinda unfair that there are war asset decreases for those who didn't play dlc
i can understand extra war assets for dlc, but to diminish one's war assets and penalize them for not buying dlc? that seems pretty petty to me
[QUOTE=cagoBHuK;35558089]This Geth Hunter Mod is awesome. I thougth it lasts for a few seconds, but it is infinite.[/QUOTE]
it would be awesome if it didn't give me a fucking migraine.
[QUOTE=cagoBHuK;35558089]This Geth Hunter Mod is awesome. I thougth it lasts for a few seconds, but it is infinite.[/QUOTE]
I tend to forget it reduces shields by 50% and it gets me killed sometimes.
[QUOTE=27X;35558485]it would be awesome if it didn't give me a fucking migraine.[/QUOTE]
I have to turn it off at the end of waves just to give my head a rest.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;35558410]I know, I'm agreeing with you here. Bioware shouldn't have said a Spec Op team or whatever did the Alpha Relay shit. It's Shepard, that's the whole justification for being on Earth and house arrest.[/QUOTE]
Good luck explaining to someone who played through the series, yet didn't get Arrival for one reason or another, that their Shepard did a completely horrible thing in the ME2 timeline yet the player never actually participated or had any say in it.
It's like if you never got LOTSB yet Liara still became the Shadow Broker with Shepard's direct help, commenting along the way about how Shepard totally beat a Yahg in on-on-one combat. Or if you never bought Overlord and you go to Grissom Academy, meet David Archer and just start talking about the time you rescued him from his power-mad brother. If Arrival was so vitally important to the story then Bioware should've made it free DLC instead of charging what, $5-10?
Being an Asari must be p. chill.
First you reek the benefits of galactic respect, nearly war-less government with economic stability and social safety.
Then you are, as far as I know, guaranteed to be born attractive (to all or almost all species). You get to be super intelligent and live 1000 years.
Then there's no gender or race barrier, 100% of the population is available.
And you get kick ass biotic abilities, but not training them has no socially stigmatic effect either.
[QUOTE=Grim Joker;35557819]That can't be it, because you tell the Council you're working with Cerberus in ME2 and although they object, they're fine with giving you your Specter status back and obviously aren't going to make a big fuss about it, which means you never should have answered to the Alliance in the first place. They had no business detaining you for that long, and to forcibly detain you would be violating a shitload of Council laws.
Basically, if you didn't do Arrival, the intro makes no sense.[/QUOTE]
So then, if Shep didn't do arrival why is he being held?
[editline]13th April 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=mac338;35558870]Being an Asari must be p. chill.
First you reek the benefits of galactic respect, nearly war-less government with economic stability and social safety.
Then you are, as far as I know, guaranteed to be born attractive (to all or almost all species). You get to be super intelligent and live 1000 years.
Then there's no gender or race barrier, 100% of the population is available.
And you get kick ass biotic abilities, but not training them has no socially stigmatic effect either.[/QUOTE]
and boobs.
[QUOTE=mac338;35558870]Being an Asari must be p. chill.
First you reek the benefits of galactic respect, nearly war-less government with economic stability and social safety.
Then you are, as far as I know, guaranteed to be born attractive (to all or almost all species). You get to be super intelligent and live 1000 years.
Then there's no gender or race barrier, 100% of the population is available.
And you get kick ass biotic abilities, but not training them has no socially stigmatic effect either.[/QUOTE]
Being a Vorcha must be better, tough :v:
[QUOTE=Greeneyes;35558887]So then, if Shep didn't do arrival why is he being held?[/QUOTE]
Probably because Shepard was working with Cerberus.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;35558773]Good luck explaining to someone who played through the series, yet didn't get Arrival for one reason or another, that their Shepard did a completely horrible thing in the ME2 timeline yet the player never actually participated or had any say in it.
It's like if you never got LOTSB yet Liara still became the Shadow Broker with Shepard's direct help, commenting along the way about how Shepard totally beat a Yahg in on-on-one combat. Or if you never bought Overlord and you go to Grissom Academy, meet David Archer and just start talking about the time you rescued him from his power-mad brother. If Arrival was so vitally important to the story then Bioware should've made it free DLC instead of charging what, $5-10?[/QUOTE]
They can suck it if they don't like that deal. "Boo hoo I didn't play the story the game should still cater to me". Are you saying that we should all play as Collectors in Mass Effect 3 since I didn't play ME2 and therefore never destroyed the Collector Base? Should ME1 & 2 be free because they are so vitally important to the story of 3?
Arrival puts the beginning of ME3 in context. Without it, there is no context. Players who didn't play Arrival shouldn't be punished with a ridiculous intro that makes no sense.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;35558773]It's like if you never got LOTSB yet Liara still became the Shadow Broker with Shepard's direct help, commenting along the way about how Shepard totally beat a Yahg in on-on-one combat. Or if you never bought Overlord and you go to Grissom Academy, meet David Archer and just start talking about the time you rescued him from his power-mad brother. If Arrival was so vitally important to the story then Bioware should've made it free DLC instead of charging what, $5-10?[/QUOTE]
Wait, David doesn't show up if you never bought Overlord.
I played ME3 once without importing my save. No David. Also no Kasumi or Zaeed. In fact the default ME3 new game is terrible, more then half the characters from ME2 are dead and the game plays out completely differently (except the endings of course)
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