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Yeah, you can prevent Thane from getting killed by Kai Leng if you don't talk to him in the hospital first. He doesn't promise to help you protect your Virmire survivor so he doesn't show up.

If Kirrahe is dead, though, I have no clue what happens.

And I'm not sure if Thane dies anyway due to the disease or what.

So many possibilities.

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LeonhartFour posted...
You know, the PTSD asari at the hospital on the Citadel is probably the coolest random passerby character in the series. Always made sure to pass by her and see what she had to say.

You know you can approve them giving her a gun at the Spectre terminal after that conversation chain ends? If you do you actually lose a bit of readiness from C-Sec because it says she kills herself.

I'm torn on what to do with my Sentinel import. She romanced Thane, and on the one hand I want to see their conversations, both in the hospital and when he dies. On the other hand, if you don't talk to him in the hospital, he doesn't show up to help you with Kai Leng. Kirrahe does if he's alive, and I'm not sure what happens if he's dead.

I don't know if I want to save him or let him die like a boss. He is gonna die anyway, but I'm curious to see what happens if neither he nor Kirrahe show up.

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I do agree that the endings make everything pointless. The relays blow up so everything in every system with a relay is likely dead. Those guys celebrating on Earth? Dead a few minutes later. All the people on the assembled fleet? Dead. It's possible that Earth is far enough away from the relay but then you've got all the races having to now live together on Earth. What are the turians and quarians gonna eat?

It's ridiculous. You manage to reclaim Rannoch and broker peace between the geth and the quarians, but now they're either dead or unable to return to Rannoch. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

I can't comprehend how they were able to knock it out of the park with absolutely everything leading up to the end, even the bit with the Illusive Man and Anderson, and then just completely drop the ball at the crucial moment.

Oh well. I'll just ignore the endings from now on and enjoy the rest of this very awesome game.

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Just finished it.

That...was certainly something.

Disappointing, but nowhere near the level people are blowing up about. I see people saying they'll never touch the series again, which is a little silly to me. Everything else in the game is amazing, so I can shrug off the ending being so bad, at least for the most part. The Battlestar Galactica comparisons make a lot of sense now.

I ending up having to do the control the Reapers ending since I walked over to it and the game freaking wouldn't let me walk away. That annoyed the crap outta me.

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Yeah, the Locust was the most accurate SMG in ME2. Seems like it is in ME3 as well. Throw a scope and barrel on it and it's great.

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It is the best SMG in the game, so it makes sense to give it to you toward the end. It was way overpowered in ME2 especially since you could get it right off the bat.

I'm looking forward to doing a NG+ with it, though. It's the only gun I carry with the Black Widow, and since it's got that Ultralight mod it only adds like 2% to my cooldowns. It's awesome.

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I got the Locust on what I'm assuming is the last mission before the endgame starts.

It's still really good but I think they lowered the clip size a bit.

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Really? I use powers and guns pretty equally on my Infiltrator and Vanguard and my Sentinel spams powers all the time.

Then again I've seen people say they never use Charge as a Vanguard in ME2, which is just...why? It's awesome.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Heh, Sabotaging Engineer Turrets is amazing.

And I always love killing a Nemesis with the over-the-cover melee insta-kill.

Sabotaging turrets in the singleplayer is amazing so I can't wait to do it in the multiplayer.

I'm thinking of trying out a shotgun on my Turian Sentinel. Once I get him to LV20 and max Warp and Overload he's gonna be a monster. Right now I'm using an SMG and it works great but I think with a shotty he'd be an excellent assault class. Spam powers, shotgun everything, never die due to TA.

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SupremeZero posted...
I thought Death was going to be female or something.

Nah, Fury is the female one.

http://darksiders.wikia.com/wiki/Fury

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I really want to see how certain scenes in ME3 play out with certain characters dead.

Particularly the stuff on the Citadel during the midgame. I know one variation of the event but I'm curious about another possible permutation.

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Yeah, you have to have two people alive for Shepard for survive in ME2. And you can kill Zaeed after the suicide mission so you could bring over a game with only one squadmate alive.

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Can't wait.

The first game was so fun and this one looks to be better in every way.

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During the conversation with the boss on Rannoch, if you don't take the left option in the conversation and instead take the Renegade options on the right, after like two or three an interrupt pops up.

Spoilers and description of the interrupt in message detail.


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I'm right at what I'm assuming is the start of the endgame. I should be able to finish it later today, I'm excited to see what happens, even if it is a trainwreck.

Replayed the final mission on Rannoch so my girl could see the dialogue with Tali. The Renegade interrupt at the end of the mission is hilarious.

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Emergency induction port.

Awesome.

Her conversation with Jarik while she's still drunk is great.

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True, there's a lot of people unhappy with the ending. But saying the entire game sucks due to that? Seems silly to me.

Besides, it can't be denied that people love to trash Bioware for any perceived slight now. They release one game that the internet hates way more than it deserves (DA2) and suddenly they're the worst company ever and if you like them you're a Biodrone. Shows the side of the gaming community that I hate the most.

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TheRock1525 posted...
So I'm looking at the Metacritic User Score for Mass Effect 3.

It's currently 5.0.

Mass Effect 2 is 8.9. Mass Effect 1 is 8.7.

Are people really THAT unhappy with this game?

Trolls and lunatics, basically.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Hooray krogan Sentinel. Now I'll attempt using this class some more, at least to level it up. I still don't know how best to use it. Murphiroth, any tips?


With the Turian Sentinel I just throw up TA, then run around Warping and Overloading as needed. TA makes me pretty durable, I imagine it's even more effective on a Krogan. I don't remember what skills they get. I just took an AR to beat the slow cooldowns TA causes.

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Overall Warp Ammo is probably the best. Apparently it's been buffed a bit in this game, too. It was already great in ME2.

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Cryo Ammo is indeed amazing, but it's pointless on the Black Widow since you're one shotting nearly everything. And I prefer the stun effect of Disruptor Ammo, mostly because I've trained myself to immediately fire off an Incinerate when I see an enemy stunned so I get a tech burst.

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I may go with Cryo Ammo on Insanity. On Normal I kill enemies too fast for it to be worth it.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Aww man. What a terrible time to start lagging. I was using my new Salarian Infiltrator, with a Mantis. I was on a Gold challenge with a few randoms and they all kept getting killed. So after the third or fourth time of saving this one dude I was like f*** it and ran away from the enemies to the other side of the map. I took care of them all myself. There was a Nemesis taking cover and I cloaked and took cover on the other side of her and did the melee insta-kill. I have found that to be the best way to defeat them.

Other than that, Energy Drain + Mantis shot works incredibly well.

Nice. I remember one time in the demo that an Engineer dropped a turret and it wiped out all my teammates, so I had to play hide 'n charge and ended up wiping out the enemies one by one. I'd charge at one, take him out, then run away and come at them from a different angle and kill another. Felt like I was hunting them.

I've heard the Salarian Infiltrator is a beast due to Energy Drain. Can't wait to try him out.

I want the Quarian as well just because with Sabotage she's the ultimate Geth killer.

Have you gotten hit with the Phantom's one hit KO yet?

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I had everything on my Infiltrator maxed without any points in Cryo Ammo, and I didn't feel like throwing any into that, so I had to go grab a bonus power.

I went with Energy Drain. It's surprisingly effective and makes me pretty unkillable. Shields go down, drain 'em from someone else.

I'm tempted to try to New Game+ this file on Insanity with that build.

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Jacob is the worst squadmate in the series, hands down. Kaidan and Ashley are at least a bit more interesting in ME3, and Vega isn't so bad. The guy has some great conversations with the other squadmates.

Tali, Wrex, and Garrus top three easily. Thane and Legion would be up there too. Javik is great but he's only in ME3 so that hurts him.

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Tag.

I think I'm right at the end of the second act. Amazing stuff so far. The gameplay is so much better. I'm loving it.

I'm taking a break for a while so my girlfriend can get caught up with me, though.

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Jacob too high, Thane too low. Otherwise I mostly agree. I'd probably put James over Kaidan and Ashley.

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Just finished Thessia.

I now understand some of the Battlestar Galactica comparisons I've seen.

And man, this game knows how to toy with your emotions.

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It's incredibly useful in the single player against Geth. I assume it'd be similar against Geth in the multiplayer.

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Generally if they're wanting an item and you can't find it in any of the places you have unlocked you'll either unlock system the planet is in later or you'll actually find the item on a side mission as long as you look around during them.

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The end of the quarian arc.

Wow.

That was amazing. Best part of the game so far, especially since I romanced Tali.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
I'm going for a shotgun/pistol combo on my Infiltrator, see how that goes.

I know it's weird but... Tactical Cloak can be used for more than just sniping.

Dude, Tac Cloak and a shotgun can be beastly.

I mix up weapons in multi sometimes. At one point I was using an SMG with my Vanguard. It worked quite well.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Finally got 60000 credits in multiplayer to get a Spectre pack because hey good odds of getting something good.

So of course it gives me a bunch of crap.

Spectre packs always give you a rare item, right? So it might just give you a gun. That's the chance you take!

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LeonhartFour posted...
If you've gotten the item, it does.

Not if it glitches on you like it has for me! I've confirmed that I have the item and checked to make sure there's only one person to deliver it to. Made sure I had the right person, too, but she doesn't show up on the map and I can't talk to her.

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If I'm getting ready for work? 5-10 minutes.

If I'm off work that day, 30-45 minutes.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
I quick shot a lot so the charge delay is the worst thing for me. What kind of cover can you shoot through though? I know the Black Widow can as well.


Basically anything thin enough. Shields, those low cover walls, those orange shields Cerberus uses. The Black Widow does the same thing, but the Javelin actually shows you if you can hit them because they glow purple.

I'll be going back to the BW after this mission, even though I like the Javelin. The one shot before reload thing kills me after getting three with the BW.

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Rannoch time!

I actually like the Javelin. The charge delay is negligible and it has the added bonus of being able to see enemies through cover if you can shoot through the cover. Headshots on people crouching behind things are awesome.

It probably won't replace the Black Widow but it's pretty awesome. Especially the look of it and the noise it makes.

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Well this is annoying.

One of the side missions where you go scan for an item on a planet won't let me complete it. I've got 100% in the sector the item is in, I distinctly remember picking it up, but the person I'm supposed to give it to can't be talked to. Obviously it's not gonna affect the game in any big way but it's gonna annoy me that I can't complete it.

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I don't think the game's been out long enough for any extensive testing on the shotguns, but I gave Tali the Asari shotgun. I can't remember the name of it right now, but I tested it out on the firing range and it has a really small spread and does a ton of damage.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Uggggghh I hate lag. Ruins everything.

I was able to test out the Adept with only a pistol for a second though. DAYUM. Lethal as f***.

When I bring my Adept over from ME2 I'm thinking about running through the main game with just a pistol. Although you can take a light AR and still have 200% cooldown reduction, so I might try that. Or the Locust. You can never go wrong with the Locust.

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tcaz2 posted...
I love the pistol you get from the first Quarian mission, don't remember the name, but it can charge up and work like a mini-arc projector if you want it to.

The Arc Pistol? I haven't tried it yet, but my squaddies seem to do a ton of damage with it.

Another thing I really like is how the random side missions and some of the random little conversations show that all the species are coming together to work to defeat the Reapers. It's nice to see things gradually turn in that direction throughout the game.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
No reason to use the extended barrel because it already takes down every regular enemy in one shot. Even ones with shields or barriers. So I had the concentration and the scope that lets you see through smoke.


It doesn't one shot Phantoms with full Barrier, does it? At least it doesn't for me.

Honestly it probably doesn't need the barrel, but it looks so cool and I want to see how high I can get the damage bar to go.

I can't wait to bring over my Vanguard. Some of these new shotguns seem awesome.

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Hey, Halo, what mods did you use on your Black Widow?

I'm using the concentration mod and the extended barrel. More damage and more time dilation. It doesn't really need armor piercing since it does that already. The big scope does look really cool on it, though.

I love the weapon variety in this game. I've got like 9 assault rifles and I'm still doing the quarian arc. I have between 4 and 7 of every other type of weapon. And I still have some left to buy.

One thing I think was smart of Bioware was that if you miss a pickup during a mission, you can buy it in the store afterwards. So no missing weapons or upgrades, and it even applies to mission pickups. If you miss one of those you can buy it at the Spectre Requisitions place. It's a relief to know that if I miss something I won't have a mission sitting in my journal uncompleted.

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So I've settled on Tali and the very literal squaddie as my team with my Infiltrator. Partly for dialogue, partly for Team Tech Bursts Everywhere.

I don't really mix up my teams in ME. I pick two people and stick with them, mostly to hear dialogue. So I try to pick people who I think will have fun dialogue. My Vanguard will probably run Jarik and Liara. That should be good.

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I just bought individual pieces that increased my weapon or headshot damage since I'm an Infiltrator, then mixed and matched until I had a look I liked.

None of the non-customizable armor sets seem to be all that beneficial to an Infiltrator.

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I think the Quarians might have high shields, but I can't remember.

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CorporalSphynx posted...
How's the soldier in MP? I pretty much exclusively play as one since it fits my play style.

Human Soldier is great. Max Concussive Shot, put some points into Frag Grenade. Move from ammo stockpile to ammo stockpile, spamming both powers.

I haven't tried the Krogan or Turian soldiers yet.

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Some of the objectives seem tailored to specific classes

Vanguards are great at the objective waves where you need to hunt down and kill specific enemies. Infiltrators do well on the ones where you need to run around activate stuff.

Though I once was on a team of nothing but Vanguards and it was hilarious. One guy getting charged by all four of us in rapid succession? Pure gold.

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