Board 8 > Mass Effect topic - An end, once and for all.

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Any 360 players down for right now?

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From: TheLastObelisk | #450
Any PS3 players down to try this tomorrow night? I get off work at 7pm PST. Needs to max out my Human Adept. PSN is geoer

I will add you in a little while. I should be available to play tomorrow. I should be available to play later tonight as well if anyone wants to try.

As for promoting, yeah 10 levels to your N7 and then you continue gaining more N7 points for increasing the level of the class.

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I guess I'll play (bored)

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James is pretty funny to take on missions.

At one point I had to tell one of my teammates to shut down an AA gun, and I had him do it. His response?

"I'm not so good with tech but I'll pull some wires out, see what stops working."

Then to top it off he actually walked over to the console on the gun and started kicking it, with Shepard and Kaidan in the background shaking their heads.

Totally unexpected.

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So, I went with the red explosions this time. Still couldn't do that last paragon/renegade option.

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From: Murphiroth | #454
James is pretty funny to take on missions.

At one point I had to tell one of my teammates to shut down an AA gun, and I had him do it. His response?

"I'm not so good with tech but I'll pull some wires out, see what stops working."

Then to top it off he actually walked over to the console on the gun and started kicking it, with Shepard and Kaidan in the background shaking their heads.

Totally unexpected.

Haha that's pretty awesome. Compared to everyone else who just says okay Shep and takes care of it in a normal way.

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I told you, Vega is bro as hell.

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Well this sucks. I just moved in with my aunt and uncle today and my PS3 won't connect to the wireless. It fails to find the IP address. Don't know what to do.

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Taking Vega with me on all missions has given me the opportunity to see most of his nicknames for the crew.

Shep is Loco/Lola,
Garrus is Scars.
Tali is Sparks.
Cortez is Esteban.
Javik is Buggy.
Liara is Doc.

I haven't seen him refer to Ashley, Kaidan, or *spoiler non DLC squaddie* by a nickname. I don't have Ashley in this game, though. I think he may have called her Ash like everyone else does in my other game.

Javik and Liara cracked me up. And you'd likely only see him use the nicknames if you brought them together on certain missions.

And yeah, I liked him before, but using him in every mission has had him grow on me. Easily one of the best human squadmates.

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Prothy the Prothean superior nickname.

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I call him Ja-dick.

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Prothy the Prothean is indeed superior.

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"Would have liked to run tests on the seashells..."

What just happened

How is that the end

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On the final mission for my Insanity run.

Defense Matrix + Tech Armor has become one of my favorite ability combinations. The combined defense boost and the 100% shield recharge from purging DM makes you even more of a unkillable murder machine than in ME2.

Your cooldowns do suffer a bit from having both up, but they're under 3 seconds each for me and I usually didn't take the recharge boosts on the actual skills.

I used SMGs and Heavy Pistols. The Locust and the Paladin are a great combo. I imagine this build could do a lot of damage with a Shotgun as well. Might try it in a NG+.

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What the hell is this bull s***, you can't even choose Miranda to go into the vents or be the escort.

HOW THE HELL DO YOU KILL THIS B**** UGH

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
What the hell is this bull s***, you can't even choose Miranda to go into the vents or be the escort.

HOW THE HELL DO YOU KILL THIS B**** UGH

Miranda not loyal. Bring her to final boss

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Yep, if she's not loyal, she'll die if you bring her to fight the last boss.

Your loss though.

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Yeah I just read about that. Sucks. I didn't want that b**** with me in the final battle. Bleh. Oh well. FOR JUSTICE.

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I just played multiplayer for the first time

Was pretty fun!

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SERIES SPOILERS



I'm going to do a run soon where I kill everyone but Morinth and Thane in ME2. In ME3 Morinth will become a Banshee, Thane will die, I'll kill the Virmire Survivor (probably Kaiden), and leave Javik in stasis. Then I'll bring Vega and Liara on the final mission so they die to Harbinger, and destroy the Reapers so that EDI dies too. And since I will need low EMS to get my final battle team killed, Shepard will probably die too.

Most inept commander ever run let's do this.







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Miranda is pretty awesome at the end of ME2 if you're doing a Paragon run.

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"I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now."

I am doing a Paragon run and she's still the worst character ever. Picking Jack over her was so great.

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You talk about Miranda so much that I'm beginning to suspect that you're secretly tsundere for her.

Not that I blame you. I totally would be too if I didn't embrace Miranda openly!

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Whatever helps you sleep at night.

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Hey I'm not judging

I think it's kinda cute really

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"I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now."

My plan doesn't work because it doesn't include recruiting Kasumi. Revising.

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So, just trying to remember....


*Spoilers, I guess*













Aside from Mordin, Thane and Legion, are there any other characters that absolutely die in a paragon run? I know Tali can if you didn't do certain things, Kaiden/Ashley is the same situation; but those are the only three that there is no way to keep them from dieing if doing a paragon run, right?



*End Spoilers

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Those were the only ones in my Paragon run, yeah.

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NEW Most Inept Commander Shepard Ever Plan (Spoilers):






Deaths:
Ashley - Dies in Virmire explosion
Wrex - Shot by Shepard
Samara - Killed by Morinth
Kasumi - Dies in engine room explosion due to no shield upgrade
Thane - Dies by support beam impalement due to no weapons upgrade
Jacob - Dies by rocket to face after going into the vents
Garrus - Carried away by seeker swarm because Miranda put of the biotic shield
Grunt - Dies after being shot closing the second door because he was the second firearms leader
Mordin - Dies holding the line
Tali - Dies holding the line
Legion - Dies at the final boss
Miranda - Dies at the final boss
Zaeed - Dies by being left to roast in a fire
Morinth - Becomes a Banshee, killed by Shepard
Jack - Becomes a Phantom by not going to the academy, killed by Shepard
Kaiden - Shot by Shepard on the Citadel
Javik - Left in stasis until his power runs out
Liara - Killed by Harbinger
Vega - Killed by Harbinger
EDI - Killed by Shepard destroying the Reapers

Every party member recruited and killed. Bam.











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From: FFDragon | #480
Mordin - Dies holding the line
Tali - Dies holding the line

Kirrahe would be proud.

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Alright now I'mma do Shadow Broker. Not sure if I'm going to bother with Arrival because I just wanna get to ME3 now.

QUESTION: Which class should I choose for my new ME3 run? I could continue being an Engineer, or I could switch to Vanguard, maybe Adept. I think those would be really fun.

I'm leaning Vanguard.

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I'm playing PS3 online if anyone is awake

Wish I could play but as I said my PS3 won't connect to the wireless signal here.

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Anyone on 360 wanna play? Me and my buddy are playing. Neither of us have working headsets.

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(more theory/ending spoilers)





What is the point of having an indoctrinated character if the person directing them knows they are indoctrinated? Shepard isn’t the only person that has been indoctrinated. We have. We didn’t see the subtle hints. Shepard didn’t notice the signs, and so we didn’t notice them. We were too caught up in saving Earth, just like Shepard. If Shepard had said, “Something’s wrong”, we would have noticed. We might have guessed. We would have gone straight for the ‘right’ option, regardless of what Bioware may have intended for the end. But because we were left with the idea that the control and synthesis options were the best options, we blindly moved towards them. Directed Shepard toward them.

And the Reapers win.

We, the players, were indoctrinated right alongside Shepard. And by sitting here and demanding that we have a different ending, we acknowledging that something is wrong. Something is broken. Something is not right. But instead of thinking that Bioware has done this deliberately to us, we swung immediately into rage and hate and slammed them for the decision.


I need this theory to be correct. It's amazingly well done and I don't even want a DLC that hand holds people through it if that's the case. What really seals it for me is Shepard's dreams being full of the 'oily black shadows' the Rachni Queen talks about, and those same oily shadows swirling around Shepard/Anderson when TIM is controlling them.







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Just finished up Thessia.

Glad I took Liara and Javik.

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next topic needs spoilers in the title lol

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Alright now I'mma do Shadow Broker. Not sure if I'm going to bother with Arrival because I just wanna get to ME3 now.

QUESTION: Which class should I choose for my new ME3 run? I could continue being an Engineer, or I could switch to Vanguard, maybe Adept. I think those would be really fun.

I'm leaning Vanguard.

Vanguard is fun. Charge + Nova is a good combo, especially against stuff like Phantoms.

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Has Rock beaten the game yet? I think we're all waiting on him, although tbqh I think we should have thrown spoilers up there a while ago. I'm sure Rock has already been spoiled by these topics when coming in here and assuming a spoiler-free environment.

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btw, my Insanity Run is going pretty well. Turrets have killed me a few times (Engineers set them up in some funky places, and if Shep is unaware, they kill in about 2 seconds), but other than that, this doesn't seem particularly challenging. I'm worried about that

MINI SPOILERS?

huge onslaught of enemies near the end of the final mission, though. That barrage of reaper mutated baddies killed me on Normal, so I don't even wanna think about it on Insanity.

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Well it was my intention for it to be mostly spoil-free so that Rock and some others could still come here and talk about where they are and other s***.

He's almost done now as well, so that should be it. I guess we can add a spoiler tag to the next topic. Anyone plan on making it this time?

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PartOfYourWorld posted...
btw, my Insanity Run is going pretty well. Turrets have killed me a few times (Engineers set them up in some funky places, and if Shep is unaware, they kill in about 2 seconds), but other than that, this doesn't seem particularly challenging. I'm worried about that

MINI SPOILERS?

huge onslaught of enemies near the end of the final mission, though. That barrage of reaper mutated baddies killed me on Normal, so I don't even wanna think about it on Insanity.

*spoilers*







Those segments are timed, I'm pretty sure, so you just have to find a way to hold the line.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Well it was my intention for it to be mostly spoil-free so that Rock and some others could still come here and talk about where they are and other s***.

He's almost done now as well, so that should be it. I guess we can add a spoiler tag to the next topic. Anyone plan on making it this time?

I'll go ahead and make it.

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From: PartOfYourWorld | #491
btw, my Insanity Run is going pretty well. Turrets have killed me a few times (Engineers set them up in some funky places, and if Shep is unaware, they kill in about 2 seconds), but other than that, this doesn't seem particularly challenging. I'm worried about that

It isn't that challenging at all. ME2 was harder. And that wasn't even that difficult either.

Spoilers:

huge onslaught of enemies near the end of the final mission, though. That barrage of reaper mutated baddies killed me on Normal, so I don't even wanna think about it on Insanity.

I found I had an even easier time on Insanity >_>

I don't know how. But I was running around, surviving (Tactical Cloak helps a lot of course) and I just booked it to the missiles when it was ready. Still enemies around. I don't even remember killing many banshees/brutes at all.

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PartOfYourWorld posted...
btw, my Insanity Run is going pretty well. Turrets have killed me a few times (Engineers set them up in some funky places, and if Shep is unaware, they kill in about 2 seconds), but other than that, this doesn't seem particularly challenging. I'm worried about that

MINI SPOILERS?

huge onslaught of enemies near the end of the final mission, though. That barrage of reaper mutated baddies killed me on Normal, so I don't even wanna think about it on Insanity.

For me it got a lot easier once I hit about LV40 and had a decent selection of powers. The end segment is timed as Leonhart says. You do have to kill the wave of brutes and the harvester, but the banshee wave after that is definitely timed.

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Next topic title should be: "The Ending is a TRIPLE RAINBOW!"

>_>


What

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have we done

"Someone else might have gotten it wrong" yet?

or a Javik quote?

or

"Now in three colors!"

"Don't push that button?"

etc?

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Jack is best.

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