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  • Tmacattack
    Pro
    • Feb 2003
    • 872

    #496
    Re: Mass Effect Discussion

    Originally posted by sportsdude
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    THANK YOU!!

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    • sportsdude
      Be Massive
      • Jul 2002
      • 5001

      #497
      Re: Mass Effect Discussion

      Originally posted by Tmacattack
      THANK YOU!!
      lol you're welcome but I can't take full credit for that. it was posted earlier in the thread, I was having problems with the mission and saw that post last night and finally completed it.

      I have a few questions:

      1. how do I get more grenades? not carry more, just restock so I have 4?

      2. the mission "UNC espionage probe" in the Amazon system of the Voyager cluster.
      Spoiler


      3. I am a vanguard, currently level 17 and close to 18. Is it possible to up my electronics and decryption skills? I want to recover the lost probes I come across, but it says my electronics skill is too low. What can I do about that?
      Lux y Veritas

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      • plasticbeast
        MVP
        • Dec 2005
        • 886

        #498
        Re: Mass Effect Discussion

        Originally posted by chapmanosu1
        I'm thinking about picking up the book since I'm not getting this game till Christmas. If anybody here has read it, does it ruin the plot or does it just provide some nice background info?
        All the book does is provide you with the nice background info. It introduces you to the different alien races. I think just 2 or 3 characters from the book are in the game. The book really helps to understand and make the world of Mass Effects seem more plausible.

        I equate it to the Potter books: Sure you can just watch the movies and be happy with the story, or you can read the books and watch the movies and know every detail there is to know about the potter universe.
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        • Cyros
          ULTRAAAA!!!!
          • Jun 2003
          • 12628

          #499
          Re: Mass Effect Discussion

          Originally posted by sportsdude
          lol you're welcome but I can't take full credit for that. it was posted earlier in the thread, I was having problems with the mission and saw that post last night and finally completed it.

          I have a few questions:

          1. how do I get more grenades? not carry more, just restock so I have 4?

          2. the mission "UNC espionage probe" in the Amazon system of the Voyager cluster.
          Spoiler


          3. I am a vanguard, currently level 17 and close to 18. Is it possible to up my electronics and decryption skills? I want to recover the lost probes I come across, but it says my electronics skill is too low. What can I do about that?
          1. Grenades and medi-gels appear to be auto looted from dead enemies and grabbed out of crates and weapon lockers.

          2. Havent gotten that mission.

          3. If you don't have the Decryption or Electronic skills yourself, have someone in your party with them and level them up.
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          • jmood88
            Sean Payton: Retribution
            • Jul 2003
            • 34639

            #500
            Re: Mass Effect Discussion

            Originally posted by YankeePride_YP
            Questions.

            Will my team use their powers without me directing them to? It appears that they do because I've seen one of the guys go all biotic next to me. However, when I directed him to use Lift he didn't comply. Am I suppose to do something? Maybe hit right to have him engage on a particular enemy?

            What's the deal with everyone being a 1 in Assault Rifle aim? I bump up my ability in it (I'm a soldier) and there is no change. Is aim only something that goes hand-in-hand with the type of weapon/manufacturer? I ask because it seems that my entire party (I've added the quarian and the Krogan for example) has the same weapon stats across the board. I'm not talking about talents. Just weapon stats. How do you bump those up?

            Thanks.
            Yeah they use their powers themselves. You're probably telling them to use Lift after they've used it, the powers need to recharge.
            Originally posted by Blzer
            Let me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

            If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)

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            • jmood88
              Sean Payton: Retribution
              • Jul 2003
              • 34639

              #501
              Re: Mass Effect Discussion

              What in the world is this Kyle mission people keep talking about?
              Originally posted by Blzer
              Let me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

              If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)

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              • sportsdude
                Be Massive
                • Jul 2002
                • 5001

                #502
                Re: Mass Effect Discussion

                Originally posted by jmood88
                What in the world is this Kyle mission people keep talking about?
                Spoiler


                it's a side quest.
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                • CMH
                  Making you famous
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 26203

                  #503
                  Re: Mass Effect Discussion

                  Originally posted by chapmanosu1
                  I'm thinking about picking up the book since I'm not getting this game till Christmas. If anybody here has read it, does it ruin the plot or does it just provide some nice background info?
                  It's not even just background. It's a completely different chapter that occurs about 20 years prior to the Mass Effect video game.

                  It won't ruin a thing and isn't necessary to understand the video game. But it is a fun read and will obviously give you a broader perspective of what's going on in the universe.


                  Here's a timeline that isn't a book or video game spoiler. It's the history of this universe. http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline
                  "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

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                  • Tha_Kid
                    All Star
                    • Oct 2002
                    • 6550

                    #504
                    Re: Mass Effect Discussion

                    Originally posted by sportsdude
                    how do I get more grenades? not carry more, just restock so I have 4?
                    You can buy grenade & medigel upgrades from shops so that you can carry more. Looting only gets upgrades to the grenades, it doesnt increase the amount. Pretty sure you can't restock though i'm not sure. Have yet to have a grenade thrown at me.

                    Right now i'm a Vanguard, 24 hours in with Ashley & Tali and I just got my specialization class (Nemesis). This game is a life stealer. I've gone to bed at 6:30, 8:00 & 7:30 am these last three days with class only a few hours later. Mass Effect is unhealthy.

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                    • Tha_Kid
                      All Star
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 6550

                      #505
                      Re: Mass Effect Discussion

                      Originally posted by sportsdude
                      Spoiler


                      it's a side quest.
                      And one of the first ones at that.

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                      • jmood88
                        Sean Payton: Retribution
                        • Jul 2003
                        • 34639

                        #506
                        Re: Mass Effect Discussion

                        Originally posted by Tha_Kid
                        And one of the first ones at that.
                        Oh well I beat the game once and never saw it, unless it's the same one as the biotics who kidnapped the ambassador.
                        Originally posted by Blzer
                        Let me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

                        If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)

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                        • sportsdude
                          Be Massive
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 5001

                          #507
                          Re: Mass Effect Discussion

                          Originally posted by Tha_Kid
                          You can buy grenade & medigel upgrades from shops so that you can carry more. Looting only gets upgrades to the grenades, it doesnt increase the amount. Pretty sure you can't restock though i'm not sure. Have yet to have a grenade thrown at me.
                          which shops can I purchase medi-gel upgrades up?
                          Lux y Veritas

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                          • DLaren
                            MVP
                            • Sep 2006
                            • 1476

                            #508
                            Re: Mass Effect Discussion

                            What I like most about this game is what I'm sure most people like the least; and that is the mostly empty, barren planet landscapes.

                            I know this game is a fantasy-world set 200 years in the future, but just reading through the Codex it's obvious that the game is loosely-based on reality (hell, they named the game after the substance known as Dark Matter!), and the mostly empty, non-landable planets helps to keep me grounded in that sense of realism.

                            In real life, every planet that we know of is most likely devoid of any intelligent life (due to the environmental hazards), so when I'm cruising along an uninhabitable planet in M.E., I feel like the game is providing me with a simulation of what it would be like if I were ever fortunate enough to explore an uncharted planet (the particles/debris floating in some of the atmospheres are fantastic).

                            I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but if most of the planets were bustling with intelligent life-forms, and huge cities, M.E. would be a less enjoyable role-playing experience for me because whatever sense of realism the game was trying to achieve would be lost.


                            *Just got a distress signal while exploring in the Attican Beta Cluster...We're going in *
                            Last edited by DLaren; 11-28-2007, 09:24 PM.

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                            • mgoblue
                              Go Wings!
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 25477

                              #509
                              Re: Mass Effect Discussion

                              I don't mind the "barren" aspect quite as much as the "very annoying to travel around" aspect...The stupid mountains can drive me batty at times. I've gotten good at it, but it really gets repetitive. I can deal with the planets being boring, but kinda breaks me from my immersion/realism when the "Rescue Biotics" quest has the exact same layout as the "Track down evil general" quest, along with 5 others. (Quests made up, but you know what I mean) Same exact layout, boxes, wall art, rooms, etc. The only thing different are the people.

                              I know I'm nitpicking, but just pointing out something I'd like improved (and I think they wanted to do, just was all too much, maybe next time).
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                              • thaima1shu
                                Robot
                                • Feb 2004
                                • 5598

                                #510
                                Re: Mass Effect Discussion

                                Originally posted by sportsdude
                                2. the mission "UNC espionage probe" in the Amazon system of the Voyager cluster.
                                Spoiler
                                Assuming that I'm thinking of the right mission...

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