Mass Effect 3

[JohnnytheSkin]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Briefest of thoughts on the ending:

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My mostly-Paragon guy went for the red path, as he didn't waste all that time fighting and uniting the galaxy only to control them. Sorry Geth and EDI, but the Reapers had to die.

That being said, while disappointed in a way, I came away thinking only one thing...Mass Effect Galactica.

[TracerBullet]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Indeed. But I'm fine with it. If it means more Mass Effect, then I'm good. I'm not terribly happy about the ending, but definitely not anywhere near as upset as most people are. I still want more.

Pretty sure we're in the same boat.

[Burns11]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Just finished and I definitely see all the hate.

I also had some really odd relationship stuff going on. Soilers from near end game.

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Miranda was my relationship from ME2, ME1 I didn't play and I didn't have the comic to make any choices. In ME3 I met up with Miranda, she made mention of our relationship and said I could get out if I wanted, I declined and sex. I met up with Jack later in Purgatory and we had a friendly conversation (no romantic discussion at all) and Paramour popped after the conversation. Fast forward to near the end of the game, Liara shows up in my cabin ready to throw down, apparently seeing her homeworld in ruins gets her going. Then at the very end she does some psychic make out session in the midst of a massive reaper battle. How we ended up in a relationship is a mystery to me, I even went back and reloaded before the sex in Shep's cabin because I didn't realize it was coming (Heh) and was hoping Miranda would come back to the Normandy.

[soltrain]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Well the quotes from "The final hours of Mass Effect" or whatever it is called make me think Bioware just royally dropped the ball in a rather incredible way.

Especially this one...

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Mac Walters on the Star Child/Reapers "Originally, with the catalyst, the star child at the end of the game, I had written that much more in the guise of a investigative style conversation, where there is something he tells you but then, you get to ask a bunch of questions and you get your questions answered. But then me and Casey talked and decided, lets keep the conversation "High level". Give you the details that you need to know, but don't get into the stuff that you don't need to know. Like "How long have they been reaping?" You don't need to know the answers to the mass effect universe. So we intentionally left those out"

HOW. ****ING. STUPID. It has to be a joke, right? Please?

[mrprice33]

I actual don't have a problem with that, sol. To me they over-explained the wrong things. Them trying to give the reapers context was a terrible idea from the beginning.

[Burns11]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I'm sorry, there's just no saving a storyline about

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creating an army of robots to eliminate sentient life to save the sentient life from being eliminated by robots they might one day create

Funny enough Star Control 3 had a similar plot

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You had to unite a bunch of different races (sacrifice some for another, unite some to form a new race, convince enemy machines to join your side, etc), collect artifacts from an extinct precursor race and bring it all to bear to save all sentient life in the galaxy from a cyclical purge by a dominating force. The force this time, though, was an alien race that consumed "sentient energy". Oh, and it also had the extinct race return, only in this game they had devolved themselves into space cows.

[Sandman42]

Re: Mass Effect 3

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When I saw the picture posted of Tali last week I said to myself it looked like some iStockphoto or Getty Images picture.

Well, yeah...

[TracerBullet]

Re: Mass Effect 3

^^I was waiting for someone to post that

[Drewski]

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Google image search space winter

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[Burns11]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Wow............

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Mass Effect 3

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Google image search space winter

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WTF ?????????

Come on man..........

Really ??????????????????

SMH........

[LambertandHam]

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While it isn't perfect, at least

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we got to see her "face". You would think that Bioware would have put more effort into making a model, or at least model it after her VA, Liz Sroka.

Saw this on Kotaku:

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Edit the eyes a little, and they could have just used her.

[Solidice]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Haven't seen many people post their power specs, but here is mine.

Sentinel - Level 55(beat the game with a ME2 import, so started at level 30)

Throw - maxed out. level 4 - Force, level 5 - Detonate, level 6 - Double Throw

I typically use throw on an enemy after using warp on them to create a biotic detonation. If Liara is in my party, and she uses her singularity, I would either use throw or warp to detonate. also useful against the low rank husks and the double throw is really nice.

Warp - maxed out. level 4 - Detonate, level 5 - lasting damage, level 6 - Pierce.

great against Barrier and armor, stops enemies from regen, and explodes nicely.

Lift Grenade - currently 0 points

wasn't really a fan of it so spec'd out of it. other power were more useful to me.

Tech Armor - maxed out. level 4 - Durability, level 5 - Power Damage, level 6 - Power Recharge.

I pretty much leave it on at all times. rarely detonate it unless surrounded.

Overload - maxed out. level 4 - Chain Overload. level 5 - Neural Shock, level 6 - Chain Overload

probably my favorite power in the game to this point. with both chain overloads, it hits the target enemy, then chains off him to the next guy, then the third guy. Neural Shock incapacitates organic enemies. I used this the most in my playthrough. was effective on pretty much every enemy. While the 2nd and third guy hit by the chain lightning only gets 60% of the damage, it does still incapacitate them, so it's useful crowd control. overload recharges pretty fast so I usually can hit them again quickly(or use another power).

Cyro Blast - 10 points. level 4 - Radius

didn't put points into until late into game. while not as useful to me as other powers, I still had fun with it and recharge was quick. rest of my point will likely go into this.

Offensive Mastery - maxed out. level 4 - Force & Damage. level 5 - Weight Capacity, level 6 - Force and Damage

class power. weight capacity was good as it allowed me to use Assault rifles and still have +200% power cooldown bonus. although I didn't use my gun all that much.

Fitness - maxed out. level 4 - Durability. level 5 - Shield Recharge, level 6 - Durability.

went with the health and shield bonuses over melee damage. worked out well.

bonus power, Warp Ammo - maxed out. level 4 - Damage. level 5 - ammo capacity, level 6 - Damage

Sentinel doesn't have an ammo power by default and I already had plenty of powers to use as a sentinel, so I didn't really want another power. chose warp ammo as it's good all-around ammo(compared to AP ammo).

Health and Shield are at 850 each.

used the M-95 Mattock AR and N7 Hurricane SMG at the end of the game. both were upgraded to Level V.

my 2nd playthrough will be with an Infiltrator. looking forward to playing ~99% of the game with him.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Mass Effect 3

My first play through I was a Sentinel, didn't care for it. Everything was maxed out except Cyro Blast. All weapons were level 5. I used the Scorpion and Claymore the most.

Second play through I am an Engineer. Maxing out combat drone, sentry and armor piercing ammo. Shuriken and Scorpion are my favorite weapons. Engineer is just a fun class, it is like having 2 extra squad members.

I launch my combat drone to the right side of the room, throw my turret at the left side of the room and I just go guns blazing up the middle. Just good times.......enemy just be dazed and confused, they be running around in circles, don't know what direction they should run to. Most of the time they end up backing up directly into me, I LOL & stab them in the back for an insta kill.

[Burns11]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Sentinel level 53 (ME2 import)

Throw - 0 (Never used it, felt others were more effective)

Warp - 6 (Damage, Lasting Damage, Pierce)

Lift Grenade - 0 (Never used)

Tech Armor - 6 (Durability, Power Damage, Durability) Like you I left it on all the time, but never detonated.

Overload - 6 (Chain, Neural Shock, Chain) Also my favorite, unless armored this was my go to attack.

Cryo Blast - 6 (Radius, Speed Reduction, Frozen Vulnerability) Last power I gave points to, was trying to use it to stall Banshees but was fairly ineffective.

Offensive Mastery - 6 (Force & Damage, Squad Bonus, Force & Damage)

Fitness - 6 (Durability, Squad Bonus, Durability)

AP Ammo - 6 (Damage, Headshots, Damage) I got this early and the combo with Overload was sufficient enough that I never bothered changing. Left it on all the time. Made the shield guys pansies.

Health and Shield at 850

Only weapon I carried by the end of the game was Geth Pulse Rifle V, Extra Clip and Extended Barrel. Until I got that weapon I went with the M8 Avenger V, I had a pistol as well early on, but never used it and wanted to keep weight down.