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Partly why I always do it last.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
repost. Help me out here, FellowGAF.
Pollux
Member
Holy shit, really? Now if I redo a character after beating ME2...powers carry over into the new character right?
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Was confirmed a few days ago by one of the ME big wigs.
I don't see the fun in owning everything from the getgo. All my 3 Sheps are lvl 29-30. I don't think it will make that much of change. Here's to hoping you can redistribute your points however.
Just go with A
I don't have a file where my Shepard cheats on someone, I did it with Thane, but it my 360 broke down. So I might do one, just to shake things up.
It might be quite late here and I'm tired and not reading it correctly, but what exactly are you asking? lol.
What exactly were you original plans that you were going to follow through on and what is this Mass Genocide on NG+?
Sorry If I am just being dull in regards to the question.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I wanted a save import where all the majors died. Garrus, Tali, etc.
To see how it affected ME3's layout.
Ah right, duh, lol.
So the problem I guess is that you would have to play through twice to get two saves out the end of it to carry over, one with everyone dead and one max level with powers to continue as your main?
Is it at all possible to copy a character career over or something, I know theres some funky PC-360 save thing that converts them or something, say play up to the Reaper IFF and save, from there split it so one kills everyone off while the other finishes all the missions off?
The Shadow Broker engine room is always something i look for to see when i do that mission. So cool.
http://youtu.be/x7A9tzIpZIA
http://youtu.be/x7A9tzIpZIA
rollingstart
Banned
Is there a trainer or save game editor for the PC version of Mass Effect 2 that could essentially help me avoid scanning and all that boring business? (err, cheat)
I did all that, multiple times, in the weeks following ME2's release. Right now I just want to play through it again, play the DLC for the first time, and not deal with all that fat.
I did all that, multiple times, in the weeks following ME2's release. Right now I just want to play through it again, play the DLC for the first time, and not deal with all that fat.
FleckSplat
Member
Gibbed's Mass Effect 2 Save Editor. Google it, there are some guides.
rollingstart
Banned
thanks
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
No, my problem is that, in order to max my skills to level 30, I would need to do all the loyalty missions, so my real run would be the New Game+.
I was just asking if GAF sgguests I do that or just keep to my original plan and just do one run, ending up with whatever level and skills I end up at.
Pollux
Member
Wait, what?
It's just south of the wreckage you can salvage, on top of a hill. If you sit there you can hear Rachni.
Edit: #5
I always did virmire last, that mission is the best mission of both games. Mechanics of gunaplay notwithstanding, that mission delivers on everything
Typographenia
Member
You should be able to get a high enough level in ME 2 with the side and N7 missions that you'll be able to reach the cap in 3 wouldn't you? Can't you hit the level cap in 3 without playing 2? Also remember you can complete Tali's loyalty mission without gaining her loyalty.
Bruce Lee Kicks
Member
Does anyone know if you're still able to talk to the Council and get your Spectre status reinstated if you wait 'til after the Suicide Mission to visit the Presidium? (long question, I know)
If you have not visited Anderson on the presidium then I'd assume that cutscene would still play, no matter how late you are. Hmm, I wonder what would happen if you visit him after the suicide mission.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
I've never actually tried that.
Bruce Lee Kicks
Member
Originally I just wanted the Council to meet Legion. I guess I'll try it and see how it goes, hopefully there will be some new dialogue. (Probably not)
Felix Lighter
Member
I just realized I have an all DLC male shep play through almost finished. I have all loyalty missions prior to the Reaper IFF complete. I'm glad I checked before I jumped into ME 2 with my last ME 1 fem shep save. These will probably be the 2 saves I take into ME 3.
Anderson has a line about Legion if you ask him about worries about the Geth. But you can get that line even if you already talked to him.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Just realized you can collect the Shadow Broker ship as a model. Awesome.
Bruce Lee Kicks
Member
What about Udina and the alien Councilors?
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Yup. Some of the quips in Bio games are freaking wonderful.
Also bring Legion and talk to the security lady.
"Security is heavy to prevent geth infiltration" - Lady
"Geth do not intentionally infiltrate" - Legion
Both are great, but shadow broker is the best. Overlord is the most contained of the dlc missions but a really awesome narrative, IMO.
They both have potential to carry over some stuff to ME3, it all depends I guess
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I'd go as far as to say that ME1's bad parts represent everything that is wrong with RPGs (minus the carry-overs, of course).
Disorganized inventory to the point that equipping becomes a chore.
Combat that tries to be new but does not want to piss off "traditionalists".
Useless and boring party dialogue at camp; I much preferred DA1's camp dialogue. Things actually felt alive.
I thought ME2's EXP system was horrible, and am happy that ME1's has returned for ME3.
Disorganized inventory to the point that equipping becomes a chore.
Combat that tries to be new but does not want to piss off "traditionalists".
Useless and boring party dialogue at camp; I much preferred DA1's camp dialogue. Things actually felt alive.
I thought ME2's EXP system was horrible, and am happy that ME1's has returned for ME3.
HiddenSentry
Member
Just finished up what will be my pure renegade run of ME1. I took inventory of my saves and found that my renegade character was actually 66% renegade 33% paragon, and I just can't have that. I really tried to make some decisions differently just to see how it propagates, but I couldn't bring myself to kill Wrex or the Rachni Queen. This was the first time (out of maybe 6 playthroughs) that I didn't save Ashley, though. Hoping that has a bit better payoff than the other way. Also a first for romancing Liara in ME1. Really hoping she plays a larger role in ME3 than she does in 2.
Also, holy shit the last third of ME1 is so good. Virmire, Ilos, and the Citadel is all awesome. It ended up taking me about 8 hours for the entire game (main line only), which sort of surprised me. I think my ME2 run is going to take substantially longer.
I haven't quite decided if I want to do a suicide run. I know my full paragon character saved everyone, but I don't know if having fewer crew members survive is going to increase the content/enjoyment I'd get out of ME3. Maybe I could just have Jack killed. That'd probably be a net gain for team The Entire Damn Galaxy.
Also, holy shit the last third of ME1 is so good. Virmire, Ilos, and the Citadel is all awesome. It ended up taking me about 8 hours for the entire game (main line only), which sort of surprised me. I think my ME2 run is going to take substantially longer.
I haven't quite decided if I want to do a suicide run. I know my full paragon character saved everyone, but I don't know if having fewer crew members survive is going to increase the content/enjoyment I'd get out of ME3. Maybe I could just have Jack killed. That'd probably be a net gain for team The Entire Damn Galaxy.
It took me 2 years to get all the achievements, but finally the illusive Paramour achievement is mine. I went with Tali. I don't know if I should break up with Liara however. I mean she has Ferron if anything, so I might end it with her. Tali's pretty sweet.
Bring on Mass Effect 3. I've absolutely enjoyed the Mass Effect series this gen so by getting all the achievements across all three 3 games, I'm showing how much I love the series. Over 300+ hours though; the most out any game I've ever played.
I still have Overlord, Arrival, and a few N7 missions to do before this run is all said and done. I never read the Illusive Man entry in LOTSB about his profile; specifically, that he's a play boy, wears a 2200 thread count suit that's outfitted to be resistant to close range shots, is a heavy drinker and smoker, and has contacted most of the major places Shep's visited in ME2 and will visit in ME3.
I saved everyone, blew the base up, talked down the Admiralty Board in Tali's loyalty mission, and shut down the Heretics in Legion's loyalty which I've never done in my other runs. I was disappointed that if you let the Council die, you don't get to see what the Human council looks like.
I still get how Shep and co hightailed it out of the Collector's home world without a Mass Relay; IIRC, it's a one way trip there. It's still stupid how everyone has to leave the ship so EDI can test the IFF, only to get the crew kidnapped. I swear the writing in this game makes no sense in a lot of places. And Kasumi having a thing for Plain Boring Jacob? It still makes me cringe.
I still think Mordin is my new favorite character in ME2 if not the entire series with Legion and Thane behind him. I always get a kick of talking to him. The sex stuff was hilarious. Plus his nephew being his reason for living is still pretty heart warming.
Garrus is hilarious (yet a family man as LOTSB shows) in ME2, and Liara is an ice cold killer in this game; no longer as innocent as she was in ME1 and from what I saw in ME3, she's still the same ice cold killer in ME3. I like how Tali's more mature in this game. I can't wait how she develops in ME3.
My least favorite characters are still Plain Jacob and Emo Psychopath Jack. They're so horribly written and uninteresting to talk to. I avoid talking to Jacob like the plague and I had a quickie with Jack on two runs.
I seriously hope that there's more permanent squad member variety in ME3 in terms of abilities and powers. James and Ashley look like they have similar abilities so that worries me. On the other hand, Liara and Garrus are complimentary.
Bring on Mass Effect 3. I've absolutely enjoyed the Mass Effect series this gen so by getting all the achievements across all three 3 games, I'm showing how much I love the series. Over 300+ hours though; the most out any game I've ever played.
I still have Overlord, Arrival, and a few N7 missions to do before this run is all said and done. I never read the Illusive Man entry in LOTSB about his profile; specifically, that he's a play boy, wears a 2200 thread count suit that's outfitted to be resistant to close range shots, is a heavy drinker and smoker, and has contacted most of the major places Shep's visited in ME2 and will visit in ME3.
I saved everyone, blew the base up, talked down the Admiralty Board in Tali's loyalty mission, and shut down the Heretics in Legion's loyalty which I've never done in my other runs. I was disappointed that if you let the Council die, you don't get to see what the Human council looks like.
I still get how Shep and co hightailed it out of the Collector's home world without a Mass Relay; IIRC, it's a one way trip there. It's still stupid how everyone has to leave the ship so EDI can test the IFF, only to get the crew kidnapped. I swear the writing in this game makes no sense in a lot of places. And Kasumi having a thing for Plain Boring Jacob? It still makes me cringe.
I still think Mordin is my new favorite character in ME2 if not the entire series with Legion and Thane behind him. I always get a kick of talking to him. The sex stuff was hilarious. Plus his nephew being his reason for living is still pretty heart warming.
Garrus is hilarious (yet a family man as LOTSB shows) in ME2, and Liara is an ice cold killer in this game; no longer as innocent as she was in ME1 and from what I saw in ME3, she's still the same ice cold killer in ME3. I like how Tali's more mature in this game. I can't wait how she develops in ME3.
My least favorite characters are still Plain Jacob and Emo Psychopath Jack. They're so horribly written and uninteresting to talk to. I avoid talking to Jacob like the plague and I had a quickie with Jack on two runs.
I seriously hope that there's more permanent squad member variety in ME3 in terms of abilities and powers. James and Ashley look like they have similar abilities so that worries me. On the other hand, Liara and Garrus are complimentary.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Okay. So I broke and fell off the wagon and beat ME2 today. I figure I'll do Arrival the night of March 5th.
Everybody except Zaeed and Jacob died. Which was surprising, since I did Kasumi's loyalty mission. But then... when Mordin died (completely unexpectedly, btw, I had made sure he would survive).... that pissed me off. I was after that Harbinger asshole big time. Can't wait for his boss fight in ME3. I will avenge my Asperger's Buddy.
The extended fight sequence if you have no ship upgrades is amazing. It makes it seriously seem like a hopeless conflict that you need to win. The scene with Joker yelling "come on, you bastard!" as the Normandy went down the gullet of the Collector's Ship was great. It really brought back the ME1 moment where you realize that, yes, Joker really does know what the shit he is doing.
Everybody except Zaeed and Jacob died. Which was surprising, since I did Kasumi's loyalty mission. But then... when Mordin died (completely unexpectedly, btw, I had made sure he would survive).... that pissed me off. I was after that Harbinger asshole big time. Can't wait for his boss fight in ME3. I will avenge my Asperger's Buddy.
The extended fight sequence if you have no ship upgrades is amazing. It makes it seriously seem like a hopeless conflict that you need to win. The scene with Joker yelling "come on, you bastard!" as the Normandy went down the gullet of the Collector's Ship was great. It really brought back the ME1 moment where you realize that, yes, Joker really does know what the shit he is doing.
Logical Disconnect
Member
Random question -- does anyone know if the standard digital edition of ME2 from Gamersgate UK comes with a Cerberus Network code? My Cerberus Network code from my physical copy is tied to a different EA account that I no longer use, and I want to reinstall ME2 for the DLC, so I figured if I could get a digital version with Cerberus Network access cheaply then it would save a lot of effort messing around with accounts.
Alternatively, has anyone seen a digital copy of ME2 including Cerberus Network for cheap elsewhere?
Alternatively, has anyone seen a digital copy of ME2 including Cerberus Network for cheap elsewhere?
Legions class is a geth infiltrator >_>
rollingstart
Banned
Quick question regarding the DLC. I'm thinking of only getting Shadow Broker, but do any tie into Mass Effect 3 in a significant way? If I don't get the Kasumi one, will she still have a role in ME3? This may be too early to tell.
Shadow Broker, Kasumi, and Arrival all have some impact on ME3's story. Shadow Broker will probably be the only significant one, however.
rollingstart
Banned
Rei no Otaku
Member
I'd do Overlord anyway just because it's a great piece of DLC.
Hah. Its a shame that you don't really feel the struggle if you play through it like most people do, which is go do everything in your power to ensure that the final mission goes as smoothly as possible.
The first time I beat the game the only person who died was Kelly Chambers (melted into goo). Some of the crew deaths should be unavoidable, IMO. No fucking struggle in this game at all!
Is this confirmed to be in?
The comic is yeah, but the choices are unknown. :/
I agree with you. On my first playthrough I didn't read any FAQs on the suicide mission and yet everyone was fine (except Kelly and some other unnamed crew members - sorry guys). That's because it's obvious most people will try to do as many main missions as possible before finishing the game and it wasn't really that hard to deduce who should be assigned to what task (no, Thane should not go to vents just because he's an assassin; he still can't hack things). For me it wasn't really a suicide mission - no one important really died or even was near death.
It's a shame that BioWare didn't go the Virmire route, where no matter what you do few crew members (even at least one) would die. Even though I didn't really like Kaidan I was really sad that I had to leave him there, dying. In ME2 there was no such thing, even though the whole game and PR campaign for it taunted the "suicide mission".
PR campaign was awful. "Shepard is dead!". Ugh.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
It got people interested.
Showing Legion as the very first thing. That was complete crap.
The suicide mission works, it's just a vast majority of gamers are going to want to do it perfectly. Personally, I think the extended suicide run sequences are much better than the perfect run.
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