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timetokill
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Dries said:
They talk about them in the krogan level. Even see one (kind of). Answers your question.
I was glad that I specced Mass Pull on my Vanguard in those situations.TheSailerman said:So on themission, I got in a little over my head and had husks all around me (6 or 7, I think), making it near-impossible to move and was on the verge of dying. So I pulled up the power wheel and had Mordin incinerate a husk, setting the rest on fire - letting Shep get the heck outta there!Reaper IFF
I was so proud of myself for thinking of that.
TheFreshPrince
Junior Member
I'm getting frustrated with the No One Left Behind achievement!!! Any tips?
Jack always dies! She isn't loyal, but I know it's possible to do!
I have
Vents -- Legion
Fire Team 1 -- Miranda
Barrier -- Samara
Fire Team 2 -- Miranda
Escort -- Jacob
my team -- Grunt/Legion
Where else can I put Jack???? I've tried keeping her with me. I've tried leaving her with the Fire Team. Will she die if I make her the Escort?
I have
Vents -- Legion
Fire Team 1 -- Miranda
Barrier -- Samara
Fire Team 2 -- Miranda
Escort -- Jacob
my team -- Grunt/Legion
Where else can I put Jack???? I've tried keeping her with me. I've tried leaving her with the Fire Team. Will she die if I make her the Escort?
TheFreshPrince
Junior Member
Gattsu25 said:
She isn't Loyal though....
which I'm guessing will cause her to die
[!!!final mission spoiler!!!]TheFreshPrince said:She isn't Loyal though....[!!!final mission spoiler!!!]which I'm guessing will cause her to die
Or by her lack of personal motivation will cause the death of another team mate. On the bright side...at least it's Jack and not someone else.
Note: the last line of this post is a lie.
Note: the last line of this post is a lie.
I kid I kid
Cerberus Armor and Eviscerator Shotgun DLC Available Tomorrow Feb 9
On Tuesday February 09 2010 Mass Effect 2 fans will be able to get the new Cerberus Assault Armor and M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun DLC fof free through the Cerberus network. It should be available for all fans, both on PC and Xbox 360 at 12:00pm Mountain Standard Time.
Cerberus Assault Armor
Cerberus assault armor is designed for shock troops, turn the tide of battle against creatures or forces that would decimate normal soldiers.
Increases heavy weapon ammo capacity by +10%
Increases shields by +10%
Increases health by +10%
M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun
The M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun is a longer-range shotgun with armor-piercing loads. This design also violates several intergalactic weapons treaties, so the M-22a is not distributed to militaries.
You can learn more about the Cerberus Assault Armor in a Arsenal update with screenshots of the armor in action here: http://masseffect.bioware.com/universe/arsenal/armor/
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/103/index/1074772
On Tuesday February 09 2010 Mass Effect 2 fans will be able to get the new Cerberus Assault Armor and M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun DLC fof free through the Cerberus network. It should be available for all fans, both on PC and Xbox 360 at 12:00pm Mountain Standard Time.
Cerberus Assault Armor
Cerberus assault armor is designed for shock troops, turn the tide of battle against creatures or forces that would decimate normal soldiers.
Increases heavy weapon ammo capacity by +10%
Increases shields by +10%
Increases health by +10%
M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun
The M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun is a longer-range shotgun with armor-piercing loads. This design also violates several intergalactic weapons treaties, so the M-22a is not distributed to militaries.
You can learn more about the Cerberus Assault Armor in a Arsenal update with screenshots of the armor in action here: http://masseffect.bioware.com/universe/arsenal/armor/
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/103/index/1074772
I'm probably late on this since I've been avoiding this thread til I got the game(I still don't). I was going through my Photobucket account and I found an old photo when ME2 first media was getting out. This is just for anyone curious of how Miranda looked before she was modeled after Yvonne.
Tig ol' bitties are still there.
Tig ol' bitties are still there.
Jamesfrom818
Banned
neojubei said:
Longer range shotgun? I guess its finally worth making a Vanguard .
Psychotext
Member
Play 7 more times. :lolAmir0x said:
user_nat said:
Yes. The problem with New Game+ is that the enemies are your level, but balanced to account for the upgrades that you can buy (+50% HP, damage, etc), so you'll be a chunk of the game having trouble but then it should be progressively easier (since you will get more powerful but your level will stay at 30).
EmCeeGramr
Member
don't worry, soon there will be dlc to add a (one [1]) side mission at a time
Jamesfrom818
Banned
Amir0x said:
Have you tried new classes?
Finally beat the game, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I feel like bioware fixed a lot of what was annoying in ME1 while at the same time fixing things that I don't remember anyone complaining about. The Mako was a pain in the ass, but probing planets for resources is just as bad. They also toned down the RPG elements, which I actually enjoyed. Sadly level design for most of the game is uninspiring, as most levels are just corridors connecting large rooms filled with crates conveniently placed for you to take cover behind.
The game has a lot less scope this time around. They obviously wanted to make it more about your crew and their problems than about having a deep main story arc, but the trouble is that there's a lot of characters and they're ultimately not that deep. Thirty hours of gameplay and I feel like half my time was spent helping people with their family problems. I'd rather have a smaller team that really grows with you as you go along the main quest. The final mission felt much more like the first game in terms of story development, but it's all over much too soon. I hope the next game balanced party building with main story quite a bit better.
The game has a lot less scope this time around. They obviously wanted to make it more about your crew and their problems than about having a deep main story arc, but the trouble is that there's a lot of characters and they're ultimately not that deep. Thirty hours of gameplay and I feel like half my time was spent helping people with their family problems. I'd rather have a smaller team that really grows with you as you go along the main quest. The final mission felt much more like the first game in terms of story development, but it's all over much too soon. I hope the next game balanced party building with main story quite a bit better.
It was funny by the end of scanning planets I had like 500,000 of everything except Element Zero, which I had 130,000 of.
It's like I never realized at a certain point I was scanning planets unnecessarily, I just did it out of reflex. I scanned every planet in all systems to near Depletion! :lol
Arde: Seriously I don't think you understand my short gamer attention span. There has been almost no times I've ever replayed a game immediately after and enjoyed it. It happens so rarely that the only time I can think I replayed a game immediately was Uncharted 2, and only because Crushing wasn't available to me from the start.
It's like I never realized at a certain point I was scanning planets unnecessarily, I just did it out of reflex. I scanned every planet in all systems to near Depletion! :lol
Arde: Seriously I don't think you understand my short gamer attention span. There has been almost no times I've ever replayed a game immediately after and enjoyed it. It happens so rarely that the only time I can think I replayed a game immediately was Uncharted 2, and only because Crushing wasn't available to me from the start.
Amir0x said:
You should make a brand new character, maybe of a different sex even, and I don't know how you did your first playthrough, but I did mine "perfectly", and my brand new character will be doing whatever he/she wants, regardless of Paragon/Renegade decisions...
Plus you have 5 other fun classes to choose from, I plan to go Infiltrator next, to put that invisibility cloak to use!
K.Jack said:My Shepard is pretty badass:
That's a hot Shepard, just as hot as my female Shepard in Mass Effect 1, who I sadly didn't get to finish the game in time with, so I couldn't import her into ME2 - but I'm gonna remake her in ME2 though!
That armor looking good on her too - had no idea female Shepards were so curvaceous now in ME2!
Jamesfrom818 said:
because the shotgun is the only gun a Vanguard can use? ugh give me a break people. This isn't a MMO it really doesn't matter what class you pick they are all balanced well anyway. Sure there may be 1-2 classes that make insanity easier but if you know what you're doing you can easily best it with any class.
Vanguard is really fun and I honestly can't believe the amount of people saying it sucks and charge is useless. Not only that but I've seen tons of people say the shotgun is useless as well and that blows my mind because it works fine for me.
Fimbulvetr
Member
Dries said:
Their females stay in separate areas to keep them safe.
Skilotonn said:
I just don't have the motivation. I want new worlds and scenarios
I played Mass Effect 1 to completion right immediately before I got into Mass Effect 2, and imported my character. It was like playing the most epic, generation affirming RPG on any console... it was such an all assuming experience, I was totally captivated by the universe Bioware created. Tried and true sci-fi tropes, but amazingly cohesive galaxy and characters.
For once in a great long while, the story wasn't embarrassingly poorly written in a game!
I guess I just sort of have this empty void now, knowing there's this empty part that's going to "finish the fight", and yet I have to wait TWO YEARS
DEBATE...
Genophage...
RIGHT OR WRONG?
The Salarians kinda need to think things through. First they raise Krogans up to fight Rachni, then they fucking punch a hole in their birth rates after they can't put a lid on them.
I definitely think Salarians are the bad ones in this.
I know the easy answer, because it seems the game always Paragon + the answers where people disagree with the genophage, but shit is real with the Krogans. They fuck shit up.
Genophage...
RIGHT OR WRONG?
The Salarians kinda need to think things through. First they raise Krogans up to fight Rachni, then they fucking punch a hole in their birth rates after they can't put a lid on them.
I definitely think Salarians are the bad ones in this.
I know the easy answer, because it seems the game always Paragon + the answers where people disagree with the genophage, but shit is real with the Krogans. They fuck shit up.
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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Amir0x said:
you might get a little taste earlier than that ..
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/08/ea-something-far-reaching-coming-for-mass-effect-in-early-201/
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Amir0x said:
Right because it had to be done, but not without unfortunately severe consiquences, and it was a terrible mistake to begin with for Salarians to give the Krogans power.
The Krogans were simply not culturally advanced enough to handle the power they were given. They didnt have space flight. They'd split the atom and put themselves into a nuclear winter. They were not ready for the huge technological leap given to them by the Salarians, and the consiquences were dire.
A mistake to begin with that forced an arguably worse but needed solution.
MWS Natural
Member
I'm sure this has been mentioned in the thread before but since search is unavailable I'll ask what do you guys think is the best squad power to take as a Vanguard? Reave and Warp ammo seem to be my best choices at the moment.
Jamesfrom818
Banned
Amir0x said:
I think Salarian reasoning of the need for the genophage is correct. The Krogan were expanding and no one was going to stop them. All out war would have been an eventuality since Wrex seems to be the only one with his head on straight. If the Krogan can prove that they can play nice, the genophage should be cured.
neojubei said:
I don't think Turians live as long as Krogan or Asari so its doubtful that Saren was alive then.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
They all seem worthless. Any of the shields are redundant because your charge gives you one automatically and it's not worth losing a cooldown. The abilities that split between barrier/shields are too situational when your best option as a vangaurd is to simply SMG em both to hell. Reave is okay enough I guess. Does decent damage to armor IIRC. The one spell in the game I'd actually want is Incenerate.
Amir0x said:I just don't have the motivation. I want new worlds and scenarios
I played Mass Effect 1 to completion right immediately before I got into Mass Effect 2, and imported my character. It was like playing the most epic, generation affirming RPG on any console... it was such an all assuming experience, I was totally captivated by the universe Bioware created. Tried and true sci-fi tropes, but amazingly cohesive galaxy and characters.
For once in a great long while, the story wasn't embarrassingly poorly written in a game!
I guess I just sort of have this empty void now, knowing there's this empty part that's going to "finish the fight", and yet I have to wait TWO YEARS
Same here, being captivated by Mass effect's universe, art and world - I've repeated that statement too many times I think...
Hmmmm, I don't know what else to suggest but to come back to it after a break I guess - a different class of a different gender with a different alignment should make the game feel new again after the memory of it isn't so fresh anymore...
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
neojubei said:
Didn't the Krogan Rebellions happen like a 1,000 years ago? That was long before Saren's time.
The Cerberus shotgun might change this, but I went with AP ammo. As a Vanguard, you already rock the shit out of Barriers, but you've got absolutely nothing to fall back on against Armour, which just so happens to be the most important protection on higher difficulty levels. Warp Ammo isn't a bad choice, though. Reave is very, very useful, and quite possibly better than any of the alternatives - but did you really play a Vanguard to hit people with Powers from far away? Hell no you didn't. Grab some bullets and get the fuck in there.MWS Natural said:
I'm with Mordin. Original Krogan uplift was the mistake. Once that Pandora's Box got opened, genophage was making the best of a bad situation. Still kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth, and the social effect it had on them is pretty devastating, but all it takes is a guy like Wrex and some time to change the society, and that leaves a lot fewer dead and scarred than a traditional war with the Krogan would have.Amir0x said:
I think the turning point for me between the genophage seeming like a horrible war crime and a painful necessity was learning that it specifically enforces a 1:1000 birth rate, rather than leaving them completely sterilized and crippled.
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