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Jamesfrom818
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DY_nasty said:
I tried that on subsequent playthroughs but my first two characters are legit. I'll probably use the X+A trick for my Insanity game.
infinityBCRT
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Its an off shoot of the mineral mining in Star Control 2... but the way it was done in SC2 was a lot more fun, faster and they even threw in some difficulty on planets where there was bad weather/unstable land.MirageDwarf said:
I feel like I'm the only person that didn't really mind the mineral scanning mini-game all that much.
If the scanner moved faster, would you guys still hate it?
* Sai growls at thorin.
If the scanner moved faster, would you guys still hate it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAq7wcweUQSamara said:
* Sai growls at thorin.
Honestly, I don't know what they were thinking with that. Bioware can exhibit a great ability in being able to tell what is fun and what the player wants to see, but sometimes they add something like mineral scanning which leads you to believe they haven't got a clue.thorin said:
Dan Yo said:
I clicked my trigger quickly and found it took less time than holding it down to find deposits. I never got OCD about it either, once I'd found a good five or more deposits I left orbit.
Never got bored of it nor irritated by it in any of my playthroughs, so personally I found it to be pretty well balanced for a mini game.
HadesGigas
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mujun said:
Yeah holding it down was not the way to go.
Also I would tend to not spend much time searching a planet if it wasn't "rich".
Still was pretty dull. Would have liked if it pointed you to deposits the same way it points you to beacons.
I stopped when it went to moderate. Didn't take as much time as I thought it would though and I got basically everything I wanted. If you're trying to find the side quests anyway, it didn't seem like a big deal to me, but I can see how people who didn't do the side quests found it a pain.DY_nasty said:
Just finished the game. A really amazing experience. I loved every minute of it and it really helped that I went on a total media blackout before and after the release until now. Everything was a surprise and that was very cool.
Now, I do want to get 100% of the achievements. And I think I will replay the last mission first again.
Now, I do want to get 100% of the achievements. And I think I will replay the last mission first again.
For some reason, Mordin died during the final part of the mission.
Is there a combination of choices that guarantees that everyone survives? I went on a full paragon path if that matters and I have done all the loyalty / and other side missions as well.
I used Legion to hack the doors, Garrus to lead the second team, Garrus again for escorting the survivors back to the ship, Miranda to lead the distraction team while I used Samara for biotic protection from the swarm. For the final battle against the reaper I used Miranda and Grunt.
Is there a combination of choices that guarantees that everyone survives? I went on a full paragon path if that matters and I have done all the loyalty / and other side missions as well.
I used Legion to hack the doors, Garrus to lead the second team, Garrus again for escorting the survivors back to the ship, Miranda to lead the distraction team while I used Samara for biotic protection from the swarm. For the final battle against the reaper I used Miranda and Grunt.
infinityBCRT
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Saya said:
My guess is Garrus shouldn't be escorting the survivors back to the ship since he should be leading the second team. Jacob is the one who should do the escort. I also kept Miranda with me (except for the final battle where I used Samara and Grunt) because Jack head had unresolved issues with Miranda and my Shepard in my playthrough.
infinityBCRT
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If a planet isn't rich it can still have spots with a high amount of minerals. I've found some good spots even on Moderate or Poor planets.DY_nasty said:
Major Williams
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Saya said:
Yeah, the choices are:
- Tech specialist: Tali or LEgion
- First Squad Leader: Garrus, Miranda
- Escort: Mordin (Even though he's loyal, he'll have a chance of dying if he stays behind)
- Biotic Specialist: Jack or Samara
- Second Squad Leader: Garrus, Miranda
You should be good to go man. Mordin died my first time, but luckily I had a good save to go back to. Made him the escort and boom I was done.
- Tech specialist: Tali or LEgion
- First Squad Leader: Garrus, Miranda
- Escort: Mordin (Even though he's loyal, he'll have a chance of dying if he stays behind)
- Biotic Specialist: Jack or Samara
- Second Squad Leader: Garrus, Miranda
You should be good to go man. Mordin died my first time, but luckily I had a good save to go back to. Made him the escort and boom I was done.
MirageDwarf
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I talked to Tali and tried to start a romance with her. At one point, she told me that she doesn't want to share me, and I selected "I only want you". Then she asked me to clear that up with Miranda. But when and how do you make that clear to Miranda? Never got that option.
It the end, it was casual love with Kelly, one time romance with Jack, and final achievement unlocking one with Miranda.
It the end, it was casual love with Kelly, one time romance with Jack, and final achievement unlocking one with Miranda.
Azwethinkweiz
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MirageDwarf said:
I think if you have the one night stand with Jack, that ruins all relationships with the other women.
MirageDwarf
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Hmm. Weird. Other women didn't talk about it ever so I thought it was Shepard and Jack's secret.Azwethinkweiz said:
HadesGigas
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First pay-DLC is squad member Kasumi: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/mass-effect-2-dlc-kasumis-stolen-memory-lands-on-apr-6-don/
sweetvar26
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HadesGigas said:
Looking at Dragon Age DLC's, this will probably be 400 Microsoft points. I still think new characters should not be paid. Hopefully it will be worth it.
MirageDwarf
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Hope she is better fleshed out character than Zaeed.HadesGigas said:
Yeah, I think Bioware is smart enough to know they have to do a little more for the pay character.Cipher said:
Personally, I get the feeling this will lead to a new system with a new planet/station with small additional side quests and maybe new stuff to buy. Not Ilium or Omega size, but maybe like the Krogan DMZ where you go to new zones for maybe the recruitment quest, loyalty quest, and maybe some other quest(s) to give more lore about the area. I'd pay for that and anything else they might do on top of it.
MirageDwarf
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Rubezh said:
It seems Zaeed was afterthought. Somebody from dev said he was about to get cut completely from the game, so BioWare could have stopped putting effort to develop his character. Few dev team members tried to squeeze him for DLC after main game was done.
JimtotheHum
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anything more than 3 bucks for that DLC is a complete rip off
On my second playthrough. I intended on just playing the last 2 hours or so over again (many of my team members died at the end :lol ) but I can't help but go back and start over. I'd like to beef up my ship more and maybe attain higher levels with some of my characters I don't use as much.
There's so much to this game I just don't see how you can't play it more than once.
There's so much to this game I just don't see how you can't play it more than once.
200 points would be a pretty good price, but it'll most likely be 400. If it's a well fleshed out character it wouldn't be so bad, but since it looks like you just stumble upong her in the Citadel like Zaeed she probably won't be. At least her mission might be one of the different ones, which is cool, but could they add a few pistols instead of more SMGs :lol? Looking forward to the final details.
I'm kinda surprised Bioware put out all this info on the DLC and stopped short of giving the price. Wonder if they're going through message boards and trying to see how much people are willing to pay.
Sounds like a $5 DLC pack to me, which is an ok deal if it's really an hour and half of missions. At $3 though, I'd buy this in a heartbeat.
Sounds like a $5 DLC pack to me, which is an ok deal if it's really an hour and half of missions. At $3 though, I'd buy this in a heartbeat.
Trojita
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Ten-Song said:
Yeah I never bring Zaeed with me since I doubt he even has much interesting stuff to add during missions.
I'm probably really late with saying this, but I just arrived at Illium for the first time and a commercial that was playing had a news report about someone named Kasumi. They said she stole something.
lorddarkflare
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OMG Aero said:
You should have, he is easily one of your best.
Well I'm kind of disappointed because I was hoping paid DLC wouldn't roll around until they had something new and substantial, as in something with many hours of content. Possibly even something resembling more of an expansion.
Whatever though, I'll take any content I can get. at 400 points I'll probably just wait awhile though since I've been done with the game a few weeks and can do without revisiting it for awhile just for one new character. However, if less than 400 points, I'd probably pick it up regardless.
Whatever though, I'll take any content I can get. at 400 points I'll probably just wait awhile though since I've been done with the game a few weeks and can do without revisiting it for awhile just for one new character. However, if less than 400 points, I'd probably pick it up regardless.
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