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StUnNeR H2K
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I've been glued to Halo for the last few weeks and totally missed out on the latest DLC... how was it compared to the previous sets of DLC?
Stallion Free
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The Liara one has been considered the best one yet by most of the community and I have to agree. If you played ME1 it should definitely not be missed.StUnNeR H2K said:
StUnNeR H2K
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Stallion Free said:
Yes, I played the first, and was dissapointed that no Liara was on your squad in ME2, so I'm sure I'll enjoy just wanted to know if it would live up to the personal hype that might be stored within ME1 players....
MrTroubleMaker
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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
This month is looking to be the first month since launch with no DLC 
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.Diablohead
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*edit* read that wrong, i thought you were on about ME1 to ME2 character.MrTroubleMaker said:
MrTroubleMaker
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I know I was so used to getting new ME goodness now nothing ;( Not even new clothes for your squadmates
I was so used to getting new ME goodness now nothing ;( Not even new clothes for your squadmates Angelus Errare
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Damn it, I hate the fact you can't skip the opening sequence. I messed up my shepard's face (and started progressing on the WRONG save.)
Fuckin A. Bioware......fucking A.
On the flip side my Femshep is hot as hell.
Fuckin A. Bioware......fucking A.
On the flip side my Femshep is hot as hell.
Angelus Errare said:
Need a pic now.
Also ..
I'm considering using Stasis on my Widow Soldier playthrough (Insanity) because I hear Stasis is so dirty
but curious about one thing ..Can you Stasis 1 enemy .. wait for the cooldown .. and when that enemy is still in stasis -- stasis another enemy (so you have 2 people in stasis)?
Also .. what exactly did it mean when it says that the enemies build up resistances? I'm trying to figure out the differences between the 2 version of max Stasis .. which is better?
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Just finished Overlord and would like to play Shadow Broker now, but I basically have zero room on my hard drive and nothing to delete. What would happen if I deleted Overlord? Will that mess with the game in any way or exclude me from ME3 referencing the decisions I made in that DLC?
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Rufus said:
That's what I figured. Just to be sure, does the same apply for the Kasumi stuff? I'm guessing that one is more problematic because it could potentially erase the character or am I wrong?
Angelus Errare
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X-Frame said:Need a pic now.
Also ..
I'm considering using Stasis on my Widow Soldier playthrough (Insanity) because I hear Stasis is so dirty
Can you Stasis 1 enemy .. wait for the cooldown .. and when that enemy is still in stasis -- stasis another enemy (so you have 2 people in stasis)?
Also .. what exactly did it mean when it says that the enemies build up resistances? I'm trying to figure out the differences between the 2 version of max Stasis .. which is better?
We got my Ghost In the Shell Shepard here:
And my "I'm hot shit" Shepard here (Same Shep, different hairstyles
Angelus Errare said:
OK, those are hot. "Hot Shit" Shepard really is.
I just finished Overlord and realized I'm missing the achievement for incinerating enemy shields. What's the best way for me to go about getting this? Are there enough shielded enemies in Lair of the Shadowbroker that I can get it there?
Do stats stack on multiple playthroughs so maybe I could get it on an upcoming a MaleShep run?
Thanks in advance.
brandonh83
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B.K. said:
In all honesty? You don't really need to play the original at all for plot cohesion purposes.
Angelus Errare said:
You can. You can modify the game files by renaming the movies in a certain folder. It doesn't fuck with the game. I added the word "rename" to all the files I didn't want to see while trying to get my character right. As soon as I selected "start game" it then consisted of walking to the bridge to get Joker, and then right to the character building part. No cut scenes - nothing. You can rename the files back later if you want to see them again. Look this up online for more information. Also, nice shep. Looks like mine.
B.K. said:
You don't have to play the original. All you need to know is that Shepard saved the day and is now more or less a hero to most people. Frequent references are made by Shepard, or other people, about how awesome Shepard is supposed to be for doing that. Other than that, the rest of the story is more or less unrelated to the last. I played ME2 first, and ME1 after. Didn't make a difference.
I started a new file as an Engineer with Dominate as my bonus power. So far, I love the class. Freezing, burning, distracting with the combat drone, AI hacking, dominating, overloading .. very effective class.
Just need to have a biotic with me (or even 2 in some cases) since I need people that can deal with Barrier.
Just need to have a biotic with me (or even 2 in some cases) since I need people that can deal with Barrier.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
B.K. said:
Functional, and as a story quite stand-alone, but it still continues the main story arc and there are a lot of references and characters (two of which you recruit) that wont have the same impact unless you've played the first game.
However, BioWare are planning some kind of recap thingo for the PS3 version, and I wouldn't be surprised if it updated you on the story through interactive choices or something.
The only real negative about playing Mass Effect 2 prior to Mass Effect, and not importing a character, is that the game acts as if you were Renegade through Mass Effect. It doesn't effect much more than emails and the likes, but I'd hate to have the fate of certain characters go the way of Renegade, even if their appearance in Mass Effect 2 is just a cameo.
Hopefully for people that played ME1 already on the 360/PC .. for the PS3 there are actually basic choices,
and we can just pick them.
I assume for the relatively minor events or side missions there might not be choices, but for the major ones that do effect the majority of the story (plus ME3) I'd hate to have those set a certain way like ME2 as a stand-alone now.
i.e. save or kill the Rachni Queen.
I assume for the relatively minor events or side missions there might not be choices, but for the major ones that do effect the majority of the story (plus ME3) I'd hate to have those set a certain way like ME2 as a stand-alone now.
HadesGigas
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Just finished Lair of the Shadow Broker, these files and logs you get access to about all the people you've met are hilarious.
Sure, she'd be unavailable to you as a team member. Don't know how the saves would react to that though, but I've got to assume that Bioware thought about this and made it so it doesn't break anything. You could always re-download that DLC if it does fuck up a save, or doesn't let you load, because such and such content is missing. (Dragon Age does something like this, where you have to force load saves with DLC if you are not logged in. I never tried it to see what happens if you do, because I wore some of it.) I would make sure to load a save where she's not part of your current squad. Back up your saves, too, just in case.Nils said:
I'm only going by common sense, keep that in mind.
B.K. said:
It depends on what you would consider a decent third-person shooter, and how much of a pass you're willing to give it for being an "RPG" (they have pretty much streamlined the fuck out of it compared to the first game), the biotic and tech powers were kind of interesting but as a shooter it was pretty meh in terms of basic mechanics and level/scenario design, the AI was pretty fucking stupid.
X-Frame said:Gonna need the face code for Hot Shep, please.
Is anything on her face nodded? I'm on the 360. Please say no .. Lol.
It looks a little similar to Liv Sheppard in game.
I finished one last game of ME1. Got a Jane Sheppard to level 60. I can't believe I enjoyed the inventory system at one point :lol Using streamlining as a derogatory term when comparing ME2 to ME1 becomes more amusing with the passage of time.
Still...
Lots of Sirta Foundation stuff in Cerberus bunkers. Clearly Cerberus is funded by Medi-Gel.
In to hell with ME 2 news: I've finally run into a frustrating ME2 bug. I upgraded the Scanner early but didn't use it. Now that I need some minerals it appears the upgrade didn't take. I have no save that can address this :\ I hope it just fixes itself somehow when I get to disc 2.
p.s. In ME3 let advanced ammo powers evolve to apply modifiers to the missile launcher.
X-Frame said:Need a pic now.
Also ..
I'm considering using Stasis on my Widow Soldier playthrough (Insanity) because I hear Stasis is so dirty
Can you Stasis 1 enemy .. wait for the cooldown .. and when that enemy is still in stasis -- stasis another enemy (so you have 2 people in stasis)?
Also .. what exactly did it mean when it says that the enemies build up resistances? I'm trying to figure out the differences between the 2 version of max Stasis .. which is better?
I forget if stasis expires after you cast it on another enemy. That would actually be a good thing because it would bring the 1st enemy into ragdoll quicker.
Enemies begin building up a resistance to stasis every time you cast it on them. Stasis will expire more quickly every time you cast it on the same enemy. Eventually the enemy may become immune (takes a while?)
Enhanced Stasis is better because of the resistance bonus. You don't really need enemies to stay in stasis longer (Deep Stasis.)
However, stasis is easily the most powerful 1 point power. I think I'm going to keep it on 1 point with my current insanity adept.
Crazypanda_85
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Z_Y said:
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Nothing can touch my sultry but deadly Kelsey Shepard. She'll chew you up and spit you out and youll like it.
Anyways I recently started up again playing as an Sentinal for the first time, not sure how much Im liking it, the tech armor is pretty nifty but so far hasnt seemed like a huge advantage. But having tech and biotic abilities has been fun been using other biotics a lot pull and push combos which are always fun.
Anyways I recently started up again playing as an Sentinal for the first time, not sure how much Im liking it, the tech armor is pretty nifty but so far hasnt seemed like a huge advantage. But having tech and biotic abilities has been fun been using other biotics a lot pull and push combos which are always fun.
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