Blue Ninja
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Good thing I stuck with Sheploo.
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Mass Effect 3 |OT| Space Jesus Returns (tag all spoilers)
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You could probably just use the new save editor to choose who died and who didnt. In my very first run I didnt know about the whole IFF time limit thing so all the crew died, but with the new save editor I was able to go in uncheck a box, check another and get Kelly and co back. Same can be done with your actual squadmates, so we should be able to easily mix and match stuff to see the various outcomes in ME3 depending on who lived and who died.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Tomorrow.
Jake Tower
Banned
Jake Shepard is going to be extra asshole since his ME-ME2 face won't import to the final game.
So I'm not gonna have my ugly ass Shepard from ME1? Without jumping from some hoops? That sucks.
Thanks for the guide at least.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
There is no point.
Absolutely 0 point. This is 1 big thing EA's going to need to fix if anyone is ever going to take Origin seriously. You don't see Steam forcing you to buy Portal 2 points before buying something related to the actual game.
I'm also a little salty because I wasn't able to use one of my 15% off codes that EA support gave me for all the shit they put me through trying to get ME1 in my library. They apparently don't work on Bioware points, but they would have worked if I was buying the actual DLC instead of points.
edit: I misread your question. I was saying they need to take Bioware points away completely and just put everything on Origin in normal dollars/euros/whatever.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Which is a good thing, imo.
CharmingCharlie
Member
Well they did promise to reward those that have been with the series from the start. Obivously they just got their wires crossed and meant "punish" those that had been with the series from the start rather than reward them.
But that is a pretty bad lapse not ensuring you can import ME 1 faces into ME 3, pretty inexcusable in my books.
But that is a pretty bad lapse not ensuring you can import ME 1 faces into ME 3, pretty inexcusable in my books.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
That's kind of because the Portal 2 DLC is free.
And you need to buy DLC for other games, so I don't see the difference here besides having to go through an entirely different website, which is a pain, granted.
And EA is not forcing you to buy anything.
And Here. We. Go.
Wind's Howling
Member
Can anyone who has the game answer this question:
Can you get a lot of side quests from Disc 1, save them all while progressing with a few Story missions, and then pop in Disc 2 to do the side quests you gathered or does the system not work that way? Do you have to switch to Disc 2 when only doing side quests or do you also have to swap back towards Disc 1 when completing one?
Can you get a lot of side quests from Disc 1, save them all while progressing with a few Story missions, and then pop in Disc 2 to do the side quests you gathered or does the system not work that way? Do you have to switch to Disc 2 when only doing side quests or do you also have to swap back towards Disc 1 when completing one?
The accessory stuff you can buy isn't free though. But when they do charge it's not in some weird alien point system, it's in dollars and you can quickly buy it through steam and get it over with.
It's redundant and unnecessary to make me buy points just to buy the DLC that's already on the Origin store and like I said it screws me over a bit because I can't use any promo codes on the points.
HP_Wuvcraft said:
But they are. I wanted to buy that DLC and they made me buy Bioware points first. There was no other way around it.
Worth noting that the Bioware Points system was implemented before Origin. I could see EA phasing out the Bioware points in order to concentrate all traffic into Origin.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
It seems random; you don't have to switch just for side missions.
CharmingCharlie
Member
What ? I made a joke about Bioware promising that they would reward long term fans of the series and instead they can't even import their ME 1 face into ME 3. You saying we should just ignore that ?
The loyalty missions are the best part of the game!
That's like ordering pizza and then ripping off all the cheese/toppings and throwing them in the trash.
That's what I would have expected to see. So now, Bring Down the Sky has all but vanished, Pinnacle Station is on Origin, ME2 DLC is on Bioware Social, and now ME3 DLC is back on Origin. EA should slap it all on Origin and make it easier for all of us.
Yeah they kind of made themselves the victim of their own messiness. Before Origin they had like 50000 different logins and all sorts of different points and purchase systems for various games and it's taking them a long time to get rid of all that and streamline it through Origin.
I'm a little puzzled by this though because I don't think it's hard for them to simply charge $10 when they put From Ashes on the store. Then again this is the same company who wanted me to make a Pogo account just to get ME1 on my Origin library.
Wind's Howling
Member
That sucks. If the side missions were just on Disc 2 and the Story missions on Disc 1 I could live with the disc swapping but not knowing when that crap is going to hit removes some of the engagement you have with the game's atmosphere. It just puts you out of it.
I've expressed my extreme dislike of ME2 and its loyalty missions many times before, but like I said I just recently did a full ME1 and 2 run so I just wanted to do a second quick run through 2 killing as many people as I could. It's hard to kill most of them if everyone is loyal.
I'm wondering how it'll work in 3. Will it actually change missions or will they just slap a random turian, salarian, etc in place of Garrus or Mordin in 3.
Probably work like the Wrex thing in ME2.
This would make me angry.
Blue Ninja
Member
So Garros Vakarian and Mordan Solus, their long-lost twin brothers?
You haven't played the demo I assume?
Solana Vakarian!
Blue Ninja
Member
Also, (demo spoilers) Wrex
is replaced by that other Krogan from ME2. Wreav. The voice of Wreav mistakenly bugs in. And despite Wrex being incredibly motivated in the beginning of the demo, he somehow elects to stay behind during the entire mission.
Blue Ninja
Member
So Garrus banged his sister? This whole series is ghostwritten by George R.R. Martin.
Turians, man. Kinky sonofabitches.
You have a manual link in the origin app but right now it only link to a pdf with the standard epilepsy warning. I imagine the "real" manual will be available on tuesday...not that companies actually make real manuals anymore.
Manual is supposedly in game now, but that's from Chris Priestly so I don't know how truthful of a statement it is.
Psychoward
Banned
Physical copies get a slip of paper, no manual.
So fucking awful, no manual, online pass, and $10 day 1 dlc.
BRING IT EA
Welcome to 2012, sadly.
Calisto Glory
Banned
Ok. I decided that i am not going to do another ME 2 run just to avoid cheating on Ashley. I will face it how it comes. I take it like a man even if she is going to bitch slap me in my face. ^^ Hope she understands that i thought i was dying on the mission and had to make out for the last time. ^^
LumpOfCole
Member
I used a VPN for Origin Digital BF3's release date so I have to assume it will be fine for ME3.
Wind's Howling
Member
There is a difference between ME2's disc swapping and ME3's if I am reading everything correctly. Mass Effect 2 was a vastly linear experience, and each disc contained a set number of Loyalty missions, side quests and Story missions. In Mass Effect 3 some of the side quests seem to start with disc 1 and end with disc 2 and the Story missions are all set on Disc 1.
The thing is. If I gathered 20 side quests from Disc 1 and all of them can only be started with Disc 2, I would just take my time by gathering them all and do all the side quests in one go. If I have to keep switching back and forth by completing a mission that is related to the citadel, and the citadel is only accessible with Disc 1, it becomes a nuisance and completely gets me out of the game's atmosphere.
Does that work? Installing disc 2 so you don't have to keep swapping between them?
Psychoward
Banned
We go from the beautiful, colored manual detailing each power and more, to a black/white 10-15 page pamphlet for only the basics, to no manual at all.
The ME1 manual was so tight.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
There really isn't THAT much disc-swapping. 4 times in 25 hours so far. Thing is, as already mentioned - you want to do all sidequests before main missions because some of them can dissappear/ time out anyways.
No. It doesn't matter.
Ultimadrago
Member
Skyrim Monkey knows what's up.
APZonerunner
Member
Yeah. The demo mission here cuts out about 10 minutes of talking. There's reasons for his actions. Also -
People you 'know' feed into your war readiness stuff. If person X, Y or Z is alive they'll be worth more to you than their basic replacement, essentially.