No spoilers but I feel like the Mass Effect universe is in prime position for an MMO or at least some kind of online co-op game sort of like The Division. You have an entire Galaxy to explore with literally endless potential for different types of planets and environments. You could create a character choosing from all the classes and races and there are even factions already in place. I doubt it would happen, but the potential is there.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda |OT| Ryders on the Storm
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Twinsen343
Member
When is this patch out exactly?
I have to agree, the game while so amazing in areas is completely let down by these janky animations and facial expressions - I mean wtf - It's almost as if these are half complete placeholder animations.
I have to agree, the game while so amazing in areas is completely let down by these janky animations and facial expressions - I mean wtf - It's almost as if these are half complete placeholder animations.
prag16
Banned
She didn't. The POV shifts between her, Tann, and two other characters. She's not terribly likeable in the book either. She's pretty much an asshole. The book works because the interplay between Tann, Kandros, Addison, and others are interesting and entertaining enough as they wade through a crisis. Not because any particular character is fantastic.
Man I saw this video where someone makes a crazy Piranha shotgun with mods and uses combat, tech and biotic powers to increase damage, then unlocks all kinds of damage boosting, reload and clip boosting. He was literally dropping fiends in like 10 seconds on Insanity. Made the shots plasma seeking. When he would cloak the damage would be like 1700+ etc. I wonder what else you could do to screw around like that. He would just be behind cover and firing and taking out a Destroyer in like 20 seconds.
MegaSackman
Member
Another sue incoming:
Anyone recognize this voice actor's (maybe) easter egg in the game? Knew the voice sounded familiar when I came across it. Also, some Mass Effect 2/3 spoilers just in case anyone was going through/planning the original trilogy for the first time.
The ps4 rumble feature quit for me in the last mission lol. I restarted the game and it fixed it, which seems to be a cure all for a lot of things like the xp notification staying on screen indefinitely.
Patch 1.05 seems to be coming out tomorrow at 9AM PT.
https://twitter.com/masseffect/status/849690626950148099
https://twitter.com/masseffect/status/849690626950148099
She's an asshole in the novel too. But like with most video game literature, don't go into it expecting a literary masterpiece and you won't be too disappointed.
VenomousCoffee
Member
I seem to hit the Shirtless Liam section of the game.
For your viewing pleasure.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Stayed up too late, but did manage to clear out my completable Heleus mission and Allies/relationship missions. So all done with Heleus missions (other than one on hold on Tempest and any more I find) with all planets at 100% viable and all loyalty quests (still have 3 other missions in that section on hold). A bit over 58 hours in.
Find the
ship is my next story mission so that's what I'll delve into next session.
Find the
Archon's
I made the same mistake thinking that mission started the end-game, but it's more like
2/3rds of the way
AirPowerFTW
Member
Another sue incoming:
Holy shit even their armour matches.
DeadlyParasite
Member
Pretty much a couple levels from the end.
Thanks. Guess it's coming to an end then. While the game has massive issues, I definitely had fun with some of it.
Near the end, maybe 2 main missions I think, journey to meridian and then Meridian the way home.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Same. I think they did a really good job with the loyalty missions here.
Yeah, he's just too "bro" for me to enjoy. He comes off as a parody. I did like his loyalty mission, but only because of the level design and humor, which I think would have worked with any character (the bit with
the bad guy trying to interrupt their conversation
Sterling's_Gold
Member
Lol this describes how I feel pretty accurately. Liam talks a lot -- he certainly says things -- but none of it has any depth or significance to me (possible exception being the scene about the car). Like, what are his personality traits? He lacks any compelling hook as a character and doesn't contribute a whole lot. His loyalty mission was enjoyable but did little to flesh out his character; it felt like a mission that could have existed separately for any character and didn't really need to be a loyalty mission.
I decided to go back and replay the trilogy after finishing Andromeda (on ME2 at present) and I feel pretty strongly that the much derided Kaidan and even Jacob are more interesting and likable characters.
Expect all of the big planets to have at least :
1) 3 monoliths + 1 vault to clear.
2) 1 Architect to kill
3) 1 big enemy base
The rest of the quests will vary a bit thankfully.
Well, I figured it would be like that, I just hoped I would be wrong. Maybe I'll have to play something else between each planet so I don't get bored then.
I just 100%ed Havarl, 3 planets down and two to go. I hope the next two planets are as short as Havarl, is that the case?
And memory spoilers,
And memory spoilers,
so the Andromeda initiative started before anybody knew about the Reaper threat, and based on the Turian I spoke to in Havarl, it was after the Geth attack in ME1, so the initiative launched some time during or shortly after ME1.
truestatic
Member
Did all the questing on Elaaden today. The last thing I did was
Game's funny sometimes.
open the vault.
... but you'd never know that. Scott, the squad, and random other NPCs must have made at least 4 references to me having activated the vault long before I'd even turned on the last monolith.
... but you'd never know that. Scott, the squad, and random other NPCs must have made at least 4 references to me having activated the vault long before I'd even turned on the last monolith.
this game has that problem a looot. I got an email from the engineer mentioning
Jaal
Nah, Havarl is one of a kind. All other planets are as huge as Eos at least. Well, except maybe one, but it's a short one(no Viability bar to fill) and there isn't much to explore, although there is still lots of driving to do.
truestatic
Member
I'm pretty sure the Ionic Water Filter i just bought on Aya for my people on Elaaden is really just a DVI to HDMI adapter.
I'm long done with the game, and probably won't ever revisit it.
But there was a quest that was driving me nuts, and I couldn't ever finish it. I'll put it in spoilers just in case:
Was there some trick to this?
But there was a quest that was driving me nuts, and I couldn't ever finish it. I'll put it in spoilers just in case:
You have to construct a shield regenerator for the Nomad. It says craft one at a research station, but I was never given the option in either research (which only allows for weapons, armor, and augmentations) or development.
Was there some trick to this?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Clarification on your spoiler.
The initiative launched between ME2 and 3, not after ME1.
There are NPC's and even side quests which mention and directly refer the Overlord side quest from ME.2 The Citadel Council, for the longest time, kept insisting the attack in ME1 was because of the Geth which is why NPC's still think that. Right up until the Reapers attacked, majority of the Council was still skeptical of Shepard's claims.
Also, keep getting more memory spheres, you'll get more direct clarifications near the end of the quest.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
You don't research nomad upgrades they are just their own tab on the development tab.
That's a shame, I was able to finish Havarl in 1 day, while the other two took me ~3 days each. I think I should stop doing anything in the task list, I plan on doing another playthrough anyway, and I want to see where the plot goes ASAP.
This raised a lot of questions, some I'm not a fan of.
- Why are the Reapers only interested in the milky way?
- Why didn't the Angarans advance further beyond the milky way species since they had no Reapers to wipe their progress every 50k years?
- Why weren't the Reapers aware of 3 massive arks + the Nexus leaving the milky way?
I don't think the game answers any of that (I'm just past Havarl, so try to not to spoil it past that point).
- Why are the Reapers only interested in the milky way?
- Why didn't the Angarans advance further beyond the milky way species since they had no Reapers to wipe their progress every 50k years?
- Why weren't the Reapers aware of 3 massive arks + the Nexus leaving the milky way?
I don't think the game answers any of that (I'm just past Havarl, so try to not to spoil it past that point).
It's there. Whether or not it actually is generated and applied seems to be bugged though.
I could be wrong, but my understanding was:
- they were made by milky way species so maybe that was the extend of their purview
- there's no reason for all life in the universe to start at the same time or develop at the same rate, so it's kind of pointless to compare?. also, they may be a young species? (in terms of how they relate to the remnant) - i can't remember if it was specified
- the circumference of the galaxy is huge, they may not have had a presence on the side of the galaxy that the Initiative traveled through
- they were made by milky way species so maybe that was the extend of their purview
- there's no reason for all life in the universe to start at the same time or develop at the same rate, so it's kind of pointless to compare?. also, they may be a young species? (in terms of how they relate to the remnant) - i can't remember if it was specified
- the circumference of the galaxy is huge, they may not have had a presence on the side of the galaxy that the Initiative traveled through
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yeah, 2 of your questions are directly addressed within Andromeda, so you should get answers on those
Yeah, 2 of your questions are directly addressed within Andromeda, so you should get answers on those
I feel like I'm pretty far into the game(
just saved the Salarian Ark
Reapers except maybe some vague references like "why were the Geths observing outside the galaxy"
Is this all mentioned very late into the game or what? I'm still waiting for the reason why I had to select the
gender of Shepard at the start of the game
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Spoilers for ryder family memory side quest
Once you near the end of the memory quest and unlock more flashbacks and recordings, you find out that the Andeomda initiative had a 'mysterious benefactor' (whose not revealed in the game btw) and this benefactor knew about reapers and used it as a means to speed up the Andromeda initiative. Some of the recordings directly refer Shepard and his claims about the Reapers. No voice recording from Shepard though.
The only time choosing Shepard's gender at the start has come into play in my experience is in those recordings using 'him' or 'her' to refer to Shepard.
The only time choosing Shepard's gender at the start has come into play in my experience is in those recordings using 'him' or 'her' to refer to Shepard.
I've finished about all the major quests and only some Tasks were left untouched so I doubt there's more story/lore content until the next DLC.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Oh I knew it wasn't end game as I looked a list of main missions to see. I just wanted to get the tedious open world shit cleared out, and decided to clear out what I could of the Allies/relationship stuff currently while I was at. I don't mind there being nothing to do on planets if I get back. I mostly just went straight to mission objectives when clearing out Heleus missions etc. anyway rather than doing a bunch at once on a planet. Tedious traveling, but I like keeping the little side stories straight vs. getting all jumbled together by doing bits and pieces of a bunch at the same time.
prag16
Banned
In the Ryder Family Secrets side quest
they talk about an unnamed "benefactor" (The Illusive Man?) that fronts a ton of cash to get the Initiative fast tracked. The way they describe it is that something in the Milky Way spooked him. I haven't completed the quest yet, but it sounds like the Reapers will actually be mentioned later on.
w/o spoilers - does the threat of the enemy get greater at any point? I've just left Eos and met the Angara who have never seen a human before yet somehow our translators can decipher our two languages.. and the Kett just feel like a random enemy that doesn't pose a super big threat to me other than just being annoying with their drop ship attacks. In the other games you had this sense of impending doom with the Reapers that I feel is really missing this time out.
The Angara have seen humans for a year before that point.
And no, it doesn't ever get to reaper level, but that's alright in my opinion. The overarching goal and feel of this game is different. The reaper thing was cool for a trilogy, but I personally wanted something different. This game is much much better with feeling like the little quests you do aren't completely wacky because of the impending doom.
Justice_Bolt
Member
Does anyone know what '' % power restoration and defense'' does? And can someone tell me an example of a power that are affected by it?
MrTroubleMaker
Member
PC update is up 1.94 GB