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[AngryFrozenWater]

The side quests improve your character and the team mates to prepare for the end game. So, every side quest you do will get you closer to that goal. I quit doing them once I got all upgrades and maxed out my character. This is a game and it is in no way a simulation of reality. If everything that was unrealistic in this game had to be removed then there would be nothing left.

[KendallX23]

i guess my Shepards are unfocused sinc ei do every side quest..then again...he dosen't look very unfocused to me..he looks normal...wonder why

[Fiery Phoenix]

tmk wrote...

My Shepard doesn't get the tip about Virmire until she has done most of the sidequests; in the meantime, she's searching for Saren. So no, she's very focused on the real important galaxy-saving mission.

Mine is the same. You can rationalize this if you just organize yourself and know when to do what.

[AngryFrozenWater]

The best one can hope for is that in ME3 all quests intended to build the characters are integrated in the main story. Even ME1/ME2's difference in mission and assignments gets blurry. There are lots of missions in which you have to get a team member or gain his or her loyalty and in most of them they have absolutely nothing to do with the main story. I rather focus on something which directly integrates in the main story than have to worry about some random son, sister or father. On the other hand they provide a back story and may help to give the characters more personality. The same goes for the side quests. They paint the galaxy. So, I am cool with side quests as well. They definitely serve a purpose.

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 18 août 2010 - 07:40 .

[Eddo36]

Well think about it, it's like "I have to put saving the galaxy from the Reapers on hold for a few days, since I have to find some rogue doctor to kill to make one of my squadmates happy."

[II J0SePh X II]

I like scanning when the galaxy is at stake, that and shooting pyjaks

[BlackbirdSR-71C]

Eddo36 wrote...

BlackbirdSR-71C wrote...

Eddo36 wrote...

If the whole galaxy was at stake, the hero should be focused on saving it. Spending time/resources and risking your life doing out-of-the-way sidequests with good deeds here which doesn't help you progress any closer in the main mission and there are only for unfocused heros.

Your against Side-quests?

May I ask you something?
Could it be, that you haven't played a single RPG aside from Mass Effet/2?

I'm not against side-quests. Infact, I always do them. HOWEVER, I was just stating that doing side-quests makes your Shepard unfocused to the real important galaxy-saving mission.

Well, any good RPG has Side-quests in one form or another, at least as far as I remember.

[Nightwriter]

The Take Your Time trope is in all kinds of games.

There will always be time to stop and help a krogan with his Presidium fish questions. Oh and to pick up groceries.

[archurban]

people who don't understand RPG ask why sidequest or side mission seems to be one of important role. because it is based on entire story like life. if you do want to be hero, and the game is only focus on you, you'd better play first person shooting. it's more focus on you. nothing more.

[Scaley]

Hi - newbie ME2 player here.

Just to add my tuppence: I've bought ME2 and am currently downloading all the DLC I can as I plan on going through every little sidequest and at least seeing what different combinations of outfits/ weapons and classes do. So I think it's going to be a good few weeks before I even get to see the end of the game. Why? It would be kind of like attending a buffet and just eating the chips otherwise.

Then again I'm heading for 40 and remember when RPG always had something to do with Gary Gygax it seemed.

Oh, Dr Pepper sucks the big one as I cannot get the DLC. I will henceforth boycott their beverage. That will teach them. Probably. Maybe. Perhaps I'll just pin my hopes on karma biting them?

[Nightwriter]

I'm drinking a Dr. Pepper right now actually. Yum.

Modifié par Nightwriter, 18 août 2010 - 11:35 .

[Badpie]

Eddo36 wrote...

If the whole galaxy was at stake, the hero should be focused on saving it. Spending time/resources and risking your life doing out-of-the-way sidequests with good deeds here which doesn't help you progress any closer in the main mission and there are only for unfocused heros.

Well I suppose if we're thinking realistically you're sort of right.  But since it's a game and I'd rather not finish it in 10 hours.  At least in ME2 they give you option of doing these things after you beat the Collectors.  But I never minded.  I just kind of figured the galaxy was a big place and whatever Shepard did was kind of...on the way.

[Nightwriter]

Eddo36 wrote...

If the whole galaxy was at stake, the hero should be focused on saving it. Spending time/resources and risking your life doing out-of-the-way sidequests with good deeds here which doesn't help you progress any closer in the main mission and there are only for unfocused heros.

Are you calling my Shepard unfocused.

[Mr.Caine]

It's a video game and most RPGs do this. In KOTOR, you're suppose to be finding StarMaps; not swoop racing.

Modifié par Mr.Caine, 18 août 2010 - 02:08 .

[Eddo36]

I know it makes the game fun. I'm just saying that your main heroes are unfocused when they do side-quests, just something to keep in mind when role playing.

[BHRamsay]

I'd avoid sidequests but I have this silly idea that having money for resources and equipment to keep me alive is a good thing.

[Mr.Caine]

In ME1 it was necessary because part of the traditional RPG formula, you gain higher levels, side quests offer better results rather than grinding...

[Nightwriter]

Mr.Caine wrote...

It's a video game and most RPGs do this. In KOTOR, you're suppose to be finding StarMaps; not swoop racing.

Lies.

[tmk]

Yea, and the main reason I do the sidequests before Ilos is because you can't do them afterwards, and I need the extra P/R points for the ME2 import bonus, so I can save the galaxy more efficiently in the second game.

Also, many of the sidequests aren't exactly trivial matters either. You're in the Traverse, you have the best equipment and a unique ship that can travel around semi-undetected. They can't just send regular troops to take care of most of that stuff. And it's still mostly about preserving galactic stability in one way or the other, even if the threats aren't as big as the Reaper invasion. And you never know if there could be a possible Saren connection with any of those missions...

BHRamsay wrote...
I'd avoid sidequests but I have this silly idea that having money for resources and equipment to keep me alive is a good thing.

Also, that. When you start out, you're relatively poorly equipped, to the point where it's somewhat of a difficulty to clear out the thugs in Chora's Den. And you're going up against Saren's geth army. You probably want to take your time and prepare, rather than rush in headfirst.

Modifié par tmk, 18 août 2010 - 02:54 .

[CC-Tron]

Most of the citadel side quests from the first game, I thought were below Shepard's standards (Playing match maker, Scanning Keepers, Resolving petty conflict like some errand boy). These were jobs more suited for a C-Sec officer. Once I reached level 60, I didn't do them any more.



The only side quests I do in ME2 are N7 missions and some of those I won't even do. There are some N7 missions that are better suited for some other Cerberus operative. Shepard's busy getting his team together, battling collectors and preparing for a suicide mission. The Illusive Man surely can spare some other Cerberus cell to handle those missions. I'm glad I modded my game so I don't have do those missions for credits any more.

[BlackbirdSR-71C]

Also, why the fu** do I have to find literally half the credits I need myself in Containers and hacked Terminals/Datapads?! Why am I not completely funded by Cerberus? Is TIM broke or something? If so, why did no one ever mention this in the game?



That is, IF you want to talk about "realism". Is it realistic that there are "skills"? Shouldn't Shepard be fully upgraded by the beginning of the game? Yeah, that would be fun...Like the developers said: "It doesn't make sense that there's a Assault Rifle Skill in Mass Effect 2. Shepard is a Spectre, he doesn't need to learn how to shoot a gun". Ok, if we're following that logic, then Mass Effect 2 is Bullsh*t.

[MadCat221]

Nightwriter wrote...

Eddo36 wrote...

If the whole galaxy was at stake, the hero should be focused on saving it. Spending time/resources and risking your life doing out-of-the-way sidequests with good deeds here which doesn't help you progress any closer in the main mission and there are only for unfocused heros.

Are you calling my Shepard unfocused.

HTH did you manage that face?

Modifié par MadCat221, 18 août 2010 - 04:18 .

[Nightwriter]

Glorious, isn't it.

Actually that's not my Shepard. I just took an image and doctored it.

I shall now be using it in all manner of forum situations.

[Siege Dkayed]

If you are adverse to doing side quests during the main mission, save them until the end. Do them to pass the time between dlc's.

[Eddo36]

Maybe there should be a time limit to do the main quest. Would add a sense of urgency to the game's plot.