Bluko wrote...
Why does Shepard even need armor anyways? Is it really to provide protection or is it just so he can look badass? Why can't Shepard just run around in a Hoodie if you don't actually need armor for anything then?
Answer me this: If all Ashley needs is a jumpsuit why isn't that all Shepard needs? Why does Shepard wear all that armor if they don't need it? Surely it would be far easier for Shepard to roll and run in armor that didn't resemble platemail.
Look I don't need explanation for everything in-game. But if Shepard and his squad don't need combat hard-suits why create this Codex entry:
"Combat hard-suits use a dual-layer system to protect the wearer. The inner layer consists of fabric armor with kinetic padding. Areas that don't need to be flexible, such as the chest or shins, are reinforced with sheets of lightweight ablative ceramic.The outer layer consists of automatically-generated kinetic barriers. Objects traveling above a certain speed will trigger the barrier's reflex system and be deflected, provided there is enough energy left in the shield's power cell.Armored hard-suits are sealable to protect the wearer from extremes of temperature and atmosphere. Standard equipment includes an onboard mini-frame and a communications, navigation, and sensing suite. The mini-frame is designed to accept and display data from a weapon's smart targeting system to make it easier to locate and eliminate enemies."
So Shepard and company don't need proper hard-suits anymore because...
A) Shields can stop all bullets?
Bullets aren't really that deadly to unprotected body tissue?
C) Bullets can't pierce thin fabrics?
D) You'll never be exposed to a vacuum?
E) You'll never be exposed to hazards?
F) You'll never be exposed to a different atmosphere?
G) Helmet displays are useless?
H) Suit strength augmentation is useless?
I) Suit Medi-Gel dispersal is useless?
Wow all those things must be true! I guess wearing armor is pretty silly afterall. Boy Garrus is really lame for wearing some kind of armor all the time. And I think we all know that because Garrus is always wearing armor that makes him the most unpopular character of the series.
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I wouldn't say that armor in the mass effect universe isn't practical. I would say however that you have no evidence that Ash's armor(and if people looked closely at the E3 model they would realize it is armor) is impractical. You've asked a bunch of rhetorical and pointed questions, and though
I have little to no knowledge of what Bioware plans for ME 3. I will at least try to address them.
A) Yes. Shields produce mass effect fields that safely deflect small objects.At least until your shield runs out of power. In game i've never taken damage to my health without first losing my shields.
Don't ask questions you already know the answer to, and looking at the model from E3, Ash does have armor on her legs and shoulders and what appears to be a protective vest on her chest and back.
C)See B.
D) Well worst case scenario she uses a breather mask. Best case she gets a custom recon hood or helmet. Either way she'll be fine.
E) As I recall hard suits didn't protect against hazardous enviorments in ME 1 why would they start now?
F) Yep that's right you will never come across a atmosphere that humans can't survive in(Or maybe you should look at D)
G)Not useless, but not necessarily required. Do you really need a computer to tell you who to shoot? Everything else could be put on an omni-tool, or given audibly by EDI.
H)Ashley has suit augmentation. Maybe not as much as you want but she does. Around her legs, shoulders, hips, and chest.
I) How do you know her armor doesn't have suit medigel dispersal?
And lastly I'd like to reinforce that I don't think your concerns aren't valid ones, But at this point, we don't know if Ash isn't equipped with some kind of prototype spectre gear that has all the protection of a hardsuit without the cumbersome weight( I'm not saying that this is the case).
There is just too much we don't know at this point for anyone to draw any valid conclusions as you quite sarcastically seem to have done, concerns yes, but not conclusions.
Modifié par trobbins777, 11 juin 2011 - 10:24 .
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Better be good reasons why that is or the hate thread post launch won't compare to this. 
