I've some questions regaurding the Normandy uprgades.
As i understand it, the cyclonic sheilds are made to be very effective fighting quick srikes, but not so much under prolonged fire. was this a good choice? In two, we're fighting the collectors. The main gun on their only ship is the Thanix cannon, which is essentially sustained fire. In three, we're fighting the Reapers, from whom the Thanix cannon came from in the first place. Instead of just having the cyclonic sheild, would it make sense to have both that and some sort of geth hard sheild as well?
I know it isn't technically an 'upgrade' but would the Reapers attack the Normandy? The Reaper IFF is still active on the ship, so if the Normandy were BVR, would the Reapers attack it? Furthermore, its assumed that Reapers can manipulate any mass relay, opening and closing it at will. Could the Normandy do this now?
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Posté 10 juin 2011 - 05:23
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Interesting topic, but the IFF is just an 'Identify Friend/Foe' so I'm not sure it gives the Normandy the kind of technological upgrade required to open a relay. The protheans themselves were just on the edge of understanding that kind of technology when the Reapers attacked.
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Posté 10 juin 2011 - 05:28
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It's the IFF that allowed the Normandy to alter the Omega-4 relay to be more precise in its delivery of ships
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Posté 10 juin 2011 - 05:41
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Now that I think about it, relays pretty much dominate all the Third Acts in these games.
As for ME3, relay manipulation could work to either delay Reaper attacks by trapping them in certain star clusters between major missions. I just realised:
Mass Effect: Mu Relay - Ilos
Mass Effect 2: Omega-4 - Collector Base
Arrival: Sending 300 000 batarians to the Maker and throwing another turd into Harbinger's punchbowl.
Mass Effect 3: ?
As for ME3, relay manipulation could work to either delay Reaper attacks by trapping them in certain star clusters between major missions. I just realised:
Mass Effect: Mu Relay - Ilos
Mass Effect 2: Omega-4 - Collector Base
Arrival: Sending 300 000 batarians to the Maker and throwing another turd into Harbinger's punchbowl.
Mass Effect 3: ?
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Posté 10 juin 2011 - 06:16
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thurmanator692 wrote...
I've some questions regaurding the Normandy uprgades.
As i understand it, the cyclonic sheilds are made to be very effective fighting quick srikes, but not so much under prolonged fire. was this a good choice? In two, we're fighting the collectors. The main gun on their only ship is the Thanix cannon, which is essentially sustained fire. In three, we're fighting the Reapers, from whom the Thanix cannon came from in the first place. Instead of just having the cyclonic sheild, would it make sense to have both that and some sort of geth hard sheild as well?
I know it isn't technically an 'upgrade' but would the Reapers attack the Normandy? The Reaper IFF is still active on the ship, so if the Normandy were BVR, would the Reapers attack it? Furthermore, its assumed that Reapers can manipulate any mass relay, opening and closing it at will. Could the Normandy do this now?
I always thought that this was about fight length and not incoming shots duration. Something like "5 minute fight" vs "1 hour fight" and not "conventional weapon" vs thannix.
