Lt. Commander Ashley Williams thread: "Don't 'Ash' me!" We're Back Baby!
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#42051
Posté 06 août 2012 - 02:35
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Posté 06 août 2012 - 02:36
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I'm not going to be here until this Saturday evening coming. My Assignments are starting to spiral out of control and this is starting to ****** me off because my group are the most useless pair I have ever met. Good people, but useless as partners. They:
- Don't keep me informed. They have my number and e-mail address, there is no excuse for not contacting me.
- Don't let me in on what their planning
- Changing our group topics behind my back
- Language barrier prevents me from getting any work done.
- Unjustly calls ME out when I'm trying to figure out what the f*ck is going on. And we have an assignment due in two days apparently. F*cking winner combination.
- Worse - I got shafted with them and most likely can't change groups this late in the game.
Dear god. Why can't I be Shepard and a SpecTRe and not just punch them out?
Sorry Shepley fans, Sorry Ashley. Not going to be here for a very long week.
- Don't keep me informed. They have my number and e-mail address, there is no excuse for not contacting me.
- Don't let me in on what their planning
- Changing our group topics behind my back
- Language barrier prevents me from getting any work done.
- Unjustly calls ME out when I'm trying to figure out what the f*ck is going on. And we have an assignment due in two days apparently. F*cking winner combination.
- Worse - I got shafted with them and most likely can't change groups this late in the game.
Dear god. Why can't I be Shepard and a SpecTRe and not just punch them out?
Sorry Shepley fans, Sorry Ashley. Not going to be here for a very long week.
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Posté 06 août 2012 - 02:42
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Aurora313 wrote...
I'm not going to be here until this Saturday evening coming. My Assignments are starting to spiral out of control and this is starting to ****** me off because my group are the most useless pair I have ever met. Good people, but useless as partners. They:
- Don't keep me informed. They have my number and e-mail address, there is no excuse for not contacting me.
- Don't let me in on what their planning
- Changing our group topics behind my back
- Language barrier prevents me from getting any work done.
- Unjustly calls ME out when I'm trying to figure out what the f*ck is going on. And we have an assignment due in two days apparently. F*cking winner combination.
- Worse - I got shafted with them and most likely can't change groups this late in the game.
Dear god. Why can't I be Shepard and a SpecTRe and not just punch them out?
Sorry Shepley fans, Sorry Ashley. Not going to be here for a very long week.
Sorry to hear that.
Funny how common custody is a problem, no matter where you are from.
Hope it turns out in the end for you.
#42054
Posté 06 août 2012 - 02:45
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Oh rats. Sorry to hear that Aurora, we're going to miss you for sure 
Is it just me or does everyone ends in a sucker!group that can't get anything done?
Used to end in those groups as well -.-
Punching them out won't help, even if you were real!Shepard, Aurora ...
Is it just me or does everyone ends in a sucker!group that can't get anything done?
Used to end in those groups as well -.-
Punching them out won't help, even if you were real!Shepard, Aurora ...
#42055
Posté 06 août 2012 - 03:45
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A continuation of Ashley, Shepard and the Dreadnaught saga that occuers post Reaper War. Occurs after a Destroy ending in mind and is about a year and a half afterwards.
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In all his years of experience, Shepard never did consider the thought that he might a “Knight Complex”. He knew his strengths and more importantly his weaknesses. He knew when to push hard and when to pull back. But now, he feared he had pushed too far.
They had stumbled into a firefight that raged between two platoons worth of quarian marines and batarian soldiers. The air sizzled and sparked as rounds tore through armour and flesh. Pinned down by the bulkhead, Ashley covered Shepard, as he desperately tried to rewire the control display for a nearby door.
“Geth don’t create structural weaknesses, my ass!” He snarled, as an errant wire sparked dangerously close to his face. The headaches were back and were in full force and the firefight nearby wasn’t helping.
CRACK! CRACK!
Ashley put down two batarians whom tried to rush them, her powerful rifle ripping through their vulnerable throat armour. Ever since their arrival on the dreadnaught, Ashley has stayed close to Shepard, watching his back and acting as his bodyguard.
“Status on that rewiring?” She called out to Shepard, as she ducked behind a column to reload her rifle. Leaning forward, she managed to scoop another set of thermal clips, slipping them into her bandolier. She had been covering Shepard for the past ten minutes, as he frantically tried to rewire the nearby door to let them in. The nearby firefight was only growing more intense as both sides brought more reinforcements to bear on each other. She could only guess what the outside orbital battle looked like.
“It’s….done!” He roared back, as the doors slid slowly open and light spilled out from the reactor within the room. Throwing himself forwards, Shepard rolled through the door and then pirouetted to cover Ashley’s retreat.
Quickly Ashley threw herself from cover, her powerful legs powering her towards the door, her head tucked down as errant fire ricocheted off the bulkheads She could hear Shepard, fire his pistol three times and death gurgles of batarians as she barrelled through the door. Seconds later, Shepard slapped the door panels and the door slid to a close again.
After what seemed to be an eternity, silence finally greeted the pair. Tiredly, Ashley pulled Shepard to his feet, her observant eyes catching his brief grimace of pain as he rose up. Damn it, they both needed a rest from whatever madness the galaxy seemed to suffer from. The end of the Reaper War had not been kind to them, as the pair had shuttled around the galaxy, making contact with whatever survivors they could find and keeping the old alliances strong. Whether it was ensuring Wrex’s survival on Tuchanka or dealing with fanatical Cerberus remnants, Ashley estimated that they had at most maybe a week’s worth of rest.
A goody grin appeared on Shepard’s face and she had to smile back, as they inspected their surroundings.
“A Geth reactor room, Skipper.” She quipped, as they made their way to the drive core control panel “You sure know how to treat a girl.”
“I was going to take you dancing on top of dead reaper.” Shepard deadpanned “But then the council freaked out.”
For a second, the humour defused the situation as Ashley let out a dry chuckle. Shepard leaned forward and studied the display. During the past years, the pair of them had spent enough them fighting through geth structures that they had a rudimentary understanding of the basic principles.
Shepard’s plan was deceptively simple. Fight or sneak their way to the dreadnaught’s main reactor and hope the two factions were to busy killing each other to notice them. Overload the drive core, thus convert into a drive core and then make their way to the hangar of geth fighters. Easy in theory…difficult in practice.
Ashley covered Shepard as he furiously entered commands into the drive core’s terminal. Ironically it was quite easy for Shepard, as all Geth platforms had an understanding of drive core mechanics and thus the console had no built in safety precautions.
“It’s done.” Shepard breathed out, as he straightened up.
“What no countdown? No alarm?” Ashley queried as she handed Shepard another pair of thermal clips "Not very dramatic, Skipper."
“Geth don’t need countdowns...or drama”
“Sucks for everyone else.”
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In all his years of experience, Shepard never did consider the thought that he might a “Knight Complex”. He knew his strengths and more importantly his weaknesses. He knew when to push hard and when to pull back. But now, he feared he had pushed too far.
They had stumbled into a firefight that raged between two platoons worth of quarian marines and batarian soldiers. The air sizzled and sparked as rounds tore through armour and flesh. Pinned down by the bulkhead, Ashley covered Shepard, as he desperately tried to rewire the control display for a nearby door.
“Geth don’t create structural weaknesses, my ass!” He snarled, as an errant wire sparked dangerously close to his face. The headaches were back and were in full force and the firefight nearby wasn’t helping.
CRACK! CRACK!
Ashley put down two batarians whom tried to rush them, her powerful rifle ripping through their vulnerable throat armour. Ever since their arrival on the dreadnaught, Ashley has stayed close to Shepard, watching his back and acting as his bodyguard.
“Status on that rewiring?” She called out to Shepard, as she ducked behind a column to reload her rifle. Leaning forward, she managed to scoop another set of thermal clips, slipping them into her bandolier. She had been covering Shepard for the past ten minutes, as he frantically tried to rewire the nearby door to let them in. The nearby firefight was only growing more intense as both sides brought more reinforcements to bear on each other. She could only guess what the outside orbital battle looked like.
“It’s….done!” He roared back, as the doors slid slowly open and light spilled out from the reactor within the room. Throwing himself forwards, Shepard rolled through the door and then pirouetted to cover Ashley’s retreat.
Quickly Ashley threw herself from cover, her powerful legs powering her towards the door, her head tucked down as errant fire ricocheted off the bulkheads She could hear Shepard, fire his pistol three times and death gurgles of batarians as she barrelled through the door. Seconds later, Shepard slapped the door panels and the door slid to a close again.
After what seemed to be an eternity, silence finally greeted the pair. Tiredly, Ashley pulled Shepard to his feet, her observant eyes catching his brief grimace of pain as he rose up. Damn it, they both needed a rest from whatever madness the galaxy seemed to suffer from. The end of the Reaper War had not been kind to them, as the pair had shuttled around the galaxy, making contact with whatever survivors they could find and keeping the old alliances strong. Whether it was ensuring Wrex’s survival on Tuchanka or dealing with fanatical Cerberus remnants, Ashley estimated that they had at most maybe a week’s worth of rest.
A goody grin appeared on Shepard’s face and she had to smile back, as they inspected their surroundings.
“A Geth reactor room, Skipper.” She quipped, as they made their way to the drive core control panel “You sure know how to treat a girl.”
“I was going to take you dancing on top of dead reaper.” Shepard deadpanned “But then the council freaked out.”
For a second, the humour defused the situation as Ashley let out a dry chuckle. Shepard leaned forward and studied the display. During the past years, the pair of them had spent enough them fighting through geth structures that they had a rudimentary understanding of the basic principles.
Shepard’s plan was deceptively simple. Fight or sneak their way to the dreadnaught’s main reactor and hope the two factions were to busy killing each other to notice them. Overload the drive core, thus convert into a drive core and then make their way to the hangar of geth fighters. Easy in theory…difficult in practice.
Ashley covered Shepard as he furiously entered commands into the drive core’s terminal. Ironically it was quite easy for Shepard, as all Geth platforms had an understanding of drive core mechanics and thus the console had no built in safety precautions.
“It’s done.” Shepard breathed out, as he straightened up.
“What no countdown? No alarm?” Ashley queried as she handed Shepard another pair of thermal clips "Not very dramatic, Skipper."
“Geth don’t need countdowns...or drama”
“Sucks for everyone else.”
#42056
Posté 06 août 2012 - 03:54
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^Nice work, it has a sort of 90ies action movie feel IMO 
I think that this is my top 'you have failed me bioware when it comes to Ash' reason. Its like she was frozen in time beetween ME 1 and ME3
FahRENheit06 wrote...
Considering how much the Williams family is looked down upon in the Alliance, Ash's abrupt skyrocket to CO is pretty stupid. Because surely there are a few ****s in high positions who don't care how well she does or how hard she fights, she'll always be the granddaughter of a man who made the humans look weak.
At least it should have been a conversation topic with Shepard, since in ME1 Ash and Shep talked about how Ash was willing to fall on a sword over her family's name and how now she's making her own name.
I think that this is my top 'you have failed me bioware when it comes to Ash' reason. Its like she was frozen in time beetween ME 1 and ME3
#42057
Posté 06 août 2012 - 03:55
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@Badexample - I'm afraid we can no longer be friends. I find your lack of music knowledge disturbing.
Also, that Top Shep on the last page doesn't last long. Apparently Ash likes to be on top during "those times" so she takes care of that issue. Was the same way in ME1.
Also, that Top Shep on the last page doesn't last long. Apparently Ash likes to be on top during "those times" so she takes care of that issue. Was the same way in ME1.
#42058
Posté 06 août 2012 - 03:58
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That was a well written piece of text, survivor. Kudos =)
Ashley loves that ^^
Ashley loves that ^^
#42059
Posté 06 août 2012 - 03:58
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I've never had *that* big a problem with her rank increase. Once she makes the jump from enlisted to officer (which is the biggest stretch just from a timeframe), I could see the moving her up so fast for a couple reasons:
1. She's the only one who's dealt with these "reaper" things (that the alliance isn't sure about).
2. She is the only one who worked directly with Shep, who must still be respected seeing as how he was never tried/courtmartialed, and didn't join cerberus.
3. She has done some pretty impressive stuff (she helped save the citadel, was diong top secret classified stuff in ME2).
I mean, it's a stretch, but I can reconcile it. It's not like Liara going from starstruck teenage archeologist to super awesome information broker in 2 years...
1. She's the only one who's dealt with these "reaper" things (that the alliance isn't sure about).
2. She is the only one who worked directly with Shep, who must still be respected seeing as how he was never tried/courtmartialed, and didn't join cerberus.
3. She has done some pretty impressive stuff (she helped save the citadel, was diong top secret classified stuff in ME2).
I mean, it's a stretch, but I can reconcile it. It's not like Liara going from starstruck teenage archeologist to super awesome information broker in 2 years...
#42060
Posté 06 août 2012 - 04:10
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krukow wrote...
I've never had *that* big a problem with her rank increase. Once she makes the jump from enlisted to officer (which is the biggest stretch just from a timeframe), I could see the moving her up so fast for a couple reasons:
1. She's the only one who's dealt with these "reaper" things (that the alliance isn't sure about).
2. She is the only one who worked directly with Shep, who must still be respected seeing as how he was never tried/courtmartialed, and didn't join cerberus.
3. She has done some pretty impressive stuff (she helped save the citadel, was diong top secret classified stuff in ME2).
I mean, it's a stretch, but I can reconcile it. It's not like Liara going from starstruck teenage archeologist to super awesome information broker in 2 years...
I agree, but it's not the fact that she got promoted that bothers me, it's the fact she doesn't really even say how she got promoted. We don't even get the conversation to learn what was she doing for the last three years. That top secret classified stuff - we never learn what that was. It's like BW doesn't even want us to know what happened in her life from the end of ME 1 to the begining of ME 3.
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Posté 06 août 2012 - 04:13
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iSousek wrote...
krukow wrote...
I've never had *that* big a problem with her rank increase. Once she makes the jump from enlisted to officer (which is the biggest stretch just from a timeframe), I could see the moving her up so fast for a couple reasons:
1. She's the only one who's dealt with these "reaper" things (that the alliance isn't sure about).
2. She is the only one who worked directly with Shep, who must still be respected seeing as how he was never tried/courtmartialed, and didn't join cerberus.
3. She has done some pretty impressive stuff (she helped save the citadel, was diong top secret classified stuff in ME2).
I mean, it's a stretch, but I can reconcile it. It's not like Liara going from starstruck teenage archeologist to super awesome information broker in 2 years...
I agree, but it's not the fact that she got promoted that bothers me, it's the fact she doesn't really even say how she got promoted. We don't even get the conversation to learn what was she doing for the last three years. That top secret classified stuff - we never learn what that was. It's like BW doesn't even want us to know what happened in her life from the end of ME 1 to the begining of ME 3.
Maybe we'll get a comic book someday?
You know, after they've done 184 for Liara, and 10 each for every other Asari character...
Also, and I don't know why this never hit me before, but the Normandy was supposed to be Anderson's mobile command unit. Maybe he requested Ashley for his XO. He, more than anyone, would know her history and respect her. And I'm pretty sure Admirals can pick their XO's...
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Posté 06 août 2012 - 04:13
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Krukow, iSousek, Rudy
Yeah, the big explanation, how Ash got promoted is missing. Actually, it's one of the points why I hate Ash got shafted that much: new players learn NOTHING about Ashley, old players learn NOTHING NEW about her.
That promotion isn't the biggest issue but definitely one that needs to be addressed. Other issues like "what did Ash do in those two years", the connections of her to Cerberus, her PoV on the romance / friendship, how she took the death of Shepard ... all the jazz.
Yeah, the big explanation, how Ash got promoted is missing. Actually, it's one of the points why I hate Ash got shafted that much: new players learn NOTHING about Ashley, old players learn NOTHING NEW about her.
That promotion isn't the biggest issue but definitely one that needs to be addressed. Other issues like "what did Ash do in those two years", the connections of her to Cerberus, her PoV on the romance / friendship, how she took the death of Shepard ... all the jazz.
#42063
Posté 06 août 2012 - 04:14
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i chalk rank jump up to "sci-fi military protocol" in almost every mainstream sci-fi contiuning story the heros always get massive rank jumps.
in BSG adama goes from being a cmdr to an admiral just because hes the highest ranking officer in the fleet. even though he was set to retire and botched his last important mission before takeing command of galactica.
in star wars luke gose from being a raw recruit with no military experiance or trianing in the first movie, and becomes a Lt.cmdr and the leader of rogue sqaudron the rebellions ace fighter squadron in the empire strikes back just because he can use the force and blew up the death star.
and in the most recent star trek installment Kirk gose from being a cadet who cheated on his exam and was on suspension to the rank of captain and is given the command of the most advanced flagship in the federation fleet. just because he saved earth.
so ash's rank jump dosent really bug me at all. although i do wish it would have been a topic for disscusion between ash and shepard so we could know exactly why and how it happned. would have been interesting.
oh, and greetings ash thread and fellow ash fans *waves*
in BSG adama goes from being a cmdr to an admiral just because hes the highest ranking officer in the fleet. even though he was set to retire and botched his last important mission before takeing command of galactica.
in star wars luke gose from being a raw recruit with no military experiance or trianing in the first movie, and becomes a Lt.cmdr and the leader of rogue sqaudron the rebellions ace fighter squadron in the empire strikes back just because he can use the force and blew up the death star.
and in the most recent star trek installment Kirk gose from being a cadet who cheated on his exam and was on suspension to the rank of captain and is given the command of the most advanced flagship in the federation fleet. just because he saved earth.
so ash's rank jump dosent really bug me at all. although i do wish it would have been a topic for disscusion between ash and shepard so we could know exactly why and how it happned. would have been interesting.
oh, and greetings ash thread and fellow ash fans *waves*
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Posté 06 août 2012 - 04:24
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Well, in his case, he got the promotion for being the most experienced officer - promoting him does make sense, sort of.ashlover mark 2 wrote...
i chalk rank jump up to "sci-fi military protocol" in almost every mainstream sci-fi contiuning story the heros always get massive rank jumps.
in BSG adama goes from being a cmdr to an admiral just because hes the highest ranking officer in the fleet. even though he was set to retire and botched his last important mission before takeing command of galactica.
If Ashley were the last high ranking officer of the Alliance, someone would make her to an Admiral or General as well - even if it doesn't make any sense. After all, she has nearly no commanding experience for larger military units than a squad. Adamo has.
It did happen to Balak, by the way: he's the highest ranking officer of the Batarian Hierarchy and got promoted to their leader. And we all know Balak is a terrorist and not a fine officer and gentleman.
You can say the same about Han Solo. He used to be an imperial officer before leaving and becoming a smuggler with a hefty bounty on his head.in star wars luke gose from being a raw recruit with no military experiance or trianing in the first movie, and becomes a Lt.cmdr and the leader of rogue sqaudron the rebellions ace fighter squadron in the empire strikes back just because he can use the force and blew up the death star.
He suddenly became a general somewhere between SW V and SW VI ... well, he never did anything that granted him this rank. He's not used to command a full military body - and for any kind of special operation on squad-level you don't need a general, just a captain, maybe a colonel.
That entire movie was bull ...and in the most recent star trek installment Kirk gose from being a cadet who cheated on his exam and was on suspension to the rank of captain and is given the command of the most advanced flagship in the federation fleet. just because he saved earth.
Promoting Kirk after 3 out of 4 years of Academy to a captain was so hard bull I couldn't take it. That's like beating Wesley Crusher to captain of the Enterprise - and that guy did far more.
Really, as a Star Trek fan I can say, that movie was a pile of ... yeah. The action was good, but everything else failed and killed canon.
Welcome on board. Are you ashlover without Mark 2?so ash's rank jump dosent really bug me at all. although i do wish it would have been a topic for disscusion between ash and shepard so we could know exactly why and how it happned. would have been interesting.
oh, and greetings ash thread and fellow ash fans *waves*
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#42065
Posté 06 août 2012 - 04:33
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@CptData yep,you can just call me ashlover. the "mark 2" was just so i could keep the name since i forgot my login info for my first profile.
and thnx for the welecome feels good to be able to post on the ash thread again.
anyway, fingers crossed for the leviathan DLC. hopeing ash has lots of content.
and thnx for the welecome feels good to be able to post on the ash thread again.
anyway, fingers crossed for the leviathan DLC. hopeing ash has lots of content.
#42066
Posté 06 août 2012 - 04:36
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I'd just be happy with Ashley having content. It doesn't have to be a ton, I just like it when it feels like you're actually bringing your squaddies along, instead of mute drones that have their character skins.
And yeah, apparently the squaddies have plenty of dialogue, so yippe!
And yeah, apparently the squaddies have plenty of dialogue, so yippe!
#42067
Posté 06 août 2012 - 04:42
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@krukow from what i could tell from the leaked draft the Romanced VS is supposed to have some dialogue after the mission. but im gonna call it and say itll be auto-dialogue from the way it sounded and if not maybe it was cut....like other ash stuff. so well see. hopeing not to be disapointed.
#42068
Posté 06 août 2012 - 04:56
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The only thing I hope for the new DLC is pre- and post-mission content, aka briefing and de-briefing. I hope Ash gets a role in both events ...
De-briefing makes sense, if you take her with you, but mission briefing is even more important to me. If the VS is there and gives input, I'd be happy to see that.
De-briefing makes sense, if you take her with you, but mission briefing is even more important to me. If the VS is there and gives input, I'd be happy to see that.
#42069
Posté 06 août 2012 - 05:04
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im hopeing for as much as possible. including mission banter and post mission banter since i plan on takeing ash and garrus. those two barely have any dialogue and they are my two top favs of all.
would love to open up the map and see that ash has left the lounge or walk in to hear actually interacting with other squad memebers.
would love to open up the map and see that ash has left the lounge or walk in to hear actually interacting with other squad memebers.
#42070
Posté 06 août 2012 - 05:08
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I don´t need dialogue to see that Ash is playing hard to get here.
#42071
Posté 06 août 2012 - 05:16
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@Dragon
Oh, you changed avatar? I liked previous one.
I just don't like default FemShepard, because she reminds me one person.
Oh, you changed avatar? I liked previous one.
I just don't like default FemShepard, because she reminds me one person.
#42072
Posté 06 août 2012 - 05:23
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Ushanka wrote...
@Dragon
Oh, you changed avatar? I liked previous one.
I just don't like default FemShepard, because she reminds me one person.
I was getting tired of my old DA:O avatar, it seemed pretty generic. Besides everything looks cool with Aviator glasses!
Who does default Femshep remind you of?
#42073
Posté 06 août 2012 - 05:27
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Thanks for the comments. Also wrt to the "overloading" the drive core, I figured Shepard learned the the basic principles of the bomb used on Virmire and applied it here. I was going to throw in a Kaidan reference, but it ended up being to heavy handed.
#42074
Posté 06 août 2012 - 05:35
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@Dragon
But I liked it. Anyway, glasses really making this avatar good.
And she reminds me my ex-girlfriend.
But I liked it.
Anyway, glasses really making this avatar good. And she reminds me my ex-girlfriend.
#42075
Posté 06 août 2012 - 05:36
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@survivor; It was good work, as always you keep their dialogue as it was in ME1. A little flirty with some dry humor while they're dodging bullets. Good stuff.
