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[Obsidian Gryphon]

^ I don't mean they have super powes or just the reverance the Fremen hold for them. I'm referring to their place/role in the Dune universe. There is no *Dune without them, there is no Spice without them. They began small, sandtrout that encapsulate water and also generate pre-spice mass, and then became worms.

Thrasher Maws? Um... o.O They're just convenient underground enemies BW devs made up just so they can create havoc and death where they spawned/nest. Fine for the game/story. Exactly why they are able to survive on certain planets, their origin and what makes them tick was never fleshed out.

Like Shai-hulud? Yes, for a very brief moment, I did think of them when I saw the TM but the only similarities are that they are dangerous, live and nest undergound. Just my POV.

If they're the same for you,that's fine.   Can I take a bat to you and say : agree with me! :lol:   Anyways, end of this topic for me since we're striding away from ME fanfic.

* Leto II saw the death of the worms and what it meant. That is why he chose to mutate, to take the path Paul could not take. God Emperor of Dune...Leto II is more than that.

Modifié par Obsidian Gryphon, 06 janvier 2013 - 11:56 .

[Drussius]

AustereLemur799 wrote...

Personally I don't like to have biotic Shepards because I think it's good for other characters to fill this role - and I've also noticed in cutscenes how Shepard doesn't use biotics even when he/she has, most notably in the Grissom Academy cutscenes when Shepard attempts to break the glass with the butt of an assault rifle and Jack uses her biotics to smash the glass.

I've noticed that a lot of cutscenes in ME3 could've differed if Shepard had been recorded as a biotic for the scenes. Personally I don't like to have Shepard as a biotic because I don't like to have her/him as brilliant as everything.

I would love to hear about other people's perspectives on this. Do other people have biotic Shepard's from ME1?

Well, I have six Shepards. One for each class. So yes, I have biotic Shepards. But my main was an infiltrator (and the one that I used for background info in my fic). I agree with you about the cutscenes, but sadly that was one of those areas where it was a question of money. It would have been awesome to have two versions of all those cutscenes... One for Shepards with biotics, whether sentinels, adepts or vanguards... and one for non-biotics. But I'm sure that it just wasn't cost-effective.

I never really noticed any issues with the niches for other characters while playing biotic Sheps. Because when my Shep was a biotic, it meant I needed to bring in tech-oriented squadmates more often than biotic ones. Especially in ME1, when you couldn't hack/bypass things without someone that had the appropriate skill. But when I was tech/combat Shep, I needed biotic squadmates to a point. However, I must say that for me, I never felt like having a biotic squadmate was necessary in ME1. I always needed a techie, but I did fine on any mission even if I took no biotics at all in the team. In ME2 & 3, where you could hack/bypass regardless of class, squadmates became entirely inconsequential, save for preference. You didn't really need them to fill any niches at all. But again, this is my opinion. I know some people like to micromanage their squad and bring along people to support their abilities. I just never found it necessary, as I said.

But it's not really that Shep is brilliant at everything when biotic. There is always an area of slight weakness. As a biotic, Shep was less effective with tech-based things (at least as far as ME1... later games were a bit more "Shepard is God", no matter what your class... since they did away with limits on armor and weapon use in ME2 and 3 respectively).

But personally, having played every class, I would say that my easiest playthroughs were actually as the infiltrator, rather than biotics. In ME1 Infiltrators failed to impress me, save for the fact that in any game with guns, sniper rifles are always awsome (my opinion only). But once they introduced the tactical cloak? Easymode.

Anyway, I'm drifting off track, so...

tl;dr: I never found biotic Shepards to be spotlight stealers, except to the extent that he/she is the main character of the story. If Shepard is a biotic, other areas of ability would naturally be weaker since the focus would have been on strengthening and mastering biotics.

As for cutscenes, money issue. Two versions would have been awesome, but cost twice as much.

[Obsidian Gryphon]

AustereLemur799 wrote...

 Do other people have biotic Shepard's from ME1?

Yes. It's a mix for me though I stayed with the soldier class for the longest time before I ventured out into biotics. Initially, I just want a soldier, then I continue to stay with it since my fav squadmates are biotics. I don't see the point of overlapping two / three times over but I came to appreciate the overlap when the difficulty went up to the top notch.  

I'm afraid I don't think alot about how biotics would affect Shep. To me, it's just part and parcel of the game play.

[fluffywalrus]

AustereLemur799 wrote...

 I was just wondering who here has biotic Shepards.

Personally I don't like to have biotic Shepards because I think it's good for other characters to fill this role - and I've also noticed in cutscenes how Shepard doesn't use biotics even when he/she has, most notably in the Grissom Academy cutscenes when Shepard attempts to break the glass with the butt of an assault rifle and Jack uses her biotics to smash the glass.

I've noticed that a lot of cutscenes in ME3 could've differed if Shepard had been recorded as a biotic for the scenes. Personally I don't like to have Shepard as a biotic because I don't like to have her/him as brilliant as everything.

I would love to hear about other people's perspectives on this. Do other people have biotic Shepard's from ME1?

I don't necessarily think biotics are spotlight-stealers/geniuses or anything, personally. They are much less able to fill all roles, like magic users in traditional fantasy often are able to. At least, ones based on D&D systems.

I have a biotic Shepard. She's a vanguard and she makes things go boom with her shotgun, only using her biotics when absolutely necessary. And don't ask her to shoot a sniper rifle. Or a pistol. Anything other than a shotgun, and you want to put an SMG or an assault rifle in her hands, as her aim isn't all that great in comparison to most of the rest of the crew. The king of the bottle shooters would immediately go to Garrus, and it would be embarrassing.
She's alright with datapads and looking things up on the extranet, but that's where her tech expertise ends. I doubt she could hack the easiest door in ME1.
And even though she's a strong biotic, she has pretty inconsistent, fairly poor control. She can, if she tries really hard, do a singularity, but it will exhaust her quite a bit. And pinpointing a throw aimed at something at range? Yeah, no. She's close range, some moderate, but that's pretty much it. She relies on cover fire from a distance to let her do her thing, or else she'd be offed pretty quickly.

In the game, they're strong, but it's difficult for me to place them much higher than the others. I can understand why you could see them that way, though. My Shep that I write, however, certainly isn't the most multi-faceted character in terms of combat/field abilities.

Strictly, in the game, I had a vanguard, an infiltrator, a soldier, an engineer, and an adept. Never went Sentinel.

Modifié par fluffywalrus, 07 janvier 2013 - 03:22 .

[MrStoob]

Hi all. Not been around for a bit and my last chapter was posted bloody ages ago now lol. I've just come to muse my plight and get opinions.

I think I've burnt myself out somewhat re: my FF. I was concentrating on the dark 2 years between FemShep dying and her re-union with LI Liara and what Liara was doing during that time. I really made them suffer, tore them up somewhat to the point where they were unsure whether they could even continue a relationship. Now, I really threw myself into these dark feelings, particularly Liara's, and I'm not sure I can even continue with how the story is hanging right now. It doesn't feel like writer's block. I've not posted anything for ages, not writing for while to try and blow out the cobwebs as it were but nay, still drained. I don't want to hang up the keyboard (only been writing for about 9 months) but I'm really stuck. Annoyingly, I know exactly how my FF pans out in the end and some of this is even written but getting there seems insurmountable.

Anyhoo, vent over. Thoughts anyone?

Modifié par MrStoob, 07 janvier 2013 - 01:43 .

[MrStoob]

On a separate note...

I was just perusing the forum and it occurs to me: why is this friendly and supportive thread not endorsed?

Just a thought.

[Drussius]

^ Good question.

As for the other post, I'm afraid without knowing the specific issues involved, there's not a lot I can offer as advice, other than this: If it's not a writer's block issue and it's more that you've written yourself into a corner, it may be time to sit down and dissect the story to find a way out. It may be tedious and time-consuming, but when you've written your way into something you don't see a way out of, it can be the only option. You look at each little hint and aspect of the story as it's already written, and search for some facet you haven't yet explained that can give you a way out. If you can't find one, then it may be time to insert something that shakes up the situation dramatically to give you new options.

Short of that, I'm not sure what other advice I can offer. Maybe someone else has better insights.

[hot_heart]

Yeah, without knowing the specifics, I'm not sure what to suggest. Perhaps look at what is keeping them apart, maybe identifying them as 'steps', and work towards them one at a time? Show a little light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak.

[MrStoob]

I think to some extent I'm thinking too much about the ME3 story and how to fit that into my story, possibly rather than the other way around. I've missed key story points and regret it now as shovelling certain characters in now might seem jarring. I didn't used to give a toss about that kind of thing, but it seems to bother me now. I used to tell my own story and be damned with the ME arcs lol. Maybe that's part of my prob, hmmm. *goes away to consider the lillies*

[MrStoob]

Lillies considered and non-story based fluff chapter posted lol.

[Drussius]

Just an odd little side-comment here, completely off-topic. I just happened to look at the traffic stats for my story a minute ago, and I have one visitor this month from Puerto Rico, and 59 views by said visitor... And all of those views showed up today. But there are only 38 Chapters in the story... I am confused.

I am always happy to see people are reading the story, don't get me wrong, and whoever this person is, I hope it entertained them. But I'm puzzled over the logistics of that many views by one person in one day.

[fluffywalrus]

Drussius wrote...

Just an odd little side-comment here, completely off-topic. I just happened to look at the traffic stats for my story a minute ago, and I have one visitor this month from Puerto Rico, and 59 views by said visitor... And all of those views showed up today. But there are only 38 Chapters in the story... I am confused.

I am always happy to see people are reading the story, don't get me wrong, and whoever this person is, I hope it entertained them. But I'm puzzled over the logistics of that many views by one person in one day.

Haha, yeah. Last month there was a single person from Finland who viewed the first chapter of my origin fic 7 times, visited the rest of the chapters once...except for chapter 14, which they visited 4 times.

It was just...weird . But I appreciated that for some reason they decided to view those chapters so many times.

I mean, I re-read stories all the time! So I guess I can't really call it TOO weird.

[Drussius]

fluffywalrus wrote...

Drussius wrote...

Just an odd little side-comment here, completely off-topic. I just happened to look at the traffic stats for my story a minute ago, and I have one visitor this month from Puerto Rico, and 59 views by said visitor... And all of those views showed up today. But there are only 38 Chapters in the story... I am confused.

I am always happy to see people are reading the story, don't get me wrong, and whoever this person is, I hope it entertained them. But I'm puzzled over the logistics of that many views by one person in one day.

Haha, yeah. Last month there was a single person from Finland who viewed the first chapter of my origin fic 7 times, visited the rest of the chapters once...except for chapter 14, which they visited 4 times.

It was just...weird . But I appreciated that for some reason they decided to view those chapters so many times.

I mean, I re-read stories all the time! So I guess I can't really call it TOO weird.

They didn't stop there. Final count yesterday was that one visitor and 81 views...

On another random side note, my internet has been trying very hard this morning to throw me off my publishing schedule. I'm amazed I got the new Chapter posted this morning as was promised. My internet has gone down repeatedly all night long. It hasn't been working for more than 90 minutes collectively the entire night.

[Fatiguesdualism]

Second page?  Shameless bump needed!  But since you're not really supposed to do that, plus since it's me, here's another daft question.  How do people view the use of bold print?  I know that italics are generally used for [emotional?] emphasis, and capitals for shouting (DARN YOU INTERNET!).  But I'm trying to convey that snappy, angry/short way that people speak when they get that little bit too frustrated and italics just don't seem right.
PS Would be immensely grateful if anyone could review my first outing, I'll definitely apologise to you later! 

[hot_heart]

I avoid them at all costs.

Care to share the line(s)? We might be able to offer advice. The only thing I can think of would be a liberal use of full-stops/periods or breaking it up with some significant action or emphasis.

[Fatiguesdualism]

Hi, sorry was bouncing my head off my keyboard (again!) hadn't noticed your reply.

Health Advice bounce keyboard off head instead, thus avoiding adding neck pain to headache!

Anyway it's really only a short line (now) but it is just really bugging/irritating me:


He tried the controls again then entered the access code Liara had provided during his last visit which resulted in the display flashing red before shutting down. Shepard heard the locking bars slide into place, sealing the cargo bay, and tapped his ear-piece.     “EDI contact Liara again and ask her to let me out of this cargo bay, EDI?”

Just for some reason I don't think it works just using italics:

 “EDI contact Liara again and ask her to let me out of this cargo bay, EDI?”

See?  Or maybe I'm just crazy?  (No, clinical, medical evidence exists to support a link between bouncing head off objects and being crazy.  Yet!)

[hot_heart]

Hmm, for starters I would shift the "EDI?" at the end. Let that stand as its own question, possibly with an exclamation mark as well or an "EDI? EDI!" Depends how desperate/agitated you want Shepard to sound.

(And don't forget the comma after EDI at the start of the sentence)

Personally, I would write it as something like this:
"EDI, contact Liara again and ask her to let me out of this cargo bay!" His firmly-voiced request yielded no reply. "EDI? EDI!"

Obviously, it's up to you how you choose to phrase it, but that's my tuppence worth.

[Fatiguesdualism]

Knobbles. I need to proof-read at a more civilised time! (Big Thank you for the comma catch!) You're right about shifting the end too, it would be better separated.
I'm starting to think my main problem (from long list) is in my head Shep's voice jumps towards the end of the first segment, "... to let me out of this cargo bay!" Then he realises he's ranting/venting to himself which jerks him back down, "EDI?" and after that jolt he becomes aware he's actually in trouble here. Anyway thanks for taking the time I shall have think some more (sigh!)

[Spiritwolf1]

Hot heart likes comma's.

Modifié par Spiritwolf1, 09 janvier 2013 - 05:40 .

[Fatiguesdualism]

 After all the abuse I've inflicted, those commas deserve to be loved!

[MrStoob]

2 cents, using an amalgam of the above.

“EDI, contact Liara again and ask her to let. Me. Out. Of. This cargo bay! EDI? EDI!"

I don't really like the bold thing either, just for a further tuppence worth.

[MrStoob]

'Lore' query, please.

When Samara is on the Citadel, could it be said that there is some part of the Code that prevents a Justicar from interfering with local law enforcement at that particular place due to its status or something like that?

A possible vague enough line from Samara: "The Code is quite clear that I should not interfere here."

[Obsidian Gryphon]

I think Justicars cannot interfere if they are within territory not governed by the Asari. So if there is injustice suffered by the local populance, she will not meddle. But perhaps if she chased her quarry into that zone, she would probably make her intentions known to the local authorities. Depending on whether they would allow her to carry out her duty, she might not be able to do anything at all except trick or wait for her prey to leave.

On the bold thingy. I used it only a couple of times to empahsize the char's fury and frustration. The second was to emphasize insult, madness and rage.

Modifié par Obsidian Gryphon, 09 janvier 2013 - 03:00 .

[MrStoob]

Samara did say that she may return to Omega to mete out her justice. While 'governed' by Aria, I don't think it's asari space, though being in the Terminus Systems, is probably fair game to her as not technically affiliated to any government or authority.

[hot_heart]

Spiritwolf1 wrote...
Hot heart likes comma's.

I can get a bit OCD about them, but I do/did point out that a lot of it is interpretive, based on your own style. Still, there are hard and fast rules, too.

I'm not a fan of unnecessary apostrophes though.