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[Mlady]

I just had the weirdest thing happen. I bought the ME Trilogy last year and even played ME1 a week ago, but today I went to start a new game and received an update. WTF kind of update would take that long to receive for a game that's 8 years old???

[FairfaxGal]

Claire Shepard - Renegade, Earthborn, Sole survivor, Vanguard - is now in charge of the galaxy. Nobody better mess with any of its inhabitants. (Nothing could go wrong with that.)

 

Survived by her beloved Garrus Vakarian (aka Archangel) and most of the Normandy's crew. Probably didn't need to sabotage the genophage cure and kill both Mordin and Wrex but hindsight is always 20-20 and with the death of Eve she did not believe the Krogan could be counted on to rein themselves in. Oh well. At least the Rachni are still alive.

 

And she probably should have agreed to provide Miranda with the resources that she needed on Horizon. At least she was avenged. And something happened to Kasumi. I guess she should have followed up about that thing with the Hanar ambassador. She did help Zaeed out although he didn't come back to the ship. And Tali has her home world back with Geth helping to rebuild. It's probably good that Claire has control of the reapers because the Geth and Quarians may have some integration issues. 

 

At least she brought everybody but Jack* and Jacob home from the suicide mission. And though she accepted Kaidan back onto the Normandy she did not get back together with him. Partly because of his actions on Horizon but mostly because of Garrus. That night before the suicide mission. Oh my. And the tango at the casino on the Silverrun Strip. Who knew that the formal C-sec agent had such a romantic side.

 

*Still not sure what I forgot to upgrade that lead to Jack's death. Jacob's death, on the other hand...... And I was much better at the ME3 combat this time after playing so much MP. May have to try an insanity run just for kicks. Now to decide who my next Shepard will be - probably male but not sure paragon\renegade. We'll see.

[Mlady]

Claire Shepard - Renegade, Earthborn, Sole survivor, Vanguard - is now in charge of the galaxy. Nobody better mess with any of its inhabitants. (Nothing could go wrong with that.)

 

Survived by her beloved Garrus Vakarian (aka Archangel) and most of the Normandy's crew. Probably didn't need to sabotage the genophage cure and kill both Mordin and Wrex but hindsight is always 20-20 and with the death of Eve she did not believe the Krogan could be counted on to rein themselves in. Oh well. At least the Rachni are still alive.

 

And she probably should have agreed to provide Miranda with the resources that she needed on Horizon. At least she was avenged. And something happened to Kasumi. I guess she should have followed up about that thing with the Hanar ambassador. She did help Zaeed out although he didn't come back to the ship. And Tali has her home world back with Geth helping to rebuild. It's probably good that Claire has control of the reapers because the Geth and Quarians may have some integration issues. 

 

At least she brought everybody but Jack* and Jacob home from the suicide mission. And though she accepted Kaidan back onto the Normandy she did not get back together with him. Partly because of his actions on Horizon but mostly because of Garrus. That night before the suicide mission. Oh my. And the tango at the casino on the Silverrun Strip. Who knew that the formal C-sec agent had such a romantic side.

 

*Still not sure what I forgot to upgrade that lead to Jack's death. Jacob's death, on the other hand...... And I was much better at the ME3 combat this time after playing so much MP. May have to try an insanity run just for kicks. Now to decide who my next Shepard will be - probably male but not sure paragon\renegade. We'll see.

 

You need Jacob's Armor upgrade, Garrus' Canon Upgrade and Tali's Shield upgrade so Jack, Legion, Thane, Kasumi and whoever else isn't killed by the engine room, laser or beam.

[FairfaxGal]

You need Jacob's Armor upgrade, Garrus' Canon Upgrade and Tali's shield upgrade so Jack, Legion, Thane, Kasumi and whoever else isn't killed by the engine room, laser or beam.

 

Must have been Jacob's upgrade. I barely spoke to him during the entire ME2 run but I thought I had that. Or possibly Tali's upgrade. She wasn't happy with me that I gave her Father's data to the council. That mission was also very late in the run. Maybe I didn't go back to ask her about ship upgrades before starting the suicide run. Hmmm... but I probably got the upgrade before her loyalty mission so back to Jacob.

 

I've gotten everything in my other ME2 runs so it was a surprise when Jack died. Have to be more careful. Grissom Academy isn't as good without her.

[Mlady]

Must have been Jacob's upgrade. I barely spoke to him during the entire ME2 run but I thought I had that. Or possibly Tali's upgrade. She wasn't happy with me that I gave her Father's data to the council. That mission was also very late in the run. Maybe I didn't go back to ask her about ship upgrades before starting the suicide run. Hmmm... but I probably got the upgrade before her loyalty mission so back to Jacob.

 

I've gotten everything in my other ME2 runs so it was a surprise when Jack died. Have to be more careful. Grissom Academy isn't as good without her.

 

You can ask for the upgrades, or they will be automatically added after you complete a loyalty mission. I try to just ask Jacob for that and I don't speak with him about anything else until after his LM. We end up pals who agree to share drinks, but it's tricky getting around him as a FemShep. Tricky and downright creepy.

 

I also heard if loyal members are teamed with non-loyal members, they can still die during the SM.

 

I think it's Jacob's though. The laser cuts through the ship and fries Jack. Tali's shield protects those in the engine room if I recall.

 

I always keep everyone alive so ME3 has bigger tragedies lol but let me tell you, it took forever to save Miranda on Horizon. Only way it worked for me was shooting her sister. Any other option and she died in my FemShep's arms.

[RedCaesar97]

And just where did the copy of Fornax end up David, huh? Under your bunk?

 

Right back in on the lunch table where he found it.

[Natureguy85]

*Still not sure what I forgot to upgrade that lead to Jack's death. Jacob's death, on the other hand...... And I was much better at the ME3 combat this time after playing so much MP. May have to try an insanity run just for kicks. Now to decide who my next Shepard will be - probably male but not sure paragon\renegade. We'll see.

 

Did she die on the ship or during the mission? If on the ship, it was the armor upgrade. She, and only she, will die from the Occulus beam.

[FairfaxGal]

You can ask for the upgrades, or they will be automatically added after you complete a loyalty mission. I try to just ask Jacob for that and I don't speak with him about anything else until after his LM. We end up pals who agree to share drinks, but it's tricky getting around him as a FemShep. Tricky and downright creepy.

 

I also heard if loyal members are teamed with non-loyal members, they can still die during the SM.

 

I think it's Jacob's though. The laser cuts through the ship and fries Jack. Tali's shield protects those in the engine room if I recall.

 

I always keep everyone alive so ME3 has bigger tragedies lol but let me tell you, it took forever to save Miranda on Horizon. Only way it worked for me was shooting her sister. Any other option and she died in my FemShep's arms.

 

My 1st time through she lived through Horizon but I did her LM in ME2 and gave her the resources she asked for in ME3 and warned her about Kai Leng in the early parts of the Sanctuary mission when viewing the various video screens. But that was the only time I've been able to warn her and thus save her. I haven't tried shooting her sister. Can't imagine she would be pleased about that.

 

Did she die on the ship or during the mission? If on the ship, it was the armor upgrade. She, and only she, will die from the Occulus beam.

 

Yes. It was on the ship so I forgot to ask Jacob for his upgrade. Avoided him a little too much but he is really creepy to talk to as femshep. Shouldn't be an issue with my current maleshep when I get him to ME2.

[Mlady]

My 1st time through she lived through Horizon but I did her LM in ME2 and gave her the resources she asked for in ME3 and warned her about Kai Leng in the early parts of the Sanctuary mission when viewing the various video screens. But that was the only time I've been able to warn her and thus save her. I haven't tried shooting her sister. Can't imagine she would be pleased about that.

 

lol I know. I was worried the first time, but you just graze her leg. It distracts her father and then Miranda uses her biotics to send him flying through the window. For some reason I can't save her any other way, even though I warn her, give her the data and everything else. She always dies if I use Paragon or Intimidate on her father.

[geth47]

I just defined in a notebook what I have to do with my next shepard and the order of missions. But I will only start playing on Monday. 

[ABASOVA]

Finally getting to the good part....

 

[RedCaesar97]

From the journal of David Shepard:

 

There once was a Commander named Shepard,

Who would never be confused with a leopard.

He was as dumb as a brick,

As slow as a stick,

And his face made everyone sick.

  -- Ashley

 

You like poetry, Ashley? Here's a poem for you:

 

Roses are red,

Violets are blue.

You write in my journal again

And I'll have Wrex eat you.

 

(Gosh darn it you guys, quit writing in my journal!)

 

We hit two more Geth outposts today. The first outpost we hit was a tough target, but it went a lot smoother than I thought it would. The blizzard conditions hindered visibility, and the outpost was naturally fortified by surrounding steep hills. That made it so you could only approach it from one direction. We managed to drive the Mako in with minimal damage before jumping out. We took out the Colossus first, then slowly took out the surrounding Geth, focusing on the snipers first before killing the rocket troopers. More Geth dropped in, including a couple of Geth Primes, but a couple of good hacks and some well-timed biotic lifts made short work of the reinforcements. Wrex and Ashley are tough cookies and stood their ground while I hammered at the Geth from the back.

 

Garrus was a little miffed that I brought back the Mako in bad shape. Serves him right for short-sheeting my bed and hiding all my underwear. Without underwear, Alliance pants really chafe in the worst areas.

 

I took Kaidan and Liara with me to the last Geth outpost. It was a research facility; no Geth were present when we entered, but the entire research team had been turned into husks. After killing the husks, the Geth jumped in. It was a good ambush, but it would have been better if they had attacked while we were still focusing on the husks. Without the husks, the Geth posed little danger. They dropped in once we got outside as well; the snipers are dangerous so I made sure I stuck to cover most of the time. After taking out the last of the Geth, we managed to intercept some Geth communication signals and found a fifth base. It looks like we are going to hit there next.

[Natureguy85]

Yes. It was on the ship so I forgot to ask Jacob for his upgrade. Avoided him a little too much but he is really creepy to talk to as femshep. Shouldn't be an issue with my current maleshep when I get him to ME2.

 

But the priiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiize.

[gottaloveme]

To Commander David Shepard in his private personal girly journal

 

Roses are smelly

violets are too

so are your underpants

bleuch pee eww

 

Okay so it doesn't rhyme properly but you get the idea

 

A.

[gottaloveme]

Actually been playing KotOR for the very first time. I'm sure my girl is going to be chasing Carth with a frying pan soon because she wants him to talk about his wife and son so that we can spawn Jordo and then get us hence to Korriban so we can have some family angst. Shame it's not Christmas.

[Bowlcuts]

Finally finished ME2 on Insanity.

I'm happy with how well I adapted to the difficulty as my first playing as an Infiltrator.

My final verdict of the game on Insanity is: Why foot soldiers do absurd damage?!

 

Off to ME3...

[RedCaesar97]

From the journal of David Shepard:

 

We hit the final Geth outpost tonight, ending the Geth incursion into the Armstrong Cluster. I found some Geth files at the outpost, which I gave to Tali. She was grateful, saying it would make a great pilgrimage gift for her people. I am glad I could help. She volunteered to stay on until we dealt with Saren. She is such a sweet person. 

 

Now on to Virmire.

[CrimsonN7]

Morinth tried to eat my femshep, I'm just thankful for Samara tbh.

[RedCaesar97]

From the journal of David Shepard:

 

Got a question for you Shepard: Does your mom still read you bedtime stories before you go to bed? -- Ashley

 

I swear Ashley, I am going to leave you behind on the next planet we visit.

 

So our plan to go to Virmire was diverted when -- by pure luck -- we got a distress message from Terra Nova. One of the asteroids captured in orbit was beginning to accelerate towards the planet. Three fusion torches were used to accelerate the asteroid. On our way down to the asteroid, a woman named Kate Bowman contacted us, asking us to shut the fusion torches down or everyone was going to die. The Normandy VI said the asteroid would hit the planet in about four hours at its current rate. 

 

With less than four hours to go, we knew this would be tight. And it proved even more difficult as soon as we took the Mako to the first fusion torch. It was

surrounded by turrets. I kind of hate turrets.

 

We managed to destroy all the turrets, then entered the complex, where we came face-to-face with Batarians. Batarians are ugly and downright mean, and they continue to hold a grudge against humanity even though they started the hostilities. We took out the Batarians and shut down the first torch. Kate Bowman called again and we told her to hang tight while we shut down the other torches.

 

On the way out, we met an engineer named Simon. Good to know that at least someone else on the asteroid was alive. He told us that the second torch was surrounded by proximity mines, armed by remote. That meant walking in on foot to find a console and disable the mines. Of course, we had to take out the turrets first, and then Batarians started shooting rockets at us while we tip-toed our way through the mine field. I hate rockets; I don't exactly have the best anti-rocket armor or Omni Tool combat programs. But we finally made it across, killed the Batarians outside, and shut off the mines. 

 

Once inside the second building, we had to deal with rocket drones (ugh), an annoying Engineer, and a bunch more Batarians. We killed the engineer last; that felt good. Unfortunately, we heard over the comms that Kate Bowman had been discovered by the Batarians, and someone else with her was shot. We just weren't fast enough.

 

The third fusion torch was a lot like the first: turrets outside, Batarians and varren inside. They went down fairly easy. About time something went right. After disabling the torch, we ran into the terrorist's second-in-command, some guy named Charn. He seemed an agreeable sort and he was kind of miffed at the whole mission. We convinced him to leave on condition that I take out the leader, a bad dude named Balak. 

 

At the final complex, where the hostages were being held, we faced more turrets outside, then the toughest resistance inside. Balak and his men were dug in deep and they were skilled, probably the most dangerous foes we have faced since Eden Prime. After a tough fight, Balak himself showed up, and ranted about this was all humanity's fault. He then gave me an ultimatum: he would let the hostages go if I let him leave. It was a tough choice, but in the end I could not let him leave. Chances were high he would just do the same thing somewhere else. Plus I promised Charn that I would take out Balak. 

 

Balak did not approve of my choice and he detonate a bomb inside the room where the hostages were held. Then he and his remaining men tried to fight. After another tough battle, we managed to take them all down. A wounded Balak boasted that he was just the beginning of the Batarian rebellion, and he tried to goad me into killing him. I was hearing none of it and secured him for Alliance custody.

 

Simon ran in to see if there was anything he could do to help. I told him no. He was upset that the hostages were dead, but those were his friends so I don't blame him. He offered me a reward and I took some light armor. Not sure where he got Colossus armor, but it feels good. About time I had some decent armor. 

 

Before I left, I opened the door to the room were the hostages were held. It was not pretty. I had a moment of regret, wondering if I did the right thing. I think I did.

 

Provided no more distractions come along, we head to Virmire.

[wright1978]

Today my Shep admired Miranda in her loyalty outfit whilst trying to reassure her that he understand completely why she'd have wanted to chip him. Then they got on to more important business.

Feeling much better Shep then went in search of those pesky quarians, thinking there wouldn't be two people in the universe crazily obsessing about retaking a single planet during a galactic extinction event. Instead he put on his gear, took EDI and Tali on the reaper dreadnought mission. It was Interesting to hear edi's perspective and re-union with Legion. Then Han Gerrel tried to kill us.

[Monica21]

It happened again. I started a playthrough of Inquisition, determined to actually get through the entire game and DLCs this time, and it made me want to start another Shepard. I'm thinking of doing a redheaded Garrus-mancing Renegade runthrough this time, since I've never gone pure Renegade.

[geth47]

I know what you mean, Monica. My DAI is sitting around for over one year and I have just played 15 hours of it. 

 

But a lot of it has to do with problems like:

 

1-The loading was too long.

 

2-I was waiting for all DLC to be released.

 

3-As well as bugs being corrected. 

 

4-I was a little disappointed by the amount of collecting you´re supposed to make. Grinding is ok to me in free to play mechanics, but in story-driven games that you purchase for 60 bucks I think they can be intruding if done in excess. 

 

5-There were way too many problems with transferring characters with the Keeper function. 

 

6-My humble gtx 650 simply wasn't´ powerful enough to handle the game. Now she´s retired after 3 fine years of service. And by the end of the month she will be replaced by a 980ti zotac extreme. 

 

But it´s one of my resolutions for 2016. Till the end of the year I´m going to do a full run of dragon age origins, awakening (as well as all of origin´s dlc), 2 and inquisition. 

 

But my first goal is to do 2 "canons" (personal canon, I mean) trilogy runs in mass effect. One featuring a female shepard, and one with a male. 

[geth47]

So, I´m now starting my canon run of sorts in Mass Effect. I think I´ve toyed around enough with all the variables in order to decide what decisions would satisfy me more in terms of story.

 

There are some notes of interest:

 

I´m ignoring the fact that story-wise characters like Kasumi, Liara and Tali are physically weak and not exactly combat-material when compared to Zaed, Vega, Ashley and Wrex. 

 

I would never take Tali into a battlefield when I know that she can easily die by simply a cut in her dress. I´m operating under the principle that Shepard will ensure her safety should he or she take her along. 

 

I´m choosing characters that will enrich the mission in the most satisfactory way (imho), not the ones that are more suited combat-wise. 

 

In all 3 games I will be using console commands (1 and 2) or gibbed (3) in order to fill my reputation bar. I don´t want to have my decisions restrained. 

 

In the case of mass effect 1 I´m starting with a top level character and filling my gear as soon as the citadel becomes available. I can´t stand the inventory system anymore. 

 

It´s been ages since I last played mass effect 1(8 months, I think) so I´m probably very rusty. Add this to the fact that it´s going to be a story-driven run and the fact that I plan to go to pinnacle station and I guess normal mode is the ideal situation. 

I have already decided that my male shepard will be a soldier, born on earth, and the last survivor from a tragedy. But I will rename him as ASTROPHEL.

 

Btw, if you´re looking for interesting names, I suggest you pay a visit to http://www.behindthe...es/meaning/star

 

In this case, I wanted names related to stars. I was thinking of Izar, but since this shepard will romance Liara, I think a name that means "star lover" is much more suitable.

 

As for female shepard - a war hero spacer engineer (my favorite paragon combination)- she will be a japanese woman named Hoshiko. It means "star child". She will romance Garrus. 

 

 

There will be some subtle differences between the shepards. For instance, the male one will try to rescue liara first (since they will be lovers) and leave benezia as the sub-boss with the confrontation with her being the last piece of the puzzle. The female one will try to save the colonists first, and leave virmire for last. There will also be slight changes in who´s doing what during the suicide mission. The male one will always use the original doctor, while the female one will trade doctors in ME3 (there´s a very amusing scene with tali and garrus in ME3 in the geth capital ship if you´re romancing him and you have the second doctor). The male shepard will do the me2 dlcs arrival. overlord and lotsb as the final parts. the female will do them inside the main story. 

 

In both cases wrex will be recruited. He will also survive, be assisted and be treated honestly. Bakara will survive and mordin will sacrifice himself. The original council will be saved and the collector base will not be handed over to TIM. Peace between geth and quarians will be obtained. 

 

In some instances I will use meta-knowledge, like in trying to prevent Kelly and Javik from dying by means of renegade responses. But I will not use it in cases like Saren´s assistant nor with Elnora. 

[Monica21]

I know what you mean, Monica. My DAI is sitting around for over one year and I have just played 15 hours of it.

I did manage a full playthough of Inquisition, prior to the DLCs. I just get bored because there's just hardly any replayability for me. And there are a gazillion ways to play ME, so when I start a new game of Inquisition the contrast to ME just makes me want to play through it again.

[Natureguy85]

I would never take Tali into a battlefield when I know that she can easily die by simply a cut in her dress. I´m operating under the principle that Shepard will ensure her safety should he or she take her along. 

It´s been ages since I last played mass effect 1(8 months, I think) so I´m probably very rusty. Add this to the fact that it´s going to be a story-driven run and the fact that I plan to go to pinnacle station and I guess normal mode is the ideal situation. 

I have already decided that my male shepard will be a soldier, born on earth, and the last survivor from a tragedy. But I will rename him as ASTROPHEL.

 

As for female shepard - a war hero spacer engineer (my favorite paragon combination)- she will be a japanese woman named Hoshiko. It means "star child". She will romance Garrus. 

 

A point for each section:

 

1) Actually Kal'Reeger says he won't die just from a suit puncture in combat. I assume the same for Tali. Although she does mention suit ruptures if she dies being the fire team leader on the suicide mission.

 

2) Ugh, why bother with Pinnacle Station? It's a long slog and you really don't get anything good for it.

 

3) After playing ME3, do you really want Shepard to be named "Star Child?"