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[MassivelyEffective0730]

I don't need someone to tell me, I actually considerd a career as submarine operator in the Royal Dutch Navy.

But what I'm getting at here is that the romance mechanic as presented in Mass Effect feels to much shoehorned as obligatory RPG element without proper narrative justification, with some romances being better or worse than others.

 

Goes along well with the general mildly military setting of the military in the MEU. It's a joke. Sort of how the Captain of a warship also serves as the CO of the marine detachment. Or how a junior NCO can be promoted to a mid-level staff officer equivalent position in the span of about 2.5 years. (It took me 5 years to go from E-3 to E-5 when I first enlisted in the U.S. Army, and after completing ROTC, it took me 18 months to get promoted from O-1E to O-2E. I'm still an O-2E, and I won't make Captain until around December. That's 3 years of being an officer before I achieve the rank that is below Ashley's.) It's treated much more like Starfleet than an actual military. 

[Fixers0]

What do you say to one's that are married and serve in the military?

Other than that marriage is such an archaic tradition with little use one wonders it's still practiced?

[KotorEffect3]

Mass Effect is more of a sci-fi game than a military game.  Sure you play as a marine but the setting and story is more about the sci-fi than it is the military stuff.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

What do you say to one's that are married and serve in the military?

 

I call them nuts personally. I tried the military dating thing NUMEROUS times. It never worked (and I have many different tales about it). The irony being that many of the ladies I was with were in but I never knew it. I know a Major who's married to a Staff Sergeant. And she wasn't enlisted before she commissioned. They both met at Ft. Huachuca, when she was going to BOLC after graduating from West Point, and he was at AIT as a PFC. They kept their marriage a secret until they graduated. He was forced to re-class to a different MOS (which isn't that bad all things considered; sometimes they'll station you on opposite sides of the country, counsel you to divorce, or even discharge the lower ranked Soldier.) Hell, when I was in Germany, I dated a Royal Air Force helicopter pilot. I was a Specialist and she was the RAF equivalent to an O-1. And my CO has a crush on me.

[KotorEffect3]

Dude seriously?  I am pretty sure people that are married don't consider it an "archaic tradition"

[MassivelyEffective0730]

Other than that marriage is such an archaic tradition with little use one wonders it's still practiced?

 

That seems to be more of a problem of yours on your end than an actual issue that's being addressed.

[Fixers0]

That seems to be more of a problem of yours on your end than an actual issue that's being addressed.

I was asked for my opinion and i gave it.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

I was asked for my opinion and i gave it.

 

So your opinion on marriage is relevant to military relationships how exactly?

[themikefest]

I call them nuts personally. I tried the military dating thing NUMEROUS times. It never worked (and I have many different tales about it). I know a Major who's married to a Staff Sergeant. And she wasn't enlisted before she commissioned. They both met at Ft. Huachuca, when she was going to BOLC after graduating from West Point, and he was at AIT as a PFC. They kept their marriage a secret until they graduated. He was forced to re-class to a different MOS (which isn't that bad all things considered; sometimes they'll station you on opposite sides of the country, or even discharge the lower ranked Soldier.) Hell, when I was in Germany, I dated a Royal Air Force helicopter pilot. I was a Specialist and she was the RAF equivalent to an O-1. And my CO has a crush on me.

The few marriges I knew about when I was in, the husband and wife were stationed on the same base, but in different units.

[Fixers0]

So your opinion on marriage is relevant to military relationships how exactly?

My opinion on a marriage within the military is no different than my opinion of marriage in general.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

My opinion on a marriage within the military is no different than my opinion of marriage in general.

 

Then your problem is with marriage rather than a problem with military relationships.

[Bardox9]

Male Shep
ME1 - Liara
ME2 - Tali
ME3 - Tali

Liara became a evil b*** in ME2.

 

 

I think killing her own mother, pursuing Saren, and fighting the Geth among others drastically changed her personality.  Although I too was disappointed with her change in ME2.

 

I'm just glad she learned to use contractions. That was annoying.

[DeinonSlayer]

I'm just glad she learned to use contractions. That was annoying.

Seems she and Shiala are the only Asari in the galaxy who grapple with the English language.

I wonder if she's just as stilted in the versions recorded for other languages.

[zestalyn]

Other than that marriage is such an archaic tradition with little use one wonders it's still practiced?

fyi there are many legal and financial rights and benefits attached to marriage, and im pretty sure most of them make sense. 

[SporkFu]

I'm just glad she learned to use contractions. That was annoying.

Word. I bet Ali Hillis had that clause added to her contract. 

[the_last_krogan]

liara t'soni  love of my mass effect life