That's true. I didn't like the fact that the missles we used in the game couldn't hit the reaper that close even with the interference from the beam. The reaper was a stone throw away. And look how close the destroyer is when the second set of missles hit the thing.
Heck if the guidance systems were so wonky, use good old fashioned ballistic rockets! Reapers are so big how can you miss?
Heck if the guidance systems were so wonky, use good old fashioned ballistic rockets! Reapers are so big how can you miss?
Similiar to what MassivelyEffective0730 was talking about with the MLRS. I would not want to be in the area when that thing hits the reaper. Of course the reapers might be able to track and destroy it before hitting the object depending on where its launch from
This is the damage it would do
Heck if the guidance systems were so wonky, use good old fashioned ballistic rockets! Reapers are so big how can you miss?
Or since the EC established that the Normandy can fly right there, Joker could just shoot it.
Speaking of which, I was 99% certain that the SR2 couldn't land on planets (or enter atmosphere), which is why we took the shuttle everywhere in ME2. Was that ever explained or just ignored?
Making sense isn't artistic enough, obviously
Or since the EC established that the Normandy can fly right there, Joker could just shoot it.
Speaking of which, I was 99% certain that the SR2 couldn't land on planets (or enter atmosphere), which is why we took the shuttle everywhere in ME2. Was that ever explained or just ignored?
Supposedly it can't land on "high-gravity worlds" which is what EDI says if you ask the terminal overlooking the shuttle bay in ME2. I'm not quite sure what classifies as high gravity though.
Huh, well I guess every planet in ME2 potentially since I don't think it ever landed (that I recall).
Though I imagine the real explanation behind it was that they didn't want to do the docking hatch thing every time you left or returned to the ship, which is too bad since I thought it was a pretty cool touch. Especially the bit about command transferring back and forth.
Huh, well I guess every planet in ME2 potentially since I don't think it ever landed (that I recall).
Though I imagine the real explanation behind it was that they didn't want to do the docking hatch thing every time you left or returned to the ship, which is too bad since I thought it was a pretty cool touch. Especially the bit about command transferring back and forth.
I agree it was probably done for some other reason than lore consistency. I always thought they introduced the shuttle so they could have the smaller talks before heading off to a mission.
Supposedly it can't land on "high-gravity worlds" which is what EDI says if you ask the terminal overlooking the shuttle bay in ME2. I'm not quite sure what classifies as high gravity though.
"XO Pressley has the deck".
I loved that; and the transition from ship to docking area. Made the ship and hub feel really connected.
as far as human terminology goes, I'd say normal gravity is something like .7 to 1.3 earth gravity. so heavy might be 1.6 earth grav and above, I guess volus would call it very light gravity. the sr2 landed a few times in me2, the asari colony illium (I think that's how it's spelled, just doesn't look right on this screen) for instance.
Huh, I was sure we took the shuttle to Illium. I stand corrected.
"XO Pressley has the deck".
I loved that; and the transition from ship to docking area. Made the ship and hub feel really connected.
Aye, that's the one. And the decontamination part, it seemed like a reasonably realistic thing to have when travelling to different planets.
"XO Pressley has the deck".
I loved that; and the transition from ship to docking area. Made the ship and hub feel really connected.
It's called attention to detail, that's why I like ME1 the most.
Because GARDIAN batteries would shoot them all down.Heck if the guidance systems were so wonky, use good old fashioned ballistic rockets! Reapers are so big how can you miss?
The military tends to use helicopters in favour of A380s to deploy troops to combat areas, therefore A380s cannot land on Earth. It's inconceivable that a shuttle might allow you to land troops more easily closer to the target.Speaking of which, I was 99% certain that the SR2 couldn't land on planets (or enter atmosphere), which is why we took the shuttle everywhere in ME2
AFV is a superset of tank, IFV and APC.I'd call it an AFV, but it's not even that. It really doesn't have armor.
maybe call the mako an armored car? though, the codex does seem to call it an IFV.
Speaking of which, I was 99% certain that the SR2 couldn't land on planets (or enter atmosphere), which is why we took the shuttle everywhere in ME2. Was that ever explained or just ignored?
Don't see why it wouldn't be able to entier the atmosphere or even hover with the big eezo core. However I suppose it's possible that it couldn't support its own weight if landed and powered down.
Man, what streets? The area around the beam is basically a wasteland of rubble.
Man, what streets? The area around the beam is basically a wasteland of rubble.
Well the remains of the streets. The rubble walls designed to stop you going off the nice predefined corridoor are what prevents the SR2 from landing.
How is this view even taken? Is this something gotten off of the PC version of the game? Anyway, since this is nigh impossible to see in the actual game, I'd consider it more of a minor detail, since the game's sense of scale and how things fit was never all quite there.
How is this view even taken? Is this something gotten off of the PC version of the game? Anyway, since this is nigh impossible to see in the actual game, I'd consider it more of a minor detail, since the game's sense of scale and how things fit was never all quite there.
Yes, freecam on PC (one of the benefits of being a member of the PC Master Race 
). it's not impossible to see normally, they just cleverly move the camera during the cutscene. If you look at the beam run you can see how narrow the confines of where you can run are. Certainly not big enough for a frigate to drop in.
"FTR: These questions operate under the assumption that the Indoctrination Theory is false (Nothing against it)."
Oh well, in that case.
Plot-holes. Plot-holes everywhere.
The sr2 shouldn't be able to do the evac. When you freecam out tge wings if the ship are buried in the ground and adjacent buildings.
The ship is just too big for the streets.
It's the Indoctrination theory obviously.
A ship phases through the ground, no one notices
Reapers messing with heads
IT is nice and all but you can't explain every shortcoming with it.
The military tends to use helicopters in favour of A380s to deploy troops to combat areas, therefore A380s cannot land on Earth. It's inconceivable that a shuttle might allow you to land troops more easily closer to the target.
Ok....I actually wasn't disputing that fact.
It was my recollection that due to it's increased size, etc. the SR2 could not land on planets, as opposed to the SR1 where we seemed to land everywhere. To use your example, with some cursory Googling I found that the A380 seems to require a few thousand feet of runway to land, now if you played a game where they had one land in fifty feet, it might cause some surprise and wonder if they had an explanation or whether they were just ignoring the pre-established parameters for the plane.
However ImaginaryMatter and Invisible Man were kind enough to furnish me with further details on the matter, that it is high gravity worlds, and that it had landed a few times which I didn't remember. This is why I said 99% certain, so I still had an out. 
Don't see why it wouldn't be able to entier the atmosphere or even hover with the big eezo core. However I suppose it's possible that it couldn't support its own weight if landed and powered down.
Yeah not sure, I assumed it was something like how Dreadnoughts couldn't enter planets or how the Reapers had to drop or weaken their barriers in order to land on a planet. But it has been over two years since I played ME2, so I'm operating from memory here.
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